flA -rfV sXf Full Leased Wire Today's News Printed Today f dispatches r-w-f'J UJ III MU! II UHlIf Mil TIIIR'i VENTH YEAR liLifiilraiisiM OVER TEH HOURS IN MAKING REPAIRS The Supreme Court Reverses Judge Benson In Famous Ten Hour Law Case NEEDED REPAIRS MAY BE MADE IN TIME FOR WORK Other Important Rulings Are Made By Highest Court of State Holding tlmt when en employe of n factory, mill or workshop within the inclining of the ten-hour lubor statute, in employed in the making of needed repairs to the machinery of a plant nver the ten-hour limit in not u viola tion of the ten-hour workday law, the mipromo court this morning reversed the. decision of Judge Benson, of the circuit court for Khimuth county, und discharged the defendant la the cnse of the state vs. .lumen Young, opinion by Justice Bean. Thin is a case in which Young, who owns and operates n sawmill in Luke county, was convicted in the triul cirtirt of violation of the ten-hour luw in em ploying one William Harvey for more than ten hours in one day without pay ment for overtime. It was shown that llurvoy was engaged in making needed ropnirs to the mnchinery f tor regular working hours. The whole question rested upon the interpretation of the word "necessary," which Is contained in one of the exemption clauses of tho ai t and the court holds thnt nnv re pairs that are needful to the nmch'inorv of any plant, which, if not made in time to ovoid serious accident might involve danger to life and property, nre "necesKiiry1 within t4ie meaning of the statutes, and while the defendant i discharged trom violation of the urnture, tlie ten-hour law Is ulso up held. On the ground Hint It Is apparent that two executions were attempted to ho filed upon ono judument and the name property In satisfaction of a judg ment for ulimony, Justice Benson, of the supreme court, ordered that th second writ of execution against the property of C, K. Lmnpninn and re versed the decree of Judge Kelly of the circuit court for Marlon county. The suit for attachment wn brought by Kathleen l.nmpnmn, divorced nifo of tlie defendant, ('. K. I.nmpinnn. Opinions in other eases were: Harry Htires, nppellaat, vs. Benin m in F. Hherwood, et. nl., nppeal from Multnomah county: W. N. OatenB, judgej appeal dismissed. Opinion In justice, ltumett. Rx pnrto Jung Hhlng, alius T.oule King, writ of hnliens corpus; disnilsnoi' by Justice Hnrrls. John Htirggrnf, respntnlent, vs. Mol ly nnd (I. W. Broch; from Multnomah county; Judge Davis affirmed. Opin ion by Justice Knkin. DuDuia Lumber Co., nppellant, vs. Clutsop county, et. III.! from Clntsop county! Jmlge Knkln affirmed. Opin ion by Justico Bonn. T. K. Anderson et. nl., plaintiffs and respondents, vs. Grant l'hegley, defend ant, nnd Kmmtf 0, Koblnson, nppellnnt; from Josephine county! Judge Calkins affirmed. Opinion by Justice Jlnrris. F. X. Iluester nnd II. C. Itasen, et. i., respondents, vs. 1'. A. Alvlnj from Multnomah county; Judge Kavnnaugh affirmed. Opinion by Chief Justice Moore. Klamnth Lumber company, appellant, vi. Htelln M. Bambcr mill liiislmnd from Klamath county; Judge Benn nf firmed. Opinion by Justice Burnett. I'etitlons for rehearing were denied In the canes of McCarthy vs, llelbllng ( motion to recall mandate); Gunton heln vs. West; I'felffer vs. 0,-W. K. t N. Co.: Joscoh Milllnir Co v .I.,-,,,!.. .H'rlker vs. P. R I & , f,. state vs. Chnplni Hhnrkcy vs. Portland Ons 4 Coke Co.; Van Brakle vs. State Hoard of Health; Hchool District No. H-1 vs. Lena H. V patch. Murderer Makes Escape From San Qucnlin Today Nan Ouentin. ( nl .tun 111 r.l.....i 1 orpin, serving a lifo term nt. the San y m'lit in prison for murder, escaped to day mid Is nt large sniuenlicre between fail tjuentln and Snn Hnfnel porsur.l by score of armed guards. 1'ijnon officials say they don't believe the 'ti is armed. Turpiu has been a member of the prinoii scavenger gang of ten convicts working at the cemetery a mile out side the prison walls, These meu wore under the supervision of a single guard. Tnrpln obtained permission from the g mrd to go to the tool house nonrhy ud did not return. An investigation showed that the tool house was empty and Turpln nowhere In sluht. FOUIEOF! Supreme Court of United States Has Doubts of Guilt of Georgia Man Washington, Jan. 19. The United States supreme eourt today ordered the oxcution of Leo M. Frunli, of Atlanta, tin., stayed, and diiected that he be held in custody until further notice. Had the highest tribunal not inter vened, Frank would have been executed in (Ivorgiu next week for the murder of Mary J'hagnn. Frink, u well-to-do Jew, was superin Icnd'.nt of an Atlanta pencil factory. The murder of Mary l'liiignii occurred on a holiday nnd nt a time when Frank and a uegru junitor only were in the factory, she culled ut the pluut to collect a few dollars due her umt win never seen nlivo ugain. Ki'inli paid her t.ie money and alleged lhat, so far as he knew, nhe left the bull ling immediately, A dav later, however, her body wus found in the baHumcut of the building. The ue gro janitor, who bad served several sen tences in iail for minor ul tenses, BWorc Hint. Frank had killed the girl ami had ordered mm to write a note to Mary's mother, asserting that she hud been attacked by a "slim bluck nig ger." The janitor snid he signed Mary's name to the note. Frank is a married man ami a grail uto of Cornell university, Investiga tion showed that bis character was above reproach but he was arrested nnd charged with the murder. His attor neys claimed that the murder uf Mary rinvnn came us the culmination of Li homicides la Atlnntn in nine mont'.is. The police, they said, had obtained no convictions in these enties, ami were charged on all sides with incompetency. "Then," suid one of tlie defense at torneys, "they nrorsteil Frank and con cocted the whole case against him." . Three witnesses, who testified nt the triul which resulted in Frank's convic tion, have sworn under onth that they testified falsely against Frank at the institution of the prosecution, After the jury had returned its verdict of guilty, the triul judge gave out the following statement to the newspapers: "Although 1 presided duily nt tho trial, I do not know oven now whether Frank is innocent or guilty." Sudden Impact Against Tree Stirs Councilman to Action Under the head of a particularly In formal discussion which Councilman .McClelland aptly eharucterlled as "for the good of the order," n number nf small incidental mntters for tho better ment, of the city were brought up and presented to tho attention of the coun cil following the meeting last evening. Councilman MeClellunil, when lie had the floor, told of his experience with an onk tree out on South Twenty-third street In his wnrd nnd also testified to the luck of street lights in this dis trict. "I wns going hnuie the other even ing," said McClelland, "when it was so dark out there thnt I could not see three feet nnd right In the middle of tho sidewulk I met an oak grub bend on. Kersmnsh, I hit it full In the mid idle, and, thinking it wns soiie pedes 1 1 riii n stumllng in the middle of the walk, I excused myself for my careless ness and suid: 'I beg your portion, sir.' I "I received no nnswer, nnd you can i imagine mv surprise when I found I bad bumped into an onk grub. Now there Is no necessity of that tree in the middle of the sidewulk and X would like for the proper measure to be ta ken to see that it don't hump into any ken to see thnt it doesn't bump Into anyone else." Why does not some Mexican patriot effect a compromise by having the various preiiidents Constitute a com mission form of government for Mexico! o.'-vW.;:'.v-'': RIDICULE IDEA Or GERMANS CIRCLING VERDUN Believed That Scouting line of Kaiser's Force May Complete Circle VERDUN'S STRENGTH IS NOT ITS FORTRESSES Long Trenches and Secreted Batteries Protect Gateway to Paris By J W. T, Mason, (Former European manager of the United Press.) Now York, Jan. lt.-Germun renorts that the French entrenched camp of Verdun has been encircled have not been substantiated. Pariii ridicules the statement. It is probable that the "in uiapuicues menn at most that a thin scouting line has "passed around tho French position, not that an in vestment force linn settled down to a formal siego of the famous fortifica tions. indeed, a siege of Verdun lias be come an impossibility. Since thn Onr- man 42 centimeter guns demonstrated their superiority over all modern forti- rieit places, the defensive strategy at Verdun has been radically nllnpn.l Llaborated eonstrucied forts of steel and concrete me not protecting the corner of the eastern ontowav to ! ranee. Trenches nre now doing the " "t permanent. roitilicnMons. Kxteudiiiif for miles bovoud the for est nre artillery nnd Infniitry positions do? into the earlh or concealed in the woods, These defenses, not anticipated at the beginning of the war, have been I ropnrcd since the -12 centimeter demonstrated the fulilitv of fortress win fare. Field tactics, therefore, and not immobile artillery defenses or oerinnnent fortifications are protect ing Verdun, It is probable thnt the Verdun forts have been denuded of their (funs, which have been moved forward to the buttle front for operations in the open, were It not for this quick change in defensive methods adopteiM iiy me rrencn, tne vcrilun lorts would now be crumbled ruins. The French warfare, thus adopted, makes an in vestment impossible, or rather robs the term "investment" nf its former nisnulng. To surround Verdun now moans to dig an outer circle of en trenchments facing tho trenches oc cupied by the French. To Jo this safe ly would reqniru a stupendous army. It would necessitate also the radical extension of the (lerinnn battle froul in order to cut off the main French communicntloiis with Verdun. Furthermore, Verdun, ud doubt, has been plentifully stocked with ammuni tion and food. The encircling enemy, therefore would be unablo to force tlie surrender of the trenches because of exhausted war stores. The two circles of entrenchments would constitute op posing battle linos, and local en.'iage ments would comprise the warfare. Such a ring would duplicate, on a small scale, the problems of tho present fight ing from tne North sen to tho boundury of Lorraine, Those nro the reasons why tho fate of Antwerp and Miiubcugo has not overtaken Verdun nnd why it probably will not. J. C. Dowling Injured When Clothing Catches in Machine .1.' ('. Dowling, formerly superinten dent of the Willamette vnlley division of the Portland Railway, Liglit 4 Pow er eiopany, anil at present chief elec trician of the Willamette. Iron & Hteel company of Portlund, was seriously In jured this morning at their plant In Portland. Ills clothing was caught on some shafting which tore off ono knee cap, broke the other leg iu two places and severed one arm frivn tho body at the shoulder. He wns taken to a Port land hospital but no further particulars have been received. Mr. Dowling, hn wife nod two children resided in Salem two years, leaving one year ago last September, and he has many friends hero to whom the news of the accident will come as n decided shock, The Weather Oregon: Fair to night and Wednesday i winds mostly easterly. '011 1 SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 10, 1915 Lower Body Approves Dillard Census Bill Identical With The house adjourned at 3:10 this afternoon until 10 o'clock tomorrow. The senate adjourn- ed at 3 o'clock until the same hour. Three bills passed the house this afternoon: H. B. 30, by Anderson, of Clatsop; II. B. 23, by Lewis, and H. B. 12, by Hus- ton. Three bills were passed by tho house thia morning, Ou3 of which wns the Dillard bill, providing for the repeal ol the old stntuto requiring the taking of a state census every five years, alter nating with tho federal census, and identical with the Dimick bill passed by the senate last week; and nnothct waa the Huston bill, providing for the preservation of waterfalls, streams and other acenic benutics along the Colum bia river, and the third was the Jack Bon county delegation bill ceding to the t. niteu States jurisdiction over Crater Lake National park. The Lewis bill, providing for an increase in tho number of challenges allowed each party in se lecting jurors in civil eases from three to five, wus killed by indefinite post ponement. While the Jackson county delegation bill, ceding Crater Lnke park to the United States, was up for considera tion nnd final passage, Miss Marion B. Towue, of Jackson county, tho first woman member of nn Oregon legisla ture, delivered her maiden speech of the session nnd won the additional dis tinction of having been the first wo man to have addressed nn Oregon le gislature from the floor of the house. I'pon recommendatiun of the judi ciary committee, the' Scheubel bill, pro viding n three per centum tax upon the gross receipts of sleeping ear com panies, refrigerator car enmpunios nnd pil companies, was referred to the com mittee on assessment and taxation. This move, it is understood, wns made to avoid the defeat 'of thn measure through an unfavorable recommenda tion from the judiciary committee nnd his companion bill to this, providing for n per centum tax upon the gnws re ceipts of express, telephone und tele graph companies, now in the hands of the ways and menus committee, will probably take t!'c same course an the ways, and means committee is inclined to report the bill unfavorably on the ground that it Is opposed, to the policy of heaping unnecessary burdens of ex pense upon public service corporations during these times of finnnciul stress. Nineteen now measures were intro duced in the house this morning, among tho most important of which were sev eral introduced by Chairman Davey, of tlie committee on printing, which re peals nil old statutes requiring that the printing or certain department nf state be puid for out of the printing tunii. i nose lulls contemplate the re dnetion of a great amount of printing expense incurred ny the state depart mentH every two years nnd In thn In terim by providing that nil printing by these departments bo pnld out of their mnintennnce fund. The department! mentioned In these billa include tho In heritance tax fond, superintendent of public, instruction, state fair directors, forestry deportment, stnto board of health, bureau of labor and stnto li brary board. Reprcsentntlve Blnnchard'a bills pro posing to change the meeting of the legislative assembly from the odd to the even yenrs and the time for filing Initiative measures with the secretary fstato to on or before the first of January of the legislative years, as out lined in another story In this issue, were nlso introduced in tho house this morning. The following bills were introduced in the house this morning: If. B. I1!H, by Blnnchnrd Fixing the time for filing Initiative petitions. H. B. Utt, by Illnnchard Changing time for holding legislative assembly, H. B, 130, by Cnrdwoll (living drug gists right to sell alcohol on prescrip tion. H. B. 131, bv Stott For relief of Miss Klin Kllefson, 100. II. II. 132, by Schuebcl To Instruct school children on harmful effects of alcoholic liquor. II. B. 133, by Anderson (Clatsop) Relating to capture of young sturgeon. II, H. 131, by Hunt Changing fiscal year for state business. II. B. 135, by Vnwter Limiting In heritance tux liens. II. B. 13(1, 137, 138, 1311, HO, 141, MS, by committee on printing Itcipiir Ing several departments to pay for printing out of their appropriations, H. H. 143, by Child Relating to letting contracts on public buildings, II. B. 114, by llinkle (lovernlug election of rounty school superintend ents. H. B. lift, by printing committee Requiring departmental printing by re npcetlve department. II. H. 140, by Jones Abolishing Im nnhn gnme reservation. II. B. 147, by Ilnrrow Limiting day's cntch of rrsb to 00. Judge Lindsey Attacks Sage - and Carnegie Foundations Denver, Colo, an. 18. Bittor denun ciation of the men behind tho Rockefel ler, Sage and Carnegie foundations, un der investigation iu Aow York by tho federal industrial relations commission, was voiced tulay by Judge Ben B. Lindsey, of the juvenile court hero. "If the commission," said Judge Lindsey, "calls tho .attention of the people to the fact that it is with their money that the Hockofoller, 8ago, Car negie and oher foundations aro main tained it will have fulfilled its purpose for the present. "The industrial government, with headquarters1 in Wall atrcot, is much more powerful than the political gov ernment at Washington. When tho people cease to realize that the prime object of tho Rockefeller and other foundations is to maintain tho false economic system existing, then wo will face the greatest danger in history industrial slavery. We will be building toward a new fatalism, "The Bubtlo violence of capital is bciag felt with full forco. Capital controls our institutions of learning and the establishment of foundations that tho rising generation may be brougot up in the path the industrial masters would have them go will breed moro vio lence for labor. The violence of cap Editor of Silverton Journal Arrested For Publishing Lasenon Affidavit J. E. Hosmer, the editor- of tho Hil vcrtou Journal, was arrested this morn ing on a charge of criminul libel on an indictment returned by the special grdnd jury which finished its session last wock, The specific chargo against tho editor is that be republished the alleged affidavit of Mary Lascnwi us soon as ho was released from the county jail and in the first issuo of his paper alter no roturmal to Silverton. Jn the article containing the alleged affidavit he defied tho Cuthclic sisters of Mt. Angel to proceed against him further. It is dunned that in this issue he rciteruted all of too charge ho had claimed against the Cntholica of Mt. Angel and which resulted in his incar ceration in tho comity jail upim convic tion of libel in the circuit court. Hosmer alleged thnt ono Mary Lase non wns a nun in tho Mt. Angel con vent and that she esenped and made her way to tho home of a minister in Hilvertou and in the presence uf aover nl people made serious charges against tho convent heads. The publication o t.i in affidavit resulted iu tho bringing of libel ngninst Hosmer and a suit for 30,000. Hosmer wu confined to the county jnil for several months after his conviction. Hosmer gnve .ICO bond for his ap pearance in thn circuit court of this ci.mty ami Hheritf F.sch returned to thia city from Hilvertou this afternoon. Hosmer inmlo no statement after his arrest and the sheriff permitted him to go on his own recognizance to find bondsmen. Tho bondsmen worn secured nnd approved in the justice court ot Hilvertou, ilmmer will be arraigned in the circuit court early next week. Governor Wltliycombe this morning received the resignation of Colonel Jackson, Inspector general of the Ore gon National (lunrd, to take effect si multaneously with that of Adjutant (lenenil Fln.er, whose retirement, It is claimed, was forced in order to make room for tho appointment of his succes sor, Captain (leorge White, of Port land, tlovernor Withycombn returned the resignation of Colonel Jackson with the request that hi action be recon sidered. It nn been Insistently intnnnteil thnt Colonel Jnckson tendered hi res ignation out of sympathy and in retal iation for tho treatment of Adjutant Ldenernl Flnr.cr, with whom lie has worked ao harmoniously ami in accord for no many yenr, and it has nlso been reported that Colonel Jnckson' resig nation wns tendered in anticipation of receiving Bitch a request from tlovernor Withyeombe, but both th"so rumor ,were emphatically denied in tho gover nor office na being absolutely with out ground. In giving out a statement regarding tho request for reconsidera tion of Colonel Jnckson' resignation, (lovernor Wlthycombo said! "I have alwny regarded Colonel Jnckson with the wnrmost personal tn.Mt.l u.l ..t.,fI..L r,. E,l,n II. a )ilghcst admiration a a military man. Indeed, hia presenre nt my inngural re ception wns ono of the most pleasant event or the evening, i sincerely nope Colonel Jackson will reconsider Li ao- PRirrc two rrcxrTa 0N teaikb ajto newb - w vuil JIU ital is oppression, built on an economic system which permits a fow ta reap the rewards of the work of thousands and then to distribute that wealth so tho system can be maintained. "If the foundutioiiB were really de signed for the work they would "have us believe, their first step would be to destroy tho system which makes such foundations possible. "Thousands nf dollars have been sent to Europe for the suffering Bolginns by men identified with tho interests tho foundations represent. No ono has over heard of our own Bufforers being bo Bided. H. O. Phippa contributed W00) to starving Belgian children. At his back door in Colorado) tiicro are thousands of starving women and chil dren, victims of industrial warfare. Thoy nre as innocent an the Belgians. But Phipps hns not contributed ono cent for their relief. By maintaining the conditions under which his hirelings livo, Phipps is able to nrnnsa hundreds of thousands of dollars yonrly." Judge Lindsey said ho did not tnko the attitgdo that foundations did no good. Ho said there wns no doubt that thoy aided in the building up of insti tutions to alleviate certain effects. Hut he insistod they always built in tho direction they wanted tho development to go. EREC President Thompson Is At Albany at Bedside of His Father The eiinto was opened by Senator Moser thia morning acting a proxy for President Thompson who wns callod to Albnny by the sicklies of bis father Rnfu Thompson, one of the pioneer resident of thnt city. Senator Wood wa called to tho chair and presided throughout tho forenoon. Tho most important matter con sidered during the morning was the re consideration of HeiiRto Joint Memorial No. 2 which wa approved by tho up per house yesterday afternoon. The first, business of tho morning was lengthy debute upon tho subject of rcculling the memorial from the house. This was finally accomplished and after moro discussion thn measure waa Indefinitely postponed, a squabble over tho rules occupying considerable time. Henntor Moser raised a point ot order demnudiiig thnt the motion to in definitely postpone wna out of order until after a motion made by Henntor Hutler to refer to cominittco was dis posed of. Dictlonnrie, Robert' Rules of order and many other documents wero presented In ovldeiico before the matter wna fniully settled. The memorial urges tho adoption of house resolution No. providing for the retirement of civil sorvico em ployees nnd providing a pension for them. Three bills were pnssed, aeiialn bill No. 44 by Henntor liiiiigguth permitting Inking nf testimony outeido of the stale by litigant, Henntor Moser 's Hill No. 3il referring to counter claims and Henntu Bill No, 30 by Henntor Ht raver chniiRing tho time of holding court in tho Kightth Judicial District. The joint resolution introduced by Henntor llurlnnd providing by a com mittee consisting of three from the senate and four from thn house to in vestigate tho asylum was approved by tho senate this morning. In keeping with his program of economy and retreuchmentj which he hns mapped out with a view to cor recting the extravagant system of tin nt ion ami particularly as it applies to Junn founty, Henntor Bingham this morning Introduced a bill proposing to limit the levying of taxes for the year 101.1 to the amount levied on the tot n I nsHcssed vuliio of tho year IIII4, plus six per cent, und for each year after 1015 the tax rules nre to lie limited so ns not to levy a greater amount of revenue than was levied tho preceding year, plus six per cent. Henntor Hlnuhnm'a bill extends end limits this authority of levying tax revenues to include thn legislative as sembly, and every city, county, town, school ami road district in the state; Iu cnse nn Increase over this rntlo is deemed necessary the question Is to be submitted to a vote of Iho elector of the county, town or district and it re quires a,' two-third majority to au lliori.e an increase, but it doe not apply t nn inlditinnnl levy to provide for the payment of bond or wnrraut indebtedness created prior to tho en actment of the measure. A violation of tho provision of the mensuro eon titulc a misdemeanor and any officer or officers responsible for such viola tion are subject to a fine of not ex ceeding tl.OiKI and thn statn tux com mission I delegated with tho power nf administering and enforcing the pro visions of the act, tlon, and will remain with the flunril. Huch action will bo appreciated not ,nnly by myself anil the officer nf the (lunrd, but by all who know thia vet eran friend of tho stnto." STANDS riVB CENTS CLAIMS OF SUCCESS IDE BY FRENCH IS DENIED BY BERLKI Artillery Fighting Continues In Region North of Arras NO DEVELOPMENTS OF IMPORTANCE RELATED Dispatch Declares Russian Assaults in East Have Been Repulsed . THE WAS LINEUP. Russian Poland Pet.rograd cluiins (lerniuna driven to fron- tier of Pluck province Mlawa destroyed by constant cannon- ailing, Aiistro-ijiorman column advancing against Warsaw reached , Opocimo. Hermans claim general success in Inland. France French claim cap- tu fed additional German field works iu LnPretro forest and southwest of Mot,. Berlin do- nied these claims. Lull at Hois- sons; (lerninn reinforcing thero for renewed offensive. Germany Captain of Ameri- enn steamer Greenbrier, at lire- mnu, charges British naval of- ficers hauled down ship Amor- lean flag, hoisted I'nion Jack nnd otherwise insiilied Anier- it icun colors. k A lis! rift Vtnniio olnlma Attu. to triuns captured Russian trench- .en near akliczn, Russian tsay x ruiisyivnnia campaign proceed- ing satisl'iictorilv. Tiirkoy - Respite numerical it linnCt-lnl-Ht. llnlltinn nHnmftt In J outflank Turks in Caucasus do- reated, oiistnutiutipio claims. Belgium and Alsace Fog and snow hampering operation. Berlin, by wireless to London, Jan. 10. Tailing direct issue with tha French statement, the official German, statement issued this afternoon by thct war office denied claims of French successes nt Laltoisclle and in tbo for est at Lnl'retre. It Is declared that artillery fighting; continue north of Arms, near Laltoi elle to the east of HoiHsona us. I in Alsace but Hint there have been no im poitnnt development at any of thos places. Only nt Uiltoisello ay th statement, have thero been evidence of a renewal of Infantry fighting. Ili'flvy snow and fog generally inter fern with thn operations in the west. The war office declnreil Russiun as saults In mnny plnees in the eantnrn theater have been repulsed and that several hundred Russians havn been captured. Muscovite defeat at Nad onnw, Cjoshun and Hierpor. are given especial mention. Unfavorable weather nt ill prevent continuation of the German drive to ward Warsaw, the statement adds. Tha Russian Report, Putrograd, Jan. 10. Bloody fighting for possession of the northeast section of tho province of I'lock, in Russian Poland, has resulted in a decisive de feat of tho Germans, according to of ficial announcement by the war of fir here today. The enemy has been forced buck to tlie frontier, the Btnto ment ndds. This I tho district through which General Franco!' German army at tempted to advance toward Wumiw ....I ...... .l,- n..,i tilltiiFV nvnurta believe It indicate the defeat of nn other serlou Gorman offensive iu thu section. The announcement report artillery duels and sporadic Infantry fighting east, nf Mlawa. Tho town of Mlnwn Itself ha been reduced to benp ot ruins a the result of successive bom bardment, and the country thereabout Im been completely devastated. It Is unofficially reported the shat tered German column are re-formlng and receiving reinforcement in tha vicinity of Haiut Rypid nnd plan an attempt to resume the offensive. The main column nf tho Austrian and German, advancing toward War saw from Iho south h reached Opoce Bllll. Wlliposi xroin Him "no ......r;,.,,11if In linve bnnn ilehteil south and west, of Hudoin, where th Hussion re atrongiy lomuca. ....-nl.. 1. .1,1111, In iiTlirtC teit at RiiiloirL Fvrni" imi'v-K - I a the Russian regnnl it a the key to the Warsaw pusiiniim. MILLIONAIRE DIES. Han Francisco, Jan. IP. K. W. How. ard, nged 45, millionaire capitalist of u.... f..t ...ul.l....t nf tint llnni.t Cattle company and prominent poloi . ... .A Item . M lj.l.H piaver, men ut ii.. n. i. ,.y the Adler auitui'ium a the reiull of Injurle received In an elevator acci dent at the Califronln Paolfic building hero two week (jO, , M