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i i - 5 ,,'SN Medford Mail Tribune j WEATHrY Mm. M.8 M4N. 4V.S, ; SECOND EDITION forlyflfth Ycnr. IMIIV Tnlllll Yl'l MEDFORD. ORISCION, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1015 NO.-' 51 ar. ITALIAN PARLIAMENT UNANIMOUSLY ALITHflRIZFS DECLARATION flF WAR l y FULL POWERS ARE GRANTED TO WAR MINSTER "No One In Itnly Any Lonrjer Doubts Thai Wnr Begins Today" Salan dra Cheered to Echo Trlle Alli ance Denounced Socialists Aline Refuse to Participate In War. AMMTKItDAM. May 20. "No one. In I Inly nil)' longer doubts Dint war begins today," In the text of a tele gram mill (rout Chtnsso, Hwltzorlnud, iiinlcr it lit u of loilny, nml (irlntoil In tliu llcrlliior TitKublult. PAItlB. Mny 20. Hoporln linvo lii'Kii received hero from Home (lint Hid Italian chamber of deputies by virtually unanimous vote, loilny urn n ted full powers to tlio inliiUtor of war, PA 1118, Mny 20.-Tlio Temp pub. IIhIioh a tolcKrntu from Home, In which I Im rorroioinlciit a: "Premier Ha I nu ilrn, followed by nil tlio member of tlio cabinet, entered when parllnmeiit coinciii'il. A do lerltim of cries broko out. 'Vvn Snlntulrat' wi-er the words, nml tho cheering lasted flvo minuted. Illll for Wnr i:Hnin "After (lie formallltles or the op mi I n it. Premier Halandrn arose nml until: 'Gentlemen: I hnvu tlio honor to preient to ou n bill to moot tho uM.onw'of a nations! war.' "Prolonged applause- followed thli niuioiincnmont. "Thn premier then began an ex position or thn iltuntlon of Italy be fore tho openlnic or hostilities In Ku rope. Ho declared that llnly had submitted In every htimlllntlon from Austria-Hungary for tho lovo of pence. Hy her ultlmntum to 8erba, thn premier snld, Austrln hail an nulled thn equilibrium of thn Jlnl kans nml prejudiced Itnllnn Intor flN thoro. Notwithstanding till evl ileut violation or thn trenty or tliu triple nlllanee, Itnly euilenrorcil ilur I n it long months to nvohl a conflict, hut theso ofiortn wero bouml to havo n limit In Unto nml dignity. 'Thin Ih why tho Roornmonl felt Huolf forreil to present Itn denunclnllon of tho triple nlllnnco on Mny I," nalil Premier Hnlamlrn. Itnly Mmh( ii I'nltiMl "Theno ileclnrnlloiiB were rocolvotl with Rival ntiplntiNo which the pre Jiiler trii-il to quiet, When ho hail Htuceeiliiil In no iloln ho mill): "'Itnly niiml bo united at thin moment whim her ileatlnlcn nro bu lint declikd,' "Tlu'im wordu wore Rreoted with remised npplnimo, the depullcM and Hpectntora nrUltiR. When iulot wna (Continued on Pace 2.) BEHALF OF ITALY IIO.MIJ, Mny 20. Tho minimum doiiiiiiulu mndu upon Auxtrlu In bo half or I (uly by I'orolRu MlnlHlor HoiiiiIiio woro; "I'lrnt, tho cchhIoh of tlio ontlro provlnco of Trent (pnrt of tho Aus trian Tyrol) nccordliiR to tho fron tlor'ot tho kingdom of Italy In 1811, "Second, enatcrn Frlnoll, comprla HiR AlborRoth, l'loo, Tolmlno, Clra (IIhcu, Oorltx, Monfnlcono, Comen and an far south ns Nabrealnn. "Third, Trlo-.t, Cnpo (I'lstrla nnd Plrano (tho laut two In latrln) to form n now stato liulopondojit from AiiHtrln, "Kourth, tho lalnnda of Ourzoln, LlHan, Loalnn, LiiRosta, Cnzxa nnd Molodn (off Uioiconat of lower Dal matin), to ba ceded to Italy, "Firth, tlio abandonment by Aus tria of her Inteorsta In Albania, no luiowlmlitlni; Itnllnn aovniolKnty ovor Avalona," MINIMUM DEMANDS UPON ABA CRIPPLED BY GERMAN SUBMARINE'S h m - t -jIBBBkBS'A I'i. 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VmmI lVtom Arninmrnt Oenernl Wood spoko atcr tlio sec retary of war had finished a plea for more adequate armament. "Wo sol diers and sailors," unld General Wood "are meroly your trained servants, Von create war, wo try lo termlnnto thorn. Nino nut of ten wars aro bas ed on trnde, The trouble with most conferences of this kind Is that thoy don't look conditions In tho taco. Wo must not delude ourselves that our geographical remoteness has mado UN nafo." Improved methods or transport, ho assorted, havo Increased tho dan Kcr of Invasion, "This Is ono of tho ninny cuiisca or armament thin nnd tho greater efficiency or Implements or war. When wo have reused to right for our honest convictions wo shall conso to bo worthy to exist as a nation. It Is murder for you to send our boys lo war untarliied when It U posslulo to train them. All wo soldlora and sailors want Is that you give us n reiisounblo degreo of prep aration so that when your boys conic to un to right tho sacririco may bo as light as possible." Welcome in Germany Mr, Angoll (airly ran to tho upoalc or'a stand to make his reply, "N'owhoro would thoso speeches havo boon ho wolcomo In Gormnny," ho cried. Ho dcclurod that Increaaod armnmcntB otrered no solution of tho ponco problom. "How aro two nations anxloiiH to keop tho ponco, by each being Htrongor than tho, othor. This la nn Imposition. Tho' moro piling up American nrmamont will not holp tho problem. Obvious ly tho militaristic solution of being stronger than tho othor man haa failed. Do not lot uh make tho samo mlstnko as tho nations ot Kuropo." AUSTRIAN CLAImTcAPTURE OF 5000 MORE RUSSIANS VIKKNA, Mny UO. In nn official Htnleinent iHHiied by tho Auwtunn wnr lU'imrtmont tlio . nnnouiu'i'inont wiik nimlu (but fWiOO mom ltliHHlilll lll'isOll OVERARMYTALK ON PREPARATION W wero captured in Imttlea won lnlB Qt u, n"tfllVl of l'l tho ujlev Dnojijtvr rlvvr, in OnlUitii u9i' , , ,. il(wl by (Jcmum nuhmarlno May 1, ANON KUEPFERLE ON TRIAL AS SPY E LONDON', May 20 Anton Kuop fcrlo, who claimed to bo an Ameri can cltlton who onco lived In Brook lyn, anil who has boon on trial charg ed with kIvIiik military Information ''' mmic of Great linuin, wa lounu ucnu louay in tirixion pruon. Ho Is reported to havo hanged him seir last night. The trial or Anton Kuopferlo be gan Tuesday at tho Old Ilalley police court boforo Lord Chief Justlco Read ing and Justices Avory and Lush. Tho proceedings were public and tho court room was crowded. Tho chargo against tho prisoner was that ho at lompted to communicate' to Germany respecting Ilrltlsh warships and mil itary forces. Tho prosecution was assisted by tho attorney general. Kuepfcrlo pleaded not guilty. I'm! !nvllllo Ink Knopf erlo was charged with writ ing letters to an address In Dorlln giving rncta regarding Kngllah mili tary dispositions, It wnn asserted that while tho latter appeared on Ita faco to ho an Innocent commercial communication It was found to bo In torllnd In Invlslblo ink with military Information written In tho German Innugago. Kuepfcrlo arrived in Liverpool February 11. Ho showed n passport signed by Secretary or Stato W. J. Hran, Issued ten days prior to his sailing from Now York. In writing tho li'Hcr which resulted n his ar rest ho gave his homo address at 1C0 5 Do Kalk Avcnuo, llrooklyn. Ho represented himself to bo a woolen merchant. From Liverpool ho went to Dublin nnd then to London, whero ho was arrested February 10. ICft a Mctfrago Kuopforlo left a mossago written on n idato bearing testimony to tho fairness of his trial. Ha confessed ho was a soldier, and said ho wished to dto as a soldier and declared ho could not bear to mount tho scaffold as a spy, When court opened today for tho resumption or tho trial, tho attorney general, Lord Heading, announced tho death or tbo prlsonor to tho Judges. Warden Cook round tho prisoner hanging by tho neck from a ventila tor In n corner behind tho door, Ho, had used n Silk scarf to hang lilnisolt. L PAHIS, May 20.T Tho Havas ngon cy has received a dispatch from ita correspondent at Lisbon, who says; "Tho revolutionary committeo, in tho act of dissolving, Issued a mani festo n which It declares It now has completed Its work. This statement makes a pressing appeal to tho re publicans to abandon all potty per sonal quarrels and unite firmly, Tho wutchword or nil republicans, the manifesto nays, 'should ho tho great- COMMITS ID CRISIS IN PORTUG A PASSES PEACEFULLY TORPEDO, U. S. STEAMER "GULFLIGHT" LIMPS INTO HARBOR liclnjc (mini nml romoycil into St. Mary', Kcllly IntciHiIft. Knglnnri. 'oto the ITALIANS CLAM COM PENSA FOR PB RAID Green leek Reviews Negotiations with Austria fnands Territory Because Treaty ireken by Austrl ans When Setta Was Invaded Demands PrMMtd to December. ItOMK, biy 20. Diplomnlfc doeu- mentu which tlixelone each biiecciihivo htep in the negotiations which resulted in ltnly' denunciation of her trenty oC alliance with Austria and Ger many nro contained in the Green Hook issued by the Italian govern ment. This history of diplomatic inter changcA begins with n telcgmm "'"''t by Foreign Mmiotcr Sonnino to tho Duke of Avarna, Italian nmbnxhndor nt Vienna, December l, 11)14, instruct iug him to notify Count von Hereli told, then Austrian foreign minister, that the Atihtnnn advance in Serbia constituted n fact covered in nrtielo 7 of tho triple nllinneo trenty entitling Italy to compeniiiitionM. Count von Herchtold replied tliat hin opinion did not ngrcu with this view, on Decem ber 'JO, intimated that he had begun tu chuiigo his mind. DUcusmxI Compensations Huron Hurinn, who had nucccedrd Count von Herchtold, tried to evade niiv definito cspredsion 6t opinion. Tho Dulo of Avnrnn, Februnry 22, telegrnphcd that Austria evidently was trying to gain time, but that fehe undoubtedly was being- pressed by Germany. Marcli 19, Austria consented to discuss compensations. Foreign Min ister Sonnino laid down tbo ciiritmal points of tho Italian demands. Huron Hunan answered that Austria would not accept. Prince von Huelow, thn German ntnbasiailor in Home Mareli 20, in the name of Germany, guaran teed the execution nfter tho eonelus- (Continued em page i.) MACCABEES PLAN TO ORGANIZE SANr FHAXCISCO, May 20.-Cio, ntiou of a hetui-militury orgnuiziitioi) rof Americiui boys, with nn Chtimatcit membership of 20,000, was taken un-? der consideration by tbo supremo tent, Maccabees of tho World, at to dny's session, Tho nnnio of tbo proposed organ izatiou, it is formed, would bo the Mneeaboes' scouts. It would bo nn auxiliary of tlio parent body, with nominal insiirnnco features, but with the full financial nnd moral support of the main organization. It was suggested nt tho session that tho Hcehive, ho Maccabees' nu t tonal organization, bo issued month ly in dUtrivt numbers also, SCOUTS PIPE LINES FROM U. S. TREASURY TO M YORK BANKS WASHINGTON', Mbj- 20. Argu ment in the Kigg bank injunction suit ng-ainst Secretary MVAdoo and Comp troller WilliniiiK htartcd off in the District xuprcnio court today with a elnxh between former Senator Hailey, chief counsel fur tho bank, and Jus tice McCoy. MrHailey threatened to withdraw from tho case and Justice McCoy threatened to refute, to hear the lawjer'n argument. v:r. uiiermyers reicrcnccs to a j)ipevlinc "between the treasury and tho ItiggH bank' and tho National City, Mr. Hailey characterized h "jMditicnl nceusntions." "I never thought political accusa tions proper to reeat when I wns in politics, and I think they should less properly be refuted in n court of law. I might us well my that wii!o they eliminated the "pijo line" they have established another from the government to Kuhn, Locb & Co. I don't tny it, however. I might ns well say there now is n pie lino tq the Commercial Nutionnl bank in Wash ington, but I will not my it." Tho Commercial is headed by n for mer usnociate of Comptroller Will iams. VISITS PORTLAND PORTLAND. May 20. Sunburned and In a typical woodsman's costume, David F. Houston, secrotary ot ag riculture, reached Portland today on his trip or Inspection through the na tional forests ot tho west. Secretary Houston said ho had been giving particular attention to streams suita ble for water power and the timber and grazing questions. Tho party left San Francisco last Sunday, and havo since traveled by trains, auto, cauoe, horseback and on foot. After a short stay here, ho loft for a visit to tho Columbia forest In Washington. Ho was accompanied by1 A. F. Potter, assistant forester, and F. G. Caffoy, solicitor ot tho de partment ot agriculture, Secrotary Houston paid' a tribute to tho efficiency of tho forest ranger. NORWEGIAN STEAMER ; DESTROYED BY TORPEDO CIIRISTIAKIA, Korway, May 20 'Kspert testimony was given nt a naval investigation today into tbo sinking of tho Norwegian steamer America in the North sea on May tl that the vessel had been destroyed by n .torpedo. ROCHKSTRR. N. Y., May 20. Dr. J, Ross Stevens of Princeton tho ological seminary, was elected moder ator of tho general assembly of tho Presbyterian church of tho United States on the second ballot late today. SECRETARYHOU ON He received $02 ji the cJo votw oust,, letter "O" on tlio Gulfllglit funnel BARNES LIBEL SUIT NOW IN HANDS OEM Concludiflfl Argument Irands Reese velt as Jekyl and Hyde PersenaNty Judfe HeMs Ne Ottestiefl ef Privltefe .Enters, Can iw-den ef Preef with Defendant. SYRACUSE, X. Y.f 3Iay 20. The legal iasue between William Barnes and Theodore Ilooscvelt went to the jury this afternoon after Justice An drews, presiding in the supreme court here nt the trial of the suit for libel the former chairman of tho repub lican state committeo brought against the former president of tho United States had dclivered4s charge. The ease whs given to the jury at 3:11 o'clock. William Jf. Ivins, chief counsel for Harries concluded his address to the jury by assailing tho former presi dent as being the real possessor of "Jekyl'Hyde personality," instead of Mr. llarncs. Judge's Charge to Jury At the opening of tbo nftemoon session Justico Andrews delivered his charge to the jury. Ho said in part: "lo publish fulscly nny article that holds u man up to ridicule nnd dis grace nnd to injuro his character is libel. Tho intention or object of the libel must not bo taken into consider ation. "Because n man is in public life bo is not nn outlaw and he can bo libelled just tho samo as any other citizen. No question of privilege enters into this case. (Continued on Page Two) FRENCH TROOPS LAND, SOUTHERN TIP OF GALLIPOLI PARIS, May 20. Frcuch troops havo been landed nt Scddul Hahr ut the southern tip of tho Qullipoli pen insula nnd on tho European sido of tho Dardanelles, nnd nro now lighting around tho lurkish positions at Krithin, according to n dispatch re ceived by tlio ureeeinn newspaper Mcssngor d Athens from Mudros, Lcmuos island. This information was jcccivcd todny by tbo Havas News Agency from Athens. Tho French troops nro beinjj sup posed by the Froneli fleet, which is stationed in tlio bay. Tho British forces which debarked ut Gnba Tepo nro directing their ac tion toward Krithin, with tho object of surrounding t(he Turks. lite attack on tho fortified posi tions at Chibubu. continues, The bat tle front at tho latter point is three uml ontlmlf mile in width, CZAR S FORTIFIED UNE ALONG SAN Predleted Great Battle ffl Cenlrai llcia Umfer, Way-Heavy Fdhtinf Near Przeinys-tM en Weitem Frent lermani Ckkn "rtiwee sH9vpy KnTHi t nPif " CLAIMEDBROKEN LONDON, May 20. The prerfwfrit great battle'alenj; tho San, in eeMral Galicia, apparently is already under way. The official announcement from Berlin today speaks of IwavydfigMinfC near l'rzemysl, which h said lo have resulted in great losses for the Km J nians. Several victories in the north, over the fighting front near the east Prussian bordor, also are claimed by the Berlin war office. The interval o$ comparative quiet in the western front has not been broken, so 'far w tho official anHOHncemenis fro Paris and Berlin Indicate. RbwUh IJne Broken The Russian fortified lino alonth .. river San, running across central Galicia, on which great reliance was placed to check tho Austro-GermaN advance, has been definitely broken. Statements of tbo Teutonic allies that they bad crossed the river are ee firmed in an official annoHRews nt from Pctrojsrad. Przemysl, (wksta the Russians won from Auxina after n strugfle of several months, k ,w under attack by Austrian guns. Owe of the greatest batilswwaTtW caw--, paign apparently m tape)? latV tho San. In the north tho Russians claim successes in operations against tW , German force which invaded the Dot- tic provinces. It is said the Gns have been cspelled from.Skavli. Dnke'a Strattfftc Gmm Tho military writers in the morning newspapers claim that only on et of fourteen Russian nnausi-'iBS been in deadly danger, and that Grand Dnka Nicholas, commander in chief of the Russian forces in the field, is playlnx his usual strategic game ottJrawfe -the enemy away from his base. Pet rograd maintains that forty Austrian and German army corps (l,MMn men) havo been used durinjr the fight ing of the past fortnight against tk center or tne Kussiaa line along a front measuring 100 miles. Reports from Athens set forth that the allies have occupied the TnrkM,h position of Killid Bahr, on the KHra penn sido of the straits and opposits Chanak. On the western front the onlv indi cation of activity is the continuaaee of artillery duels. New HrHteh Cabtaet A. J. Balfour, Lord Lansdowne and Andrew Bonar Law, (ho Unionist leaders, called at Premier Asquith's residence today and conferred, with -the premjer, Foreign Secretary Gry and Home Secretary MeKenna, repre senting tho liberals. The reorganhw tion of tlio cabinet wiji'be therongh. A largo number of resignations &- peeted and the cabinet 'will be recon stituted with tho sole idea of earry ing on the war. " ( , Tho Evening News h received , dispatch from its CopenkSR cwie spondent saying tho resrt is current in German naval circles that sv.wir ' teen German submarines have Wn lost bineo Februnry 18, the date of tho commencement of the stibaiHrin. bloekudo of England. ANDSNOW falls m mm DENVER, Col9-. May 2,- and snow fell intrmlttntly W4ar for the third day wltk UnnwUrw below the sesoab awrage la Col orado, Wyoming, wtaf WetaftiM and northern New Mwio. i Denver with a .Uwpeyeinwi t4 W degree last Right UMiac4 ejg law reerd for this 4t ttim tf Contlnu etoiuUMee' Is vaMijft te.hava mlnlwlswt 4mim Ui trfJNjjr M T7 J