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University if OrPflon FORECAST Tonight oiul tomorrow, .lVobubly ruin. dfo: WEATHER Maximum yostorduy, lit; Minimum today, -0. f Forty-sixth Year. p nnllv Kloventli Yrnr. MEDKORD. OUK(!0T. SATl'li'DAY. KllHRlTAlfY XO. 275 KB 10, 1917 1 ? NOTE SUGGESTS NEW U-BOAT VILLA AREVIY OF ST" : DISCUSSION OF WAR A FAILURE 25,000 HASTENS ,ifiB. TRAINING FOR OF HIGHER COST U-BOAT WARFARE :! PEACE EFFORTS SAYSADMIRALTY TOWARD BORDER cftSr MILITARY DUTY FOOD PRODUCTS BY GERMANY H , , 4 Tf!f I hi. Communication Addressed to United States Suggesting That the Two Governments Discuss Ways and Means of Preventing Actual War Between Them. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10. Ger- many is understood hero to have ad- dressed to the United States a corn er niunlcatlon suggesting that the two i governments discuss ways and means ' of preventing actual war between r them. Vhilo information regarding " the channel througll which tho com . munication was addressed is lacking, " It Is probable that it is being for- warded by the government of Swit zerland, i In connection with the coming communication, information obtained '. here is to the effect that whilo Ger many was arranging for her new ; campaign of unrestricted submarine twtrfuro, certain German diplomats in various parts of the world wore lfformed that while "military ne cessity" prevented the granting of a period In which neutrals might adjust their maritime Interests, every care . would be .exercised so that neutral passenger carrying ships would not be subjected to unwarned torpedo .: attack. ... i Germany Is understood to have made It clear that although diplo matic relations have been broken she greatly desires that peace bo main- ;. talned. Preliminary outlines regard 1 Ing the communication do not indl , cate that it carries with it any sug ' estlon that Germany may modify . oer submarine warfare. However the ; whole communication is said clearly to invito this government to make suggestions regarding steps it thinks ; might prevent war. IW'hen the state department was . : closing for the day It was said the - communication from Germany had not yet arrived, but the department's vsjv was that the United States might not wish to carry on such a discussion , while ships were being sunk in vlo ; lation of international law. It is understood that tho German . sug-gestion of a means of avoiding hostilities with the United States is I predicted upon a willingness on the part of tho German government to discuss possible measures to safe guard tho lives of American passen gers on the seas. Em BILL SAUi.V, Ore., Feb. 10. A fight , to bar commercial fishermen from ,i the Ilogue river was won here in the senate today when a bill barring i seliti and set-nets from the stream ; was passed by a vote of 2 4 to 5. ', The bill -was passed by the houso of representatives a week ago and now : goes to Governor James Wlthy , combe. The measure is aimed at the , cannery interests at the mouth of : the stream and restricts commercial fishing to gill-nets. CHICAGO, Feb. 10. Unusually harp advances in the price of wheat . resulted today i'rom assertions thai ! the British government had comman deered n large number of South , American line hunt mid would make - mi effort on a huge scale to ruh food to Kurnjic front I'niicd Stales : ports. It was said convoys of war vessel would be provided. The (.Tcatcst rise of prices was on Hie May delivery of wheat, which a--eended to 1.7") n bushel, as iiL'ain-l : I. till' 2 lit yesterday's close, a jump of .' ccnls. Insofar as Starving England Is Con sidered, Renewed Undersea Activ ity by Germans Is Fizzle 1100 Vesssls Arrive or Sail Unharmed From United Kingdom in Nine Days XKtV.VoUK. Kcb. HI. More than 1100 vessels arrived at or sailed un harmed from United Kingdom ports during 1 he lirst nine days of Ger many's umestrietcd submarine war fare in llrilish waters, ai'cordiug lo an announcement made here luduv by persons in authoritative touch wi'.h llrilish admiralty officials. ('iiiupnlgii a Failure Seven hundred vessels entered United Kingdom ports safely and -110 departed, uceordinn lo this informa tion. Admiralty ollieials are declar ed to lie com inccd thai Germany's re newed undersea activity is a failure insofar as il tends lo bring about starvation of the people of the lirit Mi Isles. (Itlier figures declared to' have been received from admiralty sources covering the L'-bout opera tions from February 1 to February 0, inclusive, show that sixteen ships es caped after being attacked. The to lal number of vessels destroyed with in the period, according to these fig ures, was eighty-nine. Of these, twenty-one were trawlers and smacks'. The summary classifies these losses as follows: Torpedoed: 1'ritish steamships, '2o: entente steamships other than Flril ish, .1.'); neutral sleaniships, 21; trawlers and smacks, o. Sunk by mines: Nine vessels, class and nationality not stated. Sailings Kept Secret. All information with respect to the clearing of vessels al tile custom house, including their names, is being withheld. Officials said today that this was being done for the present on oiileis from Washington. Today's List of Lost. LONDON, Feb. 10. The llrilish steamer Mantola has been sunk, Lloyd's Shipping agency announced today. 'I'he Norwegian vessel Solhakken is believed to have been sunk, the agency states. Two of lier crew were lost. Lloyd's announces that the Urit ish steamer Liillington, USUI tons, has been sunk. Her cl ew was lauded yes terday. I he Manlola was a steamer of 08211 Ions gross, built at Greenock, in 11)1.5. She was last reported at London on January II, about to sail for Calcutta. Tlie Solbakkcn was a steamer of 2210 Ions gross. She sailed from Buenos Aires on January II for Cher bourg. She was built al Middles borough in 1M!I."i. WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 0. It was stated today at the department of justice that the federal grand jury in New York is about to begin-inves tigating whether there is a criminal conspiracy in restraint of trade In the news print paper situation. Iialn- brldge Colby and Mark Hyman will represent the government as special assistants to the attorney general. PLOT PLANNED HAVANA, Feb. 10. Alvlo Hevia, secretary of the Interior, notified the civil and military authorities at an early hour this morning that he had received advices of a plot against Hie government Involving civil and military official. It Is reported that one or more army officers have been arrested. Bandit Leader Reported by Brother to Have First-Class Army With Ar- tillery and Hospital Ccrps Occupy-1 ing Territcry Vacated by Pershing! Zapata With Villa Forces. XEW YORK, Feb. 10. GeneraU Francisco Villa with a force of 23,000 ; men, supported by thirty cannon of 05 and 73 millimeters each and 75 machine guns Is occupying territory vacated by the forces of General Per-! shlng and aro gradually advancing northward to take Juarez, according to an official communication received here today by John J. Ilawes, Villa's representative in New York, from Ilipollto Villa, brother of the leader, who is making his' headquarters at ' San Antonio. The announcement' gave in detail tho various units of Villa's command with the names of various generals and underofficers. It nlso stated that a sanitary service consisting of fifteen physicians and 5G nurses has been organized with headciuarters at Dustillos, Chihuahua and that 37.9 wounded soldiers and! 87 wounded officers are now recelv-i ing treatment there. It was also said ! that Villa has a transportation ser- vice of 37 locomotives and seventy i box and gondola cars. ' Field headquarters for Villa have. been established at San Andres, 30 miles west of Chihuahua City, the statement says. Details of iiis forces, with com manding officers. Vere given as fol lows : In Hie slate of Diirango, Generals llilario Iiodriguez and Manuel Mad inaveilia have l.'iOl) men and orders have been issued lo them to join Ihe main forces of General Villa al once preparatory to an attack on Cliihua luui City. Also in Durango, General J. L Salazar, Villa's second in com mand, has loOO men in waiting. Tho lirst and second machine gun corps are commanded by Colonel T. Zapata. "We are positive," the statement concludes, "that Grilles, Ceilillo brothers. F.iniliauo Zapata, Carrern Torres and I'elacz are with General Villa and it can so be slated to t lie public.' THREE OF DAUNTLESS CREW ME RESCUED BONDOX, I'eb. 10. Tliree Kuglish men mill one American, n negro, mem bers oj' tlu; crew of the torpedoed steamer Ibiuutless, have been picked up in a small boat at sea by :i trawler, according to a Bcuter's dispatch from Madrid. The men had been without food for f ive d;iys. The BaiMitless wa.- a Briti-h steamer of '2'u tons, carrying a crew of twenty-three men. A dispatch from Paris on February 8 said that two members of the crew were killed and the captain seriously wounded when the boat was torpedoed. A later di-patci from Paris on Febru ary 8 said that two members of the crew were killed and the captain seri ously wounded when the boat was tor pedoed. A later disputed from Lon don reported that six survivors had been lauded, two of whom died a- the result of their experience. BAKER OF NEVADA WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 Raymoml T. linker of 'Nevada was nominated by President AVIison today as di rector of the mint. Mr. Baker, whose home is at Reno, was private secre tary to George T. Ma rye, when tho latter tan ambassador to Runsla. Mr. Raker was at one time warden of n penitentiary in Nevada. 5 v fc.vdV 4 COUNT TAKNOVVSKI Coiinl Taraowski is the new Ails- the calendar. Senators Thomas, dem trian ambassador to llic Ui.lled Slates ocrut, and Hrady, republican, mem and lias just arrived here to lake Ihe l"' of the committee, reserved the place of Ihe recalled envov, Dr. Duin-' right lo submit minority reports, ba. If the submarine crisis results! Primarily tho bill provides that in our severing diplomatic relations willi Hie central powers, Tarnowski will have to linn rigid around and go back home. GERARD LEAVES EN ROUTE HOME BKKUW Kidi. !").--Ambassador Gerald's train will leave IWlin ap proximately as scheduled, but will en ter Switzerland by way ol' Sineii, instead ol' Basic as originally planned. Americans who will I ravel with the ambassador were informed late this afternoon that their bairae must be al 'the depot 'or inspection not later than 1 1 o'clock tomorrow morning, so as to avoid delay and ciuil'iision at the 1'ronlier. Desnite the fael that details of Mr. Gerard's departure have been indetin - ite until this evening tjie Americans in Berlin have shown little tmdenev to worry and the delii-acy oi! the sit uation lias not affected the serenity of the (icrman public No more at' - tent ion has been paid to foreigners than is usual, Americans have been treated with i-u roiirtosy and no ob jection lias been raised to Knjjlish be ing spoken piibli-l.v. Ambassador Gerard authorized the Associated I'res today to say that he has neither :ien nor will under any 'irriinitnncc give an interview of uny kind or dc-criptioti to anv one before he report- personally to I're-i-denl Wilson. MOONEY GUILTY E DECLARES JURY SAX FltAXCISCO, Feb. 10. "I'm a victim of my cforts in behalf of organized labor," said Thomas I. Mooiuiy in ills Jail :e today after his conviction of first degree murder last niKlit an a bomb nloltor respon sible for the loss of ten lives In a bomb explosion here July 22, lillii during a preparedness parade. TurniriB to his wife, who Is await ing trial for murder for the same explosion, he said "don't cry now, Kena. There is plenty of trouble ahead." Isrcal Weinberg, a third alleged bomb conspirator, awaiting trial phil osophized: "They've got us in here and they're goln? to keep us here until they get a rope around our necks, then I suppose they will be Moonoy alpo Muck fo reiterated declaration) of innocence. Kdward A. C'unha, asMrUiint dis trict attorney, aid todjy he probably will go before a grand jury or which John I). Spreckles, Jr., is foreman and ak for further fndictnientB In tli bomb ouHfi. Universal Service Bill Favorably Re pcrted by Senatcr Chamberlain Frcm ti e Mi'itrry Committee Pro vides for Six Months' Training in the Year Only for Defense. WASHINGTON. Feb. 10. A uni versal training bill was favorably re ported to tho senatu today by the military affairs committee. Chair man Chamberlain submitted the bill without comment, asking it to go to all men citizens or those who havo ' declared their intention to become ! citizens shall undergct six months military or naval training in tho year j in which they reach the fttfe of 1!l i or in the year when thoy first hecome ; liable to such services up to the ago i of twenty-six. All men receiving j such training would he hold in army ; or navy reserve until they reach tho : age of 28. Tho nuMiKure ut tho outset con tains a provision that in tho first year of its operation the periods of training should helhreo instead of six months. Many limitations and exceptions are provided. Under the terms of the bill, exemp tion from the proposed military train ing would include tho following: Members of the permanent military or naval forces of tho United States. Persons physically unfit for any mili tary or naval service whatever. Persons on whoso earnings a father, mother, brother, sinter, wife or child is wholly dependent for sup port. Members of any religious sect or organization now organized and ex isting, whose creed forbids them to bear arms in war would not be re- ! nlred to undergo training in tho i bearing or use of arms, but would be I trained in non-conilmtant branches of military or naval service. Persons convicted of a felony of notoriously bad character would ho trained in special units. Tho bill, Senator Chamberlain said, would raiso a reserve army and naval Torce of 100,(1(10 trained men annually, in the nine year period during which such men would bo sub ject to the call of the president, esti mates oT the total trained men run from two to three million. Senators who studied the bill were impressed with the provision that the reserve force could onlybe utilized for defensive warfare. VILLA IS POSTED i -JI'AliF.Z. Mrs., Feb. 10.- Pro.-la-j mafions were po-led on the dead walls and distributed in the street- here I last night signed by Francisco Villa, j warning every one against traveling j on passenger (rains between Juarez 'and rhihualMin ilyt and urging for- i eignei s of all nat toiialit ie- lo keep j out of northern Mexirn, aeeording to i a Carran.a official here. ) The proclamation added thai for- j eiguers would be given the same pro- ! teetion as national-, but, if they were , lobbed or were wounded during any j lighting, they would be victims of : their own euielc-Mic-. , Twenty-li e pcr-on- were arre-ted ; in Juarez folluwinu' the ditiibution , of the handbills, it was -aid, the IM including one prominent luerchaut of the town. RKRLIX, Keh. 10. Knormous amounts of BupplicH captured In Ru mania rae now being transported to Germany, Austria and Hungary, Bays he Overscan News Agency. More than 400 Hteamfdiip and 11,700 ttigs are carrying corn, wood, leather and other rHW materials up the Danube. The steamer tow ten baruen each, earryiiiK an much freight as 050 rail road CfU'K, FrcsWer.t Orders Trade Commission and Department of Agriculture to Make Thorough Investigation of Alleged Manipulations in Distribu tion of Food Supplies. WASHINGTON, Feb. Hh- The fed era I t rude coin mission today an nouueed that at the direction of the pre-ident it would begin iuuncdiately an investigation of the high cost of foot's in the I'nited Slates, with spe cial reference to alleged violations of the anti-trust nets. The department of nunc nil lire will assist in the investigation. Alleged manipulations, con I rol and conspir acies in distribution of fooih will be gene into particularly. President's !,ettet'. President Wi'son's letter directing the inquiry is in .wiit as follows: "An adequate supply of food prod ucts is a matter of concern to the na tion at all limes. It is of peculiar importance al present. Our domes tic food supply is normally very large and has become increasingly varied. In some re-peets il has steadily ex panded itnd has kept pace with thi inc reusing population, t'nfort unate Iv, this is not true, however, id' a large number of important staple products, including certain cereals and parli ulnrly meats. "It has heen alleged befo'iv com mit Lees of congress i lid elsewhere lie course id' trade in important total products is not free, but is restricted and controlled by artificial and il legal means, It is of the highest public concern to uncertain the truth or falsity of the allegations. No bus iness can be transacted effectively in an atmosphere of suspicion. If the allegations are ell grounded, it is necessary that the nature and extent ol' the evils and abuses be accurately determined, so that proper remedies, legislative and ndmiuist rat ive, may he applied, If they are not true, it is ctjiinlly esscnt in I that the public he infoimcd, so that unrest and dis.-atis-I'act ion may he allayed, Imjitiry Ordered. ''Pursuant lo the authority eon ferrcd upon mc by the act creating the federal trade commission, there fore, I direct the commission, within the scope id' its powers, to investigate and report the facts relating to the production, ownership, maim fact lire, storage and distribution id' foodstuffs and Ihe products or bvorodiicts aris ing from or in connection with their prepn rut ion and manu fact are ; to as certain the facts bearing on alleged violations of the anti-trust acts ami pa rt icula rly upon the quest ion whether they are manipulations, con trol t rusts, cuti i hi ii at ions, conspir acies or reM minis of t rade out d harmony with the law or the public interest." ACTIVELY PUSHED WASHINGTON, i-cb. ,10. Chair man Ncwhutds of the senate inter state commerce committee, cave no tice to the senate today that the ad liiinistration raiiroju' legislation pro gram would be actively pressed from now on and that the senate Would June opportunity to vote on the ques tion of cnforcinir sir-pension ol' lock out and -Irikes pending investiga tion. CONFESSES GUILTi ORI), Net)., Feb. IOI.ouIk llanos, j suspected of the murder of Utile; Alice Park oh and who has been held' in the county Jail here, last night I confessed tiis guilt, after severe ques tioning on the part of the officers. Baler he wan rushed out. of town, .iiijiposedly to Ht. Paul, Nt,b., to avoid nioh violence. South American Nation Refuses to Accept Blockade Oi -ler and Holds Germany Responsible for All Acts Involving Brazilian Citizens, Mer chandise or Sl.ips. lilO JANKlliO, l-Vb. 10. The nolo handed to the tlerman sverctnry ol! foreign affairs by the Brazilian min ister at Berlin, in reply to Uerninny's declaration of the resumption ol: un restricted submarine warfare, was made public here loday. The text is as follows: "I have just been directed to in form your excellency that the federal government has the greatest desire not to see modified the actual situa tion, us long as the war lasts, a sit uation in which Brazil has iuiKscd upon itself Ihe rigorous observance of the laws of neutrality since the com mencement of hostilities between na tions with whom she has had friendly relations. Mv government has always observed this neutrality, while reserv ing to itself the right which belongs to it and which it has always been accustomed to exercise, of action in those eases where Brazilian interests are at stake. The unexpected eom inuuication we have just received an nouncing blockade of wide extent of countries with which Uracil is con tinually in economic relations by for eign and Brazilian , shipping-has pro-. duced a justified and profouul jm pivssion through the imminent men ace which it contains of Ihe unjust sacrifice of lives, the destruction ol! property and the wholesale disturb ance of commercial transactions. Cannot Accept Blockade. "In such circumstances and while observing always and invariably the same principles, the Brazilian govern ment, after having examined the tenor of the Icrman note, declares that it cannot accept as effective the block ade which has just been suddenly de creed by the imperial government. Because of the means employed to realize this blockade, llie cxteut of the inlerdieled zones, the absence of all restrictions, including Ihe failure of warning of even neutral menaced ships and the announced intention ol." using every military means of de struction of no matter what charac ter, such a blockade would neither be regular nor effective and would be contrary to (he principles of law and the conventional rules established for military operations ,)' this nature. Protest Blockade, "l'or these reasons the Brazilian government, in spite of its sincere and keen desire to avoid any dis agreement with the nations at war with whom it is on friendly terms, be lieves to he its duly to protest against ibis blockade, and conse quently to leave entirely with the im perial (lerinan government the re sponsibility for all acts which will in volve Brazilian citizens, merchandise or ships, and which arc proven to have been committed in disregard of the recognized principles of interna tional law and of the conventions signed bv Brazil and (icmiunv.' il AWAIT AN ESCORT NKW YORK, Feb. 10. VnleHS tho United States government provides convoys or gunn and Runners to pro tect its fillips, tho American lins, owners of the steitinsliijis St. Louis, St. Paul and other liners, will not send them across tho Atlantic, , It waf. announced here loday by P, A. S. Franklin, president of tho Interna tional Mercantile Marino. "With the Stars and Stripes flying over her tail rait, the steamship Ro chester, owned hy (he Kerr steam ship line, cleared yesterday with a general ear;o for Bordeaux, passed ipm ran tine, outward bound, shortly after 2 p. m. today. The Rochester Is the second American ship to leavo this port since the announcement bv Germany on January 111, of hor new Mihmnriim campaign,
