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Newspaper Page TextMedford M ait, Trirttnf, " FORECAST Tonight nntl Tomorrow ltniii, Soullii'i ly iuds. WEATHER Slav. Yesterday 42; Mill. Today ;l(t; l'rtrrlp. .03. X Fortv-fxlh Year. PMlv KU venlh Ynr. MF.UKOUP. OKl-XiOX. MONDAY. FKIiliTARY 19, 1017 NO. LS2 U. S. VESSELS OFF 10 TEST GERMAN U-BOAT BLOCKADE U-BOAT WARFARE BLOCKADE FAILS SLACKENS, PEACE TO HALTTRAFFiC HOPES BOOSTED! IN N. Y. HARBOR STRAHORN PUNS CENSORSHIP BILL RAILROAD FOR ! IS PREPARED TO SOUTH OREGON! SILENCE CRANKS ; .. v.. ,r? e J r 5 I 1 1 W. '-l!IMMirllWU.l.TT.. I t ; J Jk kl It Falling Off In Submarine Lasses Lessen Possibility of Clash No Developments at Washington Yarrowclale Prisoners to Be Released. WASHINGTON', Vcli. 19 The sub marine situation seemed at a stand still today with tlio government ap parently Vatching developments, steadily preparing itseir for even tualities and nduercing to Its plans for taking action to protect American rights when the moment arrives. The slackening of the ruthless campaign in the last three or four days Is re garded as reducing the chance of an attack ou an American ship or loss of American lives, but with the coming of warmer weather it Is expected to increase In Intensity. There was no rurther indication today of the president's plans for go ing before congress to ask for addi tional authority. To J.eleaso Prisoners. Through the Spanish embassy the stato department lias been in formed that the American sailors taken as prisoners to Germany on the prize stenmcr Yarrowdale "would bo re leased at onve." f Because of the .sjow and uncertain communication between Washington and Berlin, slate department officials were unable to decide whether to day's dispatch was in answer to its last request or the previous one. Stato department officials are watching the situation with some im patience. Austria's Attitude Perplexing'. Austria's real attitude perplexes officials hero and there is. hope that Ambassador Penfleld will Hud some way to influence the Vienna govern ment not to formally sanction the ex treme position taken by Germany. No answer lias been received to a di rect inquiry as to whether Austria intended to follow Germany. It was authoritatively said at the stato department today that so far nothing has been heard from the cen tral powers as to what course they would take in the event that the United States authorized the arming ,of Ameriffiji merchant ships. LAST OF, MILITIA TO LEAVE BORDER SAX ANTONIO. Tex., Feb. 1!). The general plan to be followed in .sending nil National Guard organi zations home from the border for muster out, in accordance with war department instruct inns wn- an nounced by General Fun-ton today. The ."(UHm troops to be moved hn been divided inlo two ciuitinvcnK, each including iipiimximnlcly J.VtNiP men mid units embraced ;n the tir! contingent have been arranged in V"r groups. U is estimated t lit t four wecln will be required for the mowment of these four groups, a tier which the homc- gouig of troops in (he second contin gent will lie commenced. Organizations placed in the firt group of the fir-t eonf indent will be gin departing' within the next few days, according to headquarter... Troops of the border slates. Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona, (iciieral Fnnston announced, would he ihii tu: to be released. GIVEN NEWiTRSAL SAX KRANCfciCO. Feb. 19. The United States circuit court of appeal granted a new trial today to Ralph K. BUY and Ir. Thomas Addis, con victed 'l'ore than a jear as:o of re tiMi;i:;g soldiers f.r the Biitish army here in violation o' the neutrality oi the I'nited St. it in. Bo-li u n-Uiu..-v.-ere fine C Five Steamers Arrive From War Zone Parts and Equal Number Clear for Europe Will Follow Nerthern Route Condemn Fcod Shipmer.ts. NEW YOUK, Kelt. 19. Five steam ships from war zone ports arrived here today. The British steamers Folia, from Bristol, and the Sebas tian, front Rouen, both left alter Ger many '.s new submarine campaign commenced. The Folia, a Cunard freighter, came by way of Halifax The other arrivals were the Belgian steamer Fscaut from Cardiff; French steamer (Juyane from Bordeaux and the. Dutch steamer Noordwky from Rotterdam. The Standard Oil company tank .steamer Wico sailed from here today for an unnamed European port, the first vessel of the Standard Oil fleet to leave an American port since the F-boat campaign was inaugurated The Wieo was not armed. Stejuner l-capes l -lloat. BALTIMORE, Mel., Feb. 19. The Donaldson line freighter Lakonia of Glasgow, provided with the new smoke device of the British admiral ty to render shipping immune from submarine attacks, arrived at this port yesterday. The ship also carries a three-inch gnu mounted astern and several trained gunners to man it. According to one of the gunners to day the new device, perfected by British scientists and chemists, can generate enough smoke iu several minutes to niask a vessel from the enemy's view for several hours. The Lakonia encountered no en emy craft on the trip to this port, but she was ; twice-, chased for several hours on the last outward bound voy age. first by a ship thought to have been the commerce raider Vinela and again by a submarine, in the Bay of Biscay. The Lakonia escaped because of her superipr speed. Five Ships in Hanger one. XEW YORK, Feb. 19. Five Amer ican ships from this port are now on the high seas exposed to the dan gers of German submarine warfare, and several others are ready for im mediate departure. Three of these vessels, the Orleans and the Roches ter for Bordeaux and the Oswego for Genoa, are now approaching the blockade line in the Bay of Biscay and the Mediterranean. The City of Pueblo, a freighter of -OlM tons, owned by the Harrey Steamship company, got away yester day tor Havre. Her captain and thir teen other officers -are Americans. The crew are to receive a war bonus of Tilt per cent of their pay at the end of the voyage. American Ibmts to Sail. Among the American ships ready to sail today are the Algonquin, a freigh ter, and the Mongolia, which is eqip ped to cany passengers. In addition to the City of Pueblo, twelve steamships sailed from New York yesterday, presumably by routes that will carry them through the zone of blockade. Three vessels, one of them an American, arrived after pas sage through the restricted area. Health department reports show that T.ouo.ono pounds of food brought to this port by ships during the past twenty-four hours lias been con demned and destroyed as unfit for consumption. The value is estimated at $l,000,bb0. The food condemned, however, is (Continued on Page Six.) HELD IN MEXICO Yf'MA, Ariz., Feb. 1 9. Three duck hunter!, supposed io be Amer icans, who cios-i-M th.'. border Into Sonera yeMf rday, were report f-d lo d.t. to have be mi .:. and held for a t;rre by Mcxbn:', two sii 'liiiis and ,i r'He confiscated ;u.d auit $;.') i; , r. 'roni theni (',,inel Kiel ! ! i . .r ling the ' i II !e is inv(li;;. la Wiipor.. :-.n-I..,'. l..ianlr.v '.he .a-. Ti.e i.i are rctiuir .'i' Imv. L3 These two Tim-Hum rirlshtc s mv on llu'lr way t:n-uli tin- l:i kuili-il one to Iti i ilrauv, I'liinc e, Hith iioti-ioiitrulmiiil iko, 'l'liey me the I'li st .Anieriiiui vesHels to lnnve Hie ilanncr .one without cniiiplyliiR Willi the (ieiinan order to i lit their siiles with veMiial rCd and white sti i;s. The l!oeheter Is owned lij the Kerr Steamship Hue anil the Orleans ley the Oriental Navigation ioni)iany. XiWther Is nrir.eit. NEW YOUK, Tel). 1 0.- -vo steam s'lipc out or New York under charter to the Kerr Steamship company, one Norvsian and the other Spanish, have hcen sunk In the submarine zone, according to adviees received 'y the company today. They w ere the Ualmata, Norwigiun, January 24 for Havre, and the Mar Adrlatico, Spau isl .lai.iiary 1G, Tor Bordeaux. The Dalmatr. was sunk February !) a i'i the Mar .(Ii-latico February II. The latter unlved 'at Lisbon on Feb ruary 2 and j)i'ol:nbly was proceeding for IJurdfsiix when sunk, oriiiials of the Ken Steamship company said they did not hciicve either vessel had Americans aboard. The Dalmata was a vessel of 17:;:! tons tiOHs, 2i."i feet Iour. The Mar Adr-atlco was 24 1(1 tons gross, 2!)5 lect Ions. I.OXDON-, Feb. IS. Eleven men of the crew of the British steamer Homsdalen, reported sunk yesterday, i are missing. Lloyd's Shilling agency j announced today. LONDON, Feb. 1!). The Ilritish j steamer olo, of .Tiloii tons gross, has been sunk, Lloyd's Shipping; agency! announced today. j I SAN' -i;.N('IS( (l, Feb. A v factor in ihe I'ijjht t'oi- h new trial r Tbomu J. Mooiiev. cimvieti d ol bomb niunlcr-, wa in I li xln -! bv Ihe hlen-e today when llairv YY. John son, a San .Mateo count v ciiisab!c, came Inrward wilb an al'lidavit stal ing he saw a .Mexican I . . . a siiiteasi' on the -iot wIiitc Mliuicv i aeciiscd of planting;" a humb Ihal look ten livo July JJ, lull!. Johnson say- in hi.- Mv.irn .stnlcmcnt that he inter -aw the Mexican on a vc-scl limind for Seal tic. SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. Ill Ai-u-1 ment- I'or 11 i:cw trial 1'or Tlioma- J. : .Mootiey, eiinvicldl ,..l' miiidcr in the lir.-t deLii'ce for a bomb explo-inn : co-tin ten lives here In-! July, were postponed until tomnri'ow iu the sii-l perior conrl here Imlay at the re- iili'-t of Ihe didcn-c. Counsel I'orJ Moiiuev will pre-ent altiibnil- in an! attcippt to najH-aeh evidence upon TRADE COMMISSIONER: WASHINGTON. I': 19. Wil liam H. Coivr-r. a St. Paul newspaper puiIil er, and .lohu Franklin Fort, fori o-r governor of New .lervey, wete ell ul i' riled President Wilson to day as n.enr.M i ( lh-r Ted.-ritl tlHde c oiinniv ion. SINKS U-BOAT IN KEOAIILE XFW YOitKfc Feb. 1!.-In a forty minute battle between a German T-bo-'l and the French lino steamship Gtiyane of'" the coast'-of France ou .laut'ary the submarine was sunk according to officers of the freigh ter wh'ch arrived here today from Bordeaux. The Gu:uuc was one day out from port, At ;i::iu p. m. Captain Rous selot said, tho It'-boat was sighted some distance to p'ort and apparent ly endeavoring to cross the freighter's bow to stop her. The submarine fire. I f a shot which fell short and the (Ju yane then turned sharply to star board so that her big CVmillimetcr gun, mounted at tho stern could bo trained on the approaching vessel, 'j 'ie submarine tired a second shot, which fell considerably short and a third which struck the water elo.io by the freighter. Meanwhile tho Guyaue's gunner had sent one shell which failed to hit but struck very near its mark. A second shot from t he (Juyane, Cap-! tain Rousselot said, hit tho F-boat Bfjuarely and the underwater boat j was seen to collapse. j During the next thirty minutes the I German craft apepared to he strug gling for existence. Xo one appeared on the deck and no further attempt to shell the freighter was made, and the Guyane refrained from firing any more shots. At tho end of tho half hour tho suit marine disappeared. The freighter's officers said they had no doubt that the F-boat was lost. The Guvatie, a steel vessel of 20HS tons net, carried 'M men. There were no Americans aboard. She brought a general cargo of about I00U tons. WHEAT RISES ON REPORTED END OF ouinniMO tit nn llilr I Mill I J I If Ullll I MlU 1 1 1 Ul f CHICAGO. Feb. !!.- Prospective ending of the tietip of neuiral ship-' ping had a bullish effect today on wheat. In this connection, special 1 notice was taken of reports that the j J hit eh government would open bids j for one hundred thousand barrels of flour on Wednesday. Promises of! improved railroad conditions tended: also to lift the market. Opening prices, which ranged from the same as Saturday's finish to l!4c higher, with May at & 1 . 7 1 ! to $1.71' and July at $1.41C:4 to $1.10, were fol lowed by iiiateri.ti gains all around. Corn rone with wheat of only a scattered Mrt. in;? 1 to c high(!r, tin: market con-j tinned to ahcend. I Ann ounce ment if liberal export hhIck nave Hrength to oats, tes(des ! the market va affected by the up-j ward rzoiiiHP of other cereals. Pro-: visions developed firmness owing to' the lUhtnf-'Ks of lard stocks. Lower' quotHtlotis on hog, however, caused soioe wavering at the start. I BY FLAMES IN TRINIDAD, Colo.. Feb. 1!).- Three miners were trapped early loduv by n lire in the Oukdulc mine, six miles from I.uvcta, ul the foot of Luvetu Pass and rescuers have been unable to reach them. The blaze was caused by what is known as a "windy shot" lire, following- a dynamite blast, set ting fire lo timber and coal. Fourteen men were in the mine nt the time, but -the oilier eleven were between the blaze imd the entrance to tun mine, I hree helmet men from the Walsen mine at WnUenbuiv are on the wav to Luvetu. .Mine of ficials said the lire would be under control by noon. It is believed the imprisoned men are afe. The Oukdulc mine is owned bv the Oukditlc Coal comnany of Denver. Kc.-eucrs succeeded m extinguish ing the flames and reaching the im prisoned men before noon. The men were uninjured. LITTLE ACTIVITY ON All WAR FRONTS I'KTKOGRAD, Feb. !!.- Kxcept for scouting opera lions there har; 1 ecu little activity along" the front h (in Russia, Galicia, Rumania anil the Caucasus today, the war office stat j ment says. MFKMX, Feb. 1 ! (My Wireless to S.iyville) An absence of important developim ittj along the entire Iron: in the eastern war theater and 1 n Maiedouia is :cportod by army head quartern io!;iy. In Miordi'iiia two hostile airplanes wer shot !'. a. li:itl.l.. Feb. I'.l ll!v Wireless to ' Sayvillel Heavy Tog along tie I Franco-lb'Igiau front has Interfered w"11 i"'a"",i ,"-,r" ;""l icconnoitf ring raids anil similar i cnti i in 1; es, army iM.aduuaricr.s an- noiihced tMtay. TO BRITISH ISLES LONDON, Feb. Andrew llonai Law, chancellor of I he exchequer. staled in the house of commons this arternoon that the Itrftbh goovu ment had decided upon drastic Import res! rlctions. The new ine;tsures. he Selling waH:aid, uould affect the allies of Great After open-1 Hrltain and the fliitMi dominions. MEXICAN ARRESTED FOR FIRING ON CAVALRY Tl ( SON, Ariz., Feb. !i. Clmigcd v. ilh liikiti'.' p'd -In-t.. ot the I I, ili cavulrx, -liilinned at Aiiaia. Fiiin-cn-eo G.iicia wn aire-tcd and briiu'jiit to the Pima c.i:ur jiui here I'hIh v. Will Builtl 400 Mi'es of Road From Lakeview to Flanniyaii. Nevada Will Connect With U. P. an:l Hill Lines at Bcn;l To Cost Seven Million. SAN FliWXClSCO, Feb. lit. Koli crl I-. Strahorn, a man ol' wide ex perience in railroad work, -aid here today that he liaii planned to Imilil lib) miles ol' railroad in southern am! -onleast Oregon at a cost ol' 7,0110, -(Mill and a lice Innn l.akcvicw, lire., Iu Fhinuigan, Xcv.. connecting with Ihe Wo-lei'ii 1'ai'iJ'ic railroad. "Thi- railroad," said Slnihorn, "plans to conneel at llcuil. Ore., the I'liion I'acil'ic and the Hill system, Iwo central Oregon lines, ihe lies Clinics and Oregon 'I'ruul; br.inchcs wilb which the Southern I'neil'ic nl Klamath Falls, and Oregon Short Line al Crane, and Ihe California, Ne vada and Orcuon Nat row (lance at l.alicview, Ore., and Ihe Western I'a-i-ilic at Flnnuian. Neiada. Slrahorn rcluscd lo name his back iiiir. Hill Is to ('a-operate. Tin" railioads, a- planned, would -.crvc Ihe va-l territory of Fastcni Orciioll, eivin:4 ready access lo Ihe north, south or east, for product which hilhcilo have been a Ion',' way from markel. Surveys, aecordiuir lo Slrahorn, n.vc cumplclcd for mosl ol' Ihe territory, and assurance, he said, has been fii veil of oo-opcraliun from both the Hill and Harrinian in-Icrc-ls. Straliorn stalled life as 11 news paoer reporter. s DRY BILL OLYMP1A, Wn., Feb. i:. flov ernor Lifter toiay slp;neij the hone dry prohibition bill al t:l" o'clock ihb- afternoon in the preenro of itc;i-res-.-ntative Klmer llalsey, amh r of the bill, officers of the W. T. F. and otiii'r anvt t ales of th bill. There was hand clapping from the groui) surrounding Ihe governor when he wrote bis name. Fnles.--referred by petition to the lii:i elec tion the law will become effective !U days after adjournment of Ihe legis lature. A total of 'JlMJMJ names would be necessary to semi the law to ref erendum, and so tar as known no steps have been taken yet to obtain names, further I ban to ask liquor dealers and oi gaiilzat Ions in other states whether they would hear the expense of collecting names. The answer was said to have been that the liipior dealers would expend no more money In this state. The law prohibits possession of in toxicating ll'pior by any person ex cept regularly ordained lory gy men, priests and rabbis actually in charge of congregations I'or sacra mental purposes. It allows wholesale and retail druggists and manul'arturhig chemists to hand ie alcohol only if granted licence alter public h-aring and provides penalties for violations. TAKE CUBAN TOWN HAVANA, Feb. IU. 'I'lie town of .la t ibonic'i, in ( 'atna-jiicy province, was iircnpictl yrslcltlay by ovclll icciil furi-cs. Till, nillllbrr of pli-olicl's captured Saturday at Saneli Spirit 1 was (lll. Sonic lillv polnii-al prisoners have In-i-n transferred to Cabanas and aboill lillv WiM'e srt f i cc ye-ter.lay. The it" ci iniicnl is ,'i,h-iilrriii.. a pn.e laciatinu of aiMlle-lv for cillaiu rc--trnled cla , SNOWSTORM CAUSES HEAVY LOSS UTAH CATTLE SALT l.KK CITY. I'lah. IVb. ;.. A severe snow Ktnrm which was general la I'tah yeslerda... coupb-il with a shortage In hay rau-O'd a dani- of approximate!' $:,ll,oiui to Ihe sheep and catlle Inditstrv, anordlnK to reports received here today. Bill (o Pass Houso in Event of War Anti-War Organization Denounce Measure as Blow to Democratic Spii it Measure Aimed at Criticis ing Newspapers. 1IY G1LSON GARDNER. WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.A cen sorship bill, drawn by the army gen eral staff and scheduled to pass tho house Imme'lialcly following any dec laration ol war Is the object of severe criticism by such organizations as tho American Fnioit against Militarism, the Rational Defense League and tho ICmorgency Peace committee. A tel egram has been received by tho sec retary of war, signed by Oswald C. Villiird, Fruest Poolo and a score of other names, denouncing the propos ed, law as unnecessary and dangerous. "It would," says the telegram, 'in the guise of furthering control of mil itary information, give tho military authorities abwoluto control of the press in tlmo of war when democracy most needs free discussion of men, measures and objectives. Dcchirv l.aw rinieccNsnry. A statement issued by tho Ameri can Fnion against Militarism, says such a law is unnecessary. "The war department and navy depart ment," they say, "now have drastic regulations establishing a complete censorship on purely military Infor mation. This bill was drafted with an eye to those newspapers which, in the event of war, might attempt to criticise the conduct f tho war, those newspapers (to borrow tho language of the war college statement) which "by their editorials and presentation of news may sway people against tho war and thus by adverse criticism tfmd'to destroy the efficiency of theuo (tho military) agencies." The Fuiou's letter calls attention to tho fact that It was newspaper criticism which enabled Lincoln to get lid of his inefficient generals, and It was Lord Northcliff's defiance of the Pr'!sh censor and his expos ure of the failure of the war office to furnish munitions to the army that saved the situation Tor the allies on the western front. Tolstoy's Son f Speiik. Plu'1-! Goiiiu lllya Tolstoy, Sson oC the noted Tolstoy, was refused per mission to speak at Columbia uni versity, a committee of the Woman's Peace party of this city, has wired an invitation for his to address a biff ma.--;- meeting here. The same organ ization has invited n speech from Mi. Sketi'ingtoii, v i tit; v of tho Irish patriot who wrvs icl'iifed permission lo hpeak at Harvard college. If there (Continued on Pago Two.) WASIIINliToN, .',.,. IV-Con-Iracts l.irnnvy pi n ie-tiles, wliich had I ii lc In lladlii-iils, limited, tin Kiedi-h concern, were Indnv jriven lo the .Midvulc Steel company, Hie Washington Sled ami Ordnance com pany, ami the Crucible Steel cuu nanv. i llaitliehls was picvenlcd liy tile l.nlisb Mieniiaeiil friini acceplin Ihe cinil rael lor 4.411(1 pr i.iectilo., wliich hail been awarded by the navy 'li'pml'i I al a much siuall.-r price per .-bell ami with (ipiickcf ilclnur.v lli.in Ihe Aincriean offers. Award of Ibc ii.iilrac's todav hi lite tline Aaierican linns IcrmiiuPcsa eonl rover-.v In-lwccti the mivv and Atnerieau muniliou inakeis, Kcpr' senlalivcs of the cninpanics tuiii lic partmciit ollieials icaelicd an asree- ii'i tu i flat priee of .t'lini per shell That is alt liinm-r over hc prii e on similar nrilels in previous yejirs, but aureuales tlir.olltl less ' than the former total bid. Contraeis awarded the three American linns auyrevatc 1 J.'.MKI II iiteb ariiior pierein-r shells. The com panies euaraulced delivery iu re d'leid lime. Thi' Midvnle eoinpany will make ."..(mil shells. Ibc Crucililc .ihili and Ihe Washington compau.v I.L'illl.