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m University of Oregon Library X &: ;i EDFO WEATHER Maximum Ystoi-dny, III; Minimum Today, iUI. FORECAST CAlll TOMHHT AND l lM s)V. MEDFORD OKK(K). TITMY. M Y ,.o. Wc NO. 39 (i rortv-lx(h Ysnr l)aU I. v Mi V. UNS T T E ILL TEDDY PLEADS ERSAL ARMY SERVICE DEAD IN HILL BuyirrflM RD ONE CHARG N W W HE HOOT? OLD GUARD TO NAM WINNER AT CONVENTION AKE ANERKA FIRST i SAYS PRESIDENT AT ARLINGTON HERE'S ONLY N N POSiTIONSALONG Capture of French Line Along Entire Front Between Dead Man Hill ami Cumlercs Village Claimed hy Ber lin French Admit Slight Retirc ;y, meiit Alonn Road. DKRLIN. Mav :. The onplutv or Prone Ii position along lite on tiro 'front between the southern ridge of Dead Man I till mid the village of I'nmicro. Month of ('orbeiiuv wood ii ii (I t'uroieies wood,, was announced today by tli wnr office. Thirty-five officer, including mcv oral stulf officer nml 1 : 1 - unwound- 'd 111111, wore en it ii red lv the flcr ntnn. Two counter-attacks osrainsl t1ttmicrc village by llit French wore repulsed. The. text of the statement sny: "Western front : Artillery duel nr continuing along the flout between Ln Itnsseo ennui tind Anus. Leu wna cN again bombarded. In the neighbor- ri hood of Houchcx ( Arlois district ( aiul southeast of TahurV (Champagne) Weak enemy udvnuco failed. OiUClllv INoncIi Mm, "There hn been inercn-ing artillery activity between Hill No. .'Hit and the Slciise (Verdun front). South of the t'orbonux nd t'umiero wood we captured Kieneh io-itions along the entire extent between tlie wont hern ridge "f H'"d Man hill nml t'umiere tillage. Thirty-Iie oflieer, includ ing several staff officer and 1313 tin wounded men, were eiiitured. Two eounler attack against Ciiiuieien village were rHllel. "Knst of tlie Mene we improved upon our newiv eiiptuied line in the ' Tliuiiuniout wood. The odvnne wn in Hie entrm portion of the wihmI. Here ut time the tire on both sides renolied the greatest violence. "Kosteni frent: South of Lipsk some Clennun aVtnehment advanced nem the ricxnrn mid destroyed n (u--iiiu liliM'klrfiii!' position. "Italk.m frent: (lemma and Hul tat urn (milling twice, to proteet th -elves against -unrio attacks which appaii ally Here planned bv (be entente troop, ocemiied the length of a ridui- n the Stimuli, wbieh is ail impKii.uil position in this eonueetion. (lur u"m rioriu in numbers forced the (Ireek force to letreat. Otherwise (Ireek territorial right were re elected." I'jeiwh SmtmHt. PARIS. Mav 30. A strong attack hik made hut niybt with n fresh di vision of German troop on the Ver dun front west of the Mefie between Dead Man Hill mid t umiere. The wiii oitict statement todu o there wu- i -light Fiiinh rotiiemont on the IU iliiiii'oiiit-l'iiiiiit r' roml All .iii inp' ol I be Ui'Hiaii t ii train jtrouuil n the remainder of the pui- IMili. Iilidi'l' .ill.ick Were Ii pill-ed. Tin 'ii rii ik. mil 1 1 in ! lieu .ii tllll I I III HI I l I III) l.lllllllllll INNES ON TRIAL ATI.WTX i.a . M.u !" n ff fort oi the i ro- niton In itic dial Of Victor Inn-- for lurn-in alter trust, to iniioilnie evideiiie ih.it the defendant and his wife murdered Mm ElolM Net m b tHnnii and Heutrlce lnui fulled today when Judge Hill, utter arKument by counael. refuted to admit It. Iniies U diarited with fraudulent!) oltaiiilng about ftOOO from Mrs Nclm llt. wan ncquiited of tlie iimriler iliuige in a Texan unlit i v- r.il mouth.-. . 40 t Ii FEIN'S AD GIVEN LIFE TERM s i l;l 1 I'iijIi ;l lulill N,u.eil, in. i.Ul.t ut Ifel 5)"U F4)il vohuilii r. who la-t tS found guilts of co"" '- ' the IrUh re- (0) r 1 1 1 , , n -, mm. 0(1 lo i I'll J 11 1 . ' III l! Wilson Gies Warning That Men From Other Lands Who Do Not Think of America First Must Be Cast Out of Our Tolerance Ready to Fight Against Every Aggressor. WASHINGTON. Mn 30. Presi dent WiUihi. K-nkiiitr toila.i at the Memorial dav xeniee in Arliuittoii eemetery, "Hiimmoned -olemnly" nil men in the 1'nitcd States to net their piirpoe in n coord with the npiiit of America nml avc wnruiiiK that men from other land who do not think of America firt "mnt lie ciixt out of our tolerance." The president mud America will not mibmit to HKro m'oii, either from within or from with out. "We are not only widv to co-opci-nte, but we are remix to fijjht auaini! atnrn-ioii." declnred the preidenl. "We are ready to fiuht for our riirht when our tiuhtx ate coincident with the rhriit of mankind." Auierien, aid the prc-idetit, doe not want inure teiritory, but lu does want nil nation to lenlise and respect what she MiiihIh for. Itliclits of Hiiup.lt Slates, One principle of America, he added, is that sninll mid weak states bine as mnuy iilits n- lanter slates. The ptt-nleiit duelnietl that the 1'nited States U reudv to Uecoine n partner m mi alliance with tiiitmii- to uphold biiinan rijjhts nnd repheil published cnticisms of micb a pohi He decbircd that, like (icoie U.i-h initlou, he Would never consent to nn entainiliiii: alliance, but that he would con-cut to a disculanulinir iillmaci, one with tree nations. "There, he added, "in fibert.v." The president referred to the flimy reorvanixation bill recently tm-sed b eonitivss, mid declared that he had placed Irt'lore the business men of the count i'v the iiielion of whether thev will allow their eitiplove. t volunteer in the -civiee ol the u'ovenimcnl. It i time for viMintr men of Mutable ne to yot ready to volunteer, he said. Ar Iliislu(H Me ItoadyV "Are biiiiic men ready to ative voimy men in their emplov fwiilom to wduntcer.'" he asked. "All men nay we should prepare. Are business men rcadv to help? have no doubt us to how the iiieMHiii will be answered." Disetissintr universal military uerv iee. the prisideut said that America dots not want nnylhinR but the com pulsion of the spirit of America. He eloKcd with a reference to the dark ness in which KutiM' is now flounder injj. At. pre-ent. the president declared, America m.i-t avoid spirit of di vision and i en ch loniiiioii ends by comniou coiiusi I. lie was eiitbiisins tlcallv appl. iiuleil b a I. true allieriliv ni w .ii i ii i .hi-. , AGIST BULBARS raw 1 Plti, M.n " II 1 !l i.i 1,1 r -iioiiileut .it Mm n r-.uni it tli. Cretks are forlituiu Un- Ihnui lli-,-Mrtr section with ureal h.i-t- It it Krlan and (icrman oftlccm .ire huiil to htvu euteied the town The llui garlana rontinue their concentration of troops. Engagements between pa (robs are occurring In the KlUndlr Orosovo sector. ItOXDON, May 30 Great activ ity on the part of the Bulgarians, fol low ins their occupation of sever I (ireek forts near Demir-Hitfur, Is re. iorted In a Renter dispute!, from 8a louikl. it is said official informa tion has been received there that im portant Bulgarian forces are being unci utrated at Xevrokop in Hul--aria near the (iieek !order as well a- ut Xantbia. Tin re has been no fin 1 Uvelop mciiu in the Demier-Hissar region The town remains la the bands of tbe Creeks, although the inhabitants have departed. The .tdv inn- linen of the (iitciite ' uii ' Vav nr .m 1 1 1 "it it h oIr lar ni a jATTXrV6, OPEN KNIF E IS STRUG AUTO KANSAS CITV. M... Mcv ."' An opCIl (Kicket klllle Wll- lIlloWII .It ( ol- iniil l(oicvelt here tml.iv a- in mo tor car turned into Twent.v -tlnnl street duriiiK the Memorial dnv par ade. The knife struck the rear of the automobile and was found lyinj: in the treet. '.. C. Shell, a memlmr of the Ameri can Lejtion, was walkint; by the side of the colonel's cur. lie heurd some thing strike the inacliinc. He irlanccd downward mid saw an k-h sickct knife at his feet. He handed it to it Hlicciiimi. The oftioer looked into the crowd, but it was . dense that he made no effort to make an arrest. According to Shell, the knite had 11 wooden handle and one blade. The incident served to increase the Hlicc viifilaiicc in auarilimr Colonel Roosevelt. AccouIiiik lo n member of the American I.ejjv". which was es cort inu the colonel, onicoiio iu the crowd threw the knite jut after the ear lett the union tution. A member of the legion picked it up mid handed it to a H,liceman. I oloiiel oocelt was not told of tin occurrence and the police bud no iiioit mi it. No urrcN were ex m 1 ml. ..ze-- I kw t,' -vuiUiiiiiiriUji u wjr 'Av!- fi 1 THROW AT TEDDY MEMORIA DA LD MEXGO KIKI.I) UKMigt KTKHri, NKAH NAMIQI'IHA, Mexico. May 30 -Plow era were strewn today on Hie graves ln Mexico of American sol diers killed In action In the uursuit of Villa. Military authorities have ordered that each grave he dno rated with ceremoniea uppropiiuti to Memorial bay. The pre-hlcm 01 Xainiquipa informed (lener.il I'.r shin." that he ould Use to semi flowers for the graves. The meri can commander accepted the offei with thanks. Additional reports received today of tba attack mode upon a part of army engineers soar I .a (ruie lust Thursday indicated thui Cauilelaro Cervantes had only twelve mn, - 1 1 1 , him when ha aa killed. AmerUn cavalrymen have scattered these fectively. 0 (Seneral Pershing today ordered 111 it llO lit- II t SlH I'? IHrt-1' ' -I II 1 1 " a. 1 . l- jrmut. vij SIMPLICITY ;s OF JAMES J. HILL' sf. I'AI I.. Mum . Mav '-mi pin it will marl, iln linn Ml ol .I.i-. .1. Hill, railioad Innliler, i-.intiih-t aud witlflv known imiihwc-t pmuccr, who died ut hi home vetenlav from a complication of di-cases from which he had suffered lr vear. The democratic spirit of the "em pire builder" will lullow him to thin last resting place. The great Hill home will bo oicuod to the employe of the Great Northern railroad this afternoon. The fact that today is a holiday will make 11 possible for moat if the several lliou-and employes of the company here ami in Miiineamli to view the body of the man who for so many years guided the de-iinies of the Great Northern. The funeral services vwll be held from (lie home WciIiicmIhv at 'J p. m. The Right Rev. Tlmiiuis J. (iibbons, vicar general, will have charge of the services. The liunriil will be pub lie, but oul relative-, close fin-iuls ti mi iersons emplo.veil bv the Hill in terest, a ro exM'clcil to attend. All day und throuuh the night 1111--auge from all socimiis ' the conn try were received bv member, of the family. Thev cinm I mm railro.nl president. Iinainu 1-. civic and -liile organiaalion- ami imHiical lfinl 1 -.. All expressed gnei .it the lus ot one of the nation', nm-i widely knouii men und offered 1 oiiilolonce to the iiicinbcrs of the t.miilv. All dnv lout; tluiiligs of per,on. I . 1 ! the big biowi tune limii uIumc 11 little black rosette procl.uin eil lliat a dentil I1111I occurred. Kvi u tl.itr in the cilv 1 l.-vv at baif iiui-t. Wcdncduv all iin buukiug iu-titu lion, 111 tbe citv will In closed ut I :M p. in. Tbe Fir-i mil bank uml tli.1 Vothweti 11 I 111-t coll p.inV, both Hill intitnti"i.-, will clo,e .it noon. OF M.AI'II.I , i..v " . , ,,.,1,1, irnlii Jiiueiiil, A i-k.i, '.iVs tn.it a diver ha- loc.ilnl lln bulk ol the -ti-.iiiicr 1 I 11. 1 Si ol 1 li)li w.i- Ulll III lS'lM 11 t I .1 llll 1 , Mil S,, Vl.n Ulll .1 llll t I 1 1 jwn- ripoitcil to h.nc i.nrieil o.ooo I ., .1 ,1 1 1 n,i MARK FUNERAL E 50 BINE TO-BE BUILT FOR UNITED STATES WAHIIIMiTO.x. Jin :u An ameiiilmeii' to the n.iv.il Mil piovid llIK Mil bill tic I lh I r. Instead uf five, 1 u rcsoiumendeil li a miijorllv of the 'naval committee, was defeated in the house today by a vote of 1 0 to Mil. I liy a vote of 1UU lo 1 1 1 the house today defeated a proposal to add two battleships to the naval bill building program. 31y a vote of 114 to 101 the bill waa amended to provide for .',0 tub marine instead of :.' originally recommended by the naval commit tee. I The vote was not along party lines, 'republicans and dviuncrata who Insist 'that the committee's building pro gram la too small, voting generally tor the amendment. A record veta was not taken. I "With the completion of this pro. posed program," said Chairman Pad gett, ' in broadside fire our navy I will b superior to (leruiany'a. 'thoiiub lu the atcgregale It may not be aa large. The five chulsera wo propose to ronstriut would be super ior to tbe eight that i.eiinuii hud at lust accurate uicuuut ' .Mr I'uitaeti iianoum it ih.it later bo would ofiir .111 nun mliiieiit an ihoillng the ioniii 01 1 lie uav to offer bonuses foi rpcctlluu up con st mrlion 01 w.i' 1.1 ' , iiiii.nried by llll- pi -' III lllll BEING WITHHELD mi. n ii 1 in. i 1. H ion mil Mmi-ter Ayiiiim t 'in! 1 '! n ihiit no I Hole I1.11I In 1 11 -I'lil Ii . -lillol'Ul hv j lit in-iiil Cailan.i. I!i iiitnii.ilcilth.it I.i coii'iiiiililcatiou had been unili-i ion 1 uii 1 ..I inn but i.Circil yo eihiliatloii 1 I.i U lis l' li.ul 'm 1 11 u ll lillcld, I Miimiil Mi mil , mi ,. 11. H !n ot tin Mi mi .111 ton iuu oi in i, .unveil in 1 a-liingloii v -t 1 .I.i v i'lmr lo hi, .HIIUil the -tale ilci.iitlnclil bud bete, 'uttn i.'llv iiotilnil th.il Meiidcx wits u -n 1.1 1 iiic-si-iiiffi in.m ticiieral fir 1..11.1 .in, 1 r. 11111 n H h which would 1 1 1 IK 11 in 1 ii ' lion Jhut ' 1 1 e "uni i 11 ' 1 , 1 ., a t iimi-ici- Mciuic 011 ip- ninx.it 1 o 1 ' I 1 1 'I -aiil CARRANZAS N Roosevelt Advocate Universal Train ing Based Upon Universal Service in Memorial Day Address at Kan sas City Time for Flint-Lack Thc oties of Statesmanship Past. K NtfA8 CITY. Ma .10 Ifnlver siil training based upon universal iirvirp was urged uiion the youth of he nation by Theodore Itoimwvelt In .1 Memorial Day address delivered here tmlay as "a message to all Amer b.ins" before Civil war veterans nf the north and of the Confedrary. ApKalliig, he explained, to the splilt of thorough-going American ism In all our peopht. former Pres ident Itoosevell declared that thotn who aaaert there Is no danger of the United States ever being attacked urn either Ignorant or forgetful of the multitude of examples which ahow how International conflicts arise and "that It la likely that If we aie not strong enough to main (alii our rights. Including the asser tion of the Mam ne doctrine," the United States will be sebjeotml to ag gressions which It would be obliged lo rcsen I or elae abandon Its national great 11 esa, 1 Need I'liiwiilil looking .Men "The people must choose as their exerullve and legislative leadera at Washington," Colonel Itoosovelt said, ' men absolutely national In spirit; men whose theory of government la as far as the pole from the pork barrel theory anil thla, whether the pork ban el lie considered from a per sonal, political or sectional stand point men who look forward and not hack! men who faro the facts aa (he yaclually are. "After this war we shall see a new luroM. a ISurope energetically de veloping new aoilal and economic means of meeting new problems. "If, under these circumstances, we take refuge In formulae dug out from the wreckage of principles In the past, Instead of developing these princi ples lo aa to meet the future, we hall be aa.foollah aa if ne were to arm our soldiers with flintlocks and and them against an army poaaesa Ing machine guns, hlghpower riflea ami modem artillery. "The time for flintlock theories ol statesmanship In thla conntrv la past." Cllsl in UCMt'lllHl Colonel Itoosevell said his address waa delivered with equal directness to the men who rollowed (irunt and th own who followed l.ee, but thai he made no appeal "to (be memory of the copperhead pacificists who put peace above dul " "Thla la one of Hie great vears of decision In our national hlstor," he said. "The way In whit h we now decide will largel) determine whether we shall go forward la righteousness and power of backward In degrada tion and weakness. We are face to face wlih the elemental facta of right and wrong, of force or feebleness. According to the spirit In which we face theitc facta and govern ourselves we shall determine whether in the fu ture we shall enjoy u growlua nation al life or suffer a lingcrim; n.itioiul deca " Colonel Koosevclt uracil the na I Ion to 'hewaie ol the f,iKo in upli fts," professioa.il p.niiliiU 'In actual practice," In- Mini, the pro fessional pacificism l niiiel) tlit. tool of tbe sensual mad 1 utllst who baa 110 Ideals, who .1 shriveled soul I, whollv absorbed In automobiles, the movies muni m.iklui;, In the polli i,-. (Continued on page two.) OF SIlAMiHAI, Mav !" The prov ince of Hit Nan U t.n 1 it-- tilde pendenoa w--ieniiiv Hu-Xan is mi 1-1 hi 1 1 roviii. u draiued by the aouiiiin iii.utarlea of th Yangtse-IvjUng. its popula tion Is estimated at 2i.ooo.ioo. gov oral neighboring provinces, have de clared their Independence since Ihe . .iiiniiiK u( tli' iii'iihiuk aiiiust I'll 1 ! c V ..hi .4i ttK Fewer Instructed Than Unlnstructcd Delegates and Latter Will Do as Bosses Say First- Ballots at Chi cago G. 0. P. Meeting to-Bn Hodge Podge Hughes to Kill Boom. HY (ill.MOX OAltDXKlt VA8IIIN(iT()N. 1). c, May 80. There will be fewer Instructed dele gates lu the republican national con vention than unluslruated deleg&ttia. If alt Instructed delegataa '8r fur one man the) could not nominate him. They are divided amfliig iilnu candidates. The number noceaaary to Hemlnate Is IH3; the total number sitting lit the convention la 9X5. AproKlmate ly 925 have been chosen. The Hat will not be fully made up until tbe day before the convention meata, for on June A YOcst Virginia lolecta her 1. Other late statea are Texaa nml 8011th Dakota. Instructed delegate number approximately 300. Uulnstrueted delegates which will sway the convention, will take order from the republican boases. The In structed delegates, however, In many cases will be prepared to leave their "favorite son" candidate and go to the prospective winner on the third or fourth ballot. In-ti ucdsl Delegations Candidates who have delegates In structed for them are Cummiua (.Min nesota. Montana, Xebraaka, Iowa), 73; Sherman (Illinois), 61; Hrum baugh (ftO or Peuiiaylvnnla'i 78). r.O; tiurtou (Ohio), 48; KairtmnxK (Indiana and 10 of KeiituckjM 81), 10; Ford, (Michigan). 30; m toi lette (North Dakota and ,13 of. Wis consin's 2d), 2.'i; DufWHt, (Dela ware), (I; Hughes, (Oregon), 10. These figures are no indication of how tbe votes will fall on the first ballot.' The favorite eon candidates will get, lu many rases, many more voles than those specifically InattMat ed for them. On the other hand, lu many caaes tbe Instruction do net represent the real feelings of the del egates, and In oilier cases Ilka Waeka and McCall, who have no official In structions for them. , There will he a strong undercur rent of feeling among the delegate In favor of Itoosevell and Hughes. Both will get a considerable number of votea on the first ballot. Thla does not mean that thla sentiment will control ihe destiny of the convention. Old (Jim cd Will Itulii. Delegates are In every way sub ject (o control. They are moatty head, picked, old guard repreeentaUves. whether from south or north. Southern delegates are anxious (o select a candidate who will put the party bark Into office and Insure ds tribution of some Job throughout the south. To a certain extent thla sentiment prevails among lb old. guard lioaaes. It Is tinged, however, with bitterness as a result of tho fight In Chicago four veare ago. Hemes will be preaeut; M'hitman and tils friends in Xew York are ua ing the Hughes boom to stave off tbe Itoosevell sentiment, and Other antl-Koosevelt elementa la to Um pire state are boo 111 Ing Root tor sim ilar reasons. The first roll call will be a ho4gc poiIkc and will indicate nothing. Tbe eeeoud roll all la apt to bo gauth the same Tbe destiny of th con vention will bo worked out in the baik loom councils among tho old guard IchIcix, ami when the word la riivcii ii- .ii legate, will fall In lino itinl 1 ihiiiiiiiii me iniiu selected. M OF svl.l.M. oi , M.i to. Testimony to the 1II1.I tli.il the lllc winch re eelitlv ile-llovcil lulir -cctlnlla of the state penitent i.u v -Imps wus deliber .it.lv ct hv convict- baa been sub milted lo the district uttortwy'a office here, it become known today by War den John V. ilinto. An investigation is under wa. Discovery that tbe firu aa of iiieeudinry oriuui is said o how been tbe reason for Warden Miiitu asking for modern fir Mpjip. meal tor the i$ip- nod al-o for ciyht; -oht.tiN 1 oiitiiuiuk.nl nils. - k w.wr.iKl W