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Medford Mail Tribune SECOND EDITION WEATHER J'Vtfr Tonight nntl Wednesday Mnv. Xi!.5; Un. itMit f - T i . Forty-fifth' Tear. Dally Tenth Year. LUSITANIA NOT ARMED DEW SHIP'S OFFICERS Captain Turner Says Liner Had No Masked Guns Was Not Prepared Either for Offense or Defense- Difficulties of Rcscuinq Passengers Detailed Fired Without Warnlnn. LONDON, .lunu 5. "Tito Lusi innin was not armed and nho never v'an fitted out as a transport," was ono of the. remarks made by Kir Kd want Carson, attorney general in the new cabinet, in addressing the eoiut this morning at tho opening of the board of trade iutpiiry into tho Io.hh of tho Ciinard liner. Huron Mersey, president of the court of inquiry, is assisted by Ad inirnl Sir Frederick Knglefiold and Lieutenant Conuunnder Ileani ns na val assessors, and Captain DnvioH mid Captain Speeding of tho mereiin lilo marine. Attorney General Car tion and Frederick K. Smith repre KMitod tho board of trade, while tho Canard company and the passengers of tho Lusitnnia, including the late Alfred Q. Vanderbilt. all were repre sented by counsel. Court Kail Inquiry Spectators crowded tho court. Al most simultaneously with tho opening of tho investigation news was receiv ed of the finding of two more bodies near where tho Lusitauia sank. One was of a boy about 11 years old and the other of a man. Neither was identified. Sir Kdward Carson, who opened for tho board of trade, said ho courted the fullest inquiry. Me was able to givo complete denial to tho contention of tho Herman government that the Lusitauia was an armed vessel car rying guns and serving as an auxil iary to the naval forces of Great llritajn. "In their note to Germany," tho speaker said, "the United States already have officially denied this, tmd the evidence I propose to call will confirm and full- nrovo the remarks of tho American government that the Lusitauia was not armed and that she never had been fitted out an a transport. Without Any Warning "Without warning n Gorman sub marine fired two torpedoes at the Lusitauia and it is believed that a third projectile also was fired. Such an act was not onlv contrary to in tcrnatioaal law, hut it is contrary to the dictates of civilization and liu juanitv. To sink Misscngers in this manner was a deliberate attemnt at murder." Continuing. Sir Kdward remarked that tho fuiontion of soeed would be imnoitaut. The Lusitnnin was goiue eighteen knots, using onlv 11) out of her "J.') boilers in consequence of the decreased traffic, thus saving u ipiarter of her total coal consumption and a proportionate amount in labor. Ceitaiu sM'cifio information was Rent by tho Hritish admiralty by wireless to the Lusitauia, but tluiso instructions are not to bo made pub lic, and this pait of the evidence is to bo taken in private. Questions at Issiio "Tho real questions arising," the attorney said, "are onlv twe: First, oh to the navigation of the ship hav ing legard to tho instructions mid in formation conveyed by the admiralty; and second, as to whether everything was done that could be done after tho ship was torpedoed." Captain Turner of the Lusitnnin, examined by the attorney geaoral, said tho ship was not armed, either for offense or defonse, and curried no masked guns. He confirmed Sir Kdward's statement as to the speed (Continued on page two.) 115471 BUM OFFICERS KILLED LONDON, Juno 15 Thirteen thousand five hundred and forty Sev ern ofieors and won of tho British navy. Including marines and mem ber of the naval dlvlilen, have boon killed or wounded or reported wlw Us from the beglnalRg of the war up to May SI. according to announce ment made today In tendon Of talc total S,!U were killed. DAILY COST OF WIIWOOO TOGREATBRITAIN Premier Says Charge In Government Due to Demand Unon Energies of Nation and Confidence of People in Administration, Necessitating Union of All Parties. LONDON, Juno in. Premier Ab quith, on moving n voto of credit for 1250,000,000 Informed tho members of tho house that tho cxpondlturo of tho noxt tliry mouths would not bo less than flu, 000,000 dally. In Introducing tho measure, Pre mier Asqulth remarked that from April 1 to Juno 12, tho expenditures bnd been nt the rate of 12,GG0,000 dally. Ho eloctcd that tho otal dally expenditure during tho currency of tho new credit would bo not less than $3. 000,000 mora for tho reason Hint as tho war extended Its area, Great Hrltnln's financial obligations to the allies would Increase Talks of Coalition In a general survey of tho situa tion, tho premier referred to tho re construction of. tho government. Ho declared bo would not have been Jus tified In taking tho courso bo did In this regard under tho pressure of out Hide Influence, or because of tem porary embarrassment, Tho task was as unwolconio as could fall to tho lot of any man. After paying a tribute to his late colleagues, Mr. Asqulth claimed both for himself and bis now colleagues tho staunchest ndhcronco of their respective parties. Ho ad mitted tho word coalition bnd not a pleasant flavor In tho vocabulary of British politics. Up to tho last mom ent ho had not been without doubt as to how ho could best respond to the call of public duty. Situation Without Parallel "Tho situation was without par allel In our history," tho premier said. "Tho demand which It would mako upon tho onerglcH of tho nation and upon tho patlonco ami foresight of tho government and tho confldonco felt by teh ono In tho othor, could not bo measured by nny precedent. Hut our national policy romalns un changed to pursuo this war at any cost to a victorious Issuo." Mr. Asqulth said ho had decided, slowly and reluctantly, but In tho end without doubt or hesitation, that what was necessary was such n broad ening of tho basts of govornmont as would romove even the soinblanco of a ono-slded or party character. WASHINGTON, Juno IT. Replies have not yet been received from tho various governments which havo bcon asked to annul or terminate! those sections of commercial treaties with tho United States which conflict with tho terms qf tho soamon's law. Pres ident WIlBon expressed a confident expectation today, howovor, that the treaty ngrcoinonts could bo so ar ranged as to bring thorn within tho requirements of tho now statutes. Mr. Wilson said tho dopartmoiit of coinmorco was Inquiring Into condi tions which caused tho announced withdrawal of tho Pacific Mall Steam ship company from tho trans-Paclfle trndo. Tho president said ho had not studied tho question sufficiently to bo able to say whether ho thought ox luting InwH on tho subject should bo changed. STILL INCHOATE WASHINGTON, June 15. Presi dent WiUuH tub) cullers today that the 4ai fur dewUiur with the Mexi can situation were ia-ettoaJo a yet, but that the bitHdtiwi teemed to bo takiajr shape. He bad before bin General Carraaaa's pi-odamatUiu and Qearal Villa'e auNnoraaduin in aa wer to hi recent UiNt to the lactiutis. Mr. Wila bed not yet tudied the document in detail. REPLIES UPON CHANGING TREATIES MEXICAN N MEDFORD. WHO'LL GET ML J. BRYAN'S JOB? HERE ARE aLafe. tiT aaaEtf' Vv .H tt I-aFvHftr BaaaaaaaaaaBBaaaaan9PVaHL!$,jBBBBBBBK m bbLW lBr aaaaaaaaw jf ,1 Lk BtLmL3& fBBBmBt jRUHVft l'vo men proiiilnenlly mentioned for (lit' vacancy In President Wilson's cabinet, can Mil by (bo reslg. liiKloii of Secretary of Slalo William Jennings lliynn. Pull flguio at extreme right Is thai, of Secretary of War Garrison. Others are: AIhivo, nt left, Iiuls I). Ilrniidlc, lloslou luvvjoi and economist; at right, John Itnssett .M(mix, formerly counselor of the tato department. Itelow, at left, Counvlor Itola'it Ionising, imtv atdngMH-ix'lary of stale, and at right, Secretary of tho Interior Ijine. FIND REMAINS OE i IN WILLAMEHE POUTIAND, Ore., June 15. Two boys found In tho Wlllnmotto rlvor hero today tho body of a woman which la believed to ho that of Mrs. Kmma Horrln Dlckoy, aged 13, n sister of William V. llorrln, vlco president of tho Southern Pacific railroad company, and a nattvo of AHhland. Mru. Dlckoy disappeared from a xanatorlum hero wbero bIio wbh bo Ing troated for a nervoiiH breakdown, on January 7, on the tmino day bor auitcaeu wait found at tho Jofforeon street etatlon of tho Oregon electric line, at n point nenr tho river where tho body was dlHcovored today. At that tlmo it wan holloved nho had started for tho homo of her tdster, .Mm. A. C. Dixon In Kugono. D. C, Horrln, a brother living hero, partly Identified tho body today. AFTER . I T JKrTKHSON' CITY, SI lime 1.'.. Attorney Cieuonil Marker today filed an information in the utate mi pieme eomt agaiunt twenty-eight eoiupauio4 alleged to bo interoHted in tho purchase of jdm; ore in the Mis souri district, stating he had reasons for believing thev wore in an unlaw ful combination to control prices. KAOLK PASS, Tex, June 15 Itaoul Slsdero, eoiiuaiinding the Villa force, rwMturd Sultillo Sunday, the ('arrant force tvncuMtintc the city ttithoiu fidituiu, Hceurthng to Villu utkoiiti Mt I'mmIimo Ncgrwn, oppo-U ker. lu mMkiuK tku hii HouH(Mut todnv tit Villn offiemlfc tlcUd tbut Villa foro Moditv re fitituir wt iloalerer and tkul thy ktMirly vxMtiNl U hmr at .MooUrej bi wretd fruui Curntnu jfJM. M H N-DIKEY MISSOUR ORE TRUS OREO ON, TUESDAY, ,7TJN!3 15, 1915 BATTLE FEARED WASHINGTON, Juno 1.1. -Foreign rosldentH In .Mexico City nro appro heiiHlvo over tho Impending occupa tion of tho capital by General (Ion rales, nccordlng to Information reach ing Hrltlsh officials hero. They urg ed that negotiations bo undertaken with Cnrratua for tho peaceful trans fer of tho city and tho protection of tta residents. Tho Cnrrnnzn agency gavo out to day a message from Vera Cruz Raying three dolegatOH of tho "so-called .Mex ico City convention" had visited (Ion era! (lOiizaliM and urgod him to sug gest n plan of unification of tho con stitutionalist and convention ndher onts. (louzalOH replied, tho massage said, that acknowledgement of tho sovereignty of tho Carranza govern ment was tho only basis for nego tiations, and allowed two daya for tho accoptunco of his proposal, refusing a reiiiot for an arinlstlco in tho moaiitlmo. Tho iiiossago, dated Juno 1 1, alio said General Ohrogoti had reported tho occupation by his troops of Logos, midway between Leon and Aginm Callentes, and that his inula body was pushing forward. Tho Ited Crosfl was notified today that a car load of corn, dlspatcbed from Laredo to Monterey, crossed tho Mexican border yostorday and will bo forwarded today. Suffering among tbn poorer clans oh on tho wost coast of Mexico will ho acute about August tho reports from Maiuaulllo Indicate, as there are no outstanding crops. There will bo a Hhortago or 30. 000,000 bush els of corn In this year's crop In Mex ico, according to a rt'i"rt from Mex ico City. E SKXV YOUIC. June 15 The fed eral dlstrbt court Ui.lm granted im munity to John L HiiUrd, forinor di rector of the New Yoik, New Haven & Hartford lUllrosd coinjKiny, who wan iHtilciMl with twnty othr dlrfl t(tr, pM aad pmeat. for alltustMl ortiNiiMl vtetoitaa of tlw U-trttt law, ER ON MEXICAN CAPITAL MAUNDY GRANTED NEWHAVENDIR FOREMOST CANDIDATES urn n of rult in. ' In tho ow the Hill- HIGHWAY BOARD DEPOSE LEWIS TO E HAId'.M, Or., June l.'i. Hv n n olulioii adopted lodav, tho Oregon highway couuiiission deposed Slate Kugiueer John II, Lewis iih atate highway engineer and put hit chief deputy, I'. I. Cautiue, in charge of all highway work, save that initiated prior lo Slay -'-- Statu TreaHiuer ThouuiH II. ICay introduced tho reso lutiou, which wiim Hiippgrted by flov ernor Jiiiiioh Wilbyeombo mid oppoK ed y Secretary of Stale Hen W. 01 coll. The resolution eamo iih ii climax to a oont i overly iih to whether Statu Kugiueer Lowig or his chief deputy wiim highway engineer under a law passed by (bo last legislature, merg ing the office of highway engineer with that of stale engineer, (lover nor Wilhyeombe and Treamirer Kay contended the intention of the law was that, although it Iransfened the duties of the highway engineer to the office of tho statu engineer, tho high way woik must bo under the super vision id' his chief deputy, who wins appointed to the place by tho gover nor. Korlilicd, however, by an opin ion by the attorney general, Lewis rccentlv a-Mimed ch-irge of the high way work WASIIINdTON, June H. Former Socrctarv Jlriiin did not iimio Ju proiuised statement today on the "raiisohs Avar" and its Kshoii", but .iiiiiouncfd that be ii picpanng it in three hi lis. "Tomorrow," suid Sir. Hryan, in u f'iniuti HiiiKumceuHtnl. "1 nhall sub mit the firat part dealing with' the war hh it is, and tho injury it dou to neutrsl iiutioas; the next liny -hall consider the origin ot the war and the influences which chuxmI it; the third Mild eoueludiiiK sec turn will tieut of the ionus which Iumv bo uin ployed fur rstonug itfiiuaufiit ponco, Am the urtieb will bo fumihtHl to all iiwtMMr without jmrtialitv or dis critaiuHlion, it will not m iuv fault if a.v vmw fad to Uy it livfur tWr readers." Within a fw daya Mr. an J Jlra, liryau will jfo to iliMWi, INSTALL IN BRYAN'SSTATEMENT ISSUED TOMORROW WEALTHIER TEUTONS MIKE CHICAGO WALKS MOREPROGRESS WHILE JITNEYS MAN FRONT REAP HARVEST Town of Mosclska Captured Vitiate of Dankszo Stormed Russian Forces South of Przcmysl-Lom-ucru Railroad Forced to Rctrcpt Successes Claimed Against French. a . lie I eat. In M they HUKlaiued on tho HUb of June, they continued with great Htiibborn-iioss- tho atteinptB to break through Hie lino between Licvin anil Arm. The Kiviich attack; which wiih yr- ried out with largo force in cIoho formation, broko down overywboro with the heaviest lossen under tho firo of our troops-. Fighting Contlnuen "Nottbwest of Sloulin-Sourt-Toiit-vent wo havo not yet Hiieceodod in regaining porlioim of the trenches loft by iih on the (lib iust. In Cham pagne, north of Perthes mid Lorf SIch nil, fighting cnntiuiicH, but tho enemy is unable to gain (ho advantage. "Yosiordny tho open town of Karlsruhe, which is far from tho theater of operations and not in any way fortified, was attacked with bomliH dropped by hostile airman. Bo far iih is now known some eleven oit i.eiirt were killed and six injured. Military damage could not havo been caused. Ono aircraft of tho navy was brought down by one of our mil itary airmen and tho occupants were killed. Another enemy aircraft wiih obliged to land near Sehinneuk. On 1 "as tern 1'eont "Kahleni theater of war: Kant of Shavli, Oorjnni) troops stormed tho village of Dankszo mid look llllll) prisoners. The positions recently won soullloast and east of (ho Slari-nmpol-Koviio road wero repeatedly attacked yesterday by n strong force of the enemy, which hud no success. Our (roups advanced on tho Lipowo Kalvvarya front, pressed back the HiiNsiaii lino mid captured tho Husk iau advanced trenches. On the river Oi.ye our attacking troops slovuicd and took the village of Ucdnnroo7oo, southeast of Cliorzetton and Czer vvoiiagora and tho bridges there, iih well as tho bridges cast of this place. The booty taken at this plaeo amoiiiitH to '105 Itushiiiu prisoners. Attacks by tho enemy against the point at which wo broko through north of llolimow, failed. Mosclska Captured "Southeastern theater of war: Tho enemy who wiih defeated on tho 1.1th and 1 lib of Juno by the army of General von S!aokomcii, has been un able to regain u footing in tho posi tions prepared by him. To tho north cafct of Jaworovv tho enemy was driven back from tho position at which ho had stopped, tho booty in creasing. "Tho Russian forces south of the I'rzemyHl-Leinberg railway havo been forced to retreat. Tho troops of (leueral vou der Marwilz yostorday took Sloseiska. The right wing of tho army of Oeneral von Liiisiugen stormed tho heights oast of Soke!. Our cavalry leaehed tho district south of Slariainpol." if CIIK'AOO, Juno "i.-IIenrv Tob erg, streotear conductor, whose wealth is estimated by hi fellow workmen to bo. fcJflH,l)00, is today on? joying his fliVt vacation since 1H87 m ii result of the streotear strike. Toburg bus been termed tho "rich is. t ooudiiutor in th world." lie owns stouk in the ('hieago Itailways, which li purchHsisl more than twtui ty yeara ago. Dividumls fiom this stock, bia assoeiates aay, aiuount to three or four times his annual wanes. Tuhort also owns valuable stocks and bunds, a hutal ami oUwr building froai wkieii ho rwwlvwi bia; rtwtala. Tulianr has Imii a lrt4ar eon du,Uir forty year. i to ot tiic-miaasana R CONDUCTOR RESTS i 1 I Will V t'-'t- rf T KO, 73 Traction Strike No Nearer an End Than When Bcqun Council Passes Anti-Strike Brcaklnn. Ordinance Elevated Trains Operated by De tectives Carry Few Passcn(jcrs. CHICAGO, Juno 15. A burst of real June sunshine cheered the a nny if CbiengoaiiH who, becaiiRo of tho street railway strike, went to their occupations today in automobiles, vans, delivery wagons nml on foot. Tho suburban service of tho seam railroads, upon which unprecedented burden wiih thrust by thu strike yes terday, provided more accommoda tions today, but nil trains were jam med with passengers. At the Gross Park station of the Chicago & Northwestern a largo crowd which bad been tumble to ob tain n foothold on earlier trains, or oven to buy tickets, broko through u barbed wire fence onto tho station platform and swarmed onto thu train. Thirty men found Heats on tho coal tender and leu more in thu engine cab, the running boards and tho cowcatcher. It wiih all done good-naturedly. Klevatcd Trains Hun Elevated trains at tho norfhern and southern terminals started out at 0 o'clock with deteetives, but few passengers wero aboard. It was stated that an attempt to maintain u fifteen-minute schedule would bo Hindu until nightfall. No disorder at tended tho starting of tho first trains. No uttcmplH to run surface ears woro niiiilo early, nor wore nny prom ised. Strikers congregated in an or derly milliner lit tho barns and term inals. In Slilwnukeo avenue, which runs through a congested distnut, theio wero several fights among men crowding to gel into 5-oenl faro au tomobiles, but none was serious. fin Peaco In Sight No definite promise of peneo was in sight. The anti-strikebreaker or dinance passed b- the cily council last night was placed in tho bauds of .Mayor Thompson. Ho has a week in which to veto it, or to make it a law by bis signature. It provides that a certain period of training must bo given mutonucu anil conductors and that their in structors shall bo men who havo bad three years' experience, twelve mouths of which lias been in Chi cago. Tell Men to Ktvp HoIht President Quiulaii of thu surfacu men and President Hrtico of tho Union of Hlevaled Kinployos, are making numerous speeches to tho men, urging tbein to remain sober. "Don't let whisky defeat this strike. That's the koynntu of my speeches," said Quintan today. W. I). Million, head of tho national organization of street our men, changed his mind at tho last moment about going to Detroit and will re main hero for tho prosont. He ex pected to attend a conference of the employes with tho aldermanio com mittee today. Presidents Hudd and Hushhy conferred on an answer to thu offer of mediation by the statu hoard of arbitration. An attempt made by two men to wreck one id' tho South Side trains (Continued on Page Two) WILSON SILENT WASHINGTON, Juno lG.ProsI dont Wilson was uskod by tho Wash ington correspondent today jurt wbat changos woro made to which former Socrotary Hryan roforre'd us having boon made lu tho recent American noto to (lormany after his resigna tion as Booraiary of stato had been tondorod and accepted. Mr. Wilson felt It was host for him not to dis cuss tho resignation or other ques tions connoetod with it. In a Btatonient Mr. Hryan had said that whlla the note was changed tho alteration was not of sufficient lm portanao to Justify him In asking per mission to withdraw bis resignation. BRYAN CHARGES : v- t.i rtr&U