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mumHjmmKi4 itwini, f fMfci "n? 'NTlMWMM Medford Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Mat. Ads MM, 4A.Hi Vnif, .01. Ckw THHrmUy, ' a s Mail IK Forlyflfth Yrnr. llnHyTunUl Yn Yrnr. UNITED STATES I TD Formal Demand (or Strict Account Inn for Loss of American Lives and Violations of American Rights In War Zone Guarantee Demanded for Future Conduct. WASHINGTON, May IS. Tliu Vnlted Blnte government In ti note In (Icimniiy today, fnruiully demand of (ho impel inl government u Htriot nceniinllng for I lit) loss of Amcrlenn live In tht) (.Inking of tint l.uitunln unit vinlutlon of Amciiuiju right In lliu war rone. It 11U0 uk nunrmi (ce Unit there will lio mi reiu'lltiun of Mich oven 1 4 tr practice. With tliu plain intimation In It Unit the United State I prepared to inert any eventiiality thnt may urine from a nniiM'omptiniicc, the eoiiiinuiiimition pliraxnl in unmistakably emphatic language, wan prepared to hu cabled to Merlin hy nightfall. Witt ten by I'nwldriit Written hy President Wilson nnd approved nnaiifiiioiiHly hy the enhinet, the note wn being carefully ejninln etl hy Counsellor Lansing ami the law officer of the gourumciil nt the Mate department today to make xtirc that it h phruculogy covered every point of law intnhed. The white hoimo ofncially nn iioiinecd the fact that tlio president had finally determined the course of iielion to he pursued in the following statement Issued hy Secretory Tu multy after it conference, with the president: "The rniiren of the president hu lireu drtenuined. It will he nnuouuc- ed jut an soon u it is proKr to publish the note now in picpamtion." In Jfamo of llutiMulty ThU wan taken to incnn that the American go eminent, observing the usual diploiuntiu amenities, would await the receipt of the communicn lion in Berlin, Them u jih some ug gestlon that Ilia commiuiiealion hu heat personally hy the ptesident to llinpernr William, hut I'r.iilont Wil hon determined it should hu addressed not (o an individual, hut to Hie Her man go eminent, and through it to the (lerman people. Ax for repnra tion, the United State naturally will M-ck fiiiaueial reparation, hut it pro lent in now in the name of interna tional law and huumnily to ohtaiu a guarantee that Mich tragedies will not no rvcaicii anil me live ol lion combatant sacrificed. The eomiuiiiilcatioii lay Mies on Hie inhumanity of (ho attack with out warning merchant escl. it review in a gcticrnl way every uno in thu war in which Ihu light of Aiueiicau citixen have lieeu (inns- fjrimHcd the sinking of Hie steamer hilaha, with the Iii-h of Leon C. Thresher, tho attack of German air men on the American steamer dish ing, Ihu torpedoing of the Ameiieau hteamcr Giilflight while flying; Ihu American flux and finally Ihu tie htructlou of thu I.tisitnuin, with the Ionh of more than 1000 non-ooinbul-iiiiIh, moiu than 100 of tliem Ameri can. Nolo Firm ami Pointed The note, while firm and pointed, doe nut iihaniluu tone of fricudli ne, f-iviu room for Germany for a disavowal of her nut. A intimated in tho suggestion Hint tho (lunnan government and thu (lenuiiii people could ccrlaluly not havu Intended to Mierifico American live in thu pur Hiiit of their irmriliiuu warfare. Attention I culled to the fact (hat whllu advertlcmciit of warning up pen red in thu nuwpaper, thu United Stale govomment wum never offic ially notified of It, hut irrespective of (Contlnuod on pugo two.) REVIEW OF FLEET IEDULE E WASHINGTON, May 12. Secre tary DanletH today told Inquirers ho had not ovoa connldorod utiaiulonlnR thu rovluw or tho Atalautlo tleot In Now York. When last ho titlkod with I'reuldunt Wllion, Mr. Dunlulu added, tho pruHldent had not altorod IiIh inir poiio to ko to Now York for tho ro vlow on Mny j 7 nml 18. HOLDS G RMANY ACCOUNTING EX-PRESIDENT TAFT T $ WAHIIINOTON, May 12. President Wilson today receiv ed a letter from former I'rcsl dent Tnft oxproMlng confidence In hi nhlllty to hnnillu tho nit- nation growing mil of tliu slnk- Iiik of the Luiiltunln. Tho prcs- lilont has written a reply to Mr. Tnft tlimikliiK hlui wnrmly. BANS CLAIM (IKNKVA, Mnv V2, via Paris, I p. in. A iiipaicii iroui t.rneow io me Joiirnel do (leiieve say that the loo of the Austrian and (leniian since the first of May amount to Kl.'i.OOO officer ami men. Losses of the Hu Hiau in prisoner are placed at r.o.ooo. The Russian arc holding finuly Ihu principal strategic) position and hoth hide aiu receiving heavy leiu forcemviit. I'KTItOflHAI), .May l'J. While ad inittint; that thu Autro(lunnau movcmcul from Cracow ha met with a degree of miccc, ltiiinu iniliLary authoritic today ay that there wa a poMihilily of a further advance, with il eon.c(uciit menace to the se curity of thu ItiiMaii K)ltiuiiH in tho ('arpnthiau. In hcmi-offieial comment today upon Ihl Mluutiou, it wa Kald the huccca of the AuHtncOennan force wn ilue to their overpowering num- hers. They advanced ulon a lino of ahout thirty mile, htretehini; north ward from Nowy Saadec, and pushed on to point a far cant a Stryzzow and llrzozow, the latter hrim; within c than thirty mile from I'rxemynl. It I Hiiid here that thu Huian forces have now heen rcgrouiKMl in hiich a way a eiircuiaiiy io o t oo nil movemrut. In mcetinp the Aiwtro-Oenuau on lauj;lit the lliisciaii p'ueral were nlile to lirinj; up only ahout one-fifth of their force ranged along thu 1100 mile front. Thu (Icnnaiis mid An Irian, howeer, are reported hero to havu concentrated thirteen division along it hivteen-niilo front in thu di diet of lrouo, jnxt uorthcat of Dukla, and they have continuously riihhed hi frih locrvi'. Notwlthhtauding their numrrical inferiority, the KiiHxiau were aide to retire in good order to more favorahlu position. They dcntroycd thu road a they went and hrought off their gun, ammunition and other tore. Uiisritau official estimated the lohse of thu Austrian and (Icimau in the hattle of thu hint nine day, upwind of 100,000. SWISS TROOPS TO IIASKL Switzerland, May 12. Thu Swi uovernment I hcudiui; more troops today (o point on thu Kouthuru fidiitlur, especially to Lug ano, hecauso of auti-tlennnn demon tra(lou. It i estimated that 10, 000 Ouimaii from Italy- are in and near I.upiun,- Local aKitator have marched in procession in front of tho liHguim hotel, particularly tlioso oq nupied hy Germans, calling out to them Insulting phrase, The Lugano police apparently are finding diffi culty In dealing with tho crowd. Carranza Plans to Have a Navy NEW VOIIK, May 12. aoiwrol ('nrniuxii intend to havu u navy, ac cording lo (leneral Ignaclo L. l'e quiera, Bceretary of war Io tho Car rtuixn government in Mexico. Gen oral rc()Uir let it he known today that ho wa In thu market for war ships. II(i liaH thu joh of getting to gether i navy for hi chief and tho nucleus of a transport service, lit) wiiiiIh two vessel to convert into gunhnalH and ho reipiiics one Iran "tr . - i OUT MADE GOOD ORDER MEDFOftD. GREAT BATTLE Belulans and French Push Forward With Some Success, While British Repel German Offensive German Reinforcements Fall to Check, Al lies, Who Take Important Positions. LONDON, May J 2. Tho progre- of the allien' offeiiHive in Klander and noilhern France Iiiih given rise to the hope here that one of thu really momentous phase of the war I hi pi-nee of a solution which would he regarded a fnvorahlo from the llrit- ih point of view. Merlin recognize the imporliiiice of the new turn of ovenl. Oonnnn newspapers empha size, in large headline Hie hcginulng of (he new Anglo-French offensive. (lermnii reinforcements ruhcd from Lens and Doiuil tint far appar ently have failed to check the diish of troop which hwecping northward from Arm have captured important ucriuan poxiiion. lliu (lennau war office Mule that progres ha heen made against the Ilrilish lino east of Vpte, hut Sir John French' lacotii" message assert that all Herman ef fort to hrenk through have failed. Tho llritMi field marshal say noth ing of the part llriti-h troop are Inking in tho offensive in the direc tion of Lille. ICxendeil llaltle Lino From (he Helginu coast to Arras, neros the hunter in uoithcin Fnince. one of the principal hattle of the war Ihu far i now under way. The Helgiau, In the little section of their .fatherland which they still hold are pushing forward, apparently with Mme sueces. Near the harder the French arc attacking furiously in an attempt to pierce the German line, lietween these, two district (ho flcr- man aro on lliu offensive, passing ngninst (he Hntish anny with great lorec. Altuougli local micccksc have heen won on hoth side, thu main issuo which i awaited with uncon cealed concern prohahly will not he decided for some lime. The Russians admit n further re treat in Oalieit, although denying Austrian and Herman report of n rout. IlritMi eorreH)iident in 1'et rograd minimize tho imiwirtauce of lliu AiHtro-Oenimn victory, intimnt ing that tho lliissinu strategy may have heen responsible in part for the rapid advance of the Teutoniu force In lite ItanUnclIc KeportK fnm nil source indicate that the los of life on the Gallixdi peninsula ha heen severe. Itritith iiccoiiuIh indicate that the allies have paid n heavy prieu for eNtnhlisliinc positions mi the laud. A dispatch from Ailieu way (hu los.se of tho Turk luivo heen so great that fresh troop Uro (o he brought in from Smyrna.. Tho course of Knlv i Mill nude elded, l'ope Itencdiut i recited to havu almost given up hope that Italy will remain at peace. Austria' final counter proposal aro expected short ly, hut little hope apparently is cu tertaincd that they will untjs'fy Italy. JACK, THE RIPPER NKW YOItK. May 12. FranK Fu ila, 38 yunra old, a tailor arrested by duteclvua Investigating tho no cullod flppor nuirdurs, In which (Ivo year old Leonoro Cohen and four year old Charles Murray woro tho ylctlma, wan hold today without ball for fur ther examination of a charge of hav ing attacked Helen Manning, agod H, In tho hallway of nor homo Sun day nlnht, Fear or tho man who alow tho llttlo hoy nnd girl 'has spread to (surround ing towns and cities and has causod so much oxcltomont In cortaln nelgli horhoods that schools havo boon dis missed for tho day because of It, LONDON, May 12. Tho East End of London last night was tho scene, of sorloiiH antl-Clerman riots, arising from Indignation over tho sinking ot tho LuRltnnla and tho air raid on Soutlj E-iijl early yesterday mprnJUB. OF WAR RAGING ON WEST FRONT SUSPECT ARRESTED OKISCION, WEDNESDAY, ran "WHITE HOUSE BABY" JUST V r BBBBBBB"- BiBBihmW . 1&M "WF" &F He had a president of the United !nte for godfather. Latest picture of Fanci Wood. row Snyre, the "white house baby," who ha just been chrMcned, and hH mother. LONDONERS RIOT I GERMANS RENEWED TODAY LONDON', .May 12. Anti-Gcnnuu riot in the cunt eim$?-Lndoi- were renewed thi morning' with even greater violvnco than yestenlay. Wlicrcvcr a German showed himself ho wa attacked. Tho xdicc forco has been so thinned by drafts sent to tho army that it had difficulty in dealing with tho angry cnwd. Spe cial constables had to .bo called out. A number of German establish ment were raided nnd hacked nnd their content scattered over the htreel. Tho German themselves were forced to go into hiding. The po. lieu in homo case were defied hy tho nugry crowd nnd some officers wcro injured during their endeavor to pro tect tho Teutons. The furniture and fitting of Gorman house and More were hurled through windows (o (hu street. When tho proprietor wcro caught they were bcvcroly mauled. In nomo cases their clothes were torn from their backs. Ono German was thrown into a horse trough with Hie reminder Hint hi compatriots had been spending their time drowning women and children. Ho wa only saved from a similar fato by thu in tervention of thu police. Anti-Gcnnau outbreak of particu lar severity occurred today in tho neighborhood of thu Fast India docks. Sixty or seventy German shops were wrecked. Germans in tho vicinity aro uniting for self-defense and police reinforcements aro being rushed to thu scene. TURK! SENT TO GALLIPOLI PARIS, May 12. A Havas dispatch . . , ... ... "A floating mlno which exploded at Amysslcs. near Moudros '(Island of Lomnos), killed flvo persons ao- cording to an official dispatch from Lomnos, In view ot tho largo num ber ot mine's which have been carried by currents fro mtho Dardanelles In to tho Aegean Sen, tho Qrek authori ties havo Issued a warning to navi gators, "Information from a reliable sou roo Is to tho otfoct that Turkish troops In Syria havo been ordored to tho Qalllpoll peninsula as tho loss. es havo been exceedingly heavy. Tho. number of corps In Syria Is unknown, but they aro composod chiefly of vot- crnn troops," AGAIN H VETERANS MAY 12, 1015 AS HE LOOKED AFTER BEttjG CHRISTENED FINAL EFFORTS TO RECOV LI ...QUEENSTOW.W May 12. Final efforts uro being inado on a large scale to recover the Lusltanla's dead. Not only aro tho tugs Flying Fox and Stormcock cruising about tho scene of tho disaster, but a group ot admiralty patrol boats Is scout ing over a wldo area. eOacfa patrols also aro on lookout from Queenstown to tho southern tip ot Ireland. A Lusltania life boat bearing tho bodies of three women and two boya which had been adrift slnco last Fri day, Is roportcd ashoro today near Baltimore, on tho south Irish coast. Thero wcro no American first cabin passengors among the seventeen dead brougth Into Queenstown this morn ing. LONDON. Jlay 12. Lloyd has a report that a life boat of tho Lusl tania together with tho bodies ot four" woiuon and two children, was picked nip bottom-up yesterday seven miles off Fastnct. Tho boat was towed Into Long Island Day and tbo bodies taken by thu coaht guard to Skull. Fastnet Is four miles from Cape Clear. NEW YOllK, May 12. Tho Lusl tanla's American dear so far as Iden tified now lying at Queenstown and other towns In Ireland will bo brought to New York, according to a cablegram received hero today by tho Cunard lino from Liverpool. Tho message, said thu company would transport tho bodies across the sea, but when and by what vessel they would bo brought was not stated. CAPITAL RIOTING OKKEVA, May 12. The Journal .i .. i,,. :,.ni1 .i:.,..i. from Snon5k, s . mt 80g ,mvo bwa meil w -uml .,, tho courso of riots in Constantinople. Mobs numbering thousands, thu news paper says, pillaged thu paint shops and hotels, 'ihu sultans guard has been culled out. According to this information, the 1'era Palaco hotel, tho-largest nnd inout pretentious F.uropenn hotel in tho city, was sacked. Tho police were overwhelmed. Food prices in Constantinople have doubled and there is widespread mis ery among tho poorer classes. Tho hospitals nro crowded with wohridi'd soldiers, . ' DEAD FROM USHANIA TURKISH MOBS AT ITALYTO DECIDE PEACE OR WAR QUESTION TODAY Final Proposal From Austria Being Considered by Cabinet Decision Rests With Kins-War Sentiment Increasing Anil-Austrian Riots Throt;liout Country. ItOMK, May 12.-Whal is consid ered tho last definite proposal of Austria concerning (ho territorial concession demanded hy Italy was received today by the Italian govern ment. The cabinet went At once into ses sion lo consider the communication. ROME, May 11. Final decision as to whether Italy shall declare war or remain neutral rests with King Victor Kminnnucl. The Italian constitution i gives to thu sovereign alone authority to "declare war, make (caee and con clude treaties." Governed ly Cabinet There is a diversity of opinion in the cnpital, however, as to whether notion by hi majesty should be pure ly formal, or simply in accordance with the decision reached by his min isters. Those who fcivor making hU constitutional prerogative moro than a matter of form arc urging that as soon as Austria make its final de cision regarding territorial conces sions, the cabinet shall ask the king to take supreme command and rely iilflu his judgment. Apparently, however, a majority of people bclievo the cabinet must as sume (he resiontibiUty one way or another. with the certainty that it decision will be sustained almost unanimously by parliament and tho country. Tho part that parliament is to play remains uncertain. It may or it may not be asked to express mi opinion as to the wisest course to pursue. Hinting la Capitol ROME, May 12. Troops were called out Inst night to disperse n great crowd of war enthusiasts who paraded the principal streets, crying "Down with Austriu! Down with Giolitti!" and cheering- for Premier Salandra nnd Minister of Foreign Af fairs Sonniuo. Most of the persons in the throng apparently felt the grentcst animosity toward former Premier Giolitti, who is regarded ns tho lender of tho peaco party. An attempt was made to storm hi resi dence, but it was frustrated by sol diers. Tho crowd jeered as it lmsfcd tho ecclcsinsticut college. Demonstrations similar to (hat in the capital aro occurring in thu larger towns throughout tho country. Clashes with thoso who favor neu trality havo been prevented several times by the intervention of troops and police. Every precaution has been taken by tho authorities of Rome to protect tho Austrian nnd German diplomats, accredited both to tho quirinnl and tho Vatican. Tho final Austrian counter propos als are expected soon, but it is not believed they will satisfy tho demands of thu t-nbinet, which insists upon thu cession of all territory cither rael ully or strategically Italian. i i n-i.i POPE DEPRESSED SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, May 12. Pope Benedict is greatly depressed by tho (rend of events in Italy and be lieves thu intervention of that conn try in Iho war is only u question of days, according to apparently authen tio information received bore. The pontiff is reported to bo greatly con cerned regarding tho possible effect war would have on tho relations be tween tho quirinul nnd tho Vatican. lie has decided, it is said here, not only to invito tho German, Austrian a'ud Bavarian nmbnssndors credited to tho Vatican to leavo Rome, but to withdraw thu pupal nuncios from the courts of countries which would he hostile to Italy. THINKS WAR SURE NO. U BRYCE RECORDS MASSACRES BY Former Ambassador to IMtal States Submits Proof of HorriMe Akl ttes Against Unarmed CMMm Pop ulation ef lelfltwi aM Committed Under German LONDON, May 12. Viscount Ilryco former Dritish nmbesss.ilor to the United States and now ehniraan of a special government committee appointed to investigate and report on outrages alleged to havo been com mitted by German troops during tin present war," has submitted the re port of the committee to Premier As qtiith. "The most Important findings of the committee are summed up ia tho following conclusion at the close of the repert: ' Organized MaaMcres "It is true, "First That there Wr jn many parts of HelgiiUR deliberate and sys tematically organized .maMsacrat of the civil population, accompanied by many Isolated murders and other out rages. "Second That in tUe conduct of the war generally ianoeeat eivilmat), both men and women, were murdered in large numbers, women violated and children murdered. "Third That looting-, house burn ing and the wanton destruction of property were ordered and counten anced by the officers of tho German army; that elaborate provisions had been made for systematic incendiar ism at the very outbreak of the war, and that the burning and destruction were frequent whea no military ne cessity could be alleged, beinjrr mdeed, part of a system of genera! terror: tion. "Fourth That the rales and usages of war were freely broken, particularly by the using of the civil ians, including women and children, ns shields for advancing force ex posed to fire, to u less degree by kill ing the wounded and prisoners and in the frequent abuse of the Red Cross and white flags." 1200 Witness KxAMiited Evidence which the committee took in making up their conclusions came, the report recites, from more than 1200 witnesses, from diaries founu ou dead soldiers, from admissions re counted as coming from German of ficers and from other sources. This "murder, arson, rape and pill age began tho moment the German army crossed tho frontier," tho report says. It distinguishes between it finds to be deliberate acts, and theso of possibly irresponsible soldiery. "The maltreatment of women." it says, "was no part of the military scheme of the invaders, however much it may appear to havu been the Inev itable result of the system of terror deliberately adopted in certain rex ions." 'If u line," tho report adds, "is drawn on a map from tho Belgian frontier to Licgo and continued to Charleroi, nnd a second line, front Liego to Mulines, a Y-like figure will bo formed. It is along tlihi Y (hat most of the systematic (as opnosed to isolated) outrages wre commit ted." Civilians Shot bt Sii Tn its ,10,000 words, the report finds (Continued on Page 2.) FINAL ARGUMENTS SEBASTIAN CASE AN A MY LOS ANC2ELES. Cal., May 12. U Rebuttal testimony was eeacluded -' and arguments begua teday in tatj-, trial ot Charles E. Sebastian, ways-; 'j; alty caudldate and Mrs. Llllle Ffatt ' on charge that they centrllHit4 id tho dependency ot Kdlta gerkia', IT year old half sister of Mm. Pratt. . S. Q. McCartney, a dejmty l'Hi ., attorney, started argument tor'tjssf state, holding thaUfebaatlu m4 link Pratt had beea proved Kulliy.Wt JjpW morality. "" " ' Addresses by proMeuito u4 At fensa may be eempl4d toMAgMMf and the ease gv to $ iugjf tJHC the prospeets wr taM tM- would sot v flHUM fcrttw frMsf, S 1 .' M cs