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Medford Mi a. it. Trirttmf, f FORECAST WEATHER .Mux. Yesterday 1H; Mln. Today lreclp. ,."1, KSviVv..ntl. Tear. i.th Year. MEIVFOHD. OKKdOX. TUESDAY. KKIiin'AliY 20. 1917. NO. l" i 'fitter i i. 1 IWH PUIS AUSTRIA ASKED BRITISH NAVAL GUNS DID g I TO STATE STAND DID TO GERMAN RAIDER V-69R1SING PRICES FIINRTRN Willi III DHSlEil y:f"V --f J IIUUI11UI1U Commander Border Forces Dies at San Antonio Called America's greatest Soldier Rose to Hiyh Command From Volunteer Ranks Was Prominent Figure in Filipino Campaign. SAX ANTONIO, Tux., Pcli. L'O. The IickIv " I' Major (Icncrul predcrick Fimitcm, iilol ill' Hi" Anicricnn urniv will rest i" slnte i ll' Allium (hU nflerniHm. The fiunTn 1 procession will rencli tlio Alnmn ti 1 ml l:'M iiVlock nnd i I f casket will rest there in stall1 imlil 1 1 i u J t full. WASHINGTON', Feb. (. Pre ilonl Wilson iinil ill her lii.uli ot'l'ii-ij us well us jinny officers, oenerii cxpivsscil deep reuret. toihiy over I snililen ili'iilh of Mnjiir (icnonil Pn prick Kmisliin ill Nun Antonio li nijjlit. Miniv ol' tlii'in si'iil ini'.-sa; of condolence In .Mrs. prcdor l-'iiiislon. now visiting in S;in Pn I'isco. War department nl'rioiuls iinil ;ir ot'ticcrs stood ready today to as- !i-. (.encnil 1' rciicnck r iinsi mi ill lii'sliiwin- the licjlicsl mililiiry Iwnors nt (ho burial of General Fiuis tnn, wlii,.i will lake place in f lie 11:1 -linnal cemetery at tile Pri'siilio, San IjVnneiseo, next Saturday or S inilnv. it is liclicvcd thai Secretary ol' War linker nmy semi n personal rcprcscn Inlive to iitieml the I'nneral. Y.I, PASO, Tex., Pel). '!). --General Pershing i .iieil an order at noon lo-'l-'i.V Unit nil I'lnffs on I'eileral bnild- "s-- in nit' soumern iieparimi'in m lowered In hall' mast and left there until the, body oC General Funston 'in passed out of the depart incut. If also ordered full mililiiry honors I'niil at all stations lliroudi wlih'h tile funeral pusses tomorrow, where tlierc are troops stationed. A My of t roups eipial to the mini '"I1" 1'1'i'serihed fr funeral ese..rl-. d "iH I't' stntiiined at the depot here '"d will sliiml nt parade rest: while the. body is in Hie station. Artillei.' tomorrow will fire n salute to n maioi' fjl'iieral an, militry bands will plav ihr-es, while (be colors are beinu 'iiH'd. SA ANTONIO,' Texas. Pol). 2 0. "Jfcor General Frederick Funsioii. commander of the southern depart mt, I'nltprt States army since Keh nHT, 1 31 ft. died suddenly at a hotel here Inst nisht, a few minutes after lie '"d finished dinner, lie collapsed (Continued on Pag-) Six.) NEW VfiDn n TI B-rm (lie l-.'D, t! ' o German submarine wlibh uiiiieniy appeared at Newport last fjl and !ater sunk several shijis off N.inuieket, that sank the llousatonti'. the first American ship to be sent to "'' bottom after the beginning of (Jer nianv's new submarine warfare. It as made known here today by L'np 'a'a Thomas A. Knzer, the Ilousaton 'y's commander, who arrived on the t'linnnl steamship Ordunu. Captain Kiucr brought with him ns proof of his assertion a life preserver marked 1 which he said he got from one f the submersivie's crew, ". Vk il. SAY U-53 1 SANK THE HOUSATONIC Ambassador Penfield Delivers Re quest tor Statement to Austrian Embassy Austrian Emperor Con siderinp Question Government Re luctant to Break. 1.1 IX I (ON, Feb. Jll.-P,lerieli C. enfielil, Ainerii'iin ambassador at Vi enna is said by lii'iiler's Ani-ti'idani orri'spumlilit to have delivered to the Aiislro-lliumarian foreign minis ter a request fur ,.,... ,ull jn definiliun of AiistriM-llungiii-v's nt- titiiile reariliiig submarine warfare. The Anisieiilani dispati- says that 'ordins t" a telegram fmin Vienna Mr. Pi'iiliehl handed an aide nii'inoire today to tlie foreign iiiiniicr reiniet iug clear and final information a-, to what the Ausiro-llnngariiiii gov I'liiiiieiit ha as-iiined reganliiig sub iiiarine warfare and whether the as surances given mi the oi'i-hmoii of the Aneona and Persia in -ideiits arc to he regardcil as hanged or with drn nil. Austria to I'eply. The foreign minUlrv, the ili-patidl ay, will iibinil the aide ini'inoirc to a thorough examination and then make a reply. Alter the sinking by an Austrian submarine of the Italian stealnsbi) Aneona in November of H'l"). occas ioning the loss of the lives of several Americans, the Anstro-lltiiigaria; government sent n note In the Pnited Stales in which it said : ;,The imperial and roval govern ment can also subslantiallv concur in the pl'ineipal expressed ill the very esteemed American note that private .-hips, in mi far as llicv do not flee or offer resistance, mav not be dc--Iroyed without the persons aboard being brought into safety.'' Knipi ror Considers Notice. l.llNHtiN, Feb. lid. A Central News di-pali'li from Zurich lodav says : "The Au-trian emperor has given a long audience to Count Czeni'li, ll c minister of foreign affairs, who pre viously had a long conference with Frederick ('. Penfield, the American ambassador." WASHINGTON. Feb. JO. Ambas -miliir I 'en field is acting under ex ,i;,.it ii,-t nu-tioiis I'ronl the state de partment in rcipicsling the Anstii.m govcrnincnl to stale its posilim, re garding the intensive submarine war fare inaugurated h.v fiermany. Su'-b an in-traelion was sent to the inii-ba-sador more than ten days ago and it is possible that it has been r-'iu- forecd in view ol the delay in ontain- ing the rc-ponsc. i-.,..ci'i,.,illv II has devc oped that the stale department is reluctant to -ever diplomatic relations wnii .v.is- irin, ilesirmg lo niaiiiiaui as mm. ..s possible some official relations with at least some of tin ntral powers. live l' 'l Willi Turkey Possible. A break with Turkey and P.ulgaria is rccardcil a certain to loilow a rapture ui;h Austria and deep con cern lor the welfare of the many i in ciliens in the Near i'.ast is ,. of the influences thai have aT Iccteil the stale department's policy in holding off- u. .me ol' the ten-ion created liv the dot ruction of the American schooner l.yman II. l.a. ha- disappeareil as t. rcsiill f a slatcmcni ereoucu i. .i ,.i' the American vr-s 'I I lie " H , . ,. crew of the submarine winch destroyed the -hip were Germans. 'flic old Pclrolite ca-e. involving an mmarranlcl firing ni""' H'"1 A'"l'ri ,.., -hip and taking a I'nrt ot her . i. ., Vii-irian submarine re main-the only concrete i.-uc between the Pnited State- and An-trm. ruU'MI-IA. S. C, Krl;. '--The ......Mlled "fiuart a nionlh la, nor bill p..-d bv both branches o, the SouihC,rol,na llnh.rp tndav and mnv at tn (Smrrnnr .Maim" Jh ,i.,lit,nn.. It uonld v et.cC.ve-bO .ip-r-.ncd. It allow, the nn; p.'riation of one o.mrt a UH-ath o lv,,i-kcy tor mcbcal. or a ,.,H;... uincper ..tli fw ht n fl N; ((l male adult or a woman. U the head t tlie family. first ntu'x pictiuv fiiim Kunipx sliowlng i'lie (Icmolislieij ticiimui ilcsiiojer V-tl, alti-i' it :: I'"' ' altcmpt i iniil ibe cimsl or llngimul, anil had been ill iven hack l.y lliillsli ships. The- plctilic shows I lie diim agt of Itritisli gunnery. 1500 KILLED liPlil.lN, Fi to Sayville) ( 'o'eiibagen, sa JO. (lly wireless is reported from the Overseas News Agency, that 1 ..-,1)11 persons were k'Hcl 1 and o.OOO wouiuled in an explosion ammunition ut .'.reh I 'I'iio (iiimnuc i l;ic('(l nl ."H,tiOO,. 0(10 rubles, "A ('oM'il)!i,m'M li'Ifnni) t!'i:l tnivcU'is rchiiiiiii- 1'i'nin lins.-.in tk'-.' i'Uwo iluit tlui ln-t i'l'riit c)ilosi(in ;tt Arclinn! nutch move i-tm- i(lci'ii))lo (linn v.iis initdc kiiuu n in (lisiMl-hi'K irom Knssiii," s;i l!io news jiLTi'iicy. "Tlio oxplosiim toiik pljicc nt tlii' nnvnl slntioii while nin imuiitiott Wits Ix'ii)' uiiloatted t'toi.) ii stuMincr. Xirl ;i tnieo ot'.lhis se;"m r rcmjiiiMMl. The explosion Ivilh'il or woiuiiletl everyone within :i railing oi' one kilometer, persons liiiiii. Uilletl nnd .I.IMtO wouruleii. 1 lie ilani- M,t;e itmoiinteii u ,i,uiMi,iim) riOiles. ' Ihoiieved here that the srhooner de It was reported on Ketirnarv ' Keritied aa Dorothy In a London dis tliat an ice breaker af Arehan.iiel hail natch nnnouneinu she had been Mink blown up and that Ihirt "P ,lIlt' 'tlil thirty persons ' were believed to have been killed :t(IO wounded. I'AKIS. Feb. 'JO.-Active artil lery enajuenicnts occurred last nilit between t he Oise and Aisne and in the region north ol' Klirey. A sur prise attack by the French resulted in the taking of prisoners. The aiinoiiucenieiit follows; "Iiather spirited arlillery actions eontinued on the Oise and Aisne in the Avoenurl sector north of Flirey anil went of Wattwciler. We made a surprise attack on trenches of the enemy and took prisoners. KlM'where tlie nild passed o,uiet ly.' KKh'LIX. 1-Vb. 'JO, (Ity wireless to Siiyville) A Uritih attack on the (Jeruiau lines in the vicinity of Mes sines, lielyiiim, ye.-terday broke down under the frennan lire, the war of fice anniinneed today. The (lennans took a tew prisoners. LONDON'. Feb. 'JO The occupation by two Italian battalions of Konitza, in western (Ircece, near'the Arabian border, reported in an Kxehnnye Telegraph dispatch from Athens, which says this announcement has been made officially. The Greek au thorities nt Konitza are reported to have withdrawn southward to Janina. PKTi.OGKAr), Feb. 'JO. A minor infantry operation on the Russian front in which the Teutonic troop,-, were beaten off by the Ku-v-iau fire i-. reported by the war office today. WASHINGTON", Feb. JO. Senator A-bnr-t's bill to make a national park id" the Grand Canyon- of the Colorado wji- faoia'p1v reported to the senate todny troin the public bind commit tee. Tlie laiifl is now uuvernmenl owncd. About H'lO eipmre miles would be ineluded. I LONDON, Feb. ill. The Norweg ian collier Dalbeattie from Glasgow to Gibraltar, was sunk by shell fire "'"" 1Kn '"eiicaos e,e uo board her. The crew tool; to me noais. The collier was shelled while the. ew was taking to the boats, it is de clared. The Americans on the vessel were .loli n (iuerro of hos Angeles and Frank 'Vood or Keent, X. 11. The latter is suit'erins from bronchitis, aggravated by hia exposure of 1 : hours in the ship's boat. LO X 1 )0 X . V v h . '1 0 . T h e X e w Koundland iishini; .schooner Mayolu (l-lil tons) and Dorothy C7 tons) have been sunk, iroyiPs Shi ppinK agency announces today. ST. JOHNS, X. I-'., Kcl). 20. It b Was the New Komic'lund vessel Hoso Dorothea. The latter was returning to this port from Oporto, Portuiral, with fishery salt. She was formerly owned at Providencetown, .Mass., hut a year ago was sold and transferred to the Drlttfli registry. The Uosc Dorothta, 117 tons gross, was bought last year by C'umpbell and MeCay of Hits city. The schooner or dinarily carried a erew of and U is mipposed this number was aboard I.rn she sailed re. rally. L TAKE OVER IDLE WASHINGTON", Feb. JO All mines in .Mexico not now in operation and wIiom' owners have not filed reason,-, why resumption of work has been delayed, are to be taken over by Ihe Cnrrnnzu "rovernment. Ambassador Fletcher repented to day that the Mexican yovermaent had n nou need that in t be pn-'- ol proprelics where reasons have b-' u officially given tit nceouut fo f;nl u re lo re-open on I lecenibcr 14, t lie last day provided under a decree is sued .several months a no, ex I en -ion of lime has been vruuled. It is understood that owners rjf :Iu larger mines have tiled their reas-t'e-for not operulini:', but eoic-; of smaller American -owned ptoperr h arc in danger of coni ien t ion. U. S. NEUTRALITYi I NKW YORK. Feb. 20.-A!berl A. Sander ami Charles Wtinncnberg. !ir-re-led ycsienlity charged with violat ing the pent rality of the Cniled States by participating in a military enter prise for t he benefit of ( iennan , were held on .."). nOO bail each lor a healing next Tue-d.iy. when ar raigned today be foil a Cnitcd State corn mi -s inner. Neither would mak" n statement in court. They were re leased oil bail. mi IRMAl I I WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. Pres ident Wilson, it became known today, Is seriously considering breaking an other precedent by not calling the , newly eleeted senate in extra seswion on March : to cont'lrm nominations of 'cabinet officials. The president Is understood to be inclined not to ! convene the senate unless a special session of congress Is necessary. I No announcement was made at the white house, but it seemed to lie j known among the president's coufi Idants that he was considering such a plan. ' j Tlie president is understood to hold the view that his cabinet ot't'I ;eials appointed by him, if re-appolnt- 'cd, do not need confirmation; that J their t?rm of office is unlimited, sub- Moet h the will of the president htm- jself. Administration leaders have con eluded therefore 1 hat all present j members of the cabinet are to be re- tained anil that the president will I have nothing to present to the sen ate. iSenutors who learned of tlie pos sibility that the senate might not bo called in extra session were greatly surprised inasmuch us If would be un precedented. The present senate dies March -t and the senate of the sixty-fifth con gress is unorganized and could not convene until next December, unless called by the president. JtKLI. INGHAM, Wash., Pcb. 'JO . Isaac and David Jacobs, bankrupt" ! clothiers of this city, will be liberated j from the county jail, where they have j been confined since December, unless i their creditors pay a month to the county toward their support i under an order issued bv Judie -l"re- i miah Netcrcr, if the federal court to . dav. 'fhe Jacobs brother.- .were eom I milted to jail alter they were eonviet- j ed by a I'eileral jury of wit blwh'thL' I assets of mori' than .S.OOtl from then ; creditors. A petition, sinned bv Ibe t wo superior judges of t bis court v and about 100 other persons, was sent i to -ludirc Netcrcr reipiesliiig tliat tlu-v be released and assigning as one of j the reasons for the reiptest the " j penes lo which the count v ba been i put in keeping them in prison, J The pel il ion was denied on eoi.di i lion Mini the credilor- pay the eot of 'lioiirdiiig tlie pri-onei s, 'flic credit -oi's have indicated that thcv '.onld comply with tlte order. U. S. AND SWEDEN PKI'LIX. Feb. JO. (liy wireless 0 Sayvillet -The Tigriingeti id' Stock holm -ays the O'.erseas News a-o-ucv reports that on Friday last t wo steam -hips sailed from Gothenburg, one bound for New Vork ami the other for Haltimore. Navigation be tween the Cnitcd States and Sweden, the nycney says, has thus been re opened. Doth steamers followed the -ailing eour-e north of the Faroe islands. Members Mothers' Vitjllant League Swarm to Offices of Mayor Pm test Hitjlt Prices and Claim "fiiev Arc on Point of Starvntian Offi cers to Curl) Prices. NF.W VoliK, Feb. Jit. The cry ol houscwcs unable to hhm'I llu ad vancing cost uf food was Ilea rd in I the city's seat of government today, i when several hundred women from (lie tenement districts stormed the city hall screaming: "We waul bread!' They eau;e to place their plight before Mayor John P. M'tchel.1 Many curried babies. They swarmed up the steps and tried to push their way into the building. Policemen on nuaid shut the gales and from the basement, where there is a police sta tion, reserves rushed up and reMit'-ed order. 'fhe women were inl'oimed that Mavor Mih-hel had not vet ar rived. The lender was Mrs. Ida Harris, president of the Mothers Vigilant league. She nnd tlu;ee other women were allowed to cuter and await the mayoi 's coming. Women Are Starving. "We are .starving," Mrs. Harris told the mayor's bodyguard. "We de mand help from the mavor. We will not be responsible fur what happens if we don't get it." The lenders were lohl that the mayor would not be at bis office to day, but would 'arrange a meeting later. ''Sweet Marie" Guns, one of Al' Harris' companions, addressed Ihe women from the city hall steps and was nrresled, charged with disorderly conduct. When lite police took her from the city hall station lor a rraignmcnl in court, a group of women ntlcuiptcd lo rescue her. They charged Ihe po lice, i scratched their faces ami tore t he'r chit bin g. The 'police fought them off and a guard was (brown around the city hall. The women remaining near Ihe spot eontinued to slionl- "we are starving," until mounted police scattered lliem. Meanwhile a mob of women gather ed around a produce market on the F.asl Side hnd began lo overturn push earls. Three of them were ar rested. The city authorities today renewed their efforts to curb the rising cost of food which was responsible for riots yesterday in three tenement dis tricts'. Joseph Ha it igaii, com miss inner id' weights and measures, appealed to si ah' commissioners of an ri cull are and slnle depart men Is of food ami markets throughout the country fo co-operate in bringing food supplies to the New York market. Potatoes Scvii Cenls I'ound, The indi'jnat ion of hou-e wives overflowed when peddlers (pioled po tatoes from five to seven ecu I s a pound and onions from L'i to 18 cent-!, The police estimated lhat at least l.onO women look pari in one riot. Pn-h carls were overturned am) set afire and vegetables were dou-ed with kerosene oil. There were simi lar scenes elsewhere and the police were kepi busy dispersing the angry women. Dealers here said that within a year the wholesale price of potatoes had risen from .fXJ'i lo .0 for a sack of Ki.'j pounds and the price of onions -ince December 1. P'Ki, from .! to L'..)0 for Hit) pounds. WASHINGTON. Feb. 20, The sen ate convened twice within an hour today and the chaplain delivered two prayer, one ut lo;.';o a. m. and atiain ut. II a. in. At adjournment hist night the meeting for today wus net for Di;:u u. m. After the body was called to order for today and the chaplain had offered I he easlonui ry morning prayer, republicans called attention to a stundtng order adopted some time ago that the regular meet ing hour should be 1 I o'clock. The proceedings thMi were ruled out of order and members left the chamber, returning im;itn at II a. in. for the H'.coud fiturt. s mm Army Hero to Be Buried With Mili tary pomp at Presidio, San Fran ciscoKansas Asks That Botiy Lie in Capital Flatjs on Pu'ilic Build ing at Half Mast Mother Cannot Attend Funeral. SAN ANTONIO, Feb. JO.- Pbnis In send Ihe body uf General Funslou straight through to San Francisco, have not been chnngt.Kl, it was said at depnrlment heaihiua i lers at threo o'clock Ibis a I ternoon. Arrangement have just been made with ihe South ern Pacific, for a special train, leav ing here at H;."iO tonight. & SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Feb. 20. The body of Major General Frederick Funston, who died here suddenly last niyht, will he taken o San Frnmdseo tonight for burial. Short service will he held nt! Fori Sam HoiMon this afternoon and the body will then be taken to ihe South-, ern I'acil'ic station to nwail the Iriiin for the west. will be accompanied ' by I'ajlaiu Fitzhugh Lee, aide tn Gen' era I Funston, and a guard of six en listed men. Mrs. Funston is at her home in San Francisco and requested the body be sent there for burial. Kansas Wants I tody, TOPKKA, lCn. 1'eb. 'JO. A reso lution introduced in the slate senate today by Colonel Wilder S.Metcalt' of the National Guard and a? state" senator, asked lhat Major Funstou's body be sent to Kansas (o lie in state in ihe capilol building for one day. Copies of I he l e-olut ion were sent to Mrs. Funston at San Franidseo. Tho resnliiliou expresses the sym pathy of the Kansas legislature at his dcurli. SAN FI'ANCISCO, Feb. (). Mr. Frederick Funston expressed her wil lingness today to permit the bodv of Major General Frederick Funston to lie in slate in Ihe capit'd nt Topcka, Kas,( as requested by the Kansas legislal ure. Plans for Ihe funeral here have been held up temporarily awaiting word from the war depart ment on Kansas' request. Lin In Stale tn l-Ylscn. Major Genera! J. Franklin Hell, commanding the western department, said the funeral of General Funslou, planned to take place here Saturday, would be held probably ueKl Monday if the body lies in slate for a 'day ill Topcka. Mayor James Kolph, Jr., of San Francisco, requested General Del! to day to let Funstou's body lie in state in the great rot undo of San Fran eiseo's new city hall for a day. The mayor said that San Francisco par ticularly owes homage to the dead general for his services during the chatolie days of the lire and earth quake of 1 DOG, and lhat he hoped tho opporl unit y requested would be maided. KMI'OIilA. Kas., Feb. J0.--The mother of the late Major General Frederick Funston may he unable to attend the funeral of her son. She I Continued on Page Four) E SALKM, Ore., Feb. JO. The 1017 .cs.-i,,n of the Oregon legislature came to an end at J:!10 o'clock this morn ing, alter extending two days and ni-jht-, beyond the prescribed forty day limit, which expired Friday night. Pa-save ,y t1(, Mcnate nnd house of representatives of an amended bill providing for subtiiis-dou to the voters nt a special election June -L the question of bonding Ibe stale for f).oon,imo t uistruei highways, wus one of the last ai ts of the e.--,. sioii. Governor James Withyeombe is exi-ected lo sign the hill. t
