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. MEDFORD. OKECiO THURSDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1917
NO. 379
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GULF OF III
Old Type of Battleship Goes Down as
Result of Being Hit Below Water
Several Times Crew Saved by
Torpedo Boats Germans Claim to
Have Trapped Russian Naval
Forces German Guns Superior In
Range, Force Russians Back.
BERLIN, via London, Oct. IS "Tlio
Germans have taken 10,000 prisoners
and fifty guns on Oesel Island, the
war office reports.
BERLIN Oct. IS. The Itussian
naval forces In the llulf of Riga have
' been trapped by the Germans, ac
cording to the announcement, it
says German naval units are lying in
the eastern portion of Kassar bay,
north, of Oesel island and are barring
the passage westward.
Portions of tho German naval
forces pressed forward thru the mine
field in the Gulf of Riga to the south
ern exit of Moon sound. The state
ment says there was a short engage
ment with about twenty Russian war
ships, which later retired t6 .Moon
sound. . .
Xnval Jiultlc l'oimlit.
FETROGRAD, Oct. IS. A naval
battle has occurred in the Gulf of
Riga between Russian and German
battleships, the war office announc
es. The Russian battleship Slava was
sunk as the result of being lilt several
times beneath the water line. 'Nearly
all the members of the crow were
saved by Russian torpedo boats.
The announcement follows:
"After depriving us of control of
Irbo channel, the enemy at night pen
jotrated the Gulf of Riga, where at
dawn yesterday his naval forces were
discovered by our patrol detachment,
which was pressed back to Moon
sound by enemy cruisers and torpedo
boats. Our ships of the line, Gray
hdanln and Slava, and the cruiser
Mayan went out to meet the enemy In
tho Gulf of Riga and drove back his
vanguard by tholr fire. They soon
oncountered tho principal enemy
fighting units and engaged them.
Among tho latter were two dread
noughts of the Grosser Kurtuersl
typo (2n,000 tons).
Fh-et Is Outclassed.
"During the bombardment tho en
emy adopted the tactics of firing at
distances beyond the range of our
guns, his artillery range being much
ships of the line.
"In spite of the clearly manifest
ed superiority of tho-enemy, our ships
"lefended the entrance for a consid.
crnblo time and only severe damage
caused by the fire of his dreadnoughts
forced us to retire Into the waters of
the Moon sound. As a result of sov
eral hits beneath the waterlinc, the
Slava sunk. Nearly all the crew were
saved by our torpedo boats.
"During tli Is engagement our coast
batteries at the entrance of Moon
sound dispersed by their fire enemy
torpedo boats which attempted to ap
proach our ships. Afterward the fire
of ono of tho enemy dreadnoughts
waB directed on those batteries and
they were put out of action in a short
time.
"Another detachment of our naval
(Continued on Pago Two.)
WETS LEADING IN
PES - MOINES, Iowa., Oct. 1.
The wets are holding the lead early
today In the returns from Monday's
prohibition election, their advantage
being estimated from luuO to 2.'oo.
It will be about ten days before the
official result can bo determined.
$1,500,000,000
LIBERTY BONDS
NOW SUBSCRIBED
One-Half of Minimum Quota of Lib
erty Loan Now Raised Commit
tees Declare They Will Do Better
Yet Clergymen to Preach on
Bonds Sunday.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Approx
imately if.l,"iOO,OUO,000, or ono-lmlf
the minimum quota, of the liberty
loan, had been subscribed today,
treasury officials estimated, on Hie
face of nmiffieinl reports from the
twelve reserve banks.
"Many subscriptions have been ob
tained within the last four days, or
since tiie issuance of the president's
proclamation,' said a treasury state
ment. "Kncouraijed by this new in
tensified uetivitv, committees declare
they will do better yet. Obtaining
subscriptions of more than $400,000,
000 a day from now until the end of
the campaign may seem to be an im
possible task, but it will be at
tempted.
Half Million in New York.
New York, it was announced, is
Irvine; io reach the $.")00,000,000
mark before night. Chicago reported
Unit many subscriotiuns from per
sons of small means were pourinK in
and that country banks were becom-
nil more active.
"Gornmn-lmrn residents of Chicago
ire workinir hard to boost the loan,''
a telegram from the reserve bank
there to t lie treasury stated.
lioston reported a single subscrip
tion of .$ 7,:iOO,000 by representatives
of the wool industry. Subscriptions
continued fast in the .Minueanolis dis
trict, where the estimate of t lie tolal
already subscribed was more than
.f:io,ooo,ooo.
More than 17,000 clergymen iliru-
out t lit country will deliver sermons
behalf of t lie loan next Sunday,
and the "Star-Spangled liunncr" will
be sunir in virtually every church m
America.
Passes Half llillion.
XKW YORK, Oct. 18 Liberty
loan subseriplions at 2 o'clock today
passed the half-billion mark in the
New York federal reserve district.
The Central Trust company announc
ed iin additional purchase of $20,
0(10,1100; the International Nickel
ipunv, $1,000,000; the Hankers'
Trust company, $1,000,000, and the
(iiiaranly Title & Trust company,
$1,000,0111).
Twenty-five million dollars more
were added when .1. I'. Morgan & Co.
subscribed that amount. This
brought the total subscription with
other smaller ones up to $.",:( 1,784. -:t;o,
the total for the day reaching
$7."i,000,ll(IO.
Commenting on the failure of many
wealthy individuals to subscribe to
the second liberty loan, K. Lou
don of the advisory trades commit
tee of tin1 liberty loan committee,
predicted that if the loan fails con
gress will pass n high personal tax
amounting to virtual conscription of
excess incomes.
"The matter, therefore, simmers
down to this: Buy liberty bonds now
or have your wealth conscripted in
the months to come," he said.
PORTLAND, Oct. 1 S. Following
the arrest of 1 10 men In the virility
of the Northwest Steel company's
plant last night, on charges of picket
ing, an agreement whs reached early
today botcen shipyard operators and
labor leaders by which the men
agreed to stop all picketing and the
employers are to hire no more men
until the strike is settled. Tnc strik
ers in the ctly Jail then wore released.
Hearings wero resumed today by the
federal wage adjustment hoard here
in an effort to clear up iho strike situation.
KAISER INVITES
PAINLEVE TO TAKE
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LONDON, Oct. IS. The corres
pondent of tho Berlin Lokal Anzci-
ger, who traveled on tho train which
took Emperor William to tho Bal
kans and who lunched 111 the restau
rant car with the emperor, says a
dispatch to tho Dally Chronicle from
Amsterdam, writes:
"His majesty sat down to the ta
ble with the observation that ho had
Just read Professor Painleve's first
speech as French premier.
" So M. Painlove wants Alsace-Lorraine,
does he?' exclaimed the em
peror. 'Good; but he must como and
take it.'
"The emperor then treated the
company to a eulogy of tho late King
Carl and Queen Elizabeth of Rumania
whose good work, he said, 'has been
undone in a few months by tho hun
ger for gold and power of certain
agitators.'
"At tho conclusion of tho lunch,
which consisted of meat and fish
courses and bread and cheese, about
the same as might be served In a
mlddlo class household, the kaiser
said: 'It Is unworthy Jor any Gor
man to live well when even the best
people go without things. What wo
have of foodstuf.-s :s common prop
erty, which by lust division Is suf
ficient to keep us alive for an unlim
ited time and which permits us to
await final victory with calm. Who
takes more than his Bharc sins against
those who servo the fatherland.' "
SCARCITY OF FA1S
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. Reports
to tho state department indlcato tliut
the German harvests this year have
not relieved .the food situation to any
appreciable extent. There Is a great
scarcity of fats and animal food In
general and tho supplies received
from Rumania and neighboring neu
trals ore not making tip for lack of
protein. It has been definitely ea
tabl 'bed that while some of the
crops wcib normal In volume, the
scanty supplies In most coinidltles
have been augmeutcd.
EVERYBODY HELP FILL 'ER UP TO THE
IWIGHAELIS OFFERS
OUST HELFFERICH
TO SAVE SELF
AMSTERDAM, Oct. IS. With a
view to saving what the newspaper
calls "his sinking chancellorship,"
Dr. Michaells, the imperial German
chancellor, according to tho Boersen
Zcltung of Berlin, offered Frledrieh
Von Payer the post of vice-chancellor,
held by Dr. iielfferlch. Tho newspn
per adds that Von Payer, who is a
progressive member of the reichstag,
declined to accept tho portfolio.
The Tageblatt says opinion Is vir
tually unanimous in political circles
that a quick chungo of chancellors
Is Inevitable.
Vorwaerts, organ of tho German so
cialists, declares that even the sac
rifice of a second subordinate in Dr.
iielfferlch, following tho displace
ment of Admiral Von Capelle, cannot
affect its views that Dr. Michaells Is
an Impossibility as chancellor. A so
lution of tho crisis is exepcted soon
after the return of Emperor William
from Canstanllnoplc.
Help Your Nation Win ,
Four niillioli people oversubscribed the first Lib
erty Lojin, iiil viiitf fur three billion dollars, or one
hillion dollars more Hum was offered.
No greater Mow fit military (iertiianv eau now he
struck than sueh an over-subscript ion to the second
Liherty Loan. It will accomplish as much toward
ending the war on proper terms as n frrent military
victory.
In order lo do (his, it is necessary to secure, sub
scriptions from twice as many people us subscribed
for tlie first Liberty Loan. It is also necessary for
many subscribers to the first Liberty Loan to in
crease their subscriptions to I bis second Liberty
Loan.
Our count ry has a mark to reach in t lie subscrip
tions to this loan. Its minimum is three billion dol
lars. Our Federal LVserve District has a minimum to
reach of two hundred and ten million dollars.
Aledford has its own minimum and maximum
quotas. i
J''or the pride of Medford, for (he honor of the
Jackson ( 'oiinty for the safety of his count ry, every
fit i.eii must luakehis subscript ion as lare as he can
possibly stand.
, Go to Your Bank Today and Subscribe.
BRIM!
'TURED U-BOAT
TO BE EXHIBITED
AT NEW YORK
NEW YORK, Oct. 18. A German
submarine captured by the British
soon will be on view In New York
It arrived in tho hold of un English
steamship yesterday and was unload
ed today to he assembled as a Central
park exhibit to aid the Liberty loan
drive.
The Liberty loan committee an
noii need that tho submarine was the
UC-5 of the mine-laying type, eauKht
laying mines In the North sea by a
IJritish destroyer in April, 1916. The
craft Is 110 feet long, beam 11 feet
and hiiH a displacement of 200 tons.
She carries no guns or torpedo tubes.
The craft when placed In Central
park will bo used as a Liberty luun
bond selling booth, and only those
who have bought a bond will be al
lowed to Inspect tho cruft.
The submarine will carry tho mes
sage "Uny bonds and sink a (sub
marine."
WIRE MINERS TO imp n mm
RETURNTO WORK fcn f0
Garfield Refuses to Discuss Action
in Case Strike Continues Chicago
Shy of Coal Illinois Miners Re
turningHalf of Large Mines Are
Closed Cold Causes Suffering.
WASHINGTON, Oct. IS. John I'.
While, president of Iho United Minn
Workers of America, leaves tonight
for Indianapolis, confident that he
will be successful in his efforts to
induce the miners of I ho middle west
to return to work ill u few days.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Labor
union officials telegraphed to the fuel
administration Ihnt they wero ndvis
ine; the Illinois coal mine strikers lo
return lo work.
Fuel Administrator Garfield will
not announce what action he will take
in event of the men refusing to re
turn to the mines, beyond his tele
gram saying he is prepared lo invoke
all powers of the government to pre
vent diminution of Iho coal supply.
IUiIC of Mines Idle.
RPRINGKIHU), 111., Oct. 18.
About half of the big shipping mines
and several hundred smaller shafts
in Illinois wero idle today when an
order to tUoJt0,(IIH miners of (In
state to resume work at once was he
me; transmitted thru President Frank
FarriiiKton, the miners' slate presi
dent, from Dr. Harry Garfield, fed
eral fuel atlmiuislralor.
Scattering early reports to tho of
fices hero of Iho Illinois foal Oper
ators' association indicated more
mines shut. down. In the extreme
south part of the state, it was said
the mining industry is practically
paralyzed.
Miners are insisting (lint wage in
creases be allowed at once, while op
erators declare advances in pay
agreed lo in the proposed Washing
ton pact depend on permission of 1 hi
fuel administration to increase coal
prices.
Chicago Shy of Coal.
('lllfAGO, Oct. 18. Many Chi
cago homes and business houses
were out of coal today and unable to
get any more, and on lop of that with
a con famine in prospect for the im
mediate future, the weather mini pre
dicted a cold wave for tonight, with
prospects id' snow tomorrow. The
office of John I'). Williams, fuel ad
ininistralur of Illinois, was flooded
-with complaints from consumers
whose demands for coal had been
turned down bv I In- dealers.
Strike IMeii.liiig.
KANSAS CITY. M.i., Oct. H.
The strike of :tr,ono coal miners in
the southwestern district, embracing
Missouri, Kansas, Oklahoma and
Arkansas, which was to have begun
I loinorrow morning, has I n deferred
pending negotiations bet ween repre
!sentatives of the Southwestern Coal
Operators' assoeiittinu and the men.
The decision to defer the strike
was reached at a conference hen! to
day between Alexander lluwat, pres
ident of the Kansas llislriet Miners;
1). A. Frninplon, president of Hie
Missouri district, mid John Wilkin
son, president of the Oklahoma-Arkansas
district.
(leorgc II. dishing, editor of nn
influential coal pnlilicnl ion, suit Dial
bis advices show Ihnt Ihe strike lias
not only extended I,, Indiana, bill
even lo Ohio, willi evidences of un
rest in Pennsylvania.
WORLD SEES NETS
SOX $3666 APIECE
CHIC A(i), Oct. Is. Members of
the world's champion W'htte Sox team
today received ehockn for their Hhuro
of the receipts from the world's ae
ries, amounting lo $!i l,7aS. I .". Twen
ty flvo players each rccehed a check
for $:!iiliii.
ur ieuiuno
German Sailors at Ostend Refuse to
Go Aboard Submarines Austrian
Sailors at Vaola Mutiny and Clash
With Crews of German U-Boat, In
Which Officers on Both Sides
Have Been Killed Austrian Crews
Revolt Under Ill-Treatment.
.AMSTERDAM; Oct. 18. A mutiny
among German sailors at the Belgian
port of Ostend, who refused to go on
board submarines, is reported by the
lielgisi-li Ilagblail. The newspaper
says an officer was thrown into the
sea and (hat thirty mutineers wene
removed in handcuffs to Bruges.
WASHINGTON', Oct. 18. Official
diplomatic dispatches received here
today report mutinies in the Austrian
navy and clashes between Austrian
sailors and prows' of the German Hub
mnrino fleet based nt Paolujin which
officers on both sides havo been
killed, unci which resulted in a de
cision to change (he base of tho Ger
man flotilla.
Clash Between Crown.
Despite (he nllempls of the Aus
trian admiralty to suppress the news,
it reached here (oday, coming by way
of Heme. Tho Austrian crews nro
said lo have revolted under ill-treat-nicnt
of officers and bad food, whilo
Ihe clash with (he German submarine
crews was caused by the overbenrinj;
conduct of the latter.
The dispatches say the tension be
tween the Austrian and German
crews became so strong that extraor
dinary measures were taken to pre
vent a recurrence of Ihe fighting? be
tween them, which included the de
cision to move the German submarine
flotilla from Ihe Austrian base . lit
l'ola to another point further south
on tho Adriatic. The fihtiiijr be
tween the Iwo sets of crews is de
scribed ns having been sitinruiiiury.
Submarine .Mutiny.
This news of mutiny in the Austri
an navy, received in the capital toduy
almost at the same time as tho Am
sterdam dispatches reporting fur
ther mutinies in the German navy
this lime anions submarine crews
crealcd a profound impression amom;
American naval officers and nniong
other officials who have been watch
iue; the situation with expectation
since the first mutinies in the Ger
man fleet were reported a few days
uo.
The first siyus of mutiny in the
German licet were ree;nrileil as most
significant, since, unlike the army, it
has endured little of the hardship of
caiupaiuiiin. Dispatches from
abroad, however, confirm the opin
ion of American naval officers that
it probably was due ill part at least
to the drafting of seamen for sub
marine crews, a service which lias
come Iti bold terrors for the Germnn
seamen because of the inflexible Brit
ish poliey "f never makinir any an
nouncement whatever of the fate of
captured or lost crews of the Oer-
(Continued on Pago 8Ut.)
WASHINGTON. Oct. 18. J-'oiir
new active sovereign grand Inspect-ors-Kcneial
of tho supreme council of
Ihn Ancient and Accepted Scottish
Itllo of I'rco Masonry, for the south
ern Jurisdiction of the United State,
havo been elected and crowned by tho
supremo council, in Ression hero, thtm
brlnuliiK It" total membership lip to
Ii- Iiik tho statutory comple
ment. The new inspectors-general
are: Fred C. Schramm of Salt Dnke
City, Utah; Murshall W. Wood 1 of
llolan, Idaho; Alexander E. Cochran
of St. Louis, Mo., nnd Olln 9, Wright
of Plunt City, Fla.