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University f Library WEATHER Max. yesterday, GO; niin. today, 44. Precipitation, .03. FORECAST Tonight and tomorrow, fair; light frost tonight IL TMBUN Forty-aoventh Year. Dally Twelfth Your. MEDFORD OREGON7, SATURDAY. APRIL 21, 1917 XO. 20 MA GEBiAN CR ninnntmnr nrnniAMP inor lorMATrnrnATro I m m m k r rr iiii in i d i mm m m mm ii n t ym - t ... . ki iiiiii i kii i i in ii i w miv.i iii.ii i.ii hum iii hum .i r o III llllll I IIIIII UL.IHIHII1U LUUU ULI If 1 1 l LL.L1 1 1 UU 1 C OIIDDDCOOCn livUUtomUitno MKIVIi DILL LtU -J mil I III il i I II! in nnurn nun i nwmn nunrni am rrV?k iliP.i . m uii iTinti IN UUVtK KAIU BIUWLAIN Ifc&l hi iv u (il . ... . ... mim U I iiiiii i rive uermanwarsmps Attempt Ham Administration Measure Providing I r si7ST inffiYM Germany Facing Economic and Polit ical Crisis Striking Munition Workers Make Revolutionary De mands That Would End Militarism French Continue Progress in Great Drive, While British Prepar ing For Another Great Blow. LONDON, April 21. British troops last night cuptitred the village of Gonnellieu, on tho front between St. Qnentin and Canibrni, it wns of ficially announced today. A number of prisoners were taken in the sharp fighting here. PARIS, April 21, noon. French troops made further cuius last night in grenade fighting south of Juvin court and east of Couroy. A German attack against Mont Hunt failed, the war office announces. The artillery was active over the front of the French. The buttle (tuns raged with particular violence east of Craonno and north of Khcims. Hints In (Germany. Interest In tho great French of fensive on the Aisne gave way today to the startling news from the inter ior of Germany. Veiled though the situation in the mist of u rigid cen sorship and obscured by the shackled conditions of the German press, suf ficient has leaked through to indicate that the German empire is facing a great economic and political crisis. The lalcst information received is that 10,000 striking munition work ers have engaged in a bloody riot in the great Prussian fortress town of Magdeburg and were only prevented from burning the city hull after a sharp clash with the military. This story comes from the Hatch frontier with sufficient detail to make its claims to authenticity impressive. Or. its heels arrives the account of de mands made by the leaders of the Berlin strike, demands of such a rev olutionary character that compliance with thcui would mean a prompt end ing to the militarist regime in the German empire. Charges of Treason. Similar demands have not been voiced publicly in Germany since the imprisonment of Dr. Karl I.iobknocht on the charge of treason. It is sig nificant that they include n requisi tion for the release of all political prisoners which would include, of course, tho noted socialist leader. Tho exact status of the strike movement in Germany is unknown, but it is certain that a very consid erable portion of the munition work ers have been nffVcled. There arc reports of a new strike nl Kssen and Magdeburg is the site of nn impor tant branch of the great Krupp es tablishment. An indication of the seriousness of the situation is af forded by the fact that Field Mar shal Von llindcnburg has considered it necessniy to make n icrsonal ap peal to the workers, in which he de nounces strikes as inexcusable crimes neuinst tho fighting forces. Pressnro Colli Inues. In the nionntimc General Neville (Continued on Pagu Sti.) TNI WASHINGTON, April 21. Tin resolution by Senator Smith of South Carolina to empower the president to send $10.(m(Umo in bringing- nitrate from Chile on government hhjst it' need be, to fertilise the thin farms of the Atlantic seaboard and tliu in crease food production, was Approv ed today by the senate agriculture committee. iiiwi Tinn nrommrno Anniw nm irn Five German Warships Attempt Raid on Dover and Engage Two British Patrol Vessels, Which Sink Two, Possibly ThreeLives of 105 Ger mans Saved Off Sunken Ships. LONDON, April 21. The admir alty announces that two German de stroyers, possibly three, have been sunk in the course of a German raid near Dover. Kive German destroyers took part in the Dover raid. They were en gaged by two Dover patrol vessels. The Dritish suffered no material damage. . Itiitish Liases Slight. The liritisb casualties were slight in comparison with the results ob tained. One hundred and five Ger- mans were saved. The announce ment follows: "The vice-admiral at Dover reports that on the night of April 20 five German destroyers attempted a raid on Dover. The raid resulted i their firing a number of rounds into a plowed field a few miles from Dover. The enemy appears then to have steered in the direction of some of our shipping, possibly with the in tention of attacking, but was met by two vessels of the Dover patrol. Sunk at Ixuvst Two. "In five minutes these two vessels engaged and sank at least two, pos sibly three out of the five enemy boats, the remainder making off at high speed during the special en gagement, escaping in the darkness. "Our vessels suffered no material damage and our casualties were ex ceedingly slight in comparison with the result obtained. Our natrol ves sels were handled with remarkable gallantry and dash and the tactics pursued were a very fine example of destroyer work. We were fortunate in being able to save the lives of ten German officers and 95 men from the vessels sunk." L H WASHINGTON', April 21. Will II. Parry, ot Seattle, vico chairman of the federal trade commission, died at a hospital here late today from the effects ot an operation performed a week ago. SEATTLE, Wn., April 21. Will II. Parry was appointed a member of the federal trado commission In January, 191.1, as a progressive. Ho had been a strong supporter of Roosevelt for president in 1 U 1 2 . Mr. Parry was 53 yearH old, and came to Seattle In Juno, 1S.SS, from tho Wlllamotto val ley, Oregon, where he had published a newspaper and where he had also been a reporter on Salem papcrH. Ho obtained il position as reporter on tho Seattle Post-Intelllgcncer and remained with that paper several years, becoming city editor In 1S89. Ho was appointed city comptroller by his father In law, .Mayor Uyron Phelps, and was Influential In estab lishing tho Cedar Illver water sys tem. Mr. Parry was exocutivo head of the Moran brothers' shipyard when it built the battleship Nebraska, and was chairman of the committee that raised In one day tho $500,000 cap ital stock of t lie Alaska-Yukon-Pacif-ic World's exposition, which wan held In Seattle in 1909. Mr. Parry's energy In Washington, as representative of the Seattle cham ber of commerce, attracted the fav orable notice of President Wilson, and when shortly afterward congress created tho federal trade commission, the president offered a place to the Seattle organizer. Mr. Parry leaves a widow, two sons and a daughter. Administration Measure Providing Selective Conscription Under Dis cussionImpossible to Wage War Against Greatest War Power Re lying Upon Volunteer Service. WASHINGTON, April 21. Debate on the administration nrmy bill pro viding for selective conscription be gan in the senate toduv with friends and opponents lining up for the im pending fight over the draft and vol unteer plans. Administration lead ers were determined to press the bill for final disposition and expressed confidence that it would pass with a safe majority. The military committee in voting to report the bill to the senate stood II) to 7 in favor of the selective draft system. The first real contest in the sen ate was expected to come over ef forts to amend the bill by adding a provision authorizing a call for vol unteers. Senator McKellar of Ten nessee, whose amendment was de feated in committee, was ready to submit it to the senate with the ap proval of six other committee mem bers. Volunteer Oport unities. In explaining tho bill to the senate Chairman Chamberlain said there was aniplo opportunity for volun teers between 1!) and 40 in the na tional guard or tho regular army. "It is impossible,'' said he, "to wage war against the greatest war poworthe world has ever seen, rely ing on tho volunteer system. Unless we adopt tho principle of universal service, unless wo adopt the system that will enable us to use all our re sources, we can make no headway." About (i,00n,00l) men between 1!) and 2."i are liable to draft, of 12.000, 000 who could be called into militnrv service. Out of the (i.OOO.OOO men, Senator Chamberlain said, 2,000,000 could first be trained. By taking men under 2."), the country, he said, would get those with fewest family ties and least likely to leave others to become an economic burden upon the nation. tliumhrelalii Interrupted. The senator had only given part of his explanation when, under the senate rules, parliamentary stains of the espoinage hill threw things into a tangle. Senator Thomas of Colorado wanted to take up the army bill next week and meanwhile make u speech on the spy bill. Senator Fernald of Maine then joined the debute and read n long prepared speech on the tin can situa tion while the nrmy bill waited. After an hour's delay Senator Chamberlain got through a motion to lay aside the espionage bill and go on with the army measure. Senators Fernahl, Johnson of California, Gronna, La Follctlo and Thomas vot ed against displacing the spy hill. (Continued on page six.) E WASHINGTON, April 21. Impor tance of the anti-German rioting in Argentine is minimized in a report from American Ambassador Stimsou. In the rioting of April I I, Air. Stim "!i reported, n few windows in the building where a German newspnor i printed were broken. One German diip was attacked. A counter dem onstration on the next night was of Ict importance. A meeting by the "patriotic? prp. ular committee'' was railed frr the night of April 20 and another meet ing t" prominent ieoplp had been called tor April 22. with the object of exprc.ing approval nf the Argen tine al I it ndo toward Go 1 "mted Slater and the raiiM of the grand alliance. ENGLAND'S SAVIOR ONCE BARRED FROM ARMY BELGIAN RELIEF SI "ZONE OF SAFETY" AMSTERDAM, April 21. Tho ro ller ship Kongslie has been sunk by a mine or Bubmarlne. One member of tho crew Is missing, the remain der having been rescued. Tho Kongslie was a Norwegian steamer of B0C2 totiB gross. She was originally tho Bteamer Artisan, built at Sparrows Point, Maryland, In 1916, for tho American-Hawaiian Hawaiian Steamship company. She ailed from Portland, Maine, on March 31 for Rotterdam with supplies for the Belgian Relief commission. The Kongslie was hit while In tho so-called sate zono on Friday night. The missing man Is the second mate, a Norwegian. Tho others who wore on board, thirty four in number, ot whom nineteen wero Americans, have been landed in Yunildcn. Tho vessel was struck on the star board side. Because of tho darkness the cause of tho explosion that sunk tho vessel remained undiscovered. Tho crew wero rescued by trawlers. LONDON, April 21. Officials here of the commission for relief In Belgium' has been advised that the steamship Blnghnrn, outward bound from Rotterdam, with a safe conduct, has been sunk. 1 AMSTKHDA.M. via London, April 21. Semi-official advices from Con stantinople announce today that Tur key has broken off relations with the I'nitcd Stall's. BASKL, Switzerland, April 21. A dispatch from Constantinople dat ed today says the Ottoman govern ment has notified the American em bassy that following the example of its ally, Austria-1 Ititurury, it has broken diplomatic relations with the I'nitcd Slap's. NKW YORK. April 21. The lar gest freight car shortago ever re ported by American railroads exist ed on April 1, it was announced here today hy the American ItRilway asso ciation. Tho shortage on that date was H.O.'S ears, an Increase of 12, 977 as compared with March 1. 4 -Wf :V. . . ill Jfe mmmm GEN. HAIG . LONDON, April 21 England now believes she at last has tho one big man she has needed to lead her to victory. That man is Sir Douglas Ilnig, commanding the British army in France and the driving power behind the great attack which is pushing back the Germans day after day. And llaig, called "England's sav ior," was once barred fromho army because he was color blind. Ilaig, when a student at Oxford, had no idea of joining the army, but on a bet with a classmate, applied for admission. JIo was turned down by the medical board. Determined, he asked the duke of Cambridge for help, and through him finally was ac cepted without examination. Of Scotch SUM-k. llaig comes from n noble family of Scotch stock, lie was horn June 10, lKtil, und married in 100.-) to Dorothy Vivian, daughter of the third Lord Vivian und maid ill honor to (jueen Alexandra. They have two daughters. Once in the service, Ilnig moved up rapidly, lie studied the American civil war and went to Germuny to study the I'russiun military system. He served in the Sudan in 1S!IH and was under Kitchener at Athara und Kha rt oum. The first great achievement of llaig was under General French in South Africa, during the Boer war ill IHOfl. He was at mess with other offi cers after the Colosburg operations and the ipiartcrinastcr was listing the losses of each mall. "Did you lose anything, llaigf" asked the (iiiirtcrmaster. "Yes," answered the young offi cer, "my bible." That inborn piety accompanied llaig throughout his military career and the bibb; has its place among his maps and books and is consulted by the general every day. Vnkiiimii t'ntil War. Ilnig was still practically unknown in the public until the present, war. He was in ciinimand at the baltle of Mons, when il looked as if the Brit ish would have to retreat, llaig calmly studied the siluntioii and (piictly turned to his suboplihules, saying: "Wo shall hold on here for a while, if we all die for il." That aroused the English forces to slop the on coming Germans, llaig became "the hero of Moiis." When General French was with drawn from command of tin- Brilish forces in France, the command fell to llaig. He is the man for the job. He has a mastery over his men that is magnetic, spiritual, rnlher than material. He uses no In - 11. but ipiiet, calm orders that no man would disobey. llaig is a skilled rider. He talks German and French lluenllv, and has a working knowledge of Arabic Xo matter how urgent the war, General llaig takes his regular ciudit hours of sleep. A. R. Rosenliaiim, claim agent of tho Southern Pacific, Is a week end visitor at Medford and Ashland, MEXICANS IS AMERICAN BUI CHEER GERMAN Ambassador Fletcher Hissed by Mexican Congress Upon Its Con vening, While German Minister Von Eckiiardt Given Thirty-Minute Ovation. EL PASO, Tex., April 21. -American Ambassador Henry Fletcher was hissed In the chamber ot deputies Sunday when ho appeared for tho op- nlng of tho Mexican cougress, accord ing to a report received horo from Mexico City today by government agents. , Tho report stated that German Min ister von Eckiiardt was oscortcd to his seat by a delegation of six depu ties and Hint tho German minister was given an ovation when ho appear ed which lasted more than thirty min utes and another when ho left. Ambassndor Fletcher's appearance was greeted with feeble applause which was "drowned with hisses," the roport read. Efforts wero mndo by General Ed uurdo Hay, president of the house of doputlos, to restore order when tho galleries started tho demonstration for tho Gorman minister, tho report stnted, hat it wns not until ho had nulled for tho sergeant-nt-arms that, tho choerlng ceased. After von lickhardt left tho cham ber ot deputies, crowds formed them solvos into a volunteer guard and cheered him to Ills hotel, tho report added. E RUSSIAN PEACE CHICAGO, April 21. Seattle, San FrunclBco and Vancouver aro to lie lined as ports for whoteKale departure hy radical KusKiaus who plan to re turn to I'etrograd and demand a sep arate pence, according to luforiuutfon brought to light here today hy United Stales Her ret service agonic The (itfclosures how a gigantic Cerman propaganda for soparuto peueo ban linen launched In American news puperH printed in KiiH-dan. Advantago I being talien of the lollttcul amncKty granted hy tho rev olutionary government In Petrograd to create a powerful pence Bcutlnient In UuhhIuii official cfreleH through the Influence of revolutlontntfl and radl-i-.i'r?, who may now return to their homeH without fear of the bureau cracy. Jly niectlngH, pamphlets ud news paper a vlgoioiiH campaign hu been liiKtttuted Hotting forth that with the czar and liin government in tho Bcrap heap, tho liu.sHiun people Hhould end tho war without dulay. Huf-Man puh llciitlonH crltlcjKed the entrance of tho United HlatoH Into tho war and openly published peneo appeals. One who has been In close, touch with the. Russian revolutionists of (ini'iiiiin sympathies declared that thono who ko back with the bopo of strength ening the separate pence propaganda will object to going by way of Van couver beenuse thi'y fear the Miitlsh secret service. LINCOLN. Neb, April 21. The partial suffrage measure, passed the Re an to early thl morning und the bill now lacks only the tovernor's signature, to become u law. The bill permits women to vote for president, congressman and nil ev.ept constitu tional state office. BATTLE A F T E Soldiers Experience Keen Delight in Abandonment of Trenches Aus tralians Proving Just as Good on French Battlefields as at Gallfpali Vivid Description of Battlefield. AUNTHAUAN HEADQUARTERS, IX FRANCE, April 21. After theso ninny months of trench warfare there is keen delight for the Australian sol dier in Ibis new land warfare which the German retirement has opened lip. Tho fighting is in open country now, over gently rolling downs of what look like grass land. It is really more of it wheat or turnip land which has not been cultivated for a year or two. The country is as open ns tho Australian central plains. It is ipiite n new sort of battlefield for theso Australians. They inarch down to it through valleys nlmost ex actly like the valleys in tho peaceful parts of l'rance. There nro wholo acres in which one cannot see n sin gle shell hole. Hack ncross tho green country or down tho open roads come men in twos or threes oc casionally, sauntering as one might find them on a country road on Sun day. They are tho wounded helping one another back to the dressing sta tion. The walking wounded have to help each oflier hack in these modern battles. It is no longer looked upon ns meritorious for an unwouniled com liiilnnl to leave the field and help a' wounded comrade to the rear. Open Field Work. Nearer Ihc front the country be comes more feverish. Angry bursts of tnwny color are seen in u hap hazard sort of way dolling tho hori zon ami the count ry side. Here and there nre Australians in great coats standing behind mounds of earth with their rifles pointed over the top, bayonets always fixed. '' Frequently when there is no other shelter there are hastily scooped trenches. A ipiar ler of n mile away another party is lining a roadside, flat on their stom achs in Ihc ditch, bayonets peeping over the top. Shells nre whizzing by al. the rate of two or three n minute, high explosives bursting on contact behind their bucks about us far away as the other side of n cottage parlor, SI III (loot! Fightci-s. Over a bit to Ihc right is a sleepy I'Vcnch illagc. Not u living thing is to be seen down these straggling Isig nicourt streets. The bricks of tum bled walls lie here and then' just as the shells knocked them. Through them, just as in old baltle pictures, may be seen the bodies of dead Her mans, at. corners, in the angles of tumbled houses, a courtyard visible through a shallcred brick wall, two of them in the bottom of olio of the big craters which the (Icrmans them selves blew at everv crossroads to impede the enemy's uilvnnce. Noth ing stirs in the whole village, and tho only sound coining from this abode of death is the occasional lull of a tile or some debris thrown skvw'urd hy a shell descending from over be hind Ihc next village. These Australians nre just as good fighters in this new warfare as they were at tiallipoli or in the trenches, perhaps even belter. They had Ihcir first, cni'iiunicr with (termini cavalry Ihc other ilav, but it was only a feint at a flank anil Inslcd only u few minutes. OIT.NIIACKN", April HI. A Her liu lii-piiich mi.vs that ii Ibmi-h phv s.cian bus offered one million kroner to the Iteilin miiuii'ip.'il council with which to send about lll.ihlll Horlin children to licminirk. The children will be kept in the northern kingdom for the duration of the war and siv months thereafter. The offer wns accepted, N N OPEN WARFAR