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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:
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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.
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. : -.. 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
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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.
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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