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MRDFORD 01?K(10N, Tlll'RSDAY. MAY 11, 1916
NO . 43
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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
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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).
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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
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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
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IN PROGRESS ON
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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
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liUKI.IN. May 11. Gregory Itas
putin. the Russian monk, who Is re
puted lo have exercised great luflu-
. .
ence over Uaiparor Mcnoias, nan
been assassinated, accord' a g to re
ports from Hetroarad icieived in
liuiharest, Hdv the Overss evg
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