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UNITED STATES
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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
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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
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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. "" " '
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