Forty-seventh Tear.
Dally Twelfth Tea r.
IN CEREALS
Administration Food Bill Adopted by
Senate Empowers President to Put
the Ban on Speculation in Futures
Public Lands to be Opened Under
640-Acre Homestead Tract $11,
101,000 for Investigation of Food
Resources Appropriated.
WASHINGTON, June 2. The ad
ministration food bill today was
adopted by the senate by an aye and
nay vole.
The bill appropriates $11,100,000
for an immediate investigation of, the
food resources of the country and
for other measures to stimulate agri
culture and facilitiate the distribu
tion of farm products. A similar
measure has been passed by the bouse
appropriating; $14,770,000 for the
purpose. The bill will now be sent to
conference.
Prohibit Speculation.
By a vote of 37 to 17 the senate
today included in the food bill an
amendment by Senator Nelson of
Minnesota, empowering the president
to prohibit speculation of futures
which unduly enhances prices of
wheat and other food cereals. If
the wnrnine; is not observed the pres
ident could close an exchange during
the war.
Senator Fall's amendment to the
food bill providing that all public
and unreserved lands in New Mexico,
Colorado, Utah and South Dakota,
be opened under tho C40 acres home
stead act was adopted ill to 13 in
the senate today. It was opposed
by Senators Walsh of Montana, Nel
son of Minnesota, and Hasting of
Wisconsin. The Minnesota senator
said lie feared the amendment would
be a vehicle for "cattle men to secure
and monopolize land that might be
cultivated."
For Use of Convicts.
The sennte accepted an amendment
by Senator Newlands to permit parol
ing during the war of federal con
victs who have served 00 days im
prisonment, providing they are em
ployed in industry or agriculture.
An amendment by Senator Horuh
to include Idaho in the area affected
by the 640 acre homestead net was
adopted as well as one by Senator
Jones of New Mexico prohibiting ere
ntion of forest reserves in New Mex
ico and Arizona except by act of con
gross..
Senator Thomas ve-introduced his
amendment to regulate food specula
tion but it was rejected. One by Sen
ator Hasting empowering the secre
"tary of commerce to buy and sell fish
also was voted down. It was simitar
to the one by Senator Fletcher re
jeeted yestcrdav.
10 LEAVE PRESIDIO
SAN FRANCISCO, June 2. Eight
hundred men now in training at the
officers' training camp here will be
sent nway within a month for in
tensive training in special branches
nt other posts, it was announced here
today nt army headquarters.
Two hundred men will go to Fort
Winfield Scott, San Francisco, for
training ns coast artillery officers.
1:,0 will irn to Vancouver HfirrneL-s.
Wash., for training as engineer offi
cers and 4")0 to Douglas, Ariz., for
training as field artillery officers.
The selection of the men has not
been completed.
FOR COMING WEEK
WASHINGTON, June 2. Weather
predictions for the week beginning
June 3, Issued by the weather bureau
today stale:
Pacific States Generally fair
weather with normal temperatures.
RAMBLING
0
WEATIIEK Maximum Yesterday 70; Minimum
MEDFOBD
ALLIED DIE
Hindenburg Reports That French and
' British Spring Offensive Has Come
to an End God's End Attained by
German Incomparable Suner-Hu-
man Troops Declares Emperor.
BERLIN, June 2. The French and
British offensive on the western front
has come to a definito conclusion,
according to a report from Field Mar
shal Von Hindenburg to Lmpcror
William. Official announcement is
made that the emperor has sent the
following telegram to the empress ut
Homburg castle:
"According to a report from Field
Marshal Von Hindenburg, the ureal
British and French spring drive has
come to a certain conclusion. Pre
pared since autumn and announced
since winter, the attack of the British
and French armies, supported by pow
erful masses of artillery and techni
cal resources of all kinds, has fail
ed after seven wexks of hard strug
gle. God's nid has granted our in
comparable troops super-human force
to accomplish these excellent acts and
endure successfully the mightiest but
tles ever seen in the history of war.
All our heroes by their deeds com
mand the reseet and gratitude which
every German feels. The Lord be
praised. Glory for Ilis help and
thanks for such magnificent people
in anas."
Emperor William also has sent a
telegram of congratulations to Em
peror Charles on the Austrian resist
ance to tho Italian attack on the
Isonzo front, saying:
"In a tenacious struggle the Tsonzo
army defied the mighty and stubborn
enemy and caused him to fail. I con
gratulate you and your brave troops
on this great success. God will be
with us further."
CHICAGO BUTTER
CHICAGO, June 2. Indictments
against twenty individuals and firms
charging attempts to create monop
olies of batter and eggs in the Chi
cago market were returned before
Judge Landis in the United States
district court today. Fourteen per
sons alleged to have conspired to fo
ment rebellion in India also were in
dicted. Among tho nllegcd plotters of re
volt the indictments named Bnron
Kurt Von Iieiswitz, former German
consul at Chicago, Gustave II. Jacob
son and Albei t Wehde.
The egg men, operating on the Chi
cago butter and egg hoard, ore charg
ed with violation ot ine Snerman anti
trust law. Sixteen individuals uad
nine firms are named.
it U cnurged that the whole coun
try accepts the Chicago quotations as
the basic prlco of eggs and that the
defendants, by fictitious dealings on
the butter and egg board, after they
had obtained huge supplies of eggs,
established quotatioas higher than
would have been the case had the law
of supply and demand been ullowed to
take Its course.
The revolt lodtctments name four
teen persons. Von Keiswlcz left the
country with former German Ambas
sador Von Bernstorff. Jacobson,
Wehde and others are under arrest
the others named are:
George Patir Docj.m, lloramba Lai
Gupta, Jodh Singh, Dhlrcndra Nath
Sen, Jnanendra Nath Sanyal, Chandra
Kanta Chakraborty, Ram Chanddra,
Bhagwan Singh, Samtokh Singh, Go
pal Singh and Adolph Scholtz, alias
Stcrneck. It Is charged that tho Ger
man defendants employed the Hin
doos to foment a rebellion agalnr.t the
British government. A number of
confessions In this city have been
made and the details published from
time to time. Wchdo was brought
here from Hawaii.
SPRINGFIELD, Mo., June 2. A
nation wide search for Lloyd Meet,
the 14-months old hoy kidnapped lrom
his parents' home three duys ngo, be
gan today, picture? of the child have
been sent to ufl parts of the country
by his Juther, J. 11. Keet, a local
FNiULY CHECKED
ASSERTS KAISER
banker,
MEDFORD
WAR
BUDGET
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Conferees Reach Full Agreement for
Expenditure of Three Billion of
War Funds, Including $75,000,000
for Merchant Ships Civil Sundry
Appropriation Cut to $140,000,000.
WASHINGTON', June 2. The three
billion dollar war budgot, Including
provision for $75,000,000 for an
American merchant marine, was to
day completed by the senate and
house conferees who reached agree
ment on all quostlons.
Tho shipping legislation was 're
shaped so the president will direct
and be responsible for the acquisition
of tho merchant vessels, but specify
ing that the emergency fleet corpora
tion, headed by General Goethals, as
well as the government shipping
board, must he used In the work.
The application of $10,000,000 to
be spent in the discretion of the sec
retary of war was stricken out. To
day's action is final and complete.
Civil Sundry Hill.
Agreement was reached by senate
and house conferees today on the sun
dry civil appropriation which was re
duced in total to below $140,000,000.
The appropriation of $10,500,000 for
flood control work along the Missis
sippi and Sacramento rivers was re
duced to $400,000 and $2'50,000.
A house provision affecting west
ern irrigationists was stricken out by
the conferees. It would have per
mitted application of money, received
thru sale of water power from re
clamation servlcb plants to the con
struction account.
F.
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BERLIN, June 2. French posi
tions over a front of about 1000 yards
northeast of Solssons were captured
by the Germans In a surprise attack
yesterday, the war office announces.
The statement says Portuguese sol
diers were taken prisoner by tho Ger
mans In the western front.
During the mouth of May, the offi
cial announcement says, the Germans
captured on the western front 12,500
rank and file and 237 officers, Includ
ing one general. They also took three
heavy guns, 211 machine guns, 4 34
quick loaders and 18 mine throwers.
The artillery duel In the Wytscha
cte bend on the Belgian frontier,
which became violent Thursday, In
creased In Intensity yesterday, tho
statement adds.
The German report contains the
first official announcement that Por
tuguese troops were participating In
the fighting on the western front, al
though American correspondents re
ported the arrival of Portuguese
forces last January.
H. C. L MAY CAUSE
CHRISTIAXIA, via London, June
2. Parliament has decided, to in
crease the tax on war profits to HO
per cent. Socialist dcuptics declared
Unit unless more effective steps were
taken to counteract the rise in prices
a revolution would occur.
The government has been atitnnr
ized to raise a loan of eighty million
kronen nt home and abroad.
DES1R0YS U-BOAT
ROME, Juno 2. The French sub
marine Circe has torpedoed and sunk
a large enemy submarine as it was
coming out from Cattaro, escorted by
a torpedoboot. Although attacked by
airplane, the Circe returned undam
aged to its bate.
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OREflOST, SATURDAY, JUNE 2. 1917
HARVARD BOYS LEARNING 10 DIG TRENCHES
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under direction of I'romh miiiy officers. They are. learning lio arts of
modern wnrfne In (he open plain near (he university at 'nnibrlln;i Mush.
$1,
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Juno 2.
Twenty-three deaths, the probable in
jury of more than 2110 persons and
property dntniiffo estimated at more
than a million dollars was done in
four states Oklahoma, Arkansas,
Kansas and Missouri, by a series of
tornadoes late yesterday and last
niht ,accordin'r to incomplete re
turns received today. At Colgate,
Okla., eleven persons were killed.
Coffeyville, Kan., reported three
deaths, more than .'10 injured and a
properly loss estimated at more than
.")OO,0IM.
At Drake, Okla., five persons, all
members of one family, were killed.
Ono person was killed nt Montana.
Kan.; two at Mediae, Kan.; time it I
Morse, Kan., and one at liartlcsvillc,
Okla.
COFFKYVILLK, Kan., June 2. A
toll of three lives, the injury of more
than thirly and damage cslimiiled al
more than $:IHI.OOO was evaded by
the tornado which swepl over Ibis city
late yesterday. More than 100 homes
were destroyed.
The dead lire :
Dale McDonald, 25 years old.
Sirs. J. IC Love, .'C.
The 11 -year old dangler of ('has.
Pctolon,
Relief work was taken up imine
diutely by the local Re,l Cross. Na
tional Guard and I!oy Scouts patroll
ed the devastated sections.
PETUOfiRAI), June 2. Represen
tatives of Hie workmen In tho lionet.
coal and metallurgical region have
demanded a minimum wage of 2.10
rubles a month. They presented their
demands at a conference with tho as
sistant minister of labor, who was
delegated to try to effect a settle
ment of the labor troubles in tho dis
trict, Tho workmen's representatives
declared that the sum mentioned rep
resented the average cost of living
for a family of four.
Prior to the war the Russian ruble
was equivalent to about 51 rents In
American money.
IN WEST IN MAY
LONDON", June 2. The morning
papers fiirme tli.it Tl.'t airplanes were
shot down on the western front in
May, of which 4(2 were German and
271 British and French. The total
losses in April were estimated ut 70'J.
Liglit Frost Tonight; Sunday
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GENTRAL ALLIES
UDINE, Juno 2. Fragmentary
news has already been received hero
thru neutral countries of widespread
insurrectionary movements In Sorbin.
This news is now supplemented by
the statements of Auslrluii prisoners
captured In tho recent Italian ad
vance, giving details ot the merciless
methods of repression used to crush
the uprising.
Tho Insurgents were gradually sur
rounded by Austrian, German and
Bulgarian regiments and all who fell
Into their hands, chiefly old men,
women and children, aro declared to
have been massacred. In spite ot this
procedure, flerco resistance was of
fered for throe weeks and heavy loss
es Inflicted on tho Invaders, especial
ly Bulgarians. Tho Insurgents finally
succumbed to superior numbers and
tho Serbians wero hanged by thou
sands. According to the prisoners, the Bul
garians wero guilty of sucb atrocities,
especially against women and chil
dren that even tholr Austro-Gcrman
allies termed them barbaric.
OTTAWA, Juno 2. Premier Bor
den has called upon Sir Wilfred Lau
I'ier, the opposition leader, and asked
his assistance In forming a coalition
ministry.
It was reported that tho premier
offered to allow Kir Wilfred to name
half the members of the new govern
menl and to grant tho Liberals an
thorlly equal to that given the Con
servatives on all question of adminis
tration. Tho condition attached to the pro
posal was that. If voluntary enlist
ment after a fair trial, did not pro
vide the number of men necessary to
keep the fine Canadian divisions now
in overseas service up to full strongth,
conscription should bo put Into affect
BRITISH PACIFISTS
l.ONIO.V, Juno 2. Tho extreme
pacific socialist organizations, Includ
ing tho Independent labor party, havo
arranged for a big nuiRS meeting nt
lxeds on Sunday to proclaim their
sympathies with tho work for a peaco
without annexations or Indemnities,
and to demand that the British gov.
eminent support that formula In har
mony with tho Russian government.
Fair, Warmer.
"O
UNE
E
making gains
Advance for Distance of 400 Yards
on Two and Half Mile Front Ger
mans Capture 1000 Yards French
Positions but Are Expelled From
Ail but Advanced Trenches.
TtOM'B, Juno 2. Italian forces on
tho Julian front yesterday advanced
for n distance of 400 yards alone a
two and one-half mile front to the
south of Castngnavizza, on tho road to
Tricst, says tho official avatoment Is
sued today by the Italian war depart
niont.
General Cadorna has set his effec
tive military mnchlno In motion
again, his report today showing a re
newal of the Italian thrust In the di
rection of Trieste.
The new advance was scared on a
two and a half mile fret south ot
Castagnavtzza, along which the Ital
ians pushed something like a quarter
ot a mllo near their goal.
Germans Advance.
Tho Germans announce today the
capture by surprise of a Fronch posi
tion about 1000 yards long northeast
ot Soissoas. In reporting this en
gagement last night the Parts war of
fice declared the Germans wore ex
pelled from all but a few elonionts of
the advanced trenches In which they
had gained a foothold.
British bombs were again dropped
by tho ton last night upon Gorman
basos along the Bolglan coast. This
was tho second successive night in
which extensive bombing operations
were carried out by aircraft against
Ostand and Brugges and also Zoe-
brugge, one of the chlof German sub
marine bases.
Tho taking of moro than 12,700
prisoners on the Franco-Belgian front
dining may, togetnor with three guns,
211 machine guns and other war ma
terials is claimed in the German offi
cial statement.
Vimy llninlNirdcd.
LONDON. June 2. Vlmy nnd Bul-
lccourt, two of tho most Important
positions taken by the British In tho
battlo of Arras, wore under heavy
Germaa fire last night, tho war office
announces.
PARIS, Juno 2. Lively connonad
lng In the region ot the Chomln-Dcs-Dames
Is roported In tho official
statement, which says that a few foe
hlo German attacks wero repulsed
during tho night.
PICE UDINE '
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WASHINGTON, June 2.-Prince
Cdino mid the Italian mission visited
Ihe house of representatives today
anil were received w ith a great demon
stration. William Marconi, who has
been ill since the mission came here,
made his first public appcariiiico and
addressed the house briefly.
America's great industry, the plincc
told the house amid thunderous ap
plause, would end German autoc
racy. "You possess a e;rcat and magni
ficent industrial organization' said
the prince. "You, more than anyone
else, arc in a position to put an end
to tho enemy's barbarous dream anil
to create with your energy much more
than lie can destroy."
"In the name of the soldiers of
Italy, one of whom I am proud U be,
in Ihe name of all those who are
lighting on the mountains, on tbc
plains ami on the treacherous seas,
in the na'.ie of those to whom your
words of friendhip have brought n
message of hope and faith across the
ocean, I tliruik vou from the bottom
of my heart.''
The prince spoke nt length much in
the same vein as he did in the sen
ate earlier in the week.
COPLXllAtiKX, "jiiimT A semi
official coiiiiiiunicaliou to the (leMiian
press expresses the fear that recent
numerous fires in munition factories
and establishments encaireil in war
work may be attributed in part t
peace at any price advocates, who
have taken this means of hastening
an cud to the war.
ITALIANS RESUM
DRIVEONTRIESTE
NO. 62
ROUST RIOTS
Grand Duke Nicholas, Former Com
mander-in-Chief of Russian Ar
mies in Custody Minister of Com
merce Resigns to Let Socialists
Rule Anarchists Active.
LONDON, Juno 2. The arrest ot
Grand Duko Nicholas, former com-
mander-ln-chlcf ot the Russian ar
mies. In consequence of royalist riots
at Tints, Is roported In an Exchange
Telegraph dispatches quoting advices
recolved from Petrograd.
PETROGRAD, June' 2. A delega
tion from tho Kronstadt council of
soldiers and workmen's delegates has
arrived horo and been received by a
comnilftoo from the Petrograd coun
cil. Altho declaring themselves In
agreement with the Petrograd body,
the report ot tho Kronstadt delega
tion Indicates that they do not fully
comprehend the relations between the
government and the Petrograd coun
cil. Delegates of the Petrograd council
are going to Kronstadt Sunday to In
vestigate tho seizure of the fortress
by tho Kronstadt delegates.
Wants Socialist Cablnot.
PETROGRAD, June 2. A. I. Kon-
ovatoff, who resigned yesterday aB
minister of commerce and trade, la
quoted today by the official news
agency as saying In explaining the
motives for his resignation that the
present government should make way
for a homogeneous socialist govern
ment. Aiiurclilsta Active.
LONDON, June 2. A Petrograd
dispatch to Renter's says that a few
scoro anarchists, accompanied by
some soldiers and sailors, marched
thru tho N'ovsky Prospect and other
main thorofurcs at midday on Friday
carrying black banners Inscribed:
"Down with authority," "Down with
capitalists," "Long live the social rev
olution and the commune." They
wero armed with rifles, revolvers,
daggers and grenades.
Tho paraders stopped outside the
Kazan cathedral and harangued the
crowd of BpoctatorB. One sailor pro
claimed that they were only danger
ous to capitalists and not to the poor.
Subsequently agitators wont from one
assemblage to another along the Cfev
cky. Inciting them to rob banks and
declaring that the social revolution
would be proclaimed on the occasion
of tho approaching municipal elec
tion. Grand Duke Nicholas, who com
mnndod' the Russian armies In tho
early months of tho war and subse
quently was sent to tho Caucasus, waB
designated as supremo commander by
Emperor Nicholas on the abdication
of tho emperor, but his appointment
was opposed by the Russian revolu
tionaries and he retired. Early last
month It was rumored that Grand
Duko Nicholas had arrived at his es
tate In tho Crimea.
Thero have been several arrests In
connection with rcportod royalist
movements since tho revolution but
no previous Intlmntlons have been
given of any disorders In thlB connec
tion. PETROGRAD, June 2. Arthur
Henderson, member of the British
war council and minister without
portfolio, has arrived here.
Countess Pnnln, well known fof her
organization of popular philanthro
pies, has been offered tho post of as
sistant minister In the new depart
ment of public welfnro.
REFRIGERATOR CARS
WASHINGTON, June 2. The In
terstate commerco commission hold
today Hint It Is without authority. In
tho absence ot undue discrimination,
to order railroads to acquire equip
ment of a special type or to require
the transportation ot refrigerator cars
on passenger or special traluJ,
CAUSE
Ail
OF GRAND DUKE