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' Hw Sma4 il "5feS -vr M Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHEK i f uiPRm bwtt wW(j(sm flHm m Korty-rirth Yrnr. Dully- 'IVnlh Vrnr. MEDFOltD. OUEGON, 'H'ESDAY, MAY 25, 3915 NO. 55 i U" f -i A V! .''1 ( ITALY INVADES AUSTRIA TAKNG FRONTERTOWNS Kalian Forces Pcnctralc Alonn a Lino Huniiluii About Forty Mllns Norlli From the Gulf of Trieste, Capturing Four Towns Italian Destroyer Raids Port of Buzo, HOMl.. Mny US. Official mionuiicii intuit wan iiimln by tho war office to ilny (tint Italian forces hml ponolrnt- mI Austria, occtip)lu; Cnporelto, (hn liclnlilii between Mrlu niul Isonru nml tint towns of Commas, Curvluuano niul Term. The towmt of Cnporetto, Condoiis, (Vivlifimno nml Torso oro In Ana trlmi territory two or throo ntllon fiom I liu llnllnn border lino. They hlri'lrh iiIimik tho fronllur on n Htm running north from tho head n tlui (lulr of Trlootn. Tlio Austrian town of Core In five miles to tlitt oimt of Coriiioiui nml Trieste llnclf In twenty fhn inllon from Iho border lino. Tlio railroad running oast niul wont pass through I'oth Comitius nml Torxo. I'Vvlilo ltoltniire Mniltt Thu utntomeni nays these opera tions took place yesterday In tlm Ana trliin crown land of Carnlolo unit In tlm I'rltill dlMrlt-t. It reads: "On tlio C'nrnllo front Austrian flru against our posltlnmt lti results. During tlm ilny of May 31 our artil lery flri'il on positions occupied by nr tlllcryt of tlm enemy. "On tlio Frltill front our troop ad vanced every horn nml encountered only fooblti resistance. Wo hnvo oc cupied Cnporetto, tlm hulghta be tween tlio liirjn nml Isonro rlvrri, L'ormonn, Cervlgnatio nml Torto, Tlio enemy withdrew destroying bridges mitt burning houses. Unlr-nycm nt ltuv "Our torpedo destroyer opened Hro against tlio cnoui)'s detachments nt Iho port of Ittiso, niul hnvu disem barked troops. Wo cnpturcil seventy Aimtrlmm who had own sent to Von Iro. Our losses woro ono dead anil homo wounded," ATIIKNK, .Mny 23. -Advices rccelv il horn fnnn ('iiiisliiuliiiuplc by mail ilcNi'iilio tlm mriiil in tlm Turkish riipilnl ol'tlimiHiimlrt of ttoimili'il IVimi tlm Diinliitidlrx, wlino tlio lirt Turk M army roip-, rtiiMihtd of tlio wry )irt-t f ilit iiiK olomonih in tliu country, 1ms lii'ou onu'iiKoil. In roiintiiiilimilo IIumo Is a hlmr( nno of pi'lnili'iim, wool nml null. 1 lii-nil ii No is lacking nml at tlio link criiM jioiiplo ihiihI luko their turn. When AmliiiHHiiilor Moi-Konllinii )irolcHtcil to tlm Turkish nullioritioH iiKiiiiiHt Ihu hemline or fifty Hiitii nml Krcui'h hiiIijcoIk Id Iio plarcil on Iho I'ortiricatioiiK or tlm Dariliuiclli'H a inoiiHiiro ilcnlini'il to hlop I Iio tioin- liniiliiiiMit or tlm ulliox, r.uvor Hoy ro lilioil ho miixt do hoini'tliiiiL' iih tlm n r livul of Turkish woumlcil fnim thu htrnitH wiih crcntiiitf n ilrop Imprcri hinii. Thu niiihtiri4iti1itH cuurKollo cf i'liiln, oouplcil with tlm lliitihli tliioatti to liolil Knvcr Hoy porhonally rcunoii Millie i i'it ill oil In tlm rot urn of tlioso iiioii to Coiirtliiiitiiinplo within u weok. Thoy woro ni'ooinpiiiili'il tu (lallipoli liy Hoffman IMiillp, nonrotary of tlio Ammioaii omliahy. v l.OS AN'dliriKS, Cnl May 2.V Tlio propimnl to put foi tit extriiortllii u ry uffoiU to ohtalii 1,000,0(10 con- vurlH lioloio jD'JO wiih cntliiisinHlie. ally uilopioil by (Im Noillieru Hap list eonveuiloii luno lodny. Tlio pro Hin in uUo ciiIIh for incicasliiK the iniwsloiini'y foivoM within tlm L'ultcil Kluli'H mill. In I'onilpi coiilitiU'rt t fiOOO ami raining cotitillmtliiii to mis. klon fiimlH to 4(1,000,000, Tlm cinivcnlloii nUo niloplcil (he rei'Diimiemliilliiii In Inciciise lm inlii Islcrs' nml mMoiiMiuV Inmi'lll I'uml lo J(000,OUQ WOMB I CONSTANTINOPLE HEAVY FIGHTING FJ Tl Drltlsh, German and French Forces Makliv Savage Attacks Eight Ef forts by Germans Uslnu Asphyxl atlnn Gas Repulsed Mackenscr Renews Offensive Near Premysl. I.ON')()N, .May :.--i Kcnorally iinilt'ixtunil lluil lliily Iiin nrrivoii ut an nuiiTinciit with Iht how iiIHon iiii lor til" toriiii of which kIio ill Mnu tlm oxinliu ticalV nol to rnuclmlu '. M' in nitc rn re. On Iho oiihtoin frontier the nigus of it chock l' which at one limn mcciiiciI an mcruliclmiiiK Autio(leriiiau of fciiHhe moxcmciit, are lu'ciuuln more nml mine apparent. Ktcrt the il.vin weilfte which wax iIiimm iiitu tlm Huh. iau coaler iilnnii Hie riwr Kan Uu Iiccii cnuivllril to KX nmu Kfomiil liy the inciilic counter nttnckn of the KtiMHiauH. In the wext (leuernl rieiich reports that the (Icriuniix, liy the iie nf iiHphxiatiii)r Kiim'x, hiio. cccilcil in Hne(ruliuK the HritUh IIiiom ut two ptiiutH, hut ho claims thai Home of (he (rcichoN !nt ut a rrult of llico tni'lics were icaiiictl ill the niiliMeiiiout lijililintr. Ilxtttlo on Wet I'ltnit lliiny fi)tlitiii; i in pronvs once iiitiio on the woxteni cml of the FraiiooHoli;imi front. Hriticli, Her man nml French forccn tire lunklnj; nttuekH at vn ri mm points lictwccn Ar ras nml the count. Kllit attacks worn mntlo liy the (Iinuniis yoMtcnluy between ArrnH, In ndrllicrn I'ranco, ami the Hol(;inn cont. Tha French iit'ficliillatcii)rnt of Imlny nxoertit nil tlicMi nttneks were rcpuUfil aipl tlmt heijvy lomjcit were inflicted on tlio (Ivnuniix. (Irncrnl Mjiekem-en linn rvneweil liN offciitiivo uniiiNt the Kusslnns north of I'mi'iiiyd, nml yestenlay ho cup t ii red 21,000 prtMiuers, ncconlini; to the Manchester (lmirdinn, a uiinister inll'-t (ir'iin, is tine to tlio iuitcuco liy the unliiiiistH on ciclit plates in thu cabinet iih rcireentin: their nuiaer ioal strength in the house of com UIOIIH. A clemi sweep is looked for in thu admiralty, where it i expected that Huron IVhor iih well iih Winston Churchill Mill pi. HELD IN FOUR CITIES NBW YOllIC, Mny 26. Tlio fun lornl of Chnrles Frohmnu, tliontrl cnl iimntiKor, ono of tha vlcttmn of tlio l.usltnnla tllnaitcr, woro hold hero todny. Bcrvlcon todny In four other cltlc lind boon nrrnnuoil by nrtorn or nclroiaes who Itnvo ntnrrod uiiilor Mr. Frohtnnn'it nmnaRomont. Tlio norvlcoii horo begnn nt tlio homo of Daniel Frohninn, This wm fol lowed by public ceromonlnl In tlio Templo KmnniioU conducted by tlio ltov. JoropH Hllvorninn, AURiistus Tbomns, tho plnyrlght, wna selected to ilollvur n formnl nddroait. Tho honorary pnllbourem Included 20 act ors and thcntrlcnl mnnnitors, Funornl aurvlcos In momory of Mr. Frohmnn woro urrnnRod by Illlllo llurko In Tnromn, Wash., by Mnudo Atlnmi, In I.oa AiikoIom; by John Drew In San Frnncltro, and by Lulu Bnndornon and others In rrovldonco, It. I. H AM8TWRI1AM, May SB. All prop erty of tho HrltUh-Amorlcnn Tobacco compuny In Oermnny, hug boon plac ed under (lernmn Hiiporvtdon, nc cordlnt' to tho Ilorlln correspondent of tho Tulotfraaf, .Jainoi II, Duku of Now York la proHldent of tho llrltlnh-Amorlran To. bucco compuny, tlio rnpltul ot which U 155,000,000, Ono of tho principal Hrnmi aiibildlailoH of tlio compuny at rciln wan mild In November to (lnrmaHH wi (he nnmmit of (Iih Hilt Iih iMwrd of Hh4w, NW AONG m ERN H I miMH l7wrw - - - i . , ij ,' . s, " . temj&z&i-' - iirfi''T?u?'. t "" 'S M DAI f' ' iJ '-' h, ""Aiil K 'llHnBHrgriPVH mvwrmMJ-hv.zj!mmimiixitMmaRXMM'.-- ,:r-t.t., , '-Ljr-iiiKu: ?" '.-ii..- JlLfeUfeki : -IJT -9 1 ill , .r Itnllnn envnlry, tlio fliiett ho Hie wonilcrftil trnlnliiK tliey get nt t WILSON UNABLE TO EXPLAIN DELAY -IN KAISER'S REPLY WASHINGTON, .Mny 25. Presi dent Wilson told callers today ho did not know tho cnuo for tho delay of tho (lernmn reply to tho Anicrlcnn note on iho I.usltnntn, but ho pro timed the German Kovormncnt wat for the moment absorbed In tho now circumstances arising out ot Italy's ontarnco Into tho war. Tho Gcrmnn embassy horo lms mndo suKKcstlons to tho Ocrman foreign office for tho reply and in Herman quarters It 1 said tho noto will bo of a character to satisfy American public opinion. Whllo declining to throw any light on tho shipping situation ns between Grout Britain and tho United States tho president referred to it aa a chronic case. It was learned that ho believed any format noto now to Great Britain might weaken tho American government's position in 1st dollrato relations with Germany, but aa soon aa the Ilorlln reply is re ceived soino action may bo expected. HAYES RETURNS MESSAGE FROM NHW YYOKK, May 25. Scott It. Mayes, son of former President Ruth erford 11. HuycH, who arrived from Copenhagen on tho steamship United States, which docked horo today, had with htm as u pnrt of lila bnggago, n aeulod canvas pouch beaitng tho Htaiup ot tho Ituvslan govornmont nml addressod to tho Russian ambassa dor at Washington. It had boon reported that Mr. Hayes was tho bearor ot confidential government tllsputchos from Petro grad to Washington. Ho said ho did not know whut tho sealed bag con tained, Mr, Hayes said that ho had boon In Denmark and Russia for tho last two months on a bnslnoss mission having to do with Russlau-Amerlcau trado after tlio close of tho war. PARCEL POST SERVICE WITH ITALY SUSPENDED WAHUINnTON, May t!3. -Thu Italian poMuffiou ilewtriuicnt today millt'icil Hn lnllcil titulc? of Hie huh. pem.l(li of wit'i' ptwtt litilwt'cn Urn iwo eiMiutrlcH, I'HckMKcn now in the IHUil Will b Ivllll'HCil (U tllD (ItltirM! ROUGH 55as , WtoiffWxeA '"IBioS v n "" "TN I jj&jm - w. k'JiWiiirVs, aWTMPWWfflr.P i-mmiicii In Kurope. taking n It tit nt Hie ptllop. IlnlUn rnvnlry officers lie rldluj; scliixil of Tor li Qulnto, ivhlth In only a short dlKtanro ouUldo :V t CHINA AWO JAPAN SEEftB' DISPUTE ; IT I'KKIKO, .Mnv '23. Two treaties lictwccn Chinn and Japan, together with thirteen notes, were higneil this nftenioon nt 3 o'elock in the Chinese foreign office. This net brought to n conclusion the negotiations which have been j;oinjr on since last Janu ary, when Japan, shortly nfter the fall of the German position of iKao Chow, presented her well-known tle tnunilu to Cliinn. Lu Cheng IIimi);, Cliincse foreign minister, Mgnetl for hiu oenimcnt while Kki llioki, tlio Japanese minis ter to China, bignetl for Tokio. Thus the lisciihsion of Japan's tlcuiantls are nt an end, until such time as the fivo in tides reserved lor future ar gument ure brought for consideration. Tho first treaty signed today deals with Shantung- nml the t-ccoiul with South Mnnehurtu ami eastern inner .Mongolia. Tho only differences be tween tho terms of the ultimatum sent by Japan to China mid the treaties ns feigned today is tlio substitution of ono for another mining; right in south Manchuria. Tho Japanese endeavored to secure other alteration, notably the omis sion of tho words "Houth" and "east cm" heforo Mmioluirin nml inner Mongolia respectively, iir well ns the substitution of the words "Lino-Tung peninsula," for ''Dnliiy" mid "Port Arthur"; but the Chinese representa tives fought for and obtained n stiict iitlhoreuco to thu terms of the ulti matum, with tho exception previously noted in this disputed, ' Japan has lodged nntnst China heavy chiims for tho injuries to Jap anese subject) nml tlm damage done In Japanese shops in Hankow recent ly by Chinese mobs. ONT TUB ITALIAN FltONTIKH Mny U,V Piinco von Uuelow nml Huron von Macchio (lernmn mid Aits tiinii miibassmlois to Italy who left Home hut nltilit, reached Cliiusso, Kwlcrlmiil, nt )::io o'clock lliix iimnilnK- 'l'l'y wow iwrlvwl ly llm WHlftl uulhoiltlvs, SIN A AND SUCCESSFULLY All JallniIMK&w$2H kMBPaBMiiBHfHiJiiHKafMiBKMWiJMeUV BECKER MUST DIE, FINAL VERDICT OF i COURT OF APPEALS ALBANY, N. Y., Mny 23. The sec ond comietion of Former Police Lieu tenant Becker for iii'tignting tho mur der of Herman Rosenthal, the Xcw Yolk gambler, was upheld today by tho court of appenN. Ilecker now must die, unless ho can obtain clem ency from Governor Whitman, who as district attorney of New" York, prosecuted him or the United State.-, supreme court interferes by habeas corpus or otherwise. Tho chief judge Willanl Uartlelt, wroto tho prevailing opinion, and Judges lliscoek, Chase, Collin, Cud debaek nml Cnnlora concurrctl. Judge llogun dissented. Judge Samuel Sen bury who is n supreme court justice, presided nt the Decker trial but did not sit on the ease in tho higher court. Judge Ilartlett held that although tho first sentence of death against tho defendant was reversed because he did not have n fair trial, tho sec ond judgment "is not assailable on that ground." Extensive ns is the power of re view eted in this court ou n judg ment of death, tho law does not in tend to substitute tho conclusion of fact which bo drawn by seven judges for tho conclusion of fact which have been drawn from the evidence by twelve jurors unless wo nro clear that tho view of tho facta taken by tho jury is wrong. It is our duly to nf firm if tho trial is fair niul without legal error and tlm verdict was not against the weight of justice. We nro to see to it that thetrinl was fair nml that there was sufficient evidence with recognized rules of lnyv (o sup port the verdict ; tin's done, tho res ponsibility for tlio result rests with iho jurors. Guiding our uction by these established principles of crimi nal procedure in capital cases, we don't feel justified in interfering with tho verdict." NO AMERICANS INJURED BY AUSTRIAN AIRSHIPS WASHINGTON, Mny 85. Amcri. can Consul Carroll nt Venieo cabled (he Mate dcpnrlmeut today that Gur mini mul Austrian noroplinic which flew over tho city yohU'rilay tlroilng Ihuiiuk, injured hovem! peusiitiU, hut no AmclicHiix. Tlm Knli'dim rcliirnwl Hie fire wiih inwchliiH khs mul sJil'm-Hwl, IANFI owe their (taring liorcmHJtlp (a of Itoine. RUSSIAN VIHP SUNK, BLACK' SEA, BY TURK TORPEDO AMSTERDAM, Holland, May 23. A telegram from Constantinople says it is announced officially there that a Turkish submarine sank a Russian warship in the lllack sea. The dir-patcli adds Hint Turkey suc ceeded for soino time in concealing the I act that this submarine was in oper ation and that the complete results of its activities are unknown. , A. wireless dNpntch from Herlin yesterday reported that n Russian warship, probably the battleship l'nu tclo linon, had been sunk in the lllack sea, with the loss of 1100 men. The dispatch gave no intimation that tho vessel had been sunk by a submarine. II OF llERIilN May 23. Horso racing was resumed in Germany today with tho opening of tho spring meeting ut Hoppcgartcn track in a suburb of Horlin in tlio presciico of & crowd al most as large ns is usually present in peace times. The pari niutuel bytem of-betting has been temporarily aban doned but bookmakers nro allowed to neeept wagers, although the odds are juot published. There are largo fields for till races, witlii' 20 starters in tho principal event. Subjects ;Of uations nt war with, Germany ro barred from the grounds. The rule npplies to train ers mid jockeys us well as to specta tors mul wuH adopted ns u measure of precaution to prevent hostile demon strations against Rritish track fol lowers, many of whom were engaged in German turf beforo tho war be. SPOKANE SERVES HOT APPLE PIES AT FAIR SAN FRANCISCO, May 23.TI.ou sands of hot apple pic were to bo distributed today at tho celebration nf SpokHiio day nt the l'anama Purine cxpo.sillon. A lurxtt deWation of tlm Kxkauu Ad club U lim to parti'Imte in ttxtjuls). Jhw will m ttdrif4 ami h musical pf mw iti Ik Wmvs Itim buildtuf. AUSTR ITIERMSM .1 MOREPOWERFUL THANTHEPEORE DfrectM ef FlKkefeHer FowdiWtfT Says WHI and CmscImm if Ywhh Reckefeltor Mre Pawrf irt ki (! ratfa Than Any OMmt Fwm Th( Can le Brsufttt tt lear. WASHINOTON, May. 26. Yf, hv Macenzle Klnr, director of tha Iidaa trlat retatloM tie)Hirtmftt f th Rockefeller feHmUHv reaHmH hk testimony today before thA'fe4erat le dustrlal relatlew cemmlMlea, which Is Inquiring into eondltlosa ef the Colorado coal fields. The wltaeM took the stand late yesterday awl vh questioned at leasth m to hk err Ires to John D. Rockefeller, Jr., aH to the foundation. He laterrnpted hbi . testimony to protest against the methods or Chairman Walsh la con ducting the commlMJoa's Inquiry Itno teh Colorado strike. t Walsh questioned King aa to hk Ir veatlgatlons In Colorado, but the wit new Insisted his Investigation were confidential and he could not mshe public any of his Information. He aeld he had seen representative of both sides of the Colorado struggle In his effort to he absolutely fair. People vn. Rockefeller , The chairman Insleted that the "people must hare the fasts." "What do you mean by the pee- . pie?" asked the wlnes. "I mean the American people," sU the chairman, "whose public eptolea ''' would be the greatest faster ta-lm- , prorlag conditions in CIra4e." "The will and eoasslsaee et yenna; Mr. Jehat D, lUeheleller k aam .. I powerful In Colorado thftb aatf, ether ferce that can he Draught te bear" at the time." aald King;, "You think that the will and eon science of Mr. John D. Keekefetelr, Jr.. la more powerful than the wllk and consciences of all the Amerlean people to bring about a change ot conditions In Colorado?" "That Is Just what I aald." repHe King and another clash fellewe-!, titt er which he protested against hk testimony being "distorted," " An a Practlea1,Ma "Now you have glren yoHr opinion ot men," replied the chairman, "snd I don't intend, to give ray oplalon.of you here, no matter hew taauKina; your comment may be. I shall .treat you exactly aa I treated John D. Rockefeller, Jr." When the air cleared, Xing ex- v plained that he waa "speaking aa a practical man ot a practical situa tion." "I mean to say," he continued, "that If X wanted to Improve eeadl ttona lu Colorado the man I would go after would be John D. Rockefeller. Jr. He could do more in one year along that line than efforts to focus public opinion on the situation eeuld In several years." Responsibility for the Colorado strike. King aald, he could definitely"? fix, and he expected to report hk findings where they would have the best effect. He auggeeted that he should like to give hU recommend . tions privately to Chairman Walsh. MEAT PACKERS -PROTEST DETENTION WASHINGTON, May 25. Ameri can meat packora who have protect, vigorously against Oreat Britain's de tention of their preduots shipped to ' European neutrals put their ease be foro tho state department today, They1 cume hero for a conference with law,. officers ot the department nan ako' to confer with their counsel, A4f Urion, just back from Rnclaa.' It was understood that at today's . eon-'-fcrenco a proposal made to Mr. Urk by the British government for the ' settlement of the packers' cUfftMtl tles would be taken up, MnJt?r(oa la expected to return to WnUn4;la uietllately to ake up the Sftaums' "" where he left off. " Packers dceUM that fi ll. " 000,000 to tir.MfcftVf- wertJs tf shipments in tkd up. Other matters H Itemr, at vat aV derttoed were a asmp slgament ditaiwthah see and the ptvrstefi h I ' w J 1 ,1 A &4 )