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m Hhtrntot -- - Hd SUmmJ " J .., 'b v Medford Mail Tribune M W WMHHHnit 3 SECOND EDITION urn a -'.- - , W 1L A 1 OiLJC ht, wj h. n.i ri. Jrt 1'nk Tonight mmI ltwafn ti f 'J u 1t '"& 1- feK . 1 rorly.flflh Year, flnllV- TiMlltl Yrar. L TAKES OVER ALL llaly Prepares In Enrncst for Wnr Military Officials Take Cliarue of Traffic Systems Unllfd States to Represent Austria and Switzerland Germany in Case of Hostilities. lIKIIMN'i Mnv 111. Tin llninn rr Jcspoiiileiil nl llirt llerilncr Tug'blntt today MiiitU it polmtslln dispatch friitu (In llnliiiu ciiiilnl, declining: "Tint slant pnillamciiluiy Inldlildtt Is I'lulril. Tim xlnu't I'"' won." It lit it dispatches li oilier Iterlln newspaper mi or a similar lennr. II appears in In grni'iully fill llml only it miracle iiii now avert wnr be twetui Iliily and Austria. New Coiici'x'diiiis Offered 1IO.MK. Mny l. I'orriii MiuUtcr Huuiiiuo Ih h'mmIi'i o have iifnim- I'll I III' CIIIIIICll of lllllli-'tcrH III 111 HI'S clou this evening Hint nlfcrs of nd diliiuial tiriitoriii i'oiii'i"tk.liuiM Iiml been ncelicd from Au-liin. ItOMK. Mnv Id.- A mv.il decree under which nil rnlliotiil lines mid Millions in llnly lire placed under the supervision of tin' Hiililarv nullum tic is published liy Hit nlficlnl Ga zelle. I'mler tlit provisions of llu decree inilllitry officials nit' given the power In prohibit Miipccled istmhis from I raveling on the iiiilmnd or oven np pronchiug I he line. All IhivoUtm lite warned tlint nl certain imtulH (hoy niiit not look fnun tin i'urrliiiO Win dows, llllt IIIIHt l-t't'p till tllll hllllttlTH closed. Military In Control Any jwrsiins nppiottchiiig n (iiuucl or bridge will lo imprisoned Tor sit iiioiiih. If iir hns heeii ilwlii ml when tlin iiffciiso is committed they will In' intuit iiiniliiili'il. Soldier iiihI tin pulled nio entrusted Willi the en forcement of III" decree iiml tire to fin upon piTnonn who violate its pin vision. It it stiid lioio lluit Austria Iiiih dc riili'il to i'iitrut In III" I'liitcd Stiiti'- tin1 protection of her citizen hi Itnh in tho ii'iit of wnr, which was con sidered inevitable. Owing to Hip feel ing in ll' I'uited SIiiU'k, i'iiiim'iI by tint sinking of tin l.tiNitnnin. tlciiumiy Iiiik ilct'ldnl tu uk Switrrilonil to nil ilcrliikc tlio miiiio tniK for ncruuiii Huliji'i'tM mill pnipi'rty in tins country. It N ViiiIi'IhIhoiI tlu SuiN mini-ti'i' licrc Iiiin Im'cu iiuortii'inlly infonunl (hut tin minion wonlil Im cut tu'-t i'il lo Iiiin. GERMAN REPLY TO AMERICAN NOTE 10 WAHIIINdTON, Mny tl Offlrlnl Inforiniitlon wns recolvoil horn toilny tluit (li'rmnny'H reply In the. Amor lenii nolo will not ho rontpletcil for at loiiHt n week ami prolmhly not ri'iirh WitHhlnuton for nt leant ton iliiyn. It Ih now known with porno Uitl iiltniicxti Hint (IniinniO' will Itullrnto her wlllliiKHflHH to Imvo hor HtiUmn iluort'urt tovwuil nil mtnruliituiont JiiHt iih tldhtroyeiH or crulHvriT would, Hlvlii(; nuiplo tluio for pnKsongorfl iiml now ()' Idnvi), provlileil uiorrlinnt- inen tiro iiniirinad or If imiRonKow nml roulrnhiiuil Irnfflo nrd Hopnrnt cil, Thnt ponltlon In looked upon with uninc for horo, provided It Ih niiKROHlCil iih u niodiiB vlveudl or tom pontry urruiiBOiuunt mid doon not In volvn tho rolluiul8liuieiit liy Hio United HlatoH or tho rlRhtrt of Itn elt I.OUH to tritviil uuywheor on the lilnh iieitH on enoiny or hulllKormtt uu uiined Hhlpn, Thoro Ih nn IhhIhIouco on tho part of tho United HlutcH, liowVor, thnt tho pilnelpluH of aw and humanity exproHHoil In Hh nolo iiiiihI ho rocoK ulxed anil ndmltted liy aornmny and tlmt any lutontlon to destroy Amor Iran Ivoh on (ho I.UHltaula luiiHt ho dlHitvowudt Thnt tho Unltod Btutoa will fltnnd firmly on tho nrlnelploa Hot forth In Hh nolo, Iiiih hoon con vnyod Indirectly nml Informally to (loriuany hIiic-o tho comniunloutlQii Itlf Kft hero, ROYA I RALROADINES DELAYED DAYS BRITISH PARTIES UNITE TOR WAR PURPOSES ONLY Coalition Cabinet to Bo Formed Upon Droatler Personal and Political Basis No Chanjjc of Policy as Re linrds Conllnnatlon of War to a Successful Conclusion. LONDON', Mny HI. Pieinlir .W quilh niiuouui'i'il hi Ihr Iioiim' of com Miiiiik loilny thnt ticw were ill i'on li'iiiplulloii which iuiolveil u recoil Hlriicllnu of the uoxcniuieiit upon n liromler perHiuul uinl poliliciil luisi, "N'othiui! Iiih hccii ilcrinllcly ur tiuip'il n cl," the premier mini, "hut In outer lo nvoiil uu poHiihlu iiiixiipim-licnuliiii I i-li lo miikc elenr hctu mnl imw three thiiif: To rinWi tho Wnr "MmI, miv chnnse will not nffecl the poiiliim n( I he prime tniniiler or fnrciiio n(i'ri'tiir.v: i ml, then' will liji tin chiiutte of miv kind in the '"l lev of the I'liiiulry ti reMiiln Hie con tliiueil procciition of the wnr with .ill pokmIiIc cneniv nml lv inenni of nvcrv mnilnhle ivhoiiutk, nml third nml nt, nml of (tre.it imMirtmico to the Imnomlilc friemU heiiiml me, mid ( lime no douht, to the opposition, U thN: Any reeoutrui'tiou of the cnhiui'l Hint mm he mmle will he for the piirpoMi of the wnr uloue nml i not to he Ink en in tiny ipinrter or for nny rciiMiu nt nulii'alinjr nnMhin? in the nnliitu of n Mirrendcr or n roni pnunite on the pnrt of nnv ernoti or hmly ot pomonn of their iiwmt l itienl IiIi'uIh. "Thin it tin fnr n I run ro. jotli ItiR definite yi I had taken plnVe, Imf If nnv nrrnnsciiient ii innde the Iioiimii will jutie the fnlleht iiiportuuity of cKprcuMitir itn iewn," A"inilh'H Annouuecmenl The refcienee of ilin prvmier to the proccutioii of Hi" war weir arectcil with loud mid proloni! checriup. Tli pnme miuitler wiim follow nl hy Amlrew Homir I.nw, lender of thn op poHiHiui, who Hiiid: "I Hunk it only ncceiKnry to nny on hihnlf of my friend1 nml inycelf Hint nt the tnj: tliit Iiiin lenehed. our outv eoutiderntioii in reiMnl to the further tepi to ho taken is the Vole ideu of what in the ht'ot method of finlthiiiK Hie wnr Hueeehtfnlly, and we leave out of our miiuU uh-olutely all conKiileintiou", iHilitieul and other- wise, lie.Noiul Hint. "Of eoure, if hiicIi mi nrrmipenienl should lake plurc it i" ohwou our eonvirtiiiiiK on other Kiilijerl will re- main tmeh'Uip'd and will he settled when tho war is over," E 10 BE NON-PARTISIAN 1.I8IION. May 19. Tho newly formed I'ortiiKUOM rah I not has do fldcd, It wnn unununcud toduy, to imiliitalu nn nlmolutely neutral atti tude toward all political parties. Tho nowppanorH of tho capital to day comment on tho vlntta exchamjod hetwoen tho comtnnnderH of tho Span ish wnrMilpt, mirhorcd In tho TnRiiH riser nml tho Lisbon nulhorltlcB, WESTERN CLASS RATES WASHINGTON May m.Clntm and commodity rntOH from potnta In tho region hotweon St. Paul nml Kan har City on thn west mid thn Atlantic Hcnhourd on tho oust to nolnta In .Montana wmo found not unroason uhlo or unduly dlticrliuluntory today hy the lutoratato commorco coinmlB alon. Complaint aKiilnst thorn mndo hy tho ltotall MorchnntR' miHoclaHon of Montnnu, was dlsmlHHod. THREE INCHES OF SNOW FALLS IN WESTERN KANSAS KANSAS CITY, Mo May 10. Hmnv ri'iit'liiii ili'dh of. three ineliiW foil in Hoodlum! nml ninth- j wcHteni Kaiibiis toduy. MEDFORD, THESE MEN RECEIVED UNITED y f.'ollllcli ion JnKotv, (.Vrmnii mln liastnilor .linnet W. Cicninl hniulnl BATTLE RAGING 200 BILE FRONT I'KTIIOflRAI), Mny 10. Kishlims ih pnieecdiiiK cnntiiiuouhly nloiif; n -'OO-inili liiittlc front in (lalieia from the mouth of the Suit river to Kolo- men. i lit Kii-mtiH me sending in ttoopt iih rapidly at pu-Mlilo to meet the toil (leniinn mid twenty-four Aus trian Corp (uhoiit l,:i(il,Ollll tueii) Mild to he openitinj; on this front. Operation nlonir the San mny he I'onxidoreil tm in three M'rtien: The firl ft mil I'iein,l mmiHi to the Curpalliinn foothills; the heeoiul, fnuu I'reiiiysl ninth to the mouth of the WiMuka; the tlunl from tho Wit- oka to Samlnmir, in liushimi i'olauil, A7 mili't'Miiilhenst of Itmlom. In tin) J'it M'flion the Oorman ad- vuiieo has not developeil heyoml the Maj;it ot palroln ami Kcoutiui; par lien. In (he M'cond M-etion there are larK" opposing foieen which aro pre enteil from t'lisnsin in haml-tt- iiauil iMieoimicrs iv (lie wine sweep of the Sou, over which Miarp aitillery iIucIh nro oecurrinj,'. Tho heaviest (loniuui Torcci iiU'iillv Imvo licen coiiecntiiili'il in tho third hcctioii, in mi iiHcmpl to roach the ruhl hank of tho Kan. Such a move t cousid. eieil eticmel liar.nnlms. FRYE CASE SENT TO T WASIIINOTON, Mny l).-Ocr-many Iiiih cent (o a prixe court tho ciiho of the American sailing ship William I'.'Frye, sunk in tho South Atlautio lust .luuuiiry hy tho (leiinun nniliary ciuiscr I'linr. Kilel Fried rich, hut It it undcrMnnd Hint the (lotmaii ndinirnlty took Hint action lief oio it had received tho American nolo insUliui,' that tho ilaiuuucH ho uilubted iliicelly Hirouuli diplomalio UOKOtmtioiH ill WtlhllllHitOU, It Ik Httid hy official hero that tho reference of the onso to a prize court wil not iit'ccHsurily pi event diplo tnatio mljustiuent. As Oennnuy Iiiih ailmitlcil iii principle liahilitv for the Hiiikiujr of the, William P. l-Vyo, tint Mate departmeiit hero jirohahly will not feel ooucerncd at (his Intent do voloinont. Secrctnry Hrvnn has nsked Am hiiHsador (leriud tit lleilin to iuipiho of (ho fliirumu Rovennnent if tho htindinj? of thn Fryo onso to u prixo court in intended ai a jeply to tho American nolo. V I KA -'A KJHH &'! m V fAffl HBBBk.'Vr 'JHJBi CONTINUOUSLY PRIZE OUtfCION WEDNESDAY, VQN JAGOU Inter of forvlKn tiffalr, to whom Am. (ho I nltril Stntofl iojiko to C.Vrmnny NICHOLAS LED i COSSACKC l TURNINffTHE TIDE LONDON. May 19.At a critical point In tho fighting near Jnntn. Ga llcl.1. accordltiR to a. tlUpatch to tho Dally Mall from Petrograd, Grand Duko Nlcholnn In iwraon rushed to tho scone with ammunition, maklnK tho lnat fifty miles at top spcd In nn automobile. IIU car wah followed hy a string of thirteen other auto mobiles, loaded to capacity with am munition. 'Tho arrival of tho commander In chief Is said to Imvo turned tho tide, ItiHplrliiR the Cosiacks to rotnko Jas to, which tho Germans had occupied. During their brief occupation, tho Germans aro reported to have hanged tho mayor for displaying n Russian flag. During tho recent fighting, one end of tho Empress Alexandra's Ited Cross train was splintered by shrapnel. General Kornllleff, commander of tho forty eighth Itusslau division, which cut Ur way through overwhelm Ing German forces In tho Gnllcian re treat, has been captured, according to a Petrograd dispatch to tho Itou tor Telegram company. Ho contin ual! to command rear guard actions, lending bayonet chnrges, nlthough severely wounded, Dispatcher fro mtho San river In dtrtito that a tremendous hattlo Is Imminent north ot Prxcmysl. GITYiOF MURDER f -f 4-f -f-f 4 HAMSdATF., Knjr., May Ifl. A coroners jury toilny return ed n veiiliet of willful murder upiinst F.mpei'or William in tho ease of John Smith, who died as tho result of shook follow injur in juries Mistuinvd in tho Zeppelin raid of Monday. f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f-f BRITISH STEAMER ORUMCREE SUNK BY SU1MARINE CAKDIFF, Wulef May 10. Tho Hritish steamer Drumeiee, vvhieli left Hurry yesterday, Iiiih been torpedoed ii tho KiijiliVh ehanncl, Tho members oC lieiv crow Imvo hoon saved, HARGE MAY 10, 1015 STATES MESSAGE TO GERMANY nKP Wr X lr. llirolmlil ion Ik-llimann-HoU ueg, Imperial i linnrellor of Ccrmany, who. n. hrnil of Hie Kincrnmoot, rrcrhcil the I'nltwl Statm imtaKe from lik oilol-lcr of foi-rlKti offnlrn for Vr niitmUslim to the Ln(Mr. UNITED STATES ASKED TO CARE FOR WASIIINOTON, Mny 3!.-Hotli Austria and Italv have nsked the I'tiited States to cate for their diplo matic matter in Koine nml Vicuna, res-pcctively, in cnc of M'Viranco of diplomatic relation. The Wa.hin tou (.'ovemment has in-tnictcd nt the two capitals to he in rcmliiies, to do so. It is rcpirdud horo ns assured that ifvltaly and Austria dec lap a state of war it will he extended ulno lis be tween Italy nml Oennnuy nml Tur key. In thnt event the Itnmo govern ment wishes the American iimluihsa dors at Herlin mid t'onstatitino)lc to take over its diplomatic interests-. .V yet there has been no request from (lennniiy to linvo tho United Slates lo net for it in Koine, (lenunny is reported to have nked Switzerland to take her interests. It i known that the American em bassies abroad havo been instructed to employ surh additional clerical help as mny be necessary and ine pare for tho work. DRIVEN OFF FROM NKW YORK, Mny 19. Offlcors of thn Hrltlsh tank steamer Narragnn sett, which arrived at Hayonne, N. J., confirmed today tho statements inatlo by officers of tho steamer Eton Ian nt Iloston, that the Nararngansett which caught tho I.ttsltanla'a distress slgnnls, was driven off her course hy a torpedo from a Btibmarlno when tdio cauio within seven mllea ot tho sceno of tho dlsnstor. According to Talbot Smith, wireless operator on' board the Nnrrangnnsutt, tho Lusl tanla'a cull for holp wus received at 2 p. m. Captain Charles Hnrwood ordortnl full steam ahead. Ills boat was about thirty tlvo tullos from the Lu sltnnla. Second Offlcor John Lett said ha sighted a submnrluo tit .1:15 o'clock and in another instant saw a tor pedo shoot past tho Narragansett within thirty feet ot hor stern. Cap tain Hnrwood then changed his co u r so and gave up tho rnco for tho Lusltanlu, believing that the tllstrosa call wns a decoy message, to trap tho Narragansett, ITALIANS-AUSTRIANS BRITISH TAN AIDING LIANA DJLTHEOBALD ON BTHMAIK-IO.UWEa ! FINAL ARGUMENTS BARNES-R80SEVELT LIBEL CASE TODAY SYKACL'SB. N. V.. Jlav 19. The !......... . ..... .,......": cTiuence in vviittanr names- suit tor libel against Tneo- doro Itoosevelt, has been completed, the day In the supreme court was to bn given over to counsel to sum up their respective cases. Justice William S Andrews will deliver his churga tu the Jury to morrow morning, according to tho plans. Then'tho cato will bo In the hands of tho Jury before noon. At the opening of court a motion by Henry Wolf, of counsel for Mr. Barnes, to strlko out evidence re garding printing, ellclte I from Barnes on cross examination, was denied. A motion that tho Jury be direct ed to find a verdict for tho plaintiff was then made. This was based on prlmarly ground that no evidence In Justification had been offered for various portions of the alleged libel ous articles, which tho court had held to bo libel per so. Mr. Wolf called particular attention to that part ot the article on which the suit was bas ed on which Mr. Barnes' name was linked with that of Charles P, Mur phy, leader of Tammany Hall, and In which It was stated that Mr. Murphy was -"aided and abetted by Mr. Barnes." Justice Andrews In reply said he would restrict tho Jury's delibera tions to two charges tho general chargo that there was a corrupt nl llanco between Mr. Barnes and Mur phy and that Mr. Barnes worked through an alliance between crooked business and crooked politics. MRS CATT CONDEMNS I NKW YORK, May 19. Mrs. Car rlo Chapman Catt, chairman of tho KmplrC Stato campaign committee, nmdo public today a atatoment con demning tho action ot women suffra gists who attempted to hand to Pres ident Wilson while ho was here to review tho Atlantic fleet, a letter re questing him to glvo an audience to n deputation of suffragists. "Suffragists realize that no pres ident since Lincoln has bad such serious ami delicate problems to solve as Mr, Wilson," said Mrs. Catt, "We nro distressed that any person In the namo of our caimo should have at tempted to Intrude upon his pence of mind," NKW YOHIC, May lO.-fleuernl Thomas Uubutud, n prominent attor ney mid n director in many railroads mid financial institutions mid a vet orau of the civil war, diwl lier? today nl tho ago of 78, aaesmmmmmmmmmmm CZAR'S RETHKT ' C5 ' ERSAN D6N0THALT England's CaWrxt Crisis RMttMM Cwitlftue to Fall Back ArlM Worsted ki East MM-M Weathr Stif s BtH M Frwt Pryess at DardwwHii. N LONDON, Mny 10. Kftbii4, K ,., traded lyj (hi political c'.HpkefiYttt l which ih expected to ftld Ih,'r ed ition frovenwjlcni, find Jit Ha tmt (ft t interest hcrcJC m w&$ new.M iwr-' ,( erthelesH the. jWiiHiatt nitiiHtWB W cansinx a eel g of pexiitdHi. u The officio '''HitsMHn nRHftttn; '' rncnts do jjtj Hiiy confirm the x- -sinustic f-rtfi'JjfjlHpitclii'i ivmb 'I!etif f , ' rograd, M' W f'lmit iltnt Hio KhS-' sinn rcttrcHi!'W;ltr the tivjA' S'. m .still under "Wayj At the wtun Iww they claim that th IfHMirHS Iihv been nhk to resitnic the offensive or the left hank of the YiMiiIh, it move ment which may result, it U explain ed, in outflanking the Oci-whhs at tacking Przcml. OermiitiS. and Au-trians have not thus far vms w victory of deijiilve mtratextc stKnifi canco nnd that their loSes have, been enonuous. AtwtrtaR RoHt tn VmH Tho Austrian rout in rlast GfllteM ts not yet cowpletc, AwardiNg to Londoii'ii infonnatioH, hat th Imire sion is growing here that th defeat of the Teutonic allies In this neftiott has lwcn severe cnoHgh to prevent Mmi complete PiicccrtH of the wholesale rf- " fensivo movewent,, which, they iHt ntfd along the eastern front. Military experts is Loh4ar r ' chars et tlw retMt' sli;!- pinn third army' nMMeriy ft whielt must have cost the yjrter dearly. The Ktittan offensive w Fast Onliciu slauds nut today hk h reality a defensive movement mad nwesary hy the fact that the Ahs trians constituted h serioHs menace to the left Hank of the Itussian iirmMM in Oaltcia. Oh Western Front Tn France and lkljctain had weather is again imicding operation", coHtm nous rain nnd thick mists niakim; vfc- ' orous action iposil)le. The British north of I.n llassee and tho French north of Arras have hehl their r"cent v gains, but they have Not been able to move forward. ItalyV seer mo nearer war today than ho did yester day, but persistent reports are ruck ing London that tho Teutonic ambas sadors have been handed their iwss poits and will leave today. Official announcement was made in London today that the allien ar improving daily their position oh the Gallipoli peninsula. Their progress is slow, however, and tho Turks aro offering effectivo resistance. An Athens dispatch to th F.x change Toltsraph com puny, dated Vj yesterday, mya it fa reported nt My-t tilcne that the allies disembarked fresh troops Monday night near Kiiui Kale, on the Asiatic coast of tha -Dardanelles. It also lux been learn ed there that the Turks on tho Galli poli peninsula, who for weeks have lacked artillery ammunition, have ob tained tin abundant supply of shells in the last favv dilyi. T BEHALF! LANE'S WATER POWER BILL SKATTLK, Wm.li., Muy IP. Tlw conference of Wsloni. govertiorx passed the tuoruiiig hossIoh ia disoHH- i sion of tho control ot water jmjww';,' whetlier hy state or nation. Kv-Oovenior Wet of 'Oidfrpu ws on tho lloor during (he farger iwrt of the, morning, making hh Hrgmiit fr ' tho federal inlmiHit,t'wtiim w4r power hill nnd answering qiiwUflsw put to him by the ffoveriwrp. tii , "I am willing to, ink, my part, hs unlocking (he rewirwf f tb w4 hut would throw a) Umi, ?afgtMf4 posHihlo about tkm' mU Whs) Governor Hoyle of Xtvada Sir4 tho states wrn el n wring fr jtii lee of giving away tnir HMttKHk! OoveiHorffarifc-Mi t,Cvitd m4 aw HMfr kvoritt tU Wtnil of WfltL " WE AGREES Pwr , . ! i 'tr s f ?H7