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UNITED STATES' DESTINY
NOT RmQTFDING NAT
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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
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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
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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)
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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.
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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-
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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.
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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
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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." . . .
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