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MEDPORD OREGON, SATURDAY, MAY 2(1. 1917
Forty-seventh Year.
Dally Twelfth Year.
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16 WHIPS
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UPON DOVER
Most Extensive Air Raid of War by
.Germans Results in Killing of 76
and Injury -of 174 English, Mostly
Women and Children by Bombard
ing Crowded Streets Airships So
High That They Are Invisible-
Three Brought Down by Pursuers
. BTRLIN, May 20. The Gorman
nir squadrons yesterday dropped
bombs on Dover and Folkstone, the
war department nnnoiuieed today.
Dover is a British naval base of
o-reat importance. It is situated at
the eastern end of the English chnn
nel acrosS from Calais. The popu
lntion including the garrison numbers
about 45,000. The town which is 00
miles southenst of London is one of
the chief ports of communication he
twecn England and the continent.
Folkstone is live miles southwest
of Dover. It is one of the principal
points of departure for steamers ply
in: between England and the conti
neii It has a population of about
35,000.
LONDON, Muy 26 German air
ships to the number of about sixteen
raided southeast England on Friday
evening, according to an official
statement issued today. Seventy-six
jwrsons were killed and 174 injured.
Three of the German airships were
shot down. The raiding airship
which were brought down were air
planes. , '
Nearly all the damnge occurred in
one town where some bombs fell in
the streets, causing considerable cas
ualties among the civilian population.
The following report on the nir
Taid was mude by Field Marshal Vis
count French:
Sixteen In Squadron.
"A large squadron of enemy air
craft, about sixteen, attacked south
east England between 5:15 and 0:30
o'clock last evening. Bombs were
dropped in a number of places but
nearly all the damage occurred
one town where some bombs fell into
iihe streets, causing considerable
casualties nmong the civil population.
Some shops and houses ulso were se
riously damaged.
"The total casualties reported by
the police from all districts ure:
"lulled, 70.
"Injured 174.
"Of the killed 27 were women and
23 were children, while 411 women and
19 children were injured.
"Airplanes of the royal flying corps
went in pursuit and the raiding air
eruft were engaged by fighting squad
ron ot the roval naval air service
from Dunkirk on their return jour
ney. The admiralty reports thu
theee enemy airplanes were shot down
later by the latter."
Tlirco Airships Winged.
Three hostile airplanes, returning
from hut nights raid on England
were brought down bv liritish ni
forces in the English channel, and of
the Belgian const, the admiralty an
, nounced today. The admiralty state
"Bient snys:
"Naval airplanes attacked the air
drome at St. Denis West re, nenr Bru
pes, yesterday morning, droppin
many bombs.
"In the evening sevcrnl enemy nir-
eralt returning lrom the raid on
England, were engaged over sea b
roval nnvnl nir service machines. A
encounter took place between one
British and three hostile airplanes i:
mid-channel nnd one of the lalt
was destroyed. Several encounters
also took place off the Belgian eoust
in which two lurge twin engine hoi
tile machines were shot down. All
our machines returned safely.'
FOR COMING WEEK
WASHINGTON, Mnv 20. Weather
predictions for the week bctrinning
May 27 issued by the weather bureau
today nre:
Pacific staten: Seasonal tempera
ture and generally fair except occas
ional showers nro probable the latter
liulf in Washington and Oregon.
BOMBS DROPPED
UPON
CROWD IN
SHOP CENTER
Airships Flew at Great Height in For
mation of Fives Large Number of
Huge Bombs Hurled in Haphazard
Fashion a Mile or Two Above Town
Pursued by British.
A TOWN ON THE SOUTHEAST
COAST OF ENGLAND. May 2G-The
most umbitious airplane raid yet un
dertaken by tho Germans on Great
Britain, occurred here late yesterday
afternoon while the streets were
crowded with shoppers, peddlers and
workers returning to their homes.
The raiders dropcd a large number
of bombs apparently in haphazard
fashion torn u mile or two above the
town, killing 7G persons, mostly
women or children and injuring near
ly 175 more.
The first raider to nrrive was the
leader of a squadron of five. It wns
flying at such a height that it could
not be seen against the brilliant sun
light which flooded the cloud-fleck
ed sky, except by trained observers
with good glasses. The raider was
followed bv the other four at n slight
Iv lower elevation. Thev sailed m a
bee-line across town, dropping bombs
continuously.
Heard Explosions.
Many persons in the streets first
learned of the air raid when they
heard explosions of bombs nround
them. The zone m which the bombs
were dropped cut n wide swath across
the city with the chief damage in the
hopping and residential districts,
The bombs, which were of large size
demolished completely houses and
mall shops which they struck.
Tho first squadron of five nir-
plancs was followed after short inter-
als bv a second squadron and then n
third and fourth, each of which i-o-pealed
the tactics of the first group.
Tho worst damage done wns from'
a group of bombs which struck the
business thoroughfare thronged with
people. At one spot here sixteen wom
en, eight men and nine children were
killed and 42 persons were injured.
Turned Homewards.
As soon as the raiders had drop
ped their homos tliey turned liomc
wards, probably aware they.'wonld
have to face an attack from entente
allied machines which would he sent
against them from the other side of
the English channel. The British and
French airplanes met the Germans on
the way and spirited air fighting oe
cm-rod with the result that threa of
the raiders were shot down.
The number of fatalities is likely
to show a considerable increase ns
man v of the injured are reported by
the officials of the local hospitals to
be in a critical condition.
Reports this evening from the sur
rounding district indicated there were
nine bombs dropped on neighboring
villages, even some distance inland.
These bombs mostly were dropped as
the Gorman airplanes were making a
wide circle to approach this town
from the land side.
TAX PROVIDED
TAX BILL
WASHINGTON, May 20. F.llmlna
tlon of tho five per cent manufactur
ing tax on automobiles In tho war tax
hill as passed by the house and sub
stltutlon of a license tax, at a rate yet
to be fixed upon motor vehicles, pay
able by those having possession, was
decided upon today by the senate fin
ance committee.
The Income tax section as first
drawn including the 2 per cent nor
mal tax and the house committee's
.untaxes also were adopted by the
scnato committee. It struck out,
however, the increased surtaxes on
Incomes over M0, 000 added in the
house on amendments by Represen
tative l.enroot ot Wisconsin.
The senate committee also rejected
the tax on motorcycles and on anto
niobile, motorcycle and bicycle tires
and tubes. The Income tax schedule
as adopted by the senate committee
Is expected to raise Sa33,000,000 an
nually, $161,000,000 from Individuals
and 1372,000,000 from corporations.
FRANCE DEFIES
SUBMARINES TO
CONQUER
Methods Used to Combat U-Boat
Menace Detailed Patrol Boats,
Arming Merchantmen, Using Wire
less, Seaplanes, Nets, Mines,
Smoke Raising Devices, Dragnets.
PARIS, May 20. Rcar-Admlral
Lacaze, the minister ot marine out
lined the means of defense France
had adopted against the under sea
boats, in the chamber of deputies Fri
day. f see no reason why I should not
speak of these methods, " said Admi
ral Lacaze. "It would be childish to
think they are unknown to the ene
my. They conslBt of a system of pa
trol boats, of arming merchant men
and fitting them with wireless; of
seaplunes, nets, mines, smoke raising
devices and dragnets."
Patrol Hunts Vsed.
The minister said that France had
552 patrol boats in service and ex
pected to increase the number to 900
He also said the government had 1,
200 drag nets, 170,500 curtain nets
and 5000 twenty-foot float nets which
indicate the presence of submarines.
Discussing the use of airplanes, he
said:
"We have organized seaplane posts
all around the coasts so that the zone
of action of each post joins that ot its
neighbor on either side. We also
have special bombs for submarines
and apparatus to throw them.
"The guns we mounted on the pa
trol 'bouts have been referred to dis
dainfully, but you cannot put ton-
centimeter guns on a small vessel. A
patrol boat on guard, armed with 05
millimeter guns, met 'two submarines
armed with 105 millimeter guns, sank
one and put the other to flight."
Will Not Conquer.
Our enemies," he declared, "have
said that they would bring England
and France to their knees. I have
said, and I repeat it, that the subma
rines will not conquer us."
Rear-Admiral Lacazo then pointed
out that the position of the allies and
neutrals at the beginning of this year
as to tonnage was about the same as
at the beginning of the war.
"The losses of the first four months
of this year may be totaled at 2,500,
000 tons," the minister declared.
"Taking into account the new boats
building and without any optimism
whatever, the loss at the end of this
year with the same intensity of de
struction would be 4,500,000 tons out
of a total of more than 40,000,000
tons. Is that the effective blockade
with which Gormany menaced us?"
AMERICAN SOLVES
U-BOAT MENACE
L(
LONDON, May 20.-The Wcslmin
stcr onzclle puiililics a message
from n correspondent who says the
submarine menace is being mastered
by n simple method, which the cor
respondent indicates is tho invention
of an American.
"It is giving a way no secret," the
correspondent writes, "to say Hint the
method, which is reputed to he infal
lible, requires only n little time t
come into full effect and wear the
submarines out. It is a model of sim
plicity. The press has been liberal in
its announcement of Marconi's devi
but while extending encouragement to
Marconi it must not be overlooked
that the genius who perfected one of
the most monumental advances in
maritime navigation has devoted bis
unrcniilting consideration to the men
ace and tins resourceful American
too, has worked toward the device
along independent linos."
AMERICAN RAILROAD
MISSION AT T0KI0
TOKIO, May 20. The fnitcd
States railriad commission to Hus
headed by John F. Stevens of New
Yoik, urrived in Tokio on its way to
Polrograd. The Americans wero en
tertained by the British and Russian
ambassadors,
TWO NURSES KILLED .
ON AMERICAN SHIP
LAND J i
r
1
HeleM"A7c3ocLs and
Edith Ayres-
Mrs. Kdlth Aycrs and Miss Helen
Burnett Wood of Chicago, were killed
on steamer V. S. Mongolia while en
route to Europe as Hod Cross nurses.
Miss Emma Mntzcn of Columbus,
Xeb., was injured.
PARIS, May 20. The ministry of
marine has issued the following state
ment In regard to tho naval engage
ment between French and German de
stroyers off the coast of Flanders on
May 20:
"According to a fuller report of the
engagement ca May 20 off Flanders
bank, tho enemy, superior In force to
the French flotilla, opened fire first,
but seeing the French torpedo-boats
bearing down upon him with the in
tention of boarding, ho retired at high
speed toward his base. The gun fir-
ng lasted for about a quarter ot an
hour. Lieutenant Bljot, commanding
the Boucller and the navigating offi
cer were killed. Ensign Peyronnet
although wounded In six places, one
wound being serious, took over com
mand during the end of the action
and brought the ship back to Dun
kirk.
"One of our ships succeeded In
avoiding a torpedo fired against her
by skillful handling. Attempts made
by the enemy to throw our ships into
confusion by false signals failed to
work. Tho French flotilla Buffered
only slight damiigo and dominate
the adversary, who gavo up tho ob
ject with which ho sot out."
An official statement issued by the
French admiralty on May 20 stated
that a flotilla of German destroyers
had been driven back to Its base by a
patrol of four French torpedo-boats
The German official statement declar
ed that tho French craft were repeat
edly hit and that the German ships
wore uninjured.
T
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SAN FDANt'ISCO, May 26. Offl
clals of the Southern Pacific, West
cm Pacific and Santa Fo railroads
received notfbatlon here today that
railroad traflc executives of all rail
roads west of the Mississippi rlvor
will meet In Chicago June 5 to con
sidor details on curtailment of thru
train service to meet war emergency
requirements. Among tho leading
questions for discussion. It was an
nounccd, will be the elimination of
buffet and observation cars, co-ordi
nation of express and mall service,
reduction of overland service to ac
tual need, simplification of dining car
service, and lengthening running time
ot trains.
PROBING LEAK
OF SAILING OF
AIRICANSHIPS
German Spies Evidently Gave Warn
ing of Departure of U. S. Warships
as Port of Destination Was Mined
Beforehand Only Few Officers
Knew of Flotillas Departure.
WASHINGTON. May 2li. Official
investigation was under way today to
uncover whethor the leak on tho sail
ing of Amorlcan destroyers to the war
zone was on this side of the Atluntlc
or whether Gorman spies got It In
Kngland. Admiral Sims has positive
ly reported that tho German admiral
ty knew of tho departure of tho Bhlps
and their port of arrival four days
ahead of time and had opportunity to
mliio their path.
Some navy officials are inclined to
suspect the German spy system In
England, dosplte the statement of Sec
retary Daniels that the Incident em
phasized tho fact that the German spy
system still was at work In this conn
try. If tho Information was sent from
the United States it was made doubly
difficult because it had to pass the of
ficial censorship.
It was stated officially today that
only a few officers In the offices of
Admiral Benson, chief of operations,
knew the destination ot the destroy
ers. Tho commanders themselves
were ignorant of the port until they
opened sealed orders probably twelve
hours at sea.
That the Quoenstown harbor en
trance was strewn -by submarines
with mines intended for the Ameri
can ships was considered 'by officials
as proof that the German Information
concerning tho departure and destlna
tlon of tho boats was accurate.
The seriousness of tho disclosure
was not greatly ameliorated by the
fact that tho German plan was dls
covered In time and the destroyers
saved.
DELEGATION FOR
LANE'S FUNERAL
PORTLAND, Ore., May 20. The
remains ot the late I nitcd States
Senator Harry Lane of Oregon, who
died in San Francisco Wednesday ar
rived here today. The funeral will he
held Tuesday, following the arrival
of a congressional delegation from
Washington, D. ('., which left Wash
Ington Friday and will arrive in Port
land Tuesday morning nt 8 o'clock
over the Milwaukee line. As finally
constituted, the party consists of the
following:
Sennhirs Chamberlain, Ashurt.Nor-
ns, Kcimui, Kciiilnck, King, (lionnii,
Thompson and Johnson of South Da
kola. Representatives Johnson, Washing
ton, Mays McClintic, Walsh, Barkc
loy, Kiiichchic, Lobcck mid KeiuiiK.
Isaac Mcltrido, Lane's son-in-law,
nnd private secretary, will accompany
the pnrly.
Oregon house members met nnd is
sued the following explanation for
their remaining in Washington:
"We deeply deplore the death of
Senator Lane, nnd join in every trib
ute of respect to his memory. There
will be up in the house within a few
days n number of matters of the
greatest importance to Oregon, in
cluding the rivers and harbors, re
clamation, food supply and price con
trol lulls, we are convinced oar duly
is to remain in Washington and be
lieve that under the circumstances
Kenntor Lane would approve this ns
the method most acceplahle to hnn
of showing oar respect to his memory
bv serving the state he so dearlv lov
ed." PORTLAND PREPARES
TO SELL LIBERTY BONDS
PORTLAND, May 21!. Portland
bond sellers, representing, for Hie
time being, the federal reserve bank
of San Francisco, are making nn of
fice to office canvass here lo sell lib
erty loan bonds, it became known to
day. They report clerks ami stenog
raphers are buying bonds on the in
stallment plan ns rapidly as the pf
fica beuda and employers,
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Publication of Information Useful to
Enemy Prohibited and Made Fel
onyPresident to Declare by Proc
lamation the Character of Informa
tion Not Useful to Enemy.
WASHINGTON, May 20. A new
compromise provision for newspaper
ensorship was agreed upon today by
the conferees on tho espionage bill.
They regarded it as greatly modil'y-
ig the one agreed on yesterday.
The now draft proposes that oon-
ress shall prohibit publication of
military information but not that re
garding 'equipment" of the nnned
forces nnd instead of authorizing the
president to make censorship rules
and regulations, confers upon him
merely tho power to permit publica
tion of matter prohibited by tho see
lion.
rubllrution a Crime.
Other mailer objectionable to thoso
in congress lending the opposition to
censorship legislation also was struck
out. Instead of prohibiting publica
tion of information that may be use
ful to the enemy, it would prohibit
such information that 'shall" ho use
ful. The new clause follows:
"When the United States is nt wnr,
tho publishing wilfully of information
with respect to the movement! num
hers, description or disiosition of any
of the armed forces of tho United
Slates in naval or military opera
tions, or with respect to nny of the
works intended for tho fortification
or defense ot nny place which infor-
ination is useful to the enemy, is
hereby prohibited and tho president
may from time to time by prochimii
lion deolnro (he character of sncl
above described information which in
his opinion is not useful to the enemy
and I hereupon it shall ho lawful to
publish the same.
I'p to July to Decide.
'In any prosecution hereunder the
jury trying the enso shall detennin
not only whether the defendant did
wilfully publish such information bu
also whether such information wns o
such character as to he useful to the
enemy; providing Hint nothing in Ihi
section shall he construed to limit or
restrict nny discussion, comment or
criticism of the nets or policies of 111
government or lis representatives or
the publication of Hie same if sue
discussion, comment, criticism doc
not disclose liilormation herein pro
hibiled."
Agreement also was renched by the
conferees on the export embargo nn
search warrant sections nnd that pen
ulizing intortcronec with foreign (Mini
merec. All were given wider scope.
IS
ALTON, III., May 26. A tornad
la reported at Modesto, III., 56 miles
northoast of hero. Many casualties
are reported.
The news was received hero ovo
tho wires of tho Chicago, Peoria and
St. Louis railway. Railway advices
are that the town wns practically do
mollsbcd. All wires to Modesto are
down.
EAST ST. LOUIS, 111., May 26.
Reports received -by the Chicago, Pe
oria and St. Ixiuls railroad luillcnto
that one person was killed and tw
wore fatally injured In the tornado a
Modesto, 111. The property damage,
according to the reports bore, was not
large.
ICE BREAKS OP
IN BEING SEA
IVOMF, Alaska, May 26. At 2
o'clock yesterday afternoon the Ice In
Bering sna began to move westward,
and at 7:30 the sea In front of Nome
was practically clear, tho ice moving
in a body laward llurlug strait.
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v u uum.r
m to lptl
un imcoiL
3500 More Prisoners on the Carso
and Important Progress Along
Coast and in Plava Zone Total of
22,419 Prisoners Taken In Present
Offensive French Repulse Ger
man Attacks and Gain Fresh
Ground in Champagne Region.
KOMI'',, May 20. Italians have
captured .'1500 more prisoners on the
iirso, tho war offico announces,
envy fighting continues,
Tho Italians mndo important pro
gress in the constal region in the di
rection of Triest. They carried
trenches from the mouth of the Tim
avo river, on tho Gulf of Triest, to
a point east of Jumiano nnd also
the heights between Flondar and Me
deuzzu. Tho Italians also mndo progress
st of Boseomalo, in the region of
Custagnavizza, north of Tivoli and
ill the l'lavu zone.
The statement snys the number of
prisoners taken on the Julian front
from May 14 up to yesterday is 22,-
411).
French Gain Ground.
Despite desperate attacks by the
Germans to regain vnntugo points
they linvo lost recently north of the
Cliciuin-Des-Daines nnd in the Cru
onne region, the French have suc
ceeded in holding these positions and '
in the Champagne have gained nenr
ground on both sides of Mont Car.
nillet.
Tho British, on their front nlso nre
pursuing nibbling tactics. General
llaig reports slight improvement of
the British positions on the right bank
of Iho Scarpe, east of Arras. New
actions by the Germans may be in
preparation between Croiselles and
the Scarpe, as nn increased activity
of their artillery in this sector is re
ported. A Gorman air ruid over England
cost the lives of 70 persons nnd the
injury of 174 more. Three of tho
raiders' airplanes wero shot down.
, French Official Report.
PAULS, May 20. Furlhor progress
was made by the French on tho Cham
pagne front during Iho night. Two
German counter attacks wero repuls
ed and 120 prisoners taken, the wnr
office announced Ibis morning.
LONDON, May 20. Increasing ac
tivity of Hie Gerinnn nrtillery along
the British front between the Scarpe
and Croisilles in Franco is announced
by tho war office today. The Brit
ish have effected a slight improve
ment in (heir position on (he right
hunk of the Scarpe.
THIRTY PERISH IN
CYCLONE SWEEPING
CENTRAL KANSAS
WICHITA, Kan., May 20. South
Central Kansas today is recovering
from tho ravages of a spring tornado
which late yesterday tore a jagged
path through two counties and killed
thirty people.
Aiidale, a village of less than 300.
inhabitants, was the chief sufferer
with sixteen idcntit'ieil dead. The
country district to tho nortbenst of
Sedgwick, reported nine fatalities
while two dead wore identified near
Newton, still to the northeast. Mora
than hal 'fa hundred persons have
boon injured.
The twister nroso in the southwest
and swooped down upon Andnle with
a suddenness thut prevented nny or
ganized escape. Willi tho small end
of (he funnel shaped mass of whirling
debris slashing a path from a qunrtor
to a half mile in width residences and
business buildings of Iho town were
reduced to splinters. Then Hie tor
nado swept through one of the richest
fanning districts of the state, leveling
standing grain and farm houses.