Medford 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
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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.