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Unlvcrsllv ot u Library Medford Mail Tribune MS) FORECAST Km TONIGHT AND TOMORROW WEATHER Maximum Yetcidny 1)2 1 Minimum Today UK Porty-slxth Tear. Daily i:i vpiiIIi Y-ar. MEDFORD OKKOON, Tl'KSDAY, JTXK 1:1, 1M( NO. 71 i 4 9' 0 UNITED STATES' DESTINY NOT RmQTFDING NAT S PR Executive Discusses Preparedness, Militarism, Americanism, Causes of European War, Peace, Divided Allcfliancc and Ideals of America in Address to Gradtiatlnri Class at West Point Points Touched On hy Hughes in Acceptance Letter. UT.RT POINT, N. Y June 1 1. j Tieiddepl Wilson, mnfcliig hi lirtj odd row since IIip preidentiitl cum pnign began, Indny diseiisxcd pre , pn'rcdiipxa, iintitiuiin, AinpricnniMii the ciiuspx of Hip war in I'urope, penne, tin Monroe doctrine, divided, nlleginnee and tin itlpnN of America, lie declared it iu'lhc present nnper ntive duty of Hip Cuitcd Slides to he jirepnreil, adding, "innnhiud w to know tliiil when America ponl:s 'he .IDCail Wlllll Hill' MI.VX,'' Tlu piPxident wiid tin I'liiliMl j3tulo should not ln a blustering nu tioii, a nation with "a chip- on its hhnulder," but a ealm nation which will withhold it hand as lung a poxxihle. and xtrike only for victory. Tho president's uddics ran through Hip nluio-t entire list of sub jects discussed by Former Justice jlitghex in his lologniin aeeeptiiiff the republican uoaiiuation, and he de clared that the tinted .State ij ready to join with other milieux to eu that (he hind of justice it believe- in is given. J America -Must" K I'lrxl Tim piexiilont told tho gradu.ite-, I of tin) military amiduiny Mini a huge I audience that unhedy who does not put America first enn be tolerated. ' lie added, however, that true Ameri cans should et n good example The president declared thp pies ent wnr did not pome by accident, hut that it lind to come. The l'nited Stales want nothing from Kurope, lie Kid, and there i nothing she want which xhoynttst get by war. He xoiiudcil n warning that nirmnn can toll what tlio next day "ill bring forth in the world's events. The word "Ameiicuniin" was ued today by the president for tho first time in hi yeccnt addresses. He warned the graduates against militnriin. The president's speech, was ipicutly interrupted by applause text follow in part: Pi-eM.ivdno.ss Discussed f- Tho ''These nro Iho days when we are makiuir nreiwratioii, when tho thing moHt commonly dincued around 'ev-! of Orpl. It wnm Dorothy .Muon whoalated he would take the field us a cry Mtrt of Inhle, in evorv iort of told .Marion that Orwt. a -tudent at 'vice prosldtintlul candidate with the ciri'le, in the "hofwi nnd in the lidtth l'niver.ity of 'ieouiii, wu eM-avowml purpose of dividing the I III in prcparcdneMM, and iindouhtcdlv 'gaged to marry Celrte Vouker, ac-jnola delegation anil thus aiding In gentlemen, that ia the pic-cut nu'Hr - alive duty of Agioripa, to be prepar - od. Hut we ought to know what wejMMriou aiud to we, related .Mi Da are prptwNiig for. I leniPHiber hear-1 vi. 'iluylK' it wum jut to make me ing n wiie mail tv once that the old fool bad.' maxim that "pverythiug pom ex to the ' "Ko we framed up a letter to Or man who wait i all very well, pro- ihM, but an no reply wu received videl he know wltMt he is waiting for"; and pnardn might be a very Imiardou thing if we did not kuow what we wanted to do with the force that we wean to aeeumulato and get into fighting fthnpe. 'America, ortuwaUly, does know what die want to do with her force. America enme into exitenee for m particular reason. . . . Von are o familiar with American Malory at any rate in its general character I don't accuse yon of knowing the detuilx of it. for I never found the yiiin"tor who did hut von arc so familiar with the general character of American hitorv that it docs not (Continued on page six) COLBY TO SUPPORT NEW YORK, June 1 ! Everett Colb. of New Jersey, who nominat ed Colonel John M. Parker for vice lireeldeut at the progressive conven tion, called to see Mr. Hughes, bui found him out Mr. Colby told .ke of Mr Hujihefc' secretaries that he had comtJo pledge hl support to the republican nominee. ESIDENT WIL SSB011BISllfe. t jyVbL V-( f W prawn tbWos.gjH t . - IDE THREATS OF W.UKKOAN. III., June 1:1. - Jos ephine Diim- te-tilicd todnv that Marion Lambert, tor the alleged uiur dc rof Whom Will II. Onwt on tiial heu, threatened to nouunit miiciile if it moved true that Orpet had Iran ferred hi nffe'tion to another. The Nchoolgiii witnauK, called by the htate, eontiuued to teMify for the defeiioe. Sh fomplftely repudiated preioiK tnrtPH of the rheerfiilneii of Manon. her chum, mid told of xpclls of de)rexion over fear that mIih was emitMile, Hiid later, when thin fear beprnne U acute, after Janu- "ary 20, over the reported defection ' cording to the wituex. 1 "i wonder why she told roe that, I Marion began to think Mi .Muon bail told the troth. It wax on Feb ruarv (I when Marion had her ISth birthday party that he threatened-to kill herself. "'llonc-t, if llillie has thrown me over I'll kill uiyxelf,' she told me. "1 laughed at her just to try to get her out of the mood nud then she laughed, too. I said, 'you won't let me tell even thing to vour mother now; oliall 1 tell what I know after death!' She laughed and said, 'welt I guess not. There will be gos sip anywuy, and we might as well give them something to gowip about.' " YM K. Deri, of Contra! Point, paid Medford a abort visit thla aftar aooa. HCooMtj TRiti TO OlTtn HIS Bitnit, mm m KILLING HERSELF v. x 'v i r MARSHALL ' hn mmwm mil iuiiuuiiuii SON COLLAPSINGi Prospects for Flht Amonn Demo crats for Second Place Upon Ticket Diminishes Western States Want Representation Cummlnns Likely to Be New Chairman tandldates for Vlcc-Preslder.cy Disavow Booms Lewis Opposes Sullivan. ST LOl'IS, Mo., Juno 13. Uole Kntcit gathering for the democratic untlonnt convention havo turned from (IIscuhkIoii of ticket and pint form to connldortUlon of a chalrinan of tho now national committee- nnd (lio:e to lie nnooolntod with him In the iiinnnKcmont of ProHldont Wll- ' Hon'a campaign for ro-plectlon. Thrf p names nro under ronnldcratlou for the clialrnuiiiHlilp. They arc William H Saltshury, of Delaware, Homer II. C'uminliiKH, of Connecticut, vlco chulr- man of tho presont committee, nnd Colonel K. yi. House, of Now York. President Wilson hax Indicated that any one of tho throe Is agreeable to 1 him. I Wilbur W. Marsh, national com 'mltteoman from Iowa, Ih most likely 1 to bo chosen troamiror to succeed I Holla Wells. Henry Morgcnthau proh "nbly ngaln will bo chairman of tho ' flnnnro committee. CiinuiiluKH for Chairman Tho new national aommltteo meets on Saturday and expects to select tho uhalririan at that tmo. Tho coid- utlttoomen geunrally agroo that they (would prefer to nnmo an loader ono I of tholr own moinuora. Mr. Cum ' mlngH l almost rertaln to ho tho man If the chairman is taken from within ! tholr own niimuor. j 'Wilbur W. Mural) of Wateloo. la., led tho fight for the Clark force from (own and tho middle woatorn atatoa, at the llnltlmoro convention four years ago and hl selection, It wiih urged, would further hoal any cam that remain from that contest. Prospects of a fight over a vlco presidential nominee diminished to day as Incoming delegations lined up behind Vice Prealdent Marshall. Some of the.cundldatoa themaolvea dorlared they would not attempt to opposo him. The altuatlon ws to the Kognr Sul livan boom, which neither Sullivan himself or his supporters took sur lously, Is this: Senator Jamos Hamilton Lewis do. clared that if Sullivan's friends per (tlio killing or the feuiiivau tioom Wtotem Statos Want V, V. fiovernor Morohead, of Nebraska, another vice presidential candidate, reachod St. Louis today and said ho had started In to diagnose his own case mid find out whether bis boom waa healthy. Tho governor said If he found It waning In strength ho would withdraw before nominations wore made. Supportors of William J. Iiryan in the Nebraska delegation said today that an otfort made to have Judge W. H. Thompson, a Hryan momlier of the delegation make the (pooch nominating fiovernor ,Morehead had failed. There was some talk today of a coalition of wostern statos to go cure the nomination of a wostern man. i Governor Stewart, of Montana, who arrired today, disclaimed vice Pres idential aspirations. "f nover heard a word of my sup posed eandldacy until I got here and (Continued on page six) tu. IKOH IOODI . lip Mft'O ift TO eivcp- 7(T 9 ICA r i coi J9hF I THE DEMOCRATIC ONE-RING CIRCUSiQ ML lilml , - m 1-- i OHt R IMG GlCUS WPgggrttiT-1 g&M) nov ih c APTtvrr Y, m- $&pigz C I SOOt Ptt-PUL. ' yfrrXFl$Vt WAY OFL TUC"" txeweveU- " mMllIlT:' v J oii:mx(j ri tiik iiki thnt i hDgHESATTITUDE iWADE PARDONED ' .MORE TROOPT" IS UNDILUTED ! BY GOVERNOR TO ; MOBILIZE FOR B XKW VOKK, June 13.-fhnrles l. Hughes, in resnnvr to ipieslioiis put to him today by HPHMpapcrmoti in r gnrd to his altitude toward tlio sup port offorcd him lv the nrinan Ainerieiius, said it was "one of un diluted Americaiiiin. "I stated my jiosiilon vory plenr !y," said the republieau presiilenlial enndidatp, "in my tologrnm to the convention. .My nttitude is one of undiluted Americanism and anybody Hint supports mc is supiHirling an uut-atid-out Aintricnu and an out-nnd-out American Miliey; absolutely nothing else." Mr. Hughes dictated his statement on "undiluted Ainerieanism'' in ! himuimo to reocnted request of inter viewers ami in the face of hi previ ously announced determination to say nothing further on the issues of Hie day until his formal notification :Jackoji eounlv f nMiuil, uimI'J. F. of nomination. He met the corre- 'llrien, ronvictc.l in bine county oC swndeHls by appointment and dietat- "bi'iig "'icv under ful-e pre c.l lliu hIiiIwmiciiI tuudiiur in a urmiii Icncc-.. of about forty nwspairmcu ami other eallem. It was the onlv statement he made during his talk with the newspaper men that he would (wnnit to go not as authorised bv him. Itemiblican leaders and erionil and itolitioul friend- eoatiniied to call upon Charles K. Hughes tmlnv at his temMirsrv heado.uartera iu a hotel here to eongratuluie him on his nom ination and to confer upon arrange ments for the campaign. One of the men expected to call today was For mer United State Keualor W. Mur ray Crane of Deltiui, .Mas member of the subcommittee to arrange a date and (dace for the official noti fication to Mr. Huuhert of his nomin ation and to dicu with .Mr. Hughe the selection of a chairman of the republican national committee. 3. Xtt xmuiTea-i V(WW-0 PtRCO r lAk ) t ua vOk. JBF J 9 x VHo f M i Tn f' '' T SALK.M. Or., June 13. -That he may supimrt his mrents in their i!e clining yours, Frank Wade, ponviet ed in Jackson count ' more than 'JO yours ago for the murder of Frank .Marlow, was conditionally Mirdoued today by fiovernor James Withv conibc The con lino'i of hi Miidon is tliul after Hie death of his Mirent he will Miirreuiler himself to the ieii iteiitinry authorities if they demand it, and fulfill the life sentence initios ed iiikiii him. fiovernor Wilhycomlic also ixxuetl a conditional Mirlon to Virgil A. i'erriue, eonvicted of roUting n bank in Mtlwaukie, Clackamas eounlv. Armed with a revolver, he held u the cashier of the hank iu lUI.'t. The condition of the ardou is thut be is to go to St. Loin, Mo., and reside with bis iwreuts. Twenty-four other convict wero paroled hy the uovcruor. They in eluded QHrge llanilm, convictml in BILL OF RIGHTS T 1.0118. Mo, June i.i -What is dealguated as labor' s bill of rights, sixteen planks proposed by organised labor for Inelualon In the demooratle platform, waa made public today by President Samuel (lumpers of the American Federation of Labor. Among tbe idauks are declarations fod rigbta of workmen to orgauWe, woman suffrage, a workmen's com pensation law, enforcement of iinml- Kratlou law with a literacy teat, in- CV(,A.fVt 1AWO JVAHUV- .VMVH- A.Vii.fc SUPPOR AE GOMPERS BRINGS jmgm sfKe9 XoWlsu i V .skvzc. - r . V , r.O.., lmmimt MX CAN WAKHIXdTOX, JmM. U. Fifteen hundred additional tmoM were being mobilised today for Mexican service in view of eontiuued lvttort of nnti Aiuericau demonstrations in Mexico nd bandit raid on Texax territory. I en eompames of cout artillery drawn from fortifications betwoen Portland, Me., and Sniidv Hook, and H battalion of engineerx from tho barracks iu Washington were uuiler orders to join (teneral Pershing's armv and axcixt In guurdiug against further holder rnid in the region near Ijuwlo. WASHIXHTOX, June i:i.-While aome utale ilepartment advices today gave a more favorable aspect to eou dilions in Mexico, other reported further null-American demonstra tions, leaving the Mtuulioii generally unchanged. The agitation hus sub sided in the Chihuahua City region. where the uiol violent outbreaks oe eurretl. Meeretarc lansir iiidicatel, bow ever, that smashing of store win dow, luirading and sneeehwakinir hud constituted the greater mrt of the oulbreuk. I he rioters have not ditiuginhed lteleen AmerU'ans and other foreigners, it was staled, ul tbouuh the basis of the disorder i nlwa.vK the American trooiw on Alexi can -oil. It i- known that onic otficiols feel cci tu in detiuile proiwgandu is beiug earned on without (ieucral Car ruua'" aourovul. dustrial and vocational training, Por to Klrau rltlienahlp, government ownership ef telegraphs and tele phone, enforcement of tbe federal eight hour law, creation of a labor bu reau of safely, civil service reforms aud declaration against the "step watch" system, and against ehlld labor, and exclusion from Inter-state commerce of convtct-made products. O'eofti-Vb Te'js2T WBrsk-tb to vr. 1 TOSSWMsW' i &rtKfi?- SL1GKTGAIN BY TEUTONS General Attack Atony Entire Verdun' Front Results In Germans Entering French Trenches at One Point West of Thlnumont Farm British At tack at Ypres General Situation Unchanged, Despite German Losses of 30,000. UHltlflN. Jilpe 13. A (urthor ad vtfnco oij tho Verdun fronl near Kort lJotiumOHt wmf nnnouniiod' today by life vniofftpo. "' , ' llrlttsh troopa haVo. tatfyn aniovo utont ngnlnst (teriuuu iiohUIoh north oast of Vprofl. PARIS, Juno 18. Gorman troopi last night renewed tho attack over tho wholo seotlon of tho Verdun front woet of Thlnumont farm. They suc ceeded Iu outorlng somo of our ad vanced trench oa at one point, but vvoru repulsed olsowhoro, tho French war offlco announced today. The French trenches ponctratcd by tho flurmniiH are on tho eastern slopo of lllll No. :21,( wost of Tlilaumont farm. IWost of the Mouso thcro woro no Important actions during tho iilght. Tho bomhardmont was heavy In tho ronton of Chaltnncourt. Ihittlo lTnusuully InteiiMv J'ARIS, Juno I a. ThO UiUjIe fop VcrdtTn IniS TlrSlToirfelfV with tinusimf vloloneo on. tho east hank of tho Mouse after tho lull following (ho rapturo of Fort Vnux. Thu Uormana put the respite to good uso. They brought up frosh effectives, reform ed tholr Hues and advanced tholr ar tillery to positions from which they have hogun a mothodlcnl poundlnic of the main Fronoli defenses, espec ially the powerful batteries nt Tn vnuuos nnd Fort Souvllle. At tlm same tlmo tho French advnupod lino, which was plastered with sholls all day Sunday has been subjected to a series of fleico onslaughts on Tlilau mont farm, the position on whlcU tho linn pivots. The French, on their part, havo not been Idle during the last few days. Thlnumont farm bristles wUt well placed machine guns and tlm Gorman masses tolling up the slopo which leads to the French position, have been driven back again and again while their reserves havo been kept copiously showered by sprays of! shells from the French batturlea ut the rear and on the other side oC the river. .situation I'lii'liangcd Tbe flghtlag continues as dosper ately aa ever, but tbe situation nu both sides remains unmodified an far. i The fighting Is ckaraeterlied by eye witnesses aa Infernal. It Is es timated that the Germans usod up 80,000 Infantry In assaults on tlio trenches west of Fort Vuux and nt Thlsumont. The attacks followed esch other In such close succession aa praetleally to niergo one la tho other. 'A(c!l.A E XKW YORK. June 13. Tho con ference of railroad men and omployos represent in" about J.Mt.dill) cuiplove, loyked penloii-lv near u deadloek to day. Thi wax tbe result of tho an i)ieation of what be men called ft wyl stick" to their dew a nils. In IlkU the railway officials duelnred Ihe4 "Ume imid for under one nilo i not to be paid for under another nilo or role." Thi prMH)-al was regarded so nil fuvorabK bv officials of tho union thut A. It. UarrcNou, incident of tho Order of Radwav Cmidm lor, thci chief xMk,cuian for tin uiployen, uid: "It does not look at all roiniin for a etMitiuimtioii of lhi con IV is eueo." . . . AT VERDUN I CON RENCE EAR D OK I mm