rTlni b ,' M Medford Mail Tribune i SECOND EDITION WEATHER Ma. J Ml. 44t Jhrooif 1 4 oHOWni XtMMHlftjr 0 Knrly.flflh Ycnr. Dully -Tenth Year. MEDFORD. OIWCION, MONDAY, MAY 30, 1915 NO. 42 STATES LIKELY TO SEVER DIPLOMATIC HflVHSMHNMMPyvMt' HNS WITH GERMANY UNITED GERARDSRECALL FROM GERMANY MOST PROBABLE Declaration of War Unlikely, But Severance of Diplomatic Relations as Protest Aualnst German Barbar Ism Noto Drmnmllnii Full Repar tition Likely. WASHINGTON, May 10. Late In. day tiecrcluiy Hi) mi said ho liml not received tiny official communication from tin) German government at Dor lin on tint Lusltuulii ami that liu re. gnrdrd Count Hcriiktnrft'H nnumuiii ration (hi uinming ns iiii expression of tcgrrt on Iiim otwi lii'half. President WIUoii locked hinifelf in liih study in tint wind' house in tin4 forenoon nml gnvo strict order not to he dlsliiihrd. For two days In hut Consulted 110 Hill' - C I'll t llO eloest iiu-iiiIkts of hi orfit'ial fiiniilv pre ferring to woik out in Koliludc a put Icy hit mav submit tomorrow to his advisers, lin studied documents anil piipt't-H on tlio law of tliu cni today nml "ax Indicted also to be, mapping out tliu tMM'cli ln in to (It'll v it tonight lii'foii) llio gathering in Philadelphia of scleral thousand of newly natural, iied Americans. WASHINGTON, .Mnv 10.SHiut latioii as to what tho Culled .Stall's would do iih it prole-t against tint tor- -doing of tlu I.UMlniiiit with Ibo loss of uiru titan n hundred Amcri ran lives developed among official mid diplomatists today tho opinion that Prcstdcut Wilson would cxpics in tliu policy ho pursued it denuuei utioti of tin net. The extent of hip action, whether it would go be.wmd nu emphatically phrased nolo (o nu actual sctcrauco ofdiiloiualie lelatioiiN with (Icimiiuy, Mill wan iindeteruiiued. Lit In today the pie-aleiit will go to I'liiladelphia to addtcss a gathering of .10011 nut urullxcd AuieriemiK unmixed for hy tliu liiirt'mi of naturalisation of tlio department of coiniiicrco several weeks ngn in launch it systematic course in the instruction of nllen in tho rights mid iIiiIicm of American cit izcushjp. It it generally expected that he will refer to tin' situation pro dueed hy tlio sinking of the I.UHilanla, thoiiuh not divulging definitelv the course tliu United Stales government intends to pursue. No Kxtra Session When the cabinet meets tomoiiotr the picftldcut piohalily wilt prc-cnt his ideai of what tho government's policy should he. It Is now certain that tho pieM ilciit dot's not iuleuil to call column in cxliu session, TIiIh disposes, for llie prcNcnl ul least, of Ihc suggestion that Germany's nction will cause the I'liilcd Stale to hu drawn Into the European coiifliet, Considerations Niieli iih the military impotence of the United SIuIch to af fect the courno of tho struggle ahroad mid the possibility that tho entry or thin country into tho war would auto nuitically cause it reduction In sup plies of iinuniiiiition to tho allies ho causa of Iho greater need at home, liuva Influenced iiiniiv officials to tho heliuf that tliu disapproval of the United Stales can ho voiced in far (Continued on Pnjjo f.) Fourth week of "" barnes libel suit KYKACUSi:, N. Y., May 10. -Tho tiiul of William Ilamus' milt for libel HKiiiiiHt Theodora Hoosovoll untored into ilri fourth week hero today with counsel for tho foruun' president h'uthuriiu; In tliu ends of testimony concerning tin) piiutini; situation in Albany. A ninhH of testimony cou fuininj,' public printliiK mid public tunney was nproad upon tliu roooul, It was plain thai uoutt and counsel ,wiua endeavorliu,' to o,pedio niatlorH h that Ilia dclViiHoiuiKbt ipilckly vh il cn?o WILFUL MURDER JUTS VERDICT LUSITAN IA CASE Coroner's Imiucst Hold Vessel's De struction Contrary to International Law and Conventions of Civiliza tion Captain of Lost Steamer Tells Story of Ship's Destruction. KIXS.M.K, li.laiid, Mav lO.-The coroner's jury ulndi has heen inves tigating Iho deaths attendant upon tliu Iom of the l.usilmiln returned tlio following verdict teday: "Tliu Jury finds that this appalling criniii was contra rv to iuleniatiuual law mid tlio contentious of nil citil ircd nations mid wu therefore charge the officers of the suhmnriiiu mid the German empeior mid tho not eminent I of (lenuitny, under wlioc orders they uctrd, with the erimo of willful mid wholesale murder." Cupula Tells Story Captain Turner of tho Ltisilauitt appeared hefore tho eoroiier mid was questioned. Tim coroner asked him whether he had rcccitcil a messugc cimceniin tho siukiuj; of a ship off Kiusiilu hy n Niihiuariue. Captain Turner replied that ho had not. "Did ,wm reeoito any hpeeial in structions as to tho xoyaKt'f " "Yen, Kir." "Are you at liberty to tell us what they wurof" "No. hir." ''Did )tni curry thcin out f " "Yes, to tho host of my ahility." "Tell iih in onr own words what liapK'ued after passiu); Pastnct." Hnw TtirMNlo Wnko "Tho weather wan clear," Captain Tinner answeied. "Vo wuro koiiir nt it speed of eighteen knots-. 1 was on tho port side mid heard Second Offi cer Ilcft'oril call eut: Mlen-'V n tor pedo.' "1 ran to Iho other side and saw clearly tho wake of it torpedo. Smoke and steam eiimc up between tho last funnels. There was it blight shock. Immediately after tho first explosion there was another report, hut that mav possibly hate heen internal. "I at once, Ritvo the order to lower tho boats down to tho rails, and I directed that women mid children should net into them." 7 GALICIA PRISONERS lIti:S3 IIKAnQUAUTiniS OP Tin: AU8TU1AN AUMY, Woiitorn (lallcla. May 10, Tho flmt itnKo ot tho bat tle or wont Uallcla liaa been virtually concluilud, Tho vlctrloua troops Ua dor tlio loud ot tho Uorman donoral Augimt von Muckonson, attor uc custtrully brvitklni; throUKh all tltroo fortified llnoa of tho HubbIuu front, a ro uBMomblluK and reforuiliiB for a new dofoiiHlvo. Thoy itro brlngliiK forward uuiipllou loft behind lu tltolr rapid nilvanco anil alao nro using tho Interval to gather tho cupturoil Hub blmiH buhlnd their nreauut front and nook for uUandouod gttna ami other Bpollu of war lit tho mountain foroata. Boveuty thousand prisoners hitvo already been brought In. Tho num ber of prlMonors lu this part ot tho Imttlo In (Inllcla will bo Incroaaod, It In oHtlmatod horo by UO.OOO. l)o twoon sixty itiul uovouty guns liavo boon captured, but us was tho caso lit tho buttle ot tho Maztirlnn Lukes In Pobruury, It lu bollovod It Is only n small part ot tho guns left behind lit concealed placos, Kvery udvnnco of tho Austro-Oor-man troops shortens tho battle front thus liberating troops for uto olso Whoro and nt tho sumo tlnm lurreas lug tho ronftmlon along tlio UiibbImi linos of rvtrvtt AUSTRANS CLAIM 0.000 RUSSIANS N DEEP REGRET" FOR AMERICANS BY BERNSTORFF German Ambassador Personally Ex presses Sorrow Over Sacrifice of Life, Rut German Government Is Silent President to Outline Policy In Tonight's Speech. YASIIINOTON, May lO.-Count HeniNtorff, the (Jcnann ambassador, called on Keereturv llrvnn todnr and expiessed "deep icuret that tfib ovent of the war had led to the loss of so manv American litis." Alter it half liour'n conference he tween the ambassador and Secretary Hrymi tho following statement was by mutual ncrceuirnt pica out by the Hceretarv: "The (lenuan umbtiisador cnlled nt ho state department and expressed his deep regret that the events of the war had led to the o of so in any American lives." Talked of I.wiIImiU While neither the iimbnftsndor nor Secretary ltryan's stati'inont men lioued the I.usilania disaster by name it was known that the two of ficials talked of it specifically. It was the ambassador's first visit to the depntlmenl since the disaster. The M'crcturv leeched bint Immediately mid greeted him cordially. Wli"n Ambassador lhrnstorff caum front Secretary Dryun'it office lie par rieil on all nnrstions bv suuiik he could not talk. bcMfx imrttV a promt-e to Secretary Hrynn that miytlnni; should bo said by the secretary. His only real ishi.o was that he had mndo no appointment with I'rcsidrut N ilson. Kxprcc lecp Itcgrct Iloth Sccrctaiy llr.nn and Count Henihtorff refused to comment upon the state department's announcement, but it wits interpreted as nicanin? that the ambassador had for his gov ernment oxprcsscd ikt'D regret not only for the lo-s of li to on the Lusit nnia, hut for the Americans lost in the totpedoing of tliu American steamer Oulfligut and for the one Ameneen lost on tiio Ctlaha. I'rcbident Wilson contiiturd his consideration of tho l.iisitania dis astci in scchc-ion at Iho white house, hut it wns indicated that before many iln.v ha vo pnbod ho will let the coun try know what steps ho has decided upou.j Whit" officials reiterated that tin' president would not allow himself to be hturied into it hasty decision, ho realizes that public sentiment favors a prolnrt indication of what the United States will do. Mcsnafies from all parts of the eni'iilry cuntinued to pour into the while liouso counselling various courses, Some advocated war, but n majority of lliem counselled peace. Kxtra Scft-slon Tlk Chltllinan Stotin of the scnato for eign relations committee was at the Continued on Paso Five.) CAMINETTI REFUSED SAN FJtAXCIHCO. May 10. .Maury I. Diggs mid V. Drew Cumin ctti whoso convictions under the Maun white slave act wore recently nffiimed, wuro dented n rehearing to day by tho United States circuit court of nppealsi. Tlio writ of man dao for the execution of tho sen tence will ho issued within live days. It is understood their counsel will ask for it uttty in order to carry tho caso to tlio United States bupiemo court. Caminutti, son of Anthony Camin otti, commissioner general of immi gration, was fcoutencud to eighteen months' imprisonment nnd it fine of $1500, iiiiii Diggs to two yeais' im prisonment mid n fine of $'J000 for tliu (ranspoitatlon o,f Marsha Witr liugtoii nnd Lola Norris of Saeru meiito lo'lleno, Key,, in Jnnuary, ll'K'i ... HONEST ABE'S SON AS -lkkkSklkkkkklkkkkkkHMkl ''vRRaBBRnBSBiRRRRlRRRRHB7aB9ll iii VtSPUkBBBBVarBl 'ymWBr'ZBB Hubert T. Lincoln testify in;; before in Washington, D. V. ZEPPELIN RAID ON COASmOWNS LONDON, May 10. Two Zepiwlin airships dropHd bombs on Wentcliffc on Sea, near Southend, but nu fatal ities hao been reported. Wnminp of the approach of hostile aircnttt wns git en Southend at 'J o'clock this uioniin. Several inn chines took part in tho raid, hut whether they were Zeppelins or acro planes the residents were unable to staet, ns tho weather wuh cloudy. Ilombs struck houses in various parts of tho town, but no deaths hate been reported. One mail mid his wife were badly burned in n firo Mnrtcd by an incendiary bomb. One resident told of three bombs dropping near lit home, none of which caused damage. It is reported that feovcral shop?! were bunted nt Leigh, a town near Southend. Four Zeppelins nro said to have dropped forly or fifty bombs there. Sixty bombs were dropped nt Southend, but most of them, fell on tho bench or in other places, where they exploded haiialcssly. One boinii dioppcd pear a ship on which were I'.'OO German ciwlmiis who had been interned. A Ilritish aeroplane, went in pursuit and drove tho aircraft out to sea, A report was received from Kom- ford that a Zeppelin had been seen in that neighborhood nppaicntly in difficulties. "OFF STOCK EXCHANGE LOXDONV May 10 Hotwoen 200 and 300 DrltlsU niembors of tho stock oxchango havo luoblllzod to provont, forclbly'lt necessary, tho entry ot any tlormana who might bo bravo enough to attempt to mako tholr way Into tho Iioubo lu disregard ot tho warn ing Issued by tho Btock oxchango committee advising them to rouialu away. Kxettomont ran high around tho oxchango and a htigo crowd collectod In tho vicinity In tlio expectation of disunion), Only a handful of natur alised Germans nnenared In tho nelghborliood however, and thoy did not attempt to enter tho oxchango. They wero hustled away and warnod not to return, OF GREAT BRITfAN A WITNESS ON LABOR t v- tMIK the indutrial relations comiuision BURIAL SERVICES UNIDENTIFIED DEAD Ql'HKNSTOWX. May 10. Begin ning at noon Sunday, at Consul Frosts' orders, tho bodies of the Iden tified Americans, covered with tho stars nnd stripes, wero removed from scattered morgues and placed aide by side. Cheap brown coffins contained tho bodies ot Charles Frohman, Isaac F. Trumbull ot Urldgcpott, Conn.; Mrs. Henry D. Mac Dona, ot New York; Charles II. Slovens of Atlantic City; Dr. F. S. Fearson of Now York; D. Walker of Now York; Dr. Pearson's seqrctnry; Mrs. C. McDrlde, Hugh Compton, 17 years old; C. T. Drod crick, of Iloston; Herbert Ellis ot New York and Mrs. Snlllmun ot De troit, Ona of tho survivors idontlflod tbo body of Mrs. It. D. Shymer of Now York, American widow of an English nobleman, who subsequently married an Amorlcan and bad been living In Now York. A wholo company ot Qrltlsb sol dlors completed tho digging of threo htigo graves, each 30x20 feet In which tho one hundred and forty odd unidentified dead will bo burled to day. Tho moving ot bodies up the hill to. tho cemetery will begin at 9:30 n. m., nnd contlnuo until 1:30 p. m. Then as tho last ten or a dozen -r-tho number to bo determined by tio hearses, available moves to tho cemetery, tho funeral will form and march 'to tho graves. Mounted pollco soldiers and civilians will partlct imto. There will bo a Joint servlco, clerg)iuen ot all creeds Jolnlug In saying prayers. CHICAGO, May 10. President C. II. Canby of tho Chicago board of (rude posted a uotico today saying tho ofticcrs of tho boaul would "hold t ostrict uecountubility any member found guilty of originating or dissem inating; false rumors," Tho notice was inpiied by rumors, first spread among; brokers, that 1'icsident Wilson had been assassins nted. The rumor, while promptly de nied, iiuecjernted a declino, ,iu Hip Mij J,ijrk;ut, !HELD OVER REMAfNS CIRCULATE RUMOR WILSQNSASSASSINATEON WMUNDER MARTIAL LAW Anti-German Demonstration Ends in Destruction of Brewery and Ger man Property Crowd of 50M At tacks Stores, Breaks Windows and Loots Establishments. VICTORIA, B. C, .May JO. Vic toria was placed under martial law Into lust night ns n result of renewed attacks upon German clablihinent by mobs bent upon revenging- the sinking of the LuMtnnia. After n mob of several thousand men nnd boys had smashed windows in the Phoenix brewery, the New England hotel, Kill burger's jewelry ftore, Herman's cleaning establishment nnd GcigcrV plumbing- shop, the mayor rend the riot net at the corner of tales and Governor streets nnd 800 soldiers be gan policing the city. A detachment of troops is exacted today from Vancouver to reinforce the local gar rison, as further trouble is feared. The Phoenix brewery virtually was wrecked, the mob domjr its work be fore tho Holdicrs reached the scene, As far ns known, no one was injured. Eight hundred troops patrolled the streets nil night. A sunrd was placed n round Government house to prevent any. disorderly scenes there, due to the fact that Mil. ltnrnanl. wife of the lieutenant coventor, is the daugh ter of Mr. Loewen,, p. German, Jfrma der of the Phoenix brewery, which was partiallv demolished Inst night. A detachment of troops has been ordered here from Vancouver to rem force tho local force, most of whom depart for the front this week. Tho mob Inst night was mado up wholly of civilians, tho boldest of whom seemed to be bo vs. At most of tho places only windows were smash cd. Schaper and Glu, tailors, suf fered smashed windows, ns did the Ilonnet shop, the crowd evidently mis taking- it for a German-owned place of business. SPRING ADVANCE BEGUNIBY ALLIES ON 1ST FRONT LONDON May 10, 2:43 p. m. Since tho battle of Neuvo Chupclle, France, nml the German reply to it on tho Ypres ennui, there lias been no such important movement by tho British nnd rrench armies in the western itrenn of tho war us now is in progress, nnd according; to tho of' ficinl communications of both General Joffro mid Field Marshal Sir John French the allies nro meeting with success. Obviously tho British hnvo been able to throw great reinforcements into tho field since tho timo when, with tbo use of asphyxiating; gases tho Germans forced them to recoil a fortnight ngo. The substantial advance itlrend) recorded by the British is taken by military experts hero ns promising that tho present operations will be pushed home. Tho British nnd French are attacking along- a front of twenty-six miles. SUFFER A SEVERE CHECK LONDON, May 10. The Exchange Telegram company publishes a dis patch from Us Copenhagen corres pondent declaring that the Germans muvo met a severo check to tho west ward ot Mltau, capital ot the Ilusslan province ot Courland. Numerous forces ot Russians In strong positions compelled then) (o retreat. TO STOP RIOTING LEO. M. FRANK RESENTENCED! HANG JUNE 22 Plea in Own Betialf Wants It Uw Only for Vindication Ltyrf ArtM vlflVI in IfW IfWYIBJw ! fcTlWff Has Ever Bm fctadcl ATLANTA, Ga., May 10. Leo M. Frank today wag re-sentenced to be hanged on Tuesday, June '22, for the murder of Mary Phagun. When brought before Judge rfHI to be rc-Bcutcnccd, Frank wad tkhf statement: "Again I stand before you. AgaUt I can but reiterate that I nm imio cent of the murder of Mary Pbn gan. I have absolutely no guilty knowledge of that tragic occurrence. "I am innocent of this charge, and f assert that tho record of the evi dence conclusively proves this. No appellate tribunal has ever passed upon this evidence. The only judifO who has ever heard it stated that tie had the most terious doubts as to ny guilt. For Another's Cries "My execution will not avenge' Mary Pha gun's death. A life will have been taken for a life, but tke real culprit will not have paid tb. penalty. I will suffer for another's crime. "My trust is in God, who knows, tfcnt-My-fretttieiM liiniiwc co nro the t nit Jr. At some future date the whole mortal world will realise it. It is knowledge that knows it now and that the world will know it some day that inspires me us I stand be fore your honor and as I face the future. "Anything clso I might say at this time would be but an elaboration of my words to the court. Yet I nm fully alive to the fact that my posi tion is most precarious. It is a situa tion which is so far removed from anything- that my life and mental at titude could have bespoken. It is hideous, but at the same time so un real! so incongruous. Desire for Life "It is fundamental life to want to live. This desire to exist is ingrain ed in all of us it s the basic moral ity of nil who live. To those who havo tho proper ideals of living, life without honor is insufferable. This is the message, of theology and eth ics. "In tho light of the whole truth I know and the Almighty knows that the morality of position is un assailable. This being so, mr com plete exoneration of this terrible charge lies in the future. When that day arrives I shall ho vindicated and if I nm alive I will be enabled to enjoy freedom nud honor. Therefore I want to live. -- "Tho full truth nnd ull of the facts in the case, when thoy come to light, ns some day they will, will prove to the world that my assertion of inno cence is tho truth. Legal Arena. Closed "The legal arena is closed to me. Tlio bar is placed forever against further legal process. Yet the issue of guilt or innocence bus been before one court, that in which tho jury sat. All subsequent appeals were made upon alleged legal and judicial errors. (Continued on Page 'Four) JAPAN'S ULTIMATUM RECEIVED BY CWNA AVASHINOTON, May fta. Tk state department baa been i4(a4 oftlclaly ot China's aeebtanM ofJar pun's ultimatum, Socrotary .BryM said today, but be wowl not i whether the terws were to the United Statos. Vk i he said, however, b4 Haitlti from present dl moten tbo '.IsswMSf In group 5, with the omolo t article already agreotf to r before tk ultjttMtturviMi 1 r. ,' i r MJ .1 ,V- .; vn a