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u i M tjl ill iaiJ SmwiiI ! MedfoRd Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHEIT Mnv. (Hi Mln. Jtf.r, Fair Tonight Mini Friday. -. M rnrly-nrili Yinr niilly 'iviiih Vi'iir. T. R. VIOLATED CONSTITUTION OF NEW YORK Former President Ailmlls He Had Hem a Citizen of Washington for Sonic Years When Elected Gover nor, T!toiilt Constitution Provided Five Years' fli'sUlciirc. HYHACUHK, N. V , Am II 22 - nr Iiik tint first piiit tif hi rroM nxnni luntion of Theodore Hoou'volt today, WIIIIiiiii IvIiih, elilrf roinitiol for Wll I lit m Harm, brought trom the form, i'v provident tin' uliili'Mii'iit Unit In' know Hid ronslltutlou of the state of Nets Vim U piovldo Unit no iiuui In rIIi to tin office of governor imloMt In ha been n resident of tint statu for flvn in prior to tlm dale of IiIm election, unit Hint l linil made mm ufflilmlt the jwir ptovlnu to IiIk election that Iiiih witi mill for some time had been h loslili'iit of Wash liiMlnn. Colonel lloii'Vnll'n roinmol made no objection whatever lo tin lino of itnt Inning which reunited In these Htiitonii'tilx. Home Piloting t -i r f Then w delay In upon Iiik court Imkuiiihh of a ronforenro between at toiut mill Jimtlco Anilr)H In (In IMIor'n chamber. A copy of tin intioit of Hit tin) tic committee which liiwutlKiitcil Albany county affair, Insofar iii It lolittod to prlnlliiK. wu inluilttiMl to llin record. Thin hnil to ilo with contractu for state, printing hit to tlm Allinny Journal. Mr. HnrncV paper, ami olhor concern ami tin n rlunnieiit of cm lain of thoo con tiarlH. Tin majority of tin stock of the .lout tint company, Iho report pointed out, wan owned by William Ilu rue nml that contract lot In tho Journal With farmed out to tint Argun com pan, which pnlil tho Journal com pany fifteen per cent. Tho nporl Mated William Horne coutrollxil pi luting In Alhany. prac tically wn owner of one company, owuiiil opit fourth of another anil roU looted trlliutu from tin thlnl com pauy. Tint report, dotlarod that an omployo of tho Argus compnny to, titled before tho romiiilttco that tho company gavn up fifteen per cent In order to secure printing business. Ilarucs it Ih'iieflrliirjr Ono excerpt win: "Tlio most con plcuou lieueflclnry nf graft, puhllc tlraviimiiico ami rnlilliiK of tho inn ulclpal treaHiiry, wo rind from tho ivldenco to lo William Hanio him self, iiH tlm owner of tho majority of tho Mock of tlio Journal company. How much moio than tho majority of the stock ho owned ho refused to iIUcIoho." Another excerpt read: "Mr. Hitmen dictated whom the printing goo and tho Argu given up to the Journal In order to obtain prlutliiK." T, II, CniiMillctl Piatt Hmlng tho crnHH examination Mr. IvIiih asked, "Was Mr. Plat! the repulillcnn bos when you wont nominated for kov oi nor?" "Ilo wnH." "And you deliberately went to meet Mm for ronfeionco In Now York 7" ' "I did." Mr, IvIiih then produced 'n photo gruph of n letter which Colouol HooKovelt lileullflcil iih being IiIh. Tho letter, which wiih read, won nd dreBKed to Mr. Chapman. In It tho colonel Haiti that If ho woro nominat ed for governor It would ho on tlm sumo ticket with other candidates for other nfflrea, Ho until If olected ho would Hlrlvo to hoito tho Htato it ml IiIh party anil ho would like tho aid of Independent. Ilu mild ho could not accept a nomination on torniH, (Contlnuoil on pauo two.) STOCKHOLM, Apill 22, -A Oor niiui Hiibmarliifl today atopped n Dutch Hleainor today oiituldo of (loflo on ttlm (luir or llothuln, and oxamlncd hor pupors nml enruo, From tliltt In cident tho deduction Ih iniiilo hero that (lormmiy In thin inannor lulmiilH to koop a, cIoho watch on tho trnrflu hutwuuit Hwodoii mid Fliilaml, KAISERi;!SMRINES ' IN GULF OF BOTHNIA PRINCIPALS IN $50,000 UDEL CASE AT SYRACUSE K' IPI MB I V -l , Alh i Wi . l:i ' . rt iliii'-mi ho lit on 1 Minion Kooxcw'lt, lin III it II ! I H 'PH . FEW FOREIGNERS LEAVE I1PIC0: VILLA PURSUED WAMIINn'(N, April V!;. -Or Ut (lioiiainl foroijiucm in Tuuitiefi,' of whom half nm AmerieniH, only SIOll linve tken udvnuluce of tlm 1'niteil Stale Kovuinmenr offer of an op- lioitunity to lente on Ilu nrm IraiH- poil Unfold. There nn "J.s.i Amen mi, leu llrilioli nml fie (Ionian milijeeth on tin hi. which Iiiim iuleil. Skirmifthiuv In'tueen Villa and Cm niiu.it fore lumr I'Jiano eontin ue. Villa till witt. al AttiiuH Cnll enlcn ii'iiiYHiiifciiiK his loiecM unit (leiieinl Oliietiou win ivpiirtetl past lniiunt.t, ileiitu tin' fnet tlml Villa had ilcxiruveii tin mihoatl n In if. t m'ii teil not tli. )iMinti'lie from Veni Ciur to (In CiirntiiMi niseney luire niil (ienoriit Olmon hail repotted it point twelve unit' iioitli of Irnpuato nml Mill was iMirminiir Villi with on iinnv of !(),. (100, ineludiii" Oenernl Mersui'M coin maiul. (leueial Dieguer, the li imlchch miiil. linil taken (limdalnjarn uud would net iih Ohicgnu'rt rear (jnanl. Villa !- nl (Vlnui weie eKtimutcil at (1000 killed and Tiliou minNiutr. BY A SUBMARINE AllK.lt DKKN', April JJ.-Tlie trawler Fin.ehm nriited heie today with tlm oiew of llie Iritwlei; Knvoy, unit teporteil Hint the lmvoy linil been Hlicllctl liv u Cleimiin Hubmaime last nijlit off tho eiihl eoiisl. The men on Iho I'uvoy left tlicir bhip in n hiuiill boat, wliieh, llioy say, iiIho was shelled liv tho hiiliinuriue. No one wan injured,' The Imvoy's eiew diil'tcil iilmul in (lie Kinull lioal for two hours before hchiK picked up. It Iiiih not been es lnlili"lieil whether tho Kuvny was hiiiiI;, OCCUPY SAN BLAS on noAHi) r. s. s. coi.ouado, La Pit, Alex., April U'-'.Carrmu.n etisloniH officiate, nivonipnuieil by 100 Holdieis, nailed today mi hoard the sleamer lorri,rmi III from Mn zntliui for San lllas, Tepie, recently uvucunleil liv Villa foieeh, lo lake nc tive iiosscHsion of the town, Colonel ObroKon, u brother of tin Ciirrnnza p'ueral, Iiiih been nppoliileil lniltlurv oomuimulmit tit Miuulliui, I MRDFORD, RUSSfANSiCLAliVr HILL NO. SIXTY ' AUSTRIAN FLANK STORM CENTER MOVE CRUSHED WESTERN FRONT I K Mf Pctroijratl Reports Teuton Effort to Outflank liivntlliin Force Ends In Defeat, Russians Taklnu a Larue Nuuilicr of Prisoners Other Ef forts Continue to Develop. I'irrilOIIIIAI). April 22. Thrown hack from lint principal nummltH of the Carpathian mountalnx to tho plalim of Huiicaiy, tho forcen of Ati ti la up- now nltouiptlnK to relieve tint Mi'itkneim of their ponltlou alone tin center of tin Carpathian front, namely the Mcxolalmirz-I.upkow re Klon lit to .parallel outflanklni; movi'mentf, one nperatliiK In the di rect Inn of Hlry, which In tryliiK to lietid hack Hi" ItUHHlan left, nml the other In the vicinity of Corllro In an effort to turn the Htirtnlitn rlKht. Tho ren it It of thou attempt hnvo been official))' announced In I'ctroKiad. The inellcR of the Itlinnlllll forces were to Invito tho 'enemy to ndvanro by nnurtlMnuro. Not n nhot uiih fired until the raiiKo wan very clone. The Ituxnlnnx then Niuldently charged with the bayonet, with the result that the AimtrlmiH were completely routed, the Ittnmlnim taklni: an uuitnually lark'e number of prlmmcm. Ily the name IiicIIch the HtiBHHlnnn near I'ol en captured an entire Auntrlan bat talion with Kit full complement of officer. In a nlubborn iiuttle near Kozloii vnka, April 19 and 20, the AuntrlaiiR took nit elevati'd poidllnn In the faro of a HtroiiK ltunlan defetme, but after two hour of poKnenttlon they were forced to abandon the ponltlon. Qlher AiiHtrlan effort aloiiR tbo rlter Btry are contlniiliiK to develop, but o far without doclnlve renult. GIVING 3RD DEGREE TTCSON, Anr... April '!'. Frank Mooie, a deputy sherit'f. ami Kobi'it Fenter, n eountv runner, are in the county jail today eluireil with mur ler for Inning Iiiiiik'i1 the Leon brotliuis, ullcpeil bautlitu, while mi-niini-tiTinj; a "third decree" instead of shooting them in buttle, im report ed two dnys np. The ImiiKiiiK '' eurreit in Lonely fluleh, near Oreater i!lc, mi iMilatcd settlenicnt in the Sunlit Kiln mounluins, where Hie of ficers were senreliinir for n man ehnri;ed with having spirited away a woman, lumi Leon died on the rope, .lose Mucin Loon is at the point of death from Ilia effects of strtiUKuliitioii. The third brother, 'rnm'ico, was left for dead, but released himself while his toes just touched the ground, and is supposed to hnvo wiimlcrcil atniy in the mountains and diet). After their arrest, Moore and Fenter are snid by county officials to have admitted liiiniii the Leon brothers, hut declared they did it while Iryinj; lo fo'reo litem lo reveal the whereiibouts of Antonio Knciiiiis, it Mexican ehai-KCd with lutviii I.M imped Mrs, Lou In Yunez. Tho offi cers also nsseitcd that Iho Lioi brothers had Ihreateued to kill them if I hoy did no et out of Iho nintii. tain (ouutry at once. BOMBS ON INN0CEN1S IlKltLIN, Apiil 22. Included in the itcuiR nivon mil today by tho Overseas News Agency is the follow. "iff? 'French airmen have dropped homhs ut Locrraclii Kantiern uiul other plaet'K in the black lot est, Their projectiles killed mootly women unit ehihlren. Two mIioo'Iiouscs were demolished. Tho localities were iimirmed iwnl wilhniit Kiirrisous inn', eiiitliiln iiiiL' lui!.nilals. selmnls mid fill loi'K'S. , , fc. NA HANGED BANDITS IN OREGON, TJinjSDAV, Germans Repeatedly Storm Position Captured hy British Near Yprcs Condition of Ground Reflected in Local Operations -Floods Check Operations in East. LONDON, April ! Hill No. (Id, luminal I::i0 p. in. ifa- mi men to the Koutliciixt of Vtirb. riniliiiiiCH to i . .i . , . , .. i j. .i. ., lie the stoiiu eetitei nf Ilu western lion), wiih (lie llriti-1 elinyiii. ten- ni'ioiislv to the rouu I taken bv as sank hist Siiturdtiv. Coimter-at taek after eouiiter-iitlack has been so lar sin ssfully repulr-cd, but the Biiti-li hold is ki ill ill-piitcd bv the Oerimin- and the end o) the lively uud costly liuhtin-; is imi wi in siyht. mm... ii.:. i. i.. .. . I....L i I III' llllll-ll IHl' mill- IIIH lll-l'll llll- uoiinccd, but they art estimated ut well oter 'JflllO. The ficriuniis are be lieved to have lost mine than 1000 men. The French drive in llie direction of St, Mihiel is about the only other significant mote in the west. Ktoiiiis Check llattlo The comlitiou of the ground both in the east and the wt is now bciii diicctly refleeted in the local opera tions. The situation aloii the entire eastern front is for the moment up pallidly at a standstill, llnml having imjieded militury netititv in the Car pathians to a lnrp extent, while practically nothing hasibi'cu heard of movements in I'olaud. J On the other blind, fine weather Inn pret ailed in the west for miiiiu dny4, mid barring a heavy stonu, the ground will become harder daily, a condition which should cause iiicrca-cdft activity o each side. Hill IorjiI Affair The Mritish press eoucede- that the Inking of Hill N. Ii0 is larp-lv it lo cal matler, but it considers this en apemeut mi iiuportaul step forward and a great relief to the town of Ypics, mi long under bombanhucut. The Oennaus in posesiou of the lull were not only above the town, but tucy imeiitencit tnc nnti-ii nncs m the vicinity of St. Kloi. The takint: of this lull therefore reduces the in convenience of the Yprcs salient, strengthens the tnti-li lines to tho south, gives mi advantageous position for further efforts and renders the Ocruinu offensive in thin quarter dif ficult. J'elrogrnd repoiN that during the hist fortnight there bus been aitillery fighting in northern Russian l'nhtud, near the cast l'nissinn frontier. The Riis-ians nre said to have won the advantage. Tho check to the Kus sinn ndviince in the Cnrpiithinns, as eribed in Herlin to ltusinn defeats, is said in l'etrograd to he due to the spring floods. Turks l'lau Itcslstanco A strong Turkish unity is prepar ing to offer vesistanco to the laud forces with which the allies e.pect to attack tho Dardanelles' fortification" from tho rear. An .Alliens dispatch says tlio Turks hnvo entrenched themselves strongly along tho coast of tbo Gulf of Saves. t U in this vicinity, according to unofficial ad vices yesterday, that '20,000 Hritish and French troops hnvo landed. Turkish encampments along the const are being bombarded hy warships of tho allies. PATEN F MEDICINES AND BIBLES DONT MIX SAX FRANCISCO, April 2& Dr. John A, I'atten, patent medicine iiuui ufneturcr of Chattanooga, Tcnn., whoso business and business methods hnvo been tho subject of discussion by medical journals ami magazines of national circulation, has tendered his lesiguulioii as chairman of tho book committee, of tho .Methodist Hook Concern, reputed to bo the lurgcxt publishers of religious, works in the world. It h reported the resignation will bo accepted today by tho eonunit teo which is holding its militia! con vention hero. Dr. l'atlen accompanied his resig nation with a statement explaining that lie no longer wished to embarrnss tho committee by votuiiiiiig his office wliilo uuiU'r iliy, APRIL 22, 101.1 WINS MEDALS, CARRIES THEM ON WOODEN LEGS m mmmWmm mm " immWmk.i I W MmwmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmMMMMMMMMMmMMMA H. mmm mm pHBBRR '' Tmw HV '4 mmmmW .. I V V n fe can .Marie Jean Mario Cauyolle, a youiiR tradesman of Pari, brought a medal of honor back-from' "tho-front-,""bur: he left both hi legs behind him In lllio trenche. u i AMSTKHDAXf, April '-'-'. -Commenting on the address of President Wilson ut tho luncheon of the Asso ciated l'res in Xew York, April 'JO, the VosMrho Zeitnng of Herlin speaks as follews: "We could believe in the inclination of the United States after tho war to play the role to which President Wil son refers, namely, 'to prepare as sislanee for both belligerent parties,' if Americans during tho war had act ed in nceonlanee with the principle of iissiotanee to neither side. The pur veyors of arms ami ammunition to udversnries cannot, all of it sudden, NONE OF WILSON'S NEUTRALITY FOR GERMAN protend to ho the impartial friend ofpuUl,K nations might not declare war all belligerents in tho negotiations at the conclusion of tlio war." The I.oknl Anxeiger says; "President WiNon is mightily mis taken if he imagines his sort of neu trality will he acknowledged and val ued by tho belligerents as fair play. It is impossible for Oeiiiuinv mid her allies lo esteem ns a sign of ".-elf-control" one-sided patronage by tho continued toleration of ti most ex tensive supply of arms, combined with humble endurance of all Knglish op pression of neutral commerce. So fur ns Ocrnian.v is concerned, President Wilson need not trouble nhnut prep arations for help after tlio war." ITALY SEIZES ALL F E GKNHVA, April 22 --All German and Austrian subjects tu Switzerland, oven those who nover did military service, were recalled yestordity by their rospectlvo governments. Now reached I.ugano this morning that tho Italian government had stoppod tho trans-Atlantlo kqivIco with tho United States, Passenger who had purchased ticket havo had tholr monoy returned to thum. Tho Italian govoriiment, tho roport aitys, roipitroa I nil tho atoiunshlpa, I 1 ORUS my Ah he .hobbles through tho streets own tho tourists seldom turn to look mlilin a medal-dccroatcil soldier hobbling on peg'loK is too common n sight now In Paris to attract at tention. E WASHINGTON'. April 22. -Albert .Mombrenov, minister front Honduras, noli become president of that repub lic this summer on tho retirement of President llertand, has proposed to tho 24 nations tn tho Pan-Amerjcan union that they adopt an Internation al law tho method of Investlgatfon of international disputes embodied In Secretary Uryatt's peaco commissions treaties. A pormanent commission which mlRlit act on its own initiative would tuvestlgato nil disputes which cannot bo sottled by diplomacy and tho dls- or hcKin hostilities during Its Inves tlgatlons. Secretary nryan today niado public tho memorandum which Dr. Mem breno has submitted to tho nations outlining his proposal. TACOMA FEELS El TACOMA, Wash., April .. A dis tinct shock of mi earthquake was felt in Taeonut at 10:37 this forenoon, from tho smelter near Point Defiance to tho boutherii limits of tho city, twelve miles, and extending to South Tnconia. In tlio federal building and the higher buildings mid in thu resi dence sections there was a startling jar, many peoplo seeking elevators ami going into tho streets. Tho jolt was felt nt Dnpont, fouitceu miles west. It wii3 felt in tho Puyallup valley, nine miles from Titcouiu, hut was not felt nt tlio inn nt Lougmiro Springs, on Mount Tacoinn, nor at Olympic. SEATTLK, Wnsh., April 22. Tlio seismograph of tho University of Wnsliiii'-'lon recorded no disturbance toilny. nml no repotts of earthquake mvn jl0Wl received. Caiirollo PAN-AME 10 ADOPT BRYAN'S PA PROGRAM wnnuwESHDix XO. 27 ULTIMATUM TO, Still Hopes of Settlement Without Re sort to Arms Revived Germans Sink British Submarine In Helgo land Bay Austrian and German Subjects in Switzerland Recalled. UOMB, April 22. A report reach ed Home from l'etrograd today that Italy had sent a note to Austria which virtually amounted to an ultimatum. Tho note Is said to embody the min imum terms upon which ituly wilt consent to concludo nn agreement with Austria. H Is Imposslblo to confirm this report hero. Oenernl opinion in Home Is tlin( An agreement may still bo reached. Nevertheless ' military preparations are being continued with tho greatest energy along tin; frontier whero Anu trla I concentrating troops. Tho deadlock In tbo negotiations between Austria and Italy has been broken and hopes of a settlement of tho (uestlons at Issue without resort to arms havtf been revived In Home. It Is not known by persons other than those closely concerned what change has taken placo to relievo the apaprently hopeless situation, but Home nssunie that cither Austria or Italy has made some concession. Italy has been represented previously a demanding tn their entirety tho Trent and Istrla districts as well as the Dalmatian Islands in tlio Aegean, whereas Austria was believed to bo willing to jield only a small part ot this territory. Tho German admiralty announced today that u Iirltlsh submarine Was sunk flvo days ago in Helgoland bay, which lies between tho mainland and tho Island of Helgoland. It Is said Iirltlsh submarines have been ob served mid attacked repeatedly In this bay. In France and Helglum yesterday there was a continuance ot minor operations. A Geneva dispatch say Austrian and German subjects In. Switzerland have been recalled to their resiwctlyo countries. It i also reported tliat tho Italian government has requisi tioned all Italian vessel engaged In trado with telt United States. TOPKKA. Kan., April 22 Anoth er bumper Kansas wheat crop tu 1915 was predicted by J. O. Mob ler, secre tary of tho statu board of agriculture In the report made public today. The condition ot tho 1915 crop ho esti mated at 02. S on a total acreago or S,.'S0,30O. A year ago the crop esti mate was Ort.G on on S,5SO,000 acre age. A wheat crop second only to the 1S1.000.000 bushel yield of last year I Indicated, Mr. Moliler asserted. It U pointed out that based on a one hundred per cent crop of twenty bush el to tho acre, Kansas under exist ing conditions, should thin year pro duco 159,000,000 bushels. VILLA'S NEW CAPITAL XOGAI.KS, ArU.. April 22. Xo gales, Souorit, opposlto hero has been mado tho new Villa capital ot Sonora,. Instead of Ilermoslllo, according to an anuouncemelit toiler. Jose Marl.' Maytorena, Villa's chieftain In t'hit utato is expected to arrive with hi entire staff at any time. It was also announced that a now (sruq of So nera monoy, amounting to 2,QO0,O)O pesos, would be placed on the market May 1. Detachments of Maytorena and Curraiiza troop met In a brief skir mish near Sun Jose yesterday, Bey oral bridge on the railroad betwwm Canunea and Nnco were burned, wa roonlug a train en route to tbfc or dor to take on ImportuHt NilliUry nun mining suppne. AUSTRIA FROM ITALY REPORTED t ,. m S . I - I 'A, ia-nt i 'I lf H, ;l 31 A i i 1 41 .41 i 1 '1 4 i , j $. V. :. M