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SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 11, 1915
PRICE TWO CENTS
ON TRAINS AJTO KBWI
STANDS FIVB OBWTI
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IHlfESTIGATIO N 0 F
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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'
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iu nave pointed
f" H.v act
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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-.
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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
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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;
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i"'ri weru . now in
'be ,,' ' T.rf.:,,v
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1'ity here'bnt,
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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.
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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
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IHVp
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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
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t.. -' rwn,,. i . uie Mroi - "i-nun virenrnu. neno cut nv laninu i-
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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, ,