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WEATHER
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Forty-Bljcth Year.
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IMKDFORD. ORKUOX. lONDAY. JAM'Ain
1917
(). 2M
F
K SAY
I
' Pliny Fisk's Denial of Charges Made
. by Frenzied Financier Most Sweep
T - ino Declares Lawson Should Be
Taken at His Word and Put Behind
W
PERJURER
v the Bars Has No Connection With
McAdoo or Other Government Of
ficials. i
j XKW YORK, Jan. '.'!). Ari-lii-
bnlil S. White, testifying liefme
t the "lenk" eoimnittee today, ile-
: niej Thomas W. I.awson's
charges that White told him
l'liny Fisk has boasted to him
about his alleged cunlrol of See-
j rotary McAdoo. "It's all ro-
niaiK'e," White declared. "1
novel' mentioned Fisk's name to
" LuWNOll."
NEW YORK, Jan. 29. A sweep
ing denial of all of Thomas W. Law
son's charges against htm, particu
1 laily his alleged association with
&!cretaiy McAdoo .In Wall street
deals was mode today before the
. "freak" investigating committee by
. Pliny Fisk and sons, New York
bankers.
Among categorical denials made
by Mr. Fisk were that he ever had a
joint Wall street account with Mc
Adoo and a "Senator O,' that lie had
told Archibald White or anyone else
that he controlled Secretary McAdoo,
, and had offered to call him out of
-.bed at an early morning hour to
answer a telephone call and that he
had received any advance Information
regarding President Wilson's peace
note.
lenial Is Swooping.
Asked If his firm had ever enjoyed
any advantages In transactions with
the treasury department, Fisk re
plied negatively. He admitted that
after suggesting to Secretary McAdoo
that offices in a building his firm
owned would be suitable for the fed
mpl reesrve bank, he had leased the
offices to the government for IS
months two years ago.
In response to questions by Repre
sentative Ilenett the banker said that
it was his judgment that the market,
prior to the publication of the presi
dent's peaco note was In an over-
houglit condition und ready for a vio
lent drop. All It wanted was an cx-
; case.
"I never," he declared, "talked,
cliyamcd of or imagined a pool for
stock market speculation with Mr.
: McAdoo or any other government of
ficial. Our business is not stock
: gambling."
Laivson's "1 )isolileiel Itrnln."
In closing his testimony Fisk made
the voluntary statement that he still
( thought l.awson's staiement probably
was the result of a "disordered
brain," and severely criticized him
Tor dragging the name of llarvev
Fisk and Sons into the inquiry.
"Lawson should be taken at his
wijj-d," Fisk said, "and placed behind
the bars on the basis of perjury
when he wantonly handles the name
of a reputable citizen. If his state
ment Is the result of a disordered
brain, as It appears to be. perhaps
the Good Lord will take care of him
In his own way."
Lawson, It developed today, had
been ordered to remain in touch with
the committee, as he may be recalled
at any time. He will not take his pro-
(Continued on Page Six.)
ROTARY PLOWS CLEAR
CHKYEXXK, Wyo., Jan. 29. Ro
tary plows are preceding each "fleet"
or I'nion Pacific trains put thru the
storm district today. All trains are
movlnR again, most of the eastern
bound traffic having passed Chey
enne by eight o'clock and all of the
delayed westbound trains having
passed through the blockade region.
If no more snow falls, the line will
ipmain clear.
RUSSIANS BREAK BIG!IVIEN4NAIVIED BY THOMAS
r r- r ii ii-n i
HI UNtS -& mm Yrfm
2 MILE FRONT L , I
Slavs Assume Offensive on Northern
End of Rumanian Line Spirited
Fighting on Several Fronts Rus
sians Also on Offensive in Galicia
Fighting at Verdun.
I'KTlfOOliAD, Jan. !). During
Satuiilav's buttle mirllii-iiM uf ,1a
coheni, on the northern end of the
HuMiniiian I out , Russian tn(,is c-ap-ttnvd
thirly oflicers and mure than
1(1(1(1 men, the war ntTii-e nnnounrcd
t oda v.
I)e.-.)ite the severity rf the weather
reported from nearly nil the Kuro
pean baltlel'ronls, spirited fihlins is
taking place in several of the war
areas. .
Itiissinn Offensive,
The mostv nolulile recent develop
ment is on the northern end of the
Rumanian line, where the liu-sians
took tlie offensive Saturday und
liinke thruuyli the Atisiro-Gcruian
lines mi a two-mile front alonir the
railway from Kimpniuiii; lo dacobeni.
Aeeordin In tndny's (Imnan olTiciul
staiement, the liusitni lorres have
heen unable to make further uroress,
The Kiissians are also on the offens
ive in the Zhda l.ipa region, in (jiil
ieia, where their eanipni;jn for Lem
berjr came to a pause some months
nc.o. Turkish troops apparently are
the main defenders of the central
powers' line in this region, and Iierlin
deelares that they have heen success
ful in healing off the assaults.
The Franco-Median front is also
breaking- into activity nl many points.
On Verdun Front.
Merlin reports persistent 'efforts by
tlie French In recapture their lost
position at Hill 'MH, uoilhwest of
Verdun. A surprise attack which
failed was t'oiloweil by three assaults,
but these are declared all to have
hn.ken down without nin.
'flic Mritisli front in France is also
a lively sector. The reported capture
by the Mritisli late hist week of an in
dependent position near l.e Transle.v
was followed yesterday by fresh as
saults delivered by Mritisli troops
north of Ariiicntieres. These tailed
with severe losses, uceordiiii.' to Mer
lin, while southwest of l.e Translov
Ibc (leniiaiis captured a Mritish po-t.
PRESIDENT VETOES
WASHINGTON. Jan. 29. Today
IVi'-hlrut Wilson vetoed the iniiuira
lion bill piiHMMl reetMitly by eohLTess
bccaiwe uf it literacy tet provision.
WASUINflTON, Jan. I!!). Presi
dent Wil.-on went to tlie rapitol atiiiiii
today lor eon Terences with, member
of the en -J- and Iioiim on liU iei;).--lalive
proiiitnii.
The pre-ident wn (old by Ilepre
sentative Siins ol' the liou-e -oinnicjce
coimniltee that it would be impo-ib!e
to -eciire tavornbie iHMioii in the
lioti-e on .Mr. Wilson', oriuinul pro
gram Tor ritiirotnl lei-hil ion.
W. II. Wadhams. of the executive
commillee of the League to Knforee
Pence, told the president that that or
ganization supported his recent peace
addles to the senate.
PIIOKMX, Ariz., Jan. 29. Gov
ernor Thomas K. Campbell, the do
facto chief executive of Arizona, by
reason of the decision of the supremo
court Saturday took over tlie exei u
tive offi'-en today and prepared to de
liver bis address to a joint session o.'
the legislature this afternoon. The
new executive had announced Ms in
tention of retaining Governor limn "
siaff. but none of the employ re
ported for duty and the mornln ; was
vpent in organizing an office (or e.
There were no demonstrations.
The governor'! message to Mie
legislature is gei,ral in ehnraei-?.'.
SLj&ft tv, tSZn
f If'i;""' Sir j LvKAvJ
iJDSEPri P.TUMULTV
WM -
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L .. CHAS, &ABIN
Henry, coii)ressniaii from Texas,
name of .McAdoo. l,awson said he
of Harvey Fisk Co., Xew Vorfc.
AVhite, eapit ilisi, was named liy
ue.ideiu of die (luaranty Trust Co,
FRAUD ALLEGED
Clllt'Ad", .Ian. L'll. : petition in
bankruptcy and for a receiver
against Vim i-'rantzius t (o., a liiy;
stock hrnl-eraue house ,if ('hiea.co,
was tiled today by creditors who al
lege that liabilities of .-(l(lll,(UUI ex
ceed the asset- by .t:i."i(l,(MM).
Fritz Von Frantzius, founder of
t lie house, died recently, lie attained
wide publicity two years imo hy his
marriage to Saliaret, the dancer. He
was divorced from his wife and fell
in love with a painting of the dancer
long before he met her. They lived
together only a few days when she
left him. Later he divorced her.
It is alleged ill the petition tbat
Von Frantzius ami hi.s partner in the
final months of I !i 1 li committed va
rious acts of hankruptcy in transfer
ring assets tq preferred creditors.
One of these alleged transactions, the
petition asserts, was the transfer of
$400,000 to Scott Itrown a lawyer.
Mr. Drown was asked as to the
JIOO.000.
"Xever bearii of It; know nothing
about it; don't want to he quoted,"
he said.
E
I.OXIIMX, Jan. The crew of
the Xoi we-ian Mcaicr Thel c-edal,
1 1 (i'J ton- L"i"s., :iiii bv n G-.'i iii;iu
submaiine, has arrived ;it Las p;i.
mas, says a Renter's di-patch frmn
that Canary Inland port today. The
captain was held a piiMim-ron boa id
the submarine.
At Lloyd's Ship.in agency today,
il was announced U-,, the N'orwegi.Mi
steamship Honshu!, of (iUM Ion ros-.
bad been sank. The Ru ian straini-r
Tglet was pitted a- "believed Mink."
Lloyd's a!-o nnnoun-ed llie sinking
of tin- P.riti-h str:iiii-bii Xatberan
of 7(i'i tons gros. The captain am!
crew were landed.
The .Matlieran was f,.,. l,,nir
built in Belfast in I'MMi an. I owned by
thcT. & J. Hrookfebmik. U.I.. of Liv
erpi oI.
BATTLE ON BORDER
WASHINGTON. ,,,
first iiceiethi of the
I'lah ea i-!:it;cn. ,iu
and Meiean raider
received licre t'p.f.y. (I
-aid there were no Art
le.ti! e.iNtial! ie-,
n. li!,
ft -'lit
- In the
bet Ween
ni'ii!i cow hoy -t
liriby. A Hz .
lierjil lin-!oll
ri an or y s
iW.rLAWS0N
t "inwui l i ni in,- I
C5.MSADOO
ROEiT U. HENR.Y.
STUART eiBBONEV
is clmiiiimn of iiie leak comnillteo said ly Ijiwson to have ulvcll him tl!
was told McAdoo, selctary of the treasury, was in a stock pool.. I'iske is
l awson as hi.s Inf nil int. (Illihoney, parlner of Jlalcolm JlcAdoo; Sabiu,
Xew York are said o have known alioiit. the leak.
CHIEF OE POLICE,
SHERIFF INDICTED!
SKATTU5, Jan. 2 9.. It was said
at the federal building today that
none of the defendants indicted last
Saturday by the federal grand jury
for allowed acceptance of bribes and
! alleged conspiracy to violate, the fed
eral inter-state commerce and liquor
laws would be arraigned today.
1 Anions those indicted are .Mayor Hi
I rain C. CHI, Chief of Police Charles
L. Iteckinaham, Konner Sheriff Hob
crt T. Hodge and Kdward 1). Baker,
j manager of the Jesse Moore Hunt
; company, a large wholesale liquor
house of San Krauciseo. Maker left
I San Kraneiseo for Seattle Saturday
night and it is understood the ar
l raianinents will not be made until
; Halter arrives here. All (ho defend-
ants are at liberty under bonds., and
! Mayor Gill and Chief Ileckingha.i!
are at their d sks today,
j In the superior court todav the
trial was begun of Policeman Kd.vavd
- liugen. indicted by the cinnty grai.d
I jury for alleged acceptance o; a
! bribe from it violator of the state pro
i hihitiou law.
SKAT'n.K, V!ih.. .I.-iii. -J!).- Mi, vor
j Iliiiini C. dill uml I'hiel' of pi.iire
"no ri, I., li--, kin-!i;ini i,,,e;,rr,i in
, llie IcdiTuI I'niirt llii in, inline und
: entered il,-o- of not "iiillv Id the hl
! tin t liit iit - tiled ;i''a:ii-t ill, -in Silt -j
nnlnv l,y the l'e,l, i.il vmnd .imy.
1 i-'iii ririLr llirln will, ;,,'ii-,l iu.L' hriln
j wifli ii,n-,ii .,,-- I,, liohile tin-
j li ili'iiil li,,i,,r inn! inler-tiite eom
I liien-e lews. .M,!,,r dill n-keil fr ;i
I -) ui Mi t r- Iriiil ill', l-'edernl ,I,idue N'et
,'!er t'toli tin- r,',,n,-t under ii,li.-e-i
mi ill. Tile niiivor ;,Mh,,iiiii'e,t Sntiir
de v 1 1';--! he w,,:d,l l iMM- no lei'l'llienl
: uli ,i-.-i ,., jiiiint !i, indirhnt'iil.-., but
' woiihl -,'i-!c :in eiirlv trinl.
I Kx-MlerilT llodi- uml the oilier de-
i'l'iidiinl- did n,,t ;,'ie;,r. Il i- un-
! ,!er-li,nd lili.t ll,,il-e mid the iuili. led
: ,i,li,-,'!l:l-n w ill lilli,,-li (lie Villi, lil V id'
I llie ilnlii-liiieul -. Kdwiild 1 1. Ilnl.er.
iiiiiuii'jfr nl the .lr--e .Moore Hunt l.i-
O'lnr i-,i:,i,;uiv ol' Si, ii I-'riiiieisfi,, in
j di,-t,',I i,,r i-,,n-j,ii :ir-. end w ith the
-,-,, lli-,i Itillinv-lfV liqnor yinlii'.i 1
l.iiid with the - -p.-.i .Miiruelt li,i,,.r
' ndii did 1:,. I lie:, r in ciiirt. It
i i- r,-,',rte, (Inn ,,. h it Sum l''i,ni''ieo
l..r S, -utile Sntuplu.v ni-jlil. j
I Tin, ni:, U ,.r Hi,, in,! i,t f,l i , I
nut In- lii'-.'iiu ill,:n .'i li ii , li t II. e eu it
ei i't - el tort i- liiiidi' to extiedile
'tlo-li'i.
ERITISH STEAMER SUNK
BY GERMAN SUBMARINE
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FILLED Willi TOPS
SUM U-BOAT
liKKUX, Jan. -J!) The .-inkm- ol
u transport hip filled with i roups in
the Mediterranean by a German sub
marine on January . was anuouneed
todav bv the admiralty. The vc.--el
sank in ten minutes.
Tlie following aunouueemeiit wa
issued :
'A German submarine tti the enM
erti Mediterranean on January !) -auk
a fully laden .steamer ol' about 50(111
tons, ;ind on January 1" the armed
British tank steamer Garfield, :IS0I!
tons, bound 1'ioiu Malta to port Said
wilh coal and oil. The en 'tain of the
Gariiehl was made prisoner.
"'fhe same submarine on January
J.'i. about miles caM of Malta.
urik with a torpedo tin armed hoMile
t I'aiisporl st earner, proceeding- eas -uaid,
convoyed by a French torpedo
boat. The steamer, which was cram
med with troops, .-auk within ten min
utes. I XKW" XUUK, Jan. "J!'. - Interest in
j the el'lorls of llie birlh control prop-
avaiidists , spread theii- doei l ines
1 shifted today Iroin I )m- Rlackwcll -
j ami woilJnui-e, where Mrs. Lthel
i ll:ne is conducting a liniiger siike,
1 to llie special M's-iou court in Krook
j lyu, mid Hie lii.il of .Mrs, Byrne's
-i-ler( Mrs. Alarvarct San-er ami
; Miss Fania Momlell.
Mrs. Sanger and Miss Mondell are
; eh)ii;jcd with aiding in the cunne
: of a birlh eontiol elmic. !he same
j ot i'en-e (tti v hieh Mr-. l' rne is -.crv-iin','
a ibirty-day -etit i-ue.
; ll was auuooiiecd thai .UU unth
: els Irooi Ibiit n.-irt i . I' Brook I -. I n -1
j Mrs. Sanger's l.nlli eontiol clinic was
situated would accompany her to
court pii-hnii: I heir children in baby
carriages.
Y IS
"WAHIIINCTON, Jan. 2 it.-- The
naval appropriation bill, carrying
$:i.'il,0ou.uno ami providing for h
year Hharo of the three-yfai' con-
J htruntiou program, Inr ludiiiK tbr e
;vreat battU-Hblps and one l),t'H
jrriiiHer, was vofeil out late toiy hv
ttiy hoi).- naval i onimitt'-.
TO A TTrR n TniHI
IU fllimu IKIML AMEE
MEXICANS RIOT
AT JUAREZ WHEN
E
An; eric iin Quamntine RcjuIattons
Cause Demonstration at Interna
tional Bridge, in Which Villa Par
tisans Are Prominent Women
Start Distnlcr Officers Injured.
I'L PASO, Tex.. Jan. !. -Chief of
Police Maymo Torres of Juarez, an
nounced iiiis al'lenuion he had order
ed all ringleaders of the ipmrnntiue
riots al the inl ernat ional bridue ar
rested, according to ui el niueiit
a.yenN lu re. T!iis order included both
men ;'ih women, il was said.
The chief of police was said lo have
admitted Villa partisans were largely
responsible for the riotim;. One of
(he latter is reported to have been
killed.,
K'ioliPiX in Juarez as a result of
American quarantine reirulaliotis was
resumed early today. Il was a con
tinuation of the demonstration voter-
day in which hundreds ol women par
ticipated. Iliotiiif; in Progress.
Today more men than women took
part. Itioleis approaching the mid
dle oHhe internal ional bridge hurled
missiles' al I'niled Stales soldiers on
unrd, until two non-eouimissioued
officers were injured, one by a flyiujr
bottle and llie oilier by a lock.
Mexican cavalry ultimately suc
ceeded in driving the deiuoust ralors
away from the btide. Andres (iur
cia, inspector ueneral of Mexican con
sulates, crossed to Juarez to attempt
to pacify 1 lu mob. There was no
streetcar traffic.
The rcjiubitiouii will he. continued
at llie 'tilled Stales immiurntion
station, it was announced by the sen
ior surgeon in ehat'ire of border quar
antine of the I'liited Stales heallh
service.
Itatbs Cfliised lUot-.
.More (ban HII Mexicans were umm
baths at the newly opened quarantine
bath house today, and many others
were passed ailei" they shoved certificate-
from lr. Caslillo, the Mexican
federal health officer in Juarez,
showing they had been bulbed. An
arraneineiil whereby these certifi
cates issued in Mexico would be ac
cented by Ihe I'niled Stales heallh
oflicials was made yesterday bv In
speeiur (iciieral Andres (Jareia. How
ever. Or. Pierce said todav these
would be accepted only 'when llie
bolder was seen lo he clean and the
clollihiy, disinfected.
The situalion in Juarez developed
from ii purely local demons) rat ion
yesterday auainsl llie quarantine re--ulalioiis,
led by a mimbcr of Mexican
servant iris employed in I'J Paso,
into a general demoiisl rat mil today
against Americans, u it h an under
current of Mexican political 1'eelint:
running biuh.
ilCAN T
Kb PASO, Tex., Jan. 2'J.- Ameri
can expeditionary troops were mov
ing toward Ojo Kederico, forty miles
from tho border bite yesterday, ac
cording t" paKseue, a arrlvlni; here
today from Columbus, X. M.
The neneral review of the expe
ditionary forces at Palouuis Luke, on
Ihe Mexican Hde of the boundary j
line, will probably occur Sunday, it j
wan Haiti, niter which Ihe troops will ;
proceed iutos!' tho border to Colum
bus. .Mormon leaders hero went an ur
gent appeal today to aw Mormon resi
dents of western Chihuahua to leave
for the border before the last of Ihe
expeditionary troops left Colon la
Duhht u.
WAKIH.Xtn'ON, Jan. 2!).- A
proval wan Riven by President Wib-on
today to the senate's ameiidment lo
the legislative, exM iitive and judlctit
till, whb h woubl put every po--tnNi--t"r
In the country under eiil service.
FORCEDTOBATH
mjrnM APPROVES
IFEAR TIMBER
WOLVES KILLED
H1IR
Fintlhiij of Scattered Bones, Empty
Rifles and Bodies of Three Lean
Wolves on Evans Creek Believed to
Tell Grim Story of Fatal Strugflle
in Which Hur.tcr Torn to Shreds.
tlol.1) HILL, dr., Jan. n. Kind
iu;r of a man's scatlered bones, bis
empty rifle and bodies of three lean
timber wolves V ridny on Kvans ereuli,
Jackson eounly, told a j;rim story, if
is believed, of a fatal strutle in
which John Hamniersley, a miss-in;
government hunter, was torn to
shreds by a pack of hungry Wolves,
but only after he had killed three of
the animals. News of (he discovery,
which was made about a mile from
I huinuersley's eaiup by timbenncn,
was brought here today.
Kvitlenee f StniKle.
lu the clearing in the willows where,
the bones were found the ground wn
lorn up, vdviim evidence of a terrific
struj;vJ'. The hunter's- (dothes were
ripped to shreds and his bones were
licked clean. Indications were that
(he liulil occurred not loity; n-o.
A posse which bus been searching
for I lauiuiersley believes the bones
are 1 Inmmersley's, as no other truce
of him or his pack of hounds has
been foumt. It is believed the hounds
tied when the wolves set upon their
master. Attempts to identify tho
ritle will be made.
Was (I'oveinment Hunter.
Not him: more definite concerning
the identity of the skeleton found nt.
Kvans creek had been learned nt Gold
Hill this afternoon. The' wvfe of the
misfaiuu man has organized a party !'
men who will arrive at the spot where
the striitrile took place some time late
this tillernooti, when it is thought
some delinile clue to the identity of
I be man will be found.
Ilainmersley is keli known in this
vicinity, having Jived for a number of
years al (iold lill. I'or several years
he has worked for the government
killim wild animals, and has spent
most of his time at his cabin on Kv
ans creek. Previously be was a dep
ut v eiime warden.
I lamiuerslcv was married to a
widow of (irants Pass about a vear
E
OP CITY
P.aekcd by a syndicate of Mrdyn--ki
supporters, Mcdford's former city
attorney. It. li. McCabe, this morniii";
filed a suil in equity asking fnr a re
straining order to prevent the city of
.Med Cord ami the eily officers from
selling or transferrinii any of the pro
posed bonds authorized under the
llansuii (dan, or of attempting (
cany out any of the provisions of the
plan ilsclf. The suii was filed in
behalf of Charles . Colby, who was
the plaiulilf in Ihe suit brought to
preent ihe sj,t. of the Itlue Lede
bonds..
The complaint -tales as ".rounds
for asking for llie restraining: order
that the Hanson plan is illciui! and
iheieiore void. I: alleges irrei;ubi rit ies
botlt in the plan it -el I" ami in the
election cailv ill the month, when the
plan was approved bv the voters of
the eily by an ovcrwhelmin majority.
In answer to the complaint, .Judo
Calkins issued an order that the
mayor ami other city officials appear
bel'oie him Friday, February 'J, and
show cause why Ihe rest rainiu order
should not be issued.
lieprcseiitalive- of a number of
boiidin-j houses ;(re present in Mcd
ford and t"(ii-bt are expected to sub
mil lo the council bitU on the refund
ill" hood isiie of M'VHI0 aulhorized
under the llan-on plan.
The res rainiitM order has not yet
been served upon llie various city
official-, ami Mayor C. F. (Jates is--ned
a statemcnl this afternoon that
the council wilt meet at the council
chambers lonib.i to consider bids up
on the proposed bond is-ue. To all
Mcdloni citizens win, jiiv interested
in thi- matter he has issued an invita
tion to be present nt the meelin.