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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 10, 1918
NO. 41
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British "Naval Units Duplicate Recent
Daring Raid In Zeebrugge; Depriv
ing for a Time at Least, German
U-Boats of Belgian Bases C0n-!
crete Laden Vessel Sunk Between
Piers Across Entrance to Ostend
Complete Success, Slight Losses.
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, May 10.
Great Britain's naval triumph of
April 23 at Zeebrugge when this im
portant German submarine base on
.'the Belgian coast was apparently
blocked by the sinking of concrete
laden ships during a daring raid, has
been .virtually duplicated at Ostend,
another valuable base for the U-boats
just to the east; The feat was accom
plished by the sinking last night of
the old cruiser Vindictive, likewise
filled with concrete, at the entrance
to Ostend harbor.
Ostend was originally attacked for
this purpose at the same timo as was
Zeebrugge, but the blocking vessels
sent In there were turned slightly
off their course and the success was
not equal to that attained at Zee
brugge. The operations begun with
a view to closing these ports, the ad
miralty announces, have now been
successfully completed.
Ijoso lloth HllSCH.
Tho Importance of the blocking op
erations lies in the fact that if they
have been as successful as Is believed
and the Germans have been deprived
of both their Belgian bases, they will
now be forced to revert, for some
time at least to their own home
ports, as starting and returning
points for these undersea raiders.
These craft would therefore have to
traverse far. longer, more difficult
and more dangerous routes to attain
their cruising grounds, with the con
sequent increase by many times the
chances of their being turned back
or destroyed.
Vindictive Sunk.
LONDON, May 10. Tho German
submarine base of Ostend on tho Bel
gian c6ast has been blocked as a re
sult of a now raid by the British na
val forces, the admiralty announces.
The obsolete cruiser Vindictive, filled
with concrete, has been sunk across
the entrance to the harbor.
The British lost one motor boat.
Their casualties were light.
JThe announcement follows:
"Operations designed to close the
port of Zeebrugge and Ostend were
successfully completed last night
when the obsolete cruiser Vindictive
across the entrance to Zeebrugge har
bor. Since the jitnek on Zeebrugge April
ZH, the Vindictive has been lined
with concrete for this purpose.
"Our light forces have returned to
their base with the loss of one mo
tor launch which had been damaged
and was sunk by orders of tho vice
admiral to prevent It falling Into the
hands of the enemy.
"Our casualties wercllght."
Tho Vindictive was built at Chat
ham In 1S97. She displaced 5750
tons and her complement was 4."j0
men.
40 ACRES COIION
FOR RED CROSS
CORPUS CHRIST!, Tex., May 10
Forty acres of rich cotton land
have been placed at the disposal ol
the American Red Cross at Robstown,
near Corpus C'-irlstl,, by cltiiens of
that community, and the entire acre
age Is being planted In cotton by vol
unteers. The land also will be cul
tivated and the cottno picked by vol
unteers and the entire gross proceeds
will go to the Red Cross. It H ex
pected that $.1000 will be realized
from the plan.
British Retake Section of High
Ground Entered By Germans On
Yyres Front French Gain Import
ant Point On Somme Battlefront,
Adjoining American Sector.
PARIS, May 10. French troops
yesterday captured Grivenes Park,
five miles northwest of Montdidier,
the war office announces.
WITH T11K BRITISH A It MY IN'
l UAXl'K, May 10. (By the Asso
ciated Press. ) The oenition by
which the British retrained in a eou-
ter assault the small portion of
trench Inorth of Albert which the
Germans had captured yesterday
while a smnll one, wus important. The
positions in question luiy on high
ground which hud been hotly contest
ed ever since the Germans stormed
their way into Albert.
BY 'ASSOCIATED PRESS, May
10. The fighting last night also
brought success to both the Brit
i.-li and the French. In the case of
the former, the action took the form
of n British counter attack upon tin
bit of ground the Germans took yes
terday in t lie Albert sector, north
east of Amiens. Field Marshal
Iluig's troops gained a complete vic
tory, restoring the. position intact
and Inking some prisoners.'.
The I'Yench success was still more
in porluiit ns it represented a net
gain of ground for the allies on the
Soininc front. In an intensive opera-j
tion heralded by a bnet but heavy
bombardment, the French captured
Grivenes Park, five miles nortli of
Montdidier and held their own there
against counter measures by the Ger
mans, taking 2.10 prisoners during the
fighting.
Tile Germans held nn important
section of Hie park, which adjoins the
town of Grivenes on the east and is
just to the north of the sector where
American troops linve been reported
fighting in I he Picnrdy lmltle.
WALL STREET BUSY
NEW YORK, May 10. The new
Liberty bonds, the third Issue, bear
ing 4 V4 per -Mint Interest and listed
for tho first time on the stock ex
change today, sold almost a point be
low par at the opening. Within the
first 20 minutes of trading two
blocks of the bonds, one of $:iK7,000
par value and the other of $100,000
were sold at 99.10.
Largo offerings of bonds for the
third Liberty loan at the end of the
first hour sent the selling price down
1.20 points below par. A block of
$100,000 sold at 99 and a few mln
utcs later another of $670,000 went
at 98. SO.
AMSTERDAM, Mnv 10. Emperor
William in cohgriituhitin- Field Mur
shnl Von llindcnbiirg upon the Kit
n nniiiin pence t real. v. according- In
Berlin ncwspi.pers of Thursday, no
tifed the military lender that tile bis
entrance gate to the old castle of the
Knights of the Teutonic. Order ol
Maiicnbun:. Pru-sin. would have hi
name and anus inscribed on it. The
emperor nNi expressed t he desire to
name other parts of the castle alter
German generals.
SAI.EM. Ore., May 10. It. A. ltar
ris, former state printer and present
head of the registration department
in the office of the secretary of state
viis initit'cd IimIiiv that he has been
accepted for wnr service with Hie Y.
f. C. A. in Franco, lie will leave for
liver-ens duty in two weeks.
BORGLUMTRIED
10 CAPITALIZE
Sculptor Who Accused Aircraft
Board Sought Formation of Air
ship Company In Which He Was to
Be Silent Partner Because of
Boasted Friendship with President.
WASHINGTON'. May 10. The
floodlight of publicity turned today
upon tlie activities of Gutzon Borg
lum, the sculptor, w hile he was inves
tigating the aircraft production sec
tion as the personal agent of Presi
dent Wilson.
Letters, telegrams nnd sworn state
ments placed in the hands of senators
from the official files of the war de
partment show that Borglum's own
inventions failed of test and that
while acting as the president's agent
lie carried on negotiations for the
formation of an aircraft corporation
in which he was to be a silent part
ner, and which the statements de
clare, was to have special advantages
because of Borglum s association and
friendship with the president.
1 llorgliun Implicated.
Negotiations between Borglum.
Hugo Gibson, connected wjjh the Brit
ish war mission in the United States,
and Kcnyon Mix of the Dodge com-
puny, Detroit automobile manufactur
ers, begun last December, the docu
ments show. A statement by Mix, in-
eluded in the documents, tells how h
withdrew after : becoming suspiuion
of Borglum's activities and reported j
the allnir to Howard Coffin, thou!
head of the aircraft production board.
Tho documents which have been
supplied from I lie official files of the
war department and arc now in the
hands of senators most intimately
collected with the nireraft investiga
tion, declare that Bondum continued
his negotiations after President Wi 1
son hud authorized him to inuke an
inquiry into the uircraft situation.
Borglum's Solo Asset.
A summary of the negotiations
signed by Henry Harrison Suplcc, who
participated us a consulting engineer
for Mix, declared Borglum was to be
represented in the corporation by a
Mr. Harris and that Borglum's 'sole
asset in the transaction was to be
first, his porsonul friendship nnd as
sociation with President Wilson,
whom lie stated he could do anything
he wanted with."
"As n further asset," Suplec's
statement declares, "Borglum gave
everyone concerned in this matter to
understand that his position with. the
aircraft production board nnd the
nerial section of (lie signnl corps, U.
S. A., was such that he could obtain
for their use plans nnd technical de
tails which this company could use
iiml thus save considerably, both in
time and money, in beginning opera
tions." I Ins statement, the nocumenls
show, was made to Mix after IWg
hmi hud shown his presidential au
thority ns investigntor and at this
point the suspicions of Mix were
aroused and he withdrew from the
negotiations.
The documents also declared Borg
li:m told Mix that "through bis friend
ship with the White House and ae
iuaintance with Mr. Gibson, the en
ginecr in the employ of the British
ministry of munitions, bo would have
access to the best foreign nnd Amer
ican designs ami practices."
DKTROIT, May 10. In an effort
to dispose of Michigan's surplus sup
ply of potatoes before July 1 to pro
vent their waste the Campus Marinas
In the central part of the city to
morrow will be transformed Into a
marketplace for the disposal of a car
load of the vegetables. County food
administrators will be In charge of
the sale, with prominent citizens act
ing as salesman. Mayor Marx Is ex
pected to make the first purchase.
"Buy a bushel of potatoes" Is the
slogan Michigan liab adopted.
U-BOAT LOSS
FALLS OFF HALF
WASHINGTON, May 10. Official
French statistics on the submarine
warfare received hero in a dispatch
from Franco today show that the to
tal losses of the allied nnd neutral
shis including accidents at rca
were approximately only one hnl..
as great during April this year as in
April, 1017.
In April Inst year fi34.li8.i gross
tons were lost while this April's fig
ures are 381,631. Submarine at
tacks now nre more costly to the ene
my, the dispatch points out, owing to
the fact that the attacks arc chiefly
made with torpedoes instead of "iin
firc as was the case before merchant
ships were ndcquntely nnd cfficie.uly
armed.
Attention also is called to !he
fact that each time Germans lime
mnde an ofensive on land thev heve
made a corrcsMnding effort with
their submarines. Thus during the
second half of March the number nnd
activities of submarines increased.
The first half of April'murkcd a very
distinct lessening1, nttributcd () the
counter efforts of tho allies.
ASK HIGHER RATES
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WASHINGTON, May 10. In
creases of 50 cents a net ton In rates
on ore, concentrates and other min
eral products from Butte ai.d Ana
conda, Mont., to Now York and other
eastern points were asked of tho In
terstate commerce commission today
by the Oregon Short Lino railroad.
Tho Northern Pacific and Croat
Northern railroads applied for simi
lar rate advances on ores from points
In Washington, Idaho and Montana
to middle western and gulf terri
tories. PORT OF BOSTON
CLOSED TO SHIPPING
BOSTON, May 10. The port of
Bo-ton was closed In all shipping by
the naval authorities on orders from
Washington today, but wn opened
ngiiiii a few hoiirs Inter. No expla
nation was given,
ANOTHER DEAD ONE.
FRENCH AVIATOR
lie doi
HUNS IN ONE DAY
PARIS, May 10. Six German
airplanes were brought down
yesterday by siib-Lloutennnt
Rene Fonck. tho war office an-
fr nounces.
Tho statemont follows:
"Yostorday Lieiitonant Fonck
brought down six Gorman bl
planes In the courso of two pa
trols. Ho downed tho first two
In ten soconds, the third five 4
minutes later and tho other
three In tho course of tho second
patrol,"
Lieutenant Fonck's nchlove-
tnent of yesterday has never
been eualled. Ho Is tho groat-
V est French air battler since tho
death of Cantaln (liiynenicr.
POPE URGES SPECIAL
PRAYERS FOR PEACE
I.OMK, Thursday, May 0. A spc
oiiil prayer during muss on St. .'Hit's
dny, .June 'J!lt for lilt: cx'Kfmtion of
tilt; evils tormenting limminil' in urg
ed by Pope Iti'iiediet in n sjH'cial ini's
sugo addressed to t!ie whole world.
"The end of the. fourth year aji-
roaches muck Kttrope i in eotiflu
grution," hhn the ineshane. "JJuriin;
this time tho violence tin never di
minished, but inereiihud mi that we
never have had moments of relief
fiom ever-in'n.'n.-iii 111 and nf'rlic
tions." IN IRELAND LEAVES
LONDON', .May 111. Lieutenant
General Sir Bryan Million, comiinind -cr
chief of the forces in Irelund, an
nounced publicly lust night that he
was to leave Irelund. He said be hud
not known who his successor would
he.
USE OF OIL AS
FUEL PROHIBITED
NORTt
WASHINGTON, May 10. Mark L.
Kcipin, oil director of the fuel admin
istration is considering nn order pro
hibiting the use of fuel oil in purts of
the Pacific northwest, to relieve the
fuel oil shortage in California. Ore
gun, Washington and Alaska, will be
affected. An embargo would be put
on fuel oil shipments to British Col
umbia.
More than a niiliim and n half bar
rets of oil per month would be saved
and diverted lo California, if this
wen done.
Mr. Kcfiuii has hud Hie question of
issuing the order before liim for some
time and he announced that be might
take action within the next few days
At the fuel iiiluiinislralion it was said
there is sitrticicut coal in the Pacific
northwest to take care of all fuel re
quirements of tlie territory now using
oil, including British Columbia.
Pending Ihc passage of the oil leas
ing bill, Mr. Ucqua and oil operators
from the Pacific coast lmvo been
marking time regarding the oil situa
tion in Caill'iirniu. The oil men have
agreed to accept the hill and Director
Kcqna told them two weeks ugo they
would have to agree on some plan that
would enable the opening up of Cali
fornia lauds. Mr. Kcqna is prepurcd
to commandeer lands unless an agree
ment is reached.
While inclined to uwuit the passage
of the bill, it was indicated today that
Mr. llcqiiu is prepared to act within
the next two or three days to (ret this
land. In the absence of quick action
by congress lie will recommend tint!
tho president commandeer it.
COLI MIHA, S. C, May 10. Five
soldiers were killed, two were
badly injured that they died en route
to the base hospital, four were se
r-ously injured and 18 less seriously
hurt when a wi-odcn railrond coach
loaded with soldiers of the 321st in
fantry and 317th machine gun com
puny jumped n trestle at Camp Jack
sou todnv.
CONGRESSMEN
BALK AT NEW
McAdoo's Plans for Immediate Legis
lation to Increase War Revenues
Meets Forcible Objections Lead
ers Want Tax Revision Delayed
Until Next Session.
WASHINGTON, May 10. Secreta
ry McAdoo's plans for immediate
legislation by congress to Increase
war revenues, announced last night.
mot today with immediato and for
midable opposition.
After a conference today between
Representative Kitchin, majority
leader of tho house, and chairman
of the w ., s and means committoo.
with Chairman Simmons and othor
members of tho senate finance com
mittee, it was said that revenue re
vision before next December is "vorjr
doubtful."
Doth domocrats and republicans, it
was said, are prepared to Insist upon
the administration's original pro
gram of doforrlng tax revision until
tho December session.
Aftor Profiteers.
Unless Socretary McAdoo In tho
stntomont of the country's financial
situation he Is proparlng for submis
sion to tho senate and house com
mittee chairmen conclusively demon
strates that Immodlate action is Im
peratively necessary, leaders of botn.
branches of congress are prepared to
Insist upon postponement.
"If thoro Is a bill,". Ropresonta
tlve Kltchln Bnld, aftor his -lonfor-onco
with senators today, "Mio fol
lows who aro profiteering right and
left on the war will reel It. Tho taxos
on excess profits and Incomes will bo
raised so high Unit thero will bo little
or no profiteering left In tho hands
of those who aro now getting rich oft
tho war."
Representative Kltchln said until
Secretary McAdoo's statoment Is re
ceived he would withhold Judgment
as to tho nocosslty for Immediate)
legislation. '
If Needed, Will Act,
Doubt wns expreHHed by Mr. Klt
chln that tho hugo war npproprliw
lions made the basis for Secretary,
McAdoo's opinion regarding Immo
dlate legislation would have any of
foct nn tho treasury, lie bollovoa
that actual drafts under tho appro
priations could not begin bofro next
January.
Similar views also were oxprossoit
by members of tho financo committoo
at today's meeting but sentiment wa
general that if Secretary McAdoo
should submit a fiscal statemont
making certain that moro funds will
. bo noeded beforo congress could on
act a bill next winter thoro will bo
no disposition to refuse action now.
"If wo proceed to pass a bill," llop
roscnlatlvo Kltchln said, "It will
hardly bo completed much beforo tho
November elections."
WASHINGTON, May 10-Purchase
of fomincrciul types of trucks
for anny use instead of tho develop
ment of two smaller types of the)
"Libcrly" trucks has been ordered
by the war department. lt is under
stood mnniil'iictiire of the largo tlireu
ton Liberty truck will continue
AMSTERDAM, May 10. No Oer
mans aro participating or will par
ticipate In tho advance by Finnish
troops on Pctrograd. According to
tho Vorwaerts this announcement
was made before the main commltteo
of tho relchslag on Wednesday by;
llenoral Von Krisberg.
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