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MEDFORD. OHKOON, FRIDAY, MAY 14, 1915
NO. 46
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PRESIDENT WILSON'S GERMAN NOTE MEETS NATION'S HEARTIEST APPROVAL
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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),
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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
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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,
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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
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L CRISI
SKW YOKIv, M"v 1 1. -Latest do
vclopmcntrt in the Mtiiutiou between
thin countr)' nnd (lenimny were re
fleeted in the nervous lone of the
slock market at todays openm;:. In
itial prices were mostly lower, but in
few instances did declines j;o beyond
fractions. Later, however, $:rcater
hemiiienn was tjhown, a number of
stocks lulling n point or mote. 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,
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MARKET
FLUCTUATES UNDER
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on IiU fntoritc (nr link t WonhlnKton the day after the 1-tnitiwl
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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.
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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
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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 '
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