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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1917
NO. 182
ME!
AIL TEIBUNE
HfllG STRIKES
NEW BLOW
IN FLANDERS
British and French Make Attack at
North End of Ypres Front Over
Limited Front and Gain Objectives
Aim Is to Advance Left. Flank
of Allied Advance Further to Sup
port Wedge Driven by Center,
Which Is Farthest in Front.
IXtfJDON, Oct. 22. Local attacks
were made by the British this morn
ing on both sides of the Ypres-Stad-en
railway, the war office reports.
The statement follows:
"Early this morning wo mado local
attacks on both sides of the Ypres
Staden railway. The progress of
these operations is reported as sat
isfactory. French troops co-operated
on our left."
French Also Strike.
PARIS, Oct. 22. French troops
adjoining the British In Belgium at
tacked this morning on a front of one
kilometer. The war office announces
that all objectives wore obtained.
In co-operation with tho French,
Field Marshal Haig launched a new
blow along a narrow front at tho Ger
man lines northeast of Yprcs this
morning.
The allied infantry moved forward
In the neighborhood of the Ypres-
Staden railway and on the outskirts
of 'Houtholst wood, on the extreme
northern edge of the active front in
Flanders. The French advance was
along a width of about three-fifths
- of a mile.
Object of Drive.
Tho British attack was probably
along a somewhat wider front, ex
tending towards Poelcapelle and pos
sibly taking In the area of that town
which has been the sccno of some
desperate fighting within tho last few
weeks. . The German reactions wore
extremely persistent here.
Both groups of attacking, troops
scored early successes. Paris an
nounced that all their objectives were
attained by the French troops, while
Field Marshal Haig reported satis
factory progress for tho British.
The operation apparently is aimed
at bringing the left flank of the at
lied advance further forward as a
support to tho center, where thi
wedge has been driven furthest into
the Gorman front.
SKATTI.E, Oct. 2J. Scnflle':
fchipyanl strike is (ivcr. Tmluy III
12,01)0 iiii'inber.s of the fourteen inetnl
trades unions who walked nut thro
weeks ago donned their overalls uml
returned to work, lcavim: their d
mnnds for the closed s!ioi uml liiuli
waces in t lie bunds of tho federal
wiipc adjustment hoard.
With ilie resumption of work, tin
owners of tho vnrdu planned to
H'fcd up construction of n number of
uovcrninciit vessels, juclnilmir war
craft, which luivc liocn slundiii!' on
touched (ln the wins here since the
Ktrikc ltppiii.
The men returned to work under
conditions nnd wntct rcvnilinir he
fore lliev wnlked out. Their decision
to end the strike w.is made nt'tel
)mtriotio appeal liud been addressed
to them I'V tho iiI.jul mi'iit bourn
which met here recently.
Portland, o.t. 11. Tiie si
hip
yard strike in Portland is nt an
end,
nil but two of the unions involvoc
havine ratified the nirrccnient rceom
mended by the federal Hdjnslnicn
board Inst week. None of the ship
yards went to work today with fid
crews, however, ns the 7000 striker
will not report for work until point
time tomorrow, acenrdins to prcc
plans
UB - NG0N
i
Total nt Noon,
First National bank .... 53,750
.Med ford National bank 4 4,800
Farmers & Frultgr-s ..
Jackson County bank..
33,100
20,850
Total Modford $152,500
,
Jacksonville 10,030
Central Point
8,900
Ilutto Falls
2,400
Rogue Ulvor
Eagle Point ,
Gold Hill
2,400
1,(100
1,400
Total District $179,250
Ashland: . fr
First National $ 34,000
Citizens bank 15,900
First State bank 9,800
Talent 1,300
Total Ashland dlst 61,000
.
Total Jackson county.... $240, 230
With $240,000 subscribed out of
a total requirement of $450,000 for
liberty bonds, Jackson county enters
the home stretch on tho liberty loan
campaign with five more days to
reach the required goal and good
prospects of nosing out.
Bankers of the county will moot
Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock at the
public library with C. A. Miller, of
tho federal reserve bank, chairman
of tho liberty loan state campaign
at which plans will bo discussed for
(Continued on Page Two.)
10 UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, OH. 22. The sol
icitor of the treasury today decided
t Ilia t distilled spirit may he imported
into the United States, nntwithstund
in; the prohibition against such itn
poriation contained in the food hill,
A section of the revenue hill, passe
nearly two months alter the food bill
the solicitor held, repealed the pro
dilution of imports in the food hill.
Acting under the solicitor' inter
nretntion, the treasury depart nienl
has instructed all customs collectors
to release importations of distilled
spirit held up after the passage ol
the food hill to the present time, un
der the regulations which prevailed
hetore the food hill was passed,
IH-lil!ed spirits produced prior t
October ;t, the day the new war rev-
enne net hccHtnr law, the solicitor
holds, may be imported "either for the
he vera ire use or for other uses," IT
produced subsequent to October M,
such spirits may ho imported, hut
only for other than beverage uses
As virtually nil the distilled spirits
imported into this eomitrv lire aaed
the solicitor's decision is reirnrded by
officials as opening the way for the
importation by American consumer
of immense quantities of champagne.
sparkling wines, vermouth, cordials
liifin rs and other spirit confniniui;
a wine base or l"i per rent of a'cobol
(or several V""r-. to Cotne,
AuuAoNKo rl I ZIIVIIVIUINS ! A SMASH N
U-BOAIVIGTIM PASSESAWAY PACIFIGHiGHWAY
American Destroyer Which Had En
gagement With German Submarine
and Got to Port After Being Dam
agedGunner's Mate Blown Over
boardDetails, of Battle.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 'J'J It was
officially announced today Hint the
American (lc.-l rover winch hail an en
gagement in Hie war zone witli a
German submarine and got to port
under her own stenin after being
damaged, was the L". S. S. Cassin.
The Cassin was torpedoed while on
patrol duty on Tuesday, October 1(1.
Gunner's Mate Osmond Kelly Ingram
of Pratt t'ily, Aln., wus killed by be-
blown overboard by (be explos
ion and bis body wns never recovered.
Kivc olhers were injured, but not ser
iously.
The Cussin was commanded by
Licutcnnn( Commander Waller II.
Vernon.
Siilmuu'ino Sighted.
Wlinle Hie vessel was on her patrol
station ft submarine was sighted on
(lie surface about five miles distant.
The destroyer immediately proceeded
at full speed toward the U-boat with
her crew nt battle stations. After
searching the area for about a half
an hour, cigzngging buck and forth,
Cotnnwinder Vernou sighted a torpedo
running nt high speed nenr t ho snr-
o about 411(1 yards away, headed to
strike (be Cassin amidships. He rang
for emergency full snecd ahead on
both engines, put the rudder linrd
over and was ,pist clenr of the tor
pedo's course when it broached on the
surface, turned sharply towards the
vessel nnd struck the stern of the
Cussin, disabling one engine.
The destroyer remained under way
and continued searching for the suh
marine. After nbout an hour the U-
bout exposed its conning tower long
enough (or the ( nssm (o lire lour
hols. Two fell so close to the sub'
marine that it was forced to sub
merge inunediulcly and was not seen
again. The Cussin continued the
search unlil dnrk and (hen proceeded
to port nfter being joined by other
British and American patrol boats
Behavior Kvoellcnt.
ice-Admiral Sims in bis report
states that the behavior of (be offi
cers nnd the entire crew wus admir
able, commends the British navy for
the prompt and efficient assistance
rendered the Cassin, gives special
credit to Commander Vernou for bis
vigilance and prompt, action, which
probably saved the Cassin from to
tnl loss and ulso I.ieutenunts M.ic-
Lerun, Saunders and Parkinson, for
their ingenuity in effecting temporary
repairs. '
FOR ALICE PAUL
WASHINGTON', Oct. 22. Alice M
Paul, chairman of tho Woman's Par
ty, and Caroline E. Spencer, Colorado
Springs, Colo., were given sentences
of six months each In poli o court to
day for picketing in front of tho white
house last Saturday, four oilier
women, previously sentenced to six
mouths, were given ,'tu days addition
al. Two others got ninety days.
I.ONIiON, Oct. 22. Six German
airplanes were brought down yestcr-
nay hv Hntisli nuval inriiicti, savs a
British niliuiniltv statement today
The announcement follows;
"At about noon ye-lerduy raid
were made by naval aircraft oi
Vli-ehem und lloulla'e airdromes
The bombs appeared to burst nccu
rately. Both during the raids and on
their return our bombing machines
were attacked hv enemy aircraft, two
of which were shot down completely
out of control. Our bombers returned
safely.
"Iluring. offensive und rcconnuis
snnce patrols tive of our seouts en
gaged about twenty bo-tile scouts,
to of Ihc latter being destroyed nnd
two driven down completely out of
control. One of our pilots is niiss-ing."
CASSIN RUBY ROBERT WEST PHOTO OF FITZSIMONS AND WIFE f I KILLED IN
Great Prlzcflgtiter Puts Up a Game
Battle With Death, But Receives k ' s- ' Ik
Final Knockout From Double Pneu- TxK ll
monia Was Stricken Last Tues- I h1
day Regretted by Jeffries. hl4 f- LfTH
CHICAGO, Oct. 22. The funeral
of Uohert 1' ltiislmmoiiB, tho great
prizefighter who died at a hospital
here at 2:40 o'clock this morning of
double pneumonia, will lie hold at
Moody tabernacle next Wednesday.
Burial will be at Uraceland cemetery.
Tho former champion was stricken
last Tuesday while appearing at a
vaudeville theater with double (lo
bar) pneumonia. His remarkable
vitality sustained him until Satur
day, when ho lapsed Into unconscious
ness. lli wife was at his bedside
when death .came.
Kitzslmmons, until ho sank into
his final relapse, fought for life, as
he hud fought for victory In the ring.
hysicians declared llfo was prolong
ed several days by the grim determi
nation of the man.
HUIWANK, Calif., Oct. 22. .Tamos
.1. Jeffries, who won tho heavyweight
championship of the world from Rob
ert Kitzsimons at Coney Island, Juno
9, 18!lfl, with a' knockout in the elev
enth round, expressed deep sorrow
today nt news pt the bitter's death in
Chicago.
"lie was a great old general," ho
said, "f can speak of him only in
tho best of terms. Ho was one of my
best friends and I am sorry ho has
gone."
FltzBimmons visited Jeffries on tho
latter's ranch near here about two
months ago, when, Jeffries said thoy
"talked over old times."
WISCONSIN, KILLED
MII.WAVKI'K, Wis., Oct. 22. The
people of Wisconsin are mourning to
day over Hie tragic death yesterday
of I'nited States Senator Paul O.
Dusting, who was accidentally shot
by bis brother, Gustavo, while duck
bunting.
l'nnl O. (lusting, democrat, of
Mayville, Hodge county, Wis., was
born nt Komi du Inc, Wis., April 2.",
1SIIII, nnd removed lo Muyvillc with
bis parents in 187(1. At .1(1 be became
n clerk in n general slorc, then clerk
in Hie posloffice, railway mail clerk
and clerk in the office of the sccrc
tnry of state, lie colored the I'ni
versify of Wisconsin in 18!l." anil in
December of that year commenced
the practice of law, in which occupu
(ion lie hail ever since engaged.
Mr. Iluslinu' was elected district at
torney in 1IIU2, ngiiin in Hill) and in
l!MNi slate senator, rc'-clootcd in
I IHI1 ami in PH I elected to the I'nit
ed Stules senate to succeed Isuur
Stephenson.
As senator, .Mr. Iliisling was as
strongly pro-American as bis col
league, La l-'ollctlc, was pro-Gcruinu
anil was an iirdcnt advocate ol' the
war. lie exposed the pro-Gcniian
propiinndii (Miring t In; munition em
bingo agitiifioii. ;
TOKIO, Oe. 22. The .lnuiiics,
steamship I lilaclii Maru, due at !cln-
uou bay, I'orluguest Kast Africa
October I, is missing. It is believed
lo buvc struck a mine and all on
board lo-t. The number of passen
gers is not known, hut Mr. Onai, l.on
don manager of the Nipponese I'scn
Kaishikii. owner of the vessel, was
among (hem.
The llilii' hi Maru, n ves-cl of (i.'.lid
Ion- grois. sailed fiom Vokoliauin for
Liverpool on Augu-t 2!t. She touched
al Colombo, Ceylon, September 24
but since then nothing lm been heard
I
from tier.
RUSSIAN NAVY
UNITS ESCAPE
FROM GEI
Bottled Fleet in Moon Sound Succeed
in Getting Away Without Mishap
Russians Sink German Transport
and Torpedo Dreadnaiiyht Pris
oners Loaded Into Boats and Shot.
'PETROGUAD, Oct. 22.. A tolo
grum recolvcd by the semi-official
news agency says that Esthnnlans
who havo escaped from Oesol and
Moon islands, recently captured by
tho Germans, report that Russian
prlsonors are being loaded into boats
by tho Germuns, who tell them: "Wo
havo nothing with which to feed you.
(Jo away."
As soon as tho boats lesvo they
are fired upon with machine guns.
Russians I''s(nio.
PKTKOCiRAD, Oct. 22. All Rus
sian nuval units except observation
elements htivo succeeded in KotllnK
out of Moon sound without losses and
are reporting t the northern en
trance to the sound, tho marine de
partment announces In nn orrkinl
statement. In the operations of the
Cuir of KiKu a UiiHsian submarine
sunk a Gorman transport and Is be
lieved to havo damiiKed, If not sunk,
a (iermnn dreadnauKht at which two
torpedoes wero fired.
Tho communication reads In part:
"Drsplto tho difficult eonrtiliniin
and tho enemy's measures to prevent
our sortie from Moon sound, wo suc
ceeded without loss nnd In perfect
order in evacuating not only the hulk
of our military forces, but also tin;
whole of the naval installation in
Moon sound, notalily tho trar.ntiorts
and smaller craft.
"W'o left tho whole of the aban
doned haso and the adjoining region
In a condition rendering it entirely
unserviceable for mi I II ary purposes.
Our naval forces are at present, pro
tecting tin; north entrance of Moon
sound against fresh attacks.
U iMUlniiughl Torpedoed.
"Iluring operations tn the (iulf of
Itlga one of our submarines met an
enemy squadron consisting of four
drnadnaitglits of tho Markgraf type
vessels built in HH t of !!-, IMKi tonn
and carrying a complement of ll.'.li
nirni, cruisers, nnd a largo number
of torpedo boats. It fired two tor
pedoes at (tie leading drcaduaughl,
but being shelled hy seaplanes and
riddled wiih shot, wns obliged to
submerge without noting results. The
dMaaUoii of a tropedo, however, was
heard and rising clouds of smoke
wero seen. A largo transport, how-
over, escorted hy torpedo boats made
for the submarine. The submarine
returned to the Httack and sank one
of the transport with a torpedo."
r uncritl rvieeM over the lute ( .
X. Nel-on nt' this city, who ennnnil led
suicide in A-Mimd lu! week, wi-rc
htjid in Unilue undertaking" parlors,
in A-hliiiid, Monday, und hurial was
ill Mountain View cemetery ol' tint!
citv.
IANS
RAIDERS FOUGHT
SINGLE-HANDED
BY MAR! ROSE
British Destroyer Battled German
Cruisers Heroically Butchery of
Crews of Sunken Merchantmen
Passes Description Women Wav
ing White Cloth Given Volley. .
UJXDON, . Oel. 22. Tho Iirilish
duHtnoyoiv Alary 'Hose fought single
handed against the German cruisers
in the convoy section in the orth
sen, nci'ordiug to a story ascribed lo
to a Hrilirdi officer rescued oil' Her
cu und tmnsniitlcd )y the Christ i
iinin correspondent of tho Times. Tint
other destroyer never appeared and
it is thought likely that it was dc
slroyed at the beginning of the He
lion. A Her fighting heroically for half
an hour under the most terrifie con
ceit! ric lire, the Mary Hose sank. Ten
of the crew were rescued, clinging to
buoys.
The correspondent says thai the
reports of the butchery of tho crews
of the merchantmen pass description.
Two women on one side waved a
piece of while cloth which was per
fectly vinble. They were silenced by
ti volley from ihc (lerman cruisers.
Lifeboals were fired upon nnd no ef
fnrt wan made to rescue their crews.
'flic newspapers lake (wo diverg
ent lines of criticism regarding the
atlaek on the convoyed merchant men
in Ilie North sen. According lo one
view, (he incident was one that no
foresight or vigilance could nveii, and
altho rcgrcltahle in every way, can
not exercise any decisive effect.
On the other hand, some newspa-
pctx ak whnl has bt me of the
vaunted linlih command of the
North sea. (hie newspaper comments
as follows;
"The occurrence is extremely di
o, meting. With I he whole American
navy working in conjunct inn with
ours and wi.n our pat ml relieved
completely of Ihc la;-k of searching
cssels coming I'mm America, we
omJil to have an ample margin of se
ciinlv H'juin-I such mischances.''
AN ATLANTIC C()in M. 22.
A I'tfili-h comioi-ioii arrived here o
day lo ascertain whelher Kugland
may expect to depend n Ihc I'niled
Slides for -ii'jiir.
The vi-ilot-", Sir .Jo-eph Whit
Todd and John l. 'Make, represent
ing the i'.rilUh f'"d eomnn-sion, will
confer with Knot I AdminiM nil or
Hoover in Washington.
Sir .lo-eph said Kttelatid had rr
ilaced its coii-umplioii of sugar mon
ths u ') per ecu! from normal, and
wholesalers are allotted only .li ier
ceiu of requirement He said 2"i per
cent of sugar imports had been
wasted,
Ford Racing "Bug" Going at 60 Miles
an Hour Shoots Off Highway at
Turn and Two Young Men From
Grants Pass Are Instantly Killed
Mad Rate of Speed.
Shortly before 7 o'clock Sunday
evening, when their racing ear, in
which they were speeding over tho
l'acifie highway at a pace thought to
be about sixty miles an hour, at the
eurvo near tho Merrimnn ranch, leap
ed from off tho highway over a fence
and turned turtle, fifty feet away, .
Hegiuald L. Units and Lloyd Dyer,
two well-known young men of Grants
l'ass, were instantly kulod and tho
car badly wrecked.
They wero returning from Horn-
brook, where they had attended the
football game between the Grants
Pass and llornhrook teams, and from
the time they left the California town
for home, fnirly flew in their speed
bug, ti Ford car cut down and fitted
up with powerful motor, racing gear
and various contrivances to inje.reaso
speed, up and down the mountain and
thru the valley, only slowing up when
passing thru Ashland and Modford,
and then again resuming the mad
pace nfler leaving tho outskirts of
Modford und continuing it until tho
accident happened and botlt went to
their tragic dealhs.
Cimlsn1 ApprelieiiKlon.
During Iheir speed journey to death
the young men and their racing ear
created considerable apprehension
and terror among other motorists go
ing in both directions on the highway,
and aroused much comment from
ranch houses as they flew by. It is
claimed that they went thru Phoenix
at fifty miles an hour.
From the testimony of many mo
torists nnd ranchers it is fortunate
that tho fasi-llying car did not col
lide with other cars on the highway
and Kill and injure Iheir occupants.
Drivers of other ears on the high
way, when I hey saw the speed car
coming, hugged (lie sale ot tho High
way lightly and gave the speedster
tho right of way.
Pcatlt Fniblem on Cur.
An odd coincidence in connection
witli the accident and deaths of tho
young men is that on the. rear of the
gray painted racing ear, which was
owned hy Tufts, the tatter some time
ago had painted a skull and cross
hones, never dreaming at that time
that he' wus labeling a car of death,
and of his own coming tragic fate.
The skull and crossbones were con
spicuous last night on the rear of tho
wrecked car alter the accident,, and
caused much comment.
The accident occurred on the high
way about midway between Medford
and Central Point, near the curve be
tween the ranches of Mike I Inn ley
ami Ike Merrimnn. Another peculiar
feature in connection with the acci
dent is that when the defiant, luw
dd'yioL' car hurled off the highway it
struck the county court sign warning
all mnlnrisls that, the speed limit
there was 2."i miles an hour.
Theories of HniHshiip.
There are various theories ns to
the direct caue of the accident be
oi'd the terrific speed at, which the
car was oing. Many who were on tho
scene of ilie accident shortly after it
happened, after making an cxamina
lion, ciiinit to Ilie conclusion that a
front tire bur-ded. HI hers held to the
theory that jusi before the ear reach
ed the curve, Tufts, who was wriving,
realizing thai becau-e of the great
speed at which they were going then
was ;rae daimer in making the.
( Continued from nAgo four.)
LOST ON ANTILLES
WAHIIINUTOM, Oft. 22. Sixty.
Rnvon lives wnro loat when tho army
Irnnspnrt Antilles went down limt
Wcdni'mUy liy tho torpedo of a Her
in nn Hiilimnrlue. Tho official Km of
cuniiiiltlua, cjilikd today liy Oefleral
l'erxhliiK Hhowa sixty-sevou lonf, total
survivors 170, and one unaccounted
for.