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YOU VIII., No. I nu.
LARGE STEAMER
OVERTURNS IN
ATLANTIC PORT
THKKK IAXVH KNOWN TO ItK
UWT ANU MANV JUIKI
. WHKX HT. PAlli BIN Kg
CAUSE Of ACCIDEHT UNKHOWN
0er A4MI Working ihi Yrwri at
Tim mill Many I'wiiwnI In Hold
IWromo ( Vasal With rVr
An AtUnllr I'url, Apr. 2&. Tb
Amerlran Hit Htramnhlp Si. Paul
overturned while being wrd
round a plr from the drydork.
From 600 lo (00 workmen were
aboard.
Th VfMl now Up two-third sub
merged wllh th bow on the bottom
and th atarn hlh In th air. It is
unknown whether th searocka were
1rt open or tha ballast shifted.
Workmen ay that six were drown
ad but a statement by tha owner of
th Vessel placed tha death toll at
three. Many workmen wir Imprla.
oned In tha hold. Volunteers who
entered through holes rut In tha
aides of tha ahlp brought out over a
dosen hysterical and Injured man
s
Uinilon. Apr.. 25.-Th ofllelal
statement relative to aircraft opera
tion!. Insued by th war offlra read;
"Tha westher on Turaday waa un
(aorabla for flying until 5 p. m.,
after which aharp fighting occurred
In th air. Reconnaissance were
carried out at tow altitude through
out tha day. Mervllla. Kstalra.
Steenverck. tagnrgue. tha Chsulnea
railway Junction and tha doc a at
Oatpnd ware heavily bombed.
'Fourteen hostile machine were
brounht down, two , wera driven
down out of rontrol, and one waa
ahot down back of our line by anti
aircraft fire, One of our marhlnea
la missing. .
"Purlng tha night 21 ' ton of
bomb wera dropped on different
targets. Including Roulera, Mervllla.
Armentleres, llapauma, the railway
stations at Chaulnes, Thourout.
Tournnl and Conrlraf and tha dock
at Zeebrugge. Direct hits wera ob
served" on all thane targets and aqv.
era! fires were started. All our ma
rhlnea' returned." . ' ' I ' '
Berlin. Apr, 25. The admiralty
snys that German naval operation
off thy Flander coast have been In
no way Impeded by the British raid.
ITALIANS ACM i
Rome, Apr. 2S. Quite ever
fighting In the Aalaga basin, west of
Brentri river, la reported in th Offi
cial statement Issued by th war of
fice today. The atatement read;
"In the Aslago basin British rec
onnolterlng patrol attacked enemy
dctarhments which attempted to op
poae them. Before our llnea at Can
ore tha enemy was forced jto retire
leaving behind a number of dead.
T ,nter on. . hostile groups advancing
toward Mount Knberlalm were re
pulsed by our rlflo fire. Another
party approaching our lines south of
atoccareddo was nttneked and dis
persed bv hnnd Grenada fire.';
"On the other sector of the front
thern wss pntrol activity on "both
aldea.1-'. Our forces captured mnrhlne,
(tuna and rlflca In the Alano dis
trict.1" "Four enemy nlrnlnnna were shot
down hy British aviator."
ORDER
GRANTED
FOR IIIIUIICIIOII
t'. J. Mnr,tiy Itmlraliu I'rml M,
Millie From KuUrlng lrtmil"
anil Interfering
A temporary iujumtlou waa is
sued yaaterday avenlng by County
Judg C. O. Gillette reatrslnlug FrU
il. Millar from trespassing ovr, en
tering upou, tba pre in liea of tha
Mountain Lion mines or with tam
pering with Ilia fanrea trea, ahrub-
bury or other appurtenaucoe of the
property of C. U. Murphy. Tba com
plaint and undertaking waa filed by
Atlomay Fred A. William.
Th complaint alatva that during
March and April Miller want onto
Murphy'a mlulog property on wnluh
are located nillla, machinery, dwel
ling and other bulldlnga and tore
down fnca and destroyed property
and threatened to continue to do' ao
by fore.
Murphy asked for a temporary
order and the nutter will be
threnhed out In the circuit court to
make th Injunction permanent.
Tha propertlea are located near
Carle creek near the Applegate river
about five mllea southesnt of Mur
phy.
MANY GERMANS SAID
Mill
Amsterdam, Apr. 25. Speaking
before the main committee of th
relrhatag yesterday, Prussian Minis
ter of War von Stein, said that 20.
000 men wounded In the battle on
tb western front hav already re
turned to their reglmenla, according
to German . newspaper received
her. . He-Inferred from the small
number of American captured that
not many Americana had been sent
to the front line.
Ouatsv Noskf, socialist.' said that
tha number of Amerlran on the
western front appeared, according to
latent reports, no small the
minister reported. ' ' , .
General 'von fttoln said that gas
fighting la not a development of this
war. but had been' used earlier In
position wsrfare.
"Our new powder develops car
bonic gases,", he said. "We organ
ised the employment of thia gaa and
the enemy soon followed. Thanks
to our excellent gas masks, the suc
cessive enemy gas attack In the
Sotnmn battle amounted to but lit
tl. t ; ' '
"After the development of the gaa
attack, gaa shells made their appear
ance. , We, now are manufacturing
an Invisible gas. The enemy haa not
caught up to us. Our losses through
the effects of gas have been slight."
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flan Jacinto, Apr. 23. Two more
earthquake shocks occurred during
the nlKht. No damage was done
but the people ran frightened from
their houaes. .
Paris, i Apr. ' 25. -The Germans
have resumed their long-range bom
bardment of Parla. ' No casualties
have been reported.
OFFICIAL LIST PLACES
3)
WaHhington. Apr ', i! J.h It Is an
inunend thut'len thfui a dosnn Am
orlcnns were killed and about 20 In
jured In the. Solchnproy bnttle. This
appears to support the Gorman
claim of 183 captured, as General
pruning set the cnsunltlvs at 200.
grant fan, jausraisa cocrrr,
BRITISH YIELD
HEN HOLD INVADERS
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Hons Smash Bailleul Sector,
Yillers-Bretocsenx, Then
Hindecburg at Bay
Ixindon, Apr. 25. The British re
pulsed German attacks et of
Amlen and are now attacking north-
eaat of Ilallleul. The BrltUh have
regained ground around Vlllera-llre-tonneux
and taken prlaonera.
Tha aermana, after an Intenae
bombardment early today, renewed
attack on tha Bailleul sector and
eastward. Heavy fighting continue
east of Amlana. The Qermana ap
pear to have obtained a foothold In
D'Aqulenna Wood, weat of Vlllera
Hretonneux. but the BrltUh coun
ter-attacked and drove them back to
the fringe of the wood.
At neveral place the British hive
retaken ground and their general
position ha Improved considerably.
Dolli British and German tank
participated at Vlllen-Bretonneux.
HUH ACT
Washington, Apr. 25. Warning
wa given today by Attorey General
Gregory that acta of sabotage or des
truction of any property which
might result In Interfering with the
war' conduct, now are punishable
uuder th new federal aabotage act
and that the department' br Justice
plana severe action against viola
tors. " ' ' r '''' "!' ;
The act Is broad In Its application,
said atatement, "because ' It In
clude every ' possible kind of sup
plies of a nature which could be
used by the United State govern
ment or any of It allies In th prose
cution of the war: It inclndes not
only the finished articles, nut all
parte and Ingredients." ' ' t
The attorney general 'explained
that It la Impossible for the depart
ment 'to categorically deny alt the
false reports circulated these dsy
about "the 'prevalence 1 of enemy pro
pagandist or the Inefficiency of the
department of Justice ' In ' fighting
enemy activities. Officials of the de
partment ! today cited, I however, the
conviction of Hindus in San Fran
cisco Tuesday; the trial of the f. W.
W. leader In Chicago;' the trial or
the publishers of The Masse In New
York; the' Indictment 'of nose' Pastor
Stoke In Kansaa City on a charge
of making seditious utterances, and
the indictment of prominent politi
cal leader In Minnesota;" as typical
recent examples of the activity of
the department of Justice In, com
batting dangerous Influences within
the nation. ' , , 1 . ' I
P.
HONCn
f l;
1 I h ? ! R.
1 ' . 'k
oreook. tiii'iisday, apiul
SLIGHTLY
Which Gives a Little at
Stiffens and Keeps
ca Entire Frost
A British tank got among a maw of
Germans and did great eiecutlon.
Tbla morning the Carman put
down an Intense ga barrage on the
Anglo-French front In Flanders,
which waa later followed by an In
fantry attack.
With the British Army, Apr. 25.
The German attack agalnit the
French and British line on the Dra-
notitre-Kemmel sector continue.
The Teuton assault la Intended to
pave the way for' the ' 'capture of
Kemmel Hill." M"' ,- -'
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Yielding only slightly at the first
shook of th German assault , the al
lies are now reacting and standing
Arm. A decision In the renewal of
the battle I not yet with either side.
MALICIOUS LYING
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; London, Apr. 25. The admiral
ty haa issued the following: 1 '
"la today' German wireless the
following statement appear:
- " 'From paper found on Ameri
can aviator who were hot down, It
haa been proved that for their own
safety many of them eroeaed.nyer on
hospital ahlp. certified a member
of tb American ambulance service
In Prance.'
1 'The secretary of the admiralty
make the following statement:
' '"No hospital ship, British ; or
American, hat ever carried anybody
but Invalid and necessary medical
staffs. Further, there are no hos
pital ships working on the cros
channel route. The whole atate
ment, therefore la a fabrication.' The
American naval " authorities atate
they have some few aviators who
were In the allied ambulance service
In France before the United State
eme Into the war, but even tn'such
eases these men'crossed the Atlantic
In ordinary ships, taking their full
chance of helng'torpedoed.'"' r"''
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,1. C.KRMAXS TAKK H.tNOAM
' Parla. Apr." 25. The Germans
have captured the village of Han
sard, southeast of Amiens.- . The
French lost the village and then re
captured It and were finally again
forced out, but hold the ground lm-
i
edlatel'y about.
FI.AG f - S
sa, join.
GROWERS
TO 1917 PRICES
Will Turn (Her Mock at Price Pre
vailing July SO, 1017, and avoid '
Commandeering '
Washington, Apr. 26. Th wool
grower have agreed to turn over
their antlr wool output to th Unit
ed Bute government at ' price pre
vailing for washed wool on July SO,
117. Th grower hav thus avoid
ed government commndeerlng.
Portland price on wool last ysar
on August 1 were about a follow:
Eastern Oregon, fine, 6 S to II cent
per pound; coarse, 6S to 1 ; valley.
72 H to 76 cent; mohair, 60 to (S
cent.
Jefferson City, Mo:, Apr. 25 Gov
ernor Gardner last night tendered
to Champ Clark,-speaker of the
house of representatives, . the ap
pointment of senator, to succeed
the late William J. Stone.. The gov
ernor sent the following telegram to
CUrk: ;!" : i 1 !
"I have the honor of tendering to
you appointment aa senator to All
vacancy cauaed by death of Senator
Ston. I hop to hav early advice
of your acceptance."
, Not Decided Vet
Washington, Apr. , 26. Speaker
CUrk will not decide until tomor
row whether he will resign to accept
Governor '-Gardner' offer of . the
senatorshlp 'to ' succeed , - 8enator
Stone.
IN ACTIVE FIGHIInG
. Washington,. ,AT. , 2ri,-r4arine
corps headquarters -announced today
that the marines fighting in -France
have had a total of 274 casualties,
including 34 killed.
Thia is the Brst official announce
ment that the marine are takini
part in active fighting. - r
MOONEY ASKS DEATH
OR NEW. FAIR -TRIAL
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Francisco,. Apr,
San
'26. Thomas
Mooney Mued a 'statement from his
cell today asking no commutation of
sentence to life Imprisonment be
made, hut that he either be hanged
or granted a new trial, tit aald
that he had 'not yet received 'a fair,
honeaf trial. ' ' '
,Sea.Ule,Apr. 25. The Central
Labor Council has voted a call for a
general atrike for 24 hour on May
1 a a demonstration in favor of
Thomas Mooney.
F
IT WITH LI
, Portland, ' l', i Apr. J 25. Federal
agents today caught Jense App'e-
?ate, sheriff of Washington county,
and John Bailey, vice president of
the Hlllsboro commercial club, and
Charles Buchanan, a Hlllsboro bus
iness man, loading liquor into an au
tomobile at Fano Btation. Each was
sent to Jail 10 days and fined $250.
It Is probable that the sheriff will
resign.
WHOLK .MifBKR
HONOR FLAG TO
BE UNFURLED
FRIDAY KOON
JOtiEPHIXK OOl-JITV OVKFUKI fU
souBra uiiEirrv loaji
QtOTA
SLACKEfiS WILL GET ATTEITiO 5
Thoe Who Bare Not UveMed la
Bond Will Hve (Iuusm to Eg.
plain to Committee
Josephine county' honor flag pre
sented by th government for hav
ing atuined it full qaoU in the
Liberty loan campaign, will be nn
furled from the flagstaff In the city
square near the Southern ' Pacific
depot Friday noon. The Liberty
loan flag will be ran up nnder Old
Glory and will atand a a mark ot
patriotism and will tell the thotu- i
and of people who pass through the
city that this eounty ha done Its
part In the matter or aupplylng
funda to help fight th kalaer. '
Frank C. Bramweli, chairman of -
the third Liberty loan campaign,"'
state that tha bank hav now been
more than reimbursed for the $40.
000 they advanced in making up the '
quota, and that over $108,000 la
bonda have been eubacrtbed.
, But the campaign 1 not ovr. ;
The committee still haa' the names' '
of about 60 people who are ' able.'
but who have not yet bought bond.'
They ' will be allowed tto go . nntll
about foar days before the-vd of ;
the campaign. If they have neglect
ed to buy by that time they will he
waited on and given ait opportunity
to subscribe. "The last three day of
the campaign will be devoted to the
slacker and no one will he allowed
to pas If he I really able to hny a
bond without giving a mighty good
reason, "'The action of committee'''
all over th country ahonld be suf
ficient warning; to (lacker.
- Chairman Bramweli said thia af
ternoon that it ia not his intention
to hurry anybody or to cause them'
any annoyance. All he want la to'
know that they subscribe.' But he '
states that he will' see to it that
every person with the means doe"
subscribe. - " -
It has been decided that there
will be no particular . celebration
here Friday; The president s proc
lamation was Intended a a boost for '
place which have not yet ?HW their
quota. Thia county h alruady ,.
gone over and another celebration
so close to the big affair held here
on ' April at the opening of the
campaign ' would stale ' the '' holiday M;
business. Mayor Demaray and oth-?
era are of th opinion that the af- v
fair would not be the thing, so all
that .will occur tomorrow will be
the unfurling of the honor flag at
noon. '
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BRUGES RAIDERS MADE
1 ; ..-.j. A- n i? J- ! -:il.
M i'l :'l ( I'
Dover, Apr. 25. One of the most
thrilling; incidents of the naval raid
Tuesday wa the rescue' by-two Am-"
eriran-huilt motor launches of near
ly 200 member of the crews of two
blockading cruiser sunk in the en
trance of Bruges canal. The feat
was accomplished Under heavy fire
In less than Ave minutes. ' ''
AKCH1USHOP JOHX IKKLAND
MAY NOT RK.OOVEn HRAITH
St. Paul. Apr. ; 25.-Physiclans
hold grave doubts of the recovery of
Archbishop John Ireland, who 'h3
suffered a relapse after his recent
breakdown. It !s understood that
his heart has become affected.