Ktvbrbivy i uyim WEATHER Maximum yesterday, GG; minimum today, 47; precipitation, .02 yesterday,. FORECAST Tonight and tomorrow, partly cloudy. I Llhfary MEDFORD MAIL tribune Forty-seventh Year. Pally Twelfth Year. MEDFORD OREGON", MONDAY, MAY 14, 1917. NO. 45 mm SENATE TALKS a4 BRILL FOOD BRITISH FIGHTING RUSSIAN WAR TmmZ THROUGH LIS MINISTER QUITS AQ PIRATfQ OF HINDENBURG POST IN DISGUST nu i in lu Unrestrained Wrath of the Senate Poured Upon Speculators in One of the Most Remarkable Scenes in History of Chamber Amendment to Espionage Bill Would Close All Produce Exchanges Principle Favored, but Another Bill Desired; .WASHINGTON, May 14. The amendment to the administration es pionage bill proposed by Senator Thomas to suspend stock exchanges nnd boards of trade dealing in fu tures in foodstuffs during the war was rejected today by the senate 49 to 24. JjASIIINGTON, May 14. The un restrained wrath of the senate was poured down today upon food gumb lers and speculators today in one of the most rcinnrkcblc scenes in the history of tile chamber. "Pirates'' ami "robbers" were tenns frequently applied to those who profit by speculations in food in the hour of the nation's need. The likelihood of food speculators being hanged to lamp posts was hinted at. The storm broke when Senator Thomns, denm'ritt, of Colorado, pro posed us an amendment to the ad ministration espionage bill, a provis ion to suspend for the duration of the war nil boards of trade, stock ex changes or chambers of commerce which permit speculation in futures in food. In Another Way. Senators who opposed it did so on the ground that it would stifle com merce. The great majority of opinion favors some drastic action to stop food gambling nnd speculation. Senator Lewis, another democrat, paid he thought legislation such as pfiiposed by Senator Thomas would work injury to many and should not he passed without deliberation. "if this is adopted," said he, "you will force the grain in the bins into the hands of those that fear at the present they will bo caught in the isolation of darkness Unit some mem bers of the administration unneces sarily are bidding out to the country. I believe in the need of economy hut not in parsimony. If the people un derstand the truth they would not be holding grain out in fear, timidity nnd terror. What is needed at this hour is a provision of law author izing the president oh evidence satis factory to him that food is being un necessarily held, to seize such food nnd order its distribution with com pensation to the owner and a just market price assured the people." To Stop SM'riilatlon. "I think." said Senator lieed, demo crat, of Missouri, that means oudit (Continued on puge six.) "1" Tills remarkable picture conns Bullecourt and Roeux Taken After Weeks of Fighting German Sub marine Base at Zeebrugge and Naval Stronghold at Wilhelmshaven Assaulted From Sea and Air. Through blazing oil, poison gns and every other horror known to modem war, the British are stub bornly fighting their way to the Droeourt-Queunt line, the gate to Douin and Cumbrui, and the principal link in the fetters welded on north ern France by the Germans. Queant, the south end of the line is very pocketed. To the east, west and south the road is clear to the British, as far as natural barriers arc con cerned, except for part of the vil lage of Hiillecourt, from which the British have half driven their foes. Zecbruggo Raided. A ray of sunshine has also fallen on British anus at sen. The great German submarine base at Zeebrugge and the naval stronghold at Wil helmshaven have been assaulted from sea and air, with notable success. The only incident of moment in the other war areas is an unknown report of n great aerial bombardment of the Italians. This may mean that the long inactivity of Genera! Cnr dorna is about to be broken. The Italian situation has been wrapped in considerable obscurity and there have been uncomfortable rumors that the chaos in liussia was inspiring the central powers to mass forces for a great drive against Italy. Itilllccoiirt Taken. I From a .Staff Correspondent of the As sociated Press.) BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IN' FRANCE, -May 14. British troops have just about completed the ab sorption of two important villages to which the Germans have clung des perately ever since the battle of Ar ras begun. One of these villages is Roeux on the north bank of the Scarpc and the other is Hitllccourt, which lies directly in the Hindenburg line just to the west of Queant. As a result of steady fighting dur ing the last 48 hours the Germans' foot-hold in Bullecourt. has been re duced to two isolated posts, where bombing fights are continuing. A very .similar condition exists in Rouex. Since the British, victory on Satur day the German counter attacks have lacked much of their recent fierce ness. Tlte number of prisoners tak en during this time has been excep tionally large for the character of the operations nnd the number of troops involved. These may merely be coincidences or it may be that the Germans have become tired of sending so many of their troops to their death in massed formation. The German soldiers have been fighting very stoutly since re serves were thrown into the Arras area. The bent wave in the fighting (Continued on Pag Six.) WHAT WAR LOOKS LIKE AT CLOSE RANGE WONDERFUL PICTURE OF THE GREATEST BATTLE IN THE HISTORY OF direct front the western frnt In Franco where the Ilritisli arc pounding the Socialist Cunocil Wanted All Orders Presented to Committee for Its En dorsementSays Conditions Are Threatening Consequences Fatal to Defense and Existence of Nation. PETROGRAD, May 14. General Guchkoff, minister ot war, has re signed. The resignation ot General Guch koff follows that of General Kornlloff commander of the Petrograd garri son and probably is duo to similar reasons. Genoral Kornlloff said his position had become impossible on ac count of the efforts of various organ izations to control the garrison, the last straw which led to his resigna tion having been a demand by the ex ecutive council of workmen's and sol diers' delegates that all his orders be presented to the committee for its endorsement. Nation Threatened. In advancing his resignation at year's meeting of the congress of del egates from the front, M. Guchkoff read the following letter sent by him to Premier Lvoff: "In view of the condition in which the power of the government has been placed, especially the authority of the minister of war, in relation to the army and the navy, a condition which I am powerless to alter and which threatens to have consequences fatal to the defense, the liberty and even the existence of Russia, I can no longer exercise the functions of min ister of war and marine and share re sponsibility for the gravo sin being committed against the country." Armistice, Denied. The semi-official news agency to day gave out the following: "The report that the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates has called for an armistice Is denied. The question of an armistice lias never been raised by tho council, which on the contrary Is engaged at present In dfafllng an appeal to the soldlors at the front, pointing out tho inndvlsa bllity of a separate peace or of frater nizing with tho enemy." 13 YEAR OLD GIRL CHICAGO, May II. Threo days' investigation has convinced the po lice that 13-year-old Garce llagcr mann killed herself cither hocauso of Jealousy of her chum, Doris Ander son, or hocauso of unrequited affec tion for a school boy friend. Doris Anderson, who has been held since the eragedy, in tho belief that sho might have been instrumental In tho death of her friends, insists that Grace killed herself accidentally, thinking tho pistol not loaded. ENGLAND FLIES OLD ' l ; M : m For the first time in hislwry, tho llritish houses of parliament, in recognition of the entrance of Undo Sam In tlio war on die side of the allies... Old house of lords. THREE KILLED IN PITTSBURG, May 14. Three men wore killed and four wounded soon after noon today when an' attempt was made to rob the First National Bank of Castile Shannon, a suburb. D. H. McLean, cashier, and his as sistant, Frank Erbe, were shot and killed when four men entered the bank and ordered them to throw up their hands. The robbers gathered up all the money in sight and ran into the street where an automobile wait ed. Georgo Bcltzhoover, a magis trate, who had heard the shooting, reached the bank with a shotgun just as the men emerged, he raised his gun to fire and discovered it was unload ed just as one of tho bandits fired at him and another knocked htm down with a bag of money. Two of the bandits then fled In tho automoliilo whiio tho other two wero pursued on foot by a number of citizens, one robber being shot and killed and the other escaping. Meantlmo a posse ovortook the au tomoliilo and wounded nnd captured Its occupants. The robbers secured $10,000 most of which has been rcccvcred. DEFEATED WASHINGTON, May 11.-In an other and probably final vote on newspaper censm-.iii, the senate litis afternoon defeated n motion to re store a modified censorship provision in the espionage bill. The vote wns IS to :i t. Hindenburg line In Uto greatest buttle GLORY FOR FIRST TIME United Status flag Is flying over llio Glory Is hero shown flying from the E NOI TO E SAN FRANCISCO, May 14. -Supe rior Judge Frank II. Dunne today de. tiled a motion seeking his dlsqualifl cation to sit on any of the bomb mur der cases now pending, on affidavits filed by bomb defendants attorneys alleging bias and prejudice. Judgo Dunno announced that becauso ho had "been maligned and abused" he would voluntarily refuso to try any of the cases. Ho denied bias or pre judice against tho five bomb defend ants. , Trial of Mrs. Rena Mooncy for mur der as tho result of a bomb explosion here last July, which killed ten per sons and for which her husband, Thomas J. Mooney, is under sentenco of death, was postponed ono week. Many verbal clashes between de fendants' counsel and the court mark ed the attempt to disqualify Judgo Dunno becauso of remarks he matlo several weeks ago In which ho accus ed Warren K. Hillings, bomb defend ant already sentenced to llfo improB on ment for murder, of porjury. It was announced that a country judgo probably would bo asked to try Mrs. Mooney. NEW NAVAL STAFF LONDON, May II The forma tion of n naval staff of which Admi ral Sir .1 1 1 ii If. Jclliciie, first sen lord, will be chief, was nnnounced in Hie house of commons today by Sir Ed ward Carson, first lord of the nd miraltv. THE WORLD WHERE THE BRITISH In tho history of (he world, Thousands of llritish cavalrymen nro shown BOARD OF TRADE THRICE BEWAP CALLS HALT IN WHEAT TRADES All Deals, Save to Close Up Exist ing Contracts, Stopped Meeting is Called to Allow Representatives of Boards Upon Various Grain Centers to Check-Speculation. CHICAGO, May 14. Drastic ac tion to curb speculation in grain was taken hero today by tho directors of the board of trade and by grain com mission houses acting independently. Tho most important net ion was taken by the brokers themselves. Three of the biggest houses announc ed Hint until further notice they would accept no buying orders for wheat, .corn, oats or provisions. Others promised similar action. Forbid Other Grains. The board of trade followed up its action of Saturday in eliminating sjieculation in May wheat by forbid ding trading in May corn and oats. It also prohibited trading in July and September wheat until Wednesday, pending n conference of grain ex changes culled to take place here to morrow. Similar action was taken by the exchanges at Minneapolis Kansas City, Toledo, and Diilulh. Traders by the board's ruling were allowed to sell futures and to adjust. cxisttmg tirades at prices under a maximum of $1.(i1'2 for liny corn and Tlt'ac for May oats. The max imum for May wheat wns fived Sat urday at $11.18. The result on prices of the various rulings was to send wheat prices down 2.'le to .'He during the forenoon, while corn advanced 7 to lie and oats tie. Prompt Action Taken. CHICAGO, May 14. All I rude in wheat except to close up existing contracts was ordered stopped for two days by directors of the hoard of trade today. Saturday's closing fig ures were given as the maximum at which settlements may be made. All trading in corn nnd oats for May de livery was ordered discontinued. May wheat was eliminated last Sal in day. Extreme declines of from nine lo 12 conls in 'July nnd September wheat came as a result of the order of Hie hoard. The period of two days for the ces sation of trading was given to al low time for representatives of the hoards of Hie country lo conic lor it meeting to discuss action to cheek runaway tendencies of grain prices. Telegrams were sent, last night urg ing the boards to have representa tives here by tomorrow. Only boards where futures are traded in were invited, as follows: Diilulh, Minneapolis, Toledo, Kan sas City, St. Louis and Winnipeg. Official Statement. The official statement of the meet ing given out by 1'rcsidcnl Griffin follows : "At a special meeting of the hoard (Continued on Pago Two.) ARE POUNDING THE HINDENBURG LINE IE KAISER BEARING OLIVE BRANCHES Deadly Offer of Peace Now In the Wind Germany Proposes "No In demnities, No Annexations," Be lieving It Will Fascinate America Only Breathing Spell for New War. (By Clinrles Edward Uussell.) WASHINGTON, May 16.--The war's first great testing out for this nation will come about four weeks honco. ; It will not be on the battlefield; It will bo right hero at home. It will not be a test of physical courage, but of our good sense, clear ness of head and steady purpose. We have had most ot tho other exams and come out Al and as good as tho best. Our grouches and other people's used to say we were not a nation, but Just a lot of selfish kale grabbers from all the lands on earth. They used to say we could never unite on anything, put anything over or care for anything but the long green. Nation Stands Togetlior. Tho first three weeks of the war spiked all that stufr. The nation stands together, wo have .voted an army, wo havo voted the money and when tho deliberate gentlemen on Capitol Hill have wind-Jammed long enough we shall get the other things wo need. .We are ready to meot our enemy mail to man and beat him to a fare-you-woll. nut are we ready to under stand that ho fights with lies tricks, chicanery, plauslblo pretense, smiling bunk and In rinlto con games still hotter than with guns. Thnts' the question, but it will not ho a question very long. The quiet tip from tho neutral chancellories of Europe (being the plnccs whore tho Inside dope is gathered), is that with in a month tho Gorman government will nnnounco Germany's peace terms and that when they como along look out for trouble. Kaiser's Cunning Trick. Licked on the battlefield and llckod at homo by tho starving of his people, tho kaiser is going to pull on the world his most cunning trick, Ho Is going to propose universal nnd lnillie dlato poaco on terms that will every where catch tho half-witted and half hearted. That is to say, "No annexations, no Indemnities," everything to bo re stored to the geography and the con ditions existing previous to July 28, 1911, nnd all bo good fellows togeth er. This from the mnn who started this war and who pushed his followers to tho most shocking and growsome sav agery against womankind, mankind nnd childhood against the world. IChctoMciil ItumhllngH. To this ho will ndd some rhetorical rumblings about disarmament and if thnt doesn't land 'em, says tho kaUer, nothing will. Penco at once and "No annexations, (Continued or Page Five.) Assembled for n rush attack,