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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."
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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.)
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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.
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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.
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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,
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OPEN WARFAR