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.i Untvcrolly of Oregon IIRI.f1' MM lf'lfU.rtJI.I9II.U -Sjftn.fl.U. ft..... u eea4 Springfield, lane county, oregon, Monday, October , ii6 -"VOL XV M.73 1 I Or Jhmb GERMANY WAGES LINDEFi-SEA WARFARE OH OUR 0M 80AST U-53 Slnko Four British, Ono Dutch, nnd Ono Norwolgnn Voanolo Boyond Throe Milo Limit 'MERC.Y SHOWN CREWS ,AND PASSENGERS BEFORE SUNK ateant' Flying American' Flag Stop ped But Let Go Unharmed Crews at Sea In Open Boat Will v- Be Picked Up Mil .- . .IV .'. . v , Boston, Oct 8. Six steamships word , torpedoed oft tho Atlantic count by tho .German audmarlno U-63, which crcal 'od a sensation by dropping Into Now port yostorday. , Tho voiioIb aunk aro: West. Point British frolghtor, 2413 tons, bound from London to Nowport .News; crow 35. , Strathdcno, British freighter. 4312 ton, bound from Now York to Brest'1 crow of CO. ... . -t, , Btophano, British passenger' skip', 3449 tons, bound from Halifax toew '.York, ,835,, Pf tensors, arid crew of 75. Kingston, bellevod.to be Brltlslvbut as yet unidentified; no details. Bloonvordjlk, Dutch frolghtor, 3201 tona, bound from New York to Rotter. ,la; craw jf 36. ' Christian Knudscn, Norwolgan tank or, 2583, tona, bound from Tuxpara to . London,, via, Porth Amboy; crew of3;0 .- Officials horo bolloved from the, ex- tent of the torpedoing operations that -thoro must bo two submarines off this const. . Before attacking tho vessels the sun- wartae .had stopped the.. Btaafflshlp Kansas of tho Amorican Hawaiian lino, flying tho, American flag. Tho Kansas was permitted to prpcood. ,, jNanifupket lightship,, off which tho .submarine carricd( out, Its raid, Is 30 .miles 'from tho coust and well outaldo tho territorial waters of tbo Unite I Stntos. It Is directly In tho path of trans-Atlantic steamship traflle. At least 10 United Statos torpedo boat destroyers havo loft Newport to pick up pnssengors and tho crows of tho torpedoed vessels, Kingston's Crew In Small Boats Tho U-S2 begun her depredations at daybroak this morning. So far as. Is known thorq haq boon no loss of llfo. But t'liq , crow, pf ono. a team of, tho .Kingston, Is 'in opori boats.' ivSevcn of , -the,, fastest destroyers In the United Statos navy are ploughing through tho fog in' search of thorn. Tho U. S. S , Balch has flashed tho radio aha will arrive at midnight aiauon twlthfthe first of those rescued. A it f. w iS n :' ii i J CroVdhig .tbolr boilers tha Hoot U. S. navy destroyers started on tho 100 initio Journoy of morcy from Nowport. I put tho Kansan waa tho first to roach tlio rapiuiy sinning steamer wuui jl'olnt. tl' j,j . m Tho Strathdono was said to havo iboen loaded with niupHlon,s of war fjr .i ii rr. . ... I . . . tin. 1110 Ulliua. iwuiii uiiuuiud uuui wo crow had taKen to mo open oca in small boats sho lifted liar uoso toward tho sky and r sank. Tho crow of tho Lsiraiuuone iuiiuufcuu iu rcut(i,iuu ""i1: Ituckot shoals lightship. Thoro 17 of Shorn woro fqund by tho dpstroyor t,Balch. Tho Stophnno lecolvod hor vital blow at 4:30 o'clock. It was moro than 'an hour beforo tho wprd had boon ro Icolved horo. in rnpld piccosslon to Fnlght tho wlroloss sputtered its tale's f destruction. to ,tho .other uhlpn. Tho .Kingston wus tho first to sink, Thon followed tho Bloomorsdljk and tho JCnudsou. 1 Naval olllcgra say tho U-D3 had. pnly six torpodoos aboard wlion sho loft loro yoBtorduy. Normally tho subnm rino carrlod eight, but two of these woro spoilt on tho voyngo. Flotillas Enoage In Rescue Work Throo full divisions of tho Atluntlo tlooiroyor flotilla aro engngod In tho work of roBcuo. A wlroloBS has boon rocolvod from jflio DoBtroyor Drayton Baying sho is returning undor forced draft with 08 Bjirvlvors of tho Bloomordljk and InudBon. Hor commandor oxpopts to reach dock botwooii" 1 and 2 o'olouk to morrow. J Admiral Knight hnB mndo ovory ar raiiBomont to tako caro of Hiobo In neod of modlpnl attention. Admiral AiiBtln M. Knight and Hoar .. . . I . I. !. XT Admiral Albert Oloavos, chief of tho destroyers' flotilla, have kept tho nary department informed of everything that cam.o tp their cars rogardlng tho Gorman vessel. Destroyer Cleared for Action Lata tonight navul officer, admitted tho dostroyora sent to sea havo thulr dock cleared for Action and. each com jimmler lias, strict instructions to do. tcrnjlnn thntUto. utmost neutrality had boon maintained. .Even lato tonight thoro was no of ficial word that any of tho attacks wore porpotratod lnsldo tho threc-mllo limit, but tho curious lino of coast hero glyos rluo to tho gravest suspicion. From all along tho coast camo word of mystorlous messages being radioed between the French and British war ahjpsjxushlng to this vicinity. These ' ' i ... 1 1 . . .. i . . ...... pnirotuiK vobbuis, acaiiurou uoiwwh .Trlndad and Halifax, havo been con verging on the watora of Naraganse.tt bay plnco thoy woro apparlsod by wire loss yesterday of tho U-53's audacious appoarnnco. BIGLOWrSELLSn.r , HIS MEAT-MARKET' TO CHARLES HARDT Ntw Owner Takea Possession mediately; Waa Formerly In Business Hera lm- On Friday afternopq, Charles dp, Hardt, formerly of Springfield, pur chased from Alfred Blolpw the meat market In the Perkins, and Wlnzen reld building on Main, .between Fourth and Fifth streets, which has'been oner- 'ated by Mr. Blgelow for several years. The now ownMtook posssesleat onco. , j ..Mt..Blgolow has been in tho moat market business in Sprlngfleld.for the past eight years, during, which tlmo ,ho,has boon In throe dlffqronf. markets. During this tlrao, business has boon goody and ho has. enjoyed a llboral patronago, ho states. Just now, ho Is undcc(dod as to futuro plans, but will not Joavo Springfield, whore his homo Is. Mr. and Mrs. Blgelow Hvo on Fourth and F streets. Tho how ownor, Mr. Hardt, poods no Introduction, as ha I well known In this city, having at two dtfforcnt tlmns conducted a meat market here. ,T)i.o; lasf. Umo, flvo gears' agp be. own CU . ino , ftjiop in wnicn mo Biowncu market now is nre'Uvlngr here. market now Is. Ho and Mrs. Hardt Ma The market rket IstotngDTnted and, fixed" up.' and' Mr. Hanjtj otherwlso hopes to bo open business Hardt will conduct It by himself. Old Opera House ; Is Meeting Place Expect Large 'Audience at Dem ocratic Rally Saturday Evo; Band Will Play i Tho old opera hoiise on the cornor of, Third and Main streots has been so curod. for,' tho. 'Democratic rally to bo hold in Springfield on Saturday oven Ing, Octobor 14,.(loglnnlng at 8 o'clock sharp, Tho building has a Boating ca pacity of botwoon 700. and 750, which is about na largo as any In town, and mombora of tho cpmmlttoo stated that they oxpoctod to soo It pretty well flllod, partially with out of town vlsl tors. Sonator Qoorgo Chamberlain, sonlor senator ot tho state, who will bo tho sponkor, Is chairman of the military preparedness commlttoo, and a man of national Importance. "Ho has done n groat dodl for Orogon In a loglalatlyo way and otherwise, aa attornoy gon oralnl, na govoruor, and ns a Bonator,1' Bald M. M. Poory, prcsldont of tho Woodrbw WIIboii leuguo, uudor whoso luiaplcoa tho rally1 Is to bo hold. Son ator Chamborlaln Is to talk on tho na tional lssuos ot tho canip'nlgin Tho Sprlngflold band has boon socv od to furnish music for tho occasion. Tho commlttoo In charge ot prepara tions Is composed of M. M. Poory, Harry M. Stownrt, Wolby Stovons, and J B. Edwards. n about a ..week. Thj market-. 1111 p&. ,paaratedias baftreWtihe name; of 'Tho - People's Market," and Mr. "Y. M. C. A .ADVANTAGES" Walter Bailey Telia What the Aae latlon Means to Boys Somo advantages of tho Young Men's Christian Association was tho theme talked on-by Walter Bailey, of tho EuRono association, boforo tho high school studont body last Friday afternoon. Even though a fellow does play foot ball and goos in fqr other spprU of llko naturo, tho Y. M, C. A. Is a noces slty for him as well as for tho boy who doesn't do tboso things, for the purpose of tho organization is for moral as well as physical develop ment, and both are 'needed to make a wall rounded man. Mr. Bailey said. Ho also spoko of tho "Jlarln to Beat Salom" contost then on In Eugene, and announced that Springfield boys might Join tho association for half price. Squash Lives Up to lt Name I'. II. Emory drove through town Saturday with a- squash about two feet long and ono and one half fce( through which was raised on his farm tract about ono and ono half miles south of town. Tho squash, which Is of the Mammoth variety, was not given es pecial caro at all, Mr. Emery said, but grow In with tho corn, and there were several others like it, ono even being almost twice tho size of this one. (,-,;? iijitjtir, ,i 1 , REAR A&EL OF BIG' : BjfJC. LUMBER TRUCK,T IS CAUSE OF DAMAGE Oliver Johnsen,, Driver, Escapes Load Overturns damage Be twean. $400 and SSO0 aa Just as Oliver Johnson, driver otae big Packard Booth-Kelly lumber truck reached, the approach to the Oregoa Electric dock In, Eugene with,, a load of lumber at about, il' .o'clock; Stur day, the rear axle of the machine .u excepting jjtor a, sllghtf Injury, to ono ifOoL , -,.. i-1 . ( The machine, and Joad. f ell.wlth each orce that the. former waa partlajly demolished, between 400 and SGdO worth .of damage being done, .according-to driver Johnson. .. The wrecked truck. was hauled and ,tQvod to the car shops at Wendllng Saturday afternoon, where about f10 ;daya will bo required to put. It, .In .working, ordor again. Meanwhile. tJio, Jumbor frpni, tho mll to tho freight depot in Eugene will have to.be haulo-l .co wltl yearns. ..About seven teams wil be. required, according to Joe, Uisoy, retail eaiesman, wno is in. PREDIOTIONli: 'COMES-' TRUE -iTl f-f - A. C. Hoag Doea Not Come Back: Alone; Layea Again Tomorrow -'lt waa 'predicted, lliat A C Hoag wno rejurneu aaiuraay eyeningr irom a 17'day trfp through California and Ore. "$on. wquld not comd back alone, and; Ije,' mun i. Airs, noag, nee miss l,uiu Miller of Orogon City, accompanlod him, Mr;:Hoag.ahd Miss Miller woro mar ried on frlday, Octobor 6, whoro Mr. Hoag will not tell. Mrs. Hoag went on to Roguo River, where she Is to teach a threo-months' term ot school, Sunday morning, and Mr. Hoag leaves tomorrow night for Southern' Oregon and California points. Ho states that ho has several positions in view, and although hq has not definitely decided what ho will take up, It Is probable that they will make their home in Call, fornla. They will make a visit to Sprlngflold at Christmas time he said. Cooperative Selling Is Success During tho last-year 50 carloads of livestock and 40,000 pounds ot, wool, valuod at $100,000 havo been sold in tho Portland market on tho co-opor-atlvo plan by C. J. Hurd, market mas- tor for tho (armors of Lano county. Tho co-oporntlvo marketing plan has boon In operation for a year and Is proving itself very popular, states Mr. Hurd. Products como In ovon from ronioto partB ot tho county. Robert F. Gettlns Is Much Improved Itobort F. Gettlns, railroad engineer, formorly of this city, who Iiob boon seriously 111 In a hospital In Portland for tlio past throe months, Is sufficient ly Improved as to bo able to leave tho hospital, according to a letter written by Mr. QCttlnB himself to O. L. Scott. Mr. Otttlns states that ho plans mak ing n buslnoss nnd pleasure trip to Sprlngflold In tho noar futuro. broke, and,, the truck turned over, Mr.. S". EACH INSTITUTION ASKS AN INCREASE 0 IA1NS Total of $2,033,015 Askod Legislature to Run Ten State Enterprises of ONLY ONE BUDGET IS CUT Many Pern-anent Irnprovementa and Enlargements are Asked of the State Legislature Salem, Or., Oct. 7. Appropriations totaling $2,033,015.C4 an Increase- of 1395,406.43 over tho 1915-16 bicnnlum are asked for by the sueprlntendenta of the ten state InstuUtlons in state ments filed with the Btate board of control. All, save the Eastern Oregon Stato hospital, aro asking for increas es. Within the next week the mem bers of the board will visit tho insti tutions and pass on .the, a latest eats. It Is expected, tkey will make material (reductions. After the board has. pass- 4 on the statements they will bo ready f pr .presentaUpn to the lIsla tre. ... , . t r The state kbsfila) , fox the insane aaka for m awtrpsatfon nf f750,- 3j4.t,Its. ajpwyriajttea . for the cur- rent bleaaluBU'wae W7334.78 For salaries, ese-rat m'alatenance, trans portation .ot i prsoea. 09Kkted, de reratles, e-f aoo-reeidest Insaae iand amusementc, U'&ste'feri 48,000., The biet ImprpvemetforJ which, as appro laUoHiia, requeatd 4s the addltta to tae. reeelylsg iwird,.aa4 -its eact la satlaaated at 4C,M41; 0fcr senu- sent Imprdvemeats miggeUd ate an $25,454. .It.'also asks for, a contingent fund of f5000. . x Penitentiary Asks Increase The total appropriation for tho, peni tentiary for this blennlum was: $203, 294.83. For tho coming blennlum it requests an appropriation, ot ?253,3p0. Segregated, it is as follows; Salaries. $78,280; general maintenance, machin ery, $124,720; permanent Improve ments, $23,800, and repairs $26,600,. The superintendent ot the Eastern, .Oregon hospital eatlirates the appro priation needed for the next blennli urn1 at $259,260, and itemizes . it as follows: Salaries and general maln-ij. tenance,.. -$212,160) transportation of persons committed, $6000 transpor-f tation for non-resident ' insano, $500; amusements, 412.90; permanent lm-j provmpnjs, -$26j500;.. repairs,) $7900;i ,conUngencesi $5fl.00. .F.oe' .the cwri rent guenntuni $308,15.25 - was apM propriated foe tthls' IqatkuUcm, and' the requested appropriation, for the! :pext Is Jess," aaf the pprpprlation dfc ,tpe, last-legislature coverou an aoai itlonal -wlng Together; ;the. state Jhos-j pltal . here and the Eastern Oregon, hospital will have a surplus ot approx, .imately $60,000 to turn back to the stat,e. Practically all, Uip. surplus will, bo from the institution located here. An appropriation of $90,830 is asked od for by the superintendent ot the Soldiers' home and Its appropriation for this biennial period was $37,073 Ot this sum requested, $38,930 Is asked for salaries and geueral maintenance, $43,450 for improvements and $8450 for ropalrs. Tho principal Improve ment needed is a new hospital, the cost of which is estimated at $35,000. More Than Double The matron of the Industrial School for Girls estimates that it will noed $78,850. The Inst legislature allowod It $33,600. Tho salaries and general maintenance Is estimated at $45,000; tho pormnnent Improvements at $26, 800, and tho repairs at $7050. Besides an appropriation of $16,900 for salaries and maintenance, the sup orlntondont for the Feoblo-Mlndod In. stltutlon ostimatos that he will noed $94,000 for permanent Improvements, and $28,450 for repairs ; n total of $291,450, as agaliiBt $144,961 for this blennlum. Ho nBks for two dormi tories, ono for boys nnd ono for girls, and OBtlmntos that each will cost $25,000. ,. Salaries and maintenance, $75,000 permanent Improvements, $6410; re pairs, $10,599, and sprinkling systoms, $4000, 1b the way the supwiptondonti of tho Industrial School for Boys seg regates tho needed appropriations In (Con.lau!!' "n 1 -,;e 3 APPB P CRIS JENSEN IS CALLED Will Fill Pulpit of Springfield Christ lan Church, Starting October 15 Crls Jensen, a student of the Eugene Bible University, has been called to tho pastorate of tho Christian church of this city, to begin his duties as pastor on Sunday, October 15. Tbo now pastor succeeds tho late Rever end E. C. WIgmoro. Mr. Jensen has been pastor of the Christian church at Harrlsburg for the past 16 months. Ho filled the. pulpit in this pity a week ago yesterday at both Uie morning and evening ser vices. Will Plant Choice Shrubs and Trees Mr. and; Mrs. Paul JJrattala of this city plan to havo about one block of ground at their home on Tenth .and Q. streets, set with , choice shrubs and trees. The: work will be doBe.-some- tlma in February, as the soil la. motet and must first be .drataed, because pi danger, that the roots. of the plants set out may roL A Mr. Woodruff, a land scape gardener of Eugene, will do the work. SPRINGFiElr) RLb.tlR- MlLL1StJSJqyiNG,:a. PROSPEROUS SEASON ;. r' at &. i i -i Has Taken, li aa.frtweh Wfieat Already As They Did In alt ef the Preceding Year , .'.'.'WelL times. ARE pretty kood," .ad mitted1 S. H Baker, proprietor 6t ,UeJ Springfield tflour raiU.ad. sailed. And I, that smile was really the-.collective! .smile of all the farmers of Uie near I VleSalty ot Springfield, for the wheat crop Is bjgjtals year,, and prjees are j S4ace Augpet Xh aeat ot wheat I takeerki, at .U-gKtod-FteuriBiaJ .a muclL'aSrwas Uken la during all ,last year, aecprdlag to-M tBaker. ,gB(ra.!ftt'.a;jt BugeaertMes.) Taking tfte .two. .seaac-na lnto,eoMlde-BlBleiHfl4veoi Javls, tat: kem . k M5&Jg-jatgrficelved thlst year Jtetorgix-Otedyalej stWej, , wlll.bave.Increaaed at least 50; ftei;. cent. seridan;.EthlynPawers,'j?tefi9raph-over-Jast year, Thte grain has. been Brla . .the j)ee; ef .the Springfield brought In by, the Jamjers within a .NewsjJ.Fraaca.TrivIg; boekkeeper far radius pf. 15 or ,20 miles; most .qf it,be- -E, e. MorrisBB .and. sedaA4ispeaer log brought Jn by the. wagonload, put j-at JCetels dragstore-; May Tripplett, at Eome has come In hy the, carload. The home, at - Douglas hardens; ..Creed ulk haa como la already, but there Brattalnr student, CnlversRy ofvOre lq still .some more Jo cqmei, jgon. Max, Qreea, at nome f Sprlng- "Wo were fortunate in securing field; Clarence-Hill, teaching school at wheat which had been threshed before camp Creek; Ernest Lee, working at the rain, Is of excellent quantity, and Sheridan; Winifred May. accountant which is making flue flour," Mr. Baker at tne pjrs Nattonal Bank. In Spring-R,(1- 1 field; Herbert Moore, student, Unlver Because of the shortage In the md- 8,ty of bregon; Norton Pengra, work dlq western crop, caused by black rust, lng at hoinft ha PruHevllle; John So andbecause.of th.e .fact that the, Argen- lelm( clerlc. fa a drttgatore at Itkh Una. crop has been Effected by .dry mond California: Orsb! 'VauKhn. ista- wpathpr. thn farwinm urn enttlntr a price jof .about .15. per cent higher than . that .obtained last y.ear ; , t , . But. to. ; get ibabk.toi.Uho reason, fqr Mr., taker's smile. , The , Springfield Elortmmns!ow1turnlngput.about50. barrels ;c- Noxalliand Bakore. Jlouf. aid jabe Ut -5,004)1 pounds lot bran, and sbortsrally. .This: means an Increase in production over last year ot about 25' per cent .Itias been found neces sary., to put on, another man at the mill as general helper. The plant Is run ning full shifts, and some overtime In the evenings. ; Ordnr nrn rnmlnci In ilntlr and the " - mill is now behind about 200 barrels In filling those. Almost all ot the or-, ders are local, although recently an outside order for a carload ot flour, has been received To keep pace with the-upward trend 1 of wheat prices, flour has also advanc- ,1 n,n,,t IK nor rent nvnr lnBt vnnr l The price on teed is about the same as It was last year, with the exception ot barley, which Is higher because of tho 1. 1. . V i. i Increased demand in the Portland andl!,uty W,lb. 8tat m.U .tary Un,t increased demand in the Portland and San Francisco markets. Tho reason assigned by Mr. Baker for this Increased activity in the flour buslnoss Is that the products havo gained a reputation on their merits and that they are becoming better known through a larger territory. Mr. Baker has been In the milling 1 , I . .1.1 1 . . n .1 uusiness m una uij lur nvo yoar, uuu , he statos his business has made a growth each yonr. Beforo coming to Sprlngflold, ho wna superintendent ot a largo mill at Rod Wing, Minnesota, which exported flour of a grade equal or superior to that turned out by tho PHlsbury mills'. i , . , State President to be Here Mrs Edkor Burton, of Corvnllls, pres ident of tho state Baptist YoungPeo-, plo'e Union will conduct a confororico nnd-rally nt tho FIrst Baptist chiirghj of Springfield Sunday, 0Hobor 8.4dJk ogates 'oni nelghborln. towns are' ex po"'.jd to bo presont. lis WILLBE, LARGEST GRADUATING GLASS iNsisjsTii iA Seniors Enrolled This Year! In Springfield High School; 7 Bos, 14 Girls 4 19 IS MOST PREVIOUSLY Doing of. 1916 Grefi Are -Resented, 3 at School, 2 Teaching, Others At Work ,er at Heme With ljisenleja earelled the. pros pects are for, the hugeeL gradHattss class ia the. hfetofy of th'e SprictgSeld high sc'aool, foV tiw' doffilBg sprliiK. JlasleaAe, Bartlett, 71rgH .Sior. Wkl McrB, ' hswk 6tbB Leta Only. iWa-MeKaY; 'lclla .saisderj ar iteWngj $eemiTfairt(i; f,iitj8fiBjr;,o0i9ifet w.13 jpanaqoiust 191C alumni, as far as coM, be rtatar ntotfsmfmlyr, ara( japaged -diavAHmiAewc,!. SwitaeteM: i Tt.' . ;. iU.j. den'tv Unlverslty-of Oregon Anna Id- weui, at name in tspnngneta; Koy Penny, teaching 'at lower Camp Creek. .C AMP, W1THYGQMBB Recruits Wfli Be Sent to' Border for Service !r)ew Cookies Go To Vancover !:! i.ti.i . ii. a il c osed today or tomorrow for the. first f 7 , arm-8 f aT3 soun SMt WBaoa last Juno Between 70 , and 80 recruits wljl ea tod oa ,MM,can bordf ' eVtl" be "nW th C.m vl HV"V- v. ."W..,, who will return to Portland as soon as ho turns over his charges. The nave not peen se,p.t npme. . Captain Kenneth P. Williams, United Statco. mustering, officer, rec ommended that the camp be closed for the winter-, because of tho poo.r drainage system, and while recruit ing will continue, Jt wjll be at Yatj pnnvnr harrnekB- Tf tronn A and hat. ( A Bhoul(1 ho .urncd hnmfi fro ' Calexlco, they will raovo to tho bar racks to bo mustered out. All tho equipment and Impediments which have not boon shipped to the barracks will bo returned to barracks at Se attle nnd San Francisco. Dr. V. C, BIrney and three enlisted men nre oxpocted to arrive In camp today and. bo mustered out Thoy coma from Calexlco Meeting of Woodrow Wilson League 'f The Woodrow Wilson League will meot on Wednesday ovonlng, October, 11, In Stovena hall. All members, ara requosted to bo present M. M. PEERY, President;