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MEDFORD. ORISCION, THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1015
NO.-' 51
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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,"
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WARM DEBATE
WcoJ and Garrison's Speeches Urg
ing Armament Declared by Ar-;ell
to Be Precisely Kind of Talk Heard !
Ill Germany Cannot Keep Peace
by Plllnfl Up Armaments.
MOIIONK LAKH, N. Y., May 20.
Thn Lake Mohonk conforenco on In
ternnllonal arbitration fum lulled tho
forum for a warm debate on arma
ment between Secretary or War flar
rUon and (leuernt leonard Wood,
and C. M. Aneoll on tho othor side.
Mr. Angell, who recently returned
from hoxpltnl aorvlco In the war zono,
declared that tho words or tho secre
tary or wnr nnd Mm former chler or
slnrr or tho army urRliiR tho United
Htatcs to make greater military prep
arations wero "precUoly tho speech
es he heard so many times in Ger
many." 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
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