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Unl- ersity ol Orcyon I tlirarv YEATIT1yR MaxinniHiiyesterdav, 71. minimum todav, 31. FORECAST Ton i -lit, and tojmnnw: Fair. ,1 ! "WIT Forty-eventh Tear. Dally Twelfth Year. MEDFORD. OltEGOX, SATURDAY, OCTOBKtt 20, .1917 NO. .181. RAIDER MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE 5IH subscribed 10 Sf! "BONDS w nuunvu Two Heavily Armed German Raiders Attack Convoy In North Sea, Sink Two British Escorting Destroyers, Five Norwegian, One Danish and Three Swedish Merchant Ships Three Merchant Ships Escape Thirty Norwegians Rescued. LONDON, Oct. 20. Two German raiders attacked a convoy In the North sea on Wednesday and sank two ot the British escorting destroy ers, it was announced officially today by tha British war office. The British torpedo destroyers sunk were the Mary Hose and the Strong Bow. The official announcement says that three merchant vessels escaped in the action, but that five Norweg ian, one Danish and thrco Swedish vessels were sunk without warning. Thirty (Norwegians were rescued by patrol craft. Raiders Muko Escape. The raiders, which were heavily armed, showed anxiety to escape be fore they could be Intercepted by Brit ish forces, adds the official statement, and made no attempt to rescue the crews of the sunken destroyers. All the officers and men of the Mary Rose and the Strong Bow were lost. The statement declares untrue the German story to the effect that, the attack occurred in tho territorial waters of the Shetland islands. The hostile raiders, it appears, suc ceded In evading the British watch ers on dark nights on both the out ward and the homeward dash. Admiralty Ktutomciit. rTho admiralty statement reads: "Two very fast and heavily armed German raiders attacked a convoy in the North sea about midway between the Shetland islands and the Norweg ian coast, on Wednesday. Two Brit ish destroyors, his majesty's ships Mary Rose, Lieutenant Commander Charles Fox; and Strong Bow, Lieu tenant Commander Edward Brooke, which formed the anti-submarine es cort, at once engaged the enemy ves sels nnd fought until they were sunk after a short and unequal engage ment. "Their gallant action held the Ger man raiders sufficiently long to en able three merchant vessels to ef fect their escape." Gcriiuin Account. TtF.HI.lN. Oct. 20. A convoy of thirteen vessels hound from Norway to Kuirlnnrf was iillnckcil by (Irrmnn liylit nnvnl forces on WVdnesduv, with the result that nil Hie ships ol tho convoy nnd the imitecfinc ves sels, including two llritish dcslrny- ws, were sunk, with the nxrcplinn of (Continued on Page Two.) E TF.KRE Tl.U'TF.. In.l., 0,-t. 20. Iicports. rmmiiir into Die district hniidciunrters of the 1'nitivl Mine- Workers of this field this morning (Heated thnt the return to work by the strikers has been sreneral nnd the idle mines were those in reunite points. All of the miners in this sec tion arc expected to return to work Jloncinv. srriixoFiKt.n. 111.. Oct. so. Millers in Illinois coal fields grndii nliv nre retnrnmir to work, in re sponse to the cull of their leudi reports today indicated, Close of Business to See Expected Total General Apathy Prevails in Southwest, But Outlook in Other Sections Good Bank of California Subscribes $1,600,000. WASHINGTON', Oct. 20 The lib erty loan cumpaign closed its third week today with excellent prospects, treasury officials announced, of brinu'iiii; the total in subscriptions up to $2,00(1,000,000 ut the end of bus iness today. At the same time it was nnnounced that over a wide section of country extending from the middle west southward into Texas nnd eastward to the Atlantic seaboard, general apathy prevailed and 'conditions were causing tho greatest concern." Souttnvest IMiiiqueiit. "Thru this section of the country," the official announcement says, "par ticularly in niral communities, sub scriptions are not cominj; in rapidly. General apathy appears to prevail in parts of lowa, Illinois, Missouri, Ar kansas nnd Texas. In the eastern part of the south had weather an'd delayed sales of cotton are blamed for the poor showing. "The outlook in other sections of the country for closing the week with f.,(IO(,WIO,000 subscribed is Rood. 'I'ublication of .Secretary Me- adoo's promise to prosecute persons ntteniptinjr to impede the progress of the loan by making withdrawals of deposits from banks buying bonds has had a very salutary effect. Many who were working against the loan arc bccomiii!; subscribers." Answer to Antilles. SAN KKANCISCO, Oct. 20. -"This subscription is our nnswer, for the present, to the sinking of the An tilles," was the message which ac companied today a liberty loan sub scription of $1,(100,000 by the Hank of Calitornia. Of this sum, Portland, Seattle and Tiiemnn were allotted $2IHMMHI each. Another subscription of $2,.ri(l(l,0(l(l was announced by Howard M. Payne, receiver in the federal oil land suits. San Francisco's total announced at noon stood at f:t:i,18-').H00. SAU'.M, Or., Oct. 211. Slate Treasurer Kay announced today that he has invested $1011,000 of stale in dustrial accident commission funds in liberty bonds. These funds previ ously have bceii invested ill school and other bonds. SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 20 Grants Pass, Ore., completed its quota for tho new war-camp community recrea tion fund yesterday, tho first In the l ulled States to turn In Its share, ac cording to announcement from west ern headquarters of this fund today. Grants Pass recently led the coun try In tho collection of the army li brary fund. The school cshlldren began work yesterday morning and completed their efforts before noon. They sent a telegram to Secretary of, War Bak er reading: "Children of (irants Pass are de lighted to do their 'little bit' 111 aid ing those in authority to send Into the 'fight for liberty for all men for all timo' an army of which the na tion can be proud." Camas. Wn., filled lt quota In minute!", taking second placo to Grants Pass. Charles Hurtled of Medford who enlisted In the aviation corps last spring, writes to his father that he Is stationed at Camp Kelly. San Antonio. Texas, and that 9"fl Oavlalorn are be ing sent to Prance monthly, is.nnn havlug already been sent, GRANTS PASS LEADS IN CONTRIBUTIONS RECREATION FUND the: PHONE STRIKE IS U-BOAT CLAIMS ION ISLAND Is POSTPONED UNTIL FIRST VIRTIM I1F ABANDONED BY NEXT SATURDAY jKnffi " SAX FRANCISCO, Oct. 20. With threatened strike of electrical work ers and girl operators of the Pa cific Telephone & Telegraph company in Pacific, coast states, Nevada and Arizona definitely postponed until Ortobcr 27, conferences were to be gin here today with a view to averting the general walkout scheduled for that date. Mortimer Fleishhackcr, hanker and member of the labor committee of tho Slate Council nf Defense, whose eleventh hour iippcal to union offi cials last night resulted in the. hold ing up of the strike order which was to have, become effective last mid night in tho case of operators and at midnight tonight for the men work ers, was to net as mediator between the employes and company officials. F.vcry effort, was to be made to ef fect a settlement of the wage contro versy and other issues involved, in cluding rccniruilion of the girl oper ntors union. !' leisiihacker s intervention was made on the grounds that a strike now would seriously imperil the suc cess of the seeoiiii-'liberty loan cam paign, which will I oiicludcd Oc tober 27. Ios Angeles operators re inaiiied at work, denying knowledge of plans torn strike at the present. AT PORTLAND ENDS POKTLAND, Oct. JO. PuniUM of tin: shipbuilding unlit-try ill Port land nnd in yards along the Columbia river, 1 1 1 11 1 tin' shipyjinls Mnkc, if. '.hm'c(1 In end Momlnv. 'J lim of lh( ljirLM'"t ini in- hen linvr vulol In jn'rejit the set llcim-nt )lnit jirc-cnti-il liv tlio f'lernl wjii;c jnl.iuti'H'iit li'umi wliii-li li-tt lnt niuiil lor Sun r'rnn ci,o, it was uTimiiincfd tmlny. Tlio Imiifrnink'T-!, shiiitiTiilili'rt nnd lit'l ors' union. Inri." "t in point ol' incm lu r-liip ol nil the or.'Mniziitinns now mil on Miiko, nfd tin1 wny for re turn to work Monthly liy votinir in fitvir of tli boHrd'- plnii. Tin? imi ilinils, nnd uiM iniiiukciM' union tuvk bimilur ucLiulu baby killers Wmik WASIIlNdTOX, fl. liO. The Gt'rniaii U-boat has clnittUMl its first victim from America's wnr forces. Vilhin iwenly-four hours nftcr mi Amrrienn destroyer hnd hvvn dis abled in nn undersea alfuek. a tor pedo crushed into the engine room bulkhead of the honiccomintr tr;ms port Antilles and sent her l Ihe Imt tom with the loss of seventy lives. Sixteen soldiers and several cnli-dcd men of the navy were included in the siihmcrsihlf's heavy toll. Details Mnqtro. Administration officials are await ing with profound interest, today ainphtieatioii of the meagre details cabled to the navy department yes terday by Vice-Admiral Sims. Names of Ihe e,rent majority of the victims are laekinjr, yesterday's di-pntches :iviii only lhoe of four naval .sea men and three, engineer officers of the transport. It was impo..ihh 'iirly today to ascertain ttie identity of the ea-n-allies anions the erew and soldier-. The list cannot be completed until the muster roll made up at Ihe Trench port of embarkation emi he compar ed with the roller of survivor. While the deepest -yinpalliv wa expressed lodtiy in official circles for Mio-e who uallantl.v yave up their lives, relief was yeneial over the fad that Ihe ves-el Imd nir-t her fate while homeward bound and not on the way over with a In rye ntinihei of troops abiKiitl. IntcrcMf hiteiiho. Intcre-t intense in Ihe manner the suhmtirilic managed to elude the lrotoc(intf convoy" and disr-hame the torpedo that passed direvtlv into the bowels of Ihe vessel. N'nViil officers are of the opinion Mint Ihe (b-nnan commander lurked In-nee t h the sur face till the niviny il"-.f ri'W-rs pns-ed overhead and then wailed for the liiir troopship e.rne into ea-y ranue he fore relea-imr the deally nii-ile. It is interred from Admiral Sim's report (hut tin1 ship Went down in a few minute, This fact, coupled with the nerc-Mtv of rcscumif survivors, made impos-ible, it is believed, liny attempt to locale tin; t-hMaU .-... . ft autiFU. HKKUX, Oct. lid. It was an nounced by army headquarters today that I he (lerman operations on Diilto island, north of tin; (lulf of UiL,ra, had been carried out nccordinjr to plan. 1 1 T , PKTHOtilfAp, Oct. U(. Tim southern Moon sound anil Moon isl and have been abandoned by the Has sians under the pressure of super ior hostile naval forces, it was offi cially announced today. The statement in part says; "We discovered mine fields sown by the enemy with Ihe intention of closim; lo our ships the entrance to the tiiill" of b'ia from Moon sound, which the enemv landiiiLr at I hi pi island show it is the enemy's desire to de.-trov our mtvnl forces here." On the Flanders battle front flic liiitish aerial and arlillcrv activity continue-; intense, probably in prep aration for another stroke against the Oeriiiaii 'Millions eal of Yprcs within the next few dnys. Field Mar shal llni's aililhry has been shell in'.' Ihe oiimbeke -ector and other points norlht'u- id' Vprc heavily. To the Citizens of Medford Medford. Oregon, Oct. 19, 19 17. II Is grulitylnn to r.ee how tho people of Medford are respond lm; to our appeal for Ihe payment of InleteM due on paving assesa ntetitt. It Is tho policy of (his administration to not onider putting anything In the t;ix levy for the paying of paving or Interest; this baldt must brs abolished. It H unfair to those who luive paid and to tho.Ho who do not owe anything, and we are not going to In crease your tact to pay anything Hint: you do not owe. The nty Council hT uunniinous In this matter and If those nw hu: ha' k Interest u ill pay be f ore November 1Mb I hero will bo nothing added to tin? lav budget lor public lmproeiuents. Wo are not pressing anyone at this time for the payment of the principal and expect to have matters arranged In a Hiort lime so that you can have an extendi d lime for Ihe paving of Ihe paving principal. The paving nementH have Icen declared legal bv the supreme court, and renardlens of tho "you rnn't do It." atitude of some, bua! io hs I lnisluesfl and the Interest must ho paid by those 6wing It and those alonn. 'J$ i Our city fa ImproWnK and will rontlnun to improve If the citizen who owe wlil pay their obligation nnd not try to waddle their personal debts upon the whole rommunltv ,y trying to huvo them put Into the general tax levy. Im your bit, be for your town atR1 y.ur town will coon be the best town on the Pacific coast. (Stened) K. (1ATKS. Mayor. LIBERTY LOAN SHOWS GAIN OF $50,000 IN DAY And tlic Work of Soliciting Has Just Begun Payment of Delinquent Taxes Next Week Expected to Stimulate Bond Investment Com mittees Named and Hard at Work. Subscriptions nt Xoon. First National Baak 50.S50 Medford National 3r,800 Farmers & Frultg'ra .. :i:!,000 Jackson County bank .. 19,800 . Total $13!), 450 Jacksonville ... initio Falls Central Point .. Rogue River ... Englo .Point ... Gold 11111 9.000 (i 2.300 8,0.r)0 2,400 j.r.r.o 1,150 Total district . Asbland district , Total County ..... ..$1113,900 ..$ 47,900 ..$211,800 J ( 4 fr l fr ( 4 ( t A $ri0,000 gain in subscriptions to tho liberty bond Issuo for tho Med ford district is tho report of tho past 24-hours. $103,900 outer a requlr cd $300,000 has' been' subscribed and as yet tho canvass has only ho Kim. Next week tho $240,000 due the county from delinquent taxes on the O. & C. land grant will he paid the county. Most of tho money will be used for tho redemption of outstand ing warrants, thus releasing a great deal of money for liberty loan invest ment and quiutitiK the fears of those who fear tho loan will drain the coun ty of ready money. Tonight tho following will speak briefly In behalf of tho bonds at the theaters: ltev. J. C. Rollins, Star; C. K. dates, Klalto; Glenn O. Taylor, Page. Sunday, I J. Xeff at tho Star; (tils Newbury at tho Kinlto and O. C. Hoggs at. tho I'awu. (iaining Impetus. The liberty loan bond campaign for tho Medford district is rapidly gain ing impetus and a number of imw HUl)Kcriitlons were made Saturday. All thru the IhihIiichk district today In nearly all tho nhow windows ap pear those tell tale cards saying. "We bought Liberty llonds. llavo You?"' Kvory where down town on hill boards and In tho show windows appear hun dreds of Liberty bond lithographs re minding all citizens of their patriotic duty of (lie hour. The Liberty bond cards only go In tho windows of those business men who purchased either of tho first Is sue or second issue yf Liberty bonds, so wherever ono sees a card saying, "Wo bought Liberty bonds. Have you?" ho can he sure that those In- (Contlnued on l ngd Two.) 5 ZEPPELINS Ml DOWN Eli FRENCH Twenty-seven Killed, Fifty-three In jured In Last Night's Zeppelin Raid on London Returning Airships Caught by French and Destroyed Zeppelins Fly at Great Height and Are Not Seen Bombs Come With out Warning. LONDON', Oct. 20. Renter's cor respondent nt itritish headquarters in France telegraphs that tho four Zeppelins brought down in France were airships thnt had taken part in the raid on England last night. Jt is believed, adds the correspon dent, that ii fifth Zeppelin was de stroyed at llourbonne Lcs Jtnins. (This probably refers to the Zep pelin brought down nt Kumbervillers, near the Alsatian border. There were eleven Zeppelins in tha original group that appeared over Krcneh territory, Keutcrs correspon dent telegraphed later, . and they scnttered over various parts of tho country when attacked after n gen eral warning was sent. out. They dropped no bombs in France. JtiUd on fjomlou , ' LONDON, Oct. 20. Twenty-seven persons were killed and fitty-three injured in last night's Zeppelin raid. The following official announce ment was made : ''In last night's iiirship raid the casualties in all districts were: "Killed, 27 injured, 511. There was some material damage to houses and business premises." After nn interval of twelve months London last night experienced tin other Zeppelin raid. Nobody saw tho raider, which flew at a great height and dropped only one homh in Lon don and a few missiles in the outly ing districts. Haiders I'lisocn, The people who had been given an early warning of Ihe approaching air craft had left their shelters and were fining home when n bomb fell front an unseen nnd unheard airship, breaking many pin to glass windows. The sound of the bomb was unlike that of any in a previous raid. It was less shrill and heavier. The "silent raid' is the name given to ihe Zeppelin's vi.Mt to London last night. Many Londoners awakened this morning wilh Ihe feeling that there was a good ileal to say for the official view niMiinst warning of night air raiils. Altho warning was given early in the evening. Ihe people, after wailing hours for the sound of gun firing, went to bed, believing the raiders had been iult'rcepled off Ihe coast. Then suddenly two loud re ports startled Ii:;ht sleepers, but as nothing followed, n majority thought il merely was the firing of anli-air-eraft guns in the di-lunt districts. I'p to 2 o'clock Saturday nflcr tiooii forty school pupils of all ages bad taken advantage of dohu A. Wes tcrlpnd's patriotic, ol fee lo sdl the children of Ihe si'hools liberty bonds o be in--1 a Him nf plan w ithonl charge or interest. Since Mr. Wcsterlund's offer Fri day noon be lias been unable to transact any other business, ns all hi- time has been taken up with pat rtolie pupils and their parents in dis i cuv-ing bis offer nnd subcribin;,' for , bonds. All ho Mr. Wi-terlnnd only offered ito tinance fifiv liberty bunds, and ' (here aT still b:;j ten bonds not taken, he is coking" to enlist he ser , vices of several other patriotic, siti- zen L) niil him in udvauciug money i to take care of all pupils who call to j suh-erihe for liberty bonds' under his oiler.