Medford mail tribune., June 06, 1917, Page 1, Image 1

Forty-seventh Tear.
Dally Twelfth Year.
Running Fight at Long Range Ends
Fatally for German Sea-terror.
Which Fires 35 Shots American
Merchantman Fires 25, Last of
Which Raises U I boat Clear Out of
Water Gun is Manned by Ameri
can Naval Crew.
WASHINGTON, June C. A Ger
man submarine is believed to have
been sunk by an nniied Amoiicnn
steamer yesterday in n running ifyht
lasting an hour and a half in which
35 Bhots were fired by t Ho submarine
and twenty-five by the steamer. An
official announcement by the state
department today says the steamer's
final shot "apparently struck the
submarine, which raised clear oil of
water and stood 'stern-end up for!
a few secunds. She then disappear-i
ed." i
The department's announcement
follows:
"The department of stale is ad
vised by telegraph of an enza jjement
between an armed American steamer
and n submarine. The jruns of the
steamer were manned hv an Ameri
can naval crew. The submarine was
first seen at about 7,000 yards. She
had a G-inch jrim forward and another
after. She flew no t'lar.
"ITpon sijrht of the submarine the
steamer hoisted 'the American i'liijr
and waited for about ten minutes. As
the submarine approached the stciin
r fired. The submarine re-ponded.
The steamer kept a speed that would
permit the submarine to come within
ranjre. Then followed a fiht lasting
for an hour and a half. The suhma
rine came to within a distance of 2li00
yards. iy that time the submarine
had fired 'A shots and the steamer
25. The last shot, of the steamer ap
parently struck the submarine, which
.fyoised clear out of the water and
stood stern end up for a few sec -aid-.
Then she disappeared. The captain
of the steamer and the 'commander
of the guard believe that, the suh
marine was sunk. The steamer suf
fered no damam?.''
I'OKTI.ANn, .hi no fi. Adjutant
General G. A. While, who hud charge
of registration, estimated today that
about 73,000 men in Oregon put their
names on tlio draft rolls yesterday.
The exact total may not be known for
several days, he said, as reports from
several of tlio outlying counties may
take from two to tiiree days to reach
;here. Dispatches from Washington
yesterday said Provost Marshal Gen
eral Crowdcr expected HIS, 150 to reg
ister In Oregon. Two counties, Hood
River and Poll!, kept their registra
tion booths open until early today In
order to accommodate all eligible resi
dents. TROOPS SENT 10
HKLKN'A, Mont., .Tune fi. The
western department of llin army bus
sent troops to Whitcflsh on applica
tion from the Great Northern Hallway
company to I he governor. Governor
Stewart and I,. W. lilll made the ap
plication for the troops on informa
tion th.it' i;tri!-cr;i on a railway con
ftrurtlon cnntri't at Wlunfi?h re
fused to allow strike-breakers to 1,0
to work. The troops scut were not
trom Second Montana regiment.
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Tills piil lire, taken "somewhere on the, Mid-Atlantic," shows the survivors of a toric(loe! ship, struggling In
were successfully Iowrral, after which cnnio the task of saving those passengers ami crew who hail jninpel Into
weather was calm, ami the l-cscuo achieved without great difficulty, nltbo the men were in the water some time.
II TORNADO
IN TWO WEEKS
SWEEPS KANSAS
Eighteen Persons Killed, Hundred
Injured and Million Loss in Prop
erty Damage Ten Dead., in Mis
souri and Eight in Kansas From
Centralia to Neosho.
From tlie stonn swept regions of
Missouri and Kansas loday came re
ports showing (hat the deaths of. 18
persons,, the injury of approximate
ly 101), and property damage well in
excess of if 1,01111,(111(1 were enusoil by
the tornadoes of late yesterday. Ten
were dead in Missouri and eight in
Kansas.
The dealh list was: Centrulia, Mo.,
seven; Kichmond, Mo., three; We
baunsee, Shawnee mid Jefferson
counfies, Kansas, four; Douglas
eouiily, rinsas, three; Neosho coun
tv. Kansas, one.
Kight Dead in Kansas.
TOI'KKA, Kan., June 0. Torna
does tliniout Kansas yesterday killed
at least eight persons, injured be
tween 40 and ;"i(l anil caused proper
ly damage estimated in excess of .,
n'oii.OIIO. The slonus struck Kansas
in three distinct areas one thru We
haunsce, Shawnee and Jefferson
counties, killing four; the second in
the soulhwcst corner of llonIas
county, killing three, and lite third in
Neosho county, killing one. National
Guardsmen have been called out to
patrol Ihe slrieken regions.
Iliii-linamc, in Osage county, is
isolated. The known dead arc:
Samuel Archer and Alonzo A. lams,
both of M'enoken.
John Winter, Klinont.
John l-'.lliolt. Meriden.
Juliii ilacliellor. Mrs. Timuiie Mon
roe and Thomas Monroe, her son, all
of ( 'linton.
W. II. (tastincau, Krie.
Five Head, lUHineville.
IIOONVIIJ.K, Mo., June (I.- Five
or six persons were killed last night
in a tornado that dipped down seven
(Continued on page six.)
OMAHA, Juno fi. A cloudburst
and windstorm did considerable dam
ai;o In the southwestern suburbs of
Omaha last night. I'lilon Pacific,
Ilurllimton and Northwestern tracks
were badly damaged and traffic de
layed. A portion of the town of Pah
lillion, Neb., was reported Inundated
anil some families forced to leave
I heir homes, tho no Ion; of life Is
Vnon.
The loner portions cl Council
Hluffs, Iowa, tuttcrcd Irani the ris
ing waters.
WEATHER Maximum Yesterday 83;
MEDFORD
IT IS SINK OR SWIM WHEN YOUR SHIP IS SUNK BY A GERMAN
IDENT
CONGRESS TO SPEED-UP
FOOD LEGISLATION
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WASHINGTON, June fi. To-
day President Wilson asked
members of the senate ngricul-
tural committee to act quickly
on the pending legislation to give
the government control over the
nation's staple food supply. He
expressed tear that if congress
delayed, European nations do-
pendent on American supplies,
might begin to compete with
each other in buying here in such
fashion as to send prices in the
I'nited Stales to u In ruling
heights and bring iiboul unrest
in the great cities.
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WASHINGTa.V, June (i. President
Wilson today In a letter to Governor
Hrumbaugli of Pennsylvania, express
ed his opposition to relaxing laws by
which safeguards have been thrown
about lulior, as a war measure.
"I feel that there is no necessity
for such action," wrote the president,
"and that It would lead to a slacken
ing of the energy of the nation rather
than to Increase It, besides being un
fair to the laboring peoplo them
selves." There has been a movement In
some stales to lengthen hours of la
bor. Aside from its attraction as an Income-producing
investment, It Is your
patriotic duty to subscribe for a Lib
erty bond. Ask any bank for partic
ulars. ROOSEVELT
The Horn Defenv logue of NnssAii fVointv, New York, whlrh Include OyMer Hov, Iloo.evelt'h home town,
were reviewed at tlio Minonla fair grounds by Colonel Hoosotclt. Ihc former rn-osldcnt's own liomn guards of
Oyster Cay ro here !luiwn pacing tlio reviewing itiiil, with th colonel taluting litem. Airoiv points to IIoomx
velt.
Miniinum Today Jo. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow Fair.
Mail Tribune
ORKfiOX. "WEDNESDAY.
Miss Parkhurst Says American
Women Will Take Men's Places to
Even Greater Extent Than In Eu
rope Suffragette in Love With
France Longs to See U. S. Army.
(Correspondence of Ihc. Associated Press.)
LONDON, May 2.". The war will
cause u greater stimulus in women's
activities in the United Slates than
it has done among the women of Eu
rope, in the opinion of Miss Chiistu
bcl I'unklnirst, dniigliler of Mrs. Em
meline I'unklnirst, the leader of Hie
Hritish militant suffragettes. Miss
I'anklinrsl, has recently retiiin:'(i to
England after two years of self-imposed
exile in France, with the ex
ception of some months spent cam
paigning in Hie United Stales. She
left England when the police objected
to her too strenuous methods of suf
frage propaganda, which brought her
into prison on several Occasions. "
"American women," she said, "will
take men's places to an even greater
extent than they have in England mid
France. The result will he thai Hie
women of America who alreadv en
joy more privileges Ihan their si-lers
on Ibis sirle of the Atlantic will have
a still larger measure of freedom
after the war when, I believe, all who
want Ihe vide can have il.
Women of Allied,
'a.
"I ( 1 1 i 1 1 It T know (ho women of
America,'' she went on, "ami I can
jilsl see how Ibey will throw Iheni
solvcs into Ihe spiril of these times
of si rife.
"The women of the United S'ates
(Continued on Page Two.)
REVIEWING HIS HOME DEFENSE
WA TO CAUSE
GREAT STIMULUS
A1NIIN
.1UNK fi. 1917.
SUBMARINE WITHOUT WARNING
the water, being picked up by the sunken vessel's lifeboats. All the boats
the water in the excitement, of the. torpeilo's iinart. Fortunately the
Bill TO BAR FROM
ltT H rH
WASHINGTON, June (I-Per-
sons leaving the United Stntes
to avoid military service would
be. expatriated and forever
barred from the country by bills
introduced today by Kcpresen-
tnlivc Taylor of Colorado.
Thirty days from the pussngo
of either measure would he given
"Mo persons who already have fled
to return and make amends.
BY BRITISH AIRSHIPS
LONDON, June Two sticressfnl
bombing mitlri wore cnrritMl out
iiyrjiinst hostile shipping ut ZcbniLro
on M'ondiiy nilit in uliicli many tons
ot: bombs wore dropped, it wns of
ficially announced today.
A hostile airplane was driven into
the sea 1-) miles from land and a kite
balloon shot down, the Knlish ma
chines returning safely, it is addod.
SELLS FOR $30,100
iEW YORK, June (i The Har
vester, 2:111 trolling stallion, in lin
stock of ('. K. (I. Hillings, which is
being publicly auctioned here today,
brought if:i(l.nil. Tin' purchaser was
.Paul Kiihu of Torre Haute, lud.
I'olcr liillon, '':I1V, stallion, was
sold for .:i,!l(lll to the Elm Pine farms
al Greenwich, N. V.
TROOPS.
AT SEA.
LI
Million From Number to be Select
ed for Call to Colors in Early Fall
Those Who Failed to Register
Can Do So Today to Avoid Arrest
and Imprisonment.
WASHINGTON, Juno 0. Amerl
en's millions of the military ago pro
scribed by congress are registered for
the war against (lerninny.
In every stato in tlio Union today
reports from tlio polling places to
which some ten million young men
marched ycHtcrduy to record their
names wero being UKScmblcd for
transmission to tho war department.
Tho next step In tho government's
plan will ho tho selection ot tboso who
actually are to bear arms from others
who remain nt homo because ot de
pendents or to do tlio work on the
farm or 111 the factory.
Call to Colors In Kail.
Tho men selected, about a million
as now estimated, will lie called to
tho colors tind put Into I raining early
In tho fall. Originally It was intend
ed to call only KOO.OOO for tho first
draft army to support tho National
Guard ond regulars, but a few days
ago It was announced that nearly a
million men would bo needed on the
first selection.
No returns had been received by
tho war department last midnight but
they wero expected to come In thru
out tho day and to bo practically com
plete by tonight.
Only four arrests were reported of
ficially to tho depart nieiit of Justice
last night and It was pointed out to
day that even tho sum of unofficial
reports of trouble Indicate that the
day was more peaceful than most gen
oral elections.
Can Iteglsler TiKlay.
Provost .Marshal General Crowdor
loday notified all governors that he
bad Interpreted the law to penult any
who In good faltli fulled to register
yesterday lo do so loday and an
nounced that a liberal policy would he
(Continued on Pag Six.)
SHELLED LIFE BOAT
I.ON'IIO.V, June (1. At a confer
ence of members of the seamen's and
firemen's union yesterday Indigna
tion was aroused by Ihe recital of
two recent Instances of German rutlt
lcssness in tlio North sea. In one
enso a British ship was sunk and II
members of the crew were killed by
shell fire. In I lie second case after
torpedoing the i.hlp. Ihe German:;
(ired a E'irfu-:e torpedo thru a aniall
boat which was carrying the crew
to a rcsi-ulntl o'.ujuior auj Killed all
OB board..
TEN MILLIONS
OF AMQflCANS
ED
Uc'-wtlty of Crgon
Library a
NO. Gf)
Iff FISH LAKE
Wasson Canyon Water Used Tempo
rarily Until Flood Conditions Sub
side and New Diverting Dam Built
Supply Sufficient Only for
Drinking Purposes Residents on
Butte Creek Spent Night in Hills,
Badly Scared by Flood.
On account of the grave
emergency wnler situation ill
the city and fearing tho (lunger
of fire and low water pressure,
Mayor Gules this forenoon enll-
ed noon Contain Freeman New-
port to cull out as many of tho
Med ford Home Guard company
as wns necessary to patrol tho
itv and slon till ncople liTigat- T
iug lawns, gardens and lots.
The captain, Lieutenant If. Ii.
('Ink and Sereeiints H nine Klum
mid M. C. Wright and six pri-
vutes of the Homo Guards in
five niitoniobiles then begun the T
work of patrolling tho city and
stopping nil irrigating.
With Ihe water in Fish lake lowered
0 Hie 12-foot level from tlio 22 -foot
evel nml (he leak declared Htnppcd,
all danger from flood from the dam's
iving wav, has been averted. Tho
water will bo held ut the present lovel
pending repairs above. As soon as
the flood subsides, the debris will be
leared away from the site of the city
intake and a new diverting duni built
to replace the wercked structure.
Meanwhile the city is taking water
from the llnnley irrigation dileh sup
plied from Wasson canyon, and a
sufficient ipinutity is thereby secured
for nil use except irrigation. In a
few days Ihe normal supply will agiiin
bu available.
When tlio llreuk Came.
When tho big break In the immense
I'Tsli I.nko dam of tho Itoguo River
Canal company cuino Monday night,
tho lingo voluino of released wator
rushed Into Utile Untie creek, flood
ing Hint stream lo the top of Its banks
for miles, and In some places over
them, turning It into a dangerous
raging, racing torrent of flood waters
carrying debris clear from the dam.
ii miles from the city, near Mt. Pitt,
all tho way to whore the UBiially well
behaved stream empties Into Rogue
river, between Kaglo Point and tho
llybco bridge.
The dam contained t00 acres of
water 2'i feet deep. The break meas
ured from 75 to 100 feet wide and
about l.'i feet deep.
I 'lood Created Terror.
The first rush or ruthor the crest
of tlio oncoming flood, with nn awful
roar and a head of llirco to flvo foot,
struck the city water works intake, 13
miles this side of tho dam, made a
ruin of It anil then continued on Its
mud course, either washing out or
weakening all bridges along tho way,
Jumping the banks hero and thore
nnd flooding Irrigating ditches, ranch
gardens and meadows, driving many
ranchers to the mountain sides who
feared thai tho entire dam Btructuro
bad given way and that beforo lonB
(Continued on pugo six.)
PLENTY OF FOOD
E
HKItl.l.V, Juno ft. rt Is officially
stated that at a conference between
tho Prussian house of lords and tho
heads of the various government de
partments It. was decided that there
was rompleie assurance that Ihe food
supply wjs sufficient to enable th&
country to bold out for the remainder
of tho crop year and until ti con
clusion cl a victorious peace, '
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