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Newspaper Page Textm. eriW of Oi-tyon Library y ' Forty-seventh Tear. Dally Twelfth Yeiir. BRITISH VESSEL I IN SEA BATTLE Shell Sent Into Magazine Causing Ex plosion Which Splits Submarine About Midships Each End Sinks Separately Was Five Miles Away and Running Off 12 Shots Fired. ' AN ATLANTIC TOUT, June 25. Members of the crow of a British steamer which arrived here today re ported having sunk an attacking German submarine. The British ves sel sent a shell into the U-boat's mag azine causing an explosion which parted the underwater boat about amidships. Each end sank separate ly. The British steamer was unin jured. The submarine was five miles dis tant and running away after hating attacked the Briiished nearly 400 miles off the coast of Ireland. Duel at Long Itungc. According to the story told by the gunner of the British steamer, the submarine was first seen when she sctn a shell at the steamer from a dis tance of about 3,000 yards. 1 fell short and the steamer immediately was swung around so that her stern was toward the U-boat, getting the navnl gun at work. Eleven shots re fired in rapid succession and C(.eh struck very close to the German. "I knew I had the range after the second shot and so did the German," said the British gunner. "The'Germnns were using their two guns, fore and aft, while wo had only one, but their shells were falling short and ho started to run. I fol lowed with shell anil the twelfth, the one that sent him down, struck just about aft of tile periscope, lie was then more than 0,000 yards away. Ship Itroko in Half. "We could all sec the boat break in half and go down disappearing within a few minutes. I sent four more shots into the water at the spot where she disappeared to let an. of the Bodies who might have escaped know that wo wen? slill around and would take care of them it' they ap peared. "At the same time our battle was going on the wireless operator piek- cd up the call of , an Amcican vessel thnt arrived at an Atlantic ort last Friday, and also caught a ifc.ssagc that another American ship had been torpedoed and was sinking. The jnessagc said that the German was firing on the lifeboats. That vessel was about thirty miles to the south of us and 1 do not know how they made out." R II WASHINGTON, June 2."..-Contracts for ten complete steel merchant ships, four complete wooden mer chant vessels and twenty wooden ship hulls were announced today by Major General Goelhals, general manager of the Emergency Fleet cor poration. Deliveries will be made in .V18. vTTho steel ships will be built by the Moore and Scott Iron Works at Oak land, Cal.; the complete wooden slii) by the Newoomb Lifeboat company, Hampton, Va.; twelve wooden hulls by the Universal Shipbuilding com pany, Harris county, Texas; four hulls by the Portland Ship Ceiling company, Portland, Maine, and four hulls by MoBrido and Law, of Beau mont, Texas. LONDON', dune 2".. Tho Times learns that in view of Ihe re-cut de cision of King George that those per sons of his family who urc his sub jects and bear Griman names and titles should rolinqui-h.thom, the Duke of Teck takes the title of Marquis of Cambridge, nnd Prince Alexander of Bnttenburg becomes Marquis of Cnr-jsbrookc. SINKS U-BOA WEATHER Maximum Yesterday, 78. Minimum Today, 42. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow, Fair and Warmer. Medford Mail Tribune BRITISH TIGHTEN GRIP UPON LENS BY NIGHT RAID WORKED ON THEORY Allies Keeping Up Pressure On En tire Front Raids and Artillery Duels Frequent and Supposed to Pressage Another Offensive Lull Along French Line. (By Associated Press.) BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN FRANCE, June 25. Altho the offi cial statements report little activity the British are keeping up their pres sure day and night along the entire 110 mile front they occupy. Last night a number of local enterprises were carried otit successfully. One of these operations wns rather important, increasing as it docs, the British grip about Lens. Under the light of the stars British troops stormed and enptured 400 yards of front line trenches east of Riumont wood, in the western outskirts of Lens, thus drawing closer to the min ing capital of France. Scries of Raids. Elsewhere several raids in the dark ness served to keep the Prussians' nerves on edge. One of these was un dertaken west of Ilulluch. Here fif teen prisoners were brought in, while during a period of 2 1-2 hours the British remained in the enemy trench es. Heavy casualties were inflicted. upon the Germans and their dugouts were bombed. Two more raids were carried out east of Rocux and in the region of Vendhuillo, while a local push north west of Warneton secured two ad vance posts. In this affair a number of Germans were killed. Operations by raiding forces on this scale are usually the prelude to offensive movements of moment. Gen eral llaig has not struck a hard blow on any extended front since the week of the Messmes fighting when the fa mous ridge on the Belgian front was captured and the way prepared for further' smashing operations in this sector. Lull on French Line. There is a momentary lull in the infantry activities on the Aisne front. .The French have virtually succeeded in re-establishing in its entirety their line in the Vauxaillon area, dented by t ho crown prince's forces in a sudden drive on a narrow front last week. Further fighting is in pros pect to the east of this sector in tho skirmishing for position on the part of the two armies, each anxious to gain dominating points for either of fensive or defensive purposes. In this connection tho artillery activity reported today along various portions of the Chemiii-Des-Dames plateau is signiiicnnt. TIFLIS, Truns-Cnucasin, June 25. At a congress of Georgian National Democrats a resolution has been adopted in favor of the autonomy of Georgia. Georgia is n district of Trans-Can casiiin Russia included in tho gov eminent of Tiflis nnd Kutnis. The Georgians, forming about half the population and celebrated for athletit men and beautiful women, number more than 1,000,000, divided into vu rious tribes. 10 FIGHT GREECE VIENNA, June 23 M. Radosla vol!', the Bulgarian premier, left Vienna Saturday evening. He ex pressed to the Neu Frei Presse his great admiration for the young cm xTor. He referred to the rock-like firmness of the alliance of the two countries and said he was firmly con vinccd that the military strength of the enemy, the allies, had not been incrensed by events in Greece, for, he said, the Hnlgnrians were adequately prepared. MEDFORD, How Womani Lawyer Solved Ruth Cruger Mm der ' THAT LOST GIRL Woman Succeeds Where New York's Most Famous Sleuths Failed Dis covers 22 Cellars Where Girls Are Made Victims of Men Police In efficient. BY FREDERICK M. KERBY. NEW YORK, June 25. Why did Mrs. Grace Humiston, American-wo man Sherlock Holmes, solve the great Ruth Cragcr murder mystery when New York's most famous sleuths failed! Because she believed in the innate goodness of girl nature, as opposed to the police theory that most girls who leave home arc bad. When little 18-yenr-old Ruth Cru- ger disappeared early in February, after going to the motorcycle repair shop of Alfredo Cocchi in West 127th street to get her skates sharpened the New York detective bureau made a perfunctory investigation, winked its cynical eye nnd said, "Another girl goes wrong !" Woman Lawler Called. But when the distracted parents of Ruth Cniger called Mrs. Grace Hu miston into the cusc, sho doeided al most at once the police were wrong. ' "Ruth was a good girl, I soon found out from her schoolgirl friends," said Mrs. Humiston today. Mrs. Humiston looks anything but the conventional woman luwyer type. Of medium build, willi dark hair, tinged with gruy, and brown eyes. quietly dressed in a dark purple gown, Mrs. Humiston is just the kind of womanly woman on whom a distract ed mother might call for help to find her lost girl. "In the first place," she snid, "there were just four persons working on the case, my secretary, two private de tectives nnd myself. We had utmost confidence in one another. My first inquiries convinced me Ruth hnd not run away; I felt sure she was a good girl nnd Cocchi could solve tho mys tery. foiwe- Hunt Bupernciai. "We eliminated every clue that led outside New York city. I searched morgues, cemeteries and hospitals. I became convinced the girl had been murdered nnd Cocchi could solve the mystery. Wo investigated the cellar and found the police search of the ploco had been superficial. "When Cocchi was discovered in Italy, I felt my murder theory wns right. It became necessary to make a tlmro search of the cellar under his workshop. We began that work but were stopped1 by Mrs. Cocchi. I went to the police and obtained authority to eontinuo the excavation thut re sulted in finding the body." Back of Ibis simple story is Mrs. Ilumiston's genius for detective work. She has, thru her law practice, nn intimate acquaintance with the psy chology of tho criminal mind. She has a woman's intuition and insight into tho workings of tho feminine mind. Above all, she feels she knows 00 girls in every hundred nrc inherent ly good and pure. Twenty-two Collars Discovered. Mrs. Iluinistnn declares in her three months' investigation she has discov ered 22 cellars where girls were made victims of men. (Continued on page three) BELGIAN MISSION 10 VISIT IDE COAST WASHINGTON, June 25 The Bcl giun diplomatic mission bus tenta tively arranged a trip thru the Unit ed States extending to tho Pacific const. Invitations have been receiv ed from scores of cities and it is practicnlly settled that the mission will make the most elabornte tour of any of the foreign visitors, OREGON, MONDAY, .TUNE 25, 1917 r - "n Alfredo Oocclil, held in Italy for i p I Ruth Cniger's murder, with his wlfo 1 and children, and below. Sirs. Grace J I "P" ll Humiston, who uncovered tho Ruth II ijl Cragcr mystery. ill f&rmi&j ilk I PflPPUl AQOCDTC y; fjf uuuum M00LUI0 jfy4i II mm nvnMrvrnrn iiwiv r ll iiini nirminrii J -J-- ll, uinu nil MUiii-iL n-. .VJtfV' VU' HIM IN I II 'U M i w !.-;. ii mill u u im PY1. 4i 1412" - I iW'Vf 'If 7 &HACE. N. OX FORMED IN CHINA, CRISIS AVERTED WASHINGTON, Juno 25. Forma tion of the new Chinese ministry wns reported to the Chinese legation in Peking dispatches today which said that the governmental reconstruction was proceeding rapidly. J.i Ching Shi who refused the pre miership after Tunn Chi Jui had been dismissed from that position, cabled that ho had not accepted the office in the belief that tho rival factions were reconciled. Admiral Sir Sab Chen I'ing has become minister of the navy and General Wang Shi Clicn, former chief of the general staff, minister of war. Other cabinet offi cers will be announced shortly. legation ofl'icalis believe that the trouble in China is now over and that the situation will develop normally to the elci'lion of Ihe new parliament ns ordered by President Li. Until that time probably several months hence, the present achninislration will cr tin no and China will not change her breach in relations with Germany to actual war. Increased confidence in the ability of tho Chinese lo adjust their in ternal political differences is shown in today's dispatches to Ihe state de partment. The American legation at Peking refilled that the note of the t'nitcd Stales in which hope was ex pressed that, nn amicable solution to all controversies might be found has had a beneficial effect and that there appeared a di-Misilion on the part of he different factions to compromise. NATIONAL BANK CALL ISSUED FOR JUNE 20 -WASHINGTON. June 2.".. The comptroller of the currency today issued a call for the condition of nntional banks nt Ihe close of busi ncss Wednesday, Juuo 20. Mystery E BOLOGNA, Juno 25. Interrogation of Alfredo Cocchi, self-confessed slayer of Ruth Cruger in New York, is kept secret by law in Italy until just before tho trial when tho coun sel nro allowed to examine tho con fession. According to unofficial in formation, Cocchi snid: ,,"My machine shop gave ma a sat isfactory position. I earned somo- times 1(4100 a week. I had never seen Until Cruger before sho camo to my shop to have her skates sharpened From the very beginning Ruth did all in her power to attract my atten tion. I felt something strange when her dark, penetrating eyes fixed upon mine "I was still more disconcerted when sho camo again February 1:1 to get her skates. An overpowering nt trac tion for tho young woman seized me. What happened nt forwards seems like a dream. My memory ut this point fails me utterly. "In view of the facts which rnvc been presented it must be true that I attacked and killed her. But God help me, I didn't mean to. My will power could not resist any more. When I returned home I. was like a person in a trance. I thought I wns ill. ' , 'I began to realize tho gravity Of my osition the morning of February 1.) when newspaper reporters enmc lo my shop to make inquiries nnd po licemen questioned me. 1 felt then us if I wcrclost. My only anxiety was lo escape. I secured a passport which I kept among my pacrs and succeeded in reaching Italy. On my arrival I was overcome by remorse I cannot myself believe that my hi'.hcrto unblemished life has been de stroyed forever. This is my first of fense but it is of such a nature that I cannot believe it to bo true. The greatest punishment is to think what suffering and agony my wife nnd children are undergoing as notwith standing our misunderstandings we love each other most tenderly." DAYTON, Ohio, June 25.--Jack lliilton, welterweight title holder and Ted Lewis, English challenger, will fiulit under canvass tonight ill the second twenty round decision mute they have taken purl in.'' The two men will weigh in at. 1 12 pounds ut .'I o'clock and the fiulil will start lit 0 o'clock. The champion was a fnv orite in the betting tolav. Red Cross Subscriptions To Be Taken Tomorrow Tlu1 committee in chai'Ko 'if Ivt'il Cross col m lections innoiinee.s that, secnritiif siiliserip--LJ tions in tlio Medford district will continue until the .f10,XK) allotment is doubled and 0,000 is subscribed. Ashland and tho south end of the county have doubled alloted subscription nnd it is up to the pa triotic people of Medford and the territory north of Phoenix to set the same pace or admit that they nrc not in the same class with Ashland. E MBARGO UPON COAL AND GRAIN President Creates Exports Embargo Council to Administer Embargo Provisions of Espionage Act Sen ate Leaders to Expedite Food Con trol Bill Passed by House. WASHINGTON, Juno 25. Presi dent Wilson by executive order to day created un export embargo coun cil to administer tho export embargo provisions of the espionage act. By the administration of embargoes thru this council tho nation will bo ablo to tuko any steps for tho suc cessful prosecution of tho war and also to prevent supplies reaching Ger many thru neutrals. , Tho president's order vests in the secretary of commerce tho execu tive administration of nil instructions to bo issued by tho president under tho net and establishes an exports council to be composed of tho secre tary of state, the secretary of agri culture, the secretary of commerce nnd the food administrator. ConJ and (imln Affected. All mailers of policy in connection with operation of the net will bo do cided by the council which will recom mend to tho president proclamations to bo issued putting certain com modities under export control. Coal nnd grain will bo tho first commodities to go under tho net Food exports will be left largely in tho hands of tho food administration which will consult the council where intoriiutionul questions nro involv od. One of the first effects of the act's .operation will be In give the govern ment n firm control of the domestic food situation. Shipping too, will be controlled to a largo extent under the act. A plan for rationing tho Euro pean neutral countries has been work ed out nnd will be put into el led nn mediately. Secretary Hedfield said today his department would hnvo the net in operation within forty-eight hours. Many Amendments. Senate leaders today arranged to expedite the food control bill passed Saturday by the house. Tho bill was referred by the sen ate today without discussion lo the agriculture committee. Senator Heed of Missouri continue;! his attack up on it. Chief among the nmcndnients pro posed urc some extending government control to iron ami steel and their products, oil, petroleum products copper, lend, zinc nnd fertilizers. Senator Chamberlain, in charge of Ibo hill, said there was much scuti ment for having the government con frol basic materials as well as fond A half dozen amendments to the bill were introduced today. Senator Lewis, democrat, of Illinois, offered a substitute proposing that the pros ident shall have general broad author ity to issue regulations for control of foodstuffs, sccifieully enumer ating those held for 'monopolizution or "unjust prices." ILLIAN1 COPHNIIACIUN, Juno 25. A ro port sent out toilay by the (ieriuan government Buys that In consequence of tho long dcxlrcd rainfall, tho crop proHpect In soalhcrn and western (Icr- many really hi brilliant. In the middle nnd enstern provinces It Is thoroly satisfactory. EXPORTS LIKELY RED CROSS FUND NO. 81 Medford and North End of County to Continue Seeking Contributions Until Allotment Made Is Doubled and Ashland Record Equalled Ashland Includes Phoenix District. "We nro climbing toward tho $20,- 000 mark for Jackson county, north," is tho way tho local campaign man agers for the lied Cross war fund put it just beforo going to press to day. "Wo will continue subscriptions until wo do get it, if it tukes all week." Districts still lo hear from nro Watkins, enptuined by Sheriff Ralph Jennings, Mound, with Captain Watt Beebo in command; Eagle Point, cap tained by J. V. Mclntyre; Jnckson- ille, captained by Lewis Ulrich; Ta ble Rock, captained by Col. R. C. Washburn; and Central Point, enp tuined by R. II. Pnxon. The outlying districts from whom practical final reports have been received nro Sams valley, Mrs. Horace Pell on captain, $405.50; Prospect, James Grieve cap tain, $77; Prospect, Mrs. Geo. Mans field captain, $1-1.25; Gold Hill, Mar tin Johnson captain, $281.50; Apple- ;atc, John Pernoll captain, $122.10; Union, Miles Cantrall euptnin, $47.50; Sterling, Mrs. Arthur Klciiihammer nptain, $112; Rogue River, Don F. Wilson captain, $030.25. Final reports from nil outsido dis tricts are expected to npproxinmto $0000. ' , : - Medford Wants $14,000. With Medford committees aiming at the $14,000 mark exclusive of out sido contributions Iho work of solic iting every person in Jackson'eotinty ' (north) is being crowded ns fast ns possible. Several of the largo orch ards were being canvassed this morn- while Captain George Carpenter and Bruce Wilson wero working tho Griffin creek district. Campaign Manager Daniels this morning handed each worker n curd that read "$20,000 or bust." When the campaign districts wero alloted ill Portland two weeks ago Medford district included the Phoenix section. At the request of tho Ash land committee Medford gnvo the Phoenix district to Jackson county (south) covering somo of the best territory in the counly nnd rencbing ns far toward Medford as tho Burrell orchard. Ashland has worked from this point south wilh tho snmo deter mination that has characterized tho work in Ihe norlh half of Iho county. The total result will be a report from Jackson county complete that this section of Ihe slate may well feel proud of as Ihe Ashland committco has raised slightly over $10,000 in its territory. The local headquarters lias ex hausted its supply of official receipts and it will therefore be several days before contributors will roceivo ac knowledgement of their subscriptions. N'luiies of Contributors. The following list of subscribers has hitherto been unpublished. H will be Ihe last of tho week before the press call give space lo thousands' of names in the local papers. Mrs. Frank Chamberlain Clnrk,T. Illatt, Lillian Ilnzelton, Clarence Hates, 11. Von (lor Holloa, David If. Rosenberg, Mr. and Mrs. D, h. Wal thor, F. F. Loder, O. O. Alendorfer, A. 10. Hoyd, Gas Htinson, lid llowolls, 13. II. Price, James Itobblns, W. M. Norman, Mrs. Itoliort It. Elinl, J. D. Slnnott, K. A. (lenry, Itoliort D. Por ter, Klmer K. Vromnn, K. W. Sterna, Allco It. Ilowne, P. C. lllgham, F, S. Carpenter, II. Chandler Kgan, David Raymond, Mrs. P. II. Mnbcu, P. H. Malienu, W. S. Knlpps, L. T. Watson, (Continued on page three) MOSCOW, June 25. Tho lieuil quarlers id' the war industrial com mittee was vi-ited today by Iho Amer ican mission headed by Elihu Root. The mission was warmly welcomed. Mr. Root in answer to an uddrcss of welcome said that America was summoning 10,000,000 men to the col ors in defense of freedom. His re marks were appluiiuid. ' $20,0000RBUST NEW-MOTTO FOR