Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, May 25, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextWEATHER Maximum Yesterday GO; Minimum Today -13. FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow Unsettled, Prohahly Showers. DFORD MBUNE Fortv-seventh Yar. Dally Twelfth Year. MEDFORD OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1917 NO. 55 MAILT OFFENSIVE BILL PROHIBITS U-BOAT MENACE p FIRST AMERICAN ANARCHY RULES fiRflWlfilN ""H MASTERED SAYS JjL J . A v FIGHTING CORPS LARGE PORTION TumiiTAUPc ENEMY NATIONS LLOYD GEORGE H ON BATTLE LINE INTERIOR RUSSIA I I'll U 11 I 111 1 Ll L Administration Measure Penalizes -Successes Against Submarines Result j Mlj MSff First Detachmenl of Unitetl statos Tran&anfinnK hv Amprtnanc With In nktinp Imnrnvomnnt - in TnnH m m PiN wSlh .if PIaM CaruInA Pnn clef Inn Mnlnlu Italian Drive in Julian Alps and on Carso Plateau Results in Capture of 10,245 prisoners and Much Mu nitionsHeights of Jamiano Cap turedGuns Can be Heard in Trieste French Take Part of Chevreux Woods on Aisne Front. 'Austrian official statements, sup plementing the announcement from Rome, indicate that the Italian offen sive In tho Julian Alps and on the Carso plateau is steadily growing in importance and extent. General Cadorna's guns already can be heard in Triest 'hut the wil derness of volcanic rocks and caves whlMi lies between him and his goal makffl a rapid advance, under the most favorable circumstances, a pra tical impossibility. The most ad vanced Italian posts are scarcely more than ten miles from the great Aus trian naval base, but this distance is not to be compared with an equal dis tance in an open country. The Italian iblow is struck at a time when political conditions in Austria Hungary have reached the acute phase. Capture Jamiano Heights. ROME, May 25. Italian troops en gaged in ' the offensive movement south of Gorizla have captured the fortified heights north of Jamiano, the war office announced today. The Italian positions have been extended still farther, the announcement adds. South of Jamiano to sea the Ital ians also gained ground, driving for ward south of the Jamlano-Brestoviz-za road. The battle is still raging from the sea as far north as Plava. The Ital ians yesterday and the day before Ufk a total of 10,2 I. " prisoners and much war material. Anstrlan!i Admit Loss. LONDON", May 25. An official statement issued by the Austrian war office on Thursday admits Italian successes in the Carso plateau but claims that the AuBtrlans inflicted se vere repulses upon their assailants elsephere. The text of the statement follows: "Since noon yesterday the battle of the Isonzo has been again raging with extraordinary stubbornness. Masses of the enemy directed a furious on-set against our whole front for forty kil ometers from Plava to the sea. At many points the battle was uninter rupted during the night. In the re gion of Monte Cucco, near Vodice and 4f onto Santo, a storming attack was made In the afternoon. All tne ae- tachnicnts which advanced east of Monte Cucco became victims of our destructive fire. fcear Vodice the enemy's attacks were broken by the bravery of our in fantry. Near the convent on Monte Santo tho enemy succeeded In cross ing our trenches, which were ruined by his drum flro. He was, however, met by prompt reinforcements and (Continued on Page Two.) LONDON'. May 2". An Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen reports that Christiunin workmen laid down their tools yesterday and marched to the parliament building where they presented n resolution de manding prohibition of the exporta tion of provisions and the seizure of all ships necessary to furnish food and raw materials for the country. They also demanded thnt no Ger man ships be permitted to enter Nor wegian ports on the ground that they carry away food. r if ifiN SftJijtf&irv?! a , Enennes Food Bill in Congress Situation Says Premier German frSS fMn) 1 ' ' I K 8 of Cornell Under-graduates Now on provides for Seed Sale at Cost Hope of Success Doomed to Disap- flNPdf'T-1 r-t J Til t-" Aisne Battlefields Under Stars and Modified Censorship Bill Favored, pointment Not to Defeat England. B ?JlSSi,,r tn Z Stripes Left Ambulances to Fight WASHINGTON, May 2f-Thc ad ministration's trading with the enemy bill was introduced in the house to day by lieprescnlativo Adumson, hainnnn of the interstate and for eign commerce committee. It is mod elled somewhat after the Hritish net and would forbid nnd penalize the trading by Americans with enemies, directly or indirectly. The measure would also authorize utilization of patents held by alien enemies and provide for the care and lisposition of certain classes of en emy property until the war is over. Food Hill in Senate. Consideration of the first admin istration food bill, designed to stim ulate production, provide for a na tional food census and sales of seed nt cost, was begun today in the sen ate. Senator Heed opened the debate with "a statement as to the real con dition of the wheat situation." Much false information, he said, was being furnished to the country, lie took up prices, which farmers receive for their wheat. There has been no ab normal hoarding of wheat, Senator Reed declared, adding that it was only after the supply was low that the prices became high. Senator Heed quoted figures to show n world shortage of 100.000,000 bushels and an artificial shortage amounting to approximately 300,000,000 bushels, due in part to the shutting on oi Russia because of the war and a lack of ships to carry wheat from Aus tralia. Kspionage Hill Agreed I'pon. Conferees on the espionage bill have drawn a so-called modified newspaper censorship action' which will he brought before congress with the influence of the administration for inclusion in the impending bill. It must be accepted by both houses to become part of the bill. The wording of the new section confines prohibited publication ex clusively to military information and retains the provisions that a jury shall decide whether published infor mation is useful to the enemy. It is considered a much more liberal sec tion than others previously proposed hv the administration. The conferees also agreed on the senate amendment to empower the president to declare export embar goes. It is designed to prevent ship ments of supplies to Germany thru neutrals. The agreements will he for mally presented tomorrow. IRELAND, 52 LOST NKW YORK, May 2.'). The Hrit ish steamship Feltria, a "i24 ton freighter belonging to the Cunard line was sunk .May 5 off the Irish coast nnd her captain and hi of his crew, including two Americans are missing This report, current in marine circles today, was continued by the timurd line. The Feltria was formerly known as the Uranium and her last appearance in American waters was nn rcbrnury 1H when she sailed for Liverpool with ca rgo. Reports were also received today of the sinking by a submarine of the Hritish steamship Confield, with the loss of three of her crew, one of them nn American seaman. The Con field was n vessel of 2804 tons, built in 1012 nnd owned by the Confield Steamship company. LONDON, May 2.". "The suc cesses against submarines has result ed in a distinct improvement in our food situation," said Premier Lloyd George today in the house of com mons. The premier said more effective blows had been dealt the submarines during the last three weeks than in any eoresponding period of tho war. The shipping losses for May, the premier says, probably would show a reduction from the April figures. In speaking of the success of the nnti-siihmarine methods he said : Iebt to America. "We owe n very considerable debt of gratitude to the great American people for the effective assistance they have rendered nnd tho craft they have placed at our disposal. Now that the American nation is in the war, it is easier to make arrange ments for the protection of our mer cantile marine than it was belore. Mr. Lloyd George nsserted there was no danger to thnt country from starvation but that the utmost econ omy of foodstuffs was still essential. 'The submarine menace need cause no fear that the war is going to be lost for that reason," he declared. German Hopes Fail. "I see that today the Germans are depending mainly on submarine war fare for success," said Mr. Lloyd George. "All I can say is that if that is their main hoie of success it is doomed to disappointment. I say it with a full sense of responsibility nnd on behalf of the government after full consideration of the whole facts. That does not mean that the people need not economize, that fanners need not plow their lands. It means that if everyone does his duty the Genua n hope of triumph in the war based on submarines is the greatest calculation in the whole series of miscalculations of that hated em pire. If everyone does his duty pa triotically each in his own way to the common stock, then I say the subma rine is not going to defeat us." FRENCH LOSSES BY PARIS, May 2.".. One French merchantman of more than 1000 tons and two under that tonnage were sunk by mines or submarines during the week ending May 20. Three ships were unsuccessfully attacked while DDI entered French ports and 1018 sailed in the same period. ; KANSAS FARMER III Farm of A. Jj. Storkwell, near Inr um of A. I Storkwell. near Inr crease livestock buildings. (Slaff Special.) WASHINGTON, May 2.1. The first loan made to any farmer of the United States under Vinde Sam's new rural credits acts went to A. L. Stock well, whose farm is near Lurned, Pawnee county, Kansas, The loan was for $.,000 and to se- First p let tiro to road i tills count second "Queon of Shcha' and ruler of king by revolution nnd took his place. nut of the reputed wife of King Solomon. She. is hero Nliown after the coronation, with the Kthlopian hinh LANE FUNERAL NEXT TUESDAY PORTLAiXlD, May 25. Arrange ments were being made today to hold the funeral of the late United States Senator Harry Lane hero Tuesday, May 29, following the expected arri val of a congressional delegation from Washington Monday. The remains of Senator Lane arc expected to arrive here tomorrow from San Francisco, where he died Wednesday. Monday afternoon they will lie In state In the council cham ber of the city hall, where Lano pre sided as mayor four years. Mayor H. R. Albee and Richard Montague, attorney and close friend of tho deceased senator, were named by tho clly council today to arrange the funeral plans. Mayor Albco and tho city commissioners plan to meet tho congressmen on their arrival. I BE ISSUED AT PARIS PARIS, May 25. A Geclsion to In troduce meat cards at an early date Is understood to have been reached at a conference Just held by Premier Itl bot, Louis J. Malvy, minister of the Interior and Muurlco Violettc, minis ter of subsistence. Maximum prices will bo fixed to prevent hoarding nnd speculation and severe penalties will bo Inflicted on nil acts tending, to hin der fair distribution of meat among consumers, The meat card will glvo the right not to olituln a fixed o,unn tlty but to buy for a certain Bum to be determined by a special scale. IS FIRST TO GET FEDERAL FARM LOAN ned. Kansas, on which I'ncle Knin's m ncil, Kansas, on which I'ncle Sam's m cure it a mortgage was given on 2Sfl ac res of the bc-t wheat land of Kan- su s. Stoekwcll purchased this land six years iigo at tlJ-'i per acre and has greatly improved it. He is well-to-do but said he was glad lo have oppor tunity to get money nt 5 per cent to increase bis lite stock holdings in ty Mnv(iiK tho commit ion of Zi'otlotoii, Abyssinia, who overthrew the former She claims to 1m a direct descend- priest, on her iuiorial throne. BARON FELS, SPY SAN FRANCISCO, May 2;WHar. on" Friedrich Fels, alias Lieutenant Frank Fels, alius Frank Wolf, arrest ed hero May 10 as n German spy, is nothing more than a common deserter from the United States aviation corps at San Diego, federal author itics declared here today when they turned him over to the military an thorities for prosecution ns n desert er. Fels, or Wolf ns he was known in the Gennan hospital here, where he was employed us a dishwnsher, told lurid talcs of spy plots in America implicating Rudolph Flnmcndinghc, now under arrest in Los Angeles as the head of the spy organization on the Pacific coast, declared he had attempted to dodge spy service time and again but was always hounded back into it by his superiors, and finally obtained notoriety by suffer ing n "nervous breakdown which ne cessitated his removal to an army hospital wilh accompanying rumors that he had been poisoned. Federal authorities declared that alter checking up Hie mini's stories they proved untrue in every particu lar. They said he never was a spy and hail never seen service in till1 kaiser's aviation service. Whv la; led them to believe he was a spy plotter remains a mystery, it was said. Need Airship Stations on Both Coasts WASHINGTON, May 2.".Vital importance of immediate establish ment of airplane stations on Ihe At lantic and Pacific coasts nnd at Pear harbor, Hawaii, was urged in a letter to Speaker Clink lodny by Secretary Daniels, oney nt 3 jnt cent will Imi used to In. onoy nt 3 per cent Hill lie iw order to mako his farm produce more without a proportionate increase ill his investment in hind. The first farm loan assni-inlion or ganized, of which Stoekwcll is presi dent, contains twelve farmers, bor rowing a total of $01,000, Prnc ticnlly nil Ihe farms arc high ;:rade security. (From a Stuff Con-onpon,li'iit of the As- sucluK-il 1'1-uhh.) HEADQUARTIiRS FRENCH AR MV INT FRANCE, May 25. The first American combatant corps went to the front today under Captain E. I. Tlnkham, and Lieutenant Scully of 'rlnccton. . Captain Tlnkham won the war cross at Verdun. It was a proud moment whon the first detachment of the American field service, consisting mainly of Cornell undegrndiiutes departed for the Aisne battlefield. They were armed with carbines, attired in khaki uniforms and drove American five- ton motor cars. As thoy left tho stars and stripes, floating over the conton- niont In an historic Kronen forest spread out in tho broozo, and other contingents cheered them on their way. Cluronce Mnckay presented the camp with the American flag which now files beside the trl-color. . Other Troops Drilling. The correspondent of tho Associat ed Press watched other American sec tlons drilling In preparation for ac tive participation in the fighting. Among them wore detachments from Andovor, Dartmouth, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, Ynlo, Chicago and Williams colleges, whllo a largo body from Princeton wns awaiting organization. Lieutenant Daly, captain of the Yale football team of 1910, and Lieutenant William Taylor of New York, were busy putting ono section Into shape whllo Lieutenant Kennedy superin tended another. French officers nnd Lieutenant W. J. OHthelmer of Philadelphia, who won his rank In the French army In which he enlisted at tho outbreak of tho war, have been appointed Instruc tors ef tho Americans nt the central training school. Homo sections are drilled according to tho French meth od and others according to tho Amer ican. Most of the Americans intended to servo with tho American ninbulanco, but selected tho fighting corps nfter tho United Slates decided to enter the war. STILL BOOMING NKW YORK, May 2'). 1'nilcd Stales Steel, the beliwelber of the stock market, led the general list of securities to fresh high ground today ill an extraordinary bull movement accompanied by enormous trading. Steel common in the first hour mounted to the new maximum of LM-Vi, an overnight gain of 2 points. Roils only were un excep tion lo the upward movement. The character of the hading indi cated a general revival of public in terest. Commission houses with con nections at interior points went among the heaviest buyers. AMSTERDAM, May 2'..-The ap pointment is announced of JonlJiccr Charles Roys Do Heerendroeek ns bend rif the Hclgiaii relief commission to succeed Herbert Hoover. The .lonkhecr is a Rotiiiin Catholic deputy for n l.emburg constituency ami a son of the Oiiccn's rniumissjoncr f"r that province. He is nn expert social worker and has given much assist ance lo llclgiiin refugees. Agrarian Disorders, Wholesale Con fiscation of Property, Incendiarism and Rioting Become Serious Over Central and Southern Russia Siberia Overrun by Convicts. PIOTROORAD, May 25. Tho agra rian disorders, wholesale confiscation of property, incendlnrism and other dangerous symptoms of anarchy which followed the overthrow of tho old authority in many important In dustrial centers and agricultural dis tricts of central and southern Russia are becoming more serious, according to dispatches from various points In Bessarabia and Siberia. In many cities the soldiers' commit tees, 'by taking prompt action, have succeeded in anticipating revolts and In restraining the impulse of the pop ulation toward Indiscriminate confis cation and all kinds of lawlessness. In others, however, the peasants, de fying restraint, have burned or Backed and appropriated government and private property and a general state of anarchy prevails. The following resume of telegrams Indicates how acute the trouble in the Interior has become and how, like contagion, It has crept from ono district to an other. Anarchy Widespread, Yeniseisk, in central Siberia, re ports that during the Inst three weeks thirty houses were burned and that the population Is in a condition of panic. Men of valous foreign, nation alities, headed by anarchist leaders nnd escaped criminals, have overrun the district, the advices state. The local council of workmen's and sol diers' deputies declared martial law and all public institutions and offi cials are under the ordors of a mili tary dictator. According to a dispatch from Esar- itysu, in the government of Saratov, all authority has been overthrown in tho city, which Is completely in the hands of tho peasants. The soldiers levied a contribution of 1,500,000 ru bles for the Increaso of their pay and confiscated ships on tho Volga. A ' farm heloaglag to Madame Bekmar Marctaba In tho Oriel government, wns overrun by a mob of 20,000, who wrecked the placo, doing damage amounting to 750,000 ruhlea. Ruining Agriculture. The latest reports from the Minsk government state that the agrarian disorders havo reached such a point Hint they threaten the complete ruin of ngrlculturo there. In one district all the wine cellars were sacked and the mllitln found itsolf powerless to prevent drunken riots. Public organizations and commit tees nro striving to stem tho tide of anarchy which Is sweeping many dis tricts of Ilessarabla. The Kishinev peasants havo drlvon their cnttlo on to fields where grain wns being re served. Food conditions are particu larly serious In this part of Russia. Tho Pskov district committee has decided that all agricultural lands may bo taken free of charge and this has resulted In a general confiscation. Proclamations are being issued by tho various local governments In an effort to prevent nnnrchy spreading to the thus far law-abiding districts. WASHINGTON, May 23. Another loan of :;7..000,0li0 was nindo to Great Rritnin today by tho United States, bringing the total loaned that nation thus far to $ 100,000,000 nnd Ihe total of loans to all the allies -t7 l.'i.OOO.OOO. A payment of .fT.'i.OOO.OOO also wns made to Italy today in part of the $100,000,000 loan announced some time ago. Tho Italian government already has received $2.',000,000 ot the loan.