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REMARKABLE PICTURES OF CAPTURE OF U-BOAT BY U. S. DESTROYER
PHOTOGRAPH MADE FROM THE DECK of the U. S. destroyer Fanning, showing the submarine alongside the Fanning,
with her crew on deck, waiting rescue by the Americans. The photographs are copyrighted by the committee on public fn
formation. The periscope of the submarine was sighted by' Coxswain "Loomis of the Fanning. The destroyer immediately
headed for the spot and three minutes later dropped a depth ciiarge. - The indications were that the depth charge had split the
shell-like sides of the submersible as the U-bba rose to the surface, the. bow coming up rapidly. The Fanning headed for her,
firing fromthe bow gun. After the third shot the crew of the U-boat came on deck and surrendered. A line was attached to the
submarine, but in a few minutes she sank, the crew jumping in the water and swimming to the American destrpyer. Two mem
bers of the crew of the Fanning jumped overboard and rescued a drowning German seaman.
' Plan of Provost Marshal Would j
Place Each Year 700,000 Men j
In Class 1, Relieving Necessity
J of Invading Exempt Classes.
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Recommendation Is Made in An-
v nual Report to Secretary of
v ; War? Selective Draft Is Found
: 'l Less Costly Than Volunteering.
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German Army's
Uniforms Made
Of Much Better
Cloth Than U. S.
Military Affairs Committee Hears
Testimony That Cloth Used in
American Uniforms Too Light
W ASHINQTON. Jan. 3. (U. P.)
.r --Immediate . registration
for military service of all men.
Avho ! have become 21 years of
age since the first draft registra-
i j'! lion-was urgea loaay Dy frovosi
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. jj, , ivmmiJiHi uicriii urywuer. iu lys
k annual report to tne secretary or
".Xh war.. -.
' It this is done and similar reg-
j lstrations held each year, 700,
T ; 000, physically fit men of class 1,
,, the provost marshal general
stated, will be available for serv
. . ice every 12 months and this
would not necessitate taking
t men from the deferred exemp-'-,
,4; tion . classes.
:' ' "The policy and belief of this office
- la that in all probability It will be pos
. Bible to fill all our military needs from
clasa 1," the report ta.
Labor 6ltatlooBl(f Problem
Skilled labor and farmers will be
; drafted from the deferred classes, Crow
. 'der Intimated, "should the situation de
mand."
"The situation in these respects is
' serious now, particularly in the ship
building-Industry and in factories work
ing on war munitions," he added. "It
.la probable there will be a shortage of
farm labor in the spring, although the
new draft regulations have relieved that
..situation.
The report was placed before con
' areas today with the request for an
amendment to the selective service act
.which would change the plan of allocat
'V ng quotas.
' Qaota Btiii May Be Chaaged
In the first draft the quotas were
:bajd only on the DoTJulatlon. but Crow-
der aeka that the new basis be made the
. number of men found in class 1 In each
"" .district. . Dissatisfaction was caused In
. -many districts under; the last draft be-
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.Surrender Advised
S 3j Farmer, Charge
1 Jallat : ihaberg, TTatarallsed German,
li Aees"! t of Telling Ileglftrants to
. Go Over to Germans.
i d' i The most sensational violation of the
' .espionage act within Oregon reached
, . the e&xe of federal authorities with the
-' arrest "of Julius Rhuberg, a well-to-do
farmer of Sherman county. Rhubergr is
. of German birth but Is a naturalized
.American.
.' t He is being held in the Sherman
.county 'Jail on orders of Assistant
United 1 States Attorney Rankin, who
directed Sheriff Mclean to make the
arrest. 4. - f-- '' j
, The complaint filed In the federal
court this morning; by Attefrney Rankin
- alleges that Rhuberg told a young reg--
istered man of .Sherman county to throw
up his hands and run over to the Oer
t ' man side If he was forced to serve in
i the trenches in France. The registrant,
whose name is withheld, is married into
tva German family.
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Food Administrator Replies That
Price Fixing Was Made Neces
sary Because of Emergency
Which Country Faced in War.
Higher Price Had to Be Allowed
to Louisiana Producers to Pre
vent Their. Losing Money; In
quisitor Switches to Wheat
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I17ASHINGTON, Jan.
Usurpation of authority
under the food law in fixing
wheat prices was charged against
Herbert Hoover, food adminis
trator, by Chairman Reed at the
senate sugar incruiry today.
"Didn't you assure, congress
. when the bill Waf pending that
there was no authority for price
fixing?" asked Reed.
Hoover said he did.
"Well, "you abused the powers con
ferred on you In that bill an act that,
under normal conditions, would be a
criminal one?" asked Reed.
Justified by Emergency
"Well, everything has been done with
the full approval or the president," an
swered Hoover. "I consider the bill in
Its general purpose gives me authority
to do as I have in the matter, even if it
does not specifically say so. We faced a
big emergency."
Hoover maintained that wheat prices
have been stabilised.
The farmer, he said, was consulted and
agreed to the price fixed, which waa 50
cents over the previous year's market.
The flour price, he added, has been re
duced $3 per barrel to consumers under
the early war prices. This is but a small
advance over the flour prices a year ago.
he said. Reed disputed that, saying it
waa nearly double the 19M price.
Reed had suddenly switched from
sugar to wheat. As he continued this
Washington. Jan. J (IT. P.) If the
United States had undertaken to clothe
Its soldiers as well as Germany clothes
hers, the shortage in uniforms and
overcoats would be much greater, M. K.
Drlscoll, superintendent of the Raritan
(N. J.) woolen mills, testified today
before the senate military affairs com
mittee.
Drlscoll, a wool expert, waa shown
samples of cloth from "American and
German uniforms. He unhesitatingly
said the German cloth waa of much
higher grade.
"Of course. It takes much longer to
manufacture than our uniform clothT
said DrisooIL
Drlscoll testified that changes made
by the supply committee of the National
Defense Council in the specifications
for shirts and uniform cloth, did not
Improve the wearing qualitiea or the
warmth of the cloth. The wearing qual
ity, on the other hand, waa somewhat !
lowered.
"It is my Individual opinion that the
uniform now being given to our soldiers
Is too light," said Drlscoll.
"The cloth used In the marine corps
uniforms is much warmer than that
used for the army' he said. Wearing
qualities are about equal, ha said.'
Senator Frelinghuyaen, who ques
tioned Drlscoll, predicted today that
within three months General Pershing
w ill insist on a; higher, grade of doth
uniforms. j ' uv-fr -
"Germany pays $7.58 av yard 'f dr her
men's uniforms," said Frelinghuysen.
"We pay $245 for an inferior grad of
shoddy, X am convinced we would save
lives by giving' our men better clothing-."
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PEOPLE!
KEEP CRIP
Work of Disbanding Troops' on
Battle front Is Halted and Ne
gotiations Are Believed at End
- Unless New Offer Comes. r
"Hypocritical" Is Way Trotsky
Alludes to Peace Terms as Of
fered by Count Czerninj Army
May Be Returned to Front
- Paris; Dec. 16. (By mail) (I. N. S.)
The story of how a German submarine
"captured - itself after the crew had
mutinied and killed the officers was
told here today. Incidentally it gives
a picture of life In the German sub
marine fleet.
A certain army transport, after dis
embarking American soldiers at a port
in France, started to return across the
Atlantic. When a few hours off the
French coast the' periscope of a subma
rine was sighted.
The transport shifted its course and
criss-crossed back and forth on short
tacks, but failed to shake the U-boat.
I After vainly trying t dodge the under
water boat the transport turned and
steamed back to port-at full speed.
C-Boat Follows Iato Port
It was observed that the submarine,
now dead astern, followed the troopship
and by keeping In its wake escaped the
mines and bombs anchored along both
sides of the narrow channel Into which
the ship turned.
Right into the harbor the submarine
followed the transport and. when safely
inside- and', just as several shore bat
teries and destroy ers.jBPere. about to
open fire, the forward hatch of the sub.
marine flew open and' a raan ;wltlt . a
white flag in his hand emerged. In a
"Rhuherr ta charred with telllnr htm
'. that if he would give himself up to the! few minutes several others appeared on
. . Germans when brought- face to face
-' with them and tell them hie family 'con
v nectlons he would j be well treated, as
the family was of notable prominence
T .lh Germany," said Rankin. . '
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Balfour to Outline
' : His Ideas of Peace
London, Jan. $. (L N. S.) Important
speeches on peace will be made by Ar
thur J Balfour, secretary of state for
foreign affairs, before ' a r '."wait aims
meeting".; at Edinburgh, on J January 10.
it was announced teday. , ' . -
U-BOATS SUNK
FASTER THAN
ARE BUILT
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A8HI5GIOK, Jan. SV (I. X.
8.) Behind locked doors, Ad
miral Benson, chief of naval
operations, told tae house commit
tee oa naval affairs the secrets of
submarine warfare teday.
Admiral Benson has Jatt retained
from Pa-Is, where he sat as a mem.
ber of the allied naval conaell. He
told the naval committee the exact
progress the allies have made in
conquering the submarine menace.
' Confidential reports to the naval
Intelligence bnrean, believed to show
that'snbmarines. are being seat to
the bottom by the allies fatter than
they are being kailt by the Ger
mans, were also submitted.
The proposal of the younger offi
cers of the American navy that a
naval offensive be attempted by the
battle fleets of the allies against
both Helgoland and the Belgian
coast were also dlscassed.
That the American traasport. An
tilles was . sank as .the result ef a
lack of "proper naval escort" was
the finding -of a naval eenrt ef in
qelry held after-the sinking, Ad-
' mlral Benson testified.
A farmer's plea for Portland to help
in Central Oregon irrigation and for an
abandonment of the "uninformed con-1
servatism which is choking Oregon de
velopment," made the Thursday morning
session of the Oregon Irrigation congress
memorable. "I am merely a plain
farmer," said H. W. Gard. president of
the 100,000 acre North Unit irrigation
project in Jefferson county.
"I am trying to farm 1000 acres on
the summer fallow plan, which makes it
necessary for me to plant 600 acres this
year. My only son, a boy of 20, who
is old enough to help me, is away serv
ing Uncle Sam. I have put-in 800 acres
without help and I'm going to do the rest
of it. In order to do my bit to help lick
the kaiser. i .
"When you hear people here discuss
Irrigation. . it seems they are thlnklnr
of an' unoccupied -piece of .sage brush
away off in the desert ; and that present
ly some promoter will call it an Irriga
tion project to gull investors.
."But I come from a district where the
people have been living 15 years, wait
ing for water,-residing, in-box shacks
with walla an inch thick, hauling all
the deck, all waving, white flags in token
of surrender. - . .. . - - -.
The French and Americans, put. out. In
small 'boats and ' gathered in the . cap
tives. Then it was found that the crew
of the : U-boat had . mutinied and killed
their officers. . ".,..
Germans Xilled'Offieers
-Then they waited off the. French coast
to . seare the first ; vessel coming out.
They' knew the vessel in all probability
would turn back and the Germans want
ed to use it as a guide, r -
- The sailors of the submarine said they
had been 'forced to put to sea against
their wishes,, that they were badly; fed
and . unable to 1 stand , the long cruises
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Germans to :
Murder President
New. York, Jan. S. (L N. S!)- After
admitting that he had urged that, the
Germans In the United States ahofild
march on Washington and kill President
Wilson, Gustave Paul Rlchter, ; 28; an
enemy ' alien, -was ' sentenced to be in
terned, for the' period of the war by Fed
eral Judge A, N. Hand today.: .. i
- Rlchter was charged with using sedi
tious : language, and. failing to register
as an enemy alien. -.- ' . ; - u -
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British -Ambassador
: Bids Wilson Goodbye
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; Washington, Jan. 3. (I, N. S.)The
British i ambassador, ." Sir Cecil Spring
Rice, -who is about to return to England,
called, at the White House this after
noon to. say goodbye to ..President Wil
son.' According' to London advices Sir
Cecil wfll not return to his post here.
LUXBURG MAD
EXCUSE MADE
FOR GERMANS
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TJEXOS AIBES, Jan. IriV. P.)
Count Lsxburg, German ea
voy of "spurlos versenkt" fame.
is now insane and has been "eeeen
trie for a decade," according to re
ports today of raedleal authorities
who have had him aader obserra
tlon. The finding was after prolonged
and careful stady of the German
minister now held in an internment
camp, by a number ot reliable medi
cal authorities. The report today
said their Information was that
Laxbarg had bee a acting queerly
for a number of years.
United Press dispatches several
weeks ago reported the belief grow
ing la Buenos Aires among Germans
that the German minister was a vie.
tlm of dementia. At that time he
was .under observation.
Washington. Jan. J-ar. . P.) Jord
Reacting. English chief justice, on a fi
nancial . mission, i to the United , States,
waa understood in -diplomatic quarters
today to be tne choice for successor to
Ambassador Spring-Rice. v '
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ITALIANS CAPTURE
BIG 'NEST' OF
GUNS
PASSENGERS SHD
T;
INDIANS ATTACK
Yaquis Attack Southern 'Pacific
Train in Mexico; Kill 107, One
of Them an American.
.The verdict of Insanity as to Lux-
snrg aiioras uermany as sxcase
for the astounding revelations of
daplielty made pa bile la various in
tercepted messages by the state de
partmeat. "It would - not explain.
however, some ef the messages sent
by. Berlin to Laxberg, ladleatlsg aa
equal facility la sapllelty by the
.German foreign office.
Broken Glass Bits
gftlurderer's Weapon
.Columbns. Ohio. Jan.- 3. (X N. S-
Using bits of broken five, gallon bottles
to : disembowel, and cut. his victim's
throat, .Jiarry Lyons. 20, today murdered
Br. Charles Rauschkolb, , in the let
ter's -office here. Lyons la believed by
th police to be insane. ; ; -
.He was arrested at 'the scene of the
killing while attempting to cut his own
throat with bits of broken glass. :;t
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Zurich, Jan. 1. (U. P.) Emperor Karl
of Austria-Hungary has approved the
creation of an "autonomous Hungarian
army." according to Vienna dispatches
today.
With the Italian Armies. Jan. I. (U.
P.)r-Except for a few outpost positions
near the delta at the mouth of the
Piave, the whole western bank of that
river today was clear of Austro-German
forces. Italian troops by their capture
of the Zenson bridgehead drove back
the last of the strong enemy forces.
Some idea of the magnitude of the
Zenson victory may be given when it
Is explained that the German position
there was a concrete "nest" of more
than 60 machine guns, cleverly concealed
under a bank of the stream. The posi
tion had been built with exceeding care
and was evidently held Impregnable
by the enemy. It was captured almost
Intact by the irresistible rush of -the
Italian forces.
Austrian aviators managed to dron
bombs on an Italian station about five
miles distant from Venice today. They
were evidently headed for Venice Itself,
but were forced to turn back without
achieving their aim. owing to the vigor
ous Italian aerial defenses.
Snow, now many feet deep in the
mountains, was expected today to force
a shifting of the major fighting to the
Piave front In the opinion of the of
ficers, the Teutonic offensive on the
Aslago front and between the Brest
and the Piave is now definitely at an
end.
Kogales, Arts.. Jan. 3. One hundred
and seven persons are reported killed
Wednesday and more than 2S wounded
by Taqul Indians who attacked a Sou th
em Pacific De Mexico train at Mopolla,
40 miles west of Guayamaa,
Of the first report ot seven Americana
killed. . only one, H. G. Poe of Los
Angeles was actually killed, and two
were wounded, Albert, Joffroy, Arizona,
buslneses man. and Ralph, Snovlll,
traveling auditor of the Southern' Pa
cific Both wUl live.
The Identified dead. Including- IS
cvlllans and 31 soldiers and the - un
known casualty list shows 60 men, '
women, 2 children, 1 Chinese and S sol
dlers.
A relief train sent out from Guay
amaa brought the wounded to Empalme,
where a check Is being made to learn
the exact number of killed and wounded.
A guard of 100 Mexican soldiers that
accompanied the train offered no ef.
fectlve resistance to the Yaquis.
The massacre occurred when Taqul
Indiana in considerable numbers forced
the mixed special train to stop before a
"planted" dynamite obstruction on the
track., immediately the Indians rose
from concealment and opened fire on
the passenger coaches:
Under a hall of bullets. Engineer Miles,
an American, and his fireman dashed
up to the obstruction, removed It, and
with their engine running "light'
reached the station of Hencho for rein
forcementa. wiring of the attack to head
quarters at Empalme. They returned
with 200 soldiers and found the Irfdians
trying to open the express car aafe in
which there was $20,000 in gold. Dead
were strewn all about and littered the
coaches.
A fierce battle ensued and the Yaquis
were driven off, carrying dosens of their
dead with them. These are not included
in the death list reported.
First reports of the Yaquis carrying
away women and children into the
mountains could not be verified.
Dead and wounded, were taken to
Guaymas. Empalme and Sinaloa. Gen
eral Canes, military governor of the
state of Sonora, is organizing his army
to punish the Indiana. The state is in
a turmbil over the massacre and recent
raids on ranches and small towns; -
LONDON, Dec 3. (I. N. S.)
Leon Trotsky, Ihe BolBhevlk.
foreign minister, has rejected
Germany's peace terms on the
ground that they are "hypocritt
c&l," said a despatch from ; Pe. . .
trograd today. ' ?
' It Js Believed - that lhe:,oego-' -nations
are over unless5 Ger
many makes fresh proposals of a "
nature satisfactory to th -Bol-;
sheviki. ; '.
Stockholm, Ta7IT"5. (L. S. S. .
The work of disbanding units of ,
the Russian army on the east
ern front has been discontinued.
said a dispatch from llaparanda .
today.
Washington, Jan. 2. (I. X. 8.) Con-
mil Summers at Moscow today cabled
the state department that the Bo'.-
shevikl have seized the banks there
and have threatened to 1 confiscate ail '
factories. ..' -t
A general state! of disorder and law
lessness prevails' and martial 'law has
been declared. The message was' 4
long t one, but the remainder of Jt
could not be deciphered, so - garbled
waa It In transmission. , : -
Petrograd. Jan. t. (U. P.) Rejecting
the German peace plana, the executive
committee of the Pan-Soviet today
adopted resolutions appealing to' the
German people urging their assumption
of ' the right to negotiate a "general
democratic peace."
The resolution declared that the Ger
man terms "evade the principle of no
annexations and are not acceptable to
Russia." t---
The Soviet appealed to' the people of
the central powers thus: '
"You compelled your government to
accept our motto, "no annexations and
no Indemnities,' but they are trying to
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CHANGES IN LABOR
LAWS in oral
Germans Take Prisoners
London, jB. 3. (L N. S.) Germany
Is still "feeling out" the whole western
front with strong raids which are taking
place daily. - All the way-from the North
sea to the Swiss Alps raiding detachments-are
thrusting against the allied
Una. testing its strength and taking pris
oners for. the purpose of securing infor
mation . as - to the number . of reserve
troops and the supply of, artillery muni
tions on hand.- . - tr.
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0. H.Turcell Quits .
Service of the State
Salem. Or.. Jan. X. C. H. Puree n. chief
bridge engineer for the state highway
department, resigned today to accept
a . position wttn tne - government as
bridge engineer under L. d Hewes. dis
trict bridge engineer, with headquarters
at Portland. His new position la under!
civil service . -and pays ' 13000 a - rear,
which la ar. advance of $300 over the
salary received from the state.
That aaitatton by certain employers
for modification or suspension of state
labor laws during the period of the
war. Is not In favor with the federal -
aaministrauon is eviaencea ny a com-
mun lea tlon received by the state coun- -
ell of defense from Newton Z. Baker.
secretary of war and chairman of the
council of national defense. -; .' -.
The national council urges that state
legislative action should provide that
the governor of the state be empowered
te suspend the state labor laws only
upon roe iouowing conn it ions -
upon notice, xrom the council of' na
tional defense that a war emergency
or that public welfare requires such sus
pension. That such suspension should be
made only after public hearings, with
reasonable notice or at least five din
to the state labor drepartment or state
laoor commission, as well as to the
plant.- organization and employes of the
industry axrecteo. and to the public by '
appropriate notice In the press. s, ..
That the particular provisions ef rh
labor' laws that are suspended and the
length of time of suspension should, be
stated in the hermit to be Issued by the -governor.
That permits should be Issued
lor limited periods not to exceed . six .
months and to be renewed only upon re
hearings. -That all permits should expire
two months after the close of the war.
Requirement is also asked that permits
be Issued ta Individual plants and not to
an entire industry and that no suspen
sion shall apply to state laws requiring
Installation of protective device -
Similar communications have been sent
to governors of all the states and te
members ot state legislatures. ' . . , -
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