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Liiirary ! MEDFORB MAIL TRIBUNE FORECAST Tonight and Tuiiunrnir, l'ulr. WEATHER Maximum WMtTtlaj- 41; Minimum To ilny MEIVFORD. ORF.OOK. TUESDAY. KKlUiUAH Y (i. 1917 Forty-sixth Tear, firdlv KlfVfnih Year. 0. 271 BELGIANS FACE STARVATION WITH ALL RELIEF WORK STOPPEOISHELL FIRE OF BERLIN REGRETS T OF HER PEOPLE BY PRESIDENT PREPARATIONS GREAT BRITAIN FOR WAR GOING ! MOBILIZES ALL 1 1 1 i i " r i ji r GERMAN U-BOA POSITION TAKEN KILLS AMERICAN STEADILY AHEADI Germany's Disposition to Regard Break With Calmness Reassuring, But Real Test Comes on Carrying H Out of U-Boat Campaign Govern ment Getting Ready. WASHINGTON', Feb. 0. At the close of a two-hour cabinet meetini: today it was indicated that nothing had happened to change the position of the American yovornment in the submarine crisis. The state depart ment, it was said, has received no of ficial word that Oermnny mh;h( alter her policy. Reports made to the cabinet loUT of rapid progress in carrying out pre-'. cautionary measures directed, by the various departments. WASHINGTON', Feb. G.Cicr mnny's disposition to regard the break with the t'nited Stales with calmness and deliberation and in ti peaceful spirit, as expressed hv For eign Minister y.iinmertnann, ' brings new encouragement to those who hope that the breach in the relations of the two countries will jjo no fur ther than a severance of diplomatic relations. The real test, however, conies on ( the actual performance of the cam paign of unrestricted submarine war fare, and while all American officials fervently share the hope Hint the break will go no further, there is no disposition to recede from the posi tion that American lives and ri'nis will be protected by whatever nieas ures are necessary. Work of Irepnin(lon. The work of preparing for eventu alities went siondily forward today in all branches of the government. Three emergency amendments to the naval bill were presented to the house by Chairman Padgett of the naval committee, after conferences with administration officials. They propose : Issue of .l."i0,000,nnn of .1 per cent five-year bonds to cover cost of quick delivery of ships and war sup plies, including more submarines, de stroyers and nnimutiition. Appropriation of $.1,1)00,000 for .mrchase of basic patents for manu facture and development of aircraft. (" Tilimkct Authority. Blanket authority to the president and secretary of the navy to order ships or war matenals lrom any plant within the limits of appropria tions; to take possession of any plants that refuse to give the govern ment precedence and to draft em ployes of private plants into the na val establishment. The war depart ment put its quartermaster's agents into the market to bring reserve stores up to the maximum supply at oncp. Tlia air craft amendment would enable the secretary of war and the secretary of the navy, "to secure by purchase, condemnation, donation or otherwise such basic patent or pat ents as they may consider necessary to the manufacture and development o aircraft." Available nt End. Another amendment to place the retire amount of the bill, carryln upwards of $352,000,000 subject to Immediate use in the president's dis cretion was also offered. Ordinarily the bill would take effect July 5. The house added to the bill $1.- 250,000 for machine guns and in creased the appropriation of antl craft guns from $341,000 to $029, 600. For naval auxiliaries the house au thorized ah appropriation of $7,2SO, 000 instead of $1,300,000 as proposed in the bill. , SALEM, Ore., Feb. 6. Oregon's support in the International crisis was pledged President Wilson here today by the legislature. A resolu tion approving the severance of dip lomatic relations with Germany, which passed the bouse of represen tatives was adopted unanimously by the senate. Copies will be forward ed to Ibe president Immediately. A United Nation's Answer to Ger many's Starvation Threat a Blow Between the Eyes Young Men Needed at Front. Women Enrolled, Clergy and Doctors to Work. LONDON. Feb. 0. Arthur Neville Chamberlain, director general of the Hiitish national service, outlining the scheme for national service to day, said: "Let nobody suppose that because Count Hernstorfl' has been given his passports there Is nothing else to do. normally Intends to starve ns. The answer must be a blow straight be tween the eyes, which will beut the eileniv down and bring him to bis senses." ', Arthur Henderson, labor leader and minister without portfolio in the British war council, presided at the meeting which was open to the pub lic anil Premier I.loyd George anil Mr. Chamberlain made addresses. All .Must. Work. Mr. Henderson said the labor sup ply would only be met wlieii every man and woman not in the annv and navy was employed in some work of na tional importance. Mr. Chamberlain said the recent action of Germany was interpreted as a sign that she was in a desperate situation, but that if the allies were to secure vietorv and save them selves from the misery (if another winter's war it would bo necessary to supply the army with drafts of voung, physically fit men, who alone could stand the terrific strain of mod ern trench warfare. Mr. Chaiuberhiin announced that women, would be enrolled, thaj ar rangements would be made to utilize the work of the clergy and that doc tors would lie mobilized. Ireland, he said, would be included in the scheme, but circumstances in that eountrv made necessary some modifications, lie pointed out lhat volunteers would have to make sacrifices. The first thing to do was to start a great pub licity campaign. Volunteers would be allotted to occupations for which they were best fitted by reason of their past experiences, and a minimum wage of -.) shillings n week would be lixed. Mobilizing Labor. CoinniisMnnors had been appointed for agriculture and the industries who would keep the central office in formed ns to supply nnd demand. The question was, Mr. Chamberlain continued, where labor was to be found. They could not suddenly de stroy non-e.-seulial trade. Destruc tion of capital would interfere wilh credit. The noccssnry industries, he said, should recuperate quickly after the war. They had no intention of suppressing any trade, hut if labor ami material had to he retained, the shortage must, first fall on the less essential trades. "The premier urges every man to place his services and energy at the disposal of Hi:' state," Mr. Chamber lain continued. "The notion must answer the threat of (icrnianv at once. We must build slops to protect our merchantmen, in order to demon strate that murder on the high seas is futile. We can do it. but the na tion must be organized. Wo must or ganize civilization to meet organized barbarism. No man or woman has a right to look on whilst others are struggling for what is equally im portant to them.'' BL BILL IS DEFEATED SALEM, Ore., Feb. 6. There will be no "blue Sundays" in Oregon, a bill nimed to close stores, theaters, baseball parks and other places of business and amusement having been dftfeated today by the unanimous vote of the house of representatives. Last night at a public committee hearing held on the'blll. C. E. Mun roe, Portland, president of the In dependent Retail Grocers associa tion, and Dr. If. G. Thurston, of the Seventh Day Adventlst church, argued against its passage, while Dr. Carl Ciresg Done)', president of the Willamette university, Salem, and Mrs. Ada Wullacc t'nrnh, Portland, a prohibition worker, spoke for it. Destitute llclgiail cliildi lie In each 21 bourn, LONDON. Feb. (i. F.ight ships of j the commission for relief in Belgium,' of an aggregate tonnage of 4H,000, f and carrying enormously valuable; cargoes ol' wheat, bacon and maize,' are now on Ihe high-seas out of a to- j 'tat of 107,01111 Ions of shipping fly-' ing the commission's l'lag. Most of those on the high "seas nrci from Aiuericiiii ports, and therefore; carrying the customary safe conduct f from the German consul at the port ofj departure. ' ; The commission today authorized ' the Associated Press to state that) any plans published for turning over! the relief work to some other neutral: may be set down as premature. j 'the iUes.lion as to what neutral I shall take over hc control of the! work, if any, it is thought Holland would he the favorite for the tusk. ; FIVE SHOTS FIRED BY S LONDON, Feb. ti. Five shots were fired by tin (iermnu stibma rine at the Americun stenm-hip Westweyo, on .January :!!, it was announced, offi cially hero today. None of the shots tool;' effect. The announcement follows: ''The muster of the I'niled States steamer West weyo reports that on the ;Ust (if January, when fifty miles west of Fa.-lnet, his ship was fired at from astern by. the (ierman submarine V-V. Five shots were fired, none of wbieh, however, took effect. The master acenrdinly stopped ami sen! a boat wilh his papers. "The (ierman submarine comman der then demanded oil fnim the Wesl wi'io, his demand.- beiim aernmpan ied by thre.it- to inl; the ship if it was refiiM'd." The We-I wen", a tanker, sailed from Philadelphia, January 17, for Burrow. LOXDOX, Feb. 0. An official ot the lielittn relief commisHion in quoted by tho London KNpress a say ing that every relief ship Ik now held up and that if tho RteamtTs are held many days longer the Helgians and French in the territory occupied by the Hermans probably will be Htarv ed. The official added that the Span ish ambassador at Berlin was making ! representations to the (ierman gov ernment with the object of having respected the previous guarantees regarding rHlef whips. STANDARD OIL TO HOLD SHIPS IN PORT NKW YORK. I'Vli. (I. - Ail lii. ofj the St.-mi'ord (til coioiiauy in trans-j Atlantic -ervii e will lie lu-ld in iort,j neiidinir deveiiiiuient- in the interna tional situation, it wuti learned today. fed ; t his oito cliitrf t y meal is fx SWIIZERLAND Swiss Decline Break Spain Also Is Expected to Refuse to Break Re lations With Germany Alfonso Hopes to Become Mediator Hol land Protests Strongly. .WASHiXCTOX, Feb. (i.- Informa tion that Switzerland will nd adopt President Wilson's siium-st ion that, in the interest of world pence, other neutrals follow the lead of Ihe I'niled Stales ami break off diplomatic rela tions wilh ("Jet many, was received here today. So far us is known, this is the l ii.-l re-pons Spain's taking oyei-of American n teresls in (lei many and Switzerland's similar action for (ierman interests here are interpreted as i-cnnnin1 both these netilrals from pnrticipa tirm in the break in relation-. Kin; Alfonso has been officially stilled on several occasions to be waitins' for nu opportunity 'thai, may present itself to farther moves to ward pence, nnd now that the useful ness of Ihe I'niled Slates has been impaired, stands as the most likely mediator. Holland Protests. T1IF. IIACI'F, Feb. b It is known that Holland has strongly prolesled gainst Germany's decree of unre st ricied' submarine warfare, but the foreiun office refuses to "ive jmv tie tails.' THF. !1AGIK. -Netherlands, Feb. fi. Premier Cort Vim Oct IJnden made tlte following .-tatement in the second chamber of Ihe Dutch parliament to day: '"Serious events occupy Ihe govern ment's attention. At the present mo ment it is iiiipo-.iblc to give informa tion regarding them, but the -jovem-mcnl will not neglect to give the chamber information us soon as ev pedieut. There is no reason at this moment for peej;i anxiety,' S CAUSE MAY YolfK. 1-Vli. ti 1,'umors widely circulated m the financial dis trict at noon today that (o'l'iiiany had declared war tti"li the I'llitcd States caused a shaii lircak in the stock market. Trices already -ninevvhat iireiznlar jjave way iuic tit three pnirit.-, wilh a special weakness in shipping-, muni I ions nnd ciitiprni'Mt-. I'niled Slat-- Steel dropped two points friini its he-4 price of the jire viou.s hour, and nther industrials lost as notch and in smue instances more. The rumor proimlily accounted fur lite concurrent decline in exchange to (tcrniany and Au-tria. murks or hill on llerlin lii'iti'4 ituotcil at file', very chisc to tlie vioiiimuin. while rctnit-lauci- to Vienna fell to HI. "'.', the vreutcst ili-cunt yet rcioited. 'I'lie market -oon rccoscred tiails of its o-, lott continued cxlrciui'lv nervous. AMER CA S LEAD cuci h y the only one t hey receive i a m GffiEIS CHEERS, SALUTE j Kh PASO, Tex., Feb. (! . Field ar . liltery boomed a salute of 13 gutiK and whistles blew for five minutes ! this afternoon when Major General j Pershing arrived from Columbus, X. j The Eighth Pnited States cavalry ; was drawn up along Sun Francisco I street and General Pershing was es teorted down town, where luncheon I was given in his honor, llo denied ho was going to Washington to con ifer with the president. " j COLUMBFS. X. M., Feb. G. Va i rious units of the American punitive I expedition assigned by the war de partment to stations along the bor der, broke camp today. The Kleventh and Thirteenth cavalry, a detach ment of ambulance company A nnd j company P., first battalion " signal j corps, began marching overland to IKI Paso. Troop L, lath cavalry, lias been assigned to Fort Apache, Ariz., nnd the remainder of tho 10th cavalry will go to Fort I luachuca. These troops began their overland journey also. J-ntcr in the day the sixteenth in fantry boarded motor trucks for 101 Paso. Major General Pershing, accom panied by his staff, left for Kl Paso. Tho 24th infantry will remain nt Co lumbus to garrison the town. YVASIIIXdTOX, Keb. 5. Tho leak Investigation committee, alter an ex ecutive session today, failed to de termine whether to havo more hear ings In New York or whether to ex amine more witnesses In Washing ton. It. W. J'.ollinK, a hrother In law of President W'iison, reiterated ut to day's hearinK his iirevions testimony that he had no advance information or tho president's note and never had any advance Information what ever of official actions at tho white house or ft ate department. .lACKSONVIU.K. I'la., l-'eli. II. I.atc.t rcioi'ts say the cMnnie cold id' the la-t three day- has killed 7o per cent of the stale's viLiclahle ''i'"P: all rciiiainini: oratcjc- and ".rape fruit neie li'nzcn mi the trees ami in many ca-cs the trees them solves weic Iru.ea. The los-e- are expected to run iatn millions of dollar.-. Losses to I'niil. Ii.nccr, are -mailer I lui ti vcelahles, n. most of the cil i ii- truit croi .has liccn ship ped. FLORIDA ORANGE CROP ESCAPES SEVERE FROST TAMI'A, FI,,., I'eli. ;.- Lower Ii m poraturcs expected In.-! nil,t did not materialize. The tear of ilauiaue to this year's orange cruti i- not so vreat as in, mediately follnwiii'.' the low tciupcral lire of yesterday. Consul Frost Repo ts Sinking of the Steamer Eaveston by Submarine and KilMnrj of Seaman Vessel Was Provisional Collier and Pos sibly in Admiralty Service at Time. WASHINGTON', Fch. I!.--An offi cial report of the sinkim; of the steaniei Fmcston and the killinu of an American senman reached the -tatc department today from I'oasul Frost ,it (Juenislnwn. Tlie ship v:i a provisional I'oilish collier. Consul Frost's message said: "I'lovisional llritish collier Haves Ion sunk hy shell fire from (ionium snlnnarine in vicinity of Faslnel yes terdny ( I'diruary -1. American nc-: yrn, ahle seaman, liieliard Wallace, of Baltimore, killed during slieltiu' of limit a I lor lei 1 Kavcston. I leliiils not yet a'nilal)le." Consul Krosl's dispatch descrihin. the l-'avi'stonc as n tiro'isional col lier leads to the pussjhililv that the tlest roved vessel iiiiuht lie classed as a warship. If al the lime of the sinkinir the Kavcston was in ndmiral- ty service, no possihility of troulile with (lenaany on tlmt score opens up. Amhassudor Fjimc has heen in sti'iieted to send on further details. In any case, otlicials sav it is douhlful if any inquiry will he ad-' dressed to Itcrlin. American First I, lie. With prospects for another dav of waiting for development of tlie ruth less Mihmuriue cnnipuiiiu that muy living war hetweeu the I'niled Slides ami- (Icrniuiiy. intincdiute interest here ceutcrid toilny uiou the destruelion ol' the British steamer Kmeston, in which an American citizen lost his life. Apparently ofl'icials arc confi dent that this incident will not prove to he 11 verl act thai will cause hostilities, hut nevertheless complete reports are awaited with lii'iivc anx iety. The scnale fodav was reridy to adopt a resolution uulm-siim- the pres ident's action in hreakimj relations with (lertnatiy and the house is ex pected to place itself on record in a similar way. Xloh Illion Industry, Tho war and navv departments continued to formulaic plans for moliili'.'.aliou of industrial and com- mcrciai futves, as well as military. so that these miulit he placed in op eration under .uovci'iiiiiciit direction on short orders. Conn! Yon I'ernstorff. his staff and all Oerinan consuls in this country, composing a pucly of more Ihun i If ) , will sail next Tuesday from New York on the Sciiniliuavinn liner Frederick VIII lor Chrisl iania. President Wilson's proclamation I'orliiildinu transfer of American ships lo foreii:n registry, n 1 1 Ininuh reoom aienitcil hy the shipping fioard hefore the pre-cut iulcrnatiolial crisis ilecl oped, is cxpeclcd In have a highly impoilaiil el feel ill the retention of lonnaye which would he needed in case of war. Indications in official circles arc that ihe cfivernmcnl will not under take to convoy merchantmen ihioicjh Ihe prescribed war zone, or to arm them for ilcfcn-c. WASHINGTON, Fell. 0, - Slate de partment officials reiterated today, that sailings of American ships to the war zone still were at the risk of private Individuals anil that the slate department had taken no action nl thoa.s.'h the statement of Its attitude may he Issued soon for their niild ance. It was also reiterated ihj,( thiT was no chant,!.' of the status of war hound (Icraian ships In American ports. Although (he authorities have taken possession of them to prevent destruction or ilanners to navmation, (hey still are (ierman private prop erty and wilt he so rosper-ted. Ill fact, it was emphasized here to day that all Oerinan private property III the I'niled .Stale Is luifonuardeil hy law. Foreign Secretary Zimmermann Says Non-Hostile Words Appreciated, But That Germany Is Firm to En force Submarine Warfare Press Says President Deceiving Himself, I'.KI.'I.IN, Feb. (i.-Foreign Secre tary .immermanu has made the fol low in,;; statement to the Overseas! News agency : "We rciiict this measure taken' hv President Wilson, all the more s'nee, against all traditions and inlcrna''on- . al law, we are cut off from nil d'.reet coniiniiuicntion nnd rcidnr inter course with the trans-Allnnlie world. We al-o rciuemlicr that American diplomats ilui'inv; Ihe last months anil years of the war have cared for (Icr mnu interests by proxy, in several lio-tile countries with efficiency ami si real success. Appreciates Spirit. "The text of the president's nies sitjji1 in tile absence of oilier official documcnls, has therefore been exam ined most minutely. Iliivinir no icel reason for hostility. In the Fnirril Slales, reinenibcriiis' i lio trnditional fiienilship which litis existed hetweeu the countries prnelicullv from the first days 01; the I'niled Slnte.s, we naturally appreciate the words of n. rather, jion-hoslile charncter which, nnioni; others of n dift'erent ehanic tcr, arc J'oiind in tlmt message, ns iransniitted hy lleulcr's. In tl.e'ii President Wilson sives tissurimce thai he wishes' no "hostile coufliel.' wilh (lerniaiiy, and I eiin ndd that wo appreciate this and other purnuiapli.s. in t tie niessime .loiuiin; in tins respect with President Wilson's note. '"While we think lo u cerium extent; thai we can see by what reiisons Hit I'niled Slnles covcrumcnl wasv prompted to its prescnl altitude, on the oilier hand, we expect that l'.'.'d ilcni Wilson to the same extent may, recognize Hie reasons which prompi ed us to take our decision. ' Opinion ol' IVoss. The cnernl oiiniou expressed hy the Berlin papers on the tleriniin American sit mil inn is that President'. WiUon bus failed lo "rasp the real significance of affairs in Kurupe nnd has misinterpreted (ieriuaiiy's poi lion ami intentions. The Lokul An zci!;er says; "president Wilson lnisi faded In jud'e the silnation l'ro;n ihe lolly heinhls of non-partisanship and is unwillinu' lo eo-operuto in jirevenl i 1 1 u- further misery and sacrifice. He has shut his eyes to all the motives which, after malure deliberiitiou. caused (ierinany to employ the most effective weapon in her power n;iiiisc Ihe most inlimnnii of her eneiuie.s.'' The l.okal Anzeier tlicii speaks of Prc-idcnt Wilson's "apparent itnwil linirness Inlioliovc thai Ocrmauy will do wliul she said," and adds ; "ll is scarcely lielievalilc Hint. I'rc-iilcnt Wilson does mil helicve in the seriousness of our decision. U' lie really expects that we will draw back, if he believes that the breach of iliploiunlic relations will cause lis lo chance nut- mind, be embraces nit error which may have Ihe most daii Merous eonsetiueuccs.'' Not I'linlltciieil. 'flic Anzeiirer says that (Icrmany'is step was taken alter all possible con sequences had been duly weighed and thai "therefore no threat can friulit- (icoi"'e lieriihard, wriliii',- in the Vossische Zeiiunjr, adopts the snmu lone as the Lokal Anzeiuer. '"Presi- j dent Wil-iui," he says, "i, ntiwillimr lo believe thai (Icrmuny will do whlif. .-he says. This time there is no hack ward step for Oermnny. It is.dntiblv (Continued on Pauo Five.) EE IS A TOTAL LOSS KI'ltKKA. Cat., Fell. G. Machin ery, eiiuipment and ammunition aboard (he stranded I'nlted Stales cruicer Milwnukee, un the- beach rorth of here, are, with tho vessel itself, a complete loss In Hie. opinion of Inspecting eiiKlneers. Uniting seas have packed the hull with wind. Prospects ol floatlUK tiie subma rine II-:',, also nurounrt near the Mil waukee, were declared excollont.