Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 28, 1915, SECOND EDITION, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Texta mm wt,'r' itif sm -W Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER I'n I r tonight mid TIiHrMrtjr Mitt. H-! Mln. H. Korly.firili Vrnr. Dully-'IVnlli Ynr. TORPEDO IKS FRENCH CRUISER IN THE ADRIATIC Leon Gnmlictln nf 12,000 Tons Sunk liy Austrian Submarine All Offi cers Perish at Their Posts 500 of Crew Drown Sinks In Ten Min utes After Bcffifi Hit 130 Rescued. PAWS, Apiil 28. A eouimuiiieii limi from Hut ministry of murine re filing Hid InrpoilooiiiK of thti French ctulsor I.oiiii Oumhcttu wiih giioii mil this uftcrunou, !l is tovtunlly iik follows : "Tim iiniinri'it oniiner Loon (Jinn bctlii, ciuNiiig u( tliti onlrnnei) nl' Hm OlVmftn eniinX wiih torpedoed the night f Apiil 2II-27, itint went to tint liiiltiuii in ten minute. "All tli nffieeis on board per ished lit their post, (hut linnilii'il mi. I llilily-i members of tin' crow, including II under ol filers wero ics ciii'il Ity Vi'hhi'U sent out promptly to tlieir help liy (ho Itiilinii iiiilhnritics. "Tim lil or survivors Iiiih not yi'l Imtii icceived tit tim i n i n i h 1 1-y of urn lini'." t Coiifllllird Ity llcrlhl LONDON, April 28. -I'nnflicliil niiiinnneonicnt is miiili' ut Merlin Hint Hie French nimnred erui-er Leon (llililliellil of 12,10(1 toil iliilliee ini'iit, hits been toipedocd liv nil Au liitui Mibmnriiie. Tim lloilin news agency which innilo tin iiiuinunco inent sitys Hint pint of tlie crow of between 701) mill 8011 men was niiciI No nililitiomil details hid given, hut. It is probable such nn nltnek. if inudo oeeurieil in the Adiintie, within M rising distance of Hie Autrinn IIIIVIll hllscS. The Leon (JntnhcHn wiih eipiippoil with four 7.1! licit guns, 1(1 !.." inelt guns, 'J I jiuiiiuliT' mill five IK iueli tmpcilo lubes. Her crow wiih from 700 to HflO. Sim wits Imilt in Hie-t in IDOII, costing i.'.BHO.IIIM), mid wus IHIi feet Ion- mill 101 feet licnm with 20' j feet menu iliuM. Ill Ntnills of Olninto IIIMNDISI, 1 1 nly, April 28. - Tim French oiuior l.eon (Inniliettn lin lieen torpeiloeil liy tin Austrian tuli murine IT.(I in the Strait of Otrimto, the wnli'iwny leading to thu Adriatic Sen. Tim firwt lepott of the destruction of this cruiser eiinie from the men in Inly nt Hm Soinuplunn sti)tion of Snnln Mm in Liiuon. Those men nt onei) gnvo Hm nhirm, mnl Hm vessels wen) sent out to Hie niil of the I, eon (tnmhettn from llriudini, Tnrmito. Olninto ami Itini. Sinei) Hm hegiunini: nf the Augln li null operations ngninst Hid Dar danelles Ficnoh warships in the Adriatic- huo limited their iiflivit iiw to watching Ihn SI rail of Chimin with the iilen of pioenting any Aus Irian Knlmmrino esenphu: fiom the Adriatic nt the homl of which i Poll. Hm AiiHliian nnvnl huso mnl reach ing Hm coast of Tin Key. Tlii put nil duly wan parlieulailv to proleet t ho vessels of Ihn allies operating against Hm Dnrilnimlli'H, Traveled JIOII .Mile The suhiiiniiuo which attacked the I.eon (liimheltu came from Cattnro, on Hm cuslein const of Hm Anrintm, nn Austrian pint nhoitt MOO mileH fio inSnnln .Mnriu Loiieu inlul. This ilihlnnen eonltl luivo boon traveled by Hm Kiibinniiim in nhmit twenty hours. Three Fieuoh cruisers won) Inst night watching Hm strait between Hm Island of Corfu ami Hm Italian cuiiHt It nppcmvii Hint Hm I'-ll look up u MiHilioii about half wnv bolwoon Santa Maiia Lotion mm Hm (Irook (Continued on Pnire 2.) MAUSER RIFLE IRKS (1KNIWA, Airil 28. A Pronoli uir inan yuHloriluy throw four liuiubH on ' Hm Muiimii' i it Id fiiutiiry ut Oborn ilurl'l', noiir Stutlniut. Kadi of Hicm) missllos rcai'licd it Koal, mnl uccoiiliii),' to thu iufonnn tion (lomiiif; into (lencva, coiiHiilnrnblo ihimiiKO wiih done. A qumitity of rifles toKothor with Hiuim muoliiuory wuh ilostroyoil, ALLIES LAND ON OF French on Asiatic anil British on En ropcan Turks ClaNm Little Prog ress Made Fifth Day of Battle In Carpathians With Little Advantage to Either Side Germans Relnforc. JIKUU.V, April 28. Mnl-, III Hoy, former proHlilont of Hm Turlilnli pnrlliiumnt, who in now In Horlln, roiulveil u teliT.rmn from C'oiintnntlnoplii liut nlKht hliitliiK Hint S000 Frnncli unit llrltltili Holillom hnil lieen itrlen to tint Ren mnl Hint ll'.OOO hint lieen mi Hired by the Turkii nn n ro Hull of the iittnmpl of Hm nil leu to land fnrro to nttnek tim Dardanelles fortltlcntlonit. l.ONIION' April UH. - KiikIiiiiiI N lnealliiin,' freely iiniii today in the general holief Hint the (lenumi of fontixi' noiir Ypiox Iiiih been stopped mnl the country in finding time to turn Hh iitteiitiou to the Dardanelles where an "allied iirmv Iiiih lauded on both hIioich of the htrnit. Phi i rcpoits (hut the I'icneli m-c-Hon lauded on the Asiatic shore mnl i making hleadv piiirc ilrhpitc Hm htublmrii rei"tunei) of Hm Turkish ilefi'iiiler-, who urn MiiuikIv en treueheil mnl Mippmtcil by nitillcry. IjiiiiI on lloth HIioriM Tim Hritioli Hoetion Iiiih miooosh fully inailo it Iiiim) on the Kimipoun .iilen of the stiuilH. Turkey iiibnitH these. laiuliiiKs, hut ileelurori Hint Hm allien liae heen unalde to make any proresH towatd the interior. Tho Pnrin wnr office him nn iioiineeil Hm rupture of Kiini ICuleli, on Hie Asiatic h'uIo, Tim Tuikisli KDtciiiiucul, allhoiih repoiliiu; the repulse of the landing forces in some I'iirion, iIooh not cluiin Hint in every instance the Turin have been nblu to iliic them hack. Ilfllt Day of IUittlo The buttle of Hm Hussian and Alls tro(lenmin aimies in Hm vicinity of Slry, in thu riirpiitliiuu inountains, Iiiih eiiloioil lis tilth day with no sins of iliminishiiit; mid with Hm oiiteotue still undecided. Pihliii1; in pio'rcssinu' iu the utir low mouiiluiii ilclilcH mnl thorn is little oppottuuity for earr.siii(, out of luuuouxeiH. The e.eocilin;ly stroiii; AukIi'ii (leniinn foicen, accoidimr to Hm uii'iiKor report recelveil heie, is daily iocei inj nMnforooineiitn. ZAPAIA CUTS WASIIINdTON', Apiil J!8. Znputn forces operating bohiinl (loimral OlircKon, Hm Cmrmmi oouuuiiiulei', ut Celiiyu, huvu out bin rail and w're. oiiinmuuiculioiiH and have destroyed purl of Hm railway between Hm cup. itul mnl Vera Cruz. Dovnl West, Piositliint Wilhon'rt person lopiesontn livo, is hohl up on u train delayed liy Hm hre.ik. r 10 SAX KHANCISCO, April 28. Two Tinted States uruisurn, tho Clinttanoojs'n mnl thu Now Oiiennn mul Hm eollior NuiihIiuu, uru on their way to Aoiipuloo, Mexico, but Hmir missions mo hu'iiI by naval mithoii ties to bo without hi;nifiouneo. lloth oruiserrt will oonl fimn eulliorH. Thu oruisoiH nro transferrin,, no cnrtiiiif; to ("uptiiiu Kriink M. Iton nott, ounuumubint of Muro Island nuvy yard, uotiii hiipervisor of tho 12ll liuviil distlict. Tim Chiitlmioopi is on her way tim tli for ovorhnulint'. Tho New OilemiH Ik kIi; koiiIIi to loliovu tho Chill Iminofjii for duty off the Mo lean eois, BOTH IS DARDANEELES BUS MEDFORD. RENEW BATTLE II POLISH FRONT After Lotifj Lull Germans Benin Assault, Taking Positions Near Su walk! French Claim Progress In Yprcs District and Germans Con tradict it-Fleet In North Sea. LONDON, April 28. A Ocimmi miiii'K on n larc hciiiu tins heen inaiiuinteil iu ItusNinu '. mul, mnikiriK thu icstimption of netie hostilities alter u lontr lull. Tho official Herliu htntement of to day says the Ociiiiniis compieieil Kiissiun positiouit in Hm vicinity of Siiwnlkt, near tho Hast Prussian fiontier in it ii front of 12 miles. Tlicic is upiin n sharp disparity between (leimnu and Prcncb accounts of what is hiippeuin iu Plunder. Tim official Merlin rcMiit says Hiit ih c forts to recover the lost ground failed. The Pmis announcement as serts that further prosiess wus minle in the Yprcs distrirt. It is said henvy losses were inflicted on Hi Oertumis mnl that more than (100 bodies of their dead wen counted ut one point. Account ConfllcllnH The Kieneb announcement of yes tenliiy Hint llaitmmis'iJerkopf, the toil; contested mountain height, which tim (leniinns recently captuieil, had been regained, is denied iu Her- lin. II is said tuts position still is held liy the (Ioniums mnl that the French hnvo niiido no now jittac-k. on it. On thu heights of the Mouse n stuldmni bnttle continues. The Paris statement siivh Hint the I'ri'ncb advanced two thirds of a mile. The (lermans announce the capture of French positions north of la) Mesiiil mnl tho ilofonl of French nttiieks nt other points. l-lffl In North Son LONDON, April 28. Ciiptnin Scott ciiuiuuiuiliii); u Norwegian steamer re pints Hm pn'seuee in Hio North Sen of ii (Ionium fleet nittiitici inr no less than sixty eijjht vessels nil told. Captain Seolt, whose vessel had just come to port, leports that while crossing tho North Sea ho was bold up by one of these German vessel-. After mi examination of his papers he was pennittcd to proceed. The (lerman fleet wus composed of ves sels of nil elusses, from battleships to torpedo hunts. Thu date of Captain Scott's en counter iiiuj just where iu the North Sen ho sighted this (Jeunim fleet, bus not heen announced. LANE TO REVIVE WATER POWLR BILL WASIIINdTON, April 28. SeeiOs tury Lime announced today that the water power lonsiiii; bill, which failed iu the lust countess, would bu re-introduced us mi mlmiiiistnition meas ure iu tho eomiiu congress. The bill is of tremendous inteiest to thu west. Iu his unnouiieemout Mr. La no pointed to reports of consolidations of power companies in Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Montana and Washing ton which would plneo fifty per cent of thu developed water power of tim western ntntes under sinj;Ui control as mlded reasons why the administra tion should bu uuiokly pressed to MiloKiiurtl thu publiu interest ol thu present mid tut inc. SENATOR CHAMBERLAIN TO INSPECT CANAL WASHINGTON, April 28. Senntor Cluiiiiborlmn loaves Washington Fri dny, reuiiiiuiiii now only to keep an oiiKUficmont at tho" While House Thursday nifjht. Ho sails May I for San Francisco via the Pmiamn Canal aboard Hie steamship Finland. He expects to vouch Portland May 22. He regrets his inability to attend the Colilio celebration but says that the fact (but his committees handled ev ery dollar expended for the Pmiinuii eniuil causes him to wish to bee the woili doiio Ihoivo, ON G SCALE OftEClON, W ICONICS DAY, DEMAND STATE PROSECUTE ROCKEFELLER AGENTS FOR MURDER JUST AS IT IS LAWSON KsN '-? a.Y.Welbertt: D.Wroum K rtr T i, mr:-f) Conl nHi-nlors ncntast whom Inlior lemlcr luae nskcil unrrnnt-s clinrR Iiik rcisnisllillliy for iiiunler of men mul women iliirinK Colorado strike Imlllcs. PROSECUTION RESTS L L TWNIDAD, Colo., April 28,-Tlie pro-ecution rested its enso' today iu the trial nf John U. Lawsnii, the union lender chnrjjed with murder in oon- nection with the death of John Nun mo, de))tity sheriff, after u number of witnesses declared they saw Law son nt Ludlow the duy Niinmo was killed. Aiiiiiv Cnmeroii, daughter of Jmnes Cameron, supoiiuteudent of the Hast ings mino of the Vietor-Aiiierioau Fuel eoinimny, took the stand today for tho state. Shu testified thnht October 2.", lt)i:i, the duy of the .but tle in which Niinmo was killed, she went liv train from Trinidnd to Lud low on tho wnv to Hustings, reitch iug Ludlow while the fusillade wus iu pi ogress. Lawson, she testified, escorted her past thu danger roue, wnrning the strikers to bo careful. Shu said Luw son w;us belted and carried u revol ver. On cross examination she said shu vouched Ludlow about 2:110 in the af ternoon. She believed she got to tho tent colony about lo minutes after wiuil. OF E SAN FUANCISCO, April 28. -Ap-peals for the ending of tho F.uroponn war were voiced today nt a meeting of women ut tho Pnnuiua Paoifio ex position, hold to inuik the assembling of delegates ut Tho Ilaguu for Mho international women's peaoo confer ence. Tho mooting wus under tho auspices of tho Congressional I'nion for W'oinun Suffrage, David Starr dordun, chnneellor of Slaufoiil University, Mrs. Phoebe Hearst, Dr. A, H. Foidluun, Mrs, WU liam ICeut and others uddiessed the iissenibly. ' AWSON A FR RIOT MURDER APRIL 28, 1015 VB " wi J A s -----------------------& ' n------------------r m HARVARD DEFENDS SPEECH Y i CAMIUMDGi;, Mu-s., April 28.--President A. Lawrence Lowell of Harvard University, made public to dny bis reply to thu letter nddrcssvd to him by Professor Kim Meyer of Mho Universil yof Uerlin iu which tho bitter protested agiiint tho publi cation bv a Harvard student paper of a poem entitled "Gott Jlit Uiw." Dr. Lowell disclaimed for the Uni versity authorities any lesponsibility for the verse and says Harvard's policy of freedom of 'speech will bo preserved. His letter follews: "Cambridge, Mass., April 27. "My Denr Professor Meyer: Your letter bus como iiml I am grieved at tho feeling of irritation against Har vard that it shows. Tho poem and prize to which you refer I had nover hoard of until your letter enme. "As you aro nwaio the freedom ot speech of neither tho professors nor students in nn American university is limited, nor thev themselves sub ject iu utterances to tho direction of tho authorities. This policy of free dom of speech wo shull oontintio to puvMiP, for we believe it to bo tho only oiio which necordsiwitb the principle of nendeinio freedom, I hope the timo (yill cotno when yyji and your colleagues in Oermmiy will recognize that this, course, is the only light one. "Verv trnlv yours, "A LAWIIF.NCK LQWKLL." Tho poe.in, which was anti-Gorman in vein, wus written in competition ii ml tho author wus given a prizo. Tho judges were two professors of the uiu-ver-sity. STONEWALL JACKSON'S FARM TO BE HADE A PARK WF.STON, W. Va April 28. Tho faun near heie on which General Stonewall Jackson was roared is to ho trausfoiiucd into a publiu park, it wuh tiniioiiuccd today. Tho plnco Iiiih been named "Stonewall JuuUon Pink." STUDENT BOO T TO IS T Closing Arguments in 0. & C. Land Case In Supreme Court For Every Dollar's Free Transportation, $6 Received, for Every Dollar Taxes Paid More Than $3 Received.. (liy Gllnon Gardner.) WASHINGTON, April 28. One ot tho moot Important suits tho govern ment ban hnil In recent years Is bolng nrgued before tho supreme court of the United States. It Involves an at tempt to recover land valued at 170,000,000 from the Oregon and California railroad company and others. These lands, comprising more than two million acres, aro a part of tho "land grants" which wcro made with lavish hand to tho trans continental railroads in the period after tho closo of the clrll war. If tho government wins It case, these lands will bo thrown open to settle ment and development, and In addi tion the railroad will have to pay tho government for 520,000 acres which tho government claims have been dis posed of contrary to law. Vlolntel Its Contract "The defendant company," said Assistant Attorney General Smyth Is closing "had flagrantly violated the congressional acts, and now seems to think tho government harsh in call ing upon it to suffer tho consequences of its misconduct. There Is not a single equity In ten company's favor; for every dollar In value given to the government In the form of free trans portation. It has received about SC from the proceeds of tho lands; for eery dolalr in taxes paid It has re- eeled more than S3 out ot tho lands. "For upwards of a quarto- of a century tho company has, for Its own selfish purposes, and in con tempt ot tho laws of tho country, withheld Micro lands from homeseeic- crs, and thwarted tho Industrial de velopment of a largo section ot a great state, and at this moment de mands the right to contlntio In Its vicious work of obstruction. Affirmation A.skexl "Unless It bo reprehonsiblo for tho government to enforco tho laws and there arc soma who seem to think it is Micro Is no room for tho claim that its action In demanding a for fcltfuro ot tho lands in question is inequltablo and should bo condemn ed. The decreo of tho lower court Is right and wo respectfully ask that It bo affirmed." SAN FRANCISCO, April 28. Evi dence In alleged registration frauds in Alameda county at tho last elec tion primary has been referred to the United States attornoy goncral at Washington, It was announced today. Tho ovldenco was presented to United States District Attorney John W. Preston by a number of citizens. District Attorney Preston said to day ho Is awaiting Instructions from Washington In tho matter. Tho alleged frauds aro said to como under jurisdiction becauso a ropre sontatlo and United States senator wero oted for nt tho election. Tho recent prosecution of tho Torro llauto election cases Is said to establish a precedent. Tho ovldonco in tho Alameda county caso Is said to bo simitar. 25 FRISCO TO FLAVEL FLAVKL, Oro., April 28. Ex ceeding all records for tho trip, the Great Northern Paclflo Steamship company's now steamer Northoru Pa cirio reached horo today from Sun Francisco In 25 hours and 40 mln utos. Weather conditions woro fav orablo for tho trip. Tho vessel left Sun Francisco ut 10:30 a, iu. ynntur duy and dockyd ut PJuvol ut 13:10 p, m, today, HAD GH AND GRAN OT-IffH ALAMEDA ELECTION FRAUDS PROSECUTED NO. 02 CHIEF ADVISER Colonel Admits as Governor and Pres ident, Constantly Conferred With Late Senator Pfatt and FoHewerf His Advice Legislature Obeyed Piatt's Orders. i SYRACUSE, N. Y April 28. Thcodoro Itooaovcli told t&nlay as a witness In tho J50.000 libel milt brought against him by William Ilamcs. why, that when governor of New York and president of the United States, he conferred with for mer United States Senator Thomas Piatt "tho boss." While- ho was governor of Now York, the colonel declared he dis cussed things with Senator Piatt, be causo ho had found out that tho leg islature obeyed his orders And tho witness thought it best when there was any likelihood of that law mak ing body ot tho stato disagreeing with him to first go to headquarters and talk things over. Further, na governor, tho colonel scid he did not want to run any chances of disrupt ing tho republican party. Kven m President As president of tho United States, the colonel readily admitted, ho con ferred constantly with the senator from New York on all manner of things. He said he vnlucd thq, sen ator's advlco and wanted to toko ad vantage of his wldo experience. These statements wcro made la reply to questions asked tho colonel during the early part ot his redirect examination, his cross examination by counsel tor William Dames bar ing been concluded today. Tho colonet was mest active oartke witness stand. He slapped his hands upon his thighs and moved his arms and head to giro emphasis to his words. Ho raised his rolco and pounded upon tho arm of tho wit ness chair until counsel for Mr. Barnes entered an objection with the court against what they termed his "gesticulations." Concludes Crosw Kxiunlntlm Tho cross examination of Thoo doro Roosevelt was concluded today after he had been asked questions about speeches and tho salary and traveling expenses ho received while president ot tho United States. Tho speech at Hudson Falls was read. In it Colonel Roosevelt was reported as saying that Mr. Barnes was a menaco to tho stato ot New York and that If ho was a menace before election ho was "a menace yot." i John M. Uowors, Colonel Rooso velfs chief counsol, object. Mr. Ivlns explained to tho court that the colonol's speeches wero not being In troduced with nn Idea of com pounding tho nllogod llbol, but with tho Idea of showing tho colonel's stato of mind. Tho objection was overruled. Did Not Ito IiiIMmIs In another speoch Colonel Roose velt was quoted as saying, but he said ho was Incorrectly quoted, "that Mr. D. and Mr. M." should bo In tho same party. Tho speech was deliv ered in Saratoga. Iu it Colonel Roosovolt wus also quoted as saying that ono controlc Now York and the other controls AUmny. Colonel Roosevelt said tho speech was substantially correct but that part or tho thing; ho sttd had beoa loft out and part had been short ened and Incorrectly reported. "I never said 'Mr. D. and Mr. M. " tho colonel said: "I said Mr. Dame and Mr. Murphy." GROWERS MEET TO E SPOKANE, Wn., April 28. Grow ers and shippers of nbout 12,000 oars of fruit from Moutmit. Idaho. Ore- con mid Washington wont into am- sion horo today fo establish a grttilii anil pack fur fruit. The nmitim tions when cstHblishd will be urfwl by tho growers In four C tHt. H. P, l)nvUUmi of HimmI Hjvr, Or., wiih named ciuIwk, mA Cliffi. , Chime of WHMHbfc jyft, umffinry, Thu Noi'lbwt Mlp-jw lutm mm) Ibo XuriliwiM 0oW Lmmi lejiryM'iW Mt U MtHlty. FOR ROOSEVELT WAS EASY BOSS f-ymU r . 1