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- r European War.
ROW) Queen Helena and Prin
- cwmi Jolanda and Mafalda had
ft narfow escape from death Mon
day wben Austrian aviators attacked
two trains near Venice.
, London Testimony Intended to
shew that the money necessary to
finance .the recent Irish revolt cam
from tits United States was offered
I nere inursaay, wren we commission,
; recently appointed to inquire Into the
i orlfln end to place responsibility for
i the uprising, met for the first time.
Lord Hardinge, former viceroy of
; India, presided.
.London - Foreign Minister Sir Ed
i ward Orey told the house of commons
: Thursday afternoon that he had been
Informed that the Vatican made repre
sentations to Germany, 'requesting
; abandonment of submarine warfare,
i Berlin -Three French attacks in the
' region of Hill 304 have been repulsed,
it' was officially stated Thursday.
; , Xibndon The French steamer Mlra
has' been sunk.
i .Copenhagen A German torpedo
' beat has been sunk by a German mine
off Fnlsterbo, Sweden, acording to the
OBerllngske Tldende's Malmo corres
pondent. All but one man of the
crew was saved.
) Tondon The German steamer
Kolga, Bianca and Hera have been
! submarined off Landsort, acording to
dispatches to Lloyds.
Xoadon Jeremiah C. Lynch, of New
! Yerk. an American, hd been court-
martlaled on charges of complicity in
I the revolt at Dublin and found guilty.
SUfelisv After ' spending several
days in Dublin, Premier Asqutth left
j 'Monday for Belfast to confer . with
prominent . men in the north.
Oopennafoih A Zeppelin airship,
I badly damaged, passed the island of
Fed) May 12 and was settling slow
ly toward the water when she dis
appeared in a fog bank, according to
the skipper of a Danish vessel which
arrived hero Monday.
VetrogTdGrand Duke Nicholas
has captured 87,000 Turks and a vast
supply of munitions, according to of
ficial announcement here Wednesday.
His army continues to advance
steadily;
London Sir Roger Casement and
Daniel J. Bailey, who underwent a
preliminary examination in the Bow
. street police court here on charge
ef high treason in connection with
the recent ' Irish, Teyolt, were ordered
held Wednesday tor trial in a higher
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JjondonThe British monitor M-SO
has been sunk. Admiral Derobeck re
ported ' to the admiralty. Wednesday.
TlennvFurther . progress ' against
the Italians was claimed in an official
statement issued from the war office
lb ere Wednesday The prisoners-taken
In two days now total 6200 men and I f JfV ITI 1 I v V"'t
141 officer.. I"' IVTV. UV 'VVf Ml X i l
London. The British admiralty an
nounced Wednesday that British de
stroyers and monitors on Tuesday
forced a number of German destroy
ers cruising off the Belgian coast to
flee to port.
Tonaon Lulgl Martini Mancinl, an
American cltlsen, was drowned, and
two other Americans saved when the '
Dutch steamer Batavler was sunk, ac
cording to dispatcher received at the
American embassy Wednesday.
Berlin A note asserting that 11
persons, including three women, per
ished when the Austrian passenger
liner Dubrovnik wa8 destroyed by a
submarine in the Adriatic May 9, was
handed to ministers of neutral powers
by the Austrian government Wednes
day. London A dispatch from Milan to
Lloyds News says that the two chief
secret bases of Austro-Hungarlan sub
marines In the southern Mediterran
ean sea have been definitely destroyed
as a sequel to the Italian occupation
of Marsa, Moreza and Porto Bardla
between Cyrenalca and Egypt.
yetrogTeA Developing a swift of
fensive, the Russians smashed across
the Persian frontier southwest of
Lake Urumlah, within 80 miles of the
main Turkish lines of communication
north of Bagdad, Mondays dispatches
declared.
Berlins-Several French attacks
against Hill 304 have been heavily re
pulsed, it was ornclally announced
Tuesday." Northwest of Vaux an
other French charge was hurled back.
Paris. General Marchand has been
killed at the front T
Paris Lieutenant Nevarre, France's
21-year-old air hero, has dropped a
second manifesto behind the German
lines, challenging Lieutenant Immel
man, the famous "hawk" of Germany,
to an air duel for the championship of
the world."
London.Copenhagen reports, said
Tuesday that the Germans were' pre
paring to launoh a sea and land Cam
paign against Riga.
National Capital.
WASHXsTOTOJT The house naval
committee Thursday adopted
the big navy program for tiie
year. At the same time It went on
record .as favoring universal disarma
ment. Th committee's program provides
for an expenditure of $186,000,000 for
fleet construction. The number of
ships recommended by Secretary Dan
iels was increased in almost every
class. . .... ' .
The committee knocked nut floor.
tary Daniels' five year building pro
gram. It agreed on the construction
of battle cruisers advocated, by a the
THE OREGON
E WORLD
1 Looking down Fifth avenue, Ntv York, from Twenty-sixth street, at a section of the great preparedness parade May 13, In which 1,10,000 people participated,
a The Curtiss N-S type of 98 horsepower aeroplane, fonr of which have been purchased by the United States for use in Mexico.
3 Colonel A. C. Macomb, of the Fourteenth cavalry, who is second in command of the second punitive expedition into Mexico that recently set out from Marathon, Texas.
4 Coleman DuPont of Delaware, who aspires to the Republican nomination for the presidency.
5 Colonel W. F. Stone, the veteran sergeant-alarms of the Republican national convention, directing work of putting the Chicago Coliseum in shape for the convention.
6 Mrs. William A. Slater of New York and Washington, whose wealth is estimated at $20,000,000, shining her boots after a day's routine in the preparedness camp for
women at Washington.
7 Thomas A. Edison, Hudson Maxim and W. L. Saunders, member of the Naval Advisory Board, who took part in the preparedness parade in New York May 13.
8 Irish rebels who guarded the roof of "Liberty Hall" in Dublin during the recent rebellion.
0 Great piles of supplies assembled in Snlonlkl for use of the allies.
secretary. The committee also voted
In favor of building 20 submarines.
Washington The house Thursday
agreed to take up the bill, providing
ior a settlement of the Oregon-California
land grant cases, on Wednes
day. Washington Germany. through
Ambassador Von Bernstorff, today in
structed all German consuls to ad
monish Germans in their district to
observe American laws scrupulously
in an effort to end alleged violations
of America's neutrality.
Washington Carrying 600 addition
al United States marines to Santo
Domingo to enforce order there, the
gunboat Panther has sailed from Port
Au Prince, by order of Rear Admiral
Caperton. ,
Washington The senate Monday
afternoon rejected the nomination of
George B. Ruble to be a member of
the federal trade commission by a vote
of 41 to 36.
Washington General Hugh Scott,
chief of staff of the United States
army, accompanied by General Wea
ver of the coast artillery, and his
aides, returned to his office in the
war department Monday from the
Mexican border. The cabinet ad
journed Tuesday without taking defi
nite action on the Mexican situation
as set forth In Major General Scott's
report of his conferences with Gen
eral ObTegon.
. Washington. Colonel John Blddle,
engineer corps, United States army,
stationed at Baltimore, was designated
Wednesday by Secretary or War Baker
as the new commandant . of the West
Point Military academy. Colonel Bld
dle succeeds Colonel P. Townsley, who
was ineligible for reappointment. The
appointment is effective about July 1.
Washington. Disposition of ap
pointment of-Louis D. JJrandeis as as
sociate justice of th United States
supreme court wUi bs voted upon by
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the senate Judiciary committee next
Wednesday.
Washington. The conference re
port on the military bill was ac
cepted by the senate Wednesday aft
ernoon by a viva voce vote.
Washington. A resolution calling
upon Secretary of State Lansing to
get information from consular agents
in Ireland of the safety of Americans
living in the sone of the recent Irish
rebellion was introduced in the senate
Wednesday by United States Senator
John W. Kern. The resolution was
referred to the committee on foreign
relations.
Washington German. Ambassador
von Bernstorff in his memorandum de
livered to Secretary Lansing May 12
and made public Tuesday urged that
neutral vessels ordered to halt by
sabmarines observe International law
to the letter to avoid accidental loss
of life and property.
Washington President Wilson be
gan Monday to prepare a very vigor
ous message to Great Britain with
regard to the seizure of United States
mails. The state department is col
lecting a mass of figures showing how
far the British have gone ' In their
seirures. Secretary Lansing declared
that the entire subject of confiscated
malls was "under consideration." This
Was interpreted to mean that he plans
a new protest. ' -
Mexican Situation
WAiffXtfQTOir General. Funston
Thursday"" reported that Colonel
Sibley had reported a small en
gagement between Vllllsta bandits
and a detachment under Major Lang
horne, resulting la the wounding and
capture of tw of ths bandits.
Washington The so-called : "gentle
man's agreement" between Mexico and
the United States will govern the ac
tions Of General John J, Pershing,
commander of the American expedi
tionary forces, and General Trevino,
the Carranclsta commander, who is en
route to the border with 10,000 troops
for patrol duty. The administration
Is marking time, awaiting to see
whether the de facto government will
act In good faith. General Trevlno's
efforts to capture Francisco Villa will
also be carefully scrutinized. .
Columbus. Sf.. M. American troops
tmder Lieutenant George Patton killed
three Mexicans May 14 when they at
tacked the Rubio ranch. There were
no American casualties.
San Antonio, Tex. J. Deemer and
Monro Payne, captured by Mexican
bandits during the Glen Springs and
Boquillas raids, were rescued by Major
Langhorne and his American troopers
Tuesday morning near El Pino, 150
miles south of "Marathon.
General New.
AX.XXA3TC32LXA, La. Twenty masked
men early Thursday tarred and
feathered Miss Ruth Vann, a
former school teacher of the McNary
neighborhood, and two companions, M.
V. Viverett and E. P. Tucker, men
who were found drinking near Bear
Wednesday in Miss Vann's home. The
woman and the two men were forced
to walk five miles to Alexandria
after being brutally beaten with ropes
and otherwise terribly bruised.
rnlladtlrhlft. M'tit Gertrude Tower,
daughter of Charlemagne Tower, for
mer ambassador to Germany, . died
Wednesday afternoon, as the result of
injuries sustained in a motor accident
May 13.
Ottamwa, Xovra. - Enough canned
porJc and beans to feed the German
army for many days has been seised
from 'wholesale houses In this district
by United States Marshal N. F. Reed
because it does not conform with the
pure food act.
Baa ITaaolsno Art Smith. American
blrdmaa,. to whom millions of axpoaU
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tion .visitors paid tribute, was stoned
by an infuriated mob of Japanese at
C-aka, Japan, according to cable ad
vices received here. He has been in
Japan several months giving exhibi
tion flights. The ire of the trowd
was aroused by Smith's delay in
reaching the aerodrome for a flight.
Premier Okuma in a letter to Smith
expressed his regret at the incident.
New Orleans In the fourth street
battle of Mafia agents within three
days, thrde Italians were killed 'today
and two wounded Monday. None of
the hundreds of passersby was hit.
This was considered miraculous. In
previous fights three participants
were Killed and 11 wounded.
Bedding, Cel.- Stock men arriving
from the Mount Lassen region Wed
nesday declared that the volcano
erupted Monday night, freshly fallen
ashea ' covering the snow 10 miles
away at daybreak yesterday.
Xoatpelier, Vt An overwhelming
victory for Charles Evans Hughes was
indicated by late returns Wednesday
from the presidential preference pri
mary.: Roosevelt was polling about
half odK Hughes' vote in the counties
which reported.
Philadelphia Returns from Tues
day's primary election show that the
contest in the election of delegates to
the Republican national convention at
Chicago resulted in a split. Governor
Martin G. Brumbaugh, heading the
ticket opposed to Senator Boies Pen
rose, was elected a delegate. -Penrose's
delegates carried the western
part of the state and a majority of
the entire state delegation.
San Francisco The attorney gen
eral designated United States Attorney
Clarence L. Reames of Oregon to
handle for the government the trial
of Norman D. Cook, Franklin P. Bull.
W. A. S.v Nicholson, W. B. Degarmo,
Sidney L. Sparry, A. J. Reetx, Elmer
E. patten and Rlchord Fysh, under in
i dlctment for using ths mafia to do
fraud in the Oregon land cases. The
hearing of the accused men is sched
uled for Tuesday, at which time a
jury will be drawn in Judge Dooling's
court.
San Tranclsoo The first national
convention by telephone on record wan
held Tuesday night, when branches of
the American Institute of Electrical
Engineers met simultaneously in San
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delphla, Chicago and Atlanta, The
speeches were transmitted by the
cross-continent telephone. Each dele
gate in every city had an individual
receiver.
Boston Driven by a terrific gale,
the United States cruiser San Fran
cisco, grounded on Nantucket Shoals
early Wednesday morning. Wireless
dispatches flashed the news here. Af
ter a few hours the warship was re
leased without damage, according to
the radio, i
Waoo, Tax. Jesse Washington
Young, a negro, who assaulted a white
woman recently, was' taken from the
court room here at noon Monday
while his trial was in progress and
burned to death in front of ths city
hail.
Chicago The Illinois natal league
Monday called upon civic and com
mercial organisations and hundreds of
business and professional men to get
behind a Movement for a preparedness
demonstration in Chicago similar to
the one held in New Tork May 13.
Vow Tork "Germany is beaten and
the end of the war is near, according
to Samuel tua or Portland, Or., son
in-law of James J. Hill, on his return
from a record seven day trip from
Liverpool, London and Havre, to the
headquarters of King Albert Of Bel
gium and th Dunkirk front.
San rranciaeo Testifying in the
government's inquiry into ths Roanoke
disaster. Quartermaster Elb. one of
the survivors, declared he believed tha
steamer was overloaded and said ths
crew entertained fears for its safety.
Part of the cabin, he swore, had been
cut away to make room for the cargo
of dynamite, wheat and oil.
Camden, IT. J. At least 1 persons
were killed In an explosion of hexolto
at th Gibbstown plant of the Depont
Powder company Monday.
, Wankegaa William II. Orpet was
called to go on trial for his life Mon
day for the murder of Marlon Frances
Lambert in Helms wooas February .
It was the culmination of Lake coun
ty's greatest tragedy. The father Of
the slain girl, who is a lifelong friend
of Orpet's father, expressed his hops
that if guilty, Orpet would confess and
that a death sentence would not bo
passed
lintofL w. T. The conference Of
the Methodist Episcopal church Will
continue to prohibit members . from
playing cards, dancing or attending
places where there is dancing and card
playing. The conference also aaoptea
the report of the special committee On
federation, submitting a plan for tne
consolidation of the Metnodist Episco
pal and Methodist Episcopal church
south on a mutual basis.
Panama The United States gov
ernment has demanded the surrender
of th arms of the Panama police.
The American minister, William B.
Price, is waiting for an answer.
Saa Jose, Cal. The coroner Tues
day gathered evidence for an Inquest
into the double murder and suicide
which resulted In the deaths of Mrs
Louise Hewitt, 87, Fred Harris, 80,
and Alfred Hewitt. 45, his half broth
er. Ferris killed his mother and half
brother, told a litle girl what he had
done and advised her to call the police,
then went into the house, lay down
on a bed and blew out his brains.
Snreka, CaL Joseph Mench and Jr.
Ricola were killed and two other la
borers badly hurt Monday night when
two cars of a logging train along the
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- Akron Four men. four women an
a little girl are dead and 20 were in
jured as the result of a building col
lapsing here .Monday night. .. S V
San rraadsco While the ; Uniorf
Iron Works today was trying to react
an agreement with rivet-heaters and
passers who walked out Monday at
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