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Ka p. j University of rjrcf in - LHirrirY,.- , i ataa EDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE V T 1 FORECAST Tonight mill Friday In. settled, Tlii-cutcniiiK. WEATHER Maximum Ye-tci-thi)- ill); Minimum Today SSI). r t ASgrtref..ftW;l;,'VS i Kortvulxth Year MEDFORD OKKdOX, TlirWSDW. JlXK 1, mifi NO. Gl jniiv I ii vrnlh Year. '0, & c. LOUIS D. BRANDEIS MEXKAN BLUFF r BILL FROM HOUSE E PASSED BY SENATE IN CONVENTION 5 i BAKER PLEADS PARTY'S CAUSE CONFIRMED BY SENATE LODUEN OFPACIFICCOAST OUT ON STRIKE A 0 AN WLSONSPOLIGY Most Terrific Battle of War Raging Greatest Effort Yet Made by .. Teutonic Forces Completely Re- pulsed and Countcr-Chargcs by French Result In Recovery of All Lost Ground and Taking of First Line Trenches Dead Man Hill. jJlUiltl.lN'. vin London. June 1. In nn attack on (ici-muii position -uulh-ctt-t ol' Dead .Man liill on the Verdun front, llu French obtained a foot hold in tin Gemini) fir-t line trenches over nn extent of Hill me ters, the war office announced in. liny. Thi French mmle repented a--saults on the Ocrmmi linen, hut other tlmn at the point mentioned w beaten off with extremely henvx l'AItlS, June 1. More complete ' ueeonnt- reaching- here fnm Venlun show that the hut tie which raited from Mny 27 to May :i( anil which ended, according to n statement f the French war oftiee, in a costly check for thp nermann, wiih the grcntc-t effort maile liv the Teutonic force in the whole Venlun ojicru tion". More ami henier pun anil tlcii-cr masses of troops were iissem hlcil along- the three mile of the French front from Hill Xo. :iU I to the Mcusc than ill unv previous at- tNck. FllX-ll TrOOpi I'-imI The French stimd firm nmler an imilnnchc of shot anil shell and drove hack wave nfter wave of a flood of Teutonic infantry. They -uriendcr-cd only about WO yard of ground at Little Cnuicttes wood, where a trench hud been obliterated liv the lei i it ic fire of the Herman big gum. According to information given by pri-oncrs, the dermaii foree eon si -led of (wo fresh h rigndc- with three companies of pioneers. In the opinion of French military critic the rcMilt was not onlv it costly failure I'm the nermann, but n success for the French such n they have rarely attained. The dermaii differed so lioiix il t lint they censed farther attacks while the French, Hy a prompt conn-tcr-iillack re-e-tubli-hed them-elves iiuiiin -.nut h of Ctimiere and won an nnpoitiiiit Htinl d' vuntujic on the -uthwe-tcrn kloa of Dead Man hill. Itccmoi' l,it Ci-oinid It ileelow that during yestcrdnx's linlile wc-t of the Mci'ihc the Herman -em hack l lie French line between Demi Man hill mid t'nmiere for a distance of thrcc-iUurtcr. of a mile. The French battalions, however, which had retired before the unptv ccdciitcd artillerv fire, refoimcd and made a desperate counter-attack, j -uppoited hy reinforcement-. Alter j Hourly two lour, ot violent lightim:. they recovered all lo-t ground. The infantry fighting in tin- -iricjs'c i- dc-crihed u the licm-i oi the war The flennnlls wen- completely n j plll-cd in Nil Attack delivered HI'"" the French Misilion at Head Man In)1 nboiit 8 o'clock l.'-t niuht. i nriliiui to .hi oflieial statement i - i-d h the French war office today. A violent liomhn'rdmeiit continued in thi- i jkhi limn-uhoHt the night. An inn cm utii'lnv duel i- in pmare-s nil tl i-t .Hid vv. -t limit- ol liMl- .1 IMi '111. 10 L Y.s!;i'. .Inn 1 I'" ' d nt Wit. .1 i. in.iiilun.' "! I"1'. v ' le.ul ('c pn p ledlli Uiidi li "" Fl.ij d.n. .linn H. Aftuw.irdln " ivwi the proce--ioi and di'liMi i'lair d.i .iddre to the m.ii her-. Wlien a local colllllnltt'c .i-ked the plt-ulent tida t n u-' llu- ifdi- he replied eiithu-.a-t'i ohU woulil ii v ' " march in ' I1, ' pioiiii-i'd i'i !h it he not MUi .d-o 4ld nt le )- emploe W anl that t i'f- "li .it the lic'tTiliih'.'. lli.i'H-n '" o II v iij & ! i .1 J. ,M I' f ft-f-ftfff-t-f-f-f-f-t WAKIIIXUTOX, June 1.- The hmi-e hill piovidiiig for reelain- eiion h the government of f -'..lOD.DOO acres of Oregon land granted the Oregon & California riiilt'iiinl unu uutaHiml tfiitnt. liv t ............. ..,.- ,....-.-... ,.....,, .,,, the -enate. The InntK valued at about .:i(l.00(l.(l()(). ii to aliened to hne been foi felted liv viola- lion of the lei in of the Ki'iinl, which re(uired their Mile to set- Her- at .-?'-,..'() an acre. ' " The Chainherlain iiiiieiidiueiit" " weie uilopted to provide that 80 per cent of the proceed of re-Mile hlunild an to the -tate of Otetton, 1(1 per cent to the ree- liiiiiiilion fund for n-c in Oregon and 1(1 per cent to the federal iiov eminent. f BUTTE INDUSTRIES EXCEPT MINING CLOSED BY STRIKE IHTTF. Mmii.. June I. Unite to dav face- n -tnkc -itiiiitimi iiliiqiie in it hi-lory. Anticipating a walkout on the mii( of men on jobs declared unfair at a mcetinir of the wnrkiiiir ineiiV union la-t niuht, the emKlti.ver loday turned off their laborer and practically every indiiHtrinl plant out--ide of the inininjf indimtiy. toetlici with all cunelruetion work, in eloMed down. The employer have an orynn ixation that iuelude the merchant-, bunkei'M nud all cniiloyera of lubor, and they hate i-ued a -tatetuent -ayiiiK they are united and pieimied to meet any -ituation. All the Hriei-H of thp deMirlineut -lore- went out thi- morninir. The clerk-' union U affiliated with the Truile and Labor council, repivwent iiijr practically cerv tnide in the city which ha- inihrcd the demauiU of the workinumen for f I a day, but up to noon the clerk hud tint been ordered out. If thev should no out the tore4 will clone. The hilMirerw on the street railway, includinir the workinumen who are employed on re-pair-, have a" wut, but Hiiih far the -ervice on the -tied car line Iiiik not bewi affected. AH the ImiiiIh'!- nrdi4 of the eitv aud the brick and tile-mnkiiiK plant-cloM-d down, hi Mime instance li mitihinK men who had expeclwl to continue work. The emidoyen hnve ordered nil count met ion toHH'd and practically every job in at a tttand--till. Work at the mine- U ir"lnu on a u-nal. The miners and Ktnelternien Iiiim no ditleicnce- with their employer-. N Tit M'IS i), June 1 Hv. Uhhttrd l). oi falwa. Cl.. who rwently pleaded guilty to ute of tbe maila to defraud In a scheme involv ing tbe attempted nettlement of wage earners on Oregon-California lands, was here today sentenced to the Fresno county Jail for seven mouths. J. V. Kelly, real estate broker, re ceived a similar sentence and Byron J. Sanford, aUo a real estate broker, wa ghen fourteen month on Mc Neil Ibl.md. Wai-hmutoii a'Al-KM. Ore., June 1 Thi Marion and Una County Hailroad company filed articles of Incoriioratlon here today with a capital of 1250,000. The company proposes to build an eleven mile lino from Hoover, Ore., along the north fork of the Han t lam river. Tbe eastern terminal of tit C'orvuliu and Kastern railroad, a jinhMi 1'aii'ii brjiiol N it Hooe MARION RAILROAD INCORPORATED iT Secretary of War Declares Repub lican Party an Ajiureyatlon of Fac tions Agrcclnci Upon No Set of Principles Compares It Witli Definite Program of Democrats. COLl'MIll'S, 0.. June I. Secre tary of War linker in mi addresn u chuirinnu of the Ohio democratic con vention here today, declared the re publican pally i- an "amd'OKittiou of fuel inns nnieeinjf upon no M't of principle-," and compared it with the democratic party, which lie -nid hud carried out a wi-e and definite pro Kt'am in ecoiiotnic uiciiMircs iiHtiouul preparedneH- and foiein policy. The pailv will be continued in power, he pi edietcd. Secretary linker nraiM'd I're-idcnt Wd-on for picn-Miitr eiiactiuent of the federal re-erve nud ruriil cieditx --tem- mid of the tariff reduction, lot- uiih(il(lin- Atueiicau idenlH in Iciilinir with Me.ico, and for -tceiiiiK the 1 nited Statua away from paitici patiou in tbe Hiiniienit war. He e. pre ed -iitiufnetioii that the prepnr ediic proitrnm had been moderate. Atlackiin; the republican party, Secretin linker aid: Itepulilicuii I'aily "To -peak of a man it a icpublicaii toiluy iilentil'ic- him with no cnii-e. mciili('d to him no opinion; and whether it affiliate- linn with pro Hiv ie- or reactionaries or both cannot be told until after the national convention next week." He declared that Senator HarditiK of Ohio, who will pre-ide at the Chi cago convention, lepie-cnt one fac tion which Indieve the tariff -hould 1m' the iMMiie in the cominy eaiuMiik'ii. while other republicun- favor an at tack on the foreign xdicv of the pres ent ndminixtration. The oppoMii. en m pi are divided into tho-c who he lieu the aduiiiii-tration ha- been too lHllieoM and Hiom who fear it ha heen too iMiaec-lovinjr, he Mini. "Then there i- a third jtroup." the -ccivtary continued, "headed hv the ureal delraclor, who. -hiJIinir from Hi-itiou to po-ition on the nation' foreign policy, -elect- at each time apparently whatever vantage xiint -eeni- lo offer an otjMrt unity for making difficult the Mi-itiou of the president and congre-x. ACKI-CKOtlou of I'Vctlons "In other wind-, what iiMd to Ih1 the htroiigr, coheieiit, logical organ ixation known a- the republican iwity, ii now, ho fur a- itx leader- are con cerned, nn nggiegntion of factioiix, the only common bond of union being a willinguc-- to hoI i uck to win. "In conl ra-t to thi-, the demoerutic partv, having liied through yearn of doubt aud he-itation. with a central philo-omy wometiine more a yearn ing than a program, now pre-eul- a mat ii led olicy, ewdved by a great lender and welcomed bv hi- partv u -ociute- nn the reul expieiiou of their Mililical ideal-." Mi. linker -aid tbut intervention in Mexico bud been urged bv "-omc Auieiicau owiujih of Mexican mine-, -nine American roertie- if Mexican eonee--ioni, home American- who looked with longing eyes on Mexico a- N'aboth' vincvard." liorder di-ordcr- have been uulortunate, he c plained, but the only alternative -"war Uxin the-e coplc, who him willed no act of aggre ion on ut. and to -Mnd year, cxpeii-ite of life aud treamire, lo impre-M an alien civiliza tion on thee people." I'i-Ihi I'tiipliUiiit I're-ident ViliH wa the ubjeet ut tin- piin-c I'miii tin- -ecrctary: "When the Iii-Iim u tin- age (Continued on page two.) MRS. COWLES ELEG1ED XKW V)HK. June 1 Mr-. Jo-mb Kvan- ( "iwle- ol l.u- Angeleii hiii. been elected pre-idenl o the Oeneral 'cler.iti'in ot Women'- Club- bv a large majont. deteatiug Mr-- Sam uel H. Sneath ot Tift in. O. The vote taken yesterday and an nounced todav showed that Mr. t..'i- ii.i'Hi.l t.'7l lift'!- i.'.iin-t I l, - S '"i JLovis E. WASIIIMITON, .liiiie I 1. 1. in-1) Itni'nli !-' nun iniiiniii to the -u-picuic court, Inllerlv fouuhl li icpublu .in- lm Iim iiKHith-. wa- eon 1 1 lined bile toilax li the -cnalc The olc wn 17 to 11. Three republican-who iiicd loi Htiiudci- wcic Scuatoi- l.u Folic! tc, N'orrin iind I'oiudevter. Semiinr N'cwlnud- wn- the mih dciuoei-at who Miled Hgaui-I him. Senator- I'l.ipp and (liouna, icpuhlu an-, were paned in faor of conliuiintioii I SEN TO BE ELECTROCUTED THANKS NI-:W YOIIK. June I ir. A.tl.nr Warren Wit it c Wn- tmlav -cntcuced tn die in the elect lie chair diilinn the week of duly 111 the Mnaltv for tbe murder of hix father-in-law, John IC. I'eck, of which he wa- convicted. When Dr. Wnite win presented to the liar hi coun-cl moved that he he grunted a new trial. Thin wax denied hy the court and -eiili'iieo wiih then iniHi-ed. When Justice Sliearn concluded the Htntence Waite dclieiwl a nhort -MMch in which he e-prewed apire eintion of the maimer in which hi Irial wan conducted and bin thank to (he court, the pi o-eculow and bl own attorney. Dr. Waite -unl be mh verv -orry for In- crime- mid lm the -ulfcring and trouble be lut ! iiiu-ed othel-. He dcchircd he hoM'i lli.il by -iirrcudcr-lli).' hi- liinK tut' imiii-I incut be wiiiild i'oiiicii-.iti in -nun n ill device lor the diMth- .'I In- ' i.-. I lilt ii. .1 mi 1. I iimp.ii.'ii lie.'idipliiltei - Will "I" lied III ( "llli .ijiu i today tor twu umie "I u tonic -on" I candidates for the repnblicuu mainii- i at ion for preidcnt. State I'huinnau t'. A, huwmjii ot Iowh brought tbe bnom of Senator Albert 11 Cummin- to this ctt.v. ll w.i- accompanied bv " party of Iowa icHihlican. I'aul X. Furman oi HurrUburtr up pi tired as custodian ot the cundiducv ol Governor Bruniliunyli of I'ennvl vnnia. "(iovernor Ilruuibuuh's name will be presented to the convention aud will not be wituiliawp nt" '' friend- are convinceil ilu.i i chance for hi- iioiiiniutioii," Kind Mr. Furman. John W. M' 'ii 'ih iniv.ii tary to 'fb " !.' ' ' from Kt. I i " after the l nel "iioot.,,.. ... i i i. come to llic i nuveiiiiiiii. - t.n .i- he km vv CUMMINS BOOM REACHES CHCAGO G. 0. P. HEARD BY FULL COMMITTEE CHIC WiO. .hi lie I Ml of the coil IckU covcrlug nlxl (mo deleaatex to the republican national convention which opens June 7 will be heard by the full committee. TIiIm was decided today at the annual sculon of the com mittee after a spirited discussion of a recommendation of Chairman Milieu to have a nub-committee, pay special attention to each content, all being heard III the presence of the whole committee, ami report a huiiiiiihi y of the content to the full committee. In the ease of TcnncHHce which elected double the nunilier of tlelw gatea necessary, It wsh decided to select four delegatoM at Initio who re ceived the highest number or votes, the other four deleaaten at largo be ing seated as alternative. It was decided that delegates un opposed In tbe West Viralnlu primar ies be accepted tentative!) and that the committee meet on the morning of Juno 7 to receive the official rat ification of the state. The tommllice announced that re porters from pre hhocIsIIoiis would le given seats. HU members of the regular Ala. iiuma delegation whose seats were ion tented, won then i'I.uch Id lliecou vi ut ion Tlic contesting li'iutlaii claimed 'die. were excluded from tin counsels I ol llu ji.irlv tiei.niM" uf tin ii color. L llr.l(l.l. June I .)..'..( - fin ard. the Auicticiiii j 1 1 1 j t . i - -. I i . hml a hull hu'ii- i hum i -atiou 'luc-il.iv With I luilieelli'l- V "II HclllllilillU-llidl weg. The lllimt ilnite iH'eu-loll tor tin conlerence wu- the question of I'olt-h relief, but thev di-eii--ed general lop- ic- of more ifcuernl inteic-t. Follow- 'bc conference, Amh.i--itdor flcr- i.1 . -ii Ilothiuu '"I puhliea- tloll. V-IIIM.'IIIN .1 I Sell 1 It'. - hi i i i ill Kin ii I. CONTESTS BEING Carranza's Bluster Intended for Home Consumption American Troops Will Not Be Withdrawn From Mexico Until Carranza Dem onstrates Control of Situation. WASIIIXOTDX. June l.-Il wna -tilted aiilhoritativcly todav that American troops will not he with (1 ia wn from Mexico until the t'ur rauxa authorities demonstrate control of the situation sufficient to protect the American border. A reply lo that ctlcct prohnhly will he made to (Icnctiil CniTunr.n'w note. President il-on wa- represented todav as Kiidv to wilhdiHw llie trooHt when po--it)lc. but deteiniiueil to wait until tlu ( nriMiixn forces can control the itilllltoll. A -It for Troop Details Step- were taken by the war dc p.iitmeiit today to obtain morn def inite infottnation of Ilia di-im-hion ol tin innr.a troops in Chihuahua. It wu- -aid that the tone of fitiTHiir.it' note prompted the action of military ofliciitU without regard to the diplo matic pliu-c- of the -ituation. (Icuentl l-'iiiintoii link heen n-ked lo outline clearly the -ituittion in Chi huahiiH Hccoidinx In his most recent information of the whereabout of Carratma delneliiueiit". Xo anxielv is fell for lhn afety of (leneral l'eiih ing's coliiiim-, but in wew of Hit slalemenU in (leneral ('HrrausaV note, it is de-iied to know na aceiir atelv as possible what the movements of hi forces are. for Political Ijrfctt l'rc-itlent Wilson uml Secretary l.au-ing today took up consideration of (leiieriil ('ariiinsa's latest note, flu- countr.v's action or ichhiiisc to the note will not he outlined formally until nllicml- have hail lime lo study eiiicl'ullv the text, which conlains about 12.(1011 words. otliciitls fxpresstid belief that the hur-li terms of (leneral ( 'a transit ' coiiiniiiniciition were intended pritn aitl.v to iiillueiice public opinion in his own country. It was explained at the war depait ment that the real mi ion of the e lietlitioii at this time was to prevent attack- tiMin the wide sections of the bolder controlled bv it- M-ition in Mexico. A huge border iimi-oti or patrol, it wu- pointed mil. might re pel an nttiii I., Iml i n lil not make it llllHi--lble t'lllt Alii i. .Imm I I in i .niipuii:u ol the -iillnii UiiiUii- lm the in-tloi'-eiiieiil n the icpiihlii'iin couveu tlou ba- bcciiiiic uiuii- m live with the arrival lien- ol Mi-, tunic Chapman Call, pre-uleiit of the National Amer ican Woman Nuftru'ic association nnd the plank which the women Iiim to have in -cited in the republican party platform was made public to day. It wa- iiiiiioiinceil that Senator William K. Itorah ot Idaho wilt in tritduce the resolution- ol the -of-fnigists and will muke a hiibt for the is-ite. The plunk, a- wi-iltm. i- iti Itd-low-: "The rcpulilii .in p.iiiv. n .it I inning it- I mih in 'j'lM'Miiiii'in nl the ieo pie, by the penph . lor llu- pcnple, favor- the cxlciiMuu mi -it 1 1' rage to women a- u uiiu-uic ot ju-ticc to one hull tin .ulnlt pcnple of tlll- CllllllllV TWENTY KILLED IN I w WII.I.KMSTAIl. ( uiui.io. Wedues dux, May III. Twcul r-nn- were killed or wounded in nu nuiliii.ik at Wniucaibo, Ycnexuetu, nt.un-i Ueu era) U.irciu, who has been i pointed president of the -late of Zulia, sue celling Tempore ry l're-ulent Aruii gureii. Troop tired on ciiiaeus who trim! to prevmit (leneral (lareia from hiiuliiiu li "in the -tinnier Mei'tda, i'l ' li Qiul t iki n him 1" Mm, ii ,ubo, General Tlc-Up of Shlpplnn From Mexico to Alaska Conference In Progress to Compromise Conten tions Longshoremen, Stevedores and Riggers Out. SAX FI1AXCISCO. June 1. San Francisco ship owner shortly uftur noon toiluy granted an inuruttsu of fi emits an hum' to IUUU Iniigrflioruintm who went on stiike at (1 o'ulook tlflt nioiniug. The ship owuera ntlturwt&d their refusal to meet the additional demands of the strikers fur a dollar an hour overtime. Three shilling coiiiwnioe, thu Ilind-Holpli eomwiiy, thu liolpb Xuv igiititui company and tho Union Slenuiship company, in which Mayor James Kolph, Jr., of Sail Kraiiuiseo, is interested, have granted the full demands of the longshoremen. It. II. Foley, secretary of the Pacific ooaet district of the Longshoremen's union, said in regard to the mrtial oonui sitins, "It looks like a feeler." SAX FItANCISCO, June I. Threo hours after local stevedores nnd rin gers Joined the general strike of long shoreman from Alaska to Mexico to day representatives of shipping nud stevedore firms met with union offi cials In nu attempt to settle, thu dlf flcultlas. In some quarter tho hopn was expressed that the strike would he of short duration; that u common ground would be reached In todny'a conference. One report hntl It thnt the ship owners would probably pay the Increased wage uf f If ty-flvo oonta an hour asked and obviate tho do mantled overtime wage of one dollar an hour eliminating oveaeJsno. vv'thout recognising the settlement aa a contract with the union. Longshoremen In orery American port from San Diego, Cal., to Nome. Alaska, went nn strike today for higher wages and, aa a result, prue tlcaly all deep sea and coastwise pas senger shipping was tied up. Tho strikers are members of the Interna tional Longshoremen's union, and ac cording to their officials, nine thou, and walked out. Four thonmnil were employed In Ssn Francisco. Xo Violent o KxKirlutl No violence was expected, at It hi not believed strikebreakers will ba employed to do the work of the strik ers. I Owners of several faat ooaatwlM paseuger steamers announced that their vessels would be eostlaawl In operation, giving up. If aeceaaary, all freight traffic. The men are asking for a rale of pavmeut of 65 cents an hour straight time and $1 an hour overtime. At present the rate Is 50 cents aa ttottr straight time aud & cenla an hear ovcrtimo. The strikers are receiv ing the support of their fellow work. era or the water front. !aat Might the Waterfront Workers' federation of this city, which Is composed prac tically of every union engaged ale Kg tbe waterfront, uotlfted the long shoremen that the. federation weald aupport them in their fight. DeiimiaU fulled liiioHHinalilu The ship owners have anttOHHMd they will not giunt the demand! and hare shown uo Imllnatloa to bttdg from their stand, c. W. Cooke, pre. Ident of the waterfront etanloyera' association, said last night that tbe demands of the men amounted to a thirty per cent Increase and wm unreasonable. The employers, Mr. Cooke said, were prepared to grant a reasonable advance, but would r (Continued on Page four.) 0FFT0G.0.P. MEET .shATTI.K. Wa.h . June 1. A J. cial tiaiu citrrvtug the republican awl progressive delegates of Washington to the natiouul couxentiona at Chi cago, also two dosen sightseerat loft for Chicago oxer the Northern Pg cific railroud at o'clock this woni. iug. The Oregon delegates will Join the tram at Pasco and tomorrow Um alouiaua delegates will be piekod Hi, The repubbcauM and progressive will oci-upv -cpanitc couches, w j qnMpesN a ' FTSa