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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."
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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,
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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
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