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University of Orcnon Library o DFORD MAIL TRIBU ry FORECAST IIKAVY 1'ItOST TONIGHT. 1'Allt, WAIt.MIMt KIM DAY. WEATHER $ 1 .Dnxlmiiin Yesterday, 511; Minimum Today, HH. IVUljhfUlll BMW Forty-sixth Tear. Unllv Klpvptilh Vcr. MRDFORD 01?K(10N, Tlll'RSDAY. MAY 11, 1916 NO . 43 TkTl Jl JLJLJ SHm MMfiapu k t O 48 LIVES LOST IN AM TURNS TURTLE Steamer Roanoke Capsizes and All Aboard Perish Save Three Res cued in Lifeboat Vessel Over turned in Heavy Sea Which Broke Into Hold. , ' SAX WIS OMSI'O, Cnl.. .May 13. Tlio Union Oil company's tunkur Lansing arrived at I'm t Sim I.uh sliortly nftor noon today and reported nti truce t)f wreckage or survivor of thu htciiinur Konnoke. The l.nning lnis been cruising uliout Inst night iiinl today in tin! hope of rescuing some nl least of tlit forty-one or more of the Hounoke' i' row believed row to lie lot. As fur his could lip learned .mtli -tii'iilly nt noon, only three 1 1 1 : i . those lc-i'iKul from a drifting lifeboat lust night lit Port Sun I.ui, have Mirvivcd tlio Honnoke disaster. Quiirtcrnmstcr Jo-cplt Kibe of the ltonnoko Kind today that the vessel overturned in a heavy mh which broke into the hold, listing the vessel mid finally rolling it over. Krbe was brought in last night in a lifeboat with five dead eoinMinioiis and three alive. Vessel Tiitncil Tin tie, "Oreat waves had been breaking over (lie .hit." -iiid Kibe. "I win. in the stokehole jin-t making for tluj deck when the water began to flooif the online room in torrent-. Then the vessel gave a sudden lift to poit mid tlio water rushed into tlie hold. The lit became lieavier a the water Hooded in mid suddenly the ltonuoke turned over. "Wo were able to bitiiich out of ten lifeboats only the one on thu port side. I whs in the boat with the cap tuiu and his wife, the third mate and five '-ullor. t fN'Mineri. Mr. Dick son, the captain's wife. snubi Cup tain Dickson dove for her. I never saw either of them attain. "I, the mate and one sailor clutch ed a swr and hung to it until another boat picked lis up. I roVer and row ed I don't remember how lonjr- and here I am.'' The five dead men in the bout with Krbe were chilled to death. They were dressed only in their undercloth ing nml trousers. Ktlie didn't know whether or not all of the crew got into boat before (he Konnoke sank. The fitnrterninster is still in h weakened condition in the sunitoriuut here. Plfty-Ono AIkuii'iI, l.OS ANCIKI.KS. (!., .Mv 11. I'ort.v -eight, and probubly litty-i.no Ik'ivohh were on liourd the stciimer Koanoke, according to the list of of t ners nud crew. In addition, it wu said there were three Mexicans whose name were nut listed shifted on thd v ese, SAX WIS OBISPO. Cul., Miiv 11. -Scant hojie remained lnkty for the iece of forty-one members of the lew of the old steamer Koanokc, wliieh, loaded with commercial e.. dsive, rolled over and sunk Tue lay afternoon 100 mile south ol Sun Francisco. A completely n before the day of wirele- telogrophy, the tragedy was buried until last night, wbeu ono ship's boat entered the harbor at Port Sn Luis, bearing three sailors n the verge of death and five dead bodies. According to the story tdd hv (,,'nnrtorinaMer Klb. the' Koanokr's (Continued on page tare) CUT BACK FROZEN GRAPE IE UPS I.ODI (San Jii.11,11111 eoiint.v), Ma II. Hundreds of men are ut work here flitting b,ek the hooU of grape uie damaged by the frat. It is huied by o doing to minimise the dumage. Deputy Horticultural Commission er Tubb advised that the an? be ut back to a iint behind the part., i(fVted bv the freeze, and the more p rienced gr'St-r' av h.- ..Imi. i--m .in! Si'iiif iu mi 1,1 ; v . . ASQUITH VISITS IRELiDTO HELP Premier Leaves for Dublin to Prepare Proflram of Reforms Fourteen Persons Executed for Treason 73 Sentenced to Prison, 6 to Hard La bod 180 Killed, 614 Wounded. I.ON'DOX, May 11. Pivmi.T As ipiith aiinoiineed iu the house of com Dions tliis iifteruoon that he fell it to be hi dutv to go to Dublin today Mr. AttipiithvHid he would leave for Dublin within it few hour. His trip, hu explained, would not be made with the intention of superceding the ex ecutive authoritioK in Ireland, but for the purpose of consulting the ci'ili.ui and military authorities ut firt hand and arriving at some arrangement for the future which would commend k xclf to Irishmen of all parties and to piiiliameut. He added that the (.res ent government of Iielnnd win 1:1 nn unsatisfactory position, wh-ch could not continue indefinitely. Mr. A'sipiith added that the pMicc were preparing list of the killed and wounded so there may be additions to the total as given by him. It had been found impossible, hu said, In separate names of insurgents killed or wounded from those of other civ ilian. I'oui Icon Kvcutlon. 1'oiirteen jM-rson have been execut ed iu Ireland, Harold .1. Tcunant, par liamentary under-Hecretnry for war, told a (pie-tiuiicr iu the house of -mii- iiioiib today. SoPiily-tliree persons hae received sentences of kiihI ser vitude nud tix of imprisonment at hard labor, the uiider-eoielar added. The number of eusiialtii' nmonu eixilimis in the uprising iu Ireland up to May D w given by Premier A iuith in the house of commons today us ISO killed mid (II I wounded. lli-h affairs occupied today ctcu n more iiiiHtrtant (Mtsition in the pub lie mind than they did nt the time of the home rule controery. lkth houses of parliament are again en gaged with them today, .lohu Dil lon's motion for discussion of the ex ecutions in Ireland comes up in the house of commons, and the house of lords j. considering J,lc Iireburn's motion expressing dissatisfaction with the Irish administration. Mclhitc in Commons, The debate iu the house of com mens is regarded as the more impor tant, for there the government comes under the cn.ss-ttrc of the whole Irish party and of a large number of liberal members who ore determined to bring to an cud not onlv arrest and executions 111 Ireland, but mur tiul law. The execution in Count v fork of Thomas Kent, although it took place before Premier Auith gave hi aw siirunee that no further death sen tence. would be carried out until the debute a concluded, bus brought out further protect from Irish par liamentary circles. The nationalist ulso are concerned at the continued urrest und deportation to Kugland for confinement in Ruglih jails of rebels from all urt of the country. The number of arrests has not yet been made known, but it mut be several thousand. A number of list containing KM) or more names of peroua arrested have been published. The latent es timate of casualties in Dublin place them ut ubout .'OOn. of which 4Mi were killed. These figures include soldiers, in-urgent and civilians. Itciriilling MIioiiUUnI. The fai-t 1- iiotid in Dublin thut (Continued on page threo) (;K.V'KV, SwIimUikI. May It Swiu korlullst! rtiorl thev have In formation thai three .-mun offlier and fbirt-lwo soldier-, all socialii?, have been tbol lor dixtrilMitiug in the trenches a (lamiihlet (oncerolng tlie second socialist peare conference at JCImmerwsId, near Hern. At ibis. conference proteots were made by so- clalWtK of in din loimiiien auain-lj Ti 1 1 oil- ol u r la 1 1I1 li 1 In- ile 1 1 A SWALLOW NSULT F 10 WIN VICTORY LONDON, .May 11. What puiM.its to In n summary of the shhci of Dr. Von Itcthuinnn-Ilollweg, the (lenuan iniierial ehaucellor. ut the secrt sit ting of the general committee of the iciehstag of Mav ". concerning (!er muny's reply to America, is published by the Wircle 1're-s liMlay under a Ik'iiie date. The Wireless 1'res states that the following remarks by the chancellor may lie accepted us nil luestionably authentic : "I have said before that we must drop all sentimentality. 1 repeut that. With regttrd to our dispute with America, our sell'-resxct wu wound ed by the aggrcw-ive wording of the American note to (lermauy. Our feel ings urge us to rcs-l this intcrfcrriice with our legitimate methods of uai faie. und tell America to mind Ihi own busiuesx, but cousidfjation nt Jholicy coiliH'l us to subordinate .t I riotic veal to patriotic reason. W must be guided, however, not bv our feeing, but by the coolest judgment. "We have one aim and one dutv, namely, to win the w.ir; therefore uuv policy which endungcrs our victory must be avoided. The overwhelming ma.joritv of cM-it opinion regard'- u rupture of rel.it ion with America as 11 grave h-mI " TURKS DEFEAT . COXKTAXTINOIM.K, Ma 11, via Ioudon. -In an all-day battle in the Mount KoM sector on the Ciiiicumi front the Turk drove the (u.iau out ot ptitimi-. iicarlv ten miles in length, capturing more than .'100 men uid four machine gnus, according to the l.v'i olt'ieial announcement by tin' 'I'ti L 1 -1 1 war ilep.irtoicnt. I WASIIIMiloN. XL,. "I s,j,ti Kelivou t-xluv Iii u ii "" llii'il dav ot bi attack n the rncr and haibors appropriation bill in ihe .cnatc Scn.ii.ir K-iiMii. v.tlilt.l en I nur m AMERICA BITTER PILL! HARD HI BY FROST DAMAGE IS HEAVY! NOHTII YAKIMA. Wash., May II. Several trail sections adjacent to this uity, which, suf fered frost injury Sunday, were hit again this morning when the tcmierulurc dropjied to ,'2 iu the city und to 20 iu some low places iu the orchard district. In some orchards the dumage was heavy. Ice tonnetl in several lo calities. Karlv r'ports indicate that the Selah district was hard est hit. The I'ruitvulc district growers lo-t practically every thing last Suiidav. TO PROMOTE PEACE, 1 ic-ioiie NKW YollK. M.iv 11. I to an nps'l horn The Xciherlands auti-wur council, a meeting at which ; will be considered a roioal that I'rtsidcut Wilii be urged to piomote a onierenee ot neutral uuiions 10 , utter meduitioii in tlie European war' will be culled -"on in this countrv. Tl(i was nmooiuced toliiv bv llumil- Ion Holt. liHiiniiin of I lie American branch of the centra! organization for! NEUTRALS .Inn. 1. 1.. ....,.,.. Tin. imi'i-Iiii' u ill he'iliiv. Il I- c.illed :i -IlitvetcriU llllil is held bv Amen- . 1 mcmbcis of the eenlial oru'iiiii.iiion with 11 view of io-i.ierilll"ll vi''i oilier In 111 c -oe'- etics biter. TAXPAYERS LEAGUE REPUDIATES RECALL TOTIIK I'KOl'LKOK.IACKSON COl'NTV: Tin- .Iju'Icmjii ('iintv 'laximuTs' IftiKue ix in n whv (Miiitii-cU'd with lli(- nctitioiiK firriilai'l to l'ccull the foiinty couri, loi- not indorse miHi iroi'cc(liii4K nu is not lfKpoiisililc l'oi them. The TitxiMiycrs' Iciikuc in finiMtniftivi. not tie fnictixc in imiixiM'H. IU ulijt'rt m tofo-tijn'mto with public officials in Himiimliiiir wiikIc, fffiting pfoit initicM, ri'iliifiufr tuxatioii and Hwuriiiir UvWvy govern ment. The 'Puxjia.vcra9 leaune inui-iolitial. It han a iiaieful jmipoKf in iew whieh ran wily Ik attained hv kceiih'ri,MaJU,irs and snile out ot'the oi'tfiuiixatiou. JOHN A WT.STKi; I.I'M). IJ 1 1 - t .J. Ji h TO BALLOT FOR NEW HAUWTOliA HI'KIMIK, N. V, May tl. IlatlotlHS for new blahons. ae of the moat ImMirtHl matters to come before the general conference of the Methmllst ICplscojwl church, will begin next gunday. The confer ence so deelded tmlwy. The leport of the committee 011 episcopacy ordered for May 18 Is awaited with Interest as It not only will Indicate how many blahnpa are to be retired, but how many elected. An unsuccessful attempt whs made today to change the conference ruins ' to pt mil the electlou or bishops by ju majority Instead of a two-thirds , majorit). I I'i'on motion or (leorge IS. KUIott ! of Mount Clemens. Midi., a lay dele- uiiie, the conference adopted a reso union iu lution to Inform congress inai me opposed to pending amend the postal laws he postmaster general ! power tu deny the privilege of the 1 mails to an publication containing ,.. .....ji..., m ...luuii luv racn contempt or ridi cule. BARBER SHOP WHERE YOU SHAVE YOURSELF I C'llH'AdO, Mav H A barber ' .-hoit where voii shave yourself was stalled in the downtown district to ' -aid to l,e the lir-t ol' its kind. The pal run lin In- lorn old l.i-lnolied -I vie il the satetv or 1 aor. The Ion; u 1 iiil- METHODISTS PS SUNDAY il "lllilH T.li.l 1 ' 1 ' i'Url H Germans Launch Offensive Enst of Mctisc, Nc?r Vaux, Which Are Re pulsed French Attack Dcntl Man's Hill and Hill 304 Broken by Ger man Fire Russian Line Capture!). LONDON, May 11. The aennaim have lauuohed offensive attacks east of the Meitse in the Verdun region, attacking the French near Vaux, northeast of the forties. Thu attack was unsuccessful, Pari declare. The French themselves are making vigorous attacks in the Verdun reg ion, according to llerlin, which an tioiitiee an hhshiiIi near Demi Man' hill and another southeast of Hill .'ID I. Moth of these attacks were bro ken up by Herman fire, it ii declared. AH' along the eastern front the Itiissiiin me being made the objects of occasional sharp thrust by the Teutonic allies. Ilcrliu today report the capture of .'(HI yard of 11 Kussiun position uoar Selburg. Considerable increased activity i reported from the ltnlkniMt. There ha been much firing by heavy artil lery and Nome infantry clashes have occurred on the Macedonian frontier. Athens dispatches today report brisk fighting north of Avloun, apparently indicating that the Austrian are about to move again! (he Italian. (icriuaii Statement. IIKULIN, May II. -Two French at- tack on the Verdun front, one deliv ered near Dead .Man' Hill and the other southeast of Hill 'M), broke down with considerable louse under the (leiiuaiiai'ire, the war office an nounced today. On the eastern front heavier fight ing i under way. The dcrmaim iu one engagement captured ,'itlO yards of IdiHsiHii H)sitious, taking :t(IU pris oner. The statement follews: "Western front : (lermuu aero planes dropied bombs oa Dunkirk nud the railroad near Adinkerke. M Dead .Man' Hill. "On tlie Vciduu front wet of the Meuse the French again made an at tack near Dead .Man's Hill m Ihe af ternoon, and southeast of Hill :i()l in the evening. Itoth attack brought down in Ihe face of our machine guns und attillerv fire, with considerable losses to the enemy. "In Cumurad forest a Ituvariau w trol captured ."il French soldiers. "The number of nil wounded French soldiers captured since .Miiv I iu Ihe fighting near Hill Mill bus 1 cached ,'iJ officer and l'l" men. "On the Verdun front, east of the Meuse, there was liaiid-grenadc t light ing all night iu the viciuitv ot Caillette wood. A French attack on the wood was repulsed. "Katern frent: Koothcust of the railroad station ut Kelburg the ler uiuiis took by storm 0ll vanl- of en emy )Misilioiis, euplunug -lH nn -wounded Russians and several ma chine guns and minc-turowci-," li'iich Slaleiueiit. I'AICJN, May II. (leimaii t s- lat night altaekcd French positnm neut Vuux Fond, on the Verdun front, eiist of the Mcue. The war oft ice aunoiiiice thut this attack was repulsed. West of the Meuse, Ihe statement says, there was a vigorous artillery uetion near Avoeourt wood. The text of the statement follew: "In the Champatitic our fire demol- t-heil a (iei'iii.in Ireiieh 1 till uiHcr-. in (Coutlutied on page three) LIEE IMPRISONMENT I'llKVKXXK. W.vo., Mav IV Will lam L. Carlisle was sentenced t. life imprisonment in the district court to day in conformity wilhjlie recom- meuuuiion oi me jury, wiiun mte vesterday returned a verdict ot guilty on charge of robbing a I'uion Pa cific passenger traiu nvA Corlett Jlllietlollyij.lil . o I allele will he delivered ot the I H nili i ii.u .it Haliiii late tola. ' i ''! ll ilelenil.iut plan to up- HEAVY Fl TING IN PROGRESS ON VERDUN I 0 RENEWS INN m ORRFGQN American Operations on Mexican Border Still Indeterminate as to Time Militia Mustered Into Army for Period of State Enlistment Americans Again Warned. KU PASO, Toxns, Mny 11. Nego tlatlons looking toward a gottlemu of the Amerlcnn-Mexlrnn inlUfa iiuostlous wore, roaumed at 10 olulodk this morning between .Maor tjfficrnla Hugh L. Scott and lrederloKl-'unB- ton, roprusontlug thu United Stnlcs, and Oouornl Alvnro Ohrogon, mlnlitor of war of tlio do fncto government, and Juan N. Amador, Hiih-Boorotnry' of foreign nffnlrs In Moxlco. A recess was taken at 1 o'oloot; nml tumoral Scott nnnouncuil thnt tlio conferenro "had made progress and wo may have something to say when we in eot again at I o'clock." WASHINOTO.V, May 11. Furthor Indications that American army op erations on the Mexican border nro still Indeterminate ns to ttniu, woro gtvon today In offtolal qunrterR. It vviis nnnoiincnd at tho wnr i!6part ninnt that tho National Guard of Toxas, Arizona and Now Moxlco will ho mtiitored into the army for tho period ot their stato onllstmonts anil with no specific tlmo ot sorvlco statod. Tho wnr department had no roportn today of another Jncundon on Amnrl- can territory nimr Haglo I'aas, Toxna. There woro also no official advices that Amorlcnn troops lind actually crossod the bordnr III tho Dig llend region, although It was bollevod prolmhle that some had done so. Women to l.wivn.- American consuls throughout Mex ico hnvn been Instructed to call at tention of Americans again to tho state department's repeated warnings that this government regards their presence there as undesirable. 8ec i alary lousing has slated that over since the present dUflculty arose tho department's agents have been urg ing Americans to leave. The lntt census of Americans In Moxlco taken by the s(ate department six wleks ago showed less than 3000 throughout the country. Most of them aro near Mexico City and extreme east and west coast points, few remaining Iu Chihuahua and Sonora. Secretary Lansing said the new In structions sent yesterday to the con suls to renew attention of American that the department!! estres to have, them leave Mexico were prlmarllv to secure report regarding the result of their endeavor so far. s rii.Wt hi i), Mav 11. -John ). Mi-K ii the Meieantile National bank ami tin- California-Oregon Power iniii.v, ha been awarded a decision by the railroad commission over W. F. Iletert, a director of the. Mercantile National and president of tho Northern California Power eoai puny, Consolidated. The prixe ut stake wa thu enelua ivc right to supply power o most of Trinity county, and especially to ik Vukon Hold compauy, which is PP itiii'.' at Coffee creek. The California-Oregon Power eosi pauv, which received u frowst tiom the comity ou January 7, IftlU, -.i'oir.1 a tleaii win over its eosjit iioi. Ihe necesnar uislttllattou afiJl ot .iIh. nt fMi.om OF liUKI.IN. May 11. 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