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Newspaper Page TextUniversity Oregi WEATHER Maximum yesterday, 45; mluimum today 30. FORECAST Tuulglit and "Friday, rain, moderate southwesterly winds. MBUNE Forty-sixth Year. Dally Kleventh Tear. MEDFORD. OREGON", THURSDAY. MARCH 22. 1917. NO. 309 Wm MEDFORD MAIL T m - ' 1 11 1 rii ft F NANCE ENTENTE LIS -- - ii AMERICA TO LARGE SUM BRITISH SEND TO BE RAISED GREETING TO FOR ALLIES Federal, Reserve Board and Officials Discuss Plans for Rendering Fi nancial Aid to Entente Nations- Offers of Mediation to Prevent Actual War Inspired by Germany Expected From Neutral Nation at Washington Offer to Be Rejected WASHINGTON, March 22 Secre tary Baker as chiiirmun of the Coun cil of Kiitionul Defense today called tlie council and its advisory comniit teo of seven industrial leaders to meet here Saturday to discuss just how much more work is necessary ,to put the country in a state of ado quate defense. WASHINGTON, March 22. Plans for rendering financial assistance to the entente allies in case of war bo feen the United States and Ger many are under consideration, infor mally, by federal reserve board nnd other government officials. Two courses are said to have been pre seated. One, the placing of general credits to entente governments in this country by individual banks to a greater extent than heretofore; the other, official action by the United htntes government in placing a largi sum at the disposal of the entente. Should the latter course be adopt ed, it is thought probable the govern ment would raise the sum desired by a bond issue to be designated for that purpose, the proceeds to be loaned as needed to France, Great Britain and probably entente govern ments. Plans are said to be still in a formative stage and may not be definitely shaped until alter con gress convenes April 2. "1 Mediation Offers. Offers of mediation to prevent ac tual war between the United States and Germany are expected among the next developments. Administration officials heard to day that a Europcun neutral was con templating such a plan and they frankly regarded it as another ef fort, backed by Germany, to divide sentiment in congress und embarrass the president. It was declared authoritatively thnt no proposals of mediation or for discussion will be considered unless Germany first abandons the cam- paign of ruthlessness. All administration officials, from , the president down, take the position that the United States never has and does not now desire war with Ger many, but is being forced into it to protect lives and rights of its . citi zens against unlawful aggression. Dlscuslon Useless. Unless Germany is prepared to completely chance her position, it (Continued on page three) IN STATE'S FAVOR ; SALEM, Ore., March 22. Another of seven cases brought by Attorney General W. M. Brown to recover from '. A. Hyde nnd associates approxi mately 30,000 acres of Oregon land Alleged obtained fraudulently has been decided in favor of the state by Circuit Judge F. M. Calkins, Mcdford". according to notico received here to day. Judge Calkins ordered the dc fei.dnnts to return 2.:hi(l acres in Jackson county and instructed the state to reimburse Hyde at $1.25 an acre. Four of the cases have now been Vcided in favor of the state. A de cision in favor of the defendants wo rendered by Judge J. 1'. Campbell, Oregon City, but a petition for re hearing has been filed. RUSS DUMA House of. Commons Adopts Resolu tion Congratulating Russians Upon Revolution and Expressing Good Will to New Government for Tak ing Place by Side of Great Democ racies of the World and Welcom ing Nation Into Fellowship. LONDON, March 22. Andrew Bonnr Law, member of the British war council on moving in the houso of commons this afternoon a resolu tion of greeting of the Hussian damn, said: 'Wllht hnminncd in TIiide!. minds us of the early days of the French revolution. It. is Inn snnn in say all danger is over in Uussia. It loo.soon io ieei continent time the new government nlrimdv Una l,,;.i n foundation upon which, in the language ot Hurke, 'liberty will have wisdom and justice for her compan ions with prosperity and plenty in lier train.' but it is not too snnn fv the mother of parliaments to send greetings to the parliament of our al lien country, ft is not too soon to send a massage of good will' "to the new government which is formed with the declared intention of carry ing the war to li snfcesfnl ..!.. sion nnd which has ini.I,,i,il.-,.n ii, arduous task of 'driving out the for eign aggressor and establishing free dom nnd order at home. Sympathy for Cur. 'It is not for us tn iiul.m nr demn those who have taken part in mo government of our allied coun try," continued Mr. Bonnr Law, "but 1 may be permitted to express a feel ing of eomnnssion fn IL .l,.....,! emperor, who for three years was our loyal ally and had laid upon him by birth a burden which was too heavy for him. We cannot forget that one of the irreat issues nf llii ;u whether free institutions can survive against the onslaught of the military despotism. We cannot lmf that in the final stages of the con flict all the allied oniinliiea ;n i. under the direction of irovernments representing the people." Former Premier Asmittl, c,on.iA,i the resolution, saying: 'llussin has taken her nhi no liv Hid side of the great democracies of the world. H e Here, in the first and orig inal home of narlinmenturv inutiin. tions, feel it our privilege to be among the lirst to rejoice in her emancipation and welcome her into the fellowship of free peoples.'' the. resolution was carried nmi.1 loud cheers. Irish Support Motion. The Irish nnrtv uave its simnnrt t.. the Iiiissinn revolution in a speech by Mr. Devlin. 'The Irish nnrtv." said Mr. TWlin "regards the Hussian rnvolnl inn- striking, noble, dramatic, well nigh moonless as a message of hope to all oppressed peoples and all free dom loving nations. But it is some thing more, it is also a warning and n portent of doom to autocracies and tyrannies everywhere. 'We miirht draw n nmrnl tlmm. from, hut we do not desire In nvnil ourselves of the opportunity, prefer ring to let the Voice of Ireland join in the united hnrnionv of rcinicinir at Ilussin's reparation. POSTED AS MISSING WASHINGTON, March 22. The steamer Maryland of Milwaukee, Philadelphia to London has been posted by Lloyds as missing, accord ing to state department advices to- Liy from Consul General Skinner of Loudon. No details wcro given. I "I to LEADERS OF RUSSIAN GRAND DUK& NICHOLAS iC7ARVlTcif E F LONDON, March 22. A Petrogrnd dispatch to Keutcr's says that polit ical prisoners released from the Her tchinsk prison in Siberia have arrived in Chita where they were given n big reception nnd welcome by military bands. Among the prisoners was Maria Ppiridonovo, who was carried through the streets on the shoulders of the crowd. Marin Spiridonovo is the daughter of a Hussian general who shot and killed Chief of Police Luzhenofl'sky of Tambov in !M)(i. She was sen tenced to death hut the sentence was commuted to twenty years imprison ment. While in jail sho was terribly tortured by two police officers who for eleven hours kicked her hack and forth across her cell, tore her hair and burned her flesh with lighted cig arettes. Both of her torturers were afterward murdered. PF.TI.'OGKAD, March 22. In view of the financial straits of pnrdoncd political prisoners the council of ministers bus decided to grant them free railway passes. The initi'stcr of foreign affairs' has also been author ized to grant money subsidies to all emigrants desiring to return to Kus sin, ami instructions hnvo been issued tn frontier authorities to raise no difficulties in the matter of identifi cation papers. TRY AGAIN TO SOLVE IRISH QUESTION LONDON', March 22. Andrew Bo- nar Law, chancellor of tho exchequer, said In the house of commons today that the government had decided on Its own rcsponunllilllty to make an other attempt to solve the Irish ques tion. Former Premier Asqulth wel comed the announcement and said tho government could rely on the ac tive co-operation of the en'.lre house. REVOLUTION AND GRAND DUKE ' 'S ... GRAND Grand Duke Michael Alexandro vltch, brother of the czar is the new power behind the throne ot Iluasla, approved by the people. He is regent, while the new czar t former Grand Duke Alexis, 12-yearild son ot the deposed ruler, shown,Vjlow. Grand Duke Nicholas, the former czar's uncle, who Is commanding the army of the Caucasus, Is said to have FAILS 10 FI BERLIN, March 22. "An air plane directed by Prince Karl of Prussia has not returned from a raid over the hostile lines between Arras and Peronne." Prince Frederics Karl nnd his brother. Prince Frederick Slglsmund, sons of Prince Friedrlch Leopold of Prussia, joined tho German flying corps In January. Prince Friedrlch Karl was 23 years old, two years tho junior of his brother. Both these princes havo boon en thusiastic sportsmen and before the war Prince Slglsmund dosigncd a suc cessful nlrplune. l'rlnco Karl while still In his teens was known as the finest cavalier of the German princes. Ho was one of tho German officers who participated In tho Olympic games at Stockholm, whero ho won prizes against the most experienced army riders of tio world. Tho death In active service of eight German princes has been previously reported during the war one of llcsso, two of Saxe Mainlgcn. three of Llppo, one of Reuss and one of Waldcck. s AMSTERDAM, March 22. The health ofthe German people Is sur prlHlnKly good and Infant mortullty is lower than In peace times, accord ing to Vlco Clmnccllor llelfcrlch. The chancellor also Is quoted by Ber lin dispatches to Renter's as saying In a speech btforo the rclchstag: "Wo have already taken measures for the proper production and distri bution of raw materials after the war and In regard to tho rebuilding of our merchant fleet negotiations are proceeding with tho Bhlp owners. Despite the Parts conference we shall renew economic relations with fof elgn countries after tho war," S WHO HAVE SWORN FEALTY TO DUKE.MICHAFL) advised the czar to abdicate. Grand Duke Cyril, cousin ot the deposed ruler, has placed hU command ot marines ut the duma's disposal and Is acting with tho revolutionists. Prince Georges Lvot Is the new premier of Russia, talrlng the plncoof ' Prince GoiIt2ln. Ho Is also president ; ot the council and minister of the interior. STATE SURVIVORS WASHINGTON, March 22. Consul Slophens at Plymouth cabled the state department today summarizing accounts of affidavits obtained by him from officers and members of tho Vigllancla's crew. Thoy confirm prac tically without chango previous ac counts of the destruction of that ship by a submnrlne. "Tho Vlgllnncln: was sunk In seven minutes," says tho statement, "when 1 4 15 miles west of Bishops on March 16, ten a. in. by torpedo from subma rine of unknown nationality. Porl scopo of submiirlno was seen. No warning was given. No othqr vessel was In sight. Wcnther wns clear with moderate sea swells. Ship was flying ensign and fully marked. "Fifteen of tho crew were drown ed. Six Americans, five Spaniards, two Greeks, ono Persian, one Veno zuelnn. "Submnrlne of unknown national ity followed lifeboats from ten o'clock Friday night until 4 o'clock Saturday morning. Crew landed Sellly islands after G4 hours In lifeboats and suf fered greatly from Injury nnd expos ure." L2 EL PAHO, Texas, March 22. Car los Piling a deputy from tho state of Sonora, arrived here today n route to Mexico City to attend tho preliminary session of tho Mexican houso of deputies which will asscmblo In Mexico City April 2. Kdunrdo Bravo, Mexlcnn consul hero, denied the meeting was an cxtraordlmiry session. April 2 was fixed as tho date for tho holding of the preliminary ses "lon of the Mexican House of depu ties at tho time the call for nntlonnl elections was inado and the gathering of the hoiiHo of deputies has no In ternational significance, Bravo announced. i THE NEW REGIME. I V K.L:-t..:X. S . I GRAND DUKECfilL' -j4F'f.'i PRINCE- LVOP SEA RAIDER IVIOEWE No; BERLIN, March 22. Tho German auxiliary cruiser Moewe has returned to a homo port of the navy from a sec ond cruise In tho Atlantic ocean, It was announced today by the German admiralty. The Moewo, according to tho state ment, captured 22 steamships nnd five sailing ships, aggregating 123,- 100 tons gross. Tho sla'enient follows: "Tho Gorman auxiliary cruiser Moewo has returned Into a homo port of tho navy from a second cruise of tho Atlantic ocean whore sho stayed for Hcvoral months uu dor command of Buigntvo and Count Von Dohna-Schlodlen. "The ship captured 22 steamers and fivo sailing vessels with a gross tonnago of 123, 100. They Included 21 hostile steamers of which eight wcro armed nnd flvo in tho service of tho British ndinlrulty as well as four hostllo sailing vessels. "Among the vessels captured by the Moewe were the Voftulre, an Eng lish steamer of 0837 tons gross In ballast, carrying a 12-cciitlmctor gun the Norwegian steamer Ilallbjorg of 2.187 tons gross and tho Mont Tern plo." The foregoing official statement Issued by tho Germnn ndinlrulty an nouncing tho return of tho German auxiliary cruiser Moewo from a sec ond raid on merchant ships of on ton to and nentrnl countries Is the first dct Inlto declaration as to tho I lentltv of tho vessel which sank eight Brit ish and two French merchant vessel and captured two other stcniiiRhlps lu tho soulhcrn Atlantic last Jan uary. NORTHWEST GALE BLOWING ON COAST SAN FIIANCISCO, March 22. A northwest nolo "ff tlio Culil'ornin coast was delaying shipping hound northward for San Francisco today while storm signals Were fluttering ill n southwest rain laden wind off Oregoii und Washington. f ' ' it'" REALBATTLE II PROSPECT WEST FRONT German Cavalry Clashes With French and British Mounted Troops Trench Warfare Over for Present Allied Advance Slowing Up French Regain 853 Square . Miles German Resistance Increases, But Allies Still Driving Ahead. BERLIN, March 22. Gorman cavulry is now tn touch with tho .French and British mounted troops which have been in notion for sev eral days in the territory evacuated by tho Gerniansv so that for the first time since tho full of 1914 cav alry on both sides is being employed on the western front. This is- re garded hero as an indication that great events are taking place and that a real battlo is in prospect, trench warlarc being over for the time on this part of tho front. The French nnd British attompted to uso onvulry on tho Sommo Inst year, as well as at the time of the Chumpiigno oflensive, hut the em ployment of these forces in tho fuco of entrenched troops with machine gnus resulted m very heavy losses. The present situation is a very dif ferent one bociiuso neither side is now protected by trenches. Spirited fighting in the sector over which the Clcminns have been re tiring is reported in today's offic ial communication, which mentions no further evacuation of territory. French battalions nttaeking pn tho north bank of the Aisno wcro re pulsed. Advance Slows Down. LONDON, March 22. Teicgrnph ng from the British army hondnuur ors in Franco todav Hunter's nor. respondent says: 'Wintry conditions continue nn tlm western front with considerable falls of snow rendering field operations muiouit. iho bad weather, how ever, is as unfavorable to the Ger mans as to ourselves as they cannot get observations on the strength or lircction of our udvunuc. "This nclvunco durinir vestenlav and last night wns of the same char- uclr as on the previous day, that U lo say, it was most rapid in the Snii terre plateau, west if St. Quentin and was the slowest along the front of about twenty miles, extending south east ward from Arras. The latest report is that cnvnlrv . pnlrols were in conlnct with German rear guards within five miles of the outskirts of St. Quentin. Enemy re sistnnce was most active in the sec tor between Arras and Ypres, the lat ,ler place being defended bv a series of strong points. 'Between Vtres nnd Croisitles. n distance of some ten miles, the re treating (Ioniums are holding a se ries of machine gun nosts. hut we nn getting up our field guns in excellent style and not much difficulty is an ticipated in reducing these. In fact, there iilu-ady is a pretty deep, bulge east ward in the enemy's lino At this part, reaching to BeuuitietB-leK-Cniu-brai which considerable village was occupied by our troops yesterday. This curries our advance to a point some four miles north of Ytrcs, PARIS, March 22. Tho total (Continued on Page Four.) OFFER SERVICES LONDON. March l All 11, n members of the former Hussian dy. nasty have placed themselves at tho disposition of tho provisional govern ment, according to a Renter disptch from Petrogrnd. flrnnd Duke Cyril has resigned his command of the na val guards.