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MEDFORD OREOOX. SATURDAY. MARCH 31. 1917.
NO. 8
NEW RAIDER
SKIPS
IN ATLANTIC
German Cruiser Seeailler Repenting
Career of Moewe In South Atlan
tic Crews of Sunken Vessels
Placed Aboard Captured Ship and
Sent to Brazil Raider Accompan
ied by Submarine and Equipped
With Guns and Bombs.
RIO JANT.RIO, March Ml.--A now
German raider, slipping past t lie
British warships on guard in the
North sea, lias reached 1 lie South
Atlantic and sent 1 1 or more mer
chantmen to the hottom. According
to survivors from the sunken vessels
the rnider is the Seeailler (Sea Knglc)
a fonnidahly armed craft operatiuir
with the same success and during as
its precedceessor, the Moewe, which
recently returned to a (Jennnii port,
after playing havoc with shipping in
the same waters.
News of the activities of the raider
was brought to liio Janeiro by' the
French hark Cumhronne, which ar
rived here yesterday. She had on
board 285 men from the crews of
vessels sunk bv the Seeadler. The
Camhronne encountered the raider on
March 7 nt latitude 21 south, lonirti
jfjade 7 west, a point in the Atlantic
almost on n line with Kio Janeiro and
about two-thirds of the way to the
African coast. After the survivors
had been put on the Canihronno she
was ordered to proceed to the coast
of Brazil, a voyage of 22 days.
Loaded With Mines.
According to tiie'Jornal do Ilrazil
the raider was loaded with mines,
which explains 'the destruction -of
vessels off the coast of lirnzil. The
commerce destroyer is reported to
be armed with two guns of 105 mil
limeters nnd sixteen machine puns.
The vessel has three masts and is
equipped lvitli wireless. Its: crew
consists of 64 men under the command
of Count Ukner.
According to the refugees the
raider left Germany on 1) mlier 22,
escorted by n suhmnrinc. On sighting
a merchantman the raider hoisted a
.Norwegian flag, which was replaced
by the German ensign when her prey
was within reach of her guns. Among
the refugees arc two women, the
wives of two of the captains of the
sunken vessels.
List of Victims.
Eleven ships were sunk by tile
raider before the C'oinhronnc was
sent to liio Janeiro with the crews.
The vessels destroyed were:
Antonin, French sailing vessel.
31171 tons, owned in Dunkirk, 31 men
on hoard.
Hritisli Yoenian, ltritish sailing ves
sel, 1!)53 tous, owned in Victoria, II.
C, 21 men.
Ulienos Aires, Italian sailing ves
sel, 1811 tons, owned in Naples, 21
V men. ,
Charles Gounod, French sailing ves
sel, 215S) tous, owned in Nantes, 21
men.
Duplcix, French sailing vessel, 22IK
tons, owned in Nantes, 22 men.
Gladys lioyale, ltritish steamship,
32(18 tons, owned in Sunderland, 2(
Jiien.
Honigarth, liritish, 3i;U9 ton
gross, owned in Cardiff.
Lndy Island (or I.andy Island)
4511(1 tons, 25 men (not listed).
l.a Rochefoucauld, French sail'iK
vessel, 2200 tons, owned in Nantes,
24 men.
Force, British schooner, 3(54 tons,
owned in Halifax, G men, one woman
Finmorc, ltritish sailing vessel,
2431 tons, owned in Greenock, 2H
men.
(Continued on Pag 8li.)
' v OCCASIONAL RAINS
"WASHINGTON. March 31.
"Weather predictions for the week be
ginning Sunday issued by tlio weather
bureau follow:
".Pacific Btates: Generally fair ex
cept for occasional rains on nonh
Pacific coast. Temperatures BOine
what above seasonal normal. "
E
Rapid Progress Made Both by Eng
lish and French In Forcing Ger
mans Back St. Quentin N eared
by British French Troops Capture
Stretch Northeast of Soissons.
LONDON, March 31. British
troops advancing on the front in
northern France in pursuit of the re
treating Germans have captured five
additional villages, Holder's corres
pondent at British headquarters re
ports today.
The villages taken are Heudiirourt,
St. Kmilio, Murtcville, Vcrmnud and
Soyccourt.
"The British advance has made
eonsiderahle progress, substantially
deepening the bulge towards St. Quen
tin and hiting into the German de
fenses between Croiselles and the
Bapaume-Caiabrai road," says the
dispatch.
"The British have gained full pos
session of a strip of territory north
east of Pennine, extending for about
seven miles from Neuvillc-Bourpenval
towards Villcrsl'aucon. Within this
zone we occupied the villages of Fins,
Sorel, lleudicourt nnd St. F.milie. The
resistance which the garrisons of
fered was comparatively slight.
"The advance west-northwest of
St. Quentin gained ns the villages of
Marteville, Yennand and Soyccourt."
French Successful.
PARIS, March 31. French troops
last night successfully attacked the
German positions south of the Ail
ette river and made important pro
gross eastward, the war office an
nounced today. .
The French advance was scored to
the east of the line running from Neii-ville-Sur-Margival
to Vregny, north
cast of Soissons. A number of points
of support were brilliantly captured
by the French forces.
In the Champagne region five vio
letn counter attacks delivered by the
Germans on positions recaptured yes
terday by the French west of Maisons
de Champagne were cheeked, the Ger
mans sustaining heavy losses. The
statement follows:
In the (liampagnc.
"Between the Sonnne and the Oisc
in the sector of Benny, there was spir
ited artillery fighting. South of the
Ailctlv we attacked with success sev
eral positions of the enemy on the
front between Xeuville sur Murgival
and Vregny. Our troops made impor
tant progress cast of this line and
brilliantly carried several points of
support, notwithstanding the ener
getic defense of the Germans.
"In the Champagne the Germans
redoubled their efforts against the
positions which wc recaptured yester
day west of Maisons de Champagne.
In the evening nnd during (he nighl
the Germans made five violent coun
ter attacks. Those assaults wore
broken up and the enemy suffered
vcrv heavy losses. The number of
prisoners tnken was eighty, of whom
two are officers.
"In Alsace near Annuel Izweiller
wo chocked a surprise attack of the
enemy. We dispersed German pa
trols in the region of l'I'ctloiiiauscn
and took prisoners."
CIIKYKNXK, Wyo., March 31.
Under direction of the Wyoming Na
tional Guard, the taking of n mili
tary census of all male residents of
the state was begun today.
Governor Frank I. Iloux bns is
sued a public npcal for recruits for
the state militia.
1J NI K IN', March .11. Prince
Lvoff, tlio Kuian premier nnd all
the oilier members of the provisional
ptvi rnmeiit left iVtroyrad today to
vi-it (reneral headquarters at the
fnm , n Kcutcr di-pateh tru 1'etro
grud uuuuuueci.
BRIT SH CAPTUR
D
WESTERN E
msmm
WHEN U-BOATS
TORPEDO SHIPS
Two British Steamers, the Snowden
Range and Booth Liner Crispin,
Both With Americans Aboard, Are
Sunk Without Warning Two
Americans Are Lost.
WASHINGTON, March 31. Two
British steamers, the Snowdon Raue
and the Booth liner Crispin, both
with Americans aboard, of whom a
number aro unaccounted for, were
reported to the state department to
eay to have been sunk without warn
ing by a submarine. On the Crispin
the torpedo which struck the engine,
room killed five men, two of whom
are believed to have been Americans.
Consul Frost, reporting tho loss of
the freight liner Crispin, says: "Cris
pin 24S3 tons, Newport News to Liv
erpool, C8 horses, torpedoed without
warning 14 miles off Hook Head
7:44 a. in., 29th. Sixty-eight out of
ship's complement of 112 were Amer
icans. Two boats missing, not im
probable lost.
Two Americans Killed.
"Torpedo struck engine room star
board side, explosion killed five men,
two of whom believed Americans.
Submarine not seen but wake of tor
pedo seen by Americans. Vessel car
ried gun and wireless. Latter was
wrecked by explosion. "Weather
moderate, wind, , overcast, heavy
swells. Vessel sank slowly but . re
turn on board not feasible owing to
heavy sea.
"One boat with 19 survivors land
ed at Queenstown, including captain,
chief steward, veterinarian and ten
Americans, P.. H. Klser, Newport
.News; Carl Larkensen, -Augusta, Ga.;
James Smith, BaUimofeV Bland Tins-
ley, Philadelphia; It. L. Hays, Cov
ington; James Franklin, New York
City; George Killy, Baltimore; Geo.
St. Armand, Worcester; Harry Davis,
Baltimore; John Williams, Newport
News.
"Other boats believed landing Mil
ford Haven and elsewhere."
The dispatch from Liverpool, re
porting the sinking of the Snowdon
flange follows:
Shells and Itoinlis.
"British steamer Snowdon Range
from Liverpool with general cargo,
one gun aft, torpedoed without warn
ing at 8:45 a. m., March 2S, thirty
five miles from Holly Head. No ves
sel in sight, sea calm, weather hazy,
no resistance, submarine submerged
at time of attack. Four killed by ex
plosion, remainder of crew took to
boats, including James Carol, Phila
delphia; Gcorgo Alexander, colored,
Wilmington, N. C; Burt Thcbalt,
Philadelphia, native born Americans,
and Harry .McCabo, naturalized, no
present address.
"Submarine emerged, showing
German flag, shelled Snowdon Range,
then boarded and removed detachable
brass, placed bombs, vessel sunk.
Crew picked up at (i p. in., taken
Holly Head."
American Killed
A later dispatch from Consul Frost
definitely established the ktllln; of
one American and tiald others pro
bably had been killed. Tho CVsplu
was bound for Avonmoiith.
"One American negro, probably
named Holller," the message said,
"wos killed by the explosion. Total
killed and missing now eight of
whom some besides Holller were
Americans. Some survivors landed
as follows: Nineteen at Queenstown,
seventy at Mllford Haven, two at Dan
moro, Ireland and thirteen are on an
admiralty vessel to land at Qoens
town tomorrow evening.
"It now transpires thill the ships
wireless did get off signals using re
verse batteries."
U-BOAT CHASERS
WASHINGTON, March 31. Fifty
more bids for construction of small,
fast patrol boats nnd the submarine
chasers were received today at the
navy department. Knch bidder of
fered one or more boats in the whoit-
est possible time. Contracts for
more than 100 chasers can be let im
mediately, inchidini: those tentatively
awarded last week, and facilities are
available for construction of 400 or
0UU mure during the present yeur.
THE SANDS ARE
STONE 10 OPPOSE
WAR DECLARATION
IN THE SENATE
WASHINGTON, MiirHi .'11. Son
ntor Stone, clinirmnn of the. foreign
relations committee, broke his si
lence today on the inU'rmilionitl situ
ation mill said Dial war appears
probable; that lie will vote against a
war declaration, but will jjivo I 'resi
dent Wilson his unlimited support it'
war is decided upon. Senator Stone
said he did not know t lit president's
program, but Vuuld co-opcnile in
enabling congress to promptly express
its convictions.
The foreign relations eommiltee
will meet at three o'clock in the after
noon the day the president addresses
congress.
Senator Stone intimated that the
handling of n war resolution in the
senate would he left to some other
senator acceptable to the president
and the eommiltee. Senator 1 Mich
cock of Nebrak'i, next in rank to
Senator Stone, has told the presi
dent that he opposes n war declara
tion and that it appears probable Sen
ator Williams of Mississippi, the next
in line on the democratic side ini.ulit
lie chosen.
CLOSE NORTH SEA
10 ALL SHIPPING
LONDON, March III. The Uriti.-h
admiralty announces that in view of
the unrestricted u-c of mines and
submarines by the Germans and the
sinkimr of merchantmen without re
gard for the sal'elv of the crews the
"area of the North sea which is ren
dered dangerous to all shipping by
owrations nu'fin-t tin? enemy will be
extended on and after April 1."
PLAN 10 MOBILIZE
F,
NEW YOltK, March .1 1 .Mobiliza
tion of the agricultural resources of
tho l'nlted Slates In order to safe
guard the country's food Bupply In
time of war w ill lie considered at a
convention to be held in Washington
April id under tho auspices of tho
National Agrh ultural Society, It wa-i
announced today.
RUNNING LOW!
T
PROTECT ITS 01
PHILADELPHIA. March 31. Son-ator-IOloot
lllram W. Johnson of Cal
ifornia, speaking at a patriotic dem
onstration hero today, declared that
the United StatoB "will suffer much,
even to tlio very tension of honor'
before going to war, but that for the
nation to refuse to maintuln Its dein
ocratir. Ideals and protect Us cltlzonn
would ho to sow "within Itself the
seeds of dissolution."
"Democracy to survive must ever
!'i ready to protect Its own," ho said.
' l.'very normally constituted matt
nl hors war. A nation such as ohm,
consecrated to freedom, and equality
uiii'inR men, determined that all 'if
Cod's people must share In tlod'3
blessings, that common folks may
have their fair shnre of common hap
piness nnd a, comfortable placo In
the sun, will Rui'for much, even to the
very tension of honor, before engag
ing -i bloody strife. Hut a nation.
Hindi as ours, dependent for its per
n lulty upon tho character of Its cit
izenship, that dare not maintain Its
Ideals and will not protect the Uvea
of Ms citizens .sows within Itself the
seeds of dissolution.
"We should have no selfish war of
nggrundlc!,ent or agression. Wo
have no lust of conquest. We wou'd,
only when Imperatively compolled by
the transgression of our rights, by the
destruction ot our lives, enter the
combat and then In the spirit of Am
orlci' that tok no Indemnity fr)in
China and returned Culm unto lis
own people."
ONLY 10 LUMBER
KUdKXK, (Ire., March .'II. l'ota
toes stum second only to lumber in
Oregon's exports, according to diiln
compiled by Allan ('. Hopkins of (Yn
tral I'oint, of the l.'nivcrsilv of Ore
Ron school id' commerce I'or the Cnit
ed Stales deportment of ii'riculture.
In lillli, Mr. Hopkins finds :t."i,7!H
tons of potnloes, or 1!-IH(t ciii'londs,
were shipped out of Hie stale, hriiiu:-
inf to the producer, nl nn iivcrnirc1
price ol if I. lit) u hundred, npproM
mutely $1 1,(1(1(1,111111, This sum is nn
average of $2(1 each lor every man
woman and child is the state.
The viehl varies from (i bushels
in dry Wasco county to JOU in tin
moist Cuoa.
AMERICA PUTS
11
UPON GERMANY
Zimmermann's Speech Brings Offic
ial Admission From Washington
That Government Knew in Janu
ary That U-Boat Decree Would Be
Issued Protest for Modification.
WASHINGTON, March 31. Sec
rotary Zimmerman's speech to the
reichstug charging the United States
with responsibility for war if It comes
brought forth today for the rlrst time
official admission that the United
States government knew In tlio mid
dlo of January that the ruthless sub
marine dorreee was to be issued and
that after Its Issuance throe days
wore allowed to elapse beroro
giving Germany an opportunity
to modify or repeal It before the sev
erance of diplomatic relations wero
announced.
Count Von Dernstorff, it was stat
ed by department officials, know of
the Impending decree two weeks be
fore it was Issued, and made every
effort with hla government to have
It repealed,
(eimaiiy to Viluino
Officials hero are much aroused by
Germany's continued attempts to con
vict the United Stntes of desiring war
and ,they intend to show that every
possible opportunity was given (jor-
many to avoid it. America's action
they point out, forshadowed In the
Sussex note, delivered eight and a
half months before the German de
cree, merely followed out the policy
then outlined. Germany, on the other
hand, abrogated hor promises on sev
en hours notice to this government
and then In fnoe of certain drastic
actloil by this country, Ullowed three
days to pass without another attempt
to meet tho United States.
That Germany's decree was discuss
ed two weeks ahead ot Its issue adds
now interest to the Austrian submar
I no for it was Just at that timo that
Count Tranowskl left Austria for this
country to become the new Austrian
ambassador. Whether Vienna was
convinced that the United States
would not sever relations, whether
Austria was a silent and unsympa
thetic party to Germany's action or
whether tho now ambassador was en
trusted with special arguments, to
present tho Teutonic viewpoint, are
not known.
Klate of War Kvlst.s
Zimmerman's statement that the
United States had tiled to sot the
entire war ngainst Germany af'.er the
break mlcl't bo conr.tiucd by this gov
ernment, it was stated, as a rcuKiil
tlon that Germany considered a state
of war had existed from the date of
the severance of relntlons and Pre
sident Wilson's appeal to neutrals to
take similar net Ion.
Whotber Germany took that, point
of view or not was stated no: to be
known,
VILLA DEFEATED BV
JUAHIOZ. Mexico, March 31. Un
usual military precautions wero being
taken hero today to prevent Fran
cisco Villa and his forces from repeat
ing the coup of November Ifi, 1914
when ho surprlsod tho garrison hero
and captured tho city after having
been defeated ut Chihuahua City
Villa reached tho city at that time
on a troop train which was announc
ed as a federal train and to prevent
this trick being duplicated, all train
movements have been suspended be
tween here and Chlhuahu;r. Out
posts have been stationed along tho
railway and guards doubled about
the city. No trains wero permitted
to leave hero yesterday or today or
no train has arrived from Chihuahua
City since Thursday.
Tho victory yesterday over Villa
has caused a general celebration and
General Kranrlsro MurRUla Is being
called tho hero of northern Mexico
following Ills defeat or Villa, (len
eial Jose Carlos Margula, his broth
er, who la In command here, was
busy receiving the congratulations of
city officials and military officials
today.
URY R1S
NOT GUILTY OF
Seattle Mayor, Chief of Police, and
Detectives, Charged With Con
spiracy to Violate Liquor Laws and
Having Accepted a Bribe are Ac
quitted After Long Deliberation.
SEATLE, Wash., March 31. Tho
Jury In the case of Mayor Hiram GUI
Chief of Police Charles L. Becklng
ham and City Detective Meyer M, Pey
ser, John Poolman, James Doom and
Daniel J. McLennan, on trial In the
United Stntes district court charged
with conspiracy to violating the fed
eral laws by Importlon of liquor Into
the state of Washington, returnel a
verdict of not guilty as to all the de
fendants this morning.
The jury received the case at 5:30
last night, and the verdict was read
In the court at 9: DO this morning, but
had been arrived at before that time.
The Jury had been engaged la wordy
arguments all night. There was de
lay In presenting the verdict owing
to the defendants not being In court.
Acusod of Ilrlbery
Mayor Gill was accused of taking
$-1 000 from Logan Bllllngsley tot
dropping suits against Blllingsley's
brothers for liquor selling, returning
Incriminating papers and promising
immunity to them.
Chief of Police Becklngham was
accused ot taking bribes of $1200
from Fred Bllllngsley.
The detectives were accused of
taking money from the BUllngsleya
for letting liquor shipments to the
Illlllngsleys ontor tho city while they
were guarding the waterfront.
The trial ended by, the verdict Just
announced was begun March 6, The
principal witnesses for the "govern
ment wore Logan and Fred Billings
ley nnd their former employes, con
fessed liquor sellers, and the witness
es for tho defense were chiefly po
licemen and confessed liquor sellers,
many of them former Bllllngsley em
ploye". Ninety Witnesses
Ninety witnesses testified In the
ense, including the six defendants.
There wore several defendants when
tho case opened, but at the conclusion
of the prosecution's presentation of
evidence, Judge Neterer Instructed
the jury to bring a vordict of acquit
tal ot ox-Sheriff Robert T. Hodge,
one of tho defendants, saying that
the evidence presented against Hodge
showed oftonsos not against the Unlt
od States laws, but against the state
laws, with which the federal grand
jury had nothing to do.
TO
WASHINGTON, March 31. Presi
ilent Wilson, having decided fully with
the cabinet, upon a course of action
to meet Hie national emergency, to
day set about the task of reducing
the conclusions to writing".
Kxnctly what these conclusions aro
will be disclosed officially when the
president appears before congress
next week to deliver his momentous
mcssnge.
Indications today, however, were
Hint u formal recognition of the ex
istence of a sliile of war between tho
luited Slates and Clermuny would
result.
The disclosure Hint n definite de
cision hud been reached, wus mado
following a finul conference between
President Wilson Bud his cabinet ad
visers yesterday. Decision was
reached quickly and it was said there
was no diversion of opinion on the
iitestion.
lust what part tho United StntM
would play in the war ngainst Ger
many will not be developed until nfler
congress defines tho nation's stntus
mid completes urgent defense legis
lulion. Alennlinio pluns for ortrnnUntion of
the house so Unit President Wilson
mny appear early next week before
congress went nlieiul today. Until it
is known definitely, however, when
orgunizntinii will be effected, no dnto
for tlio president's nppcarunee will be
set.
LIQUOR BRIBERY