rwm Hf?!r.,U 207 Sraott.1 Shtft MEDFORD Tribune WEATHER Shower tonight mat HllH iln) Man, 10 j Mln, ll.l. SECOND EDITION ( -p4Ct MAIL Forlvflflh Year. Iiiitly Tenth Yi-iir. ALLIES REPORT i Galllpoll Peninsula Grnttiinlly Being Cut 01 f From Main Land by Brt ts.lt anil Frrncli Forces No Longer Possllilc (or Turks to Pass Back nml Forth. LONDON', May 1. Tito Onlllpoll peninsula, which fnrnin the European nldo of tho Darilauollon In dtncrlbed In unofficial dpnpntplipn nn IioIiik gradually cut off from the ninln Inml hy tin- Ilrlllmi nnil French fnrrpn. II Ih wild l bo iki longer possible for tho Turks lo pnnh bnclc nml forth bo tw'con tho Kuropouii nml Aitlntlc Miles nf the straight. Their mnln force itro icporled to be between tho town of (liilllpoll nl tint further end of the lrnltH nml Mnlilun. which linn on l hi ntrnltn nlioiit two-thlrdn of the way down thu peninsula. Official ndvjcen hno not made iletir the extent of the operntlnnn of th llrltlMi nml Kronen forces. A Mrltlnh statement of Inst nlKht gnvo tint Impression Hint tho fighting hnit been restricted to the end of thu end of tho peninsula, ncronn which It In mild an intrnchtil 1 1 no linn hin OXtCllllcd. itiiiMi at r;iiiiHiii l'uni) novoinl sources It him hern reported that thu llrltlnh have crossed tho nppir end of tho peninsula, jinrhliiK Gnlllpnll. There In no con flrniutlon of thlx, however, oxcopt In mi official Gorman statement yon tcrdny. which said there hail been severe flKhtlnK for two days nl (inlllpoll. Thu Oonntnntlnopln- offlclnl re porln ntntn that tho Turkn are mak ing consistent hondvvny In their nt tacliH against tho land nml ncn forces of till) llllll'H. Thn nil tuition In Klnnilern shown little chnngo. iiIIIioiikIi tho French rliilin n further advance for tho nl lie. The H.-liicli shells with which thu (ioniums yoMenlny bombarded Dunkirk, hurling (horn perhaps 20 in 1 1 from oin of tholr lingo guns, urn mi hi to have blunted In the ground crutern In some InMnncen IS foot In diameter. Ton more nholln foil In Dunkirk Iuhi night, IiIIIIiik or Injur lm; several pot-noun. Fighting In I'olunil Fighting continued nil alone Dm extended Riuwdun fiont. Chlof In toroHl now attaches to tho now flor iiinn movement In tho north, nlmoil apparontly nt tho llnltlc provlncon or Itusnln. I.lttlo In known concerning thin inovonu'iil, however, huyonil Iho C.oiiuun nnnoiinriMnont of yostordny Hint they linil penetrated more thiut inn nilli'H fiom tho Russian front lor. NEW HILL UNER OFF POINI ARENA .SAX FUAXCISCO, .Mnv l.-TIm now- iiiissenuer liner Xoillieiii Pneilie, disabled, with 1.10 unssougers nhonril, luiZUiil'liiif; helplessly before tho VTiltl off Point Aronn, dility inms hoi Hi of hero, early toiluy, Tlio tuir Defiiiiii'o lel'l hero toiluy in niiswor In n' wiiolur.H enll for niil, nml tho Toiled S ntiM ooust lmhiiiI eutlei !MeCiilloeh WUh oiilorml to pi lo I lie vi'khcI'h Hhhihtunee. Moth hulH of Hteeiin' near on the Northern Pneifio were out of emu ntishioii iliiiin Hie iiinlil. The rudder wiih i-uenorled In he hloekeil. hut iiiiiu- euverinj,' wan iieeeHsary lo protect il. Tho vckhcI Iiuh lieeii in eoniniuuica lion with Client Northern StenuiHhip cninpuuy officials alnmt eoimtiuitly, "Made two utteiuplK keep bhip on conrxe," ii wiiolohH incKMifxii from ('iiiliiin Aliiunn of (lm Xoitliern l'u cil'ii) Hiiiil ioiluy, "hut wind too hIi'imii; nml Hen too heavy. I urn lucking In "nml fiom Inml to Keep rudder from SOMEPROGRESS DARDANELLES DRIFTS HELPLESSLY Miiiiuuiiitf. Hmlder well Kcourcil nml hloekeil. inn keeping in uhiiiit snnie position iih yeKluriluy. 1 enniiot luiiiK Iter nff nml f-et any furlhei IMiihI HeniUnuw out here. Ileiuy kiiIh l'llMkVllgOI-M (ill lljilll." HNA REFUSES E BY JAPANESE Some ol Most Important nctiiesls Turned Down Group Five, netiilr Inn Employmrnt of "Forceful Jap anese" as Vtlvlsors, and as Police and Purchase Munitions, Rejected. I'I'tClNU. May I. Tho rhlncHii l-owriiiiicnl Iiuh defltilloly icfuni'il noma of the iiiohI Important demtinilH niiido hy Jnpnn. On leiirultiK of Clilim'n ilrrlnlon, the Jnpani'Hii inlnlnliT I'kl lllokl, unld lo tin ('hlneno forelcu milliliter, l.u CIioiik-Hi'Iiiuk: "I am worry I helleve my rov- ernmout will he dlmipopliitcd." Tho I'hlueMi forelu tiiluUter, nt n iiiiolltiu loilny of teprcnoutiitlveN of tho two Kovernim-ntn, prcHi-nti'd ('lilnii'n reply In the hnM' or n for mal note. Thin nolo announced Clilnn'H rojerllon of rironp V of tho Jnnnnetto domnmln In IIh entirety. Thin Ktoiip an orlKlnnlly nuhiultted to Chlun routnlun whnt nre pcrhnpn tho most Important doninniln mnilo In Jnnnn. It nrovhled. auiotiK oth er tlilnuK. for emiiloymeut hy tho rhlnono cover n men t of "forceful Japnnenen" an polltlrnl, flunnelnl nml tullltiiry ndvlnern; participation hy tho Jnpnueno In Ire police admlnlH trntlon of vnrloun liiinortnut iilacen; JiipanoMi mipervlnlon over Iho iiiiiiiu- fnctiire or purchnNo hy China of tun- ultloiiH of war nml for tho Krautlm; to Japan of ronrennlonn for railway roiintruetlnn and iiiIiiIiik and hnrbor operntlonn. The new iliuft of tho .lapance do. iniiiiiK ulneli miih nreeiited on Tlici day j ci'eiy.t nml I'd jioup V in u limn- ner w i eh the lh iic-o reiircentntive ileehited wax more meuueiii. I he C'liitiifti' roru-iil win. inotlilietl In KiiniK otent hv nn offer to meet the ii'M"!')! wishes of .lapati in lemil lo tho proMiieo or rumen, prmntin;: tluit China shall he .lupnti u pledge that no foreicii power sliull lie cm nloved without .laimu's eon-cnt in that piox'inee ATTACK BATTERIES I.OXDOX, May I. Developuients on (lie iinillii'iii exiiemitteK of the two frnntx. hoth east nml woM, the shell- ing of Diuikiik, in Kin nee, ami the new (leniinn ollenxive inoxcinent uimeil nt the llnltie piovinees, take precedence in the wnr neWh ol today IlriliKh nvintors have discovered nml uttneked the Oenuiiu hutleiies, which fiom n distuuee vnriniislv cti milted hy KiikIisIi oln.ervoix nt fiom sixteen to twenty-eiojit miles, hulled ureal hIicIIk lit the Kieneh port, hut it reinuiiiH to he seen whether the IioiiiIh dropped did euniiKh diininue to put the uiiiik out of iictiou. I.omlon newHpiipers suy lhi horn hardment of Punkiil- menus Hint the (iermniiH nt ill elinu to their cherished idea of occupying the French const uenrcht F.iiuhind, nml inoreo tlinn one editonul writer toiluy points out that Flumlers still remuiiiK the eritienl tlieiiter of operntions. Spceiiil dispatches from Petrournd ilisnuieo us to the purpose ol tho (ler iuiiii thrust at the cxticmo Itiissiun riulil. One theory connects it with prohnhlo piovemeuts of tho German licet in the llnltie looking to the in vusion of tho llnltie provinces. An other idea is (hat this advance is aimed at l.ilm'u uml liign, tho fotmor n stioug Ititsslnn nuvnl huso uml the hitter one of the most important pints on the llnltie. Or the (lormniiK amy intend to strike nt the ruilroml run ning from l'elrogrml to Warsaw hy way of Dueuahurg and Yilnn. Fur ther south the (lerniaiirt have failed in their repealyd attempts lo pet this Hue. Tho official statement concerning the Dardanelles seems to have iciis Kiireil Ilia lliitish public tlmt Ihcir n nay is fairly well cslahlislicil in the landing operations, hut ut Iho suiue lime it IndicnlcH much righting must ensue iefiie it firm grip Is osuh Hblll'll, , DEMANDS MAD I mm SHELLING DUNKIRK MEDFORD. F F BEGINJJFE ANEW Georgia Executive Discovers Friend less Prisoners, Finds Jobs for Them and Gives Them Fresh Opportunity Many Whose Crimes Are For (jottcn. t( Union K. Ktnrr ATLANTA, (In.. May 1. H In like making (ho (lend live ngutn tho work John M. Hlatou, Governor of Ocorgln, It dotiiK now, Ho In literally tirlnglnc hmk Into tho world men who have horn lno Intcd until forgotten nml who long nlnco have Ipnrued to live only to await death In dlnRrnc Ho In restoring to liberty "forgot ten ronvlctn" and earning the title of "friend of tho frlondlenn," Ho Imhiied In ho with hln work that ho In having two jiieinhern of tho ntnte prlnon rommlnnlon lnlt every county In C.eorgla to luvontlgnte the rcconln of ronvlrtn who hnvo nerved long teruiH and nee thnl mercy ho extend ed where mercy In due. Tho Inspiration enme to the gov ernor on a recent trip to tho ntnte prlnon fnrni nt Mllledgevllle. There ho looked Into the enrnlng eyen of forgotten hltn of huninnlty broken, llmlonn, weary after yearn of toll. Completely l'orgot(i-j They worn men without frlcndn or money. Yearn before their namen had been tucked awny In tho ntato'n fllen an "convict No. no-and-Ko" and then they were forgotten. "In cnxen of murder," nnld tho governor after that trip, "a man In entitled, In the dUcretlon of the gov ernor, to tho parole law nfter a ner- vlro of 10 earn. Tho offonne of murder In often technical, (n that there wan a moral provocation with out legal exciice. "Therefore it appeared to mo nn J.wt that tlpno rrlnonern who hncl Minken Into otllvlon and who had i.ot recctvd n conimunltntlon from Hi" outnldo woild for ninny years r.iti' who wtm patlontiv nnd obed IcnUy obinrvln.7 tho prlnon rogula tlonn, tthm.l-! in. I have tho rcw-ardn of pood conduct provided by law." "An nn oxnmplo of one of thono who had been forgotten, I recall n negro. Can mount, who had been In prlnon for more than -0 yearn on n verdict found from rtrciimntantlal evidence. For many yearn ho had been waiting upon the family of tho prlnon auporlntendont. Perfect freedom wan allowed him without tho nllghteiit thought of escaping. (Continued on Last Page) 8E Tit I XI DAD. Colo., May 1. John It, I.nwson, labor lenders charged with murder In connection with tho killing of John Nlmmo, n deputy nherlfr In a Htiiko buttle October 2.", UU3, may ho convicted of flrnt do greo minder, necond degreo murder, voluntary manslaughter, or may bo acquitted, according to Instructions given tho Jury today hy Judge Urnnby Ulllyer In tho district court. Tho lantructlons of tho court pro coded cloning nrguinonls of counsel. It had been agreed that arguments should bo flnlHhed and tho case given to tho jury tonight. Judge. Htllyer instructed tho Jur ot'H that tho dofondnnts could bo con victed If It was found ho entered Into a conspiracy to do nn unlawful not tho rosult of which homicide wnn committed, or It tho defendant had aided or allotted others In tho killing of Nlmmo, Tho law of nolf defonso wan explained In tho Instructions. Frank West, nsslstant attorney general, In his argument, ask ml Iho Jury (o Impose the denth ponalty If It found UiwKon bullty of miirdor In teh (lest (luttrou, GOVERNOR ORGOHEN IN GIVEN A CHANCE TO LAWSON AN CONVICTED M CONSPIRACY CHARGE OKEC10N, SATCJilMY, MAY 1, 101 5 EE fc AMERICAN SHIP The "dean" of Gcui'ginV rnuxict-, -Millniil Dixon, ii negro who lui ci ed thirty-four .xenr-i .niid who ' pandeil liy (iovemor .ohu M. Slatoii, in Ii'k work of clearing the peniten tiary of "forgotten convict-.' Tin judge and nil eoiirt nlliceis of Dix on's 'trinl ore dead. Ilelow is a pic ture of Governor Slatnn. MOST FAMOUS FORGOTTEN CONVICT NOW IN 39TH YEAR IN SOLITARY CELL The most fantoii- "forgotten" convict in the world i- Je-e II l'ouieroy, now- in lu :t!th year of Military confinement in the Miiii eliuselts tllle priiin. A n m'IiokI hoy l'ouieroy, the "human fiend," niuiilercd little hoys uml givl-of five ami six years of age, torturing them terribly. In 1S70, ut the age of 17, l'ouieroy was sentenced ! he hanged, hut the slnte femed critici-m hecane of his youth. The governor solved the question hy making him dead to the world without depriv ing him of life. For nearly forty years l'ouieroy has spoken to no one except his mother, the prison chaplains uml wardens. He entered prison an ignorant, degenerate, hoy nml is n6w n highly ciluented man, having rend the 8000 books in the prison library and mastered t or .seven languages. He hns made half n doren attempts to escape and nearly suc ceeded eaeli tune. LINE CARRY TRAVELERS XBW YOKIC, May 1 Tho larg est number of trans-Atlnntio travel ers to leavo New York in a single day thin nprlug had booked passage on six big liners leaving port today. Tho I.usltnnta nlono hnd aboard 1310 passenorn whon she sailed, 900 being cabin passengers. Apparently the notice, published In Xow York papers today over tho signature of the imperial German embassy reminding passengers that vessels flying the flags of tho allies aro liable to destruction in tho war koiio around tho lliitish Isles, had no effect on tho traveling public. There wero the usual number of last minute cancellations, but no more than customary, It was snld nt tho various btenmship offices, In tho nbsenco of authentic, figures, it was estimated that nioio than 3000 persons had reserved Ballings today. A numbor of tho passengers re ceived telegrams nt tho pier, signed by names unknown to them and pre sumed to bo flctltuous, advising them not to sail ns the liner was to bo torpedoed by submarines. Among tho persons who received such n tolegrnm was Alfred Q. Vnndorbllt. Ho destroyed tho messago without comment, Charles P. Sumner, gonornl ngont of the Ciiunrd Hue, snld (hat tho I.iisltaula'n voyago was attended by no risk whatever ns tho llnor hns a speed of 25 Mi knots nnd wnn pro vided with unusual water tight bulkheads, MANY A ATLANTIC vMHIF' JfB F I STATE UNIVERSITY STILL IN OFFICE SAt.KM, Oro., Mny 1. Frederick V. llolman of Portland and Judge William Smith of Uaker, members of the board of regents of tho Univer sity of Oregon, whoso terms recently expired, holdover until their suc cessors aro nominated nnd confirmed by tho senate, according to an opin ion rendered today by Attornoy Gon ernl Heorgo M. Itrowh at tho request oof (lovornor James WlthyconitM. Proceeding on the theory that ho could make n recess appointment, tho governor recently nppolnted C. C. Colt, Portland, nnd W. 11. McKln noy, linker, to succeed thorn. The attorney general hold that tho govomor could uinko only a recess nppolntfeut In ease of vncauctea nml that Colt's nnd McKlnney'g appoint ments wore not legal. E PAU1S. May 1. Tho French wnr office HiIh nfternoon gnvo out tho following offlclnl stntemont on tho progress of hestilities: "No chnngo hits been roporlod In the ceuornl situation on tho front 'slnco tho giving out of tho offlclnl communication of Inst night. "Ten more shells fell on Dunkirk during Iho evening of yestorday nnd there wore several victims." LD EN BS Standard Oil Vessel, the Cushintj, Is Victim of Attack by German Air craft in North Sea No Lives Lost, But Vessel Damaged Protest to Be Made by Washington. WASHIXOTOTX, .May 1. Ameri- enn .Minister Vim Dyke nt The Hague repotted to the state department to day that the American steamer t'ush nig, I'hiliiiK-lpIiin for Jfotterilum, was damaged hy honilis dropped from Ocrmnii nucrnfl in the Xorth -en, hut that no lives were lo-t. The report wns brief, transmitting a me-inge from the American consul at Kotterdnin, where the dishing nr rived yescterdny. It gnve no indien tuui of the nature or extent of the damage. Offieinls here said the case wa the fir-t of its kind during the pres ent wnr and (hat so fur ns they could recollect (here wns no precedent in other xvnrs. While there arc no in ternational conventions specifically covering the incident, it wits generally helicveil today that representations would he made to Germany with re ipieest for payment of damages. It was not thought in official quar ter that any serious issue would he raicd heeaii-e it is ncecptcd that the bombs were "not dropped deliberately, hut under the impression that n hos tile vessel wns being attacked. The dishing had .54111,0011 insur ance o her hull nnd cargo, ioued hy the government wnr risk bureau. She is a Standard Oil ship, formerly un der German iegilry uml named the Prometheus. T NEW YORK, May 1 Some reduc tion of activity was observed In this weok'n operations in the stock market but tho volume of business nt every session wns largo enough to warrant the belief that public Interest re mains keen. Moro than a fair pro portion of tho trading was in shares of tho "war contract" companies, notably Westlnghouse Klectrlc nnd minor equipment nnd industrial companies, which recorded gains of five to almost 20 points. Standard stocks of the sort that make their appeal to conservative In vestors were relatively dull nnd re corded declines of two to five points from best prices of a fortnight ago. United States Steel led tho moro prominent Industrials, rising to with in a fraction of its high flguro of tho year, despite a rather adverse showing for the first quarter. Cop pers kept UP with tho sucesslvo nd- xnnces in the selling price of tho metnl, but yielded Inter, largely ns a result of the break in quotations abroad. Kuropo was a constant sollor hero, but not to a very considerable extent. The success of tho Missouri, Kansas & Texan note extension plan, with prospects of a similar outcome in connection with tho affairs of tho Missouri Pacific rond contributed to a bettor tono among tho low priced railways. E CITY OF DUNKIRK FOLKESTONE En jr., May 1. Re fugees arriving hero from Dunkirk, France, report that six shells from tho German 17-Inch guns foil in Dun kirk Friday evening nt intervals of ten minutes, Considerable dumago wan done to tho town, Tho woman and children of Dunkirk nro leaving In largo numbers, This Is tho second bombardmont of this port, tho first having been reported yentordny as having oc curred on Thursduy. PUBLIC IE STDCK MARKE REMAIN N BIG SHELLS INJUR no. ns -gj j GERMANS ISSUE FRESH WARNING AGAINST TRAVEL Embassy Publishes Notices to Ameri cans That Travel In Ships Flying Flags of Germany's Enemies Is at Own Risk Many Foreshadow Ac tivity by Kaiser's Squadrons. WASHIXGTOX, Mny 1. In nn of ficial notice published by the German embassy in many impmtniit pitips of tho I'nited fitate.s (his morning Ampr- ' icons were given renewed warning; that the travel on ships flying' the flngft of Germany's enemies. wa at their own risk. While tho notion wiis regarded nniong officials ami diplocntists hero ns nothing more than a reiteration of Oennnny's fir-t xvarninfr given when the war zone about the Hriti-Ii Tslees was announced, (here was much in terest in whether it foreshadowed in crensed activity of Herman submar ines or possibly hnd (o do with move meiits of the German fleet, which has been vnriou-ly reported of Into ns erui-ing in the Xorth sea. Count Ileni-torff, the German nm hnssndor, wns nwny today, but offie- inls at the embassy suiil no far iih (hey knew the published notice win intended merely to remind neat nil traveler of their danger nnd did not indicate new nnvnl operations.' F.mbnsy officials in explninifiu; tho publication emphasized that it wns intended an a. wnrning to traveler nnd that tho embassy hud acted in accordance with its general instruc tions from the Berlin foreign office. SEVERE QUAKE IS BY WASHINGTON. Mny 1. Earth qunkc shocks described by scientific observers nt Georgetown iJnlverslty here, nn unusually severe nnd prob nbly destructive, wore recorded on the seismographs (hero today be tween 12:12 a. in. nml 2 a. m. Tho tremors continued almost two hours and reached the greatest Intensity at 12: to n. m., nt an estimated dis tance from Washington of GfiOO miles. DENVER, Mny 1. The seismo graph at Sacred Heart College regis tered Inst night an earth disturb ance from 10-.2S to 11:20 p. in. Tho maximum disturbance was seven minutes from 10;32 to 10:39. LONDON, May 1. A sovoro earth shock was recorded early thin morn ing at tho conservatory at Cardiff and tho Isle of Wight. Tho indi cations recorded suggest that tho center of tho disturbance, was in Jnoan. SEATTLE. Wash., May 1. The severest earthquake recorded in years is shown by the University of Washington seismograph to hnvo con tinued from 10 to 11 o'clock last night. Tho disturbance was contin uous, light fluctntlons occurring be tween the hcuvlor shocks. MISS RAE TANZER NIJW YOHK, Jfny 1. Miss line Tiinzer, a younjj millinor, who Kited James W. Osborne for .f.i0,OfM for alleged breach of promise to mnrry uml later xvithdiew the suit, flaying .vir. Usiinriio was not me man who courted her under the nnme of Oliver Osborne, changed her testimony again today mid under oath identified, Jiimeii W. Oshorno an her admirer, timer u.siiorne. SWISS CALL OUT SIXTH DIVISION OF THE ARMY Hill M 1IKIINK, HwIImHhih), HJ 1,T federal council ileeiM Uulay ( tffH out (ha sixth ilivUUm f lit fhnU RECORDED EISMOGRA PHS W