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patclitfH. OF DRAFT ARMY
WASHIN(1T0NT, May 17.--In re
sponse tn a Kiijri'Hlion by Senator
Jones, of Washington, thai llic new
Hi'li'clivn draft army 1K1 1 harvest
crops, Soi'ictary linker; today dis
closed Hint it is not expected to call
out the hrst fiOO.OOO men before Sim:
teialier 1, hfi-uusc of tlm "depleted
slate of our Kiipplios, and Hint there
will Iherefore lie no "nppiwinhlo in
terference will) t lie Inlior supply of
(he country until Hint dnte." .
After Htutinjf Hint the Inlior (men
tion whs roceiviiifc- serious u Mention
from all departments, Secretary link
er wrote to Senator dunes:
"Owiiur to Hie di'lloted stale of our
supplies it will not (lie practicable to
call out the first ftlluyitin men to lie
mined under Hid provisions of the
hill now pending lieforo cniifcrom un
til nliout Seplemlier 1 ho there will lie
no nppreeinlilu inlcrl'nrcnco with the
Inlior supply of Hid eonulry until that
dale. When these men nre culled
they will have to he continually train
ed Willi the colors until they are Kcul
abroad. As the period of training
before they urn sent nbiond will be
at the licsf all too shorl, in justice lo
Hie men it must be intensive uud eon
tinuous."
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SICATTI.E, May 17. A rtlicet np
lioal to President Wilson In lielnilf of
tlio mllitnry ronil along the l'ailflc
coast will bo tunilo on .May ill. The
Pacific Const Defensn leuidie, through
tho efforts In tho uiullur before con
gress Is asking each commercial or
ganization, business man and state,
county and city orrielnl on tho coast
to send a telegram to the president on
I he dutn mimed, asking liliu to seek
action by congrosH.
This appeal to tho president has
been Hiiugcstcil by members of con
gress from tho coast state who have
taken u great Interest In the road leg
islation. The Initial move In the ntmpnlmi Is
for an appropriation for a survey of
the proposed route by niniy engineers,
and a hill making the appropriation Is
before the senate.
NAL
WASHINGTON, Mv 17. It will
reipiin- between ml 111) dn.vs ufler
I'leidiiit Wilson sii:iis I he urmv bill
to brills the milinmil i;unril into the
federal unity under the clnifl provis
ions of the nnlioiuil defense net.
This can be stnled niith.nitativi.lv
nlthougli Hie war clcpinlniciit is with
lioblmg aiiniiiiiiccuient n to details
of the process to be followed with
the slate troops until the lull has
been signed.
Notional (liiuril troops now in Hie
federal service retain their status as
inililiiimcn and it will reipiire the ex
ercise by Hi" pri -i.li nl through proe.
laliiutioii or other executive order to
draft the force as a body into the
fcdcrnl imny when it- nnlitin status
censes'.
Within I lie oast few weeks over ."(
Japnlicso laborer hnve arrived in the I
clly to work In the sugar beet fields j
In the valley. More are i nmlng dully.
It. Pnllo. the local .Inn men-hunt, lj
acting as contractor In bringing the
laborer Into the valley, He now has
agents In California and other I'acllie
roast statet seeking Japanese for
work In tho valley.
A BONEHEAD BUNGLE.
II F Tri-Kiafc flood 1 toads association administered a
- deserved rebuke to the
sending out, letters threatening the defeat of the ,tfj,(XX),
000 road bond issue because of the Rogue River fishing
bill referendum.
. To use the Commercial elul) for such purposes destroys
Us tisel ulness, it it has any left. I lie club should be exert
in; every effort to secure tho passage of the bowl issue
instead or threatening reprisals in village fashion, to "get
even on some unrelated proposal. Time was when the
Commercial club fathered the
essential tor community and
It seems incomprehensible
the state highway commission,
the road bonds in the name
club for something that has no
sue and of which the state
edge, but the following letter
Mr. R. J. Adams, Slate Highway Commissioner, Kugene, Oregon.
Ilpnr Mr. Adams-: You no doubt are aware of the effort being made In
regard to submitting the Hoguo Kivor
as you no doubt are aware, was passed at Salem after n hard tight, by our
representatives. Thin Is being backed by Portland people. We now under
stand tbnt the Portland Chamber of Commerce denies having much to do
Willi it. we waut to explain to you Hint tnero Is a very strong feeling In
regard to this in southern Oregon, and we are asking you to use every ef
fort that you can to down this deal before It comes up to a vote. It is com
monly remarked here, that If Portland and the north end of the state want
us to help them on the six million dollar bond issue for good roads, they
don't want to try to block things we're doing down here, when It don't hurt
tboni. We're putting things up to you Just as they are and trust you will
do tho best you can for It.
Yours very truly,
THIS MHIJFOrtD COMMERCIAL CLUB,
By II. A. Lutta, Secretary.
It is true that the members of the club never authorized
such an assiniue threat, nor did the directors and the
secretary's statement is tliat it was sent out at the request
of some fish bill advocate. But by whose authority1? Who
runs the Commercial club and where and when are the club
meetings held? And are the members ever consulted?
A referendum upon the Rogue river fish bill was to be
expected. No oilier course was open, to the canning inter
ests to sustain their contentions before the legislature. It
was a matter of self-protection, if they desired to continue
operations . Otherwise, they contend, they would have
been forced to close by the exactions demanded by the
gill-netters, who doubled the price for fish when they
figured they had the cannery at their mercy.
A referendum was a matter of self-protection, and
within the law. That is what the statute is for to appeal
to the people against alleged
and it is a poor law that will not work both ways.
The fish bill advocates brought the referendum upon
themselves, and they should not threaten the, good roads
program in consequence. The fish bill was forced through
the legislat ure against bitter
was to be expected, nut, why try to browbeat the good
ro.'ids .'(dvocates on account of it?
The bond threat only adds to the bungles the local
sportsmen have made the only result of their "no-compromise"
strenuous program to close the river being the
doubling of Hie open season for (i rants Pass commercial
fishermen.
But whether the fish bill referendum was right or
wrong has nothing to do with the question of voting a
good roads program for Oregon. It is beside the mark en
tirely and the two proposals cannot be linked together in
anv wav.
TALK INSTEAD
WITH KACII passing day, congress iii its inactivity,
takes itself more seriously. Its dignitv crows with
its dilatory tactics. Wednesday for five solid hours, be
hind closed doors, the senate poured its vials of wrath
upon the head of the president and the council of national
defense-for trying to act promptly to prepare the nation
for the war it has declared.
The council of national defense, composed of cabinet
officers, its civilian advisory commission, and the govern
ment shipping board, were special targets of senatorial
wrath, and I 'resilient Wilson himself was sharply criti
cised. The council was charged with usurpation of au
thority and with unlawfully delegating power to the
advisory commission. The shipping board was assailed
for alleged interference with private shipbuilders and for
insisting upon its wooden ship program. The president
was attacked for alleged lack of co-operation and con
sultation with congress.
One of the graver charges against the president was
the failure of tin administration to inform congress offi
cially of the presence of the Miitish and I'Ycnch commis
sion, awl of the advice and suggestions they brought for
the benefit of this country.
Suppose the president should tell congress every little
thingwould any action result, save that of comforting
the enemy; Indeed it seems probable that is the reason
some of the senators want to know all war secrets so as
to make them public for (Icrmauy's benefit.
The president has outlined a complete program cover
ing all branches of war activity and submitted it to con
gress in the shape of legislation desired. Save for the
financial measure, not a single bill has been enacted into
law in the six weeks awl a half that congress has been in
session.
As for the president and cabinet, the council of national
defense, and the various government departments, all have
been busy raising our army awl preparing for a vigorous
war while congress has talked awl talked awl talked.
The president was elected by the people commander-in-chief
of national forces. In time of war, he should be
given a free hand awl his measures supported for no na
tion ever yet won a war by talk. No wonder the kaiser
sneers at America in war.
Sl'OKANK. Wash., May 17.-- Kiv.
ers recciv iie,' their supply from I he
I ocur d'Alciie watershed continued
Medford Commercial elul) for
good roads propaganda so
state development.
that letters should be sent
threatening an attack upon
of the Medford Commercial
connection with the bond is
road builders have no knowl
actually was sent:
i Medford. Anrll 18. 1917.
fish bill'to a vote of the people. This
injustice by the legislature
opposition and a referendum
OP DEEDS.
f gnnl value. The Spokane river
is llircnlcuiii.; to destroy bridges but
no great dninuve bus been done n
E
Oregon, with her enormous surplus
crops of wheat, oats, barley and po
tatoes In 1916, Is not In position to
realize the seriousness of the food
shortage, but nevertheless the short
ago of food for human beings and for
livestock Is acute and reports on the
winter wheat crop o the United
States for 1917. only serve to spur us
on to greater production.
The time for seeding spring wheat,
except In tho higher altitudes Is prac
tically past. We still have opportu
nity for putting in a la; go number of
acres of barley In sections where the
seed is available. Every section of
the state capable of producing early
corn should grow that crop. Also,
thousands or acres of suniinerf allow
land In eastern and w-estern Oregon
can well be devoted to the culture of
corn which will relieve the stork feed
situation enormously and which will
help materially In other lines. There
are still two to three weeks in which
corn of such early varieties as Min
nesota, No. 23, Oregon Dent, Gold
Nugget, Hartinan Yellow Dent, Walla
Walla Dent and, Minnesota No. 1
v ill rcit-iro satisfactorily. Hundreds
of acres of western Oregon land which
aro r.ov ('ovod to unproductive pas
ture niifh;. well be put into some crop
such as corn.
Also, regardless of yield or price,
there is every indication that we shall
need, for food purposes, every bean
that Oregon can produce and that
there will be profit in their produc
tion. It you cannot secure Lady
Washlngtons, or Mexican treo beans
or Red Mexicans, grow any other kind
of bean that is known to mature suc
cessfully In your locality. Tho agri
cultural college has a now bean bulle
tin which will give directions. Pound
for pound, ton for ton, aero for acre,
there Is practically no crop that will
render more assistance in winning the
war than beans. G. K. Hyslop, Pro
fessor of Farm Crops at O. A. C.
ALLIES WIN BIG DRIVE.
(Continued from pago 1.)
Russia in n military way for n long
time to come.
On Italian Front.
LONDON, Mv 17 An official
statement issued by the Austrian wnr
office on Wednesday admits giiinx for
the Itnlinns in the fibrillin;; on the
Isonzo but claims the repulse of the
majority of the altncks nnd a total
capture of 2,000 soldiers. The state
ment savs:
"Tho fifth day of the Isonzo battle
wns no less violent thnn on previous
days. The enemy repeatedly and
with fcrent tenacity sent bis mnsses
to the attack. Thousands of Itnlinns
were sacrificed and our nims nirain
came out of the struggle with com
plete success.
'Met ween Auza nnd the Ispiizo
aim I, the Ilnliuns gained ground on
a small sector of the Isonzo but
were unable lo extend their gains.
I he ynlso ginned a tcmsrarv fool
ing on Mount (ink but were dislodged
nflcr tierce fighting-. Karlier Italian
efforts to conquer Monte Shinto and
Monlc (iurbricle nnd euptiirc Aus
trian lines enst nnd southeast of llo-
ri.in failed. The number of pris
oners Ill-ought in by our troops was
increased to two thousand, including
ibout fifty officers. Increased artil
lery uctivity is reported in the Tyrol.
(lei-man Official I!cmuI.
ItKHI.IN. May 17 The ground
which was cuptured by the (Icnn.-ins
in the village of Uocux ycsh-iday
morning was later lost, I'ollowim; a
strong British attacks, says the Ger
man official statement.
So far during the month of May,
says the official statement issued
todnv by Hie German wnr office, the
Gcniuins mi the western front have
taken J.'lnil Tniji'h prisoners and
have captured 'J70II r'renchmcn.
Sugar King Dead.
NEW ORLEANS, May 17. Chas.
A. Karwell. head of tho firm of Milll-
ken & Karwell, one of the wealthiest
men In tho sugar industry of the
soulh. died here early tgday nfter n
month's Illness
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AMSTERDAM, May 17. -The reich
Btag has adjourned until July 5.
The social-democrats deputies voted
against the military and other budg
ets, both factions of the party unit
ing in their oposltion
BERLIN, May 17. Press comment
today on the chancellor's speech al
most unanimously underscores the
reference to Russia ns tho outstand
ing feature of the premier's utter
ances. The speech as a whole is gen
erally commended as one of the bold
est and best that Von I3ethmnnn-lIoll-weg
has made yet in parliament and
personal criticism of the chancellor
Is conspicuously absent.
"The chancellor has won adherents
and camp followers," says the Vos
sicho Xeitung, "and for the first time
he yesterday became a leader."
The Lokal Anzeiger ofers the most
hopeful criticism of any Berlin pa
per. It Bays:
"The national fervent desire for a
leader In whom the country may
trust as the army trusts Von Hinden
berg has this day been fulfilled by
Von Dethmann. ' There is bitter dis
appointment throughout the land."
Tho Vorwaerts is not hopeful of
any return from Von Bcthmann's in
vitation If It includes the possibility
that Germany is attempting to lure
Russia into a separato peace, In or
der to make conquests ill the west.
Tiie Vorwaerts continues:
"Wo do not pretend to nsert that
such is the government's Intention
and are rattier inclined to believe that
the opposito is true. Yet the chancel
lor's speech failed to remove the sus
picion and this suspicion is today the
greatest hindrance toward ending tho
war." I
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DEAS OF RUSSIANS
LONDON, M iv 17. The house of
commons after application of cloture
voted down without division a resolu
tion proposed by Philip Suowden, so
cialist, weleominfr tho repudiation by
the Russian government of all pro
posals for imperialistic conquest nnd
aggrandizement, and calling on Hie
British government to issue a simi
lar declaration in behalf of the Brit
ish democracy.
The necessity of thus voting down
the resolution was explained by Lord
Robert Yecil ns a technicnlity, inas
much as it presented an amendment
to the consolidated fund bill, nn.-l ex
pressions of regret that the house
should thus be compelled seemingly
to slight Russian aspirations were
voiced by Lord Robert, former Pre
mier Asquith and others, who de
clare their sympathy with Russia but
deprecated the views of a small body
of pacifists moving the resolution in
such a manner ns necessitates its
rejection.
Lord Robert Cecil, on behalf of Hie
gevornmeiit, nnd Mr. Asquith were
emphatic in their statements that is
was impossible at the present stnge
to enler into negotiations with Ger
many and declared that the war aims
of the entente nllics as previously
announced still held good.
Mr. Snowden who was supported
by il small group of pacifists, said
that it was perfectly clear that the
mind of the Russian democracy wns
now concent rntcd on peace nnd this
object would be pursued. He con
tended that the Russian demoerney
was expressing the desire nnd will
of till drciocricics of the belligerent
counlrics.
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