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Forty-seventh Year.
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MEDFORD OOEROX, FRIDAY, APRTL 13. 1917.
NO. 19.
DEFENSIVE SEA GERMAN RAICER
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FORMER GERMAN CONSUL UNDER ARRESTPATR10TIC FUND SEVEN BDJSNS
TEUTON Hi
AREASONCOASTS REPORTED SEEN U FOR FAMILIES OF BONO ISSUE TO
ARE DESIGNATED GULF OF MEXICO r' f ?cl ENLISTED MEN PASS CONGRESS
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British Capture Nine Miles of Ger
man Positions on a New Front Be
tween Arras and St. Quentin, Tak
ing Town and Wood of Gouzeau
court, Gauche Wood and Sart
Farm French Also Make Gains
South of St. Quentin.
LONDON', April 13. German posi
tions on a wide front have been cap
tured by the British after severe
fighting, the war offico announces.
The front attacked extended from a
point north of llarglcourt to the vil
lage of Metz-en-Couture. It is nine
miles from llarglcourt to Metz-en-Couture.
This sector 4a on the new
front between Arras and St. Quentin
where the Germans took up positions
after their retirement. The British
captured the town and wood of
Gouzeaucourt, Gauche wood and Sart
farm. The announcement follows:
"Wo attacked last night In the re
gion between St. Quentin and Cam
brai. After sharp fighting we cap
tured the enemy's positions on a wide
front from north of llarglcourt to
Metz-en-Couture. We now hold Sart
farm, Gauche wood, Gouzeaucourt
village and Gouzeaucourt wood.
"During the night our troops car
ried., out a successful raid southwest
Bf Loos. The enemy's dugouts were
bombed and considerable damage was
done to his defenses. In the neigh
borhood of Ploegsteert a hostile raid
ing party came under our machine
gun fire, failing to reach our
trenches."
French Also Attack. .
PARIS, April 13. The French
made an attack this morning on a
new front south of St. Quentin. To
day's official statement says the Ger
mans resisted desperately but the
French captured several lines of
trenches, taking prisoners and a con
siderable number of machine guns.
The French also made further
gains east of Coucy la Ville, taking
prisoners and booty.
The statement follows:
"Between the Somnio and (he Olse
our troops this morning attacked
German positions south of St. Quen
tin. Notwithstanding desperate resis
tance by the enemy we carried sev
eral Hues of trenches between the
Somine and the St. Qiientin railway.
We brought back prisoners and a
number of machine guns.
"South of the Olso our advanced
troops made progress east of Coney
la Ville and took prisoners and ma
terial. Thero was artillery fighting
in tho region of the Alsne and in the
Champagne near Verdun two sur
prise attacks were made by the
enemy. They were broken up by
our fire."
Sliff Fighting Prevails.
WITH THE BltlTlSII Aim IKS IN
FItAXCK, April 13. I ndcr lmprov
ed weather conditions there was stiff
fighting along virtually two-l birds of
tho British front today. In addition
to the gain made in the new attack
between llarglcourt and Metz-en-C'outure
tho British are making pro
gress further north. Another mile
of the Illndciihug line southeast of
.urns has been taken, as shown by
last night's official communication
(Continued on page six.)
EL
. LONDON', April 13. A demand for
Indemnity for the sinking of the
Spanish steniushlp San Fulgencio lias
been made on Germany by the Span
5h council of ministers, the .Madrid
correspondent of the Exchange Tele
graph company cable?.
The San Fulgencio w.t storpedocd
without warning, being the first
Spanish i lit p to be sunk by the Ger
mans under thef'e conditions.
A I-ondon dispatch of Wednesday
said the Spanish government had
made a strong pro(est to Gcnnany.
Vessels Prohibited From Entering
Restricted Areas Except at Desig
nated Entrances and After Author
ization by Harbor Entrance Pa
trolInstructions to Be Followed.
WASHINGTON', April 13. An ex
ecutive order designating "defens
ive urea;.'' on coasts of the United
States and its insular, possessions
was made public today, including
Port Orchard nnd the Columbia river
in (he northwest. Regulations gov
erning (he movements of vessels in
these waters are appended and the
order concludes with this statement:
"The responsibility of (lie United
Stales of America for any damage
inflicted by force of arms witli the
object of detaining any persons or
esels proceeding in contravention
fo regulations duly, promulgated in
accordance with this executive order
shall cense from this date (April
.-th).''
Columbia. Iiichided.
Tho areas specified are: Mouth of
the Kennebec river, Portland, Me. :
Portsmouth, Boston, New Bedford,
Xewport, Lonir . Island east, New
York east, New York main en
trance, Delaware river, Chesapeake
entrance, Baltimore, Potomac, Hamp
ton Koads, Wilmington, Cnpe Fear,
Savannah, Key West, Tampu. Pensa
cola, Mobile, Mississippi, Galveston,
San Diego, Sun Francisco, Columbia
river, Port Orchard, Honolulu nnd
Manila. An inner and outer limit is
fixed for each area and die secretary
of tho navy is charp-ed with the duty
of publishing aiid enforcing the reg
ulations. Entrances for inbound or
outbound vessels nre designnted for
each port. The lightships or other
markers of courses to be forwarded
are given with compass bearings for
the information of the mariners.
"A vessel desiring lo cross a de
fensive area," the regulations state,
shall proceed to the vicinity of the
cnlrance (o the proper channel, fly
ing her national colors, (ogother with
international code number nnd pilot
signal, and there await communica
tion with tile harbor entrance patrol.
It is expressly prohibited for nny
vessel to enter the limits of a defen
sive sea area otherwise than at n
designated entrance, und after uu
thori.nlion by the harbor entrance
patrol.
Must Await Permission.
''lioiils and other cm ft employed
in the harbor entrance patrol will he
distinguished by the Union Jack,
which will he shown from a position
forward; they will nlso fly (he ns
cnl naval pennant. At. night they
will show n vertical hoist of three
lights, while, red and while, in (he
order named.
"(In receiving permission from the
hnrhor entrance pnlrol to enter a de
fensive sea area u vessel must com
ply with nil instructions ns to pilot
age and other mailers.'
WASHINGTON'. April 13. The tre
mendous recruiting campaign for the
navy Is beginning lo show results.
Iiiiring tho first twelve days of
April a net gain of 4871 men for the
regular servlco was recorded. The
figures for the last two days of that
period wero respectively 535 and 556
men, showing tho steady Increase In
the dally average of applicants.
The total enlisted strength now Is
approaching the 70.000 mark. Pres
ident Wilson has already authorized
recruitment to 87.000, the maximum
allowed by law and pending legisla
tion will provide for a total forco of
I'.i'.oaa Including the const defense
reserve, the only present volunteer
element.
When the S',000 figure Is reached
It Is possible that subsequent enlist
ments will be permitted "tor the dur
ation of the war." which would en
able the active service to he filled up
with war volunteers.
British Steamer Wires Presence of
Commerce Destroyer Submarine
Also Reported In Yucatan Channel
Government Cannot Confirm
Stories.
GALVESTON, Tex., April 13. In
formation that a German commerce
raider ill the guise of a sailing ship
hus entered the Gulf of Mexico was
reported today in Galveston. News
of the raider's entrance into the gulf
was received from an unnamed Brit
ish steamer in a radio messnge to a
ship which has arrived here. News
of the presence of this vessel reached
hero shortly after the announcement
that a German submarine was oper
ating in the eastern gulf. Tho raider
is silid (o have entered the gulf
through the Yucatan channel.
WASHINGTON, April 13. Many
reports of German raiders and sub
marines laying in wait near American
ports to destroy commerce reached
t lie navy department today through
civilian channels, but official con
firmation was consistently lucking.
The most persistent report was that
of a German submarine in the South
Pacific.
NEW YORK, April 13. Official
denial by the Cubnn authorities that
the British vessel Trevcnl was sunk
off Cienfuegos by a German subma
rine was cabled here today by the
Republic of Cuba news bureau. The
story of the sinking was given out
last night nt Key West, Fla., by C.
Peterson, claiming to be a member of
the Treveal's crew.
"The possibility of the presence of
German U-boals in the vicinity of
Cienfuegos gr in any Cuban waters
is scouted by the Cuban authorities,"
the bureau's statement said, "as a
vigilant patrol of nil waters sur
rounding the island lias been kept by
the naval guard ever since the Cuban
declaration of a slate of war with
Gcnnany. Peterson, who took the
report to Key West, is not known by
maritime authorities nt Havana."
TO QUIT GERMANY
RIO JANEIRO, April 13. Foreign
Minister Lauro Mailer has cabled the
Brazilian minister in Berlin asking
him to urge all Brazilians in Gennnny
to leave the country wilhin twenty
four hours. A decree has been is
sued withdrawing Hie cxeiua(ers of
the German consuls. The ministers
of Fiance, Great Britain nnd Italy
conferred at length with Dr. Mullcr.
An official inspection of tire Gcr
man ships seized in Brazilian wnt
ers show that important parts of the
engines nre missing, rendering the
vessels practically useless.
SAO PAULO, Brazil, April 13
The offices of the Diario Alemano, n
pro-German organ, were wrecked
last night by a mob of pro-ally sym
nathici's. Tho presses were de
stroyed.
WASHINGTON', April 13. A far
reaching administration measure to
stimulate, production of food upon
private nnd public lands within re
clamation projects and appropriating
15,000,000 for the purposo was In
troduced today by Representative
Taylor of Colorado, chairman of the
bouse Irrigation committee. The bill
lias the approval of the federal re
clamation service.
Another step In the food produc
tion campaign has come before con
gress from the American IWor.re So
ciety. All congressmen are being
acked by the nocclety to urge tho gov
ernors of their states to designate
by proclamation or otherwise a plant
ing month, to accomplish the cultiva
tion of al available jnacos.
IVJfc Uy x v Nb0WM Government Urged to Provide "Sus-
tJiayfiW r4 ' tcnoncd Allowance" for Depend-
fP'vVK Y ents Experience of Canada and
lf-fgVj. Y Great Britain to Be Followed-
fhWf$M -Pension Provided for Family.
BOPP
A quintet of Germans In San Francisco considered unfriendly to the
I'nlted Suvtew. Franz Ropp, center, former Gorman consul nt San Francis
co, Lieut, Wilhchh von lU'im-ken and K. 11. von Sclinnck, former vice-consul,
at top, were convicted of neutrality violations and were at liberty on
bull at the linio war was declared. They wero arrested humeri l.iU-ly after
the- wnr proclamation, ltelow, Henry W. 10. Kaufman, former chancellor
of the German cunula(o nt San Francisco, und Hubert I'apello. iigent of
tho North German Lloyd Steamship
charges of sending supplies to German
in the war.
Tl
WASHINGTON, April 13. Power
for the president to order rnilway of
ficials to operate uny part of their
rolling stock during war time ns he
may see fit without actually taking
over railroads, is given in the com
mon carrier regulation bill of last
session, re-introduced today ill nn
amended form. Provisions to per
mit the president to control nnd
operate nil railroad, telegraph and
telephone lilies, lo draft their em
ployes into the militnry service, to
use the military in protecting the
operation of railway lines and to in
crease the personnel of the inter
state commerce commission from
seven to eleven members are included
as in ihe previous bill.- The section
by which the president might order
the operation of part of a road s roll
ing, stock is considered of (ho great
est importance. It. would permit the
government to ohtnin the sumo ser
vice that it would if (he lino were
taken over and at the same time
prove economical in time and cost, it
is believed. Compensulion for the
use of the rolling slock by Ihe gov
ernment would he fixed by the inter
sla(e commerce commission.
All properly taken over by the
president would be returned to its
owners at (he (dose of the war. At
tempts to evnde service order bv the
government would be dealt with se
verely. Coupled with the proposed ineronse
of the personnel of the interstate
commerce coiumii-sion would be n
provision to subdivide it with (he
purpose of expediting business. As
now constituted, the commission finds
itself ini)ossible to keep abreast of
its work.
AMSTERDAM, April 13. Tho so
clnlist newspaper Vorwaorts of Her
II n says editorially: The German
government must have I lie courage
to tell the German peoplo the whole
truth, which Is simply that It Is I in
posidblo to dictate terms of pence to
a world of enemies."
LA PAZ, Unlit in, April l.'l.-It is
snid on good authority that the Bol
ivian government, in replying to the
note of the United Stntes respecting
its entrance into the war, will say
that the United Slates was eoui-ph-tely
justified in taking up the de
fense of the rights of neutrals.
CA PELLS
Company, aro nw.ilfing trial on
warships in the Soutl: Pacific early
EXPECT U-BOAT
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WASHINGTON, April 13. New
.impetus was given plans for naval
co-operation between tho United
States and the entente nations today
by conferences between Secretary
Daniels and American nnval officers
and Viee-Adiniral M. E. Browning of
the British navy and Hear Admiral
it. A. Grasset of the French nnvy.
American warships first will under
take the patrol of the entire Atlantic
coast from Piinama northwnrd, pos
sibly even including Canada, permit
ting the withdrawn! of British and
French patrol vessels und using naval
bases of (he British in (he South At
lanlic if necessary.
Naval officers have expected that
Germany would extend submarine ac
tivities sporadically to this side of
tho Atlantic nnd announce n fonnnl
blockade of Boston, New York, the
nioulli of the Delaware, the mouth of
(ho Chesapeake, Charleston und Sa
vannali.
The flotilla of motor patrol boats
now being nssembled and n number
of submarine trap nets will he relied
upon chiefly for protection of the sen
const and harbors.
It is underslood British nnd
French ports in Europe will bo op
ened to American ships when the
need arises and eventually nit Amer-
ienn naval station probably will he
established on the Irish const.
SAI.K.M, Ore., April 13. Governor
.lameH Wlthyconibo yesterday wrolo
President Wilson, pledging Oregon
resources to the nation and suggest
ing Immediate steps toward conser
vation of breeding stock, It was an
noil need hero today.
"As exectitlvo of a slalo essenllnlly
agricultural," he said, "I bellcvo
would bo extremely advisable to Issuo
an organized appeal to farmers urg
Ing them to keep their remain breed
In K stock und to withhold from salo
their veal calves and young ninrkot-
ablo animals."
Such conservation Is necessary, he
said, not only to meet America's food
problems, Mil to help build up Ku
rope's depleted stock. Co-operallon of
meat puckers, purchasers and dis
tributors should be asked, he sug
gested. EL PASO, Tex., Aoril 13. Indict
ments were returned today in the
Unilcd Stales district coit against
Mrs. Amelia Toenuiges, Clarence
Tocnniges, Josephine Tncnniges, her
son and daughter, nnd lleinv Bench,
all Germnns, ehurging llicm with
"conspiracy lo levy war against the
Unilcd Slates by inducinj; ami insti
gating Mcxicuii military eomiuamlers
In invade Ihe Unilcd Slates from
Mexico,"
NEW YORK, April 13. Lending
manufacturers in the United States
are seeking to discover the wisest
and most patriotic method of dealing
with (he question of industnul pay
rolls during wnr timo and making
provision for dependent families of
men who enlist in nny branch of the
national service.
A definite effort is to be made, it
was learned lodny, to urge the gov
ernment to provide "suslennneo al
lowance" in the United States to
dependent families of men who en
list, on n similnr basis to Hint ndopt
cd by the governments of Great Brit
ain und ( iinudii and the creation of
a national patriotic fund will be urg
ed to bo handled by tho American
Red Cross, assisted by (ho Charity
Organization society nnd local com
mercial organizations in the matter
of neeessury investigation.
Knoi'iuoiis Fund Needed.
Ail enormous fund would huvo to
bo raised in this country. ,. Even if
only 1,0(10,000 families should ho in
volved, it would menu $20,000,000 n
month or $240,000,00 n yenr for
separation allowances ' alone.
Most of this, it is calculated,
would be an additional tax on Amer
ican business. It is understood ev
erybody would be asked to eontrib-
U(o to this fund.
Information obtained from nu-
thoritativo sources in Grent Britain
and Canudii as to how the problem
wns handled there disclosed what are
described ns the "most staggering
kind of experiences," It appeared
that beeause (ho wnr was sudden,
prominent linns nnd corporations in
a burst of patriotism publicly an
nounced tney would give lull pay
during Ihe wnr lo every man who bore
anus, this was intended, it was ex
plained, to encourage enlistment.
Employers who had promised their
employes to give them back their own
pibs found it impossible to fulfill
their promises. Many cnino buck
maimed and injured and after two
years of war u vast army of tempo
rary help had been created in the
factories. The problem of getting
rid of this temporary help on the re
turn of (he soldiers proved u diffi
cult one.
KilsUmiuico Allowance,
Tho British nnd Canadian govern
ment have decided, Ihe American
manufacturers have been informed,
to pay a "sustenance allowance'' lo
all dependent families representing a
figure sufficient for food and rent
alone. That bus been figured out to
ho $51.08 a monlh for a family of
two adults and three children, paid
direct to the dependent family.
flien there is the "separation ul-
lowance'' of $''() u month per family,
for moderate comforts, clothes, etc
and "compassionnto allowance,
made nt tin? discrelion of a central
agency distributing the fund in ex
ecplional cases.
These "scpnrale" mid "eoinjias
sionale" allowances ore not paid by
the government, hut oomn out of
nationul patriotic fund raised by vol
untary public subscriptions und dis
tributed through . some ccntriil
agency.
It is iiudcrslond thai in t!ii conn
try a very definite analysis would
have to be iniide for the nilin.'.li.ienl
of (hi'se ulhiwuncc. in nccordanc
wilh varying cot of living and dif
fcrcnt slnndnrds id' living existing in
various parts of the country.
GOEIHALSfBID
WASHINGTON. April 13. Major
General GcorKO Goellials will accede
to President Wilson's request Unit ho
take general charge of the construc
tion of wooden ships planned by the
shipping board to carry supplies to
(ho entente allies. While no formal
reply from General Goethals has bee
received, officials have Information
Hint he will undertake tho work
Applause From Both Sides Greets
Opening Statement for-Largest'
Bond Issue Ever Proposed In the
World To Be No Limit to Loans
to Allies.
WASHINGTON, April 1-3. The
first of the war measures actually
came up In congress today when the
house took up for passage the bljl to
authorize an Issue of $5,000,000,000
in bonds and (2,000,000,000 In treas
ury certificates.
Domocratio Leader Kltchln took
charge of the measure on tho floor
and there appeared to be nd opposi
tion. There was no attempt to limit
debate! but tho leadors were desirous
of getting (ho hill passed before ad
journment so it could be hurried over
to the senate.
Agreement Konched.
Agreement was reached In the
bouse this aftornoon to close general
debate at 7 o'clock tonight on the
war bonds bill and then adjourn until
1 1 a. m. tomorrow
pemocratlc Ledor Kltchln said the
bill would ho trken up tomorrow
under the five minute rule and voted
upon by 2 p. m.
Grent applause from both aides of
Hie house greoted Domocratio Leader
K'itchin today wdicn he began hie
oRfnh.L statement In behalf of the
000,000,000 v ar revenue measure.
It wns Interpreted n carrying ?. iiible
meaning that the bill would pass
without serlou- objection or dela
en! 'hat all chenco of Kltchln being
lepored as majority leader for voting
ignlnst the wnr resolution had pissul.
Alter declaring that the measme
was "most momentous" and caTJIng
the largest bond Issue ever proposed
in any legislative body, Mr. Kl'chln
mndo a detailed statement of tho con
tents of the bill.
No Limit to LoniLS.
Representative Fitzgerald, chalr-
mnn of (ho appropriations committee,
attacked as excessive the provision,
which would nuthorlzo the expendi
ture of one-fifth of one per cent ol
the $5,000,000 bond Issue for ex
penses of tho Issuo. lie also urged a
provision to prohibit sale of the bonds
tor loss than par.
"This $5,000,000,000 does not
scratch the surfuco of our credit and
we should not discredit ourselves at
tho outset," ho said.
Proposals to limit expenditure of
the money loaned tho allies caused
Kltchln to declare, amid cheers.
that nothing should be done to In
terfere with prosecution of the war
by the allies. lie added that It 1b
oxpocted virtually all of the money
would bo spent In this country.
PKTItOGRAIi, April 13. Grand
Duke Moils, a cousin to the former
Kmperor Nicholas, has boen arrest
ed nt army headquurtcM and sent to
Tsarkoc-Holo, whero ho Is Interned,
A I'elrograd dispatch on April X
announced that tho recent arrest of
Grand Duchess 'Mnrlo Pavlovua, a
cousin of tho termor emperor, to
gether with a group of perronagos In
the entourage of Grand Duke Boris,
was said by the police to have led to
tho discovery ot a plot in which the
grand durhnss and two unnamed
grand dukes wero Involved for the
proclaiming of Grand Duke Nicholas
ns emperor ot Russia.
PLANS 10 FINANCE
WASHINGTON, April 13. l'resi.
dent Wilson today invited n group of
leading men from different parts of
the count rv to meet in Washington
April 21 lo consider menus of fin
nncing tho American National Red
Cnws for its responsibilities toward
soldiers nnd nou-couilmtants.