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Germans Widen Flolilttv Line, But
Preliminary Movements Give No
Clue to Intentions Ossowetz Is
Arjaln Bombarded Berlin Admit)
Halt on Eastern Front.
HKRLIN, Mny 28, via London, IHSO
J. III. A H'W'rHO III Hill lllllulM Of tllC.
ittiHHimiH iii iiif fighting ninng the
river Ban, in central Oallrln, l nii
liniuieed in todiiy'a statement from
the wiir offu'iJ. II I said llio fSi-r-liimiH
in tliu region nf fllonliiwn, on the
loft Imnk oC tlin river, worn rnrreu
Imoh mitl lout nix cannon. The flcr
iiiiiii position, According to thl -nniiurciiictil,
woro nut defended lv
fctntug foreim.
(liillrliii Advance Cheeked
l(lfTI(CHIIIAI. May t!H, 11 alU n. in.
vtu Loudon, 2:11(1 p. in. -The Aiixtrn
(Imiinii iiilxniiro In (lulioin having
been checked, Ihcw npM'nr new sinus
of widening (Icminii activity on llm
Jung righting lino fruiii tin Hitllic
(nulliwurd. TliU front runs nwl of
the I'nicKiMii border, bend enxhwird
in within thirty mile of Wnronw nnd
pannes on into southern Poland, Pre
iiiiiinnry operation mo now under
way nlong tliii line.
Tho iiiiihI important nf thcho omt
iiIIoiih niv llio rceumptioii in n deter
iiiint'il manner of the bombardment f
OfDtnwi'ix nml artillery hntllen nml
envulry cnptKcinont near, iMvnbno
nml Kcnorully nlong tho Nnrew fnmt.
Hero, ns. in the lUurn region, before
Warsaw, tin (Ionium movements hnwt
not ili'M-loiHil sufficiently ciinufch n
jot In hIiow whether they nro prelim
innry to offensive opernlloiiH nf n
hcrimiH cluim,rcr or merely wimli.
into nnothor of ti nuiHoruiis demon
xtrntioiiH which (critnlionlly develop
nml sub'ddn. without, affecting tlu
situation iiuilrtlully.
I'romjM IUIokimI
I.ON'DON', .Mny UH, 12:13 . m.
Tho fiirlnHHi(if Prxwnyiil, jninifcinicil
thirt timo liy IIiiiiinnM IiihIoiiiI nf Ann
t riuriH. it (iuci uinru thn'titcnt'il with
iiiM'Htinnit. Jnt iih tlif ItiiKHinii", nf.
ti-r Mirmiinilitt) l'r'injl nml ntnrv
lug out its Austrian piriinnn, forfnl
tin' MirrriiuVr f tho fnrtriMn n tho
2'Jil of Inxt March, M AiiMlrinflrr
iiiiiii troop.H who have tlriwn u wt'ilco
thniiiKh crntrnl Unlicin nrc now nt
ti'iuptini; n tlonlilo fliiiikin inovcmriit
nml with Krnwin inlt'iinity of nttnek
n ro KcckiiiK to fiiciri'iu' I'rxcniywl from
tliu north ntnl tin' Honthciiht.
AiTonliiiK't'Virnnn report prou
ri'HN is hi'iiiK intitln in holh tlirvvtiiniM,
nml if llio nilvnnrn not chi-pkeil
I'rxi'iiiynl will either Im ixolatoil from
tho nHt of tli" Kttfxlnn army or tho
lliitfhinii trnopH whloli fell Imok to tho
Han will ho furcuil into fui titer ro
treat. Key to Hlliinllon
This Mlmilinii iu flalit'la in nmpioH.
liniiiihly liferent xtintt'ln iuiioitaneo
nt tho present time, nml oven tho
It'll !ni pri'MS eoneeiloK tlint the pnxt.
(ion of PremyM in Horioim. It in do
erilifil iih llio key in tho whole Hiih
xinn position in (lalieia ami itn fall
mean that tho railioml rnnninK
eastward to LouiIiitk', tho mtiln nr
tery of tho Kmo-ian nttpplieH in thix
lt'loii, will fall Into Austrian liamN.
KeportH that IIiIh railroiul lino al
remly Iiiih heen Kovereil nro still
without confirmation today.
FiKhtiur nlonf tho AiiHtroltalian
ftontior htill fo in. tho ilovelopment
nlii0. Tliorq JH virtually no ohaniJO
on tho western hat(lo front, ami tho
Hfltinli and tho Froiu'h admit that the
TtirkH nro no h! fondly ontroiiehcil on
tho (lalllpoli ponimmla that only hiej;o
wiirftuti ean Im wiikimI thpret
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UTVIM n()CI, Allc, Mny 28.--Tlto
wornt flood in roet'iit yonrn i
hwoopiiitf the ArknitHiiH valley, no.
nordiiiK to rejioitH rceoived hero to.
luy, Lowland forum nro Innndateil,
ldm mid fa nit huildliiK hvo been
dnmnfcod HoriotiHly. Tito liven of
ninny rosiilcntH of tho lowlatids a to
jnipeiillcd'ttildthU1 cleat U not yet in
pltft
RUSSIANS CHECK
THRQURHGAL1CIA
GERMANS REPLY TO
AMERICAN NOTE 10
BE SENT Tl
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. LONDON, May 28, i30 p. in.
-Tho Kvenllifl: NotVH phIiIImIiph
n dlipateh f i oin Tho IIiij;uo :iv.
ln,' repoilH fnun Merlin that
Oenminy'H reply to the Ameii-
ean nolo will ho prota-nted to- I.
morrow.
"It will ho of n temmri?iiij
ehnraeter," tho diipateh eontin
lied, "and will a-k tho United
Hint" either to nffinn or In
deny Hint the LiiHlltinla carried
mnmiiiiilliMi deitlued for the nl-
licH."
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SENDMPPEAHTO
NATION TO HELP
MEXICO HUNGRY
WAKIIIXnTON, Muv 28. Prenl
dent Wilxtni, iih head of tho ited
Croix, imied mi luipcal to (lie Ameri
can K'iiple to emit rihute money ami
MiipplicH for tho relief of htnnintf
Me.xicaiiN.
WASIIIN'OTON', May US TrcM-
deut ViUon, an head of the American
Hed 1'i-ohh, wiih linked today by MitH
Miihel Hoanlman to Uniio an appeal
to Ihe Aiaerieaii public for fund to
purchase KiipplicM for htanlu people
In Mexico. Tho npcnl pnihnhly will
ho Wucd in the near future.
rood mipplicH in different pnrtrt of
Iho repiihlio have been roprocntetl to
Ihe Hed CroiH n very Miort, mid hint
niuht the itnto department Iruninnit-
ted to Hie oivnniralion n telegram
from American (.'oniiil llmmn til
Monterey nyiut: many people Ihcro
were HtiffijriiiK mid would ulnrvo un
teAfOnipplied with food xoon.
Thin meiiMUKo wiin forwarded to tho
rcprChontalivo of Iho Ited CroiH in
Chlenfeo, uho today nent word Unit
he would have two carloadx of food--tU
ready for Hhipmeut to Monto-it-y
iu n few hour. Tho Ited Cnm
Iiiik heen iufonued that railroad com
uiiiiilealiou with Monterey U now
okmi. Tho Hed Cro-n plaitH to ren
der nMUtaneo in other parti of Mex
ico im rapidly iih Kiiffieieut ftinda nro
eolleeled
Heeaitio of Ihe military nilualion
nboiit Mexico City, Villa-Zapala of
ficialrt there have found it impoMsiblo
to nrrouco for a pasHcner traia to
Vera Cuu on which forcfcncrH de
xlriiiR to eavo tho capital illicit
travel.
IN B. C.
NAKA1MO. 11. C Mnv 28. Four
titoio hndicH of miners who had been
xiiffocated in an explosion tdinft oi
(hit UVwInrn Purl otiiiiaiiv'rf ln'tnii
yesterday, three milex from tliia city,
wero hroiiKiil m too mirinco turn
imirtiliiL. DP ilm twnniv.tivn wlui met
death, tho bodies of four wero reeov
ered last oveniii,'. All tho others
will probably bo taken out today for
tho miiio in not deep nml tho iitnehiii.
ory for olenriiiK out tho ,'as fiom tho
NlinltH Ih workhij; well,
EIGHT OIL TANKERS.
FORCED OFF COAST
8AN FRANCISCO, Mny 28 About
eight oil ctenmora will bo forced "ut
of aorvlco between California anil
Oregon ports by tho tloclalon of the
lulorHtnto commoreo commission,
Southern l'ncltlo otriclaU unld today.
Tho (loot ot ntoamora, It wns ald,
woro engaged almost entirely In car
rying oil ownod by tho Associated
Oil company, tho owners ot tho ves
sels, and a Biibsldlary ot tho South
ern ruclflo company,
Tito UocIhIoii whs Rlvon untlor tho
torma of tho Panama Canal net which
prohibits a railroad from comnotlnt;
with Its -own linen, by water,
RECOVER
DIES
HE
MEDFORD,
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ITALIANS
PUSH
ADVANCE; TAKE
Three Low Mountain Passes and
Fourteen Towns Occupied Raid
Upon Tyrol Frontier by Airships
Successful Artillery Duel In Prog
ress Along Mountain Boundary.
OKNKVA, vln Pnrin, Mny 28. Tho
llnliiiiiH nro eoiitiuiiiiiK their ndvmieo
into Cnriiithia. They have taken
three of tho low mountain pitKRCM nml
fourteen vlllacx.
CaiHnie Kfrrnl IIIIIm
llalimi forei'H, Hiipporled by K""
hoatH mi Lake (la'nla, have i-nptilred
M'vcral IuIIh to Iho north of Mount
llnhlo. Their object in to flank the
Austrian fortifications nt thn mouth
of tho Adie river, nml nW to ad-
Miuee on Mori. Two Austrian aero
plniuM nttempted to bombard iho
Italian Kuuhontk on tho lake, but tlicy
wem driven off,
The new 7r.milliiailni Italian K""i
mid to bo an improvement on tho
French model, nro rciMirtcd hero to
hae been lined with couspiciMius Mie-
eexrt. At a point in Cnriiithia they nro
Mild to have silenced nn Austrian bat
tery nerved by HnvnriniiH.
Another incident of tho fihlint; in
the bih iiiountuinH it tho ease of an
Italian lieutenant who, with ciht)
five men, forced n pahsngo in tho
Asno valley,
HMCrcMfcful IUIiU
ltOMK. Mny 'J7, 10 p. in., via Paris
May 28, 8:110 a. in. A Micco-.jfiil raid
on tho TrieMo-NnbrcMnii railroad by
a xipiadron of Italian hydro-aero-iilancw,
together with tho occupation
nf additional Austrian territory along
tho Tyrol frontier and ou tho rricnl
fruut- nru rejKrted in mi official
Mnlement issuctl tonit;lit by the Itnl
ian war office. It i btnted that mi
artillery battle is racing between tho
Italian fortified ikii(ioua on tho
Treiitino front and thoho of the Aus
triuun. "On tho Tynd-Trcntino fnmt nn
artillery rotubnt conlinuen between
our fortified positions and those of
the enemy at Tontale, nml on the
Asinno plateau. To tho north wo
bnvo extended tho territory occupied
up to tho mouth of tho Chiesc river,
iu Lake Idro, and Iiavo occupied tho
rupxi'd iHotiiitniuoiifl rone cxlciidin;
between Lakes Itlro mid (larda.
"XotablcH of Tczre, iu Vol Sttunno
mid other occupied parts presented
themselves to our authorities, ex
pressing nentiinents of patriotism and
tho devotion of tho population.
"Our Alpine troops continuo suc
cessful eombatrt on tho Carniola fnmt
where wo nre cnptiirin; prihouerH.
"On Iho Friculi front wo oeeupied
flrado, where tho )opiilation yelcom
ed im entlmtiiiiHtieally.
"DttriilK tlto niht of tho 2Utb.27th
a squadron nf hydm-neroplnucs
raided thecneiny'H territory, throw.
hij; bombn on tho TrieHle.Nuhresiua
ntilniatl, causing damage, nml it is
believed iittorruptiiir tho line, Iu
Hpito of tho musket nml artillery fire
of tho enemy tlto squadron returned
wifely."
TEUTONS BELIHLE
F
AMSTtiltDAM, Mny 28, via Lon
don. Tho Coloj?no Volks Zeitunp has
ptiblihhed n dispatch ft out a corre
spondent nt Ludwij8hafen, who gives
n Qorinuii version of Iho French air
raid upon thin city on tho Hliinc.
Tho correspondent hiij'8 fivil or pi.
uirmou appeared over tlto town. Aitt't-
uiroraft tuaehltio kuiih opened firo on
tho raiders, hut tho airmen circled
over tho town nnd then flow off to
Iho westward after dropping many
bombs, Ono bomb fell on thn liotibe
of Town 001111011101 Zetieh, killing
three persons mid wounding I 'err
Zeueli and four others). Another
bomb killed (hr other pontons and
miiiuiii'ii itiur more, uuo oi inu rniti
crs, it is rcimrtod, wns furred to de
scend, Ho btirue'd his machine boforo
Oontum Boltliers could take him pris
oner. Many bombs woro thrown upon
llio miilino dyo factory, lloro five
portion wero Killed nml fittcen
wounded, but the work of tho factory
waa uot iutvJTiipted,
TOWNS.AUSTRIA
RENCH
RAID
OHEaON, PIIIDAY, MAY
A NEW PICTURE OF AN
ITALIAN OFFICER
GEH.CMDOUU
!i-n. IVdorn, rhlf nf llio juror rat
Mrr or llio IIhIUh mtmy, anil noir
Mltli his tnMM nt Vl-nj, near llio
.tuslrbiH frontier.
PRESIDENT PLANS
STATEMENT UPON
WASHINGTON, May 2S. Pre-i.
dent Wilson will issue n Mntcmcnt
concerning tho Mexican nucstion
within the next few diyn, neeordinti
to nn announcement today nt tin:
white house. It was not said what
tho nature of (ho statement would bo
Despite tho refusal of white house
officials to discuss the president's
contemplated Mutcuiciit, it wan nn
di'itood that it wouldtbe in the nn
turo of n notice that conditions in
Mexico aro fast hccnmriur intolerable
While it will not prr iStire that 'tho
UuiteH States intends to intencne im
mediately, it is expected to wnc as
A warning to tho Mexican lenders
that conditions must improve.
Tho statement probably will be if -Hied
Tuesday afternoon. It is ex
pected that tho president will discuss
it with thc cabinet boforo it is issued.
It became known late today Hint
the president has been tronnly ad
vised recently to recopnUo tho Cnr
ranzn government in Mexico, particu
larly in view of tho jxissibility of its
enrly return to jwnvcr in Mexico City.
Officials declined to say whether this
point will bo taken up in tho presi
dent's statement.
GAINS IN MINOR
STOCKS NOTED
NEW YOHIC, Mny 28. Thero woro
inoro gains than losses at tho open
ing of today's market, but tho im
provement was mainly iu stocks of
minor iniortnnee, loading issues be
ing neglected, Hock Island made fur
ther recovery of a point mid somo of
tho wnr specialties, oop'icr and mot
ors, rose small fractions, but these
wero soon wiped out. Canadian Pa
eifiu was ngnin tho weak featuro of
tho international list, losing over n
point, dchpito its comparative firm
ness in London. Among tho more ob
scure industrials however, Harvester
Corporation of New Jersey declined
over 4 points. Tho entire list reced
ed moderately down after tho open
ing. ALLIED TRENCHES
CONSTANTINOPLE, May 28, by
wireless to Uorlln mid London.
Fresh activity of Turkish forces In
tho vicinity ot Kurna, Mesopotamia
la announced In a war of(Ic state
ment which anys:
"In a night attack by volunteers
In bofaia we captured two English
positions which we nro BtlH holding,"
Kurna Is on the rlebt bank ot
tho Tigris river nt Its JuactloR with
(ho Euphrates. It is a stopping point
for river steamers and has a small
trade.
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Chief Engineer Saw Wake of Tor
pedo Explosion Followed Shock-
Effect Upon Ship Terrific Steel
Girders Blown Out, Derricks Torn
Up Mystery How Crew Escaped.
LIVERPOOL, May 28. Whllo
none of tbo crow of tho American
stvatner .Vebmskan, disabled Tuesday
iiIkIU by an explosion off tho coast of
Ireland, saw a submarine, the chief
engineer believe he saw tho woke
of a torpedo on tho starboard side,
according to Captain (Jreone of the
steamer.
Tho captain said that there wag a
holo about twenty feet square in tho
forecastlo below the water line.
Have Toi-iKfloti'n Wnk
"We wrn In tho boats about an
hour," bo wtlil "Tbo ship seemed
to bo settllns; by tho bead and wo de
cided to stay closo by until lielp which
we had summoned by wireless, arrlv
M. While none of us saw a sub
marine, the chief engineer believes
be saw the wako of a torpedo on
tho starboard side. The effect of tho
shock of the torpedo strlglng tho ship
was to stop her suddenly. There
was a tcrccptlblo Interval between
the shock and tho explosion.
"Wo started to return to Liver
pool about 10:30 o'clock tho same
night. Tho vessel was 12 feet Iqwcr
down by tlio head than normal, ow
Ing to tho water In tho hold."
The damage to tho vcmcI's npper
structure Is so nevcro it s evident
the shock tho ship suffered must have
been terrific. Great derricks were
torn up and flung across the deck,
smashing the rail on one side. Strong
steel girders forming part of a hatch
wero blown out and some went over
board. In tho deck flooring sear tho
hatch two largo holes were made,
revealing t,ho naked steel girders, two
of which were cut through cleanly.
ltHttka Destroyed
Tho bunks occupied by tbo boats
wain and two quartcrsmastera all ot
whom wero Injured, aro a mass of
wreckage, and tho men aro wonder
ing how they escaped more serious
hurts. All tho furniture and wood
work In tbo room were broken Into
fragments.
Tho American consul nnd represen
tatives ot tho American embassy
boarded tho ship from a tender yes
terday afternoon meeting tho steam
er off the bar and coming with her
to tho docks.
? AGROUND. EGYPT
WASHINGTON, May 28. The
United States etuisor North Carolina
is aground within tbo outer harbor of
iMexmidrm. Egypt, according to n re
port to tho navy deiwrtment today by
her commander, Captain Joseph W.
Oman, who says tho ship is undam
aged and that dredging operations
will bo undertaken to relenso Iter.
Efforts made yesterday to release
tho North Carolina, Captain Oman
reported, bad failed. Tho cruiser Dos
Moines lias arrived off Alexandria as
relief to tbo North Carolina in Med
iterranean waters. Tlto latter, as
3oon ns flouted, will bo returned to
tho United States to act as naval nvi-
utiou ship off Pensncoln, Fin.
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OF
BONAPARTES ENLISTS
TURIN, May 27, via Turis, Mny
28, 8:115 a. in. Priueo Humbert,
Count of Salemi, son of tho Princess
Lctitia Ilounparte, and tho lata duko
of Aostu, who reigned for several
years in Spain as King Amadous, has
volunteered ns a lieutenant in a regi
ment of Catania cavalry, ami is al
ready iu enmp. Ho is 20 yenra old.
Priueo Humbert is a half-brother of
the Duko of Aostn, of the Count of
Turin mid of tlto Duko of tho Abruzzi.
Tho mnrringo of tho prince's mother
to liar undo caused n sensation iu It
aly when it took place,
ORPEDO
SEEN
BYNEBRASKAN
STATES CAPTA N
YANKEE
BR
ITALIAN TROOPS LAND
ON ISLE !0F RHODES.
L IN THE AGEAN &A
4 r ' ,4
AMSTERDAM. May 28. via
Loudon, A-Jm p. m.Tlio Her-
r Iin Lokul Anzcigcr stales that
r Italian troops iu considerable 4
forco have landed on tho Turk-
ish island of Rhodes, in tho 4
ApfTf-fltl t,n- 4-
Rhode It about HOO miles
south of the Dunfanellcs, No 4
4 official rcxrt has been rerciv- 4
! of n declaration of war be-
4 lu-uiiti TnrfcHi' nn.l Knit 4-
4- 4
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FIVE MEXICANS
SAVEDFROMNOOSE
BY PAROLE BOARD
TUCSON. Arlu., May 28. Judge
W. II. Bawtelle of tho United States
court denied today tho application
for writs of habeas corpus for the
flvo Mexicans condemned to hang at
Florence prison.
Attorneys for the condemned pris
oners were Informed that tho execu
tions would take place at once.
Attorney Struckemeyer, however,
prevented Immediate executloaa by
filing a notice of appeal to the Uatted
States district court oa the applica
tion for habeas corpus. Judfte Saw
tello announced he would ruleethl
at 1:30 p. m until which time the
executions cannot take place.
PHOENIX. May 2S. By a Tote et
iu to J2 the house of rcpreseatatlree
of Arizona, teday declined Goreraer
Hunt's request to memorialize the
board of pardons and paroles to re
prlero the 'five men eoademaed to be
hanged Atj Florence1. This followed
last nlght action by the state- sen
ate which declared that Governor
Hunt's message, embodying Secretary
Dryan's request for clemency, aeeord
ed neither with the spirit nor the let
ter ot the law.
Judge Sawtclle at 2 o'clock denied
tho motion of the Anti-Capital Pun
ishment attorneys for leave to appeal
to tho United States supreme court
from his decision In refusing to grant
habeas corpus writs to the condemn
ed men.
FLORENCE, Ariz., May 28. The
board of pardone and parolee granted
at the last moment today, a respite
to all 'Ire Mexicans who were con
demned to die on the gallows at Flor
ence penitentiary today. The respite
Is not to exceed nlneweeks,, and tko
recommendation Is made.i that the
men be hanged separately on dates
to be fixed by Governor Hunt.
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MORE BRITISH SHIPS
PENZANCE. England, May 28.
Tho llntisu steamer Cadeby has been
sunk off tho Scilly Isles by gunfire
from n Gorman submarine. Ail tltoso
on board tho vessel, including four
passengers, wero saved.
The Cadeby was sent to the bottom
yesterday, llor crew of 18 men, to
gether wih tho four passengers on
board, took to tho bonta and woro
later rescued by a fishing smack nml
brought iuto Nowlyu, a fishing vitiligo
near hero.
Tho steamor Cadeby was of 077
tons register nnd 225 feet long. Sho
was owned iu Glasgow.
LIVERPOOL, May 23. Tho Brit-
ish steamer Argyllshire, which left
Sydney, N. S, W, April 10, is Bonding
out wireless distress calls after hav
ing been attacked by a German sub
marine, according to information ro
ccived iu shipping circles hero
COPENHAGEN, May 28. Tho
Danish steamer Ely struck a wine off
Stockholm yesterday aud sunk, Her
crow was saved,
Tho Ely wa3 bound from England
for Sundaynll, Sweden, with a cargo
of coal.
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Kansas, Nebraska, OklafcMM Mtt
Missouri Rivers rfoful Sr.it
fag Country Many Towns Uwke
Water Rata CmUmms jhhI Mi
aster Threatens Lane TerrHtry.
KANSAS CITV, Mo May At'
though grave reports were received
last night and early today fregiJlaiWH
la Kansas, Oklahoma, and WMtra
MhMOHrl, fears of srto(flee4s'as
the -result of eoatjatted r'alas, had
abated reraewhat tadkje. , r , ' ,
The local United kHatesweathf r
observer today bHHied a reaort assert
Ing that "ail rivers aad' ifm a
"this aeetto are wMhta lawtr aaaks
exeept i
wpt at KaoMsCHy aai Wiew.''
AH
yilth rain eoatlaatag t sear ever
Kaasas, Oktaaeaw and wwstera Mis
souri aad all streams la taecstlea
rising rapidly, the danger, of a ser
ious flood, possibly as dtsastrous as
that of 1903, today became greater
every hour.
Trouble la Kansas City centers la
the Arxeatiae and ArmoHrdale see
tlens of Kaasas City, Kan., la the
BIho river valley district, eajlhe east
ern edge ot the elty, aad liTthe Koek
hlll district, aa exclusive south side
residential Beetles, where Strath
ereek, a drainage stream, kas,fleed-M
ed the lower floors of numbefS'Sf
homes. .,'
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Keeorts, from aerthwestera' Mis
souri fadfsate that the attaaMaa tbere
Is assou'atsd crave. The Ckaad' 4ar.
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.Joseph iFerry was drowsed near
Platte City, whoa ae attempted to
cross the swollea river la a wsgoa.
At Itwreace, Kaa..; Bambers of
students were unable to reach their
class rooms at the University ot Kaa
sas today because of water whleh
stood knee deep la the streets.
Tracy, a towa Bear Platte City,
also Is menaced aad most of the In
habitants have removed to higher
places. Cb-r
CLAIM KARLSRUHE
LOSUURTLEBAY
y NOGALES, Sonora, Mex., May 38.
Piva' German sailors who etiwto
ltve, eertetl lite GerniaH emi-er
Karkntbe are here today. They de
sired to enter the Uutted States, but
fear that ,if they do they will be in
tented. Colonel Sage, eomHrnndlnit
the Twelfth United States: infantry at
Nogales, Ariz., is understood to haw
takeu up the ease with "VHbiH;lt)n.
Paul Geldt, who Says be was it
gunner aboard the Karlsruhe, said to
day the warship west aground near
Turtlo bay, on the ceat of Lower
California j early in January, and ihiit
bo and nine other sailors deserted at
that time. When told that the Japan
ese cruiser Asama had been ashore nt
Turtlo Hay from December 31 up tJ
less than a month ago, Getut assert
ed that ho knew nothing about that.
Tho saiors said they had heard tho
Karlsruhe had been sunk, in A battlf
with a llritish cruiser in tho Paeifio
some months ago.
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NEW VOUK, May 9i. Qtfi4 of
tho Presbyterian board t.tniH
missions welcomed the aeaitHlav
that tho way to UrumUh had 4 Uwt
been opened, Fore mmmm Nuui IsMfse
months iiersisteat and f4satta4 of-
iorts have been nutde , isjiaif f aa
board to satul iw&ot t k Ckn
tiaus at Urnwiab. New fstS tts ait
is in the haada of V Ja&M, MNtf
will be rmtMf by iilHljlfil Ma
the aorta.
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