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MEDFOltD. OUEGON, 'H'ESDAY, MAY 25, 3915
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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.
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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
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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,
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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!
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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
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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,
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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
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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
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