Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, November 01, 1916, Page 1, Image 1

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LIVES LOST
Sunken Ship Carried Gun Astern, But
Had No Chance to Use Was Twice
Torpedoed Without Warninn and
Sank Within Six Minutes of Sec
ond Hit No Assistance Offered to
Crews in Lifeboats.
IIXnONT, Nov. J. Further nl'fi
dnvils from American survivors of
I ho sunken Jirilish strainer Miivinn
siiy the vessel hud a 4.j)-itii'Ii Run
mounted astern, but that it was not
used, ns the ship had no warning ol'
the 'submarine attack, and it was too
late niter the torpedo had hit the
vessel.
A leleprrnm reeeived at (lie Ameri
can embassy from Wesley Frost, the
American consul at Quoenslown,
jiivcs the names of (lie following
Americans as haviuir been lost on the
Jlarinn :
Daniel Thomas, Wilmington, Del.
.1. Drown, Ilounokc, Va.
. Drown, Charlottesville, X. C.
(leoifre l'cabury, Fayetteville, X. ('.
House, Xort'olk, Va.
Affidavits Itoceived.
'Mr. Frost has procured a joint af
fidavit from the Americans who
reached Crookhaven and a similar
document from American survivors
nl Dearhaven. The affidavits aver
the Marina was torpedoed without
warning; that the first torpedo struck
on the starboard side and the second
hit the vessel twelve minutes later and
was followed by a boiler cplnsion,
1he steamer sinking six minutes af
terward. No Americans were killed
by the boiler explosion. Those who
lost- their lives were drowned as tin
lifeboats were launched.
According to this information, i
submarine which emerged after the
second torpedo was fired was seen
plainly by the Americans on t lie liar
inn, but did not communicate with
the stenmship or offer assistance to
lite small boats, which were in deadly
peril from the rough sen.
One lifeboat wa.s in the walcr sev
enteen hours, a second twenly-one
hours and a third thirly-one hours.
In tins tune the danger increased as
the sea became rougher.
The submarine did not shell tin
Marina.
Saw Two Snlimnriiies.
CORK, via London, Xov. 1. Fif
teen Americans who reached Cork on
Tuesday night with the other mem
bers of the orew of the Marina after
Hint steamer had been sunk by a sub
marine, are today under the care of
the American consul.
'I saw two submarines," said Holi
er! Preston, one of the crew, 'while I
was getting into the boat of Mr.
Smith (the only surviving officer).
The second explosion came after vc
were, clear oT the ship. The firt tor
pedo had given the vessel n treinen-
hous list. The second righted it and
shook it from stem to stern and broke
il up so that it sank immediately.
V "I snw three of the crew running up
the stern ns the vessel gave its last
tumble. Captain Hrownc was the
coolest man on board. During the
launching of the boats lie saw that
every man visible was in the boat.
then jumped for a boat himself, but
nursed it in the rough sea and va:
drowned lie fore our eyes."
Stmrk In Blinkers.
Questioned further in regard to tin
presence of two submarines, Preston
nid :
"There were two plainly visible
Iron, t)P bridge. The first one at
(Continued on Page Six.)
fiAI.VKSTON-, T.'x.. Xv. . J..l.n
o lnnil. fhnrui'il wilh the killins nl
William Hhick. an nnti-rathnli I
turcr, wns lounil not puilty liy n jury
in tin- district purt hi-rc -nrlv loilny.
Tin- jury n-Hrt(-(l, nfli-r lt-liipr-.U in-'
i-iiihty-l'onr limn. Hlix-k wiis killil
nt Mar.-lmll, Tel., Fi-liruary 1IU'.
MARINA
COPELAND CLEARED '
OF BLACK MURDER
E
SAFE IN PORT
Mercantile Submarine Completes Sec
ond Voyatjc in Twenly-onc Days
Brings Cargo of Oyestuffs, Medi
cines and Chemicals Trip Un
eventful Will Return With Rubber.
X K W LONDON, ('nn.. Nov. 1.
Tlir (Ierman submarine Hcntscldand.
which arrived hero this nminimr from
liivmon after what wn.; said tit he :in
uneven! fid voyage of t wenty-one
days, has a caryjo (if "0 tons of dye
stuffs, medicines and chemical--.
Neither Captain Koenit; nor Cap
tain I1'. HiiiM-li of thi' Kustern For
ward inn company were communicat
ive a-, tn details if the trip across
the Atlantic, hat they promised to see
new spupei men hit in llii' afternoon.
Crowds iliiHiiiiid the itiifk durini;
10 I'm cinHiii in the 'hope of i) 1 a
L'limp-c of llii craft, Iml they were
disappointed.
The suhma rine so well herla.-d in
her pocket that not even !ier masts
-how. Policemen a ml detectives kept
the crowds moving.
Takes Uuhlvcr Hack.
A return caruo for the Hciitschlnnd
consisting mniulv of crude rubber and
MiriHcnl supplies, vnleed at nunc than
.."00,0(10, has been ready on the pier
ol' the Kastein Kotwa riling company
l or several, weeks.
The Henl-chlnnd is securely berth
ed here. The Xort h Herman IJoyd
-tenmsliip Wiilehnd is made fa-t to
piling nl a diwance of about fifty
feet from the pier am in such a posi
tion I luii with the ship on olio- side,
the pier on the oilier and the hank at
one end, an open water space "0 by
.!!." Jeer is made inclosed on three
sides. lo complele the iiiciosiire, a
oalimr iiate built on pontoons is
iade fast lo a piling set at the liow
of the Willchad.
Met by a Tiir,
The fierman submarine entered the
lower harbor shortly after midnight,
cominii in by the Knee at the entrance
lo Loiiir Island sound. A heavy fou
lay over the harbor. For several
weeks he F.aslern Forwarding com
pany, agents for her owners, had a
tu each iihjht off Moutnuk Point
ready to meet the Ilremcn, but the
tua was w il hdra wn some lime iio.
It was evident thai the forwarding
company hail some warning of the
Deutsehlnnd's arrival, however, for a
tii was ennu'i'd and Ciiptain F.
Hin-eh of t be company, accompanied
by the health officer, steamed out to
meet the submersible. The Xorth
German IJoyd steamer Wiliehad.
which had been at her dock here for
a number of weeks awaiting the ar
rival of a (ierman submarine
freiviiter, let her searchlight play on
the water, marking Ihe path by which
I In: 1 leitlsehlaml traveled to her
wliarf.
Captain K"cniL' mi id thai lie had
expected to Jcac llrcmeii on Orlohcr
I, but lh:: hi- boat wa- injured in a
collision and forced to tuti bark for
repairs, which delayed her sailimr f"r
ten days.
The caplaiif and the crew of twen-ty-t'ie
men were' in excellent health
and hiiih spirits. The I lent srliland
carried clearance papers fur ''ISnlti
niote or nny Atlantic poit.''
I
LONDON", Nov. 1. A vlri'U-?? from
lliu haro.t this afternoon dvrlarcs
that the advance or the Austro-Ger-nian
fonoc on the Southern Transvl
a".la front has hern arrested while In
the Carpathian nUmn the Moldavian
rentier the situation is excellent and
tlie conviction in firm that the Teu
tonic toreen will not get thrnimh.
Teutonic iof-s'-!; in the Carpathian
fishtini; are said to have iieen enor
mous while the croillid they have
pained has heen iirvligihle, and in
elKht. days tliey have lost S.nfiO men
in iri.-iuers. elsht heavy puns, six
field Runs, forty machine ciins ami
lare quantities of mnlerlal.
Til" first period of had weather
that has prevailed aloicj the front in
general is now hampering operations.
IN
DEUTSCHLAND
NO CHANGE IN
POLICY OF U. S.
Progiess of Political Campaign Will,
in No Way Affect Investigation of j
Suhmaribe Attacks, Nor Has There
Been Alteration in Policy, Says;
Secietnry of State.
WAS1I1NCTON'. Nov. I. Secre
tary lm-iii',' aulhori.cd a lonnal
statement today that the roi:re.s of
the political campaign would in no
way ai'tect the invent iyntitin of snh
maiine ailm-ks and that there had
heeii no ehan-e in the I'niled State--.
policy.
.Meanwhile ( 'oiiat 'on liei ntorl I',
the (ieiinan amha-ador, sent a wire-le-s
dispatch to his overntnenl
inu that he lie t'lirni-hed immediately
hy viiel- will) all the details avail
able regard ina the siainir of the Ma
rina. Seerelnry Laii'ir.'s .-latemcnt fol
lows :
''The Tact that a political campaign
is in pro-jios will in n way alTeel
the practice of the department in ne
gotiating and in makimr i'nll inve-ti-tration
ot" ea-es of the nrt. Wo shall
do it n- we always hitve, wilh as much
celerity as po-.Mhe.
Policy NM rhnntcl.
"I wih also to make another state
ment on a matter which lias heen
hrouuht ti my attention. The ques
tion has heen raised ns to whether
the policy of the president .or the de
pa) Intent in reirard to snhmaiine war
fare since the Sussex was sunk, has
Ihhii changed. I wish to say cinpliut
ically that there has heen no change
in any part h-nla r." ... 1 "'.
Seeretai'y l-ansiii;; made it plain
also that no deci-ivc action would ln
taken until tiermany had had opor
I unity to reply It. the inquiry for her
version itf the attacks on the .Marina
and Kownnmore.
The inslrnctiuii.s sent tn (he em
bassy at I'crlin were said to as!; for
an investigation hy ficrmany and no
for an explanation. It was not mount
to indicate that the Vailed Slates be
lieved that it had any prmif that (Jer
niany had violated her pledges.
Was 'essl Alined?
The fiicstion of whether the .Mai'
ina was armed is becoming increas
ingly important. No mention of that
has heen nuide in advices so far re
ceived, and llio embassy in London
has asked for information mi the
point.
Germany has contended thai ships
armed even with a small stern jjnn for
defense only should not ho entitled to
the ordinary guarantees, but could bo
sunk on si-ht a- beinu practically na
val auxiliaries.
The fact that Knhind has been
iitminjr more and more of her mer
chantmen has made the ipiestion a
vital one in Germany's consideration
of a wider submarine campaign.
Oi'lii-iais here leave no doubt that
the I'niicd Slates will not admit such
a content inn bv Germany.
SECOND CAPLAN TRIAL
BEGINS TAKING TESTIMONY
I .OS AN'CKI.KS. Nov. 1. Taking
of testimony heynn today in the sec
ond trial of Itavid Caplau. alle-r.l
dvnamiter of the Los Anirclcs Times
buihiinLr. wirli fourteen men
box. two of them alternates.
SAYS LANSING
MM F.C.AXTULU J ANNETTE RANKIN EVA Pt NO:
Will the voter of Montana, Kansas nml Viitiinjitoii wnd women ti rontrie In November election? Thi
is n ipie-tioii of vital iiil'fil to tin -l.tMiolOO uoincn voters n (lie L'nlNd S (all's, who lire wiit bfnv the lam
paiun fir vnli'J lieinu iimilo by llmx poiirpi(MiHl rumliilnt Jr. Y'.wx Harding nf Kansas; Mvh. I Yiiiic' (', ,
of Jishlnioii nml -tea net 1 4- ItaiiMu of .Monlaim.
PROHIBITIONISTS EXPECT TO ELECT
jmfflAMM JOIffi ESSMN;(jFFoREGN ISSUE By PRESIDENT
f i i i .
BY BOTH SIDES
MNI)(N. Nov. l. lni)iortant suc
cesses for both the Teutonic and llit
manian armies are claimed in today's
dispatches relative to the fiyjilinjr
nhmir the It umanian Traiisylvanian
frontier.
Official llerlin minotinces 'an Ans
t ro-(terman victory southwest of
Kronstadl, where K'uniaiiiaii troops
west of the I'redeal road have been
captured.
Southeast of Knl hent hu rin I 'ass
also General Knlkeiihayu'-; troops re
port progress.
It'eport s uf t lie lii una nia n suc
cesses are unol'ticial, based on a Mn-chate-
dispatch 'ccivcd in Ifome. It
dec! a ii's the An ro 4 Ierman forces
have retired from the region oft'am
nliin in uortitein U'umania, pursued
over the frontier by liiimauinu troops,
which wiped out four hostile battal
ions, Kurt hoi lius-ian attack on the
t mops east of I'rime I .eupold, de
fending the approaches to I,ember,
have been repulsed, lterlin declares.
On the Sominc front there has heen
a renewal of intensive fiirhlinv,. The
l-'rcnch aaiu eeiied pressure near
the poinl of the entente wed-je into
lie (ierman lines between Sailly
Saillisel and l-c I'.ocitf-, advaiieini;
last ninht.
, The village of liai'akli-A.tmui,- in
the Struma sector of the .Macedonian
front, was eapimed last niuhl by
lirilish troops. They inflicted heavy
losse on the liu'-jariaiis, lite war of
fice iinnoiiiii ( (I today, and look !t0t)
pHsoiiels.
.MKI.IMH IJNK. Nv. 1.- The n-i--nation-
of Alln-ii (lardiner, vice-pres.
ideitt of the e.ci-atie council; A. .1
llus-etl. assistant minister id' marine,
and M. Ilii;-, minister of (lie treas
ury, have been accepted.
A dispatch to (tenter's Teli-jrnin
company of 1, melon t rom Melbourne,
under date .-I u. tuber '17. said that
Mcm--. Cardinct. I,'U"e!l and Hii:y
the;had tendered their re-i'nation. iwim
tn llieir uppit-i! urn ti eiui-cript ion.
THREE WOMEN SEEK SEATS IN CONGRESS
- . ' ..... . M A ' '6.
A 1 ' ill ni mini mill n 1 1 ir. iniiiin m
- f'v IN Mm W NKLtK
4
11
Nl .j.
1 i- n.2"l!ir 1
I'pl'cr ,-n, ( buries It. Ituinmll of
('till foi ilia, present cuiiMfrosMnnii;
iipKM rijibt, W. (. 'ablerviHMl of
Mlnncsotji, eaniltilato I'm Tutted
States senator;. Itelow, Howard K I
Kersliiier of Kansas, candidate for
eonni-ciss.
OF .NATION SAYS
Sl'l.I.IVAX. Iml . Nov. I. Olinrlds
K. IIiikIk-s toiluy di-clnriiil In mi open
air nildres.1 lierc that wlillo the Unit
ed Stnlos docs not wish war, It pro
, iiosch to niiiintaln it solf-rcspt'ct.
j "The Anmrlcan peoplo have real
jlzed at this tinio 111 our hislory it Is
!VPl'.v Iniportam that tln-re should hp
no (uetlon of tholr altiliiilirwlth rn
!.;.pt to the Biiarunli'o of AniPrlc:.n
irinhlH," Mr. Iliinhos said. "Wo (!
;: i'0 ppurc, hut we deslrp tin honoruldP
I'ppce. W'p do nut wish war, but wo
I'irriioce lo maintain our plf-rppP'.t.
; ' W'p Unow pprfpi'tly well thai. Iherp
. I ih) future for Ihn pounlry uiiIpk!) we
enjoy the friendship of the wor!.1.
i You evoke only contempt, either M
, lr-tit or expressed if you do not nmii:
jtain firmly and eonsislently you."
lights. There It no lasliliK pence for
d radent people."
.Mr. Ilimhea said that lie. was sure
!t'le Ameriinn peoide were eotnlllR to
their own eouclnslons with respect, lo
the various claims made In the cam
lailiii and that In the loan run iiie
: American jicoide do not make mis
takes. i "It Is perfectly Idle, however, fir
s-n.vhody In say that he is a friend cf
(re development ol niiriculturo In tl.it,
couiilry. when he framed an l:nder-
wood hill, whleh mils most of our
aurlcult ural iirodtu'ts on a free list, or
'on such a low rate of duly as not to
furnish our farmers with the protec
tion to which they are entitled; Wo
have r".ot to have a basis in this coun
try for the development which they
need.''
w .VI
t if
PROTESTS USE
Fresklent Wilsun at Buffalo Reuisters
"Solemn" Piotest" Against Use of
International Relationships of the
Nation for Partisan Purposes as
Ur.patriotic.
I'.ri'l'Al.d, X. V., Xuv. l.-l've-i-ileiil
WiUuii here lodi.v registered "a
-oleum ni-de-t" uvuin-l the use of Hie
inteinuliomil rel:iliun-lii of the nn
li"ii for initi-nn iuiio-e. .Men who
do llii-, lM. niil, "I eanmd and will
not regard n- iatriot." Ili ilcclorcc'
ciie-iioii- iuvolvin;; liun Iive
should iml he ilrn.ugcil into politics.
The iire-iilenl's pi-oto-i was yrocl
eil hy irohill'ucil npiilniKe. lie -iliil
he would not consent that the demo
elalio parly he usi-d fur any such
Uirioe.
The ire-iieul wi. i hicreil on hi
nrriMil by u crowd ut the slulion and
iiloni; Jhe slrccts lliroiiuh which he
nule. He was iiameiliulplv laken on
an iiulimiiiliile ride Ihrouiili the dnwn
l.nvn seetion of lluiTnlo nml then "lo
thi' Kllieotl cluh, when- u luncheon
was iven in his honor.
KHiiiilinte russion.
The pri'-idenl was. wiirmlv up
liliiiulcil when he entered the Kllieotl
club I tu- luncheon. Wilh the excep
tion of a women's eoniiniltee enler-
laiiiinv .Mrs. Wils only men were
present.
When the president was introduced
the jjue-ts stood ami cheered. lie
declared that "what we need is light
more lliun lien I in this oniupiiie,n."
Me added:
"Within n week we can Infill lo
talk Sjeiw rtain.' -
"Il is exci'ediimlv iniiorlanl that
this unlinn disiuiss its al'l'iiii's in a
uon-pnitlsaii tuaiiucr," he continued.
"There was never a lime when our
dome-tic nl fairs touched more close
ly iuieinational affair-. .
"Aiueiiea has :ieu promi-e lo the
world that she will mil look on affairs
with a pas-ion. There i- pns-ion
eiiiiuvfh in the world. The I'nited
Stales in all its indiislrial relations
has swun out into the broad stream
of the world. Whether we would have
eho-en it or not, the whole faee of
our n flair- will he ebanyed in the
next generation.
"Xo man can make predictions now.
"When we know l he fuels we iiin-l
ill nil sober -criou-nc-s adju-l our
selves to thcni."
Social Justice n l''uctor.
I li-1-u-siii'.r the laiill', the president
declared he had nut noiuiuul-cil the
members uf I lie taril f conimis-lon be-
cau-e he did not want to wail loo loin;
lo -ce woollier the senate would con
firm Oii-ii. I le com iniied :
"I waul you lo notice that the field
of political thought is widening aboiil
us. You perceive lllat the field ha
iuilcl'itiiti'ly wiileaed. There are
ille-l ions of sociul justice that now
domciilci- into leui-lnl ion."
The pre-idelit eiiliei-ed men who
"in the mid-1 of l In- mo-t critical re-laliou-liip-,
ill-' iletali- of whieh Ihey
do not know, make play with the lo
(Continued on Pane Six.)
PROBABLY LOST
l.dNDoN, Nov. I.-- A Lloyd's dis
patch from Xewipmy, ('oinuall. says
that a hii's lifchnal. nim kcd A. I .
)avidsiti ha, been washed ashore at
I'd) alipol ih. The latent report id
ihe -team-hip A. I . Ibiud-oii was of
lor departure from Montreal, Octo
ber I. lor Havre.
The A. I. I.oid-oii wn- much
overdue, ami the news that a lifeboat
had been picked up caused ihe rate
of re-:nsnraiicc lt ri-e .t 7)1 i;uincas
per cent.
.MONTH KA I., Nov. I . -Karbur
fb iidx altt here todav that the uteu'n
stilp A. K. havblson, earricil nil
American crew.
The vt'Hfr-l was one of a nunilxT of
American lake main carrier ,nr
cbaKed by tlie l-'rcnch unvernmcut.
'i"he crew w as satd to hnve !'"e'i
enacd hy .1. W. Khvell mid rom
puny, rdiipiinK omiah'sloii firm in
N!W York.
ounnin OTAMn
onuuLU 0IHI1U
Milwaukee's Most Distinguished Citi
zen, a Life-Lonn Republican of
German Birth, Makes a Ringing
Declaration fcr Wilson's Re-election.
.MIIAVAl'KKK, YVi., Nv. 1 . Mil -waukee's
most distinguished citizen, a
life-Ion; republican and a native of
(lennany, is for I're-ident WiNnit,
first, last and nil the lime. '
lb' is (leneral ('. Wiidcler,' .for
years a lender in the republican ranks
and a man known from one end 61
the stall In the other. And (ienernl
Winkler is not bealim; about the btisb.
He is out lor Wilson's re-election mid
he is proud of it.
It was on the occasion of the presi
leiil's visit to this city several months
.ijin that (ieneral Winkler wns pro
claimed .Milwaukee's leadimf citizen.
A non-partisan committee of business
ami professional men was appointed
to select a mnn to introduce the tui
tion's executive at the yrcat mass
meetiuu in the audiiorium.
This committee went over lists of
representative citizens and Oenernl
Winkler wns the unanimous choice,
Hln by President,
It was several weeks laLerthat Oioii
eia! Winkler made public his determ
ination to vote for Wilson,
"I make claim to no exceptional
patriotism; I have simply done what
seemed to me my duty. Like other
men, 1 lake my positions according tn
mv convictions," jid (leneral Wink-
ler. r ' - :
'The last thrift yLars-have befti V)
strenuous period for the president.
The responsibilities thrown upon him, .
Ihe difficulties and perplexinir nuos
tion thai have beset him, hnve far ex
ceeded those of any oilier man living
on litis emit incut.
"lie was president of the I'nited
Slates. Kvery step he took, every
move he made, had to be viewed, from
the standpoint of Mint hic,h office. The
rules of international law and tin
laws of his country were his pride.
The maintenance of the rights mid
peace of his country ami the protec
tion of ifs citizens were his necessary
aims,
"To ihe discharge op these duties
President Wilson liimuhl umpicstinn
cd devotion, very rear ability mid
steady firmness of judgment, coupled
with the moderation hecomiitt to his
e'rent office.
flaws of Hindsight.
"W,hile the most frantic of wars in
volves all Kurope, the I'nited State is
in the full enjoyment of peace. Hind
sight, to be sure, will find i t si Haws,
but that is cheap loyjc, I am deeply .
persuaded that no man in the presi
dential chair could with safety tn our
country have pursued a substantially
different course from that of Presi
dent Wd-on. or conducted it with
fewer errors. course, founded on
the acknowledged principles of inter
national law, has been just and im
partial to all warring nations.
"I know that tins la-l proposition
has been severely arraiuned and not
infrequent !y denounced with unbe-
uimr violence. I make no challenge
of the -ineerity of hi- ciirics. Hut one
carinoi re-ist the conviction thai their
judgment i- warped by highly eVcited
-ympatliii's. i true that the syni
palhics are ualaral-, but it is also true
that in their tendency excited feelings
arc very mislcadimr and when not rig
idly controlled, lead to biased and mi
'trustworthy jitik'inenls, I, too, have
racial -ympalhie-, ami the experiences
of a lifetime have tauuht me the se
veie di-ciphiic rupiilcd, especially oil
Itolitieal -ubjeets, tt) subordinate fenl-
(Contlnued on Vni Six.)
MAN' Vob'K. Nov. 1. The (Jreat
Northern ore propertied from which
the stockholders of the (ireal North
ern Ifnihwiy company derive benefi
cial interest, announced today n divi
dend of " cents a -hare ns compared
with the ."it-cent rate declared semi
annually during the last three years.