H ..1 T L WEATHER Max. yesk'i'tlay, '12; uiiii. today, 1G. Preclpitalion, none. FORECAST Tonight and tomorrow, fair. Heavy frost toniglif. iJSS? s " : H 4 wtk Medford Mail Tribune Cpftl I Kn?"arv,ar.' MEDFORD. rrUECOX, VlMI)AY. MAlii'll 1017 XO. 292 IfilKESTlIll FINAL PERIOD OF TWO AMERICANS QUBBQ) SENATE FAVORS 'I m'iiw w i iiiiiii i in i i i i ii ni t-iniii t sff e ks,T';". i n 11 in 1 1 iiiiiinii 4 PRF'QIIIFNT U-DUHI m wnp. rKum riwimb mmxm n I II LU i u L 11 II j i measure uinercnt r-rom i nat passed by House as, in Addition to Auth orizing the Arminn of Merchant men, It Gives President Authority to Use "Other Instrumentalities" as Requested in Defense of American Rights and Permits Insurance. WASHINGTON, March 2. The senate took up lute this afternoon the bill to authorized armed neutrality, including; the arming oi' merchant ships. The measure came before the sen ate after the, protest of Chairman Chamberlain of the military commit tee, who insisted that as an essential defense measure the annual army ap propriation bill should have prece dence. His motion to substitute it was overwhelmingly beaten. Different from Mouse. The bill as taken up differs essen tially from that passed by the house last nie,ht. la addition to authori. inf; the armimc of merchantmen, it would extend authority to use "other instrumentalities'' as requested by the president to defend American i-islitf.iii;il would not.proliibit exten sion of war risk insuraneo to muni tions enrryinpr ships. It was drafted by the senate foreign relations com mittee and has the president's unqual ified indorsement. Chairman Stone of the committee offered nn amendment to withhold protection from munitions ships and turned the leadership on behalf of the moosure over to Senator Hitchcock, the next ranking democratic commit tee member. As an effort to attach such a proviso in committee previ ously had failed. Senator Cummins proposed to amend Senator Stone's amendment so us to authorize the president uiso to convoy armed merchant ships "if necessary to protect them and the .men, women and children who mav be lawfully upon them from unlawful ut- Itaeks of submarines." Slono Opposes liill. Sena I or Stone disclaimed any per sonal responsibility for the commit tee's measure. ' ''Candor compels me to sny," he I'declared. ''I am not iu uccord with P this hill as it has been framed, and it ,W'S my purpose to offer what I eon- ?' tidcr an important amendment to it. 'ln that view of the situation. T do not I' jlink it Would be Ill-oner for me In 'ontimu' further iu the management u the floor of the pending measure. 'It is my purpose now, therefore, to -k the senator from Nebraska, Mr. Hitchcock, to take it in clinnre." He proposed his amendment and form ally turned the floor leadership over to Mr. Hitchcock. Senator Hitchcock's fir.-t move was In obtain unanimous consent to have the forciyn rclutions committee re lieved from further consideration of the house bill so that when the senate is ready to vote the senate measure can be substituted. Senate nnd ad ministration leaders believe the bouse will then accept the senate bill in con ference. XKW YORK, March 2 Charged with desecrating the American flag by burning it together with flags of other nations In the hack yard of the Church of the Social Revolution in this city on July 9 last, the Rev. Rouck White and ten of bis followers. ncludlng two women, were placed on lal here today. The alleged offense a misdemeanor. The penalty Is ne year In prison. White claims he burned the flags In "melting pot' 'to signify the Iin- ortance of "International induMrliii- in." German Admiralty Announces That Campaign of Ruthlessness Is Now in Full Swing, No More Warnings for Any Boats Cabinet Meets, But Awaits Action of Congress. 1SKIIL1N, March 2. The admiralty made the following announcement to day: "On March 1 expired the final pe riod of grace allotted for sailing ships in the Atlantic. From tills date no special warning will be given to any boats by submarines." Cabinet Makes Time. WASHINGTON', March 2. Presi dent Wilson and the cabinet at to day's session dlseusfced all aspects of the German situation, but afterward it was said no action was contem plated until congress has had oppor tunity to finally act on the armed neutrality bill. Several cabinet mem bers went to the capitol to take part in conferences on bills whose pas sage at this session is earnestly de sired by the administration. Xo Change In Situation. The official notice of the Berlin admiralty that consideration for ship ping ended on March 1 and that the campaign of ruthlessness now is ill full swing, has not changed the situ atlon any, although its bold declara tion that no special warning would be given to any bouts by submarines was regarded In sharp contrast with the delayed portions of Herman For eign Minister Ximmermann's speech to the reichstag, spoken before Ger many's plot to ally Japan and Mexico with her in a war on the United States was revealed. Members of congress who have been hoping to force an extra session in March, acknowledged today its im probability at least until .June. Democratic leaders now do not ex pect any extra session at all, unlesB of course, there should be extraor dinary international developments. SOLD IN NEW YORK NEW YORK, March 2. For their Friday fish dinners several thousand Xow York families today bought smelts from the Columbia river at six cents a pound. Atlantic coast smelts have been selling here at about 18 cents a pound. The mayor's food supply committee, which brought a carload or the fish from the Pacific coast, announced that if they proved oopular large tpiantities could be brought here at about the price they sold for today. The smelts were placed on sale at forty grocery stores iu different parts of the city. In window of each of these stores the committee placed a sign announcing that the store was co-operating in an effort to reduce the cost of food. In regard to the smelts the signs said: "Try them and write us at once what you think of them." liOl.'HKAlX, France. March 2. The American steamship Hnehester. which arrived in the (jironde river yesterday from New York after ruu tiinir the (icrmun submarine blockade, went auround while ascending the river iu a f"u last night. The vessel is ashore at a point eleven miles down the liver from Bordeaux. The liochcsler is lyin easily in the sand ami it i- expclcd will be floated without difficulty with the afternoon tide. Members of the junior class of the high school will give a skating parly at the Xatatorium tonight to which high school alumni are tnviled. British Bark Galgormcastle and Don aldson Liner Victims of Submarine Five Americans Aboard Two Ships, Three Saved and Others Missing Nothing Heard of Boat. QfKEN.tjTOWX, March '. Noth ing has been heard of the missing- boat from the British steamer Gaf gormcastlc, shelled and sunk on Tues day by a submarine. The full names and the addresses of tile two Aineri cans who left the steamer in this boat are: William Jackson, 1!) years old Beach street, New York; David Wal ker, 18 years old, Spring street, Stun nrdsville, Yu. WASHINGTON, March .'.'. Detail ed reports of the sinking- of the Brit ish bark Galgormcastle nnd the Don aldsou line freight steamer Tritonian, both with Americans aboard, two of whom are missing; were received by the state department today from Con sul Frost at tueenslown. The re ports follow : Two Are Missing. "The British bark Galgormcastle. (ueenstown, from Buenos Aires, cargo maize, attacked by submarine 4:110 p. m.. February 27, 74 miles west-southwest of Bull Rock. Four Americans aboard. Two are missing, believed lust .lucksoir, 1!) Beech street, New York, age 111, and David Walker, negro, Green county, Yii ginia, aged ill). Americans saved: Henrv Merrill. Beaver Falls, I'u., and Harry Rich ardson, ()'-' Hanover street, Boston, both while. All Americans able sea men. The second dispatch road: "The Donaldson freight liner Tri tonian, 28411 tons, Halifax to Liver pool, with general cargo and horses, torpedoed without warning 11:11.1 p. in., fifty miles west of Dingle, Feb rnarv 20. Two men missing from crew of sixty. "Sole American, John Murphy, lourth engineer, saved. "Weather heavy, westerly swell, dense darkness, light southeast breeze, no lights showing. Toi-pcdo Is Seen. ".Master saw torpedo approach ship, striking starboard bow. , Ship abandoned thirty inmates, but did not sink, limits stood by until admiralty patrol arrived 5 a. in. and towed her to 7:.'10 a. in., when she sank. Sub marine never sighted. Mate's boat not heard from, believed lost. Captain's boat rescued by ftcnmbout C'huriiig Cross. "Weather heavy, sea breaking strong southwest wind, misty rain be ginning nt dusk. Boats were in im minent danger. Submarine offered no aid. Ship carried neither gun nor wireless. No attempt to escape. 10 L VASUI.T.TON March 2. When President Wilson takes the oath of office next week he will do o on a small bible used for the same pur pose when he was sworn in an,Kov ernor of New Jersey and as chief ex ecutive of the nation in 1913. The president has not decided whether he will take the oath Sunday at the white house or at the cauUoI. The place depends upon the status of business in eongrcsH, PRESIDENT SIGNS PORTO RICO BILL WASIIIXCTHX, March 2.- Presi dent WiUon today J-iirned the Indian appropriation bill and the I'orto Kico bill, jrivinif residence of. the inland cit izenship ii nt 1 clifUiyiii its To mi ol :ovcrniuent. Milton Johnson left Friday for his home at Corvallis after spending a week In th Hty. 14 zJkm w WASHINGTON, March 2. I'ractieal elimination of Francisco Villa as a factor in the Mexican situation was reported to the stale department to day. An American consul was authority for the statement thai Villa is practically eliminated because of his physical condition. General Margin, t'arranxa commander, was quoted by another American official to the same effect. The belief is expressed that the Villa forces have been pretty well dissipated and that the iucstion of peaceful conditions in northern Mexico has largely resolved itself into one of policing. OF XKW YORK, March 2. News of the torpedoing of two more vessels the steamship Kamigtia, Dalian, and the- Sandol, a Norwegian bark, not listed in the maritime register was brought here today by the Dutch steamship Saniarinda, from Hotter dam, by way of Norfolk. Captain Visscd of the Ramarinda told of rescuing 125 men, women and children in the Hay of Iliscay on Kcb runry 3. They wure officers, crews and passengers of five ships which he said hnd been sunk by (ierman sub marines. The Sanmrlnda landed them at Vigo, pain. Cable dispatches have told of the , destruction of three of these vessels the British steamship Port Adelaide, the Norwegian bark Wasdale and the Norwegian steam ship RleeK 'Regarding the sinking of the Ka miglia and the Sundol, Captain VIs ser was unable to say whether they were warned. The survivors were In open boats when the Sainarinda came in sight Captain Vessel- said. Some bad been afloat for two days and were ex hausted from hunger and cold. WASHINGTON. Mmvh Sen ator Chiiinhcrhiin is inlnrmid by the reclamation service that iirnine menls are beinu made lo have lilili'j and payment !ir Klamath, Or., lands made nt Klamath I-all, and t'nr Cali fornia land- at nea I by 'n 1 1 torn i a points. The initial myment will be f'J.'J.I an arte deposited at the time of rilinjr, and the reqiie-t that nn in itial ! j k-i t be repaired is denied. CHICAGO STAATS ZEITUNG CONDEMNS GERMANY WASHINGTON. March 2.- Senator Sherman of Illinois, today rad to the r-enate a telegram from the Chicago Staats Zeitiing, of which Horare . Hrand Is editor, expresylag condenina tlon of the iunnermann instructions proposing an alliance with Germany, Mexico and Japan to make war on the I'nlted States, if the note as published yesterday was 'correctly copied and Is authentic," "Si WASHINGTON, March 2. -Passing ol' the first shock of vesterdav's aulhentieated disclosure that Ger many plotted to incite Mexico and Japan to war against the L'niled States round government agencies to day more closely united in spirit agVinM. threatened danger and await ing' with keen interest olliciiil state ments from Mexico and .Japan del'in- ing their altitudes. Officials confi dently looked for expressions of friendship from both and consequent collapse of the German intrigue. Nevertheless preparations were hurried along- for whatever may eon- front the nation. The hill authorizing Preident Wilson lo arm ships, and providing a bond iMie of $100,000, 000. pas-ed by the hou-e late last night, by a vote of KKl (o l.'J, after len hours of enlhuiaMie debate, was in Ihe senate's hand.- and action was ex pecti'd late today or tojii-ht. The senate, in response to its for mal iiiijiiiry, had President Wilson's official a. -urn nee that Ihe version of German Koreiun Mini-ter Ximmer manuV note to (he German mini-del at Me.viro Chy piopo-ing the plot as revealed ye-lenlay hy the Associated Pre--, w ;is a ut Ileal ic. A It it the naval bill is di-po-ed i;f late today, the senate plans to laie ii)i the arnii'fl neutrality bill, and its early pa-age is bt lieved certain. WASHINGTON, March 2. ports from all sections of Mie t'nited States show that the navy recruiting campaign is having greater results 'than at any time since the Spanish war. I n 'l ii i ecru king days up to February 2M (lie roster of the navy was Increased by 2,ost; men; in one week the gain xvhs men. The decrease in the number of men lost by dlscharne Is Iteiuu nioie than counterbalanced by new enlistments. The number of men in the service on February 2 --.!, n::7 - exceeds the prophecy of naval officers that on .March 1 they would; have .".7,'MMi men. George (. Uroadley of Slsson, Cal.. was In the city the fast of Hie week on business. Governor Whitman Prohibits Boxing Bout With Jack Dillon Says Aus tralian Ran Away to Keep From War and It Is Unseemly to Place a Deserter Upon Pedestal. ALHAXY, X. , March U. Gover nor Whitman (oday directed the slate athletic commission to prohibit the boxing bout scheduled for Madison Square Garden, Xew York, on Mon day night between l-cs D'Arey and lack Dillon on ihe ground that Les 1) Arey is a "slacker." The commissioners were informed of the governor's decision hy the ex ecutive iu his private office. Grant Hugh in-own, manager o the corpor ation under whose auspices the bout was to have been held, also was no tified to give him an opportunity to provide a subMilute for Les D'Arey. The governor outlined bis position m the following statement : Whitman's Statement. 1 have directed the boxing com mission to forbid I lie holding of the so-called 'boxing exhibition at Mad ison Square Garden on Monday night. I am eredndy informed that one lx's D'Arey has planned, or that bis man agers have planned, thai Ihe fight contemplated shall be what is com 'moidy known as a 'lifjit to Ihe Tin ih,' or 'knockout.' "Les D'Arey, so I am informed, is a runaway from his own country. In disguise and under an alias lie left his native land (Australia) because he was afraid to fight in the cause for which his fellow countrymen tire sacrificing- their lives. lie prefers to give a brutal exhibition at some personal risk, for a purse of tf.'IO.OOO. "I believe that Hie citizens of this tate will support Hie governor in hi insistence that Ibis thing shall not be permitted in New York.'' D'Arey I'npati-ioHc. At the conclusion of the conference with the governor, Chairman Fred A. Wcnek of the athletic commission said that D'Arey would not lie permitted to participate in any boxing contest iu (his state. "The governor believes,' Mr. Wenek said, "that as this country is on the verge of war, it would he both unpatriotic and unseemly to place a man upon a pedestal who has virtu ally deserted the military service of a nation that will he our ally iu the event of hostilities. This executive order is directed solely against Les D'Arey and not against the boxing game.'' PUN GENERAL STRIKE SALT LA K K CITY, .March 2. -Kvery union man iu the Culled States will be called out on strike as a pro test to what is culled Hie "railroad ing" of Thomas .1. .Mooney, jten fenced to be handed for complicity In t lie San Franc iMo preparedness parade tragedy July 22, If a resolution drawn up and sponsored by the Salt Luke labor council is put into effect. The resolution, which will be acted on by the labor council tonight, also urges an embargo on all California pro ducts. ' i MEET WITH REPULSE I'AlilS. Mi-, i . -Tin. (inn, .in riniU iH-iM.rrcil iiiiiilt;uieini-ly let niL'lit on llic I'n.nt ivcM of Soi-oii nnrl mcic l.loKcii n. In- the Ii lire ivitli li.--r ti. lli,. ( ; t'liii, ii . the nil r ot t'n c n nin.iinci',1 ,nl;iy. A (irr iiinn trench ni'iir 'iuii(tioi. in the Ar- IMt.lt.C. ll il- 'jth,-,l HIhI , i-,.H'l tiikcn. Second Plant to Supplement Mare Island Authorized With $1,500,000 for Site All Appropriations Made Available Extra Session Favored by Lodye Mann Amendment Killed WASHINGTON1, llitrch 2. The if.j;i,",0U0,UU0 naval appropriation bill h um pulsed by the senate today with out a roll call. It now goes to con ference. WASIU.VOTOV, Slareh 2 By a vote of 4U to 26 the senate today adopted a committee amendment to lliu naval bill authorizing establish ment of a second navy yard on San I'rauclsco Hay with an Initial appro priation of $!,ru0,000 to acquire a site. In resuming consideration of the naval bill under an agreement to vote on Its final disposal at four o'clock tbo senate worked under a rule limit ing cadi senator's discussion of any Item, to five minutes. The opposition to anothor navy yard on San Fran cisco liay to supplement the Maro Island yard was on the ground that it could not be used within at least flvo years. Money Available. The senate also adopted another committee amendment malting all ap propriations In the bill immediately avallablo Instead of waiting until July 1. in urging senators to accept the amendment. Senator Lodge said the present situation required. passage of tho naval bill nnd also uu extra ses sion of congress. . '. . "The country," ho said, "Is In a situation where It may be at war at very short notice. The navy Is our first line of defense. We want alt of these appropriations Immediately available. To tie up the money until next July would bo a great mistake. This money we need now. If we do need It, we shall need It very much Indeed, "I also think there ought to be an extra session of tho wholo congress. In the i.rcseut situation the wholo American government ought to bo hero, matters ought not to be left en tirely to the minority. CongresB ought to be hero In this condition or public affairs. If uecossary appropriation bills can be held up, but this naval bill ought to pass, for no one can toll when we will need every dollar, with the utmost quirk nous." Mann Anion, burnt. Killed. Without discussion Ihe senate to day approved the. action of the naval committee Iu eliminating from tho naval bill the provision reaffirming it to be "the policy of the United Stales to adjust and settle its luter nalli.mil disputes through mediation or arbitration, to the end that war may be honorably avoided." it was put In the bill in the house, by .Minority Leader Mann. I-Miance of . I ."iO.IM KI.0H0 in bonds to provide tin iriueney fund of l l.'i.niiii.imu iven the president to expedite ll.iviil -hip huilijlui? and for iiil'liliolliil Mihl.iiirines et.-in .f;!.., IHHI.I.IMI lidded to the n.-.Vill bill by tl.o -riuite cotnntiitee, was approved to day by t In- r-eiK.te ."II lo 'J I. AVOID A BREAK liKliXK, Switzerland, March 2. The recent reports that Ihe Austro I Innnarian "overtimed! ha determin ed to mahe eery cttort to maintain diplomatic relation-, with the l uited State- i ei.iTnboraled by information reaching here from Vicuna, The im predion prevails that AuMrin-Hun-. jury will make every aerit'ice re jrarded a- reasonable to avoid n rup ture, even if Mich action apparently Wuidd mean living in the fa',e of (er-manv.