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MEDFORD MAIL tribune
Forty-seventh Year.
Pally Twelfth Year.
MEDFORD OREGON", MONDAY, MAY 14, 1917.
NO. 45
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SENATE TALKS
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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
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"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
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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
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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
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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,
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