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f,? Medford Mail Tribune 1' SECOND EDITION WEATHEk Itnln Tonight mm) tHmitajr. Max. .1..1 Mk N,j if! i v t Torly.flfih Ymr. Dally -Tenth Yrar. ITAUANS DRIVEN T I! Klmj Victor Emmanuel Issues Procla mation Statin- Italy Driven to War nntl Appeallnn for Popular Support for Government's Policy No Re ports of Actual Hostilities. Hf HHtfHM f l'AHIH, May 22. The Minn Ah'iii',v'n eortcspundeiit tit Home telegraphs llml Klitjr Victor I ! - tuniinel today signed ii decree ordering it genctiil iiinlillirtiliiiii " nr I lie counlry' riih'i-H mi limit mill M'tii tlOMK, May 2I.--Kliig Victor l'.ui inuuucl Issued tmluy it proclamation slitting Hint Hub has been driven In miii imil appealing for popular sup piitl for llin government's pnhey. An oilier m.xul prochiiniilinit will In ml iln--i'il In (In tinny ami tuny. Although 1 1 nl v nml Autiiii-Hiiiig nry are miIiiiiIIv ul war, no irxrt hnve liri'ii leeched Unix fur of tii'lniil lnilllltlcs. A Iniin which crossed tli line fioiu Italy, houcxer, was seiFed liy Austrian, who arretted the I ruin ctcn, (Iri'iit palriolio demonstration we to lii'lil lnl night i" Home unit Vt miii mid the niiciiing of war i ex- peeled ipiickly, perhaps without tin exchange of rorinnl declarations. Tim offirinl (Inn'tle hits published n decree eniHwering III' inilltiirv mi thoritics to Inke eniittol of nil Italian mllroniU, This I'oiulitioii went into effect lift mglit. (In'nt lemoiitraHott Almoit tlir citlini population of Komi', except tlin aged nml invalids, gathered lusl evening on Ciipitolmc Hill, whet it Prince Colonuit, the max or, liml convoked u solemn hit tint; of the iiitiiiicipnl eoiineil to eon-mm-rule in the lien 1 1 of the eiipilnl Ihe new war. The cnpiloline palaces liml lieen decorated with liUtmic tapestries commcmuriitiug ex cuts of ureal tin lionttl Importance. The mayor deliv civil n patriotic address which pro xnked tremendous npphuisn from the throngs gathered in the senatorial luill, the Mpinn1 below ami in the surrounding streets tin l'nr down iih the forum on one sldo nml the Cnffa irlli pnlacc, now the home of the (lor man embassy, on the other. Tt llml Paid lo King After hin address Prince Cnlonnn surrounded hy nhlennen nml tho tunn Icipal eoiineil ami preceded hy tlio simulant of Koine, Marled for the ipiitiunl to pnv trlhntii to King Victor I'inmniinel iih Ilia Hluuoficutlou of Italy. ' 'J Veritnhlo riven uT liiimnnity pour ed through tho streets leading to Hie pnlnee nf the king. Tlinnimils Here puclii'd into Hie Krcnt ipiirinal Nipinie, The Hcetio which utix enncted when his innji'xty and thu memherx of liU film ily nppeaied upon a halcony oeilook iiiK the Hipinie Iiiih few pnrnllelH in the liistury of Home. The oiowd nninheicd novernl hundrod thniiHittid, The Itomiin IiohIh wero earried away upon n floodlide of l.alin t'litlm-iiiHin Mlien (lie niDiinich nppciired. ltoetiKo for Kiixllaiilii After the demoiiKtialion hnforo tlm (piiriiuil n Brwil eiowd with nn Ainer lean fliiK enriicd nl tin head, went lo the )c )rnn pnlnee, the rehlenco of Vniled Ktiili'H AiihiiHHiidoi' Tlioinlis (Continued on Page 2.) ils REFUSE TO PAY $285,000 NKW YOHIC, .May 22,Thfl Uultod llattorti ot North America, In conven tion here, voted today not to raluo n fund to mitlHfy tlio S?8r,000 Jitdg inuiit ntrirnied liy tlio United BtatOH iuiiromo court to Louwo & Contimny, liuttom, of Diutlmry, Cniin,, Bgnlnst luoiutiorti of thu lutttinV union, Tito liiittom votod, hovvovor, to rulHo a fuuil for tlio relict of tlio In dfvldunlH vvhoHQ lioniea'nnd lmnlt ac rotint IttiVo linen attached io HutUry tUo Judgment. 0 WAR SMS RULER OF ITALY TURKISH LOSS 7000INIPULSE ON PENINSULA Australian Troops Victors Over Sul tan's Forces at Galllpoll Great Battle naolmj In Gallcla Alonu 200 Mile Front Russians Forclnu Both Flanks, Germans Atlvanclnfl. I.ONDOS', Mav L"J. nfflflnl noiiiiceiiienl wnx mmle here lodny Hint the rrencli nml Htili-h forccH epcrnlim: auainxl the Tmk on (Inlli poll peniiMiihi hud jiiiini'il fin Hut Hioiiinl on Hie Miiithcin end of Inn pciitiixiilti, I he hliilenieiil leiuN: The following Inm hcen received fiom the .Medilerriinean fercei: "On .May HI, in the ijoiiHieiti nrcn of (Inllipoli K'iiiiiMiiln the Flench Ion ex, in eonjmictinii with (he llril ifh, mmle n eoiiiideiahhi mUnncu nml lme ennHilidfilcd the new piitinn. "Our aerophitii'M dioppe,) homlw nmont; Turkish rciiiforceinenlM ltind iiik at Akli-HiiNxi 1. 1 in nn nml enused coiiNidernhle oe. "On the mitht ol the IHIh-Hlth the Turkish forces mndwdelermiiied nl liiekN iiKiiiust the Aillrntimi mid N'ew enliind corps, which were nil repuls. id with henw lnsc, Iheir ensiialttes licing over "AOO, of wlneli UOOO were killed, Our losses did not exceed .VMJ." (Jrrtil lUllle lUmliiK I.ON'DnS', Mux J2.-A fitvnl hattle still W riiLMiiL' aloui; n 'J.'O.nnle flout on the eiisleru line. AIiIioukIi Itussiii nppnretitly ik piininp on lioth flunk-, the decision inut come nloin; the sixty-mile front in the renter, iiIoiik the nxei' San, tu central (itiliein, where the AustiiatiM nml fleimnmi nre till presxing the offensive. The latest I'etrorad coiumiiiiien timi states that this attack is heinc cheeked hetwecti the Kau nml the jrrent iiiurshcH of the )neiter. The Itiissimi pies-, while iidiuiltlnt; Hint the Teuton fojees have etahhshed themselves uero-s the Sail, deelares they eim go no futther in Hint diree- lion. iVtionid tilsu has heen eheer ed hy the official report that the Kiissimis urn iiKiiiu nilvnnciii),' iiKiuust the Turks in the Caucasus The riylit winv; of the Austrian nnuy in Hukovviiia is retreating to. ward the Carpathians, according to n I lavas dispatch from lluchitrcst filed Thursday. The Austrian icar guard is reported to he making desperate efforts to cover the retreat and cheek (lib Itussiaii offensive. While Way Captuml The Trench repot tt "Our troops completed yolerday evening the cleaning up of the t tenches known as the "white way," situated to the south of Hie I.oretta heights, A hirgo titimlier of OennaiiH vvcto killed in the hrauclt Iiiicm of these trenches. ctli cih surrendered. The exact niiinliejs are not iih yet known. "Dining the night the enemy made seeral eoiiuter-nttueks, He wiih re pulsed and ho suffered heavy losses. .All thu spur of 'the white way' is in our hands. "We have mude fuither progiess to the southwest of the ehapel of l.or cite, Wo iuo at picscut within 100 yntds of the noitheust corner of Ah lain." LEAVING ITALY ItOMK, May 22,--InnHtuuQli an King Victor Kntinnnuol ItnH Bnnctton ed tlio hill ronfenlng upon tlio gov eiuuicnl oxtraordlunry powora In ciiho Hilly Koca to war, It la genorally ex pectod In Home today tlint tlio Duko of Avnma thu Italian nmunnHiulor to AiiHttin-lIungary will leave Vienna tonlglit, It Ih also thought that llaron von Macchlo, tlio amlniBBador hero ot AiiHtrlii-Hungary, will go away thin ovenlng. llaron von Afoc chlo was received liy Korolgn Mln Inter Sontilno HiIh tittornoon, It Ih mippoKed that ho naked for hht iuihh portB to return homo, Thu council ot nilnlntora Ih lit con faronco today engaged In formulat ing tlio declaration nf war. It is nlno engaged In perfecting uionHitroit nf iu6llluttloii to bo adopted the iiiomont war Is dcolurod, AUSTRIAN ENVOYS MEDFORD. tVI PRESIDENT WILSON CARLISI.i:, Knghind, .May '. -Tliree trains collided at (i o'clock this morning on the Caledonian railway at Gretna, near this city, causing the denth of at leat 100 persons mid the fatal injur)' of ninny others. The to tal casualties ptohahly will reach 100. Kile ill the wreckage added horror to Hie accident. One train wns u troop train; nn other was a local, and the third the expiess ftout London to Glasgow. Assistance arrived ipiickly. Kire incn, after getting the flames under conl i ol, joined in extricating the dead ami wounded. ?Tho adjoining fields soon hud the appearance of tut iiu- iih'iim" mortuary. - The dead mostly tire soldier. The train collide! fir-t with a local from Carlisle, mid hefore the occupants xx em nlilix to get cletir of the xvreekngo of this accident thu I.oudou-dhtsgovv expmsH crashed into them. Locomo tives mid ears, shattered and splut tered, were hurled about in contusion Fire broke out and wit soon burn ing ho fiercely Hint rescuers were driven hack. Kire brigades xvere brought up, but lii-fiirt' the fire wns put out many travelers pinned under the wivcknge were liutiied'ulive. Some of the vidian were so man gled Hint their re-euo fiom the xvreek ngo was iiupnihlc. Several others who were extricated died soon alter. Doctors performed liwoio services'. One phyiioiun, Or, KdwnrtN, respond ed lo the appeals of two soldiers who weio imprisoned bv the flumes, One of thu soldiers died fiom shock, Five bandied men of 9110 regiment were on the troop train. When the toll wiih rolled after the wreck only a'J officer mid men responded. Num ber of others, however, xveto engag ed in eaiiug for their wounded com- radCH. IiniN'13, Jliiy 22, Tho expulsion ot Italians from Trieste, I'ola, (lorUa, mid Qradlsca contliiiio by tho thous and. None,' of tlteao liorsoiis, liovv over, is permitted to outer Italy. Thoy are nil bolng loadod Into freight trains and runt to tho' Interior ot Austria or Hungary, TliCBO forced roiuovils aro rostilt Ing In much distress, A local news. paper pttbllHlteH tho names of novoiil hundred Itnlluiis who huvo beoii. thus Uitornvd, XEVilP' A fmm Bt m u'i JaKA:VHHr21k mi 3r Mummmr 3 TRAINS COLLIDE JAPS SURRENDER IN ENGLAND; 100 KIAO-CHOW TO KILLED; 400 HURT CHINESBREPUBLIC AUSTRIAN EXPEL NT NO ITALIANS OIIKOON, fiATlMJIlAY, REVIEWS NAVAL PARADE MID CHEERS OF THOUSANDS n TOKIO, May '1 Why .lapmt en deaxored to keep scetet the fifth groiil or the demands sliu pre-cntcd to China last .lanuarv, shortlv niter the oeeupation of the (lennaii po-ition of Kino Chow hv the .lupmie-e xx'io. explained in the diet today hy llaron Kit to, muii-lcr of foreign affuirs. To mi iiitcrclhition us to why Ja pan was restoring Kino Chow to Chuin, the foreign miui-ter said he was glad of thu opportunity to set forth the position of tho government, which was based entirely nit the de struction of (Icnmiu influence m the far east and the maintenance of the integrity of China. The restoration of Kino Chow was not mi incident of the negotiations, but had been decid ed upon long before tlieo xveru under taken. So long as no other countr.x held Kino Chow, Japan was satisfied. Iteplying.to another question, Lieu tenant General Oka, minister of war, denied Hint Japan has menaced China, He explained that the dale of the changing of the gani-ons in Man churia had merelv been advanced. llKliMIAYKN, helmid, Alny 22. Tlio Hritish Hailing ship Glcuholm wns sunk yestoiday by a German subma rine fitteen miles otf this pott. Mem bers of her crew hnve he'eii lauded here. Tho Glcuholm was on her xxnv front Chile to Liverpool with, cargo of iliiruie. . The submarine intercepted tho nil iug ship and signalled thu crew to nbnndon her. The ship wan then sunk-, tho Mibiuaiiiui tiling thirty-niiiu toitudrt front her gun liofory she went down. v lOCCUPY MONTEREY IiAURBO, Tox.. May 22. Monto roy wna occupied by a forco of ono thousand Carranza troops under Oen oral Jean Santos early today, tho city having been ovocunted recently by Villa forces. Telephone and telegraph commu nication Immediately wait ostabllshod with Nuovo Laredo, opposite here, mMm ' FROM.VERDICT J S50.000LIBELCASE BRITISH SAILING S RrEOED MAY 22, 1915 Hoy Scouts riiling the big guns of the U. S. S. New York. Iteh.w President Wilson m know (edging Ih" cheett of In fellow citizen at the great navnl parade. BARNES TO APPEAL! NKW YOU1C. May 22 -William M. lvlnii of oiinel for William tlarnes announced this afternoon that an appeal would bo taken from tlio verdict of th Jury at Syracuse, which found In favor of Theodore Hoose velt In the trial of tho libel unit brought by him ngalnst tlio former pretldcnt. Tho following statement was Is sued at the same time by Mr. Dames: "There Is nothing f can say re garding tlio verdict of the Jury In,' this matter except that when I brought this action. I knew that the accusation made by Mr. Roosevelt of collusion, combination or even dicker, between mo and Tammany Halt or Mr. Murphy or any other democratic agenecy, not only for any corrupt purpose, but for any purpose, was absolutely false. "When I accepted the chairman ship of the state committee lit Jan uary. 1911, It was at the request ot the membership of the commltteo nt n tlmo when I had retired from po litical llfo and when the republican party was out of power In the state. Ah chairman of that committee I never attempted to build up any machine nor to dictate nominations, nor to act In accordance with tho Idea which formerly hod prevailed with regard to tho functions of this office. Tho Jury declared that T had no causo for action against Mr. Roosevelt who charged mo with acts which I did not commit, and therefore, tem porarily, tho public may believe that I wan guilty of what I did not do. "Howox'or, the knowledge of the completo rectitude of my conduct must content me which, after all Is tho only Important thing In llfo." Mr. lvins dealt with tho purely legal aspects of tho caso. WALTER M'CREOIE 10 MANAGE CLEVELAND LOS AKGKIJ'.S. Cul.. Mnv 22. Walter MeCredte, miiiiager of tho Portland team, said today that hu had received indirectly n proposition to manage thu Cleveland American league team. ''What do you expect to do?" ho wat asked. "I'm up in the air," ho teplied. "Can you leave l'ottlandt" 'Yes, hut it would bo Intnl.'' "Portland special Miy that your uncle, Judge MeCredie, would be glad to see you fio to thu majors mid that he would, get Hill Rodger to inanago Portland." "Itodgors is a good ninii," said Mc Ctedie. COMMA SURROUNDED BY VILLA'S FORCES WASHINGTON', Mav 22. Colima, on the west coast of Mexico, i sur rounded hy Villa force and both fac tion in thu fighting, threaten to life dynamite lioiuhs, Tho cruiser Yotk town at Mansunillo made. Hitch it re port today tu thu navy department, ROOSEVELT TOLD TRUTHSAYSJURY IN LIBEL VERDICT All Costs Placed Upon Barnes Jury Believed Everylhir.3. Colonel Charg ed About Barnes True Forty Bal lots Taken Before Agreement, First Nine to Three. SYWACUSK, X. Y., Mny 22, The jury in the trial of William IltirncV uit for libel ngnint Theodore Koo-o-veil returned n verdict in fnvorof ti defendant, after deliberating for more than eleven hour-, tin; quotion nf placing nil the otH of the action up on the plaintiff. It i the belief tltnt the jury believed exenthing Colonel Ifoo-evelt r barged U tnie. The foreman of the jury, Warren W. Summer, miuotiwcd that the ver dict unw for the defendant and then the jury xvaJ polled. Ten juror ans wered for the "defendant," then thy clerk hctitntcd, called the name of Kdvvard Hum and wnited. Hums n big, ro-y-ebeeked n'publirnii, stood up in hi heat nml in n deep voice snil "for the defendant." Juror Xo. 12 gave thu smite answer. Will Work for Public Colonel Itoo'.evelt thanked the jury and Mmok hiuuU with each member and snid: "In m xx hole life I hall work 'in the interest of the public, mid mine of you gentlemen dwll ever have the chance to May that I have done other w i-e-.'' The colonel was tlifn photographed with the jury. After the picture had hcen taken fhe colonel turned, to the jury and centinued: "I nm more moved by tin verdict than it irf poiliIp for me to expre. Xono of voit, I nurp you, will ex'er haxc eaue to regret your action. I nm c-iiecinlly gratified that such n verdict came from n jury com po-rtt of men of evorv olittcal faith. Forty IkillolN Taken The foreman of the jury paid that forty balloti in all xvere taken before the xenliet xxn- finally ngtcel upon. "The first ballot atood li to 3. Af- ter the firxt ballot we stood It to 1 in favor of the defendant. Tho-e figure xven never changed, Mr, HuriiH refin-nig to change his vote until tin morning. "Kxeept for Mr. Hunts the jurors who voted for the plaintiff on tin: first ballot did so heeaue they uid they did not xvnnt it to appear they gave insufficient conMilcnitiou to the great tnnss of evidence that xva pre sented during Hioro five long xveekc. Wo are nil very tinul, I assure you." ROCKEFELLER STILL ON I. R. C. GRILL WASHINGTON, May 22. With only four members of tho iudtitrinl lelattons commKMou pteent, Chair man Walh resumed today his vigor ous cross-examination of John 1). Rockefeller, Jr., on his relation to tho industrial wnrfaro in the coal fieldn of Colorado. Mm, J. llonleu llnrri man was absent. Chairman Walh xvntl a letter to Ifoekefeller by Ii. M. Dowers in Sep tember, 10KI, saying: "Old Mother Jones has been on the giound two weeks, hut wu understand tho governor has onlored her to ho taken to thu state lino and to be told not to return." "Did you renioiistrnto with your of icers for condoning and sympathis ing xvtth this violation of constitu tional rtghtsf" demanded Chairman Walsh. "1 had no reason to believe, that thoso officers condoned or sympnii (hired with violations of thu constitu tion," was thxt reply Mr. Wttlfah asked if Mr. Rockefeller would seo that if tho officers xvere guilty of condoning spelt violations they xvero punished. Mr, Rookufoller said that in regulating thu officers hu would "tnko such stup'1" tuOiq eon. sldercd necosfctiry, proper and wvpdi nt. F n WA xo. sn MOLTEN LAVA Snow Melted From Ve4can Sweeps Valley for Thirty Miles Crater- Is Enlaried by Collapse ef SheH at Peak-Still Fled Hat at SmmH Farms Desolated for MHetr llKDniN'O, CdJ., May 22. A lnrl of the rtHi of the crater of Lnisen Peak is reorted today to hnx'e fallen in, following the eruption of the great mud stream which eoxercd Hat Creek valley yesterday. The extent of flii enlargement of the crater has not been ascertained. Observer of (ho forest service hnve Icen Irivc-tlgnting conditions, hut have not yet reported. Crops liaxo been destroyed through-. out the Hat Creek valley, nee;pnltntv to confirmatory reports recetvedhere from many source. Ijtyer nf Mml or Fiirnw The layer of mud has spresd over mnny fanns mt reKrU fixing the depth at one to three feet, It Uw ported to haxc etixercd the valley for a'dUtaneo of fifteen miles, the strip varying in width from a half to two miles. Alfalfa wan tho principal crop. Forest Superxisor . J. Hunking1 stuled today that the mud will act as n fertiliser. Reports of damage continue, to come in, hut tho total will not be known, for dHys. . Property detrue tiott wns w.ide'.presiJMiHor diwtg xvns done to many''hwseximl the Umss of livestock, miplements, houshild gowls and supplies waa gret. The value of the crefw-w'jW WMf about fifteen square miles covered by the mud is said io he a total Ion-, Great 1lrt at Peak Great heat exluta in th l-awen Peak crater, according te a report to Forest Supervisor Hushing by two rangers sent. to Investigate. They ayenrieil the aide ot the mountain but were compelled to turn back y Una water and mud flow ing down the western sloie. They reported as they ascended the heat became greater. Ordinarily thu sides hare been covered with snow down to the timber line-. Nearly all tite snow has disappeared. The violence ot the mud streams that flooded tho valley swept out bridges which have withstood the seasonal floods In the creek for years. Every bridge over Hat creek from the base of Lassen peak to Casscl," thirty miles north, la reported out. Hot 1-ava Flow SAN FRANCISCO, Mny 22. Hot lava from the pntter of Luiseit Peak: melted tho snow on the slopes ami caused the flood of mud which de scended on Hat creek yesterday, said Sii'KTvi-or Rushing in his jvport to the forest service hero today. He also said that tho heavy rains nml the n'ceut cloudburst in the les sen region may have ciinvd thu vol canic substanco xvhieh eoven-d tho peak to slide. 'Tho fact that n red glow has been observed from Lassen Peak for sev entl nights" ho said, "give credence to the report Hint hot lava melted thu snow mid caused (hu flood. Weather conditions huvo made u full investigation so dangerous that the fore.-t nmgnrs dispatched by him have stopped their vi'ork, awaiting it, lull in the storm. mmmr if ! SOON IN DRY DOW 1 nXil HONOLULU. T. .11.. Mar. 38. v ., Workera engaged 11 'salyua pera-n tlons on fiiiu'marin F- gubmr4 ''! outside the harbor slnee.Mareli 2Cara confident today that the dlffleultUa ., encountered In nttempis to rats It r have been solved, aeeerdlRg ta announcement made toiiayv TtiU opinion was expressed 'as a rtt oa yesterday's work whea fk hulk vm?j raised fifty four feet- It W ISM at a depth ot 192 feet. The rlne has been shifted ht 'ahsMMaNursl a dUtanee of GOO leet Die UitBt daVH. If this rate l Umt p slkMt In charge of opentUfm y It wilt h iHsMiiiu to mxv it i tntmm us the ad r four Uy. 'W'ljvJ !-.'. j- -if- - ! -1 N Ji r-ij V VI, ti . i jiNfa