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Newspaper Page TextJACKSON COUNTY 111 C C BAROMETER , . W. 3 J. Quota for 11)18. SC92.000.00 Sales to May 23. $20,264.70. Buy Thrift Stamps DFAA5 Porty-efRhth Tear. Lliy Thirteenth Tear. . HIM U-BOATS RAID fMCh halt .germ TWO AMERICAN STEAMERS f AND FIVE SAIL! VESSELS Anr piimi nu oiinan Animro wihol Hnc ouim di ouD!vmriiico Reports of Many Other Attacks Off Jersey Coast By German U-boats ; 'Coming In Among Vessels Lost Is Steamer Carolina From Portorico . With 220 Pasengers and Steamer City of Columbus, Savanah for Bos tonSchooners Edward H. Cole, Jacob S. Haskell, Isabel B. Wiley, Hattie Dunn and Lemenue Hathaway Sunk By Gun Fire Large Number of Submarines In Operation Two Attack the Cole, whose Crew is Rescued Crews of Other Vessels Not Heard From. N'KW YOliK, June 3. The cam paign of German submarines on the American Atlantic const, nccording to reports recuivcil here up to a late hour today, has netted them at least one American passenger steamer and live American schooners. These are the losses definitely known. Heports of other attacks, in cluding those on two American tank ships, and another passenger stenmer, came seeping in through the after noon and shipping men fear that the toll of losses through this German surprise attack will he added to. The ships definitely reported as at tacked weret ' - .Steamer ('ariifiiiu, from Peril) liico, with 22(1 passengers. Schooners Kdward II. Cole, Jacob S. Haskell, Isabel II. Wiley, Halite Dunn and Samuel V. Hathaway. The coastwise steamer City of Col umbus, Savannah for lloston, with passengers, was added late today as another probable victim of the (icr nuin sea raiders. Signalled for Help The attack on the Cnrolina became known this afternoon when word was received here that an S. (). S. call for help had come from her last night, llcr wireless message, picked up by -naval vessels, stated that n. subma rine was shelling the vessel and Ihe passengers hail taken to the boats. llc!p was immediately sent and it was said that all hands will he reported su f c. Of lhe crews of the schooners, only eighl of Ihe Kdwnrd fl. ( .'(lit' HI'!: known to Ik sate. They have reach ed New York and told their story. News of (he fate of I hose on (he oMut f.ips is anxiously awaited. Na m vessels, it is known have not only gone lo the rescue lint are scouring the seas tor the enemy. Const guards nt nil stations have Itcen ordered to wntch for shipwreck ed men. City of Columbus fjost The City of Columbus left Snvnn mih n Friday and was due in Bos ton this morning. 01" t.r,4Xt tons gross, and built in 1 !MM at Chester. Del., she wns a sister ship of the Citv of Athens, which was sunk in a col lision with a French warship off the Delaware coast last month with heavy loss of life. A navy department statement an nouncing the sinkings says: L WASHINGTON', June .). The fed. cral child labor law forbid ding Interstate shipment of products of child labor wa today declared un constitutional and invalid by the supreme court. x Injunctions restraining the govern ment from putting the statute Into effect and restraining a Charlotte, N. C cotton mill from discharging chil dren employed by It were sustained by the court. Justices Holmes, Mi cun, Hinn tlcis and Clarke dis-sentcd, WEATHER Maximum Yostmlav, 82; Minimum Tndav, tf . FORECAST Tonight ami Tomorrow, Fair and Wa nncr. Medford Mail Tribune "The navy department has been in-' formed that three American schoon ers have been sunk off Ibis coast by enemy submarines. "The steamship Itrislol, arriving nt New York this morning, reported that the four-master schooner Kdward 11. Cole was sunk by submarines at 0:31) p. m., fit) miles southeast of Hnrne gat, X. J., and tlyut the Hristol res cued the crew yld brought thein to port. y Saw Two Kubniniincs It also rescued the crev; of another sailing vessel which was sunk. The Rristou reports that she encountered a submarine 38 miles off Hatliegat at 4:20 p. in. Sunday and that two sub marines were operating in that local- i,y. The steamship (irccmn reports that the schooner Jacoli II. Haskell was sunk by gunfire by a German .submarine in the same general vicin ity at noon Sunday. The erew were rescued. Isabella I). Wiley was shelled by sub marines. "Captain Newcomh of the Cole, stated that his vessel was attacked by a German submarine submarine boarded him, took away bis papers and plnccd bombs on hoard. The captain ami erew took to the boats. 'Captain No,wcomb stated that Ihe submarine which attacked him was n limit 200 J'ect long ami carried two large pins, one forward and one alt ;riil a smaller gun amidships. 1'lew (jet-ma,., Flnj '"lie states thai he saw one other submarine besides the one which at tacked him. The second submarine being in the near vicinity, submerged with her periscope showing." Captain II. O. Ncw-omb, who hails from Boston, said the two l'-boats appeared less than HOO feet "ff wlien the schooner was 7." miles southeast of Atlantic Highlands, X. ,). Thinim: they wvre American submarines, he hoi-stcd his signal flas. The I'-bonl commanders at once unfurled the flat; of the imperial fJcrmali nuvV. After being gi-n ten minutes to abandon hip, Captain Newcotnh and the erew pit away within five. Wrockugo on Sen For J 1 hours prior to the Cole's de struction at 4 p. m. on Sunday when 7" miles off Highland lightship X. J , the crew saw an unusual amount of wreckage. The sen from this point to (Continued on Pago Two.) OIL TANK STEAMER PIMLADKM'IUA, Juno 3. An oil tank steamship waa reported sinking at 4 p. m. four miles cast southeast of Cape Ilenlopon, Del. The report did not nay the tanker had been torpedoed, but If It is the work of a submarine, shipping men say, the fact would indicate the U boat or boats which have been oper ating off the New England andXew Jersey coasts are proceeding southward. MEDFORD, Wireless Calls for Kelp From rftw York-Porto Rico Liner Passentjer Carolina, Saying Se Is Being At tacked By Submarine Passen gers Take to Boats 340 Aboard. WASHINGTON', June X Atlantic coast naval stations were directed by the navy department today to send vessels to the assistance of the steamer Caroline in response to S. O. S. culls saying she was being attack ed by submarines. The S. (). S. calls were received at the Arlington wire Iiss .station. NKW YOliK, June 3. A wireless S. O. S. call from the New York- Porto Kico line passenger Carolina, saying (hut she was being attacked by a submarine, was received here to day. The O. S. picked up by the navy wireless from the Carolina said the steamer wus being shelled by the submarine. rwscngern In Life Iloats Her wireless call for help was re ceived, aCJ o'clock, last .night. Ship ping authorities estimated when at tacked she was in about the same position as the schooner Kdward II. Cole when that vessel was destroyed by a submarine. The Carolina was commanded by T. If. D. Ilurhcr. The New York and Porto Kico steamship company was advised this e.fternoon from Washington that the Carolina had been shelled by n sub marine and that the passengers hud taken to the boats. The Carolina with 220 passengers aboard and 320 in her crew, wis bound for an Atlantic port at which she is this afternoon, .12 hours over due. l-'uto Ik Unknown The fate of the Carolina is not known. No further wireless ea'ls were received after the call for help. A United Stales guard.-hip was one ol the vessels which got the call. The Carolina, a vessel of .'l,t-j Ions, has long been in the New York-Porto-Hoco Irade. She was built at Newport News, Ya.t in IKilli. LOST ON LINCOLN WASHINGTON, June H. All those who weru p;tHengera and aro the re turning army officer and men on the transport President Lincoln wen; saved after she lint been torpedoed last week. This confines the loss to Ihe crew of the ship. Nono of the survivors was aerlous ly injured. Tiio transport was attacked t 9:53 a. m., May 31. Three torpedoes were dischargtyl sinking tho ship In olghteen minutes. Tho submarine was not plghted until after the torpe does wore shot. Amorlean destroyers returning to port with survivors siiOifed a sub marine at noon on Saturday and at tacked It. The tllKpali lies to the navy department do not report the result. WASHINGTON", Juno 3. Ceneral Pershing In a continuation of yes terday's communique denies tho (Ier man official statement that Franco American depot at Kcre-Kn-Tardenols have been captured. No American depots were located there, he declares. OREGON', MONDAY, J UN IRELAND PROTESTS AGAINST CONSCRIPTION. - Off ..; .'I -;i . : -.. av s' i i ? I um 'pr -k---A Ax A great protest meeting against tho extension of conscription to Ire land was recently .held at nallimliadorroen.. Ilnnncrx bearing tlio Inscrlp. lions "No IHoikI Tax," "No Conscription" wore fluiinted ovcrywiioee. Tho meeting .provided' Ulfl first occasion for tho Joint nH-nranco of thelend ers of tho Nationalists anil Sinn Kolnom on tlio sallio plat form. IN TEXTILE ILLS 1LH NEW Bi:i)l''OHI), Mass., Juno H. Tho tnxtllo mills of tills city, employ ing 35,000 operatives, woro shut down today In consequence of a gen eral strike called by tho textile coun cil lat night. Ono-thlrd of tho oper atives havo been engaged on govern ment contracts. Tho mill gates were opened at tho usual time. Operatives tool: their clothing and personal property and went away without any demonstra tion. Thero wait no picketing. I.auor loaders and representatives of Ilic manufacturers conterred today Willi William Itlpley, administrator of labor standards, who came hero yesterday at tho recpicut of Secretary of War Maker. It Is estimated that cloth for gov ernment purposes comprises about -." per cent of the production or tlio mills. Tho tcxlilo council, which originally sought a 25 per cent ad vance in wages for tho operatives, as opposed to the manufacturers' offer of per cent last week, modified its demands to '2d per cent. The man ufacturers then agreed to a 15 per cent increase which Ihe councl re jected. The strike was then voted. WITH TIIK I'KKNCII AI1MY IN KIIANCK -June :t.-(l',y Ihe A-.o-cialcd I'rc-s.) Owing lo the terri ble ca-ualtie inflicted upon it, the I'ru-iair yiutrds division has been withdrawn by the (ierman high com mand from tin? battle. The (icniiuu loscv arc becoming heavier daily. WASHINGTON', June 3. Nearly a thouasnd city rmploycs went on slrikc here todav for higher wages. Mot of them were employed in the street cleaning and water diinirt- iiient". They iiiit work when their (leuiaiid-- for n minimum of ?J n day was not granted. 10 3, 1918 AMER ARMY CASUALTY LIST CONTAINS I THIRTY SIX NAMES WASMlNtlTON, Juno 3. Tho army casualty list today contained 3i names, divided as follows: Died In action 4; died of wounds 3; died of acetdent 2; died of dlseaso 7; wounded degreo undetermined li; wounded severely lti; wounded slightly 1. Tho list included Monry J. Krugor, IS 10 Do Smith avenue, Spokane, Wn, died of dificu.su. Tho list; Killed in ac t ion : Jdeut. Harry F. W, Johnson, .South lluthlehem, I'a.; SoiKeant Kdward iN. Klpley, Matdeii. Mass.; I'llvates Jtnymond .1. HurnH, CumhrUigc, Mass.; Jlenjamln K. Ualr, Now York City. JIed of Wounds: i'rlvates Kukouo M ii rJ son , Terry, Oklu.; Arthur .MeCul IoukIi, AnaimiMi, Iowa; JO 1 hurt Stone, Ma l.rovu, Iowa. Died of accident: Privates Albert A. I'rait, Santa Uurharn, Cat.; Kobert Springer, Coffi-yvllie, Kans. Jiied of Ibe;mo: Privates JOdward Anderson, lep Iliver, Conn,; Waller jM. Jtalley, Wilkesharre, Pa.; t'oine Huk Jrommey, J'lttitburg; John Kiist n!r, Chicago; Ilvnry J. Kruger, I S 10 I in Smut avenue, Spokane; Leslie Robert Lee, Chicago; Robert O. .Mar tin, Jlroolilyu. PAHIH, Juno 3. Tho bombard ment of the I'arls region by tlio Car man long range cannon was resumed today. I'AIUS, Juno 3. The (Ierman air planes which raided I'aris on Hatur day nfubt, succeeded In passing over populous districts of tho clly and 24 persons woro wounded by tholr bombs, the lluvas agency says. Some damauo wns done to buildings. mm COAST: YE ON PARIS U-BOAT DRIVE German's Action Confession That American Army Will Turn Scale Against Her Anti-Submarine Forces In Home Waters Ample to Meet Offensive. AYAS1UXGTOX, June X (Jer niany, by striking with her subma rines the very doors of America, bus udVtitcd to the world that the American army will turn the tide against her on tho- bultlefie.lds of France. As first news of tho submarine raid on the Atlantic coast brought to tho navy department today by As sociated Press dispatches was follow ed by official reports, naval officers declared that the American anti-submarine forces in home wuters were umplo to meet the attack. Nnvy Prepared All along tho const lino naval fly ing bttatls, submurino chasers ,tmd numberless other naval craft imme diately got into action. All officials declared that the navy department, was; 0dN.ojpi.ped to meet tho thrust at the very ioun- j tain head of tho flow of American 1 troops to Kurope, and (bat all itsl agencies were being brought into full force to find the submarines ami de stroy them. WASHINGTON, June X -1 ft'ie (ierman admiralty expects to find the American ports unprotected be cause a great force of American de stroyers has been concentrated in the war zono around the British isles, it will be mistaken, naval officers say Wliile the uuti-suhmnriue crnft in Wiz wnr xnno are in large number, the protection of the stenmer lanes on this side of the Atlantic has not been overlooked mid it is said there are adequate forces in home waters to meet them. The torpedoing of ships off Harne gnt, N. .1., followed by the report of more destruction off Nantucket shoals, nearly l!0(l miles to Ihe east, was taken as indication that the bos tile submarines wen operating in number and Ibal Ihe plan of the Ger man admirally probably was to con centrate Ihe l'-boats in practical blockade of the principal ports of embarkation being used for American transports. Itiiumr Plentiful Iteeiirrcnl reports of (lernuin sub marines on Ibis side of I ho Atlantic have been closely examined by the navy 'dcpurlmcnt during the lust week. Ifeports of one (ierman sub marine near ihe Virgin Capes were current in Hampton Koads Saturday night. Jl was said nnvy flying boats, sub marine cluiM-ix and other auti-siih-mnrinc craft in tlmt district immedi ately went to sea in sean-h of the rnidors. The master of a PriliMi vessel ar riving at. Norfolk on May reported having fired some shots at a submn- (Continued on Pago Six.) EXPOSE RECORDS OE WAR PROFITEER WASHINGTON, Juno 3.-lJl.ido-sure by the treasury of evidence of alleged profiteering, said by Presi dent Wilson In bis recent address to congress on revenue legislation to lie Indisputable, seemed assured today when Secretary McAdoo advised son ato leaders that he would not object to presenting tho treasury's records to congress If they nre properly called for. FINDS AMERICAN NAVY PREPARED Ur.l erslty of Oregon Lllirarv - A Save and Buy for Victory Buy W.S.S.Thrift Stamps ww. Safest Investment NO. 61 BATHE LI German Rush Toward Paris Haled, French Hold Ground Everywhere and By Counter Attacks Take War Positions and Prisoners Heavy ' Fighting Continues Germans Un able to Force Crossing of Mame Rheims Still Held By Allied Lines. (By Tho Associated Prosa) Juno 3. The (ierman rush toward Paris botwoen tho rivers Marno and Ourcq was halted laat night, accord ing to today's atntemont from Paris. French troops stood their ground firmly at the point of groatest Impact near tho Marno and In dashing count ar attacKs drove back the enemy In other sections of tho battlefield to 'ho northwest. was directed along the road that, runs from Clmtcau-Thlorry to I'arls. Tho Krench mot It astride that road vo incr souinwesi nourescnes, n,nu In less than two miles of the river and tiroko tho assault by their fire. Heavy fighting continued all night along tiio wholo front northwest ward to tho Ourcq, a distance ot about fifteen miles, tho Krench driv ing homo numerous counter attacks with the result that tho Uormans woro forced to givo ground at sev eral points. Prisoners by tho hund red woro taken by tho French who likewise cut tho Gormans up severely during tho engagements. Apparently the Gormans made no further progress during the night In other sectors, elthor on the other sido ot Chntoau-Thlorry along . the Murno and to the northeast, or In the Solssons and Noyon reglonB to the south, ns the Krench are reported to ho holding their positions every where. Assuming tho inltlntlvo west of Noullly, tho Krench ro-capturod Paa-ay-en-Vnlols, sotithoast of Kavorol les, and Hill Hi.) nearby. Not Acrots Marno Tho Cermans havo not crossed the Marno and apparently have not made very strong efforts to do so. Around Rheims tho situation Is unchanged, tho (iormnns probably biiplng that their advance from Vlllo-en-TiirileiiolKo will outflank tho al lied troops In tho Ithnlnia sector. Ill several days the Cermans have driven a dangerous Bullent In the al lied lino and havo met with more success In attempting to link tho now salient with tho ono driven toward A miens In March. In addition to their other captures, tho Germans re port thoy took a huge amount ot stores nt Kcro-en-Tardcnols, the boo ty including 000,000 artillery sholls much material and 1 01)0 vehicles. Thnro has been little activity on the western front, Including tho Amu- (Continued on Puge Six.) WASHINGTON, Juno 3. After discussing today with American Fed eration of Labor officials tho calling of a strike of commercial tolograph ers, S. J. Koncnkamp, president of tho telegraphers union, said he had arranged to discuss tho subject fur ther tomorrow with Samuel Com pors, president ot the federation, and that no strike would be called until after this conference. FRENCH HOLD AfONGWHQLE