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Forty-seventh Year.
MEDFOTiD OTJF,OONT. MONDAY, APRIL HO, 1917
NO. 33
Pally Ywplfth Year.
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Senate Measures to be Adjusted in 1 . -
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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.