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MEDFORD OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 25, 1917
NO. 55
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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.