ITIME
J . i
ALONE IS THE GREAT ALLEVIATOR OE HUMAN ANGUISH AND ANGER
Coos Bay Times Your Paper
Tlio Coos Dnjr Times Is proud
Peoplo'a rnper," and it strives
Uvo np to Ita nnmo by dorotlng
promoting tlio pcoplo's interests.
VOL NO. XXXVIII.
ITALY READY
10 ENTER MR
Preparations Being Made Indi
cate That War is Inevitable
Within the Next Week.
IE HOPE PEACE
Diplomats Think That Trouble
may ue aeuiea ai me
Very Last Minute
ROME MESSAGES DELAYED
Tlio ('crumn and Austrian Ambassa
dor to the Vatican Aro Granted
Hlplonmtlo Immunity by tho
King and IjCiivu Tomorrow
AltMY HELD HEADY
i
!
,
ON THE ITALIAN FRON
TIER, May 21. Tho Italian
military authorities aro
guarding with tho strictest
secrecy tho movement of
troops. It Is known, never
theless that Homo .'IGO.OOO
coldlors aro concentrated on
tho coast of Italy, across tlio
Adriatic from Albanln.
(nr A.kIU4 Prt la Can rtir Time".!
' PARIS, May 21. Tho Havns Ag-
' ency publishes a dispatch from Homo,
i which says: "Tho Messagacro declar
es that n council of threo ministers
'will meet after tho session of tlio
iscnnto and ministers and probably
will draft a form of declaration of
Iwnr against Austria-Hungary."
liEAVICS THE VATICAN
LONDON, May 21. An Exchango
Telegraph dispatch from Roma says:
"l'romlur Snlaudra this ninriilug ob
tained tho roynl signature to at dc-
crco supplying diplomatic immunity
i of tho Austrian and Ucrmnn nmbas-
tailors to tho Vatican, who leave, to
morrow."
TAKES OVER INTERESTS
(Or AMocUttl rnn to Ck mr nmrt.j
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21.
ficrninu AmbnsBo'dor Rcrnstorr was
advised today by tho Ilorlln For-!
Jclpn offlco that (lerman dlplomntlc
( Interests In Italy would ho taken
Fovcr by Switzerland in tho event
of a rupture.
WAR IIIMj IN SENATE
(Dr AmocUIxI ririi In Cool Dr Tlmrf.
PARIS, Mny 21. Tho Romo cor
respondent of tho Havns Agency
I has tolegrnphcd thnt Premier Snl
kandra Introduced In tho Sonnto to
Play n bill passed by tho Chituilicr
of Deputies yostorday, conferring
tupon tho govornmont plenary pow-
crd In regard to tho conduct of war.
"I Is predicted tho Sonato will voto
unanlnioiiBly for tho bill," tho mes-
M60 gald,
CHANCE OF PEACE
I Ilr Ai.ocl.UJ IrM to Coo. II. r Time..
LONDON, Mny 21. As fur as
Hio dispatches reaching this conn-
try from Romo Indicate, Italy has
not yet takon tho final stop to
plungo Into war with Austria-Hungary
R would appear that tho can-
rshlp Is tightening and it Is a
hot that dispatches from Romo tiro
delayed. While war seems Inovlt-
,We within a week there Is n U1I
, possibility for a peaceful sottte
:m?M at tho last moment.
RLN(;aRY DEMONSTRATES
I
ttlr AiaocLta.1 PffM lo Coo. Dir Timet
ni'DA PRRT Tlnncnrv. MaV 21.
On remlnl rr tl.n u-nr.lliln noWS
ifrom Italy, great crowds paraded
" patriotic demonstrations. An
Wtmpt to reach tho Italian Con
ulate was made, but was held back
hV the police.
ASKS SWIZTERLAND
'Bj A'tol.tM rfM to Coot Br Tlmw 1
I'ASEL. Switzerland, May 21.
Italy has asked Switzerland to take
Uhurpe or the Italian interests In
jcrraapy. The Federal Council Las
acepted the charge.
L.
bounty traek inet't. Weilne.sihiy,
,fl)- U(l at nice track. .10 cenu.
Attend irnck meet Wcilnesdny.
of Ha title "Tho
nt nil tlmos to
Kg energies to
Established 1878
As Tlio Coast Stall.
SLEUTH GETS PAY
VERDICT roit simiuoa- l'Oll W. ,T.
MITCH K,i
Jury Worlcs Until Lnlo At. Night.
Roth Simpson Girls Testify
For J oo Coach
A. verdict for $2,020.25 was re
turned for W. J. Mitchell by tlio Jury
at 10:45 last night In his suit against
Too Coach for dctcctivo services, ac
cording to C. F. McKnlght who re
turned this noon rom tho county
scat whero ho represented tho plain
tiff. Tho case began on Monday and
ran for three days and evening ses
sions were held as well. Evldcnco
brought In was somo tho most sur
prising that has been In tho circuit
court this term.
J. W. Mitcliccl contended that ho
had a contract with Coach for $12 a
day. Ho claimed that ho worked for
Coach somo 150 days and wag also
entitled to expenses.
Coach, ocording to tho attorney,
admitted In his brief thcro was a
contract for 90 days at $G a day. Ho
refused to mnko any further settle.
ment, claiming ho already had payed '
$2,200.
I.ollta Simpson and her sister, Mrs.
Ruby Simpson Nosier, were both on
tho stand. They testified that MIt-.
chcll told them ho had no contract ,
with Coach and that ho dld'nt want,
one, ho could get moro without. They
nlso said that ho told them when
they wero put under arrest In Salem
last November thnt ho tore up an
account book.
This morning tho court took up tho
caso of Uarros versus Erkhart, a suit!
brought by tho Coqulllo attorney for J
services. . ntfiKTi
a i.u
BICYCLE IS RECOVERED
YOUTH CLAIMS THAT MAN OAVE
HIM WHKIX. MARVIN DIERS
AMAIN HAS LOST MOUNT
Claiming that n man In front of
tho Illnnco Hotel had given him ho
wheel, Will Moffett, n youth of about .
12 years, was severoly questioned
when ho was found with n wheel in
hls possession belonging to Marvin ;
Dlers. Tho boy willingly gave up tho
mcycio. r '
In, tho last fow weeks five wheels
have Ireon reported to tho pollco ns(
lost. For a timo it was neiioveu tnni
a gong wns at work here,
tho machines out of tho city
ll . .. .I.n.. ..nmi. I..1IA n iltttntl
IIVU BH lUU I1UV IIUIU t( llltiuicuv I
Idea. It Is also stated that they nro1
on tho track of another lost blcyclo.
TO SUPREME COURT;
EIOHT COOS COUNTY ACTIONS MO
TO IIKIIIEIl TRIRUNAIj
First of Svricti Will ho Argueil Next
Week. Fiinulo O'Domiell Up
Again On ApKal
Eight Coos county cases nro sot for
hearing nt this term of tho state Su
promo Court. Harry O. Hoy leaves
on Sunday for Saloin whoro tho first
of tho casos Is sot for next wcok.
This Is tho appeal of Funnlo O'Don
noil from tho decision of tho circuit
court which last fnll sontonced hor to
00 days In tho county Jail and to pay
a flno for tho selling of liquor In Erc-
plro without n license nnd on a Sun
dny
Mrs. O'Donnell is now out on
bonds.
Tlio other cases set for this term
are, tlio gunrmaiiiuii i i-
Sneddon; Oeorgo WntKins xersus uiu
... mi.
Record Photographic Abstract Co.:
Kino Racha versus Coos Day Coal Und
Fuel Co.; duo D, dross versus W. W.all(l tho Rrltlsh military authorities
dago; First National uanK 01 ""-,
don versus C. A. Muiwssa, ot nl; Met-
llda Nlecl.au. versus Otto Schetter
and Minnie Kvvla Stadelman et al,
versus W. II. Miner and Charles Wor
den.
OASES WERE FATAL
p3r AioeUt4 Pl to Coi VLt TIbm-1
LONDON, May 21. Two soldiers
are reported dead In the military
camp at Colchester a few miles from
London, as a result of Inhaling pois
onous gases while engaged in mimic
trench warfare. It Is said that ex
periments were being conducted for
the purposo of developing uiem i
imii.M"" "- - -
counteract me h"1101 '.'-' "
been used by the derman troops In ,
. ... . .iios3.1 in havA
r lauuers.
. A
Darton. died oeiore irtS. -"
ceded In getting the party
open air,
into mo
A npn.r who h.,1 son. Inlo . p , " '' """".'.. " , ', ,,. ,,. ,, ,,,, ,
eral others wlio weni iu -" , , cj.,ilar ceremonliw ware rondiicloJ
nlm .uo ..ee, . e The upper. . tnj-1 . Im ,. countrv. Old ten, 1 1
m"1.6"6 i V ZZ :LS;!enan:.m..esgThe internal mechanism In- d-llc.M to V F.I and Kuan; , b t cos s one cen a w ord i U
l.-Ulllli"- . ...j .,ii. QD,l ,.lnr mnlnr 1 Y.I XVhlCIl Dad Ittlieil lO UUIM JI1U , l ill "" v.. .. , ... .
(Eiw&
MARSHFIELD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1915 EVENING EDITION.
ELOOD OE 10
G1ES1LEY
Crater of Mt. Lassen Erupts
and Mass Sweeps Over the
Hat Creep Valley
hardewsTTke lava
Farms Ruined, Houses Swept
Away, Cattle Killed' and Peo
ple DriyentoHills
RANGER SAVES MANY LIVES
Fred Seaborn .Mounts Hoto and
Rides Through Valley Warning
the People of Coining Danger
CicdK With Preventing
Many Deaths
ttlr Auoclited Prm U Cool lit; Tlmei.
REDDING, Cal., May 21. A flood
of ""l froh tho crater of Mt. I.ns-
sen Peak Is reported today to have
'swept over Hat Creek Valley In
Eastern Shasta County, sweeping
bouses before It. killing cattle and
I
driving tho people from their homes
to tho hill. The mud in ninny
plr.res Is six feet deep.
Farms Covered
Tho mud, which, It Is reported, i
i
wns turning to lnvn-llko consist
ency he it cooled, reached for two
miles above Casscl and 15 unlos
north along Hat Creek river,
in-ldges wero swept away, roaJs
were made Impassable and homes
...
wero ucsii'oyeii. sarins nro com
pletnly burled.
Kaied Many I.Ives.
Fre'i Seaborn, tho government
for'!?t ranger nt Hat Creek, mounted
a horeo mid rode nt mldnlg'u
thioiiKh tho valley, wnrnlnc the
frninri. To him rnnchcrs give
credit of snvlng ninny lives by his
,i.is,t right.
Receding Now.
i T!io flood, whlcli began at iiild-
Bjlti Bowy Bpcnt ,B forco ,lur.
h,ft ho morn,B ,mtn shortly be-
forn nron It was reported on thn'' . ;.,. ,...., .,.,. .,... ,ocl.0., ,.
point of receding. l'" J nJ t, ! ic" ho cm,
ingnln nnd tho Justlto lert tiioLoun.
THREATEN LUES
MEXICAN Ol'TI-AWS SAY THEY
f WILL
.VriWCK FOREIGNERS
- ;;
crnmn Churgi d'Af falls at Mexico
City Is AsMHilted and Moro
Trouble Expected
(nr Auocltlt Pim to Coo. lr Tlmr.
WASI1INC.TON, 1). C. May 21.
Outlaws In Mexico City who ns-
saultcd the Ocriuan Charge d'Arrnli-h j pointmeut In tho Ilrltlsh National
Tuesday aro now threatening tin Cabinet, outsldo or Premier As
lives or other foreigners, according 1 qulth nnd Foreign Secretary dray,
to diplomatic dispatches.
JEWS WILL ENLIST
To Speak Ono Ijiiiguiigo lu Rrlllsh
I
Camp When Serving
I
jnr AmocIiI Vnu to Coo. nr TlmM.l
LONDON, May 21. Tho Alexan
dria correspondent ot tho Jewish
Chronicle sends to that Journal nn
ntoregtB account or tho formation
in that city or tho ?.lon Mulo Trnns-
por corps, a Jewish legion composed
almost entirely ot refugees irom rni
-
ostne Those rcrugeo8 who were of
,lU83an nationality expressed the do-
,ro to BCrvo under tho Hrltlsh Hag.
Immediately took steps with a view
, fonnlms a Jewish regiment under
cornmand of Colonel J. II. Patterson.
offcora and nieil WCBr on their
military caps tho Jewish tokon, the
"Shield of David." In addition to the'
Rrltlsh Ensign, and In camp tho
words of command are spoken In
Hebrew.
COST RIO MONEY
., , . .. ... , v.
Torpedm-s Used by R.ltMi Nnv re
!'..' lii,..iklm. '
"' '
(nr AMottie4 rri. io coo. nr Tim i
mvnnv xinv'-M -L'rhn tornedoes
now being used In the Hrltlsh navy,
nA . rtn ... ..n..
ros irom uouu lo iouvu iu uvu-
,, . ... .,.
struct according to a naval expert.
.i..Jna n lilfrli onQQil rntoMnrr mnlnr i
" ,,' . . ,n nftlinH.
Bni b""" -- i -
of high explosive
. . .. .i.. i,o n,n.. ...oil .u if. ..limn v was iierroriii'M aurnis iu " i"-.
!a
Mittmrcits op tub associated imesh
ELEVEN JURORS
Twelfth Man at Last Minute
Declares That He is for
the Plaintiff
raiCflSJLLEbf
And Jury Sent Back to De
liberate Three Hours More
Without Any Result
ACTION WASA SURPRISE
Foreman at First Reports That De
rision Huh I leo 1 1 Reached and
Ono Rebels Contrary to Ex
pectation of His Colleagues
SYRACUSE, N. Y., May 21. Af
ter oneo reporting nn Illegal ver
dict to the court In favor of Thoo
FO V
dr.ro RooRovelt. the Jury trying tlis1 near the neck of tho (lalllpoll pen
William llnrnes suit for libel failed , insula. Thu big guiiB of the llrl
tntlay In moro than three hours of.1'8'1 "ntUeshlp Queen Elizabeth nro
additional deliberation to arrive 3tMng fired from tlio Oult of Saros,
n verdict that was leunl. When tho thus assisting tlio allies' itttaek. Tho
f. .,, rpm,r.n.i timt It bml reach-i
ill t I'l IIII'l LMILL Mil
. VOP(,i.,, ,i..., ,.. ipC11i vll(M, tt,ni
a decision, n polo of tlio vote In
nnn, nn..rt n tnkoti nn.l nt.e llimr
surprlsed his colleagues by anno iiip-
Ing that ho favored a verdict for
the plaintiff.
The Jury enmo In 'shortly bebro
1 1 o'clock today and tho foreman
announced that the Jury had ngrced
upon n verdict for the defendant.
When tlio roll wns called oloven
I
Jurors said they were In favor if n
verdict for tho defendant, but the
twelfth, Edwnnl Ilurns, a Syrncuno
mntorman, arose in his sent mil
said "I mil for tho plaintiff."
Another Plan Illegal.
After further consideration tlio
Jury foreman Informed tho court
that tho jury was unanimous In fa
vor or n veruici ior tno ueieiiuiiiii. i
i .. ii .. . ..... a. .lit mill hiiiiiiiu ininiiiunr in h'""."""i'n in
tho caso If (;n""lBMl,,l.,,ro.lll).lW thorn
between tho plaintiff mid 1 1. do- n.Ivocatcn of a
ffiiilnnt. Tin Court rulo'l tits II- .... ...
APD
NT LABOR II
ARTHUR HENDERSON NAMED
FOR IIKilf ENdLISII OFFICE
Is Lnbor Lender nnd Succeeils II.
Samuel as President of Local
('on-rnincitl lloartl.
,11, ahmvIiiM rrr.p lo "on llr TlmM.I
LONDON, May 21. Tho first uu-
thorltntlvo nnnouncemmit as to ap
8 that of Aithur Ilondnrson, 11 labor
leader, who succeeds Herbert Louts
Siniiiiol as President of tho Pica I
govornmont board.
T
SWITZERLAND WILL ASIC (ILR
MANY AROl'T LISITANIA
(Ilr AuuMMKI l'r lo Com II. r lliua.
RERNE, May 21. The Swiss fed
mi ni
mi niitliorlilos liave decided to make
,,,,,, .iln
" ' i.HUdnlu as the re-
""" ,.. ' .. , ' K ,,,,
nun wi 11 m i - -
lost tholr llvos. The govornment Is
knowjeiKo or the (leriiimi
. .". ?.... ..,
X,"7,iite alilo to
f"'' lL'tnB" , lr "! , ,'. , "C0l,llre.
KEVIVE .MARTIAL SI'IR't
ll AUI-I MM lo tuo. U.J lluiia.j
PEKING, Ma ft. -In order to ro.
ilvt the martial spirit ami to pro
mote loyalty to the authority of tho
President, Yuan Shl-ICal haB Isuued
!a mandate which Is In koeplng with
.ntlv callliiK far tte woraliltf
... .l-
of Conriiclous ami worsiup ai
(Temple of Heaven.
' The third mandate revives
th?
the
wo,,...,, of the Genera. Yo Fe. and
Run Yu, who in loriiivr jaj in
'.. iiarnna ,n,i .'avo nn their lives
, .rent heroes andx e Ugr U
INT
EXPLANA
... .. . . ,... ...
,..,... ,.avf. been nonrlicW ev-
.
'cr here
tntjs
VESSELS HELP
F
Fierce Fighting Reported Near
Neck of the Gallipoli Pen
insula, Dispatch Says
BIG VESSEL AIDING
Fire of Big Guns From Gulf
of Saros Assists the At
tack of Land Forces
TURKISH SHIP ALSO USED
Resisting Army Is Ilelng Supported
by the Sultan Sellm Was For-
meily German Cruiser Gocben,
Firing From Sea of Murniosa
Illy A.0(UIsl t'rr.a la Coo. lltjr Time.
LONDON, May 21. An Athens dls
nntcli savs fierce fluhtliiK is reported
Turks aro being supported by tho
guns of the Siiltnn Sellm, formerly
mo """iinn "inser uooi.cn, nnicu
el"B "-'d from tllO Sen of Mar-
.morn.
RIO
CONFERENCE
SIIOl'M) TAKI
SAYS U.
: STEPS
'ought to R Alilo to Defend Hersell
Although War Is Not
Sanctioned
I Ilj AiiixUleJ I'rr.. la Coo. 11. r Tlrni,
MORONIC1 LAKE. Mny 21. -Dole
gates to tho Lnko Mohonk conference! I
of International arbitration ,who re
present tho ch'.mbors of enmmorca
grentor military preparation tor mo
,"""' "". '"' "Port of tho
JmHlnpi(8 nuinB (,mmlttoo ,Ic(.Ilir(!ll
I that disputes between nutloiiH "ought
to bo Justly settled through lutnrnn-
tlonl tribunals Instead of war." Nev
ertheless the committee asserted tho
belief that "It Is a part of wisdom
for the I'ulted States to bu fully pre
pared to defend herself."
SHIPMENTS ARE BIG
mimiM ivn tipiisi Milt wvii
vr"? Jn. n r? iiSii
SWI.LL m.mi. 01 (.Allium
Draft Animals Sen! Abroad In March
Exrcvd ISIMHHMHXI l IU"
W..ll....tl ..II
..r.i., .r..-,-....,-...
WASIIINdTON, I). C, Mny 21.
ReriiiiHo of the great demand for,
American horsim and mulos by the
fighting forcos lu Europe, inlHCDllim-.
'eons exports last March rouclied n to-
...1 ,.r in 7fi.r inn. ncalnst 1801.-!
Iiub 1.. M..r..i. ii... ..r,.rnn.llnir var
Tho Htutomoiit or rorelgu commorco
m
FIR PREPARATION
ror March Issued today by tlio coin.J,,",,lu; u,l,,ur UM "i'""--" ,
.....,. ,l..,.r.i.nnt shows that horsi.il1"" ol"ul P"""". -"i luni'iiu i
valued' at 18.088.974 and milieu
worth I, 25ri,760 went abroad dur-
Ing that month.
Total doniestle exports for tho
month amounted to $202,200,231, ns
KUlnst $183.03 1.C01 In 1UH. tlio
lnrgest Individual Increase being In
crude roo.Uturrs, wl.loh rose from $7.-.
r.sT.vi it vear to JB2.120.000 ln,llr'
March. 10ir Of tho total exports!
I th United Kingdom took $93,38 I,- j
nr.y . . rotnnnrod lo Jt3.848.C6G lant
.. ..r.n
year, wiino uerniuiiy rereiveu i-9,,
810, as agulnst $28,213,120 In March
1014.
PLAT NEW TOWN
(Special to Tho Times.)
flARDINER, Ore., May 21. Tho
new town t)t Winchester Hiy Imb
been platted below Gardiner at tlio
Umpqua River. L. S. Weokj Is h-y-
. r t . ....1 1... 1 ....... .....I Mr It I Lin 1AH
i J- !""" o7.
iii. ......- -
' pmiiio nignwuy iruni nrummis in
, wM .
A
The Times want columns J
t ; "
'IU IU
A Consolidation of Times, Const
and Coos liny Advertiser.
riENIIIK I HEPLYIGERMANS HOLD
GKHMANV TO ANSWER A ROUT
WILLIAM P. FRYI1
U. S. Wants to Know If Deferring
It to I'rlo Court Is an
Answer.
Ilr Atoclt4 I'rrsi to Coot Dr TlmM.
WASHINGTON, D. C, May 21.- j
Ambassador Gerard nt Ilorlln ca
bled today that tho Oermnii govern
ment was preparing n reply to the I
enquiry ns to whether tho referenro,
of tho enso of tho American phlpj
vvirinui P. Fryo to tho prize court ,
wns bo considered nn answer to
tho suggestion of the United Slab s '
thnt Hie caso bo settled by illiect'
negotiations, j
AM.IES REGAIN GROUND TAKEN
RV THE (iERMAXS
i
Official RoMH. Says Rrlllsh Made
Somo Progress hi t'lght on
French Soil.
llf A.nnrlnttxl I'lTM I Coot II.) TlmM
MERMAN LOSS HEAVY
LONDON, May 21. Al
thought tho Russian war of
flco concedes further Austro
Oeriuim victories In Ralcin, It
(inserts that tho successes
wero gullied nt nn enormous
cost in men.
PARIS, May 21. Tho official
Btntoinent todny wiyiJ: "North
of Ypres and cast of tho Yser canal
the enemy Inst night gained a foot
ing In our trenches but n counter at
tack resulted In our troops expell
ing tho enoiny nnd winning hoiuo
ground Farther uotilh tho H'rltlsh
troops mnilo somo progress north of
Lullasseo."
JOHN 0. CONVERSES
SAYS HE DID NOT HAVE INFLU
ENCE ON COURT
Thinks It Wrong That Such Inference
i. i.t .... l..l.. ... il...
nillMIIII mi .mini? ii. in.'
Rearing
lr Auotl.lM Tim to Coin IUr Tlm.
WASIIINdTON, 1). C, May 21.
John I). Rockofeller, Jr., resumed tho
Ntuud todny lieforo the Industrial Ito-
jlntloiiH Commltteu nnd lend 11 ttnte
' ment In which he condemned us 'Sin
I biter reflection!" the quostlons nsk-
HOLDING
POST ON
,a l,,m tlu,t l,f0,,,I ,'" h,ul ,Vni,1Klnry of War (larrlHon and tlen-
ol,co'1 ll, c,,lorn,, ,:ourt w,,U'h ro' rnl Leonard Wood on ono Hide and
L.LIUy f0U11, Jolm ,ti UWH0II labor K.llIinl, AIKU of Nl)W York on tho
1 leader, utility of murder,
,Ah nrc,uly xl,roHsod," said Rock
,filnr. "inv oitlnlon In that Justice!
.......... -., -,....- - .
h hoiild bo ho niiiiiiniHiorcii as 10 uo
v HiiKplclon. I hnvo no moro
rli.lil Mum nnv iitlmr illliin III In
, .... ,'
, mlwlt(II,H xvhlcli nro ho frnuuid
u Keiik lo put It lu a ponltlou ot
appearing to concede there had been
wll Ml tampering with tho cpnrli.
.r f stating what I nm prepared fi!
do to iuriueiice the future cnumo ofj
' ollu,r """' ,,,, Hroir mid direct ro-
flection upon thoso charged with thu
adiiilulstrutlou or Justice. To slnU
tur reflections or this kind, I must
decllno to be u party, even by In-
1 reronce,
j Think Him too Seiere.
Just lieforo John I). Roekefuller
resuuiod IiIh testloiuuy before
'' Industrial Relations Commits
. U CommlssloneiH m?t 11 ox -
' ocutivu susslon to consider th
I "rf.lliul rnlili.11 mint If. Minimum
-- -
Walsh last night, calling for moie
nitdornto treatmoiil of th -'t-1 ovor, gllPi, ,ody, which forms ono
IWH6LIH. Somo CommissloneM H' iof ,U) mtnous of tho Loudon regi
uot conceal that they thought Ohn-r- ., ,...., u nn... nt .i10 front why
man WiiIsIi'h questlonlnn of Rotke
roller yesterday should liavd Iimu
ni'jillfled. Aftor an execiitlvo
sloii, thu Commiiibloiiurs did not
made public tholr letter to Wnhsli, ,t,,(i d tlio 'London Irish' Is loft
whloh was understood thoy wouldlollt?
do, should the miBgostlou go uii-j yho govornmont spokesmnn haz
heuded. Ab tho uxumlnatlnii Pre-Urdoil tho explanation that perhaps
ceedod,Walsh, despite tho protest, jt WIU hoeamo tho London Scottish
i by Mrs. J. Rordeii llarrliu.i:i. W(U nn old Territorial battalion and
evidently was not Inclined to re
duce tho vigorous attitude, ami re
poatedly piled Rockefeller with ques
tions whloh the latter declared Im
proper. .... ... mi . i . ,.n.i i ..
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No. 258
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Over One Hundred Thousand
Men Have Been Captured by
the Teutonic Forces
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1 Official Report Says Victories
Have Been Won in East
1 By Kaiser's Men
FRENCH ATTACK FAILURE
Claim MndciTlmt Allies Wero Driven
I Rack and That. Ki-ltlsh Attack Is
Also Rrhkcu Down Colored
Troops Assault (iei'iimns
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.MANY CAITURER
I Ilr AwkkIhIi"! I'rrwi o Coon llr Tlmr,l
DERLIN, May 2t.-8lnco
tho first of Mny 101,000
prisoners, 72 cannon nnd 2 HP.
machlno guns hnvo been cap
tured 'by tho army under
MacKensten nnd other Oer
ln n u troops fighting In tho
Austrln-lluugnrlnu army.
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HERLIN, Mny 21. Tho official
statement todny snys: "In tho west;
1 19m thenter of wnr north of Yprcs,
1 tho colored French troops attacked
I eapt of tho cannl during tho night.
Tho battle continues. Tho llrlMeli
I ulturk south of Nouvo Chauollo
l.roko down. The French attack In
the Allly forest railed.
"In tho eastern thentor of wnr, In
tho region or Shavll, only minor
engagements occurred. In Oubysa
nur attack east or ICorubh reached
lUi'lagola ami gave us another lot
o! lfiOO prisoners. East or Mlloit
alolo, the Russians wore driven
across tlio rlvor. The remnimior
1 of tho RuBiiInn forces which wero
i ilef en ted south' or Nlouiou nro ton-
thitiliig their flight toward ICovoio,
in the soutli-cnstorn thentor, tho
Munition Is uuehauged. PrlMineta
tukou yesterday enst of Jnrnlau
were not equipped with rlfloi, butj.
will. Irml nlllliH.
with Iran clubs.
HAVE WARM DERATE
llr Awiilatnl I'rrM lu Cihk IUr Tlmni
MOIIINIC LAKH, Mny 20, Tho
confluence, arbitration furnished tho
fonnn today for a warm dohuta oil
tho iirmaiiioiit question botweon Hec-
otnei, Angell, who Is ono of tho
foremost iidvoeato or disarmament
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1 .... , ,..i t ti, ,v- ,lf,. ilr-
I pit,. I Horvlco lu the wnr swno,
elm oil Hint tho words or Unrruon
mid Wood, urging tho United Htnlea
to make greater military propn'a
tloiiH wore "proelsely the Hpoeches
bo hoard so many tlnum In Her
1 11 nny." He declared that lucronoed
iirmameiilH offerod 110 solution ot
Hie peace problem,
WANT MORE NEWS
(iir Aouii rr. i coo. utr tium.
LONDON, May 21. A desire to
hoar moro about the Irish roglmonU
mid what they nro doing nt tho
front has been exprosed In parlla-
I meiil.
i "Wo hnvo nil henrd about tho Lon-
I clou Scottish; why hnvo wo not
hoard of tho London Irish?" wna
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ut to tho govornmont,
Irlnc iiinmbor nddeil em-
i ... .... nv,. nniienra that
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.some people nro not awnro inai moro
, ,,..,,. ,.,,.. Thero l8. i,ow
U it then, that wlionovcr casualties
occur In tho London Scottish, which
Is part of tho sumo regliuont, tho
doMlwintlon 'London Scottish' Is ap-
tho Irish Rifles a new body.
"Oh! dear, no!" replied tho Irish
niombor, "Long boforo tho prosout
xvnr there xvna a roforonco to this
battalion in tho Official Army list."
I Tho Uiidor-socrotary could only
assure the honorr.ilo momber that
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Hip iRwHi'lon mauo must ue ronui-
,oui ""'1 not intentional.
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