Medford mail tribune., February 22, 1917, Page 1, Image 1

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CELTIC TOWED
BACK TO PORT
BY TROOPSHIP BY SUBMARINE ' .'; J , LIVINGCONTINUE
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No Lives Lost, But Ship Badly
Damaged, Report Passengers of
American Liner Philadelphia Which
Arrives at New York From Trip
Through War Zone.
'EV YORK, Fob. 22. Reports
' that tho big White Star line steam
ship Celtic hail hit a mine February
11 and was towed back into Liver
pool In a damaged condition were
brought here today by passengers on
the American line steamship Phila
delphia, also from that port.
The Phileadelphla, the passengers
said, sailed about thirty minutes lif
ter tho Celtic and the Iliitlsb steam
ship Canada, a troop ship. Wireless
calls from the Celtic asking for aid
are said to have been picked up by
tho radio operators on the American
liner, which, however, did nut re
spond as tho Canada was already re
ported to . have reached her. Tho
Canada, It was said, towed the Celtic
9 hack to Liverpool.
Kopoi-t Kept Secret.
An effort was made to keepsthe re
port secret in fear of alaraming the
Philadelphia's passengers, but it leak
ed out after the danger 7.one had been
passed. The Celtic, it was believed.
carried no passengers.
Officers of the Philadelphia doclin-
" oil to discuss the report today under
plea of neutrality restrictions forbid
ding tboin to talk. It was' said here
by officials of the White Star line
that no word had been received of
tho acldcnl. The Celtic is a vessel
of 20,904 tons and was last report
ed as having arrived In Liverpool on
an unnamed date alter leaving here
January 21.
The Philadelphia, which sailed Feb
ruary 14, was t Ixo first American liner
to leave Kurnpe after Germany's
declaration of unrestricted submarine
warfare. She wns not armed. Hhe
earned a large passenger list, of
whom many are Americans. Passen
gers were obliged to sign waivers re
leasing the company from responsibil
ity in event Hie ship was .sunk by a
mine or submarine.
She has n general cargo and two
,,toim of dispatches from Ihe American
embassy in London for the stale de
partment, among them being many im
portant documents forwarded from
American embassies and consulates in
nearly nil the countries of Kurope. A
c I mi lit it v are from Germany, dispatch
ed before the break in diplomatic re
lations. Not a submarine was sighted dur
ing the Philadelphia's passage
through the German zone, the of
ficers saiik From Liverpool to the
Irish coast, the vessel sailed with
lights shrouded at night beforo pass
t ing out lo, sen.
Among the passengers were fifteen
members of the crew of the American
ship lliiusntiinie, sunk by a submarine
f the Scilly Islnnds; 20 of the
crew of the llritisli steamship Jap
anese Prince, toiiicdoed and destroy
ed off the Hritish const; fifteen of
the crew of the former American
steamship F.ihvin ht Fisher, sold to
the French government, and three of
Ihe crew of the American tugboat.
(Continued on Page Two.)
HKKI.IN". Feb. 22. Continuance of
raiding operations along the Hussian
front is reported in today's army
headquarters announcement. In Mace
donia near Ihe Yardur the liriti-h
were defeated in n hand grenade en
gagement. Had weather prevails on
the liuninninn front.
A sharp attack by several Hritish
companies on the German lines in the
vicinity of Arnieiiticres is reported in
4...1i-Y nrmv headoiiartcrs statement.
The Hritish enclratcd the German
po-ition, liut were immediately driven
out leaving behind, it is declared, "JIM
killed and ;0 prisoners.
FIVE HVlEHlCAlS BIG LINER CELTIC TOWED TO PpRT BADLY DAMAGED AFTER STRIKING MINE OFF ENGLISH COAST. HQf AGAINST
ON SHIP.SUNK P - I 4 'i , I HIGH COST OF 1
Swedish Steamer Skoglaml Victim of A ' 1 J-"- iT T" nt4T i'i I I
U-Bont-Crew Given Ten Minutes &M$&VtJ i3Tf?l"f 2-' '
To Take to Boats-No One In- ftfS Jmmm
jured-Neutrals Surfer in Today". kV
ShippN Losses. ' fh& t;V VtT; -
WASHINGTON, Feb. '."J Sinking
by u German submarine of the Swed
ish steamer Skoglaml, which bail l ive
Americans aboard, after the crew
hud hecu given ten minutes to take to
their bouts, was reported by Consul
General Hurst at Ihircelnua. Siiain,
in n message today to the slate dc-J
paitment. No one was injured and
the crew landed safely at Tarragons,
Spain. j
Skodand. a vesS,. of .1,8:1,
tons net, sailed from Norfolk Junuurv
Jli for Itagiioli, Italy. Consul Gen
eral llursi in his dispatch said there
were ''(i in her crew, five of whom
claim American citizenship. He gives
their names as .laines limner, ltrook
lyn, New York: Leo Cnrtw right,
Portsmouth, X. It.: Jack Hurkc.
Ilrooklyn, New York; Jay Lewis,
I'nionlnwn, Pa., and Joseph Brown,
Klizabetli, N. J.
Stopped by I'-lloat.
The Skoglaml was slopped in the
Mediterranean by u submarine si
miles tfouth of Tarragona, Spain, al
(1 a. m. February iS. Consul General
Hurst reported, and the crew were
given ten minutes to take to their
boats. As the crew left the ship,
sailors from the submarine went
aboard and placed a bomb which was
exploded anil destroyed the ship. The
crew landed at Tarrangoiiu alter 17
hours in their boats.
Other Stenniet-s Sunk.
I'AlilS, Feb. '-"2. Official an
nouncement was made today of the
sinking February 21 of the Dutch
.steamship Ambon. Il.oflrt Ions gross
and of a Hritish trawler.
The sinking of the Norwi-ginn
steamship Alice, 7IHI tons, and of a
Kilssian steamer of 2,1(11 tons also
was announced..
The liiissian steamship was the
Sigrid.
LONDON, Feb. 22. The Hritish
steamer Perseus has been sunk.
Lloyd's Shipping agency announced
today. Four men of the crew arc
missing.
Lloyd's announces that the Hritish
sleamer t'al'so has been sunk.
PAJARO VALLEY
WATSONVILf-E, Tab. Feb. 2 2.
Half of Walsonvlllo whs inundated
today when the Pajaro river leaped
its banks, nusinosa and traffic was
suspended. The uptown business sec
tion was threatened by the fast ris
ing waters.
Southern Pacific railroad tracks
were covei-en" for a distance of about
000 feet.
Four inches of rain in four days in
this section taxed the capacity of the
river which rises in (he coast moun
tain range and empties into .Monte
rey Uay.
The portion of the city flooded Is
slightly above sea level.
Scores of women and children were
rescued from their homos in boats
in the flood area while others were
marooned on upper floors of" their
houses. Karly this afternoon the
flood waters reached the plaza near
the center of the business district
and business men barricaded their
store fronts.
Watsonvillo 'June lion, one mile
sou t beast on the main line of the
Southern Pacific, was thrpatrned with
the flood waters which have inundat
ed a section a mile long by a half
mile wide In thrt city. 1! an, potato,
and suirar beet lands slretchiiig five
in lies distant were fiood cohered.
J&:iKv:-te- i '
j Tlic (' llif of till' W hile Mhll' Mill'. Ii;ls u Kins:, lilnil.rir iM l. 1)111 Inns. Is (il)T ll'rl 1 ; M tc. 7." 1,'rl III III' lilillll mill IS fi".'! ill lli'illl.
WOMAN SHOUTS AMERICANS HELD LEAK COMMITTEE GERMAN U-BOATS"
AGAINST ENGLAND ! ON YARROWOALE I REPORT EXONERATES RETURN TO PORT
DURING SPEECH;
nm.ADKU'lllA, I'Vh. 'J'J. -- Thp
Wnsliintnri hirtluliiy OM'rci:-.-.- nt' the
I'm vr-;ity of I Vimylviini,i nt the
ne;nlemy of iiiumc wore litiii'lcl tn
d;iy by m smmtl.v frowned; elderly
woman, who honied hum n lx "how
about KniJand 1" when President da
cob (!. Sehiieinuui of t-'oniell in llw
eoiir--e id' tin addre- aid that der
ma ny bad viidnled Ihe law of nation-;.
Dr. Sehiierman pau-ed in the mid
dle of a M-ntenee. lie j,ave her a
jrlanee, made no reply and proceeded
with his addie-. There wns M-iit-tered
handelappinu.
I'slids (jiiiotly ha-tened to the lmx
and the woman innnediatelv left with
another woman. In the lobbv of (lie
academy lie denounced Krrjland and
said it wa4- a ci.ime for people to si!
Mlent and listen "to -neb : t hit t
man was pcaliinir,"
The naiver-ity for 1 00 years has
annually observed the annivei-arv of
Washington's birthday. I're-idenl
Sehucnnaii, the orattn- of the day
spoke on "W'ashinirton, Then anil
Now." The keynote of hU addles
was ihiit after a reniuiy and a (iiar
ter, Wa-hin.ul"li till remain-, the pole
tar of American foreign p-di( v and
that tile example id' Washington i- in--pirin
to American-, today.
AMERICAN ENGINEER
WOUNDED IN CUBA
HAVANA. Feb. L'J. - A dispafeb'
from 'umaiiiiiiey Santa Clara pro-'
vince, report- thai an American miu
inir eniiiiieer. W. il. Leorpahcl, of ,n
Carlola mine, was danye:tiily j
wounded by rebels when he refused loj
deliver dvnaiiiite to them. The rebel I
fled. .
POLICEMEN
3
trtor" tig . f 'A-V" s
JvtJxkrr7s
I 1 4
'W Vol k harlMir police include expert mai kmii who man machine
patrolling the harUr and (lie. rtei immid the oily. Two of the polite
I lattery, the basicM spot, in (he untai .surrounding (lie tilj.
AGAIN RELEASED
AAISTKUDAM, Keti. 22. A dis
patch received here j'voni iJerlin wayn
that the Americaa sailors who warv
taken to (.iurmu-ny on tho nleamer
Yai'rowdale have been released.
The American!; wore- released, the
dispatch says, after Ihe (o'l inan ov-1
rrnment had Iteen int'ormed officially i
t hat (liTinaii ships in A m erica had j
not hf-on confiscated and that their )
crews had not. been interned. j
lire ;ik With Austria.
ltKRXIC, Feb. 22. Austria's reply
to the Inited Slates defining tier po
sition in tho submarine war is known
in lierlin. according to the Frank
furter ZeitmiK which predicts that a
breach of relations between Wash
hiKtcn and Vienna is fiievhntde. The
paper's correspondent says:
"Tho memo i nadu in which Presi
dent Wilson lias sent to (ho Vienna
government leaves no doitht thai tho
breach of rotations between tho rail
ed States inid (lermany will soon be
followed hy a broach with Aastrla
ItniiSii ry."
BEND SEEKS CHARTER
FOR LODGE OF ELKS
l:r.N, Ore.. I-Vb. L'J.- Sleps pro- j
paratory lo formal apple, ition i"i- aj
charter tor an Klk- lod-e in Fend will ;
be taken tin- evniiri-. Praelii-allv all 1
material to M- pn -ented a-l.inv for a I
charier hii- lie.-n a-.-cmbled. Manyi
iis-iirnncos- bae been ien to local i
pelitit.uei Iiy im-iiihcrs of the lodje in
biiLe center- that fhey will iive ihi-ir!
a-sistaur-e n securinu for Head a!
barter n ,nn as it is possible, '
USE MACHINE GUNS ATOP PATROL BOATS.
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PUBLIC OFFICIALS!
WAKIIlNdTuX. Feb. L!.-The
lunise rule-, emumiltee today deiddr-d
to report tliat its investigation id' an
alleged "leak" on President Wilson V
peace note, li'ad shown tltat no public
otl'ii'ials were responsible for any
advance information on it becomim.'
public. No other pha-e of the report
was voted on. Tile lull report will not
lie prepared before Saturday.
The house began lining up today
for tin; tiJit over President Wilson's
request lor a iDlf.lliMI appropriation
foi the federal trade commission's in-
obligation into the high eo-l of living.
7 Chairman Fitzgerald of the appro
priation commit lee announced he
would tight the expenditure on the
ground (bat nothing would be accom
plished. Five republicans and five
democrat- joined in a Idler to all
other members urging them to support
(be appropriation.
The senate judiciary committee lo
tlay faihd i0 a'jroe to the bill pio
posed bv the department of justice to
ant Iiori.e the pro-id cut to authorize
the united force-, of (he foiled Stales
to enforce its neutrality obligation
ami it ua- deelared bv several sen
ators that it probably would no be
repoi ted.
GERARD AND PARTY
ARRIVE AT MADRID
MADIill). Feb. '.- .lames W. der
aid, former ,ineiican amba ad or al
P-crlin and hi- party arrived here tbi
tnoiniiig on their way to the Failed
Slate-. 'Ihe Ainci jeans were met nl
the station by representatives of the
foreign ot l ire ami bv Jo-cpb I-!, Wil
lard, liu: American ambassador and
hi- staff.
I
fr z&
gnus on tin cabin loofs of the boats
arc shown here on guard al the
RETURN TO PORT
SUN. 24 SHIPS
liKKMN. Keb. :TJ. Two derman
ubiuai inc- which returned to their
j base on February -II, sank during Ihe
period ot their operations, 2-1 sleam
thrm' '-s,niliug, vessels an"d nine
I i n wlcrs, -a s an ( ) cr-ea- News
agency nnnoimcc.nenl today.
"The es-rl.s sniik,' adds the an
nouncement, "were ninoiig olhrs, a
ship of fl.llMI tons gross, laden witli
coal; one of It.iuill tons gro-, laden
with iron; one of IJ.lini tons gross,
laden with pro isioiis, mo-lly baiter
l ami oleomargarine; one of 'J.'JlMI ton1-.
! with wheat and bay; one steamer of
! L'.TiHl tons gins.-, carrying war ma
i teriais lor Italy; anoiber of Kill ou
j with tin; another of SOD ton-, gross,
I wilh a general cargo; auo.'hcr i, ;i)t)
ton- gro-s wilh horseshoe-,
i "Among the sleameis de-t roved
j was al-o niie tank steamer of 7.IHH)
jt' ii- gro-s, ( ne cannon was cap
! lured."
WASlllNdTdN. Feb. 'J P. A. S.
I'raiikliii, president of the liiterna
I i'. n ;t! Mi l caul ile M a i inc. o tier of
the A'lM'neati line, conferred here lo
! day with Secretiii v ItanicU nnd As
' -Uhuu Sccretaiy H..o-iclt of the
uavv. None oj' liie three oflicial
i would eoiiimciit on the purpo-c of the
coiji'ereliee.
1 Mr. Franklin receullv informed the
navy ilc)iarlmenl Ibat be bad exhaust
! ed all available means in an allemiil
to secure dclen-ive armament for the '
'-e-se!s o hi- eompan .
f' It i- iiiider-looil hi- i-il was on
(tho i)iie-tioii of the navy furni-hin-I
a mi- for merchant ship-.
' The gnvermnent, it i- uiidcr-tood,
ha- Hot e( decide. the nue-tiou.
iHUMD 10
; rilH'Adn. Feb. -Jl .1, Wdlard.
I t be hea w eight champion, t h rough
j In- manager-, -tgin-d an eighl moiilh"
' agrctnenl d.iy to appear with a etr
; en- during tin1 coining -ea-n. Tlic
l con! Cirf I -t ipnlale-, lh rvi-r. I fiat
Villard may pnt the ciren- (n throe
' werk- notice any nine a malcii i- ;ir
raiigi'd lor him. The -ca-on will open
l Apnl II ami cb-e November 1.
j WASIMNtiTdN. Feb. The Pan
jama canal did it- biggc-t month's
! bti-ine-- in Januarv, accmdiitg to ig
; tin- .n aibdile lor;ly. i Tb e--ei- u il h
': a tonnage of .V'7.?v!t having pn-ed
ihioug'i the waleiwav. The pli-vimt-
u-c..id ua- in JuU, !l.'i, when 17ti
-liiii- of iir.itrtl tonnage pas-(.
(hi oiigh.
Housewives of New York aivl Philn
(ielphia Indtilye in Disorderly
Scenes Carts Overturned an'.l
Sinasltcd Authorities Deny Stories
of Starvation and Stifferintj.
NKW YtMtK, - Feb. 22. --Uoufie-wives
continued their dymonstrutioim
iiatnst the high cost of living hoi
t mlav. Police rosei'Ves suppruHsod.
outbreaks In various parts of tho
city. Itoens of pushcarts were ov
erturned, the contents destroyed and
ihe owners attacked. .Two women
were arrested charged with ys.imt
and later released. Hundreds of
women, some with bullies in arms,
acted as pickets, before provl-do'i
stores tn an effort lo establish a boy
col I. Mosl of t he disordc occur
red when a would-ho purchaser, de
fied tho pickets.
A police court magtslniie in sus
pending sentence on ono offendu
gave warning that hereafter ho would
send disturbers to jail.
"I have had n number of ym wom
en before mo," he said "and not oiu
of you has Impressed me as though
you were starving."
Deny Suffering.
Heads of city depart monls assort
ed, today I hat n superficial e.vnminit
Hon of muvil.'inal HtntfrtbM laiiod-to
how results tljut miKhl tH),aU,rihuicd
to buk of siffl'lcteii nourl'dimeut
cause by (bo hgh price of '"ood. In
obedience to InM ruct bins from Mavor
Alltcliel they began, however, an in
vestigation to learn If thuv was rpy
basls for couiplainls voice i at tho
mass meetings jn the poo-ol di;-tricts
this week and by committees that
have called on the mayor.
At the offices of the board of health
it was Kit ill that the death rate con
tinued to lie lower this year than last
and that statistics of Illness apparent
ly did not siiow that lack of nourish
ment had been an Increasing causo
of disease.
Public charities officials said thai
applications for admission to the poor
house had increased recently. On tho
other hand the municipal lodging
house has of late been sheltering on
ly iihoiit half Its capacity.
Kiols in Philadelphia.
Pllll-ADKLPHIA. Feh. 22. Disor
derly scones occurred today in tiie
southeasterly part of tho city popu
lated largely by people of foreign
birth when bands of women made
demonstrations against dealers that
have raised food prices. In a nieloo
between a crowd of women and oth
ers attracted (o one or Ihe streets
where slores were being attacked, a
woman was knocked down and tram
pled and was taken to a hosplial
with a broken leg. The police later
dispersed ihe crowd.
LONDON, Feh. 2 2. The arrest
today of a number of loaders of th
Irish volunteers and other persons
who figui'Ml In (lie Irish uprising
of last your is reported in a Contra!
News dispatch from DiHdln. Amom$
those arrested, the dispatch says, nro
Councillor S. T. Kelly. J. .1. o'Kelly,
editor 'f the Catholic Pullelin; lar
rcil I'fc.gi.j. a well known writer, ami
Captain I, tain .Mellowes,
IOWA SENATE PASSES
NEW BONE DRY LAW
(HIS MdlM'S, b... Feb. '.- -The
Iowa -cinite toda ta--ed the 'Miono
dry" biit making the place of dVliveiy
of intoiea! ing lienor the place of
-ale. The bill, i ).' pj,--ed by the
lioif-e, would permit pro-ecu; mil of
railroad- or other common carriers
bringing Inpior into the slate.
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