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MEDFORD OREGON, WEDNESDAY. APRIL 4. 1917.
NO. 11
Mail Tkibunei M
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DITTLuODLLPUrO PrnMAM II nnAT SENATORS PARTICIPATING IN DEBATE OVER WAR RESOLUTION.
DM ILIiOl LLUIILO uLiililnli U"DUHI - ljtnmT!rTMT r- t
BY WILFUL FEW LURKSOFFCOAST fTvl
OPPOSING WAR SOUTHGAROLINA If i Wml J
Senate Rings With Oratory Over
Declaration of War Norris De
clares War Places Sign of Dollar
Mark on Old Glory Majority
Pledge Support to Administration.
WASHINGTON7, April 4. The wnr
resolution wns debated in the senate
today with speeches of support from
both sides and prospects that the op
position would be confined to n very
few. It wns the. plan to pass it be
fore adjourning.
The resolution wns not reached in
the house, however, as had been plan
ned, and is to be taken up at ten
o'clock tomorrow morning under an
arrangement to remain in session
until it is passed.
The senate's resolution wns adopt
ed by the house foreign affairs com
mittee as a substitute for its own
and favorably reported for passage
with only two members of the com
mittee voting against it. They were
Representative Shackelford, demo
crat of Missouri, and Representative
Cooper, republican of Wisconsin.
Patriotic SnpiHirt.
In the senate patriotic speeches of
support for the president and a de
termination to press the war with all
vigor were made by democrats and
republicans with pledges of non-partisan
consideration for all war ques
tions. Senator Hitchcock, in charge of
the resolution for the president, in
place of Senator Stone, who would
not support it, declared that as much
as he wished and had worked to avoid
war, he could not vote against the
resolution.
Senator Lodge, ranking republican
of the foreign relations committee,
pledging the support of the republi
cans to the president, called on the
government to seize all German ships
in American waters to replace those
destroyed by submarines and in pas
sionate terms called on the govern
ment not to conduct a "half war."
Vai'danuin OpiHises Hill.
Senator Vurdaninn, democrat of
Mississippi, was the first to an
nounce he would vote against the
war resolution. He was followed by
Senator Stone, who announced his
position, but like Vardaman, pledged
his support to the war when it is
begun.
Announcement wns made by Sen
ator Kenyoil of Iowa, who opposed
the armed neutrality bill and was
among the ''wilful men-' mentioned
lry the president, that he would vote
for the administration war resolution
if for no other reason than for na
tional unity.
Senator Gronnn of North Dakota,
another of the "little croup of wil
ful men," announced lie would vote
against the war resolution.
Senator Kirby, democrat of Ark
ansas, who opposed the nnned neu
trulitv bill, today announced that In
Id yntn for the war resolution
"that it may appear that wc are to
gct'jer," and because a vote against
it, he felt, would be futile.
Norris AgnlnH Wnr.
Senator Norris, republican of Ne
braska, told the senate be was "bit
terly opposed to the I'nited State
entering the wnr," but did not flail;
(Continued on Page Seven.)
lUHMINT.IIAM, Ala., April 4.
Kenorts that German agents lire
workimr in southern states, particu
larly in the tobacco and cotton belt,
to incite negroes itL'ainst the I'nited
Males government wire confirmed
here today by local federal nirenK
These official's announced that steps
already have been taken to curb tluse
activities.
GERMANS INCITING
NEGROES TO REVOLT
u-m Lands in Small Boat and Buys riOT" n IWSLA li II I V,
SuppHes From Farmer-Germany f U FVfU 1 Sv "Jk
Using Mexican Ports as Subma- JffW U V IR P ' 1 i
rine Bases Mexican Wireless Is ' '3Mjt$$0y I 1 Lpai :J- XLimA Vl sjk '
Utilized Navy Ready for Crisis. ' fuTCnCOCVs ! . WJ.srowr te"1 rt --vardmm
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BY GH.SON GARDNKR.
WASHINGTON, April 4. The
navy department is investigating a
circumstantial story about a German
U-boat which is said to have touched
at the coast of North Carolina for
provisions. The storv told is sub
stantially as follows:
A farmer living near the seashore
in a rather lonely district off lionnoke
island north of l'imlico Sound, wns
called upon Into in the nl'tornoon
three or four days ago by a couple
of seamen who bad landed on the
beach in n small boat from a sub
marine lying near the shore. These
seamen spoke English with difficulty
and were obviously German. They
asked for all the provisions in his
house and took them paying for what
they took. The provisions were load
ed into the small boat which put
buck to the submarine, and when it
had been taken aboard the submarine
submerged and disappeared.
The man telling the story came to
Washington and talked in confidence
to persons here connected with the
navy department. Ho is known to
be n person of entire credibility and
the department is convinced that
there are German submarines lurk
ing off the South Carolina coast,
awaiting developments or orders
from Merlin.
Using Mexican Huso.
It has been assumed that the Ger
mans would make their bases for sub
marines in Mexican waters. It is
known positively that German agents
have been in close touch with the Cnr
rnnxii government, supplying money
treely, with the intention, no doubt.
to smooth the way for the use of
Mexican harbors nnd-sources of oil
and provisions in prosecuting IT-hoat
operations against the I'nited Slates.
fins fits entirely the policy declared
in the Zimmerman note where the
German minister announced frnnklv
that Germany nwaited only n formal
break between the two countries to
co-operale with Mexico in any form
of hostility to this country that
might be mutually advantngeous.
file wireless stations in Mexico lire
much more important to Germany
than any sources of information thru
German citizens in the I'nited Stales.
There are two powerful sending sta
tions, one near Mexico t'ily and an
other at Torreon which could be used
to communicate with Herlin.
I". S. Xnvjr Itendy.
Whatever may be said to the con
trary, the I'nited Stales navy is
ready. The ships are in perfect con
dition as to repair and have been
stocked and munitioned to tho last
detail. Kvcry ship of the reserve,
for which men could be secured by
taking men from the navy yards,
training stations or other laud du
ties, has been put into commission
ami the new men who Are coming
from the training stations are Iii-inir
put into shape by mosl inlen-ivc drills
and training so that they niny be put
on the ships nnd set at active duty
(Continued on Pag 8lx.)
I
ST. .K'llN. N. II., April 4. -Tin
siulcim: of a German sulunaiiiie which
attacked their ship ninety miles off
ucenMovn, Ireland, was reported
by officers of a Iirilish sleauicr on
arrival here today. In n running
fight the merchantman scored n di
ii'il hit. officer -aid. and the under
sea boat went I" Ibc bottom with all
hands Tin1 steamer was idighlly
damaged by shell lire.
: KilL $ t !fls. l- y
FOUR KILLED IN TOVOTEAGAINSI
SHOOTINGAFFRrVY f ' WAR IS FOOLISH
HANFORD, CAL , dkf SAYS HITCHCOCK
Wealthy Farmer Kills Justice of
Peace, Lawyer and Implement Man
and Is Shot Dead a Few Minutes
Later by Town Marshal As He
Tries to Draw Revolver Again.
HANFORD, Cal., April 4. Four
men were killed here today in a shoot
ing affray started by L. II. Donny,
wealthy Tulare Lake farmer, and
ending in his death.
The dead are:
Jutlce of the Peace George L.
Meadows.
E. T. Cosper, an attorney.
G. W. Wiley, manager of a trac
tion engine business.
L. H. Denny, farmer of Tulare
Lake.
Denny shot Cosper and Wiley in
Cosper's office. Then he walked to
the court house and Just as Judge
.Meadows opened court toppled him
from the bench with a bullet. Ho
walked out of the courthouse to his
aiitomobilo nnd was preparing to
drive away when Marshal W. J. Himo
halted'hlm nnd shot him dead as Den
ny tried to draw his revolver a third
timo.
It was said that Denny was crazed
with drink and brooding oyer a legal
action brought against him to collect
notes due. A whiskey bottle, it was
said, was found in Denny's pocket.
Denny tried but failed to kill for
mer Judge Cover.
The shooting took place nt ten
o'clock just ns court opened. When
bis victims fell Denny rushed into
the street., pursued by deputy sher-
ills raining bullets at him. Instead
ruining bullets at him.
f the Yuba company owing Denny
it was said later, Denny was the de-
Icndant in n suit brought bv the con
struction company for the collection
of notes due.
Denny wns u rancher and n capital
ist. Sued for Kliginc.
Several weeks ago he was sued by
the tractor company to collect for a
traction cnglno he had purchased.
This morning he and his attorney,
former Superior Judge J. O. Covert,
met nt the offices of Attorney Cos
per, acting for the trnctor company,
to endeavor to settle tho litigation.
No settlement was reached nnd Cos
per remarked: "We will have to go
ahead with tho suit." Instantly Den
ny whipped out his revolver, order
ing Covert, who sought to restrain
him, out of tho way. lie killed Cos
per and Wiley after firing four shots.
(Continued on p.igo six.)
BILL PASSES HOUSE
WASHINGTON, April 4 The army
appropriation Mil for 1917 carrying
I:' 4n,oo0,n00 was passed by the house
todny In Icsh than half an hour, in
exactly the same form bb it paused
the house in the Inst session of con
gress. Amendments to tiring the to
tal of tho bill to 1270,000,(100 were
Ignored In the interest of speed.
FORCES Wl
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CHICAGO, April 4. Dry forces
won their greatest victory in the his
tory of tho prohibition movement in
the middle west yesterday when cap
itals of two states and ono of the
principal cities of a third, in ncidlliov
to a number of small towns, voted to
close their saloons.
Springfield, Illinois, nnd Madison,
Wlsconslu, were tho capitals which
went into the prohibition column and
Diiluth, Minnesota, the third city of
the state nnd ono of tho principal
Great Lakes points voted the same
way.
Practically completo returns show
that twenty-ono towns other than
Sprlsgfleld voted dry In Illinois,
while eleven granted licenses. Eleven
of the towns voting dry already were
dry, while nine of those favoring the
saloons had them during the past
year.
In Wisconsin forty-lwo towns nro
shown to havo favored prohibition,
and twenty-four voted to license sa
loons.
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LONDON, April 4. The Austrian
ministers of justice, war, and finance
have resigned after the revelation of
a grave seaiuliil connected with army
supplies, according to a dispatch to
'the Kxchaiigc Telegraph cointmiiy
from The Hague.
Throe mini-lei's nssisted Dr. Franz
formerly director of the Vienna de
posit bun!;, to escape the consequen
ces of having illegally sold foodstuffs
to the army at exorbitant prices.
At the trial of Dr. l-'rnnz, docu
ments were produced which convinc
ed the judge thai the ministers had
forged a paper which was user in the
ministers behalf. They were sum
moned as uitue-ses and admitted
their guilt, laN-r resigning.
AMERICAN ARMED SHIPS
CROSS SUBMARINE ZONE
Ni:W YORK. April I. Word was
received here lodny of the arrival
of the American steamships Finland
and St. Paul at Knglish ports. Holb
-hips left an American port on March
21. They were united.
Opposition to Resisting German Ag
gression Seriously to Weaken the
Country in Face of Enemy When
War Is Inevitable, Declares Ne
braska Senator In Opening Debate.
WASHINGTON, April 4. Speak
ing in behalf of the reoslution de-
cluring that a state of war exists
with Germany, Senutor Hitchcock of
Nebraska said today:
"The time for discussion lins pass
ed. The president has nlrendy
stated more clearly, effectively, more
conclusively the reasons which make
this grave step necessary. The reso
lulion provides for Avar against the
imperial German government. It is
framed on the lilies of other wars. It
places the responsibility for the war
(iiarely on the shoulders of the Ger
man government, clinrgcd Willi re
peated acts of war against the Unit
ed Stales. It is also unipicstionuhly
a declaration of war.
"I am impressed with the solemn
ity of the occasion. Some may be
filled with joy at the prospect of war.
To me it is depressing anil dreadful.
The enormous cost which the people
must pay, the grcnt increase in the
cost of living, the enormous burden
of taxes the people must bear nnd
the still greater heritage of denth,
stagger my mind. The awful sacri
fice of lives that must follow sickens
my hear!. I am sure many other sen
ators fed as I do.
Want No More Land.
"Wo want no more territory," said
Senator Hitchcock, "we will demund
no indemnity. Wc have no historic
grudge to Keltic nor racial nnlipnthy.
In this respect we differ from the
other countries already involved in
this awful struggle. There is piui-
Slavisin against pau-Gcrmiiuism.
Italy wauls back the Trcnlino, ! ranee
her lost provinces. Great liriluin has
German commerce and German colo
nics utmost, in tier grasp; inissm
wants Constantinople, mid Germany,
beside her place in the sun, wants to
dominate Kuropc.
(Continued on .'if;o six.)
WASHINGTON, April 4 -l!v nnnii
iriHMis niiiM'ht (he hoii'-e nrci'd lodny
tn lifL'in dix'ussinn nf the wnr reso
lution tomorrow itioniinir ut .10
oYloek. No spoeinl rule liinilinir ilf
luittt will he liroitLiliI in nnd lltr Iiohm
will remain in ennlimiuii Mssion un
til tlw resolution U piiswcd,
Tlie hoii.-e foreign nlfnirs ronirnit
tri tmlny iH'fcpti'd lite Semite's Will
resolution in phiee of lU own nnd fa
vornlily reported the resolution fur
pnMii!P. If it is not tnken up in the
house late todny, it will he consid
ered as the first luiiness tomorrow.
Represent h I ivir Shnekell'ord of
Mi-sou i i, deinoernt, Itepre-enliitive
Cooper, repuhliejtri, of Wiseonin,
were the only memhers of the com
mittee to vuto against the resolution.
-i
LODGE FAVORS
SEIZURE OF ALL
Republican Leader Pledges Support
of Party to War Policy Advo
cates Grabbing of All Interned
Vessels to Replace Those Sunk by
U-Boat Vigorous Action Favored.
WASHINGTON, April 4. Senator
Lodge, ranking republican of the for
eign relations committee, spoko after
Senator Swanson on the War Resolu
tion:
"No ono is more conscious thnn I
Hint this is n moment for notion nnd
not for debate," said Senator Lodge.
"Hut I wish briefly to stato why I
support it with the greatest earnest
ness of which I uin capable.
"Tho most momentous power en
trusted to congress by the eonstitu
tion is the authority lo declare war
and never has congress been culled to
n more solemn exercise of this great
power than nt this moment. Wo have
submitted to wrongs nnd outrages
from the central powers of Europe
with a long patience.
"Wo havo homo nnd foreborno to
tho very limit of endurance. Now
the inevitable end is here nnd wo are
about to declare war against Ger
many.
Putty Lines Ikisapiicnr.
"Speaking for myself, and I hope
for my associates generally on this
sido of the chnniber, I desire to sny
Hint in this crisis nnd when the conn
try is nt war, party lines' will disnp
pear and this disuppenrnnco of the
party line will, I inn confident, not he
contmed to the minority. Hoth demo
crats nnd republicans must forge
parly in the presence, of a common
danger.
"We havo only a very small army
and wo must proceed nt once ns rap
ally ns possible In build up n large
one fit to del end the country in liny
emergency.
"Our nuvy is strong in certain
brunches nnd very weak in others,
It must be our business to supply the
deficiencies as rapidly as possible
Korlunatcly these deficiencies ore of
the kind which can be most quickly
supplied,
"The president lias said that war
will involve the most practicable eo
operation of council nnd action with
tho governments now at war with
Germany, nnd as an incident to thnt
(he extension to those government
of the most liberal finuiiciul credits,
in order Hint our resources muy so
fur as possible he added to theirs.
I'oi-cign Alliances.
"I am not only In agreement with
this policy advised by the president
but it seems lo me that nothing is
more imporlant than to follow it out
"I am a thorough believer in the
general policy laid down by Wnshing
Ion when he udvised the people of the
I'niled Slnles not to enter into per.
mniicut alliances; but the man win
won the American revolution tbrougli
the alliance with l'rancc would have
been Hie last to lay down a hard anil
fast rule that under no circiimstnnccs
and for no purposes were we to ever
ally ourselves with other nations. I!
would he madness for ns to attempt
to make war alone upon Germany nnd
find ourselves, perhaps nt the end
(Continued on Page Six.)
USES RIFLE 10 KILL
AHKIIDKKN, Wash., April 4.
Charles Anderson, n retired rancher,
aged .ill, shot and killed bis wile at
their home in Ocosta, lillecu miles
west of here, this morning nnd then
ended his own life. Mis. Anderson
was shot while -she was standing in
the yard, Anderson using n rifle. Then
he went into the house nnd killed
himself. No reason is known for the
crime. The couple hnd six children
all living. Anderson nltcmptcd lo
kill Ins 1 l-year-ohl son, but the lad
lied the house and escaped.
GERMAN SHIPS
M M WAR
OR SUBMISSION
SAYS SWANSON
Virginia Senator Declares That Ger
many's Treatment of a Friendly
Nation Has Reached the Lowest
Depths of National Turpitude No
Gentle Rebuff, But Mulled Fist.
WASHINGTON, April 4. Sena
tor Swanson of Virginia in the de
bate over the war resolution said the
German government "has repeatedly
nnd grossly violated its treaty obli
gations to us and wantonly broken
solemn assurances."
The issue is not pence or war,"
declared Senntor Swanson, "wnr has
already been declared upon us. The
issue is whether wo shall accept war
or abject nnd cowardly submission,"
Reciting the sinking of American
hips, German plots and outrages in
this country, Senator Swanson said
the Ziinmcrmunn plot to incite Moxico
against this country "rcnehes the low
est depths of national turpitude..
Made Good Threats.
"Wo hnve long suspected a dispo
sition by Germany to dispute the
Monroe doctrine. Now is tho time to
teach tho misehief-mnking German
government that our territorial sove
reignty cannot be made a subject of
wnr burga'.ning.
"Tho advocates of peace now
would place upon this nation the
shame of n slill greater submission.
They would endure still greater af
fronts nnd suffer slill grentor sub
mission." Reciting the winnings givon to
Germany against ruthless submarine
warfare, Senntor Swanson asked if
(hey "wero mere empty boasts and
bluff or the solemn voice of a reso-
lulo people?"
"No," he answered, 'congress will
not by cowardly action declare that
diplomatically wo roar and then re
buffed strike with tho gentlo hand
of a woman."
Tyranny and Arrogance.
He recited the sinking of various
American vessels nnd Germany's bar
red zone decrees ns "tyranny and ar
rogance." "Wo have nbnnst forgotten the
wrongs of the past in the outrages of
the present," ho continued, asserting
that unless American rights nro up
held, "old Glory will bo sunk to low
depths of shame nnd humiliation,
"What else can Germany do to
wage war against list" be demand
ed.' "Aimed neutrality would now
he a cowardly makeshift. We can
not nvoid wnr. When tho wnr-mnd
autocracy that rules Gennuny has
been chastened or overrun, ties of
friendship now severed will bo re
united. The clock of national pa
triotism now strikes for each of us
in our hour of work and responsibil
ity." .
ST. LOUIS ELEC1S
ST. I.Ot'IS, April 4. Mayor Henry
W. Kiel and the cntlro republican city
ticket were olcied hore yesterday.
Mayor Kiel defeated William C. Con
nott, his democratic opponent by 23,
101 votes, l.ouls Notts, republican,
received 10.175 more votes tor comp
troller than James Y. Player, present
Incumbent. The republican! elected
tourtecn aldermen.
I.ONHON, April 4. Andrew Bonnr
I.aw, member of the Hritisli council
iiml government spokesman in the
bouse of commons today stated in the
lower house of parliament that until
President Wilson's speech had been
discussed by Iho I'nited Slates con
gress Hie Iirilish government wns sat
isfied it would not bo right to take
official notice of it.