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Medford Mail Tribune
Msaasr
SECOND
EDITION
WEATHER
Max. fll.5 .Mln. -HUt IVf.
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MlflDJfORD. ORKOOiV, TCJKHIMY, MAY 11, 1.015
NO. 43
Pally Tmi Hi Year,
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G MANY AGREES 1 10 HARMNEUTRALSHIPS AND PAY FOR DAMAGE Oil
SUBMARINES TO
CEASE SINK
NEUTRAL SHIPS
Germany Issues Instructions to Sub
mnrlno Coininanders Not to Hnrm
Nrutral Vessels and Anrees to Pay
for Damane Done Rules o( Naval
Warfare to Govern Ships Seized.
WAHIIINOTON, Mny II Or
ninny, Hiiinirtli Ambassador t'crnrd
toitny notified the United Wales that
suhiiinilnn eniiininiiditra hud bism
upeelflrnlly Instructed not to linrm
nitiitriil essoin not oiiKiigod In bos
tlli' ntitN, nnil' Hint flcriimny would
pny iluiimK'-n lor rfniiMKW to Midi
idilps hi tint war nonn.
Itewrsnl of Policy
Noutrnl whips carrying ronlrntmml
will ho ilcult with, the announcement
ns. according to tho rule of naval
wiirfnre. If neutral ships nro nccl
dentally damaged In tho wnr turn:
tlcrmnny will xprnN Its logrct and
pay damage without prUo court pro
ceeding. Thi Herman got eminent Justifies
ltd submarine wnrfnro on tho grounds
Hint KiiKlnml U threatening to starve
tho civilian population of Germany
by prohibition noutrnl rommorco In
foodstuffs nml other accessories.
In previous communications tier
ninny linn disclaimed responsibility
lor any hnriu Hint might befall noil
tral vessels venturing Into tho ,wnr
XOIIO.
Kprtwlon of llcurt't
Count llornstortf, tho Herman nm
hnssndor, today, accepting a authen
He tho text of tlerninny'H formal ex
pression of regret for the Ion of
Americans on the Lusltnnln, which
wim received In last nlghl'i news ills,
pntclirn, formally presented the stalo
Uieut toilny to the state department.
Tho official text linn not ol reached
tho embassy because of difficulties of
wireless communication.
When tho flermnu niuhnminitor left
Keeretnry Hryon's office ho unlit ho
hitil delivered lliu menKo forward
i'd from llcrlln,
"That In nil I con say," ho added.
Tor an) thing cUo, I respectfully
rofer )ou to tho secretary of stato."
MISS CONNOR
TELLS OF RESCOE
qiu-:i:.N8TOW.v, Mny n. Miss
Dniothy Conner of Medford, Or, linn
boon raring for patients, nmnng (bom
ivral tltlml passengers who wore
iihonrd tho Liisltnnln, MImh Connor
In u cousin of Henry I,, Htlmsou, ex
Hocrctnry of war of tho United States,
MIkm Connor linn tho thrilling ex
perience of having heon rescued after
resigning herself to ho drowned, Shu
Mid:
"I was HtnndhiK on tho deck bo
iddo my biothor-In.liiw, Dr. llownrd
Fisher, nml I.ndy Miiokworth. When
tho deck bornino iiwiihIi I Jumpod Into
tho hcii with u llfo holt. Alter n tor
rlhlo buffeting from tho wroekugo
1 folt myHolf hecomo unconscious..
"I resigned myself to fnto, feeling
miro Hint I would drown. Whon I
rovlvod I found myself on n collnpsl
hlo hunt, 1 hollnvo thoso collnpslblo
bonis snvnd morn Uvch than did tho
logiilnr llfohoatH. Tho Inttor could
not ho lminchod In tlmo mid many of
thorn wora unpolled or upnot hy tho
lavltH, i know that two llfohonta
worn liuiuchcd on tho port Hldo,"
PRESIDENT SILENT ON
CHINESE SITUATION
WASHINGTON, Mny U.Whl!o
I'rittddciil Y5Ihwi Iiiih not fully oxnm
iiicil llio comploto mi'iiniiiK of C'liiun'n
couoohwIohm tn Jimn, lie iock not o.
ju'iif iiuy trciily rilits oC tlio I'nlloil
.StiitoH wi(li,tjilliur (iiniutiy will lio
(kiiiIiiivoiumI, llo (old pullers toilny
Hint I hi did not euro to iIUihihh Hio
oiiteonio oC lui ia(totlntioiiH ill prow-
RUSH OF ALLIES
V N
NO
GREAT BATTLE
Newly Inaugurated Offensive Forcps
Germans to Yield at Points and In
volves Entire Western Front
Russians Still Retrcatlnij In Galtcla
Allies Making Progress.
LONDON', Mny II Tho ItinmlniiH
contluiio In fnll hni'k In western (In
Hi la hnforo the Auntio-Hermnu Ilirimt
nnd (lerninn nlllen hnvo now rroinicd
tho upper ronrhcH of Hut Wlnlokn
Vlver mid nre within fifty in Hen of
the fnrtroM of I'rri'in)!.
Thin much In admitted In tho offi
cial rniumiinlintlnn Riven out hy tho
ntnff of Ornnd Duko Nlcholnn, hut it
In Npoken of In n miilter-of-fnct vny
which doen not nhow inurh pertur
liatlon nnd couplcn with the reneno
tho claim of ItnvliiK reromiuenr-il n
micci'Mful offi'iiolvo nKnlnit Hie Aim-tro-Ovriunns
nt varloun poliiln,
Ihiltle on Vt I, loo
It In anticipated In l.onilon Hint tho
allied force on the uoMurn front will
help to reduce tho premium on tho
lluMlaim. A vlttnlflc-iint development
In Hie wmterti thentro In Hint denplto
l ho Herman concentration In Flan
item mid Prance, tho llrltUh and
Trench forcet find Hienmulven IrmiK
enoiiKh to nttnek on nuch a wldo
front.
Conflrmntlon of )etorda' tato
mont Hint heavy reinforcement had
reached tho allied front In found In
tho Iterlln official communication
which eillmaten tho number to ho
"at leant four freili army corpn."
(tcueral Ailvntirti ll,uuii.
Tho newly limuRiirntcd offcnnlvo
movement of tho allien over a Ion;;
nertlon of tho front In Uelclum and
nnrlhweitern Kranco lian developed a
eeneral ciiRQRement of considerable
Inteunlty. Tho official ntntement from
Heilln today concedes that tho al
lien hnvo won Krouud between C&
rency and Nouvllle, hlu nttackn clo-
whore lire nnld to hnvo been repell
ed. The Hermann announce tho cap
ture of French trenrhen Over u width
of nearly one fourth of a iiillo In tho
vicinity of !lorry-AuIlac.
Tho 1'arln war offlco stnlex thnt
the nlllon mndo piilim yexterdny In
IIoIrIuui, near Arrnn, France, and also
nt neveral polutn nnd that Herman
nttackn wore beaten hack.
Ittunlnn cinlmn to vlctorlen In tlin
Carpathian nro of foot hy the Herman
wnr office report thnt further ntrlk
liiK RniiiR hnvo been made.
On (inlliiMdl IVnhiHuIn
llenvy flKlitliiR has been In proR
renn on the Halllpoll peninsula dur
Iiir the Inst few dnyn, nllhoiiRh nc
cotintn of tho renultM nro In complete
contradiction. 'An officlnl ntntement
Inrnied nt ConMmitlnnpIo Kiyn tho
French nnd llrltlnh troopn inailo four
arinckn near Avi llurmt on Hundny,
hut wero driven hnck with heavy
Iomkph. It In iiHiorted threo battnt
lonn, or nboui e.OOO men were annihi
lated. A proHH dlnpntch from Athonu
to London nnyn thnt tho nllles mndo
Importnnt ndvnncoH on Frldny mid
Hntiirdny mid Hint tho TurklHb losses
In tho riRhtliiK Were uHtimnted nt
OS.OOO mon.
OF
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Ql'HIJNSTOW.V. Mny 11. Tho
number of bodleit of LiiHltnuin victims
nt llultlmoro on tho Houthern Irltdi
coaat, wtiH IncroiiHod today to ton.
Two other bodies hnvo boon brought
naliortnt Cantlo Townsond, near Unl
timoro. Of tho bodlox nt llaltlmoro,
six nro mon nml four of women.
Tho Ciinnrd lino dlnpntched today
n HiK to llnltlmoro to brliiK nil twolvo
hodloH to Queenstown, ltelntlvoa of
survivors who had planned to lenvo
toilny am roIiik to remain ovur In tho
hope of tho poBHthlllty of making
further linlontlflcntlonu,
BODIES
VICTIMS
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XKW YOHIC, yU ll.-1'oi.itup
liuoynuey iiievmled nt Hie opeiimc of
todiiyV floi'k market, the lit making"
ptiim of 1! to (I poiutH nml unvokiii
nuotlier wild ruli ot short eoeriut;.
I'rt'Hilcut WIJmiii'h Pliiliulelpliiii ml
trx'hh wax undoubtedly n i'netor in the
over-niuht elmue of sentiment, whieh
found itH fir-t retleetion in the luulier
riinuu of American Mocks in London.
Thero were Mucnil "wide" nH'iiiu:4
lieie, notably in V. S. Steel niul Weit
itiulioiiMi Klcetrie. Steel's initial con
tribution of TiDOO slinnw reconlcd a
Kiiiu of .1 point, while the fn-t offer
ing of :i()()ll shares of WVstiuphouse
showed a maximum iiihauee of .VTj.
Hetlilehem Steel nml other wnr spe
eiiiltieK iih well im eoppctx nml uiiiii
eroim tiuclasifieil iosiies, ro-e '. to t)
point.
The ihorI miKsnrini; fenture wn
tho strength of stundanl shares
ltoadinir, the Pacifies and Atchison
recording 2 to 'J'..
Knit her (clling reduced Home of
these (iniuH soon alter (ho openim,',
hut tho under! one continued Mionj;.
DeeessiouK of a point or more in
lopresentntive stock and an much us
four in specialties followed tho eaily
outburst of bullish enthusiasm, Kor
oiun news was a leslriiiuimr influ
enee, partieuhirlv Italy's uncertain
altitude. Uepoileil eiuieelliitiou of
tho Miilim; of the Mtuirctiuiin from
Liverpool also helped to give .tho
market pause.
Sales of slocks to noon amounted
lo It 10,000 shares, as apiiust f)70,000
shares yeslenlav.
After three hours of iiiuisiinl dull
Whs tho miirket mew more active in
tho final hour. Investment issues and
speculative favorites then recovered
anil in m'uiio instances went above op
ciiiiiK prices, impaitiiiK " Ktrou tone
at the close.
Total sales of stocks amounted to
010,000 shaves,
INCENDIARY BOMBS DROPPED
BY GERMAN AIRSHIPS
SOUTH KNl), Kneland, AIuv 11.-
Only four of Hio bombs dropped by
Zeppelin uirships in their raid hero
early yesterday were explosive. The
lenininder wore iiiocndinvy. The for
mer weighed about 100 inuniils each,
BOUYANCY
RULES
N STOCK MARKET
C
CLIMBING
lint tho hitter only .18 pound.
In own turn eoul UHi tin "help" of
AMERICAN FLAG "
iin
OVER GULFLIGHT
WHEN TORPEDOED
WASHINGTON. May 11 -Tho
atnto department late today mailo
public a sworn statement by Italph
h Smith, 'chief officer ot tho Am
erican steamer OiilfliRht. describing
tho torpedoliiR ot thnt vensol May 1
off tho Stilly Islnndn. Wheji tor
pedoed, tho officer says, tho Gulf
IIrIiI was flying n largo American
enslnn, six by ten feet In slzo. Ho
snld he saw tho submarine but "could
not dUtlnRulsli or ?ee any flat; flying
on her,"
Chlof Officer Smith further says
Hint shortly boforo tho submarlno
was sighted two llrlllsh patrol boats,
the logo nml Filey, took positions on
either side ot tho Gulfllcbt nml or
dered her to follow them to tho Utah
op llRbtboiiso.
"1 Krsonnlly observed our flnp was
Mnndlng out well to tho breeze,"
the officer stated.
ROGUE RIVER APPLES
TWENTY-FOUR CENTS
E
ELGIN BANKER ACCUSED
OF STEALING $10,000
KI.aiN, HI., May 11. A warrant
oliarxiiiK Way L. Seainnu, teller of
the KlRiu National hank, with the hir
ceny of $10,000 in pild cmtifieales
was issued lute today. Ho has not
been gcuii uiiico lust Saturday.
n eouple uf prettv Freneh Kirln,
SCHOOL
IEAH
! OF EXQUISITE
- SEEKING A MATE
The following clipping from "Cup
id's Columns," a ptiK'r published at
St. Paul, Minn., for the benefit of the
matrimonially inclined, shows that
romance is not dead in the Itoue
Ilivcr valley, though the advertiser
ranges tho wide world to find the wo
man of his choice. The advertise
ment reads as follews:
"Attractive, blue eyes, liht hair,
American, pinnUt, college education,
oko 'Jt'2, fine bearing, c(pii-i(e build,
athlete, have money. Not ordinary,
different from most others you know.
Lady of intelligence desired. City or
country life. You will never regret
bavin-; made this gentleman's ac
quaintanceship. Here's a chance, can
you wint Address A. F. Allder, Med
ford, Ore."
Here's your chance, girls. The ad
vertiser is ii school teacher. You can
see what an attractive elmp he is,
"of evipiisito build, not the ordinary
kind, neconling to his own de-crip-
Hon. His directory addre.-s is 'JO
Summit avenue and ho teaches at tho
Ko-edale school, Griffin Creek.
.Mr. Allder, when broached by
mends on Hie ''ad," professed to
know nothing of it, and disclaimed its
authorship.
VILLA DESTROYS LEFT
WING, OBREGON'S ARMY
WASniNC.TON, Mav II. General
Villa claims ho has destroyed the left
wing- of Obregou's army, in a, dis
patch to his agency heie. The tele
gram says tho battle was south of
Leon and that tho Villa forces now
have advnnced to Irapuato. Another
battle is expected,
TURKISH TROOPS SENT
TO DEFEND SEAPORTS
LONDON', May 11. Turkish
troops nro being transported from
Smyrna to the Turkish seaports of
Ale.Miudietta and Adalia, says a dis
patch received today from Athens hy
the Loudon Kveniug Sun, owing to the
fear Hint a lauding is about to bo
mndo at those places by forces, of (he
allies.
TO JOIN ALLIES
AG1SAU A
Question of Declaration of Wnr .De
clared to Be But a Question of
Hours Rumored Germany Has Al
ready Declared War Against Italy
Agreement With Allies S!-;jid.
ON' TUB ITALIAN FltO.NTIKR,
May 11. Tie opinion prevails m
Home that Italy's participation in the
wnr is only a ipie-tion of dnv. Along
the An-trinii frontier, where the cor
resonilcnt of tho Associated Pro
ha- been from one end of the line to
the other, it is universally felt that
war is only u question of hour.
1'AHIS, May 11. It is bciiig'per-si-teutly
rumored in Pan- thnt Ger
many and Au-triu-Hiingvy have nt
readv declared or are nbout to de
elnre war on Italy in anticipation of
such action on her jmrt directed
ngnin-t thcm-clvcx. This remrt. how
ever, has received no confirmation of
any kind.
Agreement With Allies
Another rumor current on the
bourse today wn- that the Italian
government has signed an agreement
with the n! lie-, Great Britain, France
and Russia, .to take part in tho 'war
not later than May 20. ThK minor
al-o i- without confirmation.
Freneh oh-erver- of the political
sitnaUorr iirttul.v infer from UiTines
sage yesterday of King Victor Km
maniiel and former l'riiue Mini-tcr
Giolitti, that the non-intervention
party in Italv has determined to
withdraw all opm-itiou to the war.
Unite on War l'ollcjr
Kxciitually the Italian parties would
be united in support of ti war policy,
in the judgment of French observer!,
bn-i'd insin two fundamental eon-id
cration-, namely, that wrongs have
been done to Serbia and Belgium nnd
thnt the racial aspirations of the Ital
ian-, on Hie eastern shore of the Ailri
atte and in the Mediterranean there
can now bo sati-ficd.
Military writers are presenting the
argument that war for Gennauy and
Austria on u third frontier iindoubt
edly will make tho re.-istance of the
central empires on their other fronts
more feeble, so much so thnt with the
advent of Italy, victory over Germany
is set for the middle of the summer.
A dispatch to tho Temps from
Home says that public feeling ha
hecn stirred to a high pitch in tho
Italian capital and that nervousness
mid alarm are shown. This di-quict-ude,
however, does not exist in min
isterial circles, which reflect calmness
nnd fixed resolutions. Tho Me-ng-gern
publishes a report that former
Premier Giolitti, leader of tha neu
tralist party, will enter tho cabinet
without portfolio.
PARIS, May 11. A German aero
plane passed oyer St. Denis, a sub
urb of Paris, shortly after 7 o'clock
this morning and dropped fivo bomb-.
Ouo bomb fell through the roof of
an apartment occupied by .Mine. Hoi
lcker, bounced from tho bed where
her nino-yenr-old .son Audio was,
sleeping and then struck tho loor,
where it exploded, fragments of the
bomb slightly wounded tho boy.
Another miili-, en exploding,
wounded fivo men who were sleeping
in a shed. Two other bombs damaged
tin apartment house.
MORE ZEPPELINS HEADED
FOR BRITISH COAST
AMSTERDAM, via London, Mny
11, 0 p. m. Tho TelegraaC says that
two Zeppelins passed over Ameland,
1111 island of tho Nethei lands, in the
Ninth pen, at Jl o'clock this .after
noon. They wore traveling westward
in tho direction of tho English coast
GERMAN
BOMBS
DP
A
tit hija'b speed,
SILENCE VEILS
WILSON'S POLICY
UPON LUSH
Prcsfifenf States That Fnlfatfetaftfa
Speech 1$ Net a DeclaratrM f
Pelfcy fn Reference (9 LtisitMta
Incident Cabinet Ceflsitfers HtK
aticn, Though Ne Anrnwctrmk
WASHINGTON1. May 11. Prt
dent Wilson said today that, bin
speech In Philadelphia last night wm
not a declaration of policy In refer
ence to the Ltislianla ilbwstel-; Hint
ho was not thinking- of any ttytcM
matter, but of tho newlr naturalized
Americans In his. audience.
Tho president ttsd tho expression
that ho was thinking of tha "cala
some ieople wero trying to rabwi.
. The president said bu would make
a decision on the policy to be follow
ed in tho I.iisltanla case as oeon aa
ho bail all the elements In mind.
For the present ho had nothing to
add, be said, to his statement ot last
Saturday night which was that he
was considering "very earnestly but
very calmly the right course ot action
to pursue,' and that he knew the
country expected him to act with de
liberation as well as with flruiue.
Limits lib Utterance
The president made It clear that
ho was expressing bis personal atti
tude and not referring to any spe
cific ess. That led to the belief- In
many quarters that thenr etMent kail
not reached a decision In the I.usl
tania cave and was speaking tils per
sonal feelings as to the Ideal the
United States should have la this sit
uation, as well as other phases of the
world wide war. It was taken that
he was endeavoring to explain broad
ly that tho United States should
seek to serve tho cause ot humanity
by using its Influence to seeure an
adherence to the rules and prlnst
pies of international law, wherever
they have been contravened.
Although tho general trend of com
ment wns one of surprise at the lim
itations which the president placed
today on the interpretation ot bis
speech, those who have followed bis
speeches closely pointed out that Mr.
Wilson lias frequently spoken Inipllc
Jtly rather than explicitly.
Not w Key Stieech
While his Philadelphia audience
was Impressed with the belief that
tho president was referring specifi
cally to the J.usitanla tragedy, the
president indicated by his remarks
today that he meant his speech to be
broader than a single Incident and
to cover the entire subject of foreign
relations as well as the subject ot
domestic solidarity with reference to
tho aliens who have become nat
uralized Americans.
At the usual hour the cabinet be
gan arriving for the first conference
since tho disaster ot the Luaitanla.
"I am for peace wtth honor,' said
Senator Stone. "I do not know what
tho president plans to do about the
Lusltaula. It is his problem and It
Is useless for others to attempt to
advlso him."
Peace With Honor
Senator Slono declared he favored
passage ot tho government ship pur
chase bill which failed last congress.
Such a step, ho said, would provide
Amoricau ships to carry American
(Continued oa page two.)
FRANCE EXPECTS
envoy's mm
PAUIS, May 11. While the pre
continues to display Intense Interest
in the sinking ot the LHltanU tke
discussion in Its cdlterkl mIhmm, '
Is now turning more toward th
political side ot the tragedy, sad tk
probable attitude ot PreelikMt Wil
son. Much curiosity to yiyiMl r3
Harding the deelstoa at Um WaWwr
ton government, The Utln lUv
the least ,1110 UultaU iUfr mfti i
woum ue to exuni'iiMi twrMM
baiwidor,
t '
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L.