Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, April 30, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextLilvrarv jj VEXTnETt Slnxlmum Tosforilny C2; Minimum Ttulay :IT"iTciintation .01 FOTEfUST Touiglif anil Tomorrow Showers. ' " Forty-seventh Year. MEDFOTiD OTJF,OONT. MONDAY, APRIL HO, 1917 NO. 33 Pally Ywplfth Year. OIL TANKER . , JsM ISVICTIM OF I L E LMBmk m BAmEGAINS mum mmmimm mam Senate Measures to be Adjusted in 1 . - i . . v : Tl. American Oil Steamer Sunk and Cap tain, Part of Crew, Naval Lieuten ant and Nine American Naval Gun ners Missing Vessel Owned by Vacuum Oil Company of California Was Formerly Steamer Bayamen Has Made Regular Trips to Europe LONDON, April 30. The Ameri can oil tank steamer Vacuum lias been sunk. The captain and part of the crew and the naval lieutenant and nine American naval gunners are missing. The Vacuum was sunk by a Ger man submarine on Saturday while she was on the way to the United States. The chief mate and 17 men, includ ing three of the American navy gun ners have been landed. A boat containing the master of the ship and the remainder of the crfcr, together with the lieutenant and nine naval gunners Ib missing. NEW YORK, April 30. The Amer ican steamship Vacuum, commanded by Captain S. S. Harris of this city, left New York on March 30 for Bir kenhead, England, carried a crew of 4 men, of whom 15 were American citizens, Including nino native born. The Vacuum, formerly the steam ship Bayamon, was owned by the Vac uum Oil company of California. She was built In 1912 at Ecorse, Michigan and was brought to tho Atlantic by way of the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence river and converted into a tank ship. Since the war began she has made frequent trips to Europe. She was a vessel of 2551 tons gross, carried oil in bulk and was 247 feet long and wit ha 43-foot beam. The Vacuum Oil company today fecived this message from its agents abroad : "Vacuum torpedoed eighth 140 miles west of Barraa. Number one life boat with captain and others missing." An addition to the message said that those in No. 2 lifeboat were sav ed, including the chief officer, Simp son and Williams, engineers; Lind- gren, enrenter; Lotcs, qunrtermas ter; Hatton, wireless operator; Wil Ham Orrell. cook: Nichols, Ililson and Lusker, of the naval nun crew. GREETED By ALASKA WASHINGTON. April 30. The new democratic government of Russia has been official greeted by the Alas kan legislature as "our nearest sis tei reDUbllc" and the message has been transmitted to Pctrograd by the department of state. The following resolution addressed to the president of the Russian duma was adopted by the territorial legislature: "The territorial senate and house of representatives of the territory of Alaska, In session assembled, extend the hand of greeting to our nearest Bister republic, Russia." SHOOTS TWO AND SELF A SAN DIEGO, Cal., April 30. E. C. Hickman, a realty broker, shot and seriously wounded Charles G. Brlggs, shot J. J. Brennen, prominent law yers, and probably fatally wounded himself by firing a bullet Into his hetd here today. The shooting oc curred In the offices of Brennen, fol lowing a discussion of a recent law suit brought against Hickman, Accordance Will Desires of the j.. i. j M . m s,- rOnR OHMTRni " .' -fi .rv rUUU bUlMuL WASHINGTON', April .10 Presi dent Wilson nnd Secretary Baker to day took up differences between the senate and house army bills. The conferees adjusting differences be tween the two houses will be inform ed ns a result of where the adminis tration stands on disputed points. The aire limits of 21 to 27 fixed in the senate bill are preferred by the administration since they more near ly approximate the desire of the war department for aire limits of from 1!) to 25 years. The limits of from 21 to 40 fixed by the house bill are unsatisfactory to the administration. No Date of Registration. A date for registration of those lia ble to service will not be formally fixed by the president until the bill has been perfected in both houses. Until that time no campaign will be undertaken to recruit the regular army and national guard up to full war strength. The administration bill to raise nn army by conscription, although pass ed by both houses Saturday, had to run the gauntlet of minor opposition again today in the somite where there was a chance of reopening the whole debate by amendments Senators La Follctte, Gronna and others threat ened to offer. The two houses pass ed two bills, essentially the same but technically different and the house bill now has to be passed by t lie sen ate. Heady Within Week. After passage, which the measure's friends hoped would be tonight or to morrow, it will go to conference, and probablv will bo ready for the presi dent's signature before the week end. In conference the main difficulties to be harmonized arc the variance of maximum ages of men liable to draft. fixed at 27 bv the senate and 40 by the house, the senntc's approval nnd the house's rejection of nn amend ment to let Colonel Roosevelt recruit a volunteer force and the senate pro hibition of liipior selling to soldiers in uniform or near training camps. FEDERAL RESERVE .WASHINGTON, April 30. Assur ances have ben received by tho Fed eral Reserve board from sources of state banks and trust companies throughout the country that they will enter the federal reserve system upon the passage of amendments broadening the scope of the law now before congress. ' Establishment of branch banks in many cities throughout the United States Is anticipated by the board should the amendments pass and it is regarded as highly desirable in the campaign to bring the outside banks Into the system. Amendments designed to bring In the state banks and trust companies would liberalize the existing law in many particulars. Chief of these are provisions to make it impossible for such Institutions to withdraw from the system should they desire to do so and placing in the hands of the board the conduct of Institutions for entry. The amendments provide for a modification of the regulations governing Interlocking directorates so far as new Institutions are con cerned. the establishment of branch federal reserve banks and minor changes. -' vyl ''V8.&&y$jMl'hti$ warn ariiqc fdfe jfe?&a Ad,ninistraiion prflram Dcsianed to stim,,la,e Pra,,uclion' prevent it 5v;W: ; fty W&E' :4ht Hoardi,,B Make for Equitable Dis" Jl -j4- ution 2nd E,lmination of spec" L wsjak. . V ' Wyr ulation '" Food Pl'oducts- At top, members of tho commission being received at tho I'liioii station, Washington. Ift, center, Arthur J. Ilalfolir, head of tho commission, and tght, center, Secretary of State Lan sing, surrounded by secret service men and members of tho reception committee. Holmv, memliers of tho commission under military escort. DISCUSS PARI OF M I WASHINGTON, April 30. The British and French commissions set tled down to their second week of (inferences today with preliminaries cleared away and the ground work of the prosecution of the part the United States is to tuko in the plans to overthrow Prussian autocracy. II. Viviuni, head of the French mission, accompanied by Ambassador Jusse rnnd, had nn hour's conference with President Wilson. M. Viviuni nnd Marshal .loffre were to have made a visit to the cun- 1 today to meet senators anil rep resentatives, but at the last moment. the visit was postponed until later in the week. State department officials were anxious today to make it plain that the department took no part whatev er in the expurgation of porltions of Marshal .Toff re s statement vesti day on the participation of American troops on' the battlefields of France. They made it plain that any changes in the preparedness statement as read by Marsha! Joffrc, when later giv en out to I lie new, -papers, hud been made bv the French mission on its own initiative. COPKNIIAGI-.N, April .')0. No lier lin newspapers have arrived here for two days. Such stoppages arc of ten preliminary to important military developments. HOW GERMANS r ' is hv-Sr i w p-WH 7 I'M"; fc" fev! SJ '' The Ijifnyetlc air sipiadnm, consisting of .American aviators, has Isviigivcn consent to wear I nitcd Slates uniforms and havo Uio I nilcd Statexflag p iloted on the bollouis of llieir aei'opliines on the front In France. CHICAGO. April 30. That a re port of the alleged "disloyal" utter ances of Mayor William Halo Thomp son had been prepared and was for warded to Washington today was ad mitted at the headquarters of tho local bureau of Investigation of the department of justice Tho report was said to include newspaper reports of tho mayor's statements relative to inviting the British and French coin missions to Chicago. CHICAGO, April .'10. The action of Mayor W. II. Thompson in declin ing to extend an invitation to the lirilisli and French mission now inj man Washington to visit Chicago, is to he 'man thc subject of inquiry l:y tho federal fldenco and hope of final victory, authorities today, according (o Jos. Tho recent retreat was executed by I!. Fleming, assistant United Stales 'tho desire of the German command attorney. A number "f lending bus-! to take up a position In the famous iness and professional men who have ' Hinilenbiirg line and prisoners now been members of nn advisory com-1 say that when It becomes known mitlcc appointed by the mayor soon In Germnay that tho British havo after lie took office, have announced . turned this position and taken pos their withdrawal from tite commit-! session of several miles of It south- tec, giving ns the reason their disap - provnl of his coui -e in regard to Hie invitation to the distinguished for- eigners. Alter the mayor decided tli.it he believed lie would be "premising con siderably to lake the position that all of (lie people of Chicago nre in favor of the invitation," the ciy council by unanimous vote invited members of (lie two missions to visit this city. WILL SEE U. S. FLAG IN WAR USE HINDENBERG'S IllilTISlI lIUAIKiUAKTEIt.S IN FltANCK, April 30. There are in creasing evidences daily of how the German higher comand Is using tho German higher command is using tho hurg In an effort to sustain tho mor alo of tho German fighting men, which was learned by tho retreat from the Somme and the successful launching of the British nnd French offensive actions. Prisoners recently taken also tell how Von IliiidcnburB continues to he held up to tho Ger- populatton as a whole as the in whom It nni;;t repose con- ! east of Arras great depression will bo . caused. Civilians as well as soldiers placed firc;il faith In llilri lino, on which they 'nay ti 1 1 1 1 1 f n h of marks have been I spent. They had heen told tho line whs ko InvuIiKT.'iblo that Iho (Inrmnns could nit In ft for tho remainder of I 'ho war. I Tho Connan class of 1011), It Is 'arned, Is hHng called tip, hut is jstlll In training. FOR FIRST TIME WASHINGTON, April 30. Tho ad ministration food bills were intro duced in tho house today by Chair man Lever of the agriculture com mittee. They do not cover price fixing or control of the use of grain for distilling liquors, These subjects will be covered in a bill to bo iutro (luccd later. The bills introduced today uro do signed to stimulate proiluctiou, pre vent hoarding, ninko for couilnble dis tributiou and susnend the law prohib iling (lie mixing of flour. They con tain provisions to prevent conflict with the anti-trust and interstate commerce laws. To Prevent Shortage. The Lever bill appropuiatcs .$25, 0011,000 for its enforcement and au thorizes the appointment of two ad ditional assistant secretaries of ag riciilfurc to administer it. The meas ure is designed to prevent a short ago of food during war time by pro tccliug the public against injurioii- speculation and would provide for a survey of the food situation of th country. It also provides for the establish mcnt of standards of grades for American products and fertilizers and for their receptacles and re-(piii-cs proper labeling of such recep tacles to prevent fraud and abuse, li iiulliorieH the license and control, when necessary, of anv business of maiiiifiietiire, storage or dislribu lion of food, food materials or feeds and gives similar power to compel licensees to disgorge unreasonably hoarded slocks, to refrain from i list or diseriniinnlorv practices or charges and to exact fair prices only. Control of Distribution. It. gies power to control the market movement nnd dit ributjon of perishable products, to pi-escribe per ceiilnces of flour which shall be milled from wheal and to permit or conipcl i liolesoiue ami economien mixtures of wheal, wheat flour oi whent products with other products MISSOI'LA, Mont., April 30.-Tbe Daily Missouliiiii nod the Missoula Sentinel, were sold today by former I'liiled Stales Senator Joseph M. Dix on to Lester L. Join's, Martin Hutch ens and (leor-jo liiee f Chicago. The deal includes flic job printing, lith ographing nnd hookbindery iilauts, Mr. Jones, who will have charge of the business office of the two news papers, was formerly publisher of the Chicago Chronicle ami for 11 years vice president and general malinger of (lie Chicago Joiiriinl. Mr. lluteh ens, formerly miiiinging editor of the Chicago Journal, will he editor in chief of the Mi"oiiliiin mid Sentinel. Mr. Kiee was a sporting writer on the Chicago Journal. Heavy Fighting Continues Along the Front Between Arras and Lens 1 Germans Continue to Bring Up Fresh Troops for Unsuccessful Counter Attacks German Front and Support Lines Taken In Ad vance Which Began Saturday. ....LONDON, April 30. Heavy fight ing continues along the front between. Arns nnd Lens, with very little change in the situation reported, neuter's correspondent lit British headquar ters telegraphed today. The Ger mans nre continuing to bring up fresh troops nnd to deliver counter attacks, more particularly in tho neighborhood of Oppy and from their trench sys tem down to Gavrelle. Tho British hold tho winilmille northeast of tho latter village and have improved thoir posls along the southwestern slope of Greenland hill. Continuous fight ing is in progress around tho Rououx chemical works. "In n general way," continues the correspondent, "tho situation this morning along I ho front of tho at tack which began at daybreak on Saturday is that wo hold Jlic 8erman front lino frcm the point'nTiore the ' liiiillciil-Hiacho loop line crosses tho trenches northwest of Gavrelle to tho fork in tho Oppy lino between that place and Arlotix. Beyond this fork wo hold the German support line for a length of 1200 yards. Thence our front continues just cast of Arleux, Weather Is lfuxy. "The weather was too hnzy this morning for good air work and tho artillery observation was correspond ingly poor but the gunners on both sides have plenty of registered targets and the old lamiliar thunder waxes and wanes. "Various German documents that have been captured urgently empha size the necessity of economizing strictly in the expenditure of shells of nil types, as the dearth of mater ial is seriously minimizing tho output of supplies. It is also urged that the artillery officers bo trained to employ guns, the inner tubes of which are worn out, upon targets which do not necessitate very accu rate shooting, as the output of new guns is limited." Fail to Check Advance, The bal He of Arras si ill rngos with the issues remaining in doubt. For six days the Germans have tried to check the British advance but so fur without avail. However momentous the issues which hang nn the bloody struggle in France they nre insufficient to bold the attention of t lie German peo ple who ore facing a situation at home fraught with even more tre mendous possibilities. On tho cvo of the general strike planned for May Day the German press nnd lend ers are displaying a feverish appre hension as to what the morrow will bring forth. Austria nnil Sweden are two other storm centers where May Day may evoke popular uprisings of far reach ing effect. In the face of tho brew ing stnnn word comes that tho Ilun uiirinn government has declared itself (Continued on l age Two.) TANTINE LONDON, April 30. The report that King Coiistantine of Greece is soon to abdicate is reiterated in a dispatch from linmo to the Star, which says it has been confirmed from neutral diplomatic sources. It is suggested that tho king nnd queen may land nt an Italian port nnd pro ceed overland to Denmark.