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Newspaper Page Text5- MEDFORD MATC TRTBWE. MTSDPORD. OREOOY, TTlUKNTUY. AlAWli in, 1017. PAGE THREE. PREDICTU-BOATS JU APPEAR SOON OFFEASTCOAST Sudden Cessation of Sinking of Mer chantmen Past Fortnight Lead Na val Men to Believe That Germany Is Planning Quick and Sensational Blow at America As Prelude to War The HY BASIL jr. MAMA". WASHINGTON, March 1.".. U-boats lire coming! Within six days, nt least in the option f naval authorities in Wash ington, German sulnnarines will ap pear oil' the Atlantic eoast anil in the Gulf of Mexico, ready to pounce upon the shipping that attempts to leave American ports, This is. the explanation given for the siulilen cessation of tho sinking of merchant vessels during the last two weeks. It is pointed out that the last reported activities of the sub marines occurred on February the day on which President Wilson made his armed neutrality declaration. Ac cording to this view, as soon as the president announced his intention of using armed force, tho submarine.-' were noiuieu uy wireless to procceu to their stations in Americnn wnto which had been assigned before they were sent to sen. Sudden Mow Likely. Germany always in the past made it a rule to strike the quickest, and most sensational blow possible as soon ns wnr with nny power became inevitable. This was her course in Belgium and in ljumaiiin and there is every reason lo believe that she will repent it in the case of the United States. The submarine is the most effectiv Wiupon which she can employ ag'iiusl ....'..1. 1 r. l' u.- ui. ine iiegiiuiiiig ot nosirjllC! .Moreover, her U-boats operating in American waters will be able t i do in imiieiy more ilunuign to the commcr"" upon which Knglund depends than if they restrict their activities to the blockade zone. There they have lo contend with thousands of iri(i.-di pu ti'ol boats, while in Americnn water-; lucre are less Hum fifty United Slates destroyers, supplemented by the small number of Hrilish cruisers, which came to light during I lie U-ftXs ex ploits. Out Hoiiihard Towns, And in the event of a declaration of war either by the United Stales or .Germany, the damage that the U bnats can do will not be limited lo the destruction of vessels. Geimnny throughout the war has shown hei utter contempt for the rules of inter national war which forbids the shell ing of unfortified towns. Armed with six-inch guns, the sub marines will be able lo lie safely u.1 sea and pour explosive shells into the scores of unfortified towns and vil lages along the Atlantic eoast and in the Gulf of Mexico. The only oilier explanation offer ed for the sudden cessation of U hoal activities is a dispatch from Her lin that they have all returned to Helgoland for fuel and new supplies lint it is pointed out that this evi dcntly inspired statement is absurd and obviously a blind. Germany would never nltempt to bring her en tire fleet of submarines through the 'British mine fields and past the Brit ish Jiorth sea patrol at one time. They sneak in one bv one, traveling .submerged for the greater part of the distance and taking every precaution to avoid detect ion. . According to calculations the first oi ine u-Donis snoiim reach .uiencnu waters within 12 days after they leave l blockaile zone. The Dcutschland took 15 days for the trip, but she started from Hamburg nnd had to run a large pnrt of the distance around the British Isles submerged and at low speed. If they got their orders on the l!llth, this 'should bring them off the Atlantic const about the luth of March. It is generally believed that bases nt which they can replenish their sup plies have been established in the West Indies, Mexico and at desolate points along the Atlantic const. The signal for them to begin action will be the declaration by Germany of n blockade zone in American wut i ers imilar to that established around the British isles. This declaration, it is believed, will come as soon as the president issues orders '' to provide puns and gunners for American vessels. GOVERNMENT TROOPS ENTER SANTIAGO HARVARD STUDENTS 111 TRAINING tfo 1 ' v 4 WfM;v h I ? alk'Jfti' " If mAiuM ; 1 !i I1 SUM R mi . i I 1 i-nJ.k J Hananl tinlviM'sity sliidents are here shown in military ti-ainitif?, usiiiR riflrs for tho fht time. The men nro drilHiiK nt Masiuhusctts hall, which was uscI In icvoIiitimnry days ,s a ImrracKs by tho Continental troops. NAVAL PROGRAM ! HOLLWIG PREDICTS WASHINGTON, llurcli IS. Tho naval program has so overtaxed the private shipbuilding industry' that a considerable part oC tho work prob ably will have to bo ilono in govern ment yards. Secretary Daniels today resumed his conferences with shipbuilders ex pecting to award contracts before ihe end ot the week for four of tho five battlo cruisers. The fifth ship, he in dicated, will be assigned to a navv yard and it is probablo that ono or two of the now 42, 000-ton dread- naughts will be built by tho govern ment itself. AFTER THE WAR LONDON", iM;m-h l l. - A pnlilinU ivora nidation iC llu Ocnnaii cinjiii'i' a ft or tlto war inv(ilvini u frroato share by the people in the eonduet of imperial affairs, was predietcd l." (Mianopllor Von liotlunaiin-l lollwej; in :i speerh beffre the I'rnssian diet aceurdinjr to a Jierlin dispatdi WiMitei's by way f Auiterdam, Tli chiHKTlldr opened his address by pro trshnir auamst entieisiu levelled at Ihe roirhstajr liv the ii)per house of Ihe did. A ttmil t itiu" that every par I liament in Oerniany is entitled to dis- uss imperial policies, lie reiterated USSIA MAKES ALL HER 01 WAR SUPPLIES Industrial Revolution Takes Place Since Conflict Began Prohibition Effective and Beneficial Germans Could Have Taken Moscow if They Had Continued Drive In 1915. . will be permitted, but 1 do not be lieve it." "Do you Uihili,' I asked, "that tho thilled States ought to break Into tho war?" "1 think your country," ho replied, "could help soiuo by helping to pa trol and convoy the ships carryiiiK provisions to Kiu;lautl. That is about all you pcoplo need to do, but that woulil help a lot." HEAVY r:AINS MAKE BRITISH ADVANCE HARD I.OMION, Mar. 15. Newspaper correspondents at British he.ide,iiar ters in France, describe tho opera tions of Wednesday as havlr.K been ce.rrieu out with a heavy rain uoullng lu the faces of tho lirltlsh troops who sometimes were unable to see more than a few yards, though dur ing occasional brjof lulls In the storm tho men plotiKhod dogKcilly forward through th'i clinging mud and their advance was hardly affected. Tho Ciormnus are now hoMing a lino of ubout tho tsiim strength as that they had deserted, and there, ac cording lo tho coTespoiiibiUts, are taking buath whllo tho Hrlt'.sa jmsli up uiul register their guns on tho cow targets. Tho Urltisli outposts are now beforo tlio tinmcdlato defenses of 13apaumo and at soino points nro only a few hundred yards from them The correspondents describe at longth the positions abandoned bj tho Germans and atato emphatically that the evacuation was not volum tary, but that the Germans were pounded out of them by the Brltisn guns. From the Loupart ridge, which was held by the Prussian foot guurds. it is said that the dofendors ran away leaving intact the dugouts which the liritish nrtlllory had spared. Explo sive charges and detonutors which had boon prepared for wrecking thi positions were found by the BritlBh. The lirltlsh round vtllugos takon much less damaged than they had ex pected, (ircvlllors, to a great extent was not damaged. Many houses In Mirauniont were only Blightly In jured. DY G1LSON GAHUNKH. WASHINGTON', Jlarch 1." -An Battlo cruisers, under j prcviou-- .i-siirances Ibat the present plans will bo built at a tor. per cent profit to tho builders wit it tho government paying costs. indications arc that at least two aditional navy yards must be fitted for capital shipbuilding. The Phil adelphia yard, already has been de signated ns a "big ship'' yard and a battle cruiser and a dreiulnauglit may bo laid down there. Tho Xorfoik yard also has been considered but no final decision lias been made. Plants represented at today's con ference were the Fore Itiver, New port News, New York Shipbuilding and Cramps. It Is probablo that each company will bo asked to build one battle cruiser. Two or throe prob ably will ke asked to build scout crui sers and the Union Iron Works at San Francisco and the Seattle Con struction company also may get scout contracts. BRITISH CLAIM CAMPAIGN OF SUBMARINES FAILURE IIAVAXA, March 15. Government troops under Colonel Knncuily, ac cording to a jc-snire received here thin inornimr. are dienibarl.inir nt Santiago to take p-Tw-Mon of the city, . LONDON, .Mar. K,, -The Associat ed Press has been placed in posses sion of a review of the first six weeks of the German unrestricted submar ine campaign. The figures given aro from tho board of trade reports and tiie conclusions arc those of a highly competent authority. "The German submarine campaign reported to have assumed enhanced vigor on February 1 was singularly disappointing to the Germans them selves," says the review. "At the beginning of January 191", Great nrluiln possessed approximately 3.S71 vessels of 1000 tons and over. -Many others of lessei tonnage are not taken into consideration, owing to the importance of restricting the question of overseas traffic anil cargo judging the results carefully and looking to possible future develop ments. "From February 1, until March (14?) the losses of British ships of over liiOO tons were approximately seventy-eight, which number deduct ed from the total haves the British mercantile marine with .If; 3 3 ships of over jr.Otj tons after six weeks of German submarine warfare." It should be remembered that a very lame proportion of tounaco is on the stocks building for the British va r must lend lo u political rcorirnniza tion and Ihe government would, after the cloc of hoslililies propose a re form of Ihe PriiKsien I'rnnchir-e. "After Ihe war,' said the chancellor, "we hall be confronted with the inol: i.it'illilic. lasks Hint ever con fronted ii nation. They will be so yi i;:mtic thai the entire people will have to work to solve them. A slronir for eign policy will be necessary for we shall be surrounded by enemies whom we -duill not iiicl with loud words but witli the internal strength of the na tion. W'c can only purMie such a pol icy if Ihe patriotism which durillLT the war has developed to such a mar velous reality is niiiiiilnined and slivilulhened." The chancellor wenl on to declare that the iniiiuleiiiiiice of patriotism could only be achieved by jrrantinir the pcoplo in general equal cooper ation ill the iiilmiliist rat ion of the empire. "Woe to (be stalc.-iiKip," he said. "w ho docs no! rec(,-;!ii;'.e I In- .-.iiis of the limes and who. after this catas trophe, Ihe like of which the world has never seen, believes that he can lake up I, is work at the same point it which he was inlcrruptcd.' SECOND VICTIM OF FREIGHT WRECK PASSES AWAY Dennis McGalUgat, aire u3 years, died at Sacred Heart hospital Wed nesday afternoon the second victim of tho wreck nt Vorhels Crossing last Monday morning. Death was due to a fracture of the skull, lie also suf fered from a broken collar bone. 11c Galllgnt was among the first of tho injured rescued, and never regained consciousness, except for a few mo ments Wednesday afternoon, when he gave Dr. E. B. pickel information regarding his past and former resi dence. Ho was delirious most of the time. All the other victims of the wreck have been discharged from the hospital. KAISER REPORTED TO HAVE STOPPED EXILE OF BELGIANS '.ONDON, Mar. .13. Tho German emperor has ordered compulsory de portations from Belgium discontin- ii d for tho present, according to a Berlin dispatch to Kcuter's by way of Amsterdam. In addition tho emperor mercantile marine and a further per- has directed the governor-general of centage of the total Is being 'turned j Belgium, as the result of a thorough out monthly. In the total above men- Investigation to repatriate inimedl tioned, no account Is taken of ships ately all Belgians wrongly sent to completed or bought In neutral conn- Germany as unemployed. This action tries. Old papers for fain at thl.) office at Sic per loo. was tak:n following a petition re ceived by the emperor from a number of prominent Belgians representing all patties. industrial revolution has taken place in Russia as a result of tho war. Ono sentence tells tho story. Here it is: By July first Russia will be manufacturing all her own war supplies. 1 havo just had a long talk with Andrew Kalpaseliiilkoff-caimic of the Siberian Red Cross (military) Fly ing Squadron whom three severe wounds furloiighed and sent to Am erica. Incidentally, ho is ono of three officers surviving the command of four thousand men who went to tho front when war broke out. There' are two hundred of tho men surviving. Making New Army. We are making a now army," said tho colonel, "and what Is more important, wo are making everything the new army needs. In tho begin ning we were in a bad way. Wo had to depend on foreign nations, prin cipally Japan and the United States, for practically everything. Now all that is changed. By July we will be through buying manufactured war necessities from other countries." Tho colonel ilustruted Russia's uiipreparcdncsB 'ns follows: "When tho war began we were making three small field guns a week. Germany was at that time turning out a battery a day." "is it true tho army ran short of ammunition " I asked. "Short? For six days whllo we were 'atempling to retreat we had exactly two shells por day apiece for each of our field guns." "How about the niou in tho lines?" Shortage of l unit ions. "There were two rifles for every three men and after a while thorn were no cartridges for tho rifles. H was haril to cover a retreat with forces liko that. That was when we lost eight hundred out of a thous and." 'Who was responsible for tho fail ure " Tho colonel smiled. "Mistakes will happen even In the best of regu hited nations." According to my informant Ger many overlooked a big but at that time. "it may bo told now" said tho col onel. "Of course it was a terrible dark secret for a long while, but I know of no reason why it may not now bo revealed, that if the Germans had pressed on alter our retreat, they could have gone ns far Into Russia as they wished. Wo expected they would, and even planned to give up .Moscow, not without making some resistance, of course, but we did not have tho ammunition and there was nothing to do but to retreat. But nations, like individuals, aro lucky .sometimes. Not According 1i Formula. "The Germans in their military ac tivities are a ipieer lot. They have very little Individual Initiative. They play tho game according to formula and when something new happens they are not there. Hero was a case where there was something very new an opposing army without any guns or ammunition. That wus too much of a surprise for tho Germans, so instead of coming on and helping themselves they dug trenches anil prepared to winter." A large measure of Russia's in dustrial revival is attributed to tho abolition of vodka and other liquors. The men are sober now and aro avail able for work In the factories. "Is the abolition really effective?" I asked. Prohibition Kffi-ctlve. "Absolutely," he replied. "I had occas'ion to return to tho town wiierc 1 t lived a year after tho decree against , drinking went into effect. I bad ! Known tho town well, I had lived ; there during my boyhood and knew: tho very great amount of drunken ness which prevailed. On my ret.irn visit I did not M.-e a singlo person under the Influence of liquor. There is no drunkenness, (here Is liquor con sumed. Statements to the contrary are not true. And wliat is more, the people like the new order. The wives like it bemuse they hive more money for their homos, and tho men, now that they are used to It, like it too. It was hard at first, there was a struggle until they became aceus tomeil to doing without the stimulant. Now tiny will never go hack to It. There is talk that after the war wines "Every Picture Telia a Story " Has "Venter Left You Miserable? UK you dull, tired, achy all over, liolliprod with a had back? Do you reel all out of sorts ' Do you lack the energy you notid tor the nay s work ' Don't worry so liiiich alniul, it! This is a, common condition , in March. So inaii'v of ns neglect: our exercise in winter enttocthcav- ilv, indul.ie our desires too much, and get slow, lazy and hall -ell lcicnt. llicn with the organs working badly, comes a chill, a cold or a fi'rip attack and it weakens (he kidneys, to getstarted right again help the kidneys. Use Doan's Kidnev Pills, the remedy that lias done so much for Medl'ord people. Be Guided by These M edford Cases S. t'UXTIIAIj AVK. II. S. Ilidnii, shoe repairer, 21 S. Central Ave., says: "1 Buffered from what the doctor said was rheumatism, caused by an excess of uric add In my blood. It showed itseir by Be voro pains In my back. -My kid neys were out of order, too, and these troubles caused mo to run down lu health. I couldn't stoop without getting dizzy, lioan's Kidney i'ills did just what Ibey were guaranteed to do and soon 1 saw a great change In my condition. The pain began to leave mo and my kidneys became more regular In action. Ily the time I had finished threo boxes, 1 was without nny of the signs of tho trouble." X. CiKAl'K STIIIOKT. Mrs. Win. Charley, S0 N. Grupo St., Bays: "The kidney action was too frequent and tho kidney secretions were unnat ural. Ilesldes tblH, I had much pain In my back and sometimes 1 could hardly bend or straight en up. At night the pain bothered mo, too, and oft on I couldn't sleep. 1 tried plasters and liniments for my buck and medicines for my kidneys, but nouo of them helped inn any. it was while 1 was feeling ill and discouraged that I heard of Doan's Kidney I'llls nnd began taking them, lu less than two weeks 1 f dt belter. 1 look in all four boxes and got well." X. J-'HONT HTHKKT. Mrs. W. P. l.ongwill, D36 N. Front St., says: "I had occa sion to uno Ooan's Kldnoy Pills for kidney weakness and dull, rheumatic pains In my back that woro moat distressing. Doan's soon rid mo of tho trou ble and restored me to good health." (Statement B'vea March 17, 1313.) On March Ifi, 1916, Mrs. I.ongwill suit): "I am Btlll a firm iHdlever in Doan's Kidney I'ills and confirm every word ot my former endorsement. I aim to keep a box in the house all tho 11 in o and whenever I or others or tho family need a kid ney medicine, a few doses re lieves the trouble." sot tm ouack sthkkt. Mrs. .1. II. Gustln, H2I S. Grape St., says: "1 havo been taking Doan's Kidney i'ills whenever I bad felt the need of a kidney medicine tor several years and I havo always re ceived the most satisfactory re sults. My kidneys seem to lie my weakest spot and every lit tle cold or strain affects them and my back becomes weak or lame. After I havo taken a couple of boxes of Dean's Kid ney I'ills, my kidneys become normal and lu every way, I feel as well nnd Btroug hb ever." SOITII Mil STItKKT. I). II. Andriis, 7, 1 0 S. I'ir St., says: "I was bothered consid erably by my kidneys and blad der. I had trouble in retain ing tho kidney secretions and I also had a dull acho across my kidneys. I found good relief from Doan's Kidney I'ills. My kidneys acted mom regularly and 1 didn't have that trouble lu my back. This has convinced mo that Doan's Kidney i'ills arc a medicine of merit and are worth recommending to others. KODSKVKl.T AVK. W. W. Mansfield, flub nnd game warden, 121 HoosevoU Ave., says: "I used lo bo sub ject more or less to kidney trou ble. My kirtueyB acted too freely and during the night I was obliged to get up every little while. My back ached and at times I couldn't get in any position that would ease tho misery. Finally I began taking Doan's Kidney I'llls and I found that they wcro all that was represented of tr.sm. After 1 finished a few boxes, my kid neys were normal ri my back felt as strong as ever." Kidney Vills At All Druggists, GOc a Box Foster -Milhurn Co., Euffalo,' N. Y., Mfrs."