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GERMAN REPLY
EVADES ISSUES
Relets Offered for Fnbala and Of
fers Reparation fcr Gulfllght and
Cushln-jv-Qulhblo Over Linltnnln
and Shifts Blame to England
Raise Issue of Titanic.
1IKIIMN, May 20, via London.
Tim (Ionium reply to the American
unto, MMit after Hid linking of thu
LuHitiiiiin, was sinned bv Ilerr vou
.litgnw, Ihn foreign mlnbdcr, nt 11
mVIodIc lust Slight mill dt'llveied to
Aiiibumndor (lernrd thin forenoon fur
trmiMmlMMloti to Wiihliinittnn.
The nolo expresses (lernuiuy'H re
gret for injuries MiMninrd by Ameri
cans iih a result of nubmiitiuo nnd
iiiroilmio itllncks iiml offers rum
pciiHntinii in eases in which (lorinnny
In found to lit) in tilt) wrong.
Ah lnillriilril previously in these
domiciles, tin uotu defers n direct
itiixwcr lo the questions mixed by
President Wilson H'inliiii; it further
i xi'Iiiiiiku of views, (lenunny desires
to t'Mnlilixh whether lint I.itilmiin
was a dcfciiHcJcM merchant ship or
wiiH bring iimiI for the lrmiMrtntiun
of wnr imiiiUinii) iiml soldiers, on
which unsuspecting pusM'tigcr wort?
)K.niiiltril to lake piisnKtt lo snfe
fjunnl the war materials.
Tim American rcprcscntntiniis re
garding the torpedoing of the llrithdi
htcniurr Fnlnbn, In which mi Ameri
can riltxen lint his lifr, lire nnKwi'ied
villi (hi! Mntcmcut Hint it was in
tended to offor ninplo lime for tlio
pw.rngors mid crow to lunvo thu
hlllp.
Tlu net ion of Die en pi u in in nt
tempting to chrM', however, nci:esi.
tntcd mure summitry iietion. F.vcn tho
commander of the jnihninrino urautoil
tin minutes for tlioio on board to
'rave the vohc nml Kiilnipintly ex
tended tliu time to twciity-tlirt.'o mill
titt'H linloro niiiknK tin hliip.
Mrnu No llnnn
(iciriiiiuiy t.xpn,it'o ri'Krct for
'tlio iininU'iitioniil (iltackV on Hid
Aincririin htrnmcr CiihIiIiik nml thu
lnlflilit. Tin CiihIiIii? wuh nttnukcil
by (I'Tiiinii uiniii'ii in tlio N'ortli ea
nml tlio (ltiinilil niiH torpedoed off
Hcilly lhlaml. (Icnitnny iINhvoivh nuy
itift'iition to nttnvk InimilcHt neutral
i'ri ft. Sim nffern to pnv L'oiiiMii)n
tlon wheruver pIic in found to lio in
(lie wrong,', and to refer ilonlitfnl
rahes to The llano for n deeUion.
Tim mihhiiu" in tin Ainurii-mi nolo
ronci'minir it poMMJhlo ilinavnttal by
ieminny of iiilent to hink llm I.iim
tiinin nml I lie illricnntiniiniii'ii of her
preHent praetieert of hiilimarine war
la re mo not inenlioned peeifieall' in
the reply. Tliu noto hlaton that
ix'iiiliii); the reply ol the Aineiieau
;o eminent to the tlennnn acsninp
tioiiH of fuel re;iirdin tint diame
ter of thu l.nsitmua nml hur cnrRo, no
ntlejnpt will ho niHilu to answer tlio
deiiiaiiilrt coiilniiiiil in the AiiK'iienn
nod'. TIionii iiHHiiinpliuiiM of fael uro
us feilnwH:
"Thu IiioiluiiaJVvnH Imitl iih mi
auxiliary irnfe()iiltlilixei mni rar
l icd on tlin navy (fid n xneli. Shu
earned, aeeerdinx: to (lennan infor
mal Ion, (wo J,'1"' mounted nml eou
t'fah'ii lieiow dockH.
(Continued on Page 2.)
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LOST OFF
HELGOLAND 'AFTER
TO YANKEE NOTE
OKNKVA, May 2l, vln I'arix,
4 'Jilt) p. in. AMIfpnteli imlvtd
4 hero thin morning fiom l'rld-
riehwhuvrn on Luke Con h unco
sctti forth that oim of thu Zop.
4 pollu (tiihhplK which Ih fee diiyn
4 iittu raided Ibu town of South.
4 end nl tlio mouth of tlio Thiunc,
4 fttrty inlli'M ciihI of London, wim
4 flruck by ono ut thu HiilUh
t HhrlU filed aUll, OhIhk t b
4 rcMillnnl V4 of iimm II wuh ini
4 M o jchcIi jbu iHHlnlHiid ami
4 fell inlo Ihu M'tt off JMtfolnml,
W7Wbrr Ibu ww wt( Mvcd In
f t f t t if tf
BRTSHTORPEDO
NDARDANELLES
NEAR
0 ON
American Station Ship Endangered
When Submarine Fires Wild In
Turkish Waters Requested lo
Shift Anchorage Out of Danger
Zone,
WAHIIIXHTON', May UII. Thu
Ainerieaii htalloii hip Heoriilon liar-
jowly t'Hcnpt'il ilmmif:u by n Miihimirint'
on .May lit nt C'otiitiintiiiuplc. Am-
bmiHitilor Moip'iilliau ieMirled to thu
htntn iliparliiu'iit lodny that the tdilp
wiih reipietited lo shirt her mit-liorat;
on iti'i'iMiiit of HiKhihle (Innrr iiho
from thu tire of nhoru hatlorlvft,
Tin tiit departmi'iit IcmIhJ lKiiei
thin claleinenl on the Heorjdoa invi
tletit :
"The de))artnieiit it ndvined by tliu
Anieriean miihiiNHailur in ('onlnnli
iiupln that on thu afternoon of May
'J I n Militant inn entered thu llotphortit
ironi thu Hon of Marmora, nml that
xt'iernl (orH'i!ocH were fired in thu
hnthor, oiio of them xerionly ilaiini);
iiiK " litrKi triinxport anchored near
thu Scorpion. Tlio town nml Mioit
Imtleiii'rt oH'iud firtt without rt-milt.
rhc Heorjiion liiiH hern rripientod hv
thu port captain to nhift anehoraijo
on iiccoiint of thu wt.ildu ilmi)(pr of
file from t.iore liattenen and will go
tip to lledbek nt onro. '
On May '27 tliu Itrit!-h ad.aimlly
rciMirtcd that it Itntixh xulnnarine had
tlaMird 'nt f Coiixtitntinoptu harhor
ami iiwehnri'ed a toqieilo nt a Iran
port. Tim latter Mtot wn evideiill)
the one which cndnni'oird the Seorjt
inn. Tlio Matloa vhip in a converted
yacht hoiiKht dtirniK thu Spnninh war,
GALICIAN GAINS
OFFSET By SLOW
I'KTItOnitAl). May 20.ItUMlnn
nrmy offlrvrs mtnort tlmt thu lctory
of i:tt)ieror Nlcliolni troopR nt Slcn
lawn on tbo Han In Central Onllcla,
him ofinet the micceimcii of tlio Aur-tro-ttormnn
forccH at Ilndyinno and
(totimikow. An Hndyiano tlio Our
ninnn occupied territory on tlio right
hank of thu Han extending tiro miles
cant nnd nn equal dlHtanro south of
till village Kant of Oouimkow thoy
ndvnncud n short dlitnnco In tho di
rection of tamlierK, According to
military opinion, hownvor, tho nd
vnnco of separnto grotipR of Oerman
forces cannot result In material prog
ress toward I.omherg while thu wholo
luft flank of tho (lorinmi urmy ojwr
ntlng between tho Vistula nnd the
Carpathian!) Is lining prossed back by
thu 'ltunnluiiH along tlio lino from
Hlenlawa to the sottUi of the Ran.
Kvory move enstward of tho (iormnns
weakens their cominiinlcntlona with
tho rear.
An jot no direct nssatilt has been
made upon Prtcinysl. The aim of
the normnns, nppnrently In to encir
cle tbo fortress nnd attempt to pro
ceed leisurely toward I.umberg.
ITALY'S ENTRANCE
AFFECTS CHURCH
HOME, May 'J8, in Putin, May 120
0 p. in, DiMUiHtfitiK thu vexed (pieH
tioit of tlio deparluro from Koine of
rcproriciitutlvcif of hi'lliKorcnt conn
Iriert neerediled to thu holy wee, tliu
OfrHvcrntoro Itoiiimio, I he Vatican or
Kim, Hiiyx: "Adiiiittliix Unit ilm Itiil
Iiiii uoverninent in under renponnih!lity
lo tho holy hco, Mitch n ponllloii'dld
not eorrehionii with thu dignity of
their ol lice. Their departinu J rum
lloine mm'! bu ntlribiiled merely to n
new hltiiulloii mealed by ho pallc.
iallon of Italy l,i ilm war, The p'J.
tfou of bu lioly ht'u W icudcted mot
iliffietlli hv ii eainiol confer direetiy
with ieiiu'enliillve of m liilkf,l-
hU, Ibu iCtlliIHK llM lll'IIIHl"l.
wllfy wbleb H ) Hreesry l"l" IH
mw wiry out M hiUI'h I"
VICTORY
SAN
)cirlUwHwyi
MEDFORD.
ROAD OVER SISKIYOUS IS
Mountain Section of Pacific
Highway to Bo Opened to
Travel in Few Days,
Tim I'orlflo highway ovr tli Pis
klou mountain will to thrown opfn
to travel In a few Uyn. Tilt hlsh
way will h on of tin Kcrnlo drives
of America. It la smiled J4 frnt In
wlillh nnd tho mm i mum xrsdc Is sis
per cml All rurvrs have a minimum
rnitlus of 100 fet ami evtrywhere thu
road rnn l srn for a hundrnd yards
shrsd, llmlntln all dansir.
Th utretrh of 13 mile In Jackson
county cost ovr ljoo.000 for srsd
Inc. It will be hard surfaced this
iimmr iinrir lh direction of thfl
stain hlshway rotnmUslon.
Tits nsw hlshway rtlaris tho
Dolllvcr loll road with Its IS per cent
grade.
Tho hlshway crosaes the Fouthern
rarlfle railroad track twice, ones at
Dollarhlde and acaln nt Htelnmsn. In
lK)th rasea the hlshway pa"es over
the railway on concreto brlilss. At
rttelnmsn a noel but very necesiary
piece of conatructlon Is seen where
the hlshway not only nas over the
railway but turns three quarters of a
circle nnd passes under Itseir. Ttila
was done to savs the expenae of msk
lnt a flit further down which would
have required thousands of yards of
material
Courtesy Oregon Journal.
TO MEXICO PLAN
WASHINGTON', .Mny 'JO. Prom-
dent WilMin'H fortheoinlnj,' htiitemeut
on thu Mexican hitiiation will contain
a detailed review of eonditioiiH nnd
herve n warning on the factional
leadcrri that the United States will
itisiht on mi improvement of the in
ternal hilualion. Offieialu refused
today to discus what alternative thu
president hart in mind.
Thu btatement Iiiih been written by
President Wilson himself on hi type,
writer in hix study, mid is said to
contain nbotit lfiOO worth. It will he
forwnided to the various Moxienu
lendera through Amerienn aentn. It
it Kitid to bu based on the conclusion
that oonditioiiH in Mexico have come
to hiieh a stale that the United Staton
iih tlio Miutheni repulilio'ri "next
friend," must eve to it that there is
a clump".
An embargo on the expottation of
anus from tliu United States is un
derstood to.liavn been under consid
eration. Tim repot t to President
WiNon by Duval West, who recently
letuined from Mexico, is mid not to
hnvo been the only factor influenciiiK
Ibu president's determination. Mueli
other data has been comiii); to bim
for mouthy
Anierieuti Hed Cross supplies for
the famine, piffi'iei's are to bu con
centrated in three great government
warehouses ut Galveston, Laredo and
Kl Paso. Letters to thu governor of
each stale, many prominent men and
to some interested putties in Mexico
linking co-operulipii, were sent out to
dity by ltel Cross, headipiniters.
MLY AND CZAR
IIOMH, Mny S-tf.NeeotlulloHs
bltVM bwH rOrMH4 Wh PullHKIHd,
umurilffiii Ih Ibu TibUHv rliardlHK
llit irHr l JImIv f pilsHtrs uf
HuIUh hhUpWy M4 fffim ih
AuArluu fyiw,
EMBARGO ON ARMS
PRESIDENT BELIEF
10 EXCHAM MEN
OREOON, SATURDAY,
I
old
Concreto viaducts that avoid railroad trade crossings on Um HS
l klyou sectloa of ta Paeifle Ulskway.
JUDGE HUMPHRIES
NATIONAL FIGURE
OF SEAHLE DEAD
8KATTLB, Wn., May 29.Siiper
lor Judgo John K. Huinphrlos, whose
Injunctions and contempt ot court de
cisions In a street speaking contro
versy with tbo socialists of Seattlo
draw nation wldo attention during
tbo summer and autumn of 1913,
died today ot uremic poisoning, aged
C3 years, Ilo was n natlvo of Cal
houn. 111., and had lived in Seattle
27 years. He wns n enndldato for
supremo Justice In 190$, but was
defeated. Alleging that ho had been
counted out, bo Hindu tho alleged
Injustlco dono bim an issuo when ho
ran for United States senator in 1910
and for supromo Justice Inst year.
In July, 1913, following tho riots
lit which men from United States
warships wrecked n half doion meet
ing places of tho socialist party nnd
Industrial Workors of tho World,
Judgo Humphries enjoined Mayor
Cotterlll from closing tbo saloons
and censoring a dally newspaper.
Judge Humphries subsequently caus
ed iSwj Imprisonment of 100 social
ists, Including saveral women, ono
with a baby, for contempt of court
In signing paper denouncing hint
for bin iHsuniuo ot ait Injunction in
n street speaking enso,
BIG LEAGUES HAMPERED
BYWEAlUiNS
CIIICIAW), May SH iUIh and rold
woulkor have caused 103 baseball
khwwi to b poiripoHOd In lb KtlH
hI, Aiwrlfim uml I'tidtH-sl wkuq
sIhm I he start wf ibu stmwit, Hseurt)'
Ink Ih litHrwi mplUd kr Mny.
Tm mm m www for wajr
rss pW)iwi'li.
MAY 20, 1915
COMPLETED
E
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IN NAVAL ZONE
WASHINGTON', .May 20. An urR
ent wnniinp; to Amerienn shipping
ttgaiitht tmvvrsing the imvnl war zone
inentitionoly and to have nil neutral
uinrkinpi di.pluyed us conspicuously
ns possible, including illumination nt
night, was eommunU'nted to tlio fetate
department todny by the Gorninn
govenunent through the American
embassy nt llerlin.
Tlio Gorman warninc: was announc
ed in the following statement made
public by lite utate department:
"Tho Amoricnu nmbassndor nt
Berlin has been informed by tho Ger
man foreign office that in view of tho
fact that duriiii thu btbt few weeks
it lias repentcdly occurred that neu
tral ships have been sunk in the wat
ers dosiijnuted us tin nrea. of mari
time war by tlio Gorman ndmirnlty, on
February -1, 3013, ami c.pceially in
ono en.0 wliore it wn cstablihlied
that tho biukitig was traceable to an
atlael: by a Gorman Kiibmnrino which
took tho neutral idiip for an English
vessel in thu darkness, on account of
tho inadequate illumination of it.
ngntnil dintinelive markings, it rec
ommeiideil that Ameriunu sliipping
eircles again he warned against trav
ersing tlu urea of maritiiiiQ war in
cautioutily and ttKo bu urged to make
the neutral thinkings uH plAin us pes
dibit1, uml espeially to bitvo them il
luminated promptly uml aufficicntly
ut pight "
Recevtry of Nineteen Buitoi
NAKAIMt), II. (., luy J0. -Kin,
ti-i'ii bodies of MeliniK of lust Thar-
ilnx tuploftlon pi (lie icservt) wine
f thu Vvrii rut'l t'lMwjwHy hmvi
hem taken out nml it U iswelfd tM
bi) other ihue, whleb ur bidd'H U-
lil... I fal II .i I k.li.ls 11 ll.l .li.li 1 Si II llU
NEUTRA
HIPS
ivvrnwd M I
Winn ii inn m im i xvntt shi s
TEUTON MARCH
UPON PRZEMSYL
IS UNCHECKED
Berlin Admits Russians Hurl Back
Austro Ferce at Scnlawa, But
Claim 6a(ns Elsewfcere French
lembard Last Obstacle In Arras
Battle Rages at St. Nazalre.
IIKHLIN, May 29. Tho Austro
Gerrnan advance on the Callclan for
tress of Przemysl Is contlulaR un
checked. Tho official statement is
sued today at tho war office says
that further ground has been gain
ed. It is announced also that German
ariators dropped bombs on St. Omar,
In northern France, 22 miles south-
cast of Calais.
Terrific fighting la contlulns along
the river San in (Jallcla. with tho
Anstro-Gcrman forces making prog
ress except at Scnlawa, fifty miles
north of I'rzemyal, where, according
to tho claims of Petrograd, and the
admissions of Vienna, an Austro
Hungartan forco Is being thrown
back across the river to the west
bank. In this action tho Russians
assert that thoy capture! several
thousand prisoners and a number of
guns.
In tho Caucasus tho P.nsslans now
in occupation of tho city of Van, in
Turkish Armenia, are steadily ad
vancing against tho Turks.
Tho latest report given out by tu
French army headquarters dwell on
Iho British advance toward La Has-
sco and further French progress in
tho most difficult sector of the Lens
Arras line. Near Kcurle, a little, te
the north of Arras' a" formidable Oer
man fortress bars the road to the
eastward. The' French have eapttirea
apart' of this work, whfetf Js know
as the Labyrinth and tbeyare bow
endeavoring to totality reduce it. The
Germans are fighting stoutly to pre
vent allied progress in this direction,
nnd they have made bo less than ser.
on sanguinary assaults on the bow
French position at Angres.
llerlin reports that tho battle at
Ablaln, SL Naialrc, Is still raging.
I
OE
LONDON, May 29. Tho Turkish
troops depending tho Gallipoll pen
insula against tho landing force of
tho allies number 20,000 men, ac
cording to the correspondent at Ath
ens ot tho Ueuter Telegram company.
Tho Turks are remaining on tbo
dofonsivo in tho Caucasus and 'are
concentrating all their efforts on the
Dardanelles, whither reinforcements
aro being brought from Syria. Tbo
supplies ot ammunition, both for the
intautry aud artillery, are reported
to be decreasing rapidly with no
prospect ot being replenished.
Reports reaching Athens from So
fia set forth that llulgarla is holding
to neutrality, but tbo leaders ot tho
opposition party believe that if Ru
mania intervenes in tho war, Bul
garia will follow suit.
F
C. V. Mirviiif chief of tho govern
ment weather bureau, arrived on No.
1(1 today to, investigate tho needs of
tho weather bureau Bervieo to th"
Kogtto Itiver vulley. Thu preliminary
work uml the establishing of suh-lu-lions
has been done by Mesors. Drake
and Sheldon.
County IVtlhologUt Profohsor M
1', llemleivm, 1'rofvssor V, 0. Keitner
un-J A. (.'. Allen will vii.it IIh-wi fcule
Utio) todwy with Mr, Murvlfi mm
fwiHUii Mm Ibu JufwrwutioH be to-
ffwlrtsu, HbiHibl h piMmt wUwr
.-..u.... n... ..rf...., .iii i.,.. 1. 1 I.., i..
80.000
TURKS IN
ALLIPOLI
SHOR
MUNITIONS
WEATHER
BH
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VISIT
NO. ,59
;
Naval Attache Examination Stows
New DetaHName ami Part (
Vessel Painted Amidships Captam
and Crew Describe Attack ef Sa
Wedf to Testmwiy,
WASIIINOTOy, May 20.Kv.l
cnee forwarded by Ambassador Page
to the state department tocbty, gMh
cred by Lieutenant John H. Towers,
naval attache at the American em
bassy at London, indicates that the
American steamer Nebraskan was
torpedoed by a submarine. r
Lieutenant Towers made a .tech
nical examination ef the Nebrasksn
HNCESHOWS
NEBH HIT '
BY SUBMARINE
on her arrival at Liverpool. The efckf
engineer stated that he saw the wake,
of H torpedo jtmt before ,the vwm'I a,
was attacked. The American ambas- "v
Fador in London informed the state
department that Lieutenant TowerV
investigation brings out tho fact ns
follews: i
"That the Nebraskan Imd left Livf' "
crpool bound for the Delaware' break
water on the afternoon of My 24
and was in water ballast. The words
'Xcbraskan, New York were Hti(d
on eaeh side araiilflhipa in letters jtix
feet high, and she flew the Amerieag
flag continuously up te approximate
ly 8:10 p. hi., May 25, at which time
the ship was about forty milea iwiiik
west of Fastnot. , '
"The flag, was theti haakd ,dowa.
because the sun had set-nad the Mf
wa nonsidorcil nt Mm. Tkm nhi'nf ml. '
giHecr of the (4iip at 834 p. w.eb-
served a white awak m Mm Water,
perpeadicuhr to the abin e Ute.sVar- ' '
baara.aMk. and a Kak&'wiiL''''
felt alOit instaatly, followed by a
violeat explosion abreast heid Na. 1.
"Hatch coverss No. 1 were IsIowh
off, also cargo booms above the name,
and the air was filled with oil and
debriJ, tho double bottom comiart
ments below bold No. 1 haviar beea
used for tanks for fuel oil. Itottoet
plating nnd pieces of the hide were
blown up through two tleekri. Tha
fdiip settled immediately by- the head
end officers and crew took to tlv;
boats. After remainiag off the ship
about one hour, they returned and
headed the ship for Liverpool.
"Under orders of the Rriiittk ad
miralty, a Ilritisii naval trawler earm;
up nt midnight nnd remained with tln
Nebraskan until she reached the
mouth of tho Mersey-
"No one was seriously injured. The
ambassador is sending by mail a de
tailed report of Lieutenant Tower
und deposition) of three of the shipSt
officers taken by tho consul at Liv-
cqrool."
KULTUR IN Ml
VIA LAND SEIZURE
PLAN OF GERMAN
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" KIO JANEIItO, Uraril, Mny
29. The gazette do Notieias in
its issuo of today, denounced
" what it doscribes us "Oenmin
maneuvers" in. Southern Iirar.il, "
" where the Qennans have (stub ""
lilted nn important colony, " "
" This paper declares that the
" German colonists nshombled u "
depot of munitions of war, and
that it was their intention to
proclaim the independence of tho "
" stato of Sainto Cntlieritie. Tho
outbreak of tho war in Km ope
caused them to postpone carry- t
ing this project into ef feet, '-The
Hraziliuu government i mUi) to t
hae communicated this in for-
million to tlie Oemmn Biwiwler,
who promised to iiivwtitfHte,
f f -f 4- f -f - .
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