Full Today's News Printed Today Leased Wire Pispatcnes MGHTHYEAR SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915 PRICE TWO CENTS ON TRAINS AJTO KBWI STANDS FIVB OBWTI If II DM IHlfESTIGATIO N 0 F mi if m Captain Koehne of American Ship Will lestity ceiore. Board of Inquiry TEIXS GRAPHIC STORY OFEXPERIENit Al 5tA Question of Rights of Neutral lipping May Be settled With Present Case Wnbinglun, March II. President to toiiav ordered a searching in yai into all the farts connected with lb sinking of tin' American sliii Wil l,iu P, Frj'e ii) the south Atlantic Hi by tbe German converted cruiser Md! Kitel Frit'drich. Tbe most exhaustive investigation ill b mailf, " ho said today. "And kitfcr nciion is taken in the mat ln sill be liuseil uun the result of it," IVniJnit Wilson and .Secretary Hry u ire i-oopfrati ti ia this inquiry. "The most searching inquiry will bo afe"saiil the president today, "and iblever action is taken will lie based ! the remit of it. ' ' It Ibis inquiry shows that the filets M .t forth in the preliminary state Mtgtfivtain Kiehne of the Frye are nv tie 1'nitPil States will insist on ssttin.'lt is generally agreed, too, miration will lie tin tncoiuuig. Tutliniinstriitioii will insist, ilnr ir Upcoming negotiations that its "'Mil tU (ime as that outlined in Washington, March H. The answer made to Secretary of State Bryan's note by General Venustinno Carranza, first chief of the constitutionalist forces, in regard to conditions at Mex ico City, was published here today. It was addressed to John H. Silliman and contained the reassurances indicated in the advices received from Mex ico yesterday. General Carranza said that al though the wording of the American note afforded him an excuse for not answering it, he said he did not wish that silence on his part should be construed as giving ground for the allega tion that he was responsible for conditions in Mexico City. General Carranza 'b answer con tained about 9000 words. He tecout note to the Gorman foielirn Hi;, wtotk mill: It rontnilen of Herman warships iestroy an American vessel, it. would I'f difficult to vii'W thu 11 t-t- in line "Uiit li!lit than nn inih'fensible vinlii I'M of neutral rights, which it would ' wry lianl to reroiici'e. ii'l'ioranie sitiintiuii arses, ton Ijnitml m will be loiHtrained to hold the Kn; eminent to strict aeeount- jbiliiy. IVeshlont Wils made it plain that me I into. Mates has surrendered none 't right, ,0. international law ith rt'si-cet to any of the belligerents. U,, ready take whatever steps ".'I, " m,ffTy t" safeguard - .., mm cspei lallv t high seas. JL, ? tllis !,it,'!,,i"" the ,h!'t W government must 11 l-art,al coarse, the presi- ahan.loned all minor Iwislnoss tnc iresent. r. ,resi,,.,,, has l,ce confronted fc i:,., ;,"""!,iu" "i'l" 'C Of """"i pronoun, s Wife of Rancher Becomes Proud Mother of Four Babies at 40 Years """Mf ami i nierelv ii, i .'""., quesnons were beginning of ,., series of i.n- trl,?' ':'l,ll,'l:""'ii.g of American ji . ... . """tied when pit n i ... i . ' '"'"'"'to were scarcely Redding, Cnl.; March 11. Mrs. C. 0. MeKnight, wife of a rancher of Bella Vistn. near Reddiner. is the proud moth er of four babies who were norn shortly before midnight, all within the short spnee of two hours time. , Two of the children were boys and ,two were girls. Each was perfectly formed and normal in every way. At noon today the attending physician said thnt Mrs. MeKnight was well and hap py and that her babies were progress ing famously, A baby incubator was rushed by automobile today from Red ding to the MeKnight ranch. Mrs. MeKnight ia 40 years of age and weighs only 105 pounds. She is the mother of nine other living children, nil born singly. Her husband is 45 years old. The first wonderful brood of babies mnde his appearance soon after 0 o'clock last night. He weighed SV pounds. His brother and sisters were If such u'not long in following him and nt 11:15 o'clock Dr. W. II. Fnmsh of Alillville, who attended Mrs. MeKnight, informed her astounded husband thut two sons and two duughters hud been added to his flock. The lust, a girl, weighed one and three quarters pounds. When Dr. I'nrrish left the MeKnight ranch todny he suid that Mrs. Ale Knight was rndiantly happy; thnt she. had nursed euch of her four little ones its rights on 11 turn, and thut they were sleeping peacefully bv their mother's. side, Though the McKnights had mnde ready for the visit of the stork, they naturally were unprepared to clothe his remnrkuble burdon. Kindly women of the neighborhood, however, hurried to their aid. Other prospective mothers carried to the MeKnight homo the dainty baby clothes and other infnntile necessities they had themselves pre pared. Within a few hours each baby had a wonderful wardrobe. The McKnights are said to be in humble circumstances. They live on a rented farm. IDENT El C. F. Baxmyer, Travelling Great Crowd Gathers In Court Medford Man Secures Posi Salesman Commits Suicide Enroute to Pittsburg Chicago, March 11. C. F. Baxmyer of Portland, Oregon, was found dead to day in a Pullman car of the Burlington Limited after the train loft Aurora, 111. He was identified by the police by cards in his pockets, as sales manager of the Storey Manufacturing Company of Portland." Other passengers said .Baxmyer walked to the end of the car as the train was passing through Aurora and a moment later they heard a shot. Hushing back they "found Baxmyer dead with a bullet through his heart. Telegrams showed that he was en route to Pittsburg. The body was re moved to an undertaking establish ment here and relatives in Portland were notified. Came From Pittsburg. Portland, Or., March 11. C. P. Bax myer made his home at 744 Clackamas street and resided in Tortalnd about two years, coming here from Pittsburg. Ho was secretary of the Storey Manu facturing eompnny, making of orchard supplies, for nearly a yeur but severed his connections with that concern sev eral months ago, according to M. W. Storey, president of the company. Bax myer was 54 years old and at ono time was connected with the Bonne Air Keul ty company of Pittsburg. Make Splendid Showing In Arithmetic Test Given by State Officer ce Lincoln. Tularin,. '""".has had -wpiiai nil,), , 'lr. the si'ector nf win- Siiieo th0 Wllr 01l,,.1(,i a series of ems to settln lunnv 1 will ill,.,., n , ..: i . . . I'lc-mieni in tit (! '.''"V''.''1 '""'t'iciall Itritnin .,, tulny protested l t'V the I' " l PH.i, - I iu nave pointed f" H.v act . pot-Ill t Death Notice of Friend Recalls Boyhood's Trials The recent death of F. C. Homes, Sr., of near Ashlnnd, the head of one of the most prominent families in Jackson , county, called to tho mind of Secretary .T1 Wlea, r . , ,Ji inn r.ni'i government, I-'iiitIii it.) i or "ll"0 Ulcott yesterday anernoon, ny out that it I ""' rt,al'"K f t'lfl announcement in a nc of . 1 , "l,i,nii to on-. .... , - . hould the lip to en- niechanieallv That the children in the country schools of Jackson coiyity, arc keeping pace in their studies with their city cousins, is indicated by an interesting experiment recently made by County puperintemient .1. I'ercy wells, and re ported to Superintendent of Public In struetion Churchill. Superintendent Vt ells prepared test problems in anth met ir for each of the grades from tho fourth to the eighth Inclusive. Although the city children, excepting in the fourth and fifth grades, were somewhat more rapid in their work. the country children, with the single exception of the eighth grade, were more accurate and solved more prob lems correctly. The per cent of accuracy for each of the grndes, tho first number each time showing the city children, was as ronows: Fourth, grade, 7U.3 80.3; fifth grade, s:i 87.H; sixth grade, 74.0 Sl.2; seventh grade, 81.7 84; eighth grade, !. su.i. No Powder Famine Is Possible Says Dupont San Diego, Cul., March 11. Thomas Coleman Dupont, head of the great Du pont Powder company, was asked today if the progress of the war would be af fected by the lack of explosives. "A fumino in powder f" ho asked. "Never! We can moke enough powder on a few uiiys notice to keep the en tire world nt war just as long as it feels like fighting." Oenerul Dupont, however, declined to discuss the mutter further. Ho is hero "'"1 10 llM iii,. . enee when he worked for several months on a vucution trip und taking in the 'luring tho winter of IHUil upon the exposition, but is spending a good deal i Homes ranch for his board and keep, of his timo looking over the southern I Previous to the time of working foriCuliforniit roads, (lood roads is his ! Mr. Homes now Secretary of State 01- great hobby. He said that southern Cul- "kit rtuim,, 1 , u,r to sea . s:, ;:!'::':!!",i"'; 'ill ro , ' W'"' 'h'l'nrtinent ' 00lf was ""I'lnyed in a minor position ifornin communities were making a big "" regarding th 1,1,1 'I i. ' ""' ar. " to , ravii . .... U k. ' ' ' "i I tk. ':. - 'I ' r. 's not neeesarilv """in nt the end ii.,r. . " i ne enw i he ,lt.,..Y;'V. ," Nl'p,t News "in -unices of tbe N. :fMn? German Linc. off,".11--:11- "tw.i, I1"" the I Stilton' 'f'nil'o.i "" r''"wl' tl , "m result of; : 'r a, ;::::,,!.th" -i-t i"'ri weru . now in 'be ,,' ' T.rf.:,,v I I" III IK., ... i -Ml Ill's) 1'iiVtMI 1'ity here'bnt, .1!, 'I.v w -lor of tl,.. i, u X", ,' "'""ilton. at' iv, ""ant S,'vr.' reported ' hi i ne , in the William Brown shoe store in mistake by not getting wider rights of Salem and ho started out with Oswald way in running through the bnek conn West, then a clerk in the La.ld & Hush, try sections. bank, on a trin to the Klamath county "You ought to get a hundred feet on foot and horsebnek. West returned , extra nt each side of the road," he from Ashland to attend to some busi-1 said, "It is sure to come in handy in ties nti.l tini-u ...tin!...,,! n).iit n.. l l,Jt)iu future." ,1 (J ... ,1 ll.jvill.,1 II" I'll Ullll in. I' '"'i latter was thrown upon his own re- ' : sources in a strnnize rountrv. Secretary OPERA SINGERS KILLED. Oleott yesterday sat down mid wrote! Madrid, March 1 1. Fourteen persons n letter of condolence to -Mrs. Homes, ' wevj killed and IS others were injured the widow, and surviving children all toduv in the wreeK or a passenger of whom have grown up and occupy pusnious of proiniiieiico. Tk ki k f. '"' lh" ' rv Portland Firemen Hurl By Falling Floor train near Mgo. inn director, tenor nnd prima doinili of toe Angijittl Op era company, were among those killod .., ""'rain i it Stevens were standing underneath when the floor caved, springing to safety. Believing nil seven were Killed, thev I'luni'i'd into the ruins and began pull Seven fire-ling them out, The worst injured were r"f tk,. .,. ,? "'"'I t, t.".' I a l,t. . wh. IHVp Ilk, 1t 're. ... u. 'r- VoM,l. "Hlg (, '"r Portlnnd. Or.. Mnreh 11, men were injured early this morning , rushed to the Kmergeney hospital and wnen the second floor of the South plater taken to their homes, where it Mount Tuhor school fell, precipitating , said ull are doing well. them into the ruins. The building it-1 V" self an. nrnnlit1.. J.,ul...,-n.l Unttnl. I Jk t '( she remheil i,m (',li,,f Stevens declaring the firei .I,,,',! "'I;?""1 aill have I'rol'iibly of Ineendiurv origin. it''Ht tufa f i i ii oho mntir Rrtrmu v tninrpii n rn ; 1 r WITNESS STAND TODAY WEIGHTSAND MEASURES Room To Hear Testimony (By Bond P. Geddes.) New Vork, March 11. Reports that Harry K. Thaw might take the stnnd in his own defense brought out the big gest crowd since his conspiracy trial began in the supreme court, Scores of women rammed the cor ridors of the building long before the doors of the court Toom were thrown open. Thaw's stiffened neck from which ho sufferod yesterday was much better today but he appeared in court again wearing a heavy sweater. Deputy Attorney Ueneral Kennedy snid today that Thaw would return to Matteawan no matter what the result of tho present conspiracy trial. "An acquittal ot this cliurge," he said, "would not establish Thaw's san ity. In ense he is eonvicted, the state will ask his immediate commitment t the nsylum for the criminal insane." After obtaining a ruling by the court which lawyers regard as making con viction practically certain, the state rested at noon in the trial of Harry K. Thaw and five others charged with conspiracy to procure Thaw'n escape from Matteawan. Justice Page ruled that Thaw cannot show during the present trial that he is sane. The question of sanity is not. relevant to the eliurge of conspiracy, ne declared, sustaining the states ob jections, to attempts bv the defense to put witnosses on record as stating wnetner, in their opinion, Thaw is in sane. Inasmuch as tho fact of the escnne is prncticnlly admitted by the defense, it is believed the ruling removes the defense s Inst prop. I nder the decision the only sanity testimony permissible is tnnt-ilesigned to show that Thaw- knew "the nature and quality" of the aueaed acts of consnirnev, The defense fought hard neninst this rnlingj asserting' its right to prove Thaw's sanity nnd thereby prove his right to flee from the asylum for the criminal insane. As soon ns the prosecution rested, Justice i'nge overruled motions to dis miss the indictments against nil six defendants excepting Michael O'Koefe, who, it wns asserted, has never been identified with the alleged conspiracy In any way. O'Keefe was set free by the court. Thaw showed tho utmost confidence as he stepped to the stand. Ho answered questions in a clear, loud voice and during his testimony kept his eyes steadfastly on John B. Stanch field, his principal lawyer. The latter, in his opening statement before Thaw was called declared Thaw's escape from Matteawan w.is not an obstruction but a promotion of justice. There was no conspiracy, he asserted. The whole plan wns Thaw's and all the other defendants we're mere ly employes. Thaw described his experiences and dutbs during his confinement in Mat teawan. He had lost hope of libera tion, he said, when he was told by his lawyers that they had exhausted ail the legal steps. He was afrnid, he snid, thut ho might not be able to withstand the horrors of Matteawan if he re mained longer there. The lute Alfred Henry Lewis, he said, had advised him that he would not vio late tiie law if he escaped friwi the asy lum without committing violence, lie assumed all responsibility for his cs cape, declaring he personally had ar ranged all the details. Witness said he considered himself snne, adding that he hud been particu lar not to commit nny crime during his flight. 1'inler cross-examination, Thaw said Attorney Martin W. Littleton and not he, hud pleaded "not guilty because of Insanity" when ho wus on trial the Inst lime (in charge of murdering Stan ford White. "I was sane at that time and all the .jury knew it," he suid. Game Warden's Slayer Is Acquitted by Jury Medford. Or., March 10. The jury in the circuit court nt Jacksonville re turned a verdict of not guilty in the case of Loris Martin, charged with the murder of A. S. Iluhbnrd, deputy game warden. The jury returned the verdict ut .1 o'clock yesterday afternoon lifter deliberating fur five hours. thut firae to those who to Hon Under Law Passed by Last Legislature Charles L. Hanson, of Medford, is the first deputy sealer of weights and measures to have been appoiutcd by State Treasurer Kay, as state Bcaler of weights and measures, to sorve as dis trict deputy under the new law which was enacted by the last leeislntnre which abolished the present system of county deputies and establishes the dis trict system for tho state. I'nder this law the state will be divided into four districts, two in Eastern and tn'n in Western Oregon nnd n deimtv sealer will be provided for each district to put In his full timo and his services will be paid for jointly by tho sevoral counties in tho district upon the basis of population. Mr. Hnsnn will serve in the Southern uregon district, to be composed of Lane, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Jackson, Josephine, Klamath and Lake counties and ine other districts will be composed as follows; Western Oregon district, Tillamook, Yamhill,. Marion, Lincoln, Washington, Clackamas, Polk, Benton and Linn; Northern Oregon, Clatsop, Columbia, Multnomah, Hood River, vaseo, Sherman, Jefferson, Crook, Wheeler and Gilliam, nnd Eastern Ore gon district, Morrow, Union, Grant, Harney, Yamhill, Wallowa, Baker, and Malheur. THE WAS LUTE-UP. I The thing", wait are upt thev ai rive. School Board May Have To -Drive Well For South Salem Structure America. President announc ed 'most searching inquiry" ordered into Eitel Friedrich ac tion in sinking American ship Fryc. Indicated prepared in sist on American rights. Can celled all engagements three weeks tct handle international situntion personally. Germany expected offer reparation for Frye incident. Eitel 's prison ers of wnr will bo released. Turkey, Four British war ships shelling Fort Nnmezieh. Krupp guns mounted on fort replying spiritedly. Lull in Smyrna operations. France. General Joffro's continued offensive in Chnm pagno region fureod Gormans to relieve, pressure on retreat ing Russians in Poland. Offi cially denied German claims French lost 45,000 in Cham pagne region, though admitted heavy losst-s. Poland l'etrogrnd dispatches indicate German offeusivo from north nnd northeast against Warsaw. Gerimans mussing heavily along 40-milo front from Mlnwa to Or.ec river. Be lieved 200,000 concentrated along line. Berlin assorts as serts Russiun detachment at tempting to break through Ger man lino below Augustof wero annihilated. FRENCH ACTIVITY MAY AV E WAV FROM GERMAN ARM y Vigorous Campaign In Cham pagne District Relieves Pressure In Poland HEAVY CASUALTIES ARE REPORTED BY BOTH SIDES Russians and Germans Man euver for Positions On Battle Ground Chosen Bear Admiral Thomas B, Howard Now Has Four Starred Flag of Pull Ad mlral, lensiirV 'ssi'iiers he INDIANS ARE COMMENDED. if'tnlicrs of , a.. . . S Ilk I... .1. . .... . ' I'n. ...! l I . I - J...11! t.. -' rwn,,. i . uie Mroi - "i-nun virenrnu. neno cut nv laninu i- ' '"If II U 1 . I . .. -. . .. ' III' 1, . . lla.n, . tl'..t.- I. .. l"'U'lilliF tho .U.'i Steam radiator- Welter k'nnwlton. '''Wl statu. if 'truckman, and W. Benedict, truckman.! . --.II TH u 41. . Illllll 1.11 an, I l.n n Ir a.. n ...... I I I IAP. r. r"0 i, " 41 oiler "u R niinn"- - -t rfm,itl ' . l'ruvision, these """Ped with minor bruises. Knowlton , (TT""-- cuptiven, 1 ,'" amateur lightweight champion M r'S Thre.., I r,p,l Hanson and Battalion Chief London. March II. The Fourth Indian corps was offi cially commended today for bravery. It was stated the jrps yesterday gained 4000 vanls. taking a number nf Ger man positions and trenches. if tlL LIKtff Two of the most serious pruldems with which the Hnleni school board is confronted in the location and construe tion of the new grade school building in South Sulein will be the questions of wuter supply for the school an. I the disposal of the sewage from the build ing. In the first instunee it is cer tain that a well will have to bo driven and the building will he equipped with its )wn pumping apparatus, while In the second, it' it is found thut the sower pipe in that section of the city, th" nearest possible connection being two and one-halt blocks away, Is not nf sufficient capacity to accommodate the school n huge septic tank will have to be constructed. The water supply proposition cams up before the board nt the special meeting Inst night, nnd nt least three solutions to Hie difficulty presented themselves, one of which was to secure water fnmi the city and procide the school with a large reservoir or lank to insure a continuous supply and af ford tome protection against fire, and the other was to drive a well and trans fer ti c small uir-prcKsiii'o plant, origin ally installed nnd operated at the Krl glewood school before the city water service wns extended to that district, to the new school to be put into ser vice. If a well Is to be driven it is claimed that an excellent quality of water cnu bo olitiiincd on the grounds nt il depth of from 25 to 50 feet, pri vote residences having secured an am ple supply of pure water at depths ranging friiin 25 to !IH feet. The plans for the new school build ing, .is prepared by Archied George M. Post, were gone over thoroughly by tho board at last night's meeting, ami, with n few slight modifications as to detaibt of construction, they were ap proved. When completed the new sclutil will be a model for beauty and siniplie. ity of design, and some novel und high ly attractive features are being worked out for the landscape ilccoriitions. The building committee of tiie schuxl hoard, cnmpiiod of E. T. Barnes and Mux Huron, made n report to the board tit their meeting last night tnnt the I'hini'ioy just completed at the high school by Contractor S, A. Hughes, was not ln lit according to specifications. The interior measurements of the chim ney wero to be 21 inches each way, and by actual measurement the chimney niensures only 22 inches, In explunn tiini, Conlrai'tor Hughes elninicl that he built Hccordiair to the outside speci fic stale by tiie time fjcations, nnd that the brick were of such size that would not permit of the ' 24-inch inside plans. After a general discussion, in which the bourd was of the opinion that M'r. Iliighis erred In not notifying the I boar I that the regulation brick used would !i't permit of the chimney being built according to specifications, it was decided thut no more work should be done by the contractor until notified by the building enminlttno. Smi Biego, Cul., Murch 11. With iiu pressivo ceremonies, Rear Admiral Thomus B. Howard, commander of the Pifie fleet nf tho I'nited States navy, todny, hauled down tho two-Bturred flag of his rank and in its place inn up the four-slurred pennant of the full nilmiial, to which he was raised today by the orders issued in Washington in i'iiiii plin lieu with a provision in the na val bill. At ll:!!0 the crew ctf the armored c.ruisor Colorado, flagship of tho fleet, was culled aft in dress uniform. How ard, surrounded by his stuff, rend the .orders from Washington unil formal transfer of the flags was made. The drums nnd bugles sounded and the guns of the Colorudo fired the ad miral V salute of 17 guns. It wan Im mediately returned by a battery on the cruiser New Orleans nnd the Colorudo responded with seven guns. The bund then played the admiral' march. Admiral Howard wore ft sword which was presented to him by Gonernl lT. S. Grunt, when the future admiral wus n midshipman at Annapolis. Howard's father, who was killed in the civil wnr, wns a close friend of Grant's, .Vogel Murderer Sees Dark Despair Ahead San Francisco, March 11. "They have given me life up In Snn Qiinntin nnd 1 know what I 'in going in for. It 's going to be hard work with a speedy death. I am going to dio In prison. Lire is hard to face now, so it 'II probably be a quick death behind prison walls for me." Thus spoke Alfred Sells, confessed murderer, ns he stooped in Snn I'rnn- ciscn on his wnv to San (jueiitin to (By Honry Wood, United Press Staff Correspondent.) Taris, March 11, "After two weeks of violent attacks in tho Champagne district, the French have lifted the pressure from the retreating Russians in rolnud and have saved Warsaw." This official explanation in tho farm of an eye witness statement was given hero today for the recent onslaughts on German positions. Berlin claims that the French losses in tho Champagne fighting reached 45,000 wero denied. It was admitted tho losses wero heavy but thev wero suid to be small compar ed with the German casualties and when the fighting hud hud on tho Po land enmpuigu wns considered. The Germans," toe statement con tinued, "have been compelled toi ask tor heavy reinforcements and they havo expanded large quantities of ammuni tion. Keinlorceiiieiits were unavailable, however, us they wero needed for Gen eral Von llindunbiirg in tho east. "The KusHionsJinve been able to re form und check the Germans and are now pressing them back from tho frontier. , "The French have made important gains in the Champagne district and ii ro holding n Gorman fort captured despite counter attacks." Gonnnru) Threaten Warsaw. lVtrryrad, Murch II. The Germun threat against Warsaw has boon re newed from the north nnd northeast, according to advices received by the wnr office today. The enemy is massing in heavy force between Mlawa and the Or.c. river along n front of 10 miles. Five Ger man army corps, numiiering zuu.uuii men, hnvo been concentrated at 1'rz.ns nve alone and a Uiissian urmy of tho same size Is maneuvering, to meet it. A hiunller Gorman force is showing great activity 00 miles nnrtheusi, ai i, .nn, .urn to strike the northern fortress of Novo GeorgievsK, through Vysogrod. Field Marshal Von llindenliurg is uo- lievcd to have designed this movement honi'iu to develop serious threat iigninst the Hussiiin flunk. Germans Still Defeat Knnsians. Berlin, by wireless to Sayvillo, March II. Russians attempting to) break through the buttle linn south or Augustof havo been annihilated, it wus officially announced here today. Thn numerical strength nf thn Uussians was , not given. . .r . . , , . . m i: .. iSortliwest or wsiroieiiaa, eoii"ei the statement, "tho Germans yesterday captured six officers and U00 men anil also 000 men, three cannon and two machine lruns northeast of SuwnlkL serve a life term for holding up Fre.d ! (,,M,,ral Mackensen captured 1,(100 Hii Harlow in Los Angeles. 1U' pleaded j HjllM)l n the I'ilica-ltiiwka section. guilty to that charge nnd in pled the: "Tho Herman offensive both nortli long'senlence rather than go buck to I an, nl,ri hwost f I'rziisnys, is progress Oakland to face a trial on charge of, i, Hal isfaclorily. murdering, with the aid nf iinollier 'p1(, French were repulsed In two man, Jacob Vogel, a rich baiiKor, ami, attacks after an attempt to regain tne forest east of Souiiln. Vosges continues. " Fighting in the 'rhe Weather Oregon: Gener ally fair tonight and Friday; east erly wind). BOMBS KILL CIVILIANS. Berlin. March 11 (via Snyville.) Brltinh avlutin recently dropped three bombs on Meniu, north of Lille, killing seven Itelgiun civilians and wounding 10 others, according to a statement is sued from the war office hore today. his wife, lit Frnitvule. SiTls looked tired as he waited Hi.. !..! ulili-h limit liini to orison. smoked Incessantly und seemed nervous They rushed him off the ferry and in the extreme. ' through tho crowd at the ferry build- When asked regarding reports that he ing. He refused to pose for n pic.tura had repudiated his eonuiession of thesis he waited, saying to the nmvsjinper Vogel iniiriler. he denied the.in. I photographers: "Vim fellows lilwiiVS "t certainlv never repudiated Hint1 ninke me look like a crook." Iinuiedi confession," he said. lately afterward, however, he sank into Deputy Sheriffs Smith and Wilson; a sent with a despairing uir ami snid: accompanied Hells from Los Angeles.l "NMiat's the use! 1 m going to my Expert Thinks French Moved to Save Warsaw From Germans (By J. W. T. Mason, former European tho Champagne region "more than six Managor of the United Press.) tinny corps," say the Germans, and New York, March II.- The meaning! that means 2.'iii,iini) men of Hie mvsterioos French nflensivn in As the Kiissiuns were retreating tin the ( hniiipngiie district fur nearly U ' GeriiiuiiH needed reinloreenients luntiy month was revealed both by Berlin and to completo the victory. J he exhuiis Frein h officials. General joffre threat; tion which the rushing tactics produced to cot German eomniiinii ation through on the Germnns wus obvious. They hail Luxemburg was liilido for the purpose I won a great victory but were linubln t'l of relievinir the oressiiro on the Itus-, follow it up. The Nnvs were in con sinus and to prevent the Germans in the east from receiving reinforcements. There is no doubt of thn success nf his assistance. Th Chiimpngno drlvo began Febru ary 17. Nine days previously General Von llindeiiburg launched his surprise ut tit" k nt Mazuriun Lakes, the litis and a fresh body of Germans have been ublo to overwhelm fusion would them. Whether General Joffre saved War snw may be an open question. Bu It Is probable thnt had General Von llin deiiburg got reinforcements he could have isolated Warsaw from the north . ... -I'... .. . . I .1.1. wn. .1.1 liAMa Kamm hisiis showing increasing mammy 10 aim joiuoousi, mm im wmuu um aold ground, General Joffre massed In an Important step lu its subjugation, ,