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RW.'-W , $g& Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER Max. IW.Sj Mta, 41 j Tr. it.- Stamen MfttM-r , I s- t i Koriy.flflh Yenr. Jmilv Tmith Year. MEDFORD. OHKOON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1915 NO. 46 i; ... I-Wf,' PRESIDENT WILSON'S GERMAN NOTE MEETS NATION'S HEARTIEST APPROVAL . . NEWSPAPERS OF STATES APPROVE NOIE Press nnllles to Support ot President, nciiartllcss of Politics and Nation alitiesGerman Papers State Duty of All German-Americans Is to Fight for United States. President Wilson's nolo to Httr iimuy wnn cilllorlnlty commented up on throughout Hid United Htntoa to tltiy llh distinct praise ami appro bation, Cxccrpta from editorials or mhiiii of tin' leading nitwspnpcrn as Indexing American sentiment Xol Iowb: . Voik TImm: It In thn great cut diplomatic achievement of tho nolo that It put upon Germany thn I'liolco not only of what litr reply shall ln, but of whot I lo follow. Tint president's eloquent np pon lo )mt great tradition, to her nnio of honor nml of Justice, must triumph over any warlike Incllim tloiiH Him mny (ok) lo ptiraiin n course limn can hnvo hut ono ending. Ni'u York Trillium: Ho (tho pro. Iilciit) linn drawn nn Indictment against tho German untlnn which will llo lor age to come, If tho KnlHcr"n government falls to meet tho do- tttiittiln of thu president of tho United Btatea promptly and completely. Wronged wi' hnvo offered Ocr tunny n peaceful solution In tho pre"' ent crlnta. hut nnd tho pre' Mont's iiicimngo mini It nil up wo shall omit neither word nor art necessary to thn poiformanco of our sacred duly. ,Yv Yoik llcmldt It might have lnurn stronger; It uiluhl hnvo been weaker; It will serve. Mr, Wilson Iimh overcome tho Influence of thoto members of his cnhlnot who nro for peace nt uny price. Ilo linn lived up to tho very hu-t traditions of hU character. New York Wm Id I It In cnlin; It In restrained, It Is courteous, hut with n rold, rutting courtesy Hint gives added emphasis to every word. hy tho strength of Mi cimo nnd tho moderation of hln tone, tho president him uindn It nn enny for Germany to do right nn to do wrong. If ho In to fall In hln effort It will ho In B'"d conscience and In u kooiI cause. New York Hunt Tho nolo In Impeccably urbane, though not without llltlo Iroulen, In tin touo friendly In vplrlt, rosnUttu In lln as Fortfbu of Auierlcnu rlghta uud of tho freedom of tho nenn, It rernlln (lor iimny'M contention for that liberty. Tho prcMilent hnn niokeu firm ly. Tho country supporting tin firm ly, nwiiltn without passion tho (lor man reply, Vow Yoik American) Tho prosl dent'ri letter In undeniably strenuous, but It In possibly dangerous nn well. Tho nation denlren that lln rlKhtrul dumaudn nhoiild bo laid before tho (leriniiii government, hut It did not (Continued on pago four), L SYRACUSE, N, Y., Mny 1 1. Wit limn Humes eoiwluded IiIk direct tep timimy In tho supreme court horo to li.V Ity dol'ondlng IiIh organization policies, denying putt of tho toull inony of Theodora Roosevelt una Loyal W, Franco inn contradicting William Loob. llo declared thai the colonel loptonched him when in 11)10 lio diil not vole for tho former juchI dent iih temporary clinirmim of tho htuto oonvcn!iom lie nnflwored many uohIouh designed, his counsel Halt), to nhow tho ilomluance of (he defend ant In tho republican patty, Mr. Harm's denied Unit he hud tried to inl'liieuco Iho yoIch of legis. hilars' nt the time of tho senatorial iloiidlook In .1011, and he swore lie hud jiover tallied to Charles V, Murphy of Tuiiuniiiiy lnl mt once In h fc, UNITED BARNES CONCLUDES LIB TESTIMONY . NATION AWAITS GERMAN REPLY Definite Stand A-rilnst Sutimarine as Commerce Destroyer Arouses At tention Other Neutral Nations Expected to Send Similar Notes tn Germany White House Silent. WAKHINdTON, Mny II.- "I have tint received any liiHtnielioiiH. I have not icecived mi tinner. I lime not heard uuythlnjj. I don't know any lliiiiK," Kiiid fount Heno-torff after a conference with Couiihcllor huiiiiic,' at the Ntntc ilepiiituient. YASIIIN(ITOKt Mav 1 1. The Koverumeul and people of the United Mule liiincd loday expectantly lo wnrd llerlin, where AmlmMulor (ler- a rd had been iiixtructrd to present to the (leriniiii foreign office n nolo call iiiK the iilleiitiiui of the imperial piv ernment to the unlawful and iuhii mane ilct ruction of the l.uitnula and oilier Nidation of Amerienti rililN on the Mull xciim. It wax jut a week ii);o loday that the l,uitauia wm Mruck by a (ler iniiii lonx'do and mink, with (ho Ioh of many neutral liven, beiiKw the Hcoren of AmerienuH. The Uulled SlntcM oMTiiiiirnt in the fir I to act. The oilier neutral untieim, moot of whom have been wnitfii for the pol icy of the I'niled Stolen to he revenl cd, are now expeetel to decide what rcpreentiitioiiri Ihev will make. Aixalunt the Siibnuirlno An the nolo wan rend today hy dip lomnlihlri and officials ueuernlly, one lent in c that attraclrd wide conimeut wim the nlauil taken bv the railed HlatCH iiKiiiiiMt the uc of the Milium line uk a commerce destroyer, the at tention of thu (leiinan pivcrnmcnt beinj; called to the "practical iinpon nihility of employing tbce uniler-M-a craft lo destroy merchantmen," with out iliMcpiriliiu.' these rules of fair lies, reason, justice and humanity which nil modern opinion repaid nn imperative. This was taken bv muni officers crcd in iutcniatioual law and dipln mulists to mean that not only during the piescnt war, but hi fuliiie, tutor natiouiil coufeienccH to amend the inlen or lauiitime warfare, the Amer ican pnvciiiiiiciit would lie found aliened against the use of thu mill inuriuo iiKainst mereluiutmcu. Vlill House Silent White hoiiso officials today adopt ed the policy of Hilcnce mi far iih the American nolo to fletmauy is con cerned. They felt that any dihcunnion would he useless and iuoppoituiie, in asmuch iih Iho uucslinn is now befuie thu Merlin Kveinmeut. Tho cabinet met loday in a regular scHhiou, hut further action wan not contemplated peudiiii; the receipt of neriimny'n teply. Tho president took u Miuit autouiobilo ride before the cabinet iiieelln nnd will leave late tonight on the Mayflower for New York to review tliu Atlantic fleet there nuxt week. DuriiiK' tho hip, which will Inst nearly u week, the president will bo kept In touch with every development in tho situation, hut only impuitiuit mutter will bo placed before him. Ho has declined many invitations to events In New York not eounueted with Iho review of tho fleet, T L BUYS LUMBER SHIHS SICATTM:, Wash., Mny i l.Tlie Port Hlakeley Mill cinupiiny Iimh pur chased tho five wooden kcIioouui'h of tho bankrupt (Hebo Navigation com pany, whicli wero hid in hy a com- milieu of Mockhohlci'fti of thu com pany at unction last mouth, Tho yosm'Ik are tho William NoUinhim, WiIIIh A. lloldcn, Alexander T. Brown, J. M". CIIhh and Wilburt h. Kmilli. I'liey weio built for earryinu' lumber and will ho placed In nenico immedi ately, Tliev huve u total carrying e (melly of n,(l()l),OIIO fevl, WILKIJN'S NOTE THE PRESIDENT KEEPING CALM r ? i v flllBl yi'-i vk f" lr ij . wtr "' i iflLRiLv M9B58nIBL ' ,p r 4LLLLLLLLLI ! - 9W W r r H raHifr' '- nisVHr tr ! 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I mted Stnten Steel wns the only leader to open with a Inrpo offering, 70(10 shares cluiuciuc hauds in one block nt W, one point down. War shares- like llethlehem Steel, Pressed Steel Car and (lenernl Hlectiio lost as niueh. Trading was moderately mi lic, but without any trace of the hynteiiu which ehiiraeterized recent operations,, Ah the session progressed, war shares continued to weaken, llethle hem Steel tuiil New York Air llrnke losing t l almost f points. Motor stocks wero eorresiHmdinjjIy loyer, but lepresctilative issues held at their ((notation of (he li r. t half hour, with here nnd there a substantial rally. The decline was without any iif the sensational features which attended tho movement of n week ago. A canvass of the leading banking uud hiokerago houses showed a con dition of outward calm. Thoie was a general dippo-dtion to believe that Herlin voidd receive the presidents communication iu u conciliatory spirit. Sales iu tho first hour amounted to L'10,000 shares. SEBASTIAN CASE IN HANDS 0F JURY 1.03 ANCJELKS, Cnl May H. Ar guments for tho defense In tho So-bttHtlnn-I'rntt inornllty trial wero completed today. It la considered probablo that tho enso of tho mayor nlty candidate nml his co-defendant, who uro chnrKud with having con tributed to thu dependency ot Edtth Serkln, Mrs, Pratt's hnlf Blntor, would bo In tho luindsof tho jury Into this afternoon, T K MARKET FLUCTUATES UNDER NA IN S on IiU fntoritc (nr link t WonhlnKton the day after the 1-tnitiwl ' THAW WINS RIGHT TO JURY TRIAL TO DECIDE SANITY NP.W YOKK, May II. Tlio tippcl late division of the supreme court de cided today that it would not inter fere with thu plan to hiuu Harry IC. Thaw's mental status placed beforo n jury for determination. Tho court dismissed the prohibit ory writ which, if sustained, would hnvo enjoined the supreme court from submitting the case to u jury next Monday. Supreme Court Justice llendriek. who decided to bine a jury pass upon Thaw's mental state was authorized hy tho appellate division to proceed ns if tho piohibitory writ, dismissed to day, had not been issued. Tho ap ellate division ruled that if Justice llendriek erred in granting a jury tnnl thu question could bo decided on appeal, but not by means of a writ of prohibition. In deciding to grant Thaw's peti tion for a jury determination of his sanity, Justice llendriek set May 17 as the date for the proceedings. T WASHINGTON, May 1-1.- Con gressman Gardner of Massachusetts said teday: "1 call the president's note resolute and vigorous. 1 don't eo how he could have made it fetrongor without deliberately offering provocation to Germany. At the same timo I clearly iceognixo the fact that an irrevocable step of awful solemnity has hceii taken. A tut American, 1 take pride iu that step and that iu thu manner iu which it bus been taken." FOOT TRAVEL AT KENNETT SHORTENED TO QUARTER MILE IIKODING, Cnl., May II. Knot travel connecting tho interrupted rail road lino through thu storm urea north from hero to Kennett was shortened to n quarter milu today. ItcHiimptioii of traffio was promis ed, lafo today or tomorrow, JJNGQ OF CONGRESS APPROVES PRESIDEN MOTHER JONES RELATES STORY OF WASHINGTON, May 14. "Moth er" Jone-j continued her story of the Colorado coal strike beforo the fed eral industrial relations commission today. Shu described her nine weeks.' detention nt Trinidad. She told of being carried away from tho strike field by militiamen and of her rear rest when sho endeavored to return She was again held, she said, for twenty-six duyf in n cellar with sewer rats. Sho was released after several efforts had been made to se cure n writ of habeas corpus. "Mother" Jones read u statement reviewing court decisions relating! to the use of militia in strike. "Under decisions such us these," sho said, "men, women mid children lire deprived of life and liberty. Tho fiendish horrors perpetrated by the militia nt the command of corporate greed, threaten tho veiy existence of government. There are no rights which the workiugmeii can enforce in tho courts. If von don't want anar chists iu this country tho courts must hark buck to tho days of liberty when tho writ of habeas corpus was sacred and when tho military power could not kill and imprison men without re gard to tho law." DAMASCUS, Syrwi, May 14. Lieutenant von Mueuko and a lauding mil tv from tho German cruiser Em- den, which escaped when their ship wus sunk in thu Indian ocean, No vember 10. huui arrived hero after six mouths of adventurous wandering. There nro fifty men in the party. "Ilavo I won the hon cross t" wns tho first question asked hy Lieuten ant von .ilueeko. Ilo and the sailors in bis command wero delihted when told tbov weru ro-itrdcd iu Qermanv as heroes, nnd (hey all have been awarded the iron PI-qsh, CAP WAR FEVER IS SPREADING FAST THROUGH ITALY Agitation Following Resignation of Cabinet Assumes Revolutionary Character Belief Growing That Cabinet to Be Named Will Favor of War King Receives Statesmen, ROME, Mny 14. The agitation in Home has nssutned almost a revolu tionary character. The entire city bn.s been occupied by the military. A riotoiiH crowd made its way thw morning to the Piazza Montccitorio, where is located the chamber of depti tie, nnd forced entrance into the building by smashing the window. The belief is growing rapidly that there inevitably will be formed an other Siilandra cabinet, or nt least a cabinet which will follow the same foreign o!icy us the Sulnudrn min istry. HOME. May 14. King Victor Emmanuel today received In the or der named tho following statesmen: Slgnor Manfrcdl. president ot the senate, Slgnor Marcora, president ot the chamber of deputies, and Slgnor Glolittl, a former premier but now the leader ot the party la Italy In favor of neutrality. These are the first evidence- ot political development ot the day and they were observed with deep Inter est, because ot tbe resignation yes terday of tho cabinet on the ground that it did not have tho unanimous supiiort of the constitutional parties of he country In its International policy. The king has no yet announced whether tbe resignations will be ac cepted. Cabinet Quit Office The members ot the cabinet found It Impossible to bridge the difference separating them from the followers of Slgnor Glolittl. They banded In their resignations for tho reason that they preferred to follow this course rather than appear before parlia ment when it meets May .0 and give to tho world an exhibition ot Inter nal division In Italy, which probably would be accompanied by recrimina tions and accusations To do so woul be most undignified for Italy. The action ot the cabinet leaves King Victor Emmanuel to chooso the men ho considers best adapted to guide Italy Iu tho present grave sit uation. Doth Slgnors Marcora and Manfre. dl, hnvo been mentioned as possible premiers. N May Refuse Resignations According to parliamentary custom tho king has tho right to accept or re Jec the resignations ot the cabinet and this morning Home is filled with thu wildcat conjectures as to what his majesty will db. Some believe he will Bummon tho cabinet before the chamber of deputies for discussion ot Its course, being guided himself by what these discussions roreal, whllo others argue that Premlor Sal onika resigned because ot tho atti tude ot Slgnor Glolittl, and Glolittl must of necessity take tho place ot Salundra. More dlspasslonablo observers are (Continued on Page 2.) IN NORTH SEA ULYT1IE, England. May 14. A German submarlno is reported to have been sunk Iu tho North Sea. Tho captain ot the steamer CoIlalrnteon reaching port today, stated that his vessel apparently had destroyed a submarine by running it down oft the Northumberland coast. No submarine was seen but the cap tain said his shin struck a submerged obstacle. A large quantity ot oil sub sequently nppeared on the surface and (he conclusion was drawn tkat a submarine had been run down, INKS SUBMARINE E WESTERN FRONT Official Statement of BetilgM-Mtt Shaw Successes for AHta BetWMM La Basse ami Arras BrKM ftttitg Little Mare Than HaMtif 'Own Germans Near Preamysf. LONDON, May 14. For tho first lime in the last six months the auth ors of the German and the Fresck of ficial announcements on the progress of hostilities find thrizticlvcs in Agree ment. The German communication admits the more important claim made by General Joffre, the French commander-in-chief, a to the great successes won by the French betwren La Dassce nnd Arras. If this attack can be pushed home the conieipiencet will be still more marked, in the opin ion of British military commentators, who are claiming today that a little further advance by the French will open a conspicuous gap in the Ger man line, a development which will necessitate the falling back of the Germans on a wide front. To the north of La Dnssee, ,'tb British aro doing iittle more s " holding their own, but at the sane time they arc keeping great massea bf Germans engaged, trepewlH kelp would be available against the Fresck -offensive. In the eastern field the Germanic, forces in Galicia, who are said to number 1,500,000 men, are reported to bo within twenty wiles of Prac mysl. The Ruir?ns would appear to be developing counter-strokes both on the west Galician front nnd in Duka wina, and they claim initial successes, but military men here aro careful of committing themselves on the OHtcoma of these activities, pending further developments. Russians claim the German drive permanently cheeked. The hint made by Lord Haldane of tho possibility of conscription has been interpreted in some quartern as meaning there is now less confidence that tho war will bo over by fall. MOTHlraGRESS TO FAVOR PEACE PORTLAND. Or., May 14. Re- , ports of department chairmen occu pied the timo of tho morning session hero today of the National Cotigreoti of Mothers and Parent-Teachers' as sociations, which are meeting in nine teenth annual conference. Delegates today expressed greut interest in President Wilson'- note to the Ger man government, uud while there was a general opinion that the hands of the administration should be upheld, tho sentiment for au avoidance of war was general. Delegates today declared that the strongest peaco resolutions ever formulated iu any convention will bo offered nt tho gathering. Mrs. Fred Dick of Denver, Colo., is chairman of. FRENCH M HNSON the resolutions committee, which' will report tomorrow afternoon. C 'trial marriuges, free love asd polygamy were decried in the rejwrt on "marriage sanctity," sont hy Mrw?0 Clarence E. Allen of Salt Lake CMy, , Utah. Mrs. Allen emphasized Uw i point that monogamy is the only rif4fc - principle and practice. "All motlttiw' clubs should put the subject of mar- , ringe sanctity on their prograws.-nt ' least oaco a yoar," the report kiii, i ' i Cj CRUISER NEW JMN.EANS ORBEREt Tt BUAYHAf WASHINGTON. Mav 14i- tarv Daniels late todav ai-anui iha cruiser ow uneftHs row mmuumub ; ,. !...,. TLT.. .. 1ttt. "".' Ruloi-h in rcnderW any nm bm liU.K. !. 41... tw.ls..... w A.mI 4 "4V tanked by Indian In tfc Yaont vaUt. 3 or 39 mlW irift4 :f, i i -a i l! -Hi 1 -VJ fen"! ti ;m w !il 'I ' . ) !f ,