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Newspaper Page Textuniversity f Lihrarv j "WEATHER Afaximum yesterday, 53; minimum today, 30; precipitation'.lO. FORECAST Fair tonight; heavy frost; Thursday warmer. l Tribune Forty-aoventh Year. Dally Twelfth Yenr. MEDFORD ORECiOX, "WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1917 NO. 47 1 y y 4 itm J j MEDFORB AGREEMENT ITALIANS VICTORS REICHSTAG HEARS new yorkers go wniaiube liberty Funo nniPio IN DRIVE ALONG TALK OFREPUBLIG flrajl 9U LllUu Ulllulu. ionM7n cdhmt AMnDCinnmnM II CmEfi ATI OF TR -STATE VALLEY SHOWN ROADS MEETING N B G PARADE CALLEDTO ORDER rnn minnii wuiilu iium nnuiiL-fULUiiuii if I m mm r v i I 1 t;v.t i t. . ...wv'i',. ki-.-j :a;m i .. -for. H K If NN il ' 1 ,Wi W : Wit I Ull IIUUUIII Government and Radicals Reach Agreement and Cabinet Reeon- struction Follows Milukoff Re 0 signs as Foreign Minister Union of Allied Fronts Assured New Cabinet Pledged,' Confidence and Plentitude of Powers. PETROGRAD, May 1C. The gov ernment and the radicals who have been hampering Its activities have reached an agreement on three im portant points and cabinet recon struction has been inaugurated. Following the publication of im portant cabinet changes including the retirement of Professor Paul N. Milu koff, foreign minister, from the cab inet, the official news agency issued this statement: "The three cardinal points upon which the government, the executive committee of the duma and the coun . ell of workmen's -and soldiers' dele gates havo agreed are: VT.he unity of the allied fronts; 'he fullest confidence of the revo lutionary democracy in the recon structed cabinet; "A plentltudo of powers for the government. Milukoff lio-iigns. IPETROGRAD, May 10. Paul N. Milukoff, minister of foreign affairs, has resigned, leaving the cabinet al together. M. Tereschtenko, minister of finance, has been appointed foreign minister, and A. P. Kereusky, previ ously "ihlhlster of 'justice, has been named minister of war and marine. Having discussed the conditions under which representatives of the council of workmen's and soldiers' delegates would consent to enter the cabinet, the provisional government decided today that it was unable to accept the firm of these conditions, difference in Views. Professor Milnkoff's decision to retire from the cabinet was annoitno' cd at n sitting of the provisional gov ernment held last night. Its cause, 'bo official news agency states, was a difference in views on the reorgan iiation of 'the cabinet. It was suggested that Premier Lvoff. should take charge of tiic min istry of foreign affairs, but tiic pre mier declined. Finally Hie majority decided it was best to entrust the ministrv of foreign affairs to M. Tereschtenko, while M. Kerensky was appointed minister of war and ma rinc. Cnuso of Differences. This called for the enunciation as a fundamental principle of a foreign policy openly pursuing tho aim of reaching as soon as possible a general peace without annexations or lndem nltles, on the basis of the right of nations to work out their own dostl nlcs. Tho provisional government was unable to agree to such a princi ple because It did not consider possl ble any renunciation of prlncples sot forth In Us proclamation of April ft The provisional government fur ther thinks It necessary to confirm tiJo unity of nil nlllcd fronts and in sists on an energetic struggle against anarchy. To tho financial and eco nomic reforms mentioned In tho coun cil of workmen's and soldiers' dele gates tho government raises no objec- (Continued on Pagu Six.) WASHINGTON'. May (. Sccre fury McAdno starts late today on n tour of middle western cities to speak on behalf of the ik-'.OOO.nOO.iWO Lib erty loan. His first speech will be in Chicago tomorrow. Iloforo leaving Mr. Me.Vdoo rid dressed an appeal to American women to come to the support, of the Liberty loan by buying bonds and urgim: others to participate in the loan. He appointed n committee of ten lenders in women's organizations to oo-op- eralc will the government in scllins the bonds. Important Points Captured 3375 Prisoners Taken British Recap ture Ground About Bullecourt Terrific Battle Raging Along Front of French With Germans Attacking ROME, May 10. The war office announced today that as a result of the offensive begun yesterday the Italians thus far have captured 3375 prisoners, n mountnin battery and 30 machine guns. The Itnlians have captured the wooded heights on the east bank of (lie Isonzo north of Gorizia. They have forced u passage of the river between Logn and Bombrez, capturing the latter village. In the center of the field of attack the villages of Zagora and Zngomila were taken by the Italians. British Win Lost Ground. LONDON", May lfi. The Uritish have captured most of the ground they had ist at Bullecourt and have established new posts on the west side of the village, says a dispatch today from Renter's correspondent at British headquarters. Severe fighting is in -progress to day north of the Scarpe river on the Arras battle front, says today's of ficial statement on operations m the Franco-Belgian war theater. The statement reads: "Fighting continued yesterday to our. advantage in-the western portion of Bullecourt. We captured a few prisoners in the course of a small encounter last night on the right of our 'positions in the Ilindeiiburg line east of the village. "Severe fighting is in progress north of the Scarpe." Violent llattlo Raging. PARIS, May lfi A violent battle is raging near .Moulin jje Liunaux, on ilie French front where the Ger- naiis have attacked in force after in artillery struggle which lasted throughout the night. The official statement of the war office says the French are maintaining all their po sitions. The attack is on a front of four kilometers. BERLIN", May 16. The capture of trenches on a front of 000 meters cast of Laneuville is announced in today's official statement. CYCLONE OF FI OF Dl'LFTII, May .1(1. A southeast wind early today drove forest and brush fires north of Duluth back over their previous path. Fires also are reported in several sections of Wisconsin and Michigan and in the Minnesota Iron ranges, but no serious damage lias been re ported. IIIBBING, Minn., May lfi Forest fires are burning fiercely throughout the llibbiug district. Ashes anil burn brands tell in llibbiug last night. Warehouses and outbuildings were razed last night in the township of French. Fires are within half n mile of Marble. Woodbridgc locution, near Buhl, is endangered. i SfPEIUOR, Wis., May lfi. Six homes and many small buildings have been de-droved near Gordon by forest fires and today the flames arc sweep ing northeast "like n cyclone of fire' a telephone report says. With no rain in three" weeks the situation is seri ous in many sections of northern Wisconsin. NORWEGIAN WORKMEN SHUN PEACE CONFERENCE COPENHAGEN, May 16. The Norwegian workmen's central bureau has decided not In attend the Stock holm socialist conference, Ledebour Declares Republic Must Soon he Established Scheidemann Socialist Leader, Threatens Revo lution if Program of Conquest is Not Abandoned in Nedf. Future. BERLIN, May 1G. A significant feature of tho session of tho reich slag following Chancellor Von BcUi munn Ilollweg's remarks was remarks by Philipp Scheidemann, the social ist democratic leader, and George Ledobour, the independent socialist, referring to a possible revolution in Germany. Ilcrr Scheidemann inti mated that if the British and French renounced the idea of annexation and Germany insisted on annexing territory, thero would bo a revolu tion. This resulted in Indignant re pudiation by a large section of the house and TFerr Scheideinunn has tened to say it had gone so far as that. Declares for Republic. Ilerr Ledebour, however, declared that a republic must soon bo estab lished in Gemuiny and that his party would propose that a constitution al committee take preparatory steps in that direction'. "The chnncellor doubtless desires annexations both in the cast and in the west. With the exception of ex trnvagant visionaries nobody be lieves that Germany can win a war of. subjugation. Tho Russian so cialists have made an offer which opens up the possibility of peace. This is what the chancellor forgets. It is true that a separate peace with Russia cannot be achieved, but the Russian government can convert the entente, and in this direction we ought to nssist.it. "Herr Scheidemnnn must not take up cudgels against the government if he does not want strong words which do not shrink even from the an nouncement of n revolution, to he followed bv deeds. Wc arc convinced thnt events must happen in Germany as they have happened in Russia. That is what those in power are work ing for. We must soon introduce a republic in Germany and wo shall propose that a constitutional commit tee take preparatory steps in Hint direction. Philipp Scheidemann, in introduc ing the social democratic Interpol union, bum; Socialist Attacks Conquest. "We are convinced that tho cen tral powers will stand fast in repelling intentions of annihilation but also that the wishes of the French, Eng lish and German annexationists shall not be realized. Thus think the socialists and millions are with us . "The supporters of conquest shout for increase of power, increase of territory, money and raw material. That can only be wanted by a na tionally orgnnized gang of robbers (this statement provoked a storm of indignation on t lie right.) The draw ing of the kaiser into this agitation has as a result that abroad the (Continued on page six.) T PALESTINE JEWS LONDON, May 10. An Amsterdam dispatch to til o Times says that Dep uty Colin, an indepednent socialist asked Chancellor Von Rcthmann llollweg in tho rolchstag if he was prepared to exert an influence, on the Turkish government to provent as far as poslblo a repetition of tho Ar menian atrocities In Palestine. Deputy Cohn said that JJemal Pasha, commander of tho Turkish fortes In Syria, at tho end of March had ordered all Jews, Including Ger man, Austro-Hungarran and Bulga rlan subjects, to bo removed from Jaf fa and Its neighborhood on tho ground of military necessity. Tho cxpelcd Jews aro reported to have been subjected to violenco and robbery, many being killed. Tho Turks also did nothing toward feed ing the fugitives. Deputy Cohn add ed that Germany would Incur a great moral responsibility If she took no action. i Marshall Joffre Ir lioro shown recolvink a miniature statue of lUcrty presented tno nero of tuo Miirno on behalf of the peope ofl New York. Thirty thousand jorsons cheered him. By UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, May 16. The $100,000,000 loano dto Russia today by tho United States was made avail able for her purchase of supplies in this country and was deposited to her credit in the federal reserve banks. Tqday's loan marks the formal entry of Russia as a participant in the $3, 000,000,000 credit to be placed at the disposal of the allien.. "In issuing this credit," Secretary McAdoo told Charge d'Affalres Onou of the Russian embassy, "to your gov ernment It gives me the greatest pleasure to think that wo may be ex tending to you at this time a service which wo liopo will be of great balue to both of us. I need not enlarge upon the fact that we extend It to you as additional evidence of the strong friendship which has already existed so long 'between tho Amoricnn and tho Russian people. Wo earnestly hope that tho resources wo place at your disposal today will contribute to the establishment of democracy and freedom throughout the world." With the sum already advanced the allies having reached the $025,000, 000 mark including $50,000,000 ad vanced Great Britain yesterday and with further loans to Great Britain, Franco and Italy and in prospect, be sides a $75,000,000 loan to Belgium, indications aro that tho total to bo advanced the allies will bo approxi mately $1,000,000,000 or one-third of tho entire amount to bo loaned them before the first periods of tho liberty loan are available. E WASHINGTON, May Ifi.-Thc army bill was again sent back to conference today by the house with instructions to include an amendment or a graduated increase in the pay of privates during the war, begin ning June 1. Chairman Dent, of the military commiMeo, was swept over by n vote of 1!I!I to 177 despite his appeal of "for God's sake, let us have a law before the house does an other snmcrsauH." The effect of the action was to direct an increase of the pay of the private soldier from the present .fl to -f'Jl, up t" :m t WHEAT MARKET CHICAGO, May 18. Tho wheat market broke sharply today on the restrictive regulations adopted yes terday. (September, on Initial Bales, declined an extreme 17c to $2.0t. This was lie under tho adjustment price fixed by tho board of trade. TO RUSSIA TO AID WASHINGTON, May 16. The American commission is going to Russia lu what amounts to a 'race against time with only two objects in view, it was stated on the highest authority today. These objects are: To convey to the Russian people the gratification of the United States at the transfor mation of the ancient despotism into a republican form of government and to render any helpful service It can to aid the new government ris ing from the ruins of the empire. The commission has no purpose to sway the judgment of the Russian people as to which faction shall con trol In tho organziation of a perma nent government. This statement was made to meet sinister misrepresentations by Ger many in Russia which are calculated to provoke some of the Russian fac tions Into making a separate peace beforo tho American commissioners can arrive in Petrorad. L GENEVA, May :i. -(Correspondence o1' the Associated Press.) A Gentian girl aviator, belonging to a rich family at Constance, whoso fi ance was a member of the flying corps, was killed in France during an earial raid last November, has taken up his work as an aviator and aerial scout, Fraulein L , who is 'Jl years of yige, has the rank of lieu tenant in the army, dresses like an ofieer and few know her secret. According to the Konstaiiccr Ya tung she has brought down three enemy machines on the Vosges Itel I'ort front, and has learned to handle, a machine gun in an airplane like a man. With hair cut short and a strong face, the Journal adds,, the young woman cannot be distinguished from other young officers. She has been fighting in the air for four months and has had two narrow es capes, being forced to land within the German lilies, but. has not been wounded. TOM OVERALLS CHICAGO, May Ki.-Il was made known at the se mi-aiuum! convention of the National Association of Gar ment Manufacturers thnt employers arc stmngly in favor of their girl em ployes wearing overalls ami that ten large factories have already supplied their girl workers with that article of masculine apparel. It was pre dicted at the meeting that all i-hop and factory employes would bo wcur inj overall. within the year. Led by Oregon's Governor, Military and Civilian Organizations, Mili tia, Home Guards, Red Cross, Civ ilians, Lodges and School Children With Flags and Banners, Parade Ideal weather conditions greeted tho grentcst patriotic parade in M'ed ford's history Wednesday forenoon, and crowds of people from all sec tions of the valley lined up on both sides of Main street to see tho long procession pass by. Flags were fly ing everywhere and there were my riads of flags in the parade. 1 It was also one of tho most re-pro- sentativo pnrade in the history of the valley as well jis very unique. The governor of the state, city officials business men and school children women's organizations, the ministers of the city, tho military, civic and fraternal organizations wcro all in line. It is estimated that the parad crs numliered-2(IOO.. The parade passed in'rovlow beforo Governor 'Wlthyconibe, who at Its conclusion delivered from the band stand a brief patriotic nddross, In which ho praised the people of Med ford and tho valley for their patriotic spirit and complimented the city and valley in genoral. Ashland in I. Inc. The one distinct hit of the parade standing out distinctly from ninny striking features, was the Japanese 'woman in Red Cross costume who mnrehed at the head of Mcdford Japanese delegation. The Ashland delegations also attracted much at tention. The sister city vicing with Mcdford in patriotism had about-2f0 persons m the lino of march, nidud ing bnnd, military company and Red Cross chapter. The parade was headed by Grand Marshal Lawton and tho Ashland band, followed by Company I, third Oregon inlantry, the Seventh Compn ny of Mcdford, and the First Compa ny of Ashland, ('. A. C. Then funic women of Mcdford chapter of Red Cross garbed in R. C. nurse costume At their head were thirteen girls garb cd in flag costumes, representing the thirteen original stales, carrying a banner on which was inscribed the "Grand Army of the World." Itcd Cross in Evidence The Ashland lied Cross chapter, men and women, followed immediate ly' after, the women garbed iif white shirt waists ami black skirts, and the men with Red Cross budges on their arms. Then followed the Mcdford chnptc of the National Girls Honor Guard tho girls wearing while dresses am flowing red ties. Several automobiles iu which were Governor Wilhycombe nnd city ol'fi cials nnd military officers were next in line, followed by the Mcdford band and Grand Army velerans, who were loudly upplaudcili all along the line of march, Most of tho stooped and while haired velerans marched with firm step, but others not strong, were in a large automobile at the head of the post. In striking contrast to those who preceded! (hem came the Spanish American war veterans bearing at their head a huge placard on which wero the words "Always Ready." These veterans of a later war, most of llicni in the prime of lite, murelic witli military bearing mid spring step. Then came the Mcdford Home Guard, Company A, in civilian uui (Continued on I'nge Two.) 1 TO SEIZED MERCHANTMEN NEW YORK, May I li, The steam ship Princess Irene, formerly a Gor man merchantman, whs seriously dnmuged by the fire which hroko out In tho New York navy yard lu Brook lyn lust night, 11 wus learned today. Tho flro was tho second one nt tho navy yard within four days. The origin of the blaze, which was discovered In a pile of mattresses brought aboard for uso by recruits, Is unknown. Tho efforts of sailor saved the Frederick dor Gross, anoth er former German liner from destruc tion as sparks (ell upon tho decks. Fourth Annual Convention Opened at Natatorlum Welcome Address by Mayor Gates for City and by Governor Wilthycombe for State Address by Pres. Westerlund. The fourth annual convention of tho Tri-Stnte Good Roads convention was opened at tho Nntntorium at 1:30 o'clock this afternoon. Pres-. ident John A. Westerlund, as pre- iiding officer, set forth the purposo of tho association nnd the objects of tho convention. Mayor C. : E. Gates then delivered an address of welcome to the delegates. 1 Governor Withycombo then fol lowed with an address of welcome on . tho part of 'tho state, advocating tho $(l?0U0,000 road bond issue, dwelling upon roads as military noeessity, de picting tho present as one of tho greatest epochs in the history of the world, emphasizing tho need of pa triotic cooperation and conceding with a complimentary reference to the Rogue rivor valley as tho choic est spot in Oregon for residence. ' Speeches followed by George T. Coltorill, state highway engineer of Washington nnd personal representa tive of Governor Lister, who was un avoidably detained, and by Herbert Nunn, state highway engineer of Ore gon. Communications nnd telegrams ex pressing good will nnd regrets at not being present wero reud. A commit- tee upon resolutions wns appointed nnd Secretary Hoos read his annual report. " ' ' ' The following nro nlso on the prcM grnm: Mrs. Winnie Uraden, secretary treasurer Polk County Good Roads association; J. II. Albert, of Salem; Mrs. ('has. Schicffelin of Mcd ford; Judge II. F. Lewis, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands; Mrs. Laura Gur nell of Grunts Pass. Appointment of eonimitlce on ways and means. Win. Steel, of Crater Lake, and Porter J. Neff of Mcdford. -.-.. Five miniito discussions by dele gutcs; appointment committee on nomination of officers. Husiness meeting at the library at 8 p. m. to receive the report from tho committee on election of offi cers.. President J. A. Westerlund deliver ed an address ns follows: "In the name of Mcdford, Jackson county, and all of southern Oregon, t extend-to you all n hearty welcome. lrWo are glad lo hnvo you hero to help us devise ways and means to further the great cnuso of building good roads and help us arouse in terest in the $6,000,000 bond issuo to be voted on. Juno 4lh. Trl-Ntnto Association. "The Ti'i-State Good Roads asso ciation lias worked hard for three, months trying to do its share in helping to educale the public to real ize the great advantage it will derivo from good roads in Oregon. If Ore gon is to keep pace with other states we must get busy at once to pave our main highways. 'Keep away from Oregon on account of its muddy roads,' is ipiite common ndvico by tourists. We can't blame them for giving such advice, knowing ns wo do ourselves the miserable roads wo ask them to pass over. "We can learn a great lesson from Calil'uriiiii. California has spent $18,000,1100 already. Last fall sho voted !fl."),000,000 more for good roads. The same is true of Washing- (L'outlnued on page six.) FLYING BOAT FALLS "NI'lWt'ORT NKWS, Va., May 16.- Ted jleciuemtiourg. Instructor, and Lnwrenco Curtis, of Boston, student, wero Injured this morning when a flying boat lu which llcipiemhourg was giving Curtlsi lesson, fell a dls taneo of fifty or sovenly-flve feet at tho Atlantic coast aeronautical sta tion hern. Officials of the station stated that 'the accident was caused by blinking too sharply.