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Newspaper Page TextUnl rslt; ol Z-vtr. Lil)fary "WEATHER Maximum Yesterday G5; Minimum Today 32. FORECAST Fair Tonight and Wednesday. edford Mail Tribune MEDFORD OREO OX, TUESDAY, JUNE 12. 1917 MO. 70 FILL OUT THIS APPLICATION AND HELP END KA1SERISW1 BRITISH TAKE u . y . Forty-seventh Year. " Dally Twelfth Year. $ nmnnurnn OflMOTAMT Mr MEDFORD SHY ijmhi miLiiv 1 .1 iiu i iiiii i iiur .i MILE INCHES $64,000 BONDS BELGIAN FRONT LIBERTY LOAN . IK I h Ul B a V B i ill i ii in ii i in i i ini : ..,nrn.nr rHvun ur ouii nun i i iMniii i n mm Ba W W I John Ragsdale, Sentenced to 20 Years Imprisonment, Strikes Jailer Basey Down With Iron Pipe, Seizes Gun Ad Escapes With Forger Ohler, ( Who is Recaptured Jailer Still Unconscious and May Die Rags dale Starts Toward Medford. BULLETIN. Ragsdale committed sui cide at 3:45 p. m. this after noon when surrounded in the brush north of Jacksonville by Sheriff Jennings and posse. Wielding n heavy piece of iron pipe against the heud of Jailer Charles 11. Basey in the Jackson county jail at Jacksonville shortly after 2. o'clock this afternoon, rendering him uncon scious, and probably fatally injuring him, J. L. Iiagsdaic of Lake creek, made his escape from the jail. With Hugsdalc also escaped Irving 0,'hlcr, tiling Cravendoro, who was recaptured less than a mile outside of Jackson ville jind within less thau 120 minutes lifter his flight began. At 3 o'clock Basey was still un conscious and under the care of sur geons, and telephonic reports from tho county seat indicate his condi tion is very serious. Itcportod Surrounded. Ragsdale had asked permission of Basey to go to the telephone, and while this permission was being ' granted, encircled the jailer, striking him from behind. At 3:15 o'clock Convict Ragsdale .is reported surrounded by Sheriff Jennings and a posse of ten men in the brush north of Jacksonville, be tween Medford and the county scat, lie is iiAncd, having taken Jailor Basey's revolver from the jailer when be made his get away. The officers of 1 company have been requested to send a detachment of troops to the scene of the expect ed fight. liO-Ycnr Sentence. Ragsdale was soon to begin serving , a twenty year sentence at the Salem state penitentiary alter conviction on n charge of criminal assault upon his step-daughter, Bessie Downing, for ' which he was convicted ten days ago. Ragsdale was desperate and it is doubtful if he is taken alive. At his trial it was proved that Ragsdale's attentions to the young woman had covered a period of years since she was 11 years old. Two civil actions against Rags dale arc pending in court as a result of thi sense. His wife is suing for a divorce and for division of the Rags dale etsate, and l'redericka Downing is suing to recover money. J Ochler n Forger. Oehler, recently had been sentenced to five years In the state penitentiary for forgery, and had committed other alleged criminal peculations In Jlcd -ford, Including the theft of an nulo- moblle from the Gates company, lie was caught In the Sisklyous by Sher iff Jennings when his auto became stuped In the mud. His wife, a for mer Medford girl whose maiden name was Xan Smith, was arrested with Oehler, but was later released. Basey, who is probably fatally In jured, was constable at Jacksonville before being appointed Jailer. He Is a blacksmith by occupation, about 50 years of ago. Recorder Chaunoey Florey, one of the posse under Sheriff Jennings with others gave chase to Ragsdale. Florey in an automobile. While riding on tho running board of Sheriff Jen nings' car, ho was thrown down a ravine and probably painfully Injured. Florey was unconsloua up to late this afternoon. UBHLIM, June 12. (luring the month of May Iho Germans lost seventy-nine aeroplanes while the en tente allies lost 262 machines. Fays the official statement issued today bv the German army headquarters s!a!t The statcxen. sayt that 1H ec'.es'.e a!rp'.i;?s lei: t3i'.ni the Clernua V.-ei and US Erltlrli f3l Frcich njichlnes were forced down within the entente King of Greece Quits Throne on Ac count of Differences With the Al liesPrince Alexander to Succeed to Throne Unless Venizelos Forces Republic With Allies Aid. ATHF.NS, June 12, 9:2(1 p. m . King Constantino has abdicated in favor of his son, l'rince Alexander. .. King Constantino's resignation comes as a climax to his difficulties with the entente allies because of his pro-German sympathies, und with the revolution of his subjects beaded by former l'rcmier Venizelos. The king's resignation probably owns the way lor the allies to attack Bulgaria thru Greece. Heign n llrlcf Ono. The reign. of Conslantine I as king of the Hellenes was brief, dating only from March -18, 1913, when his fath er, George 1, was assassinated in Sa lonika Brief as the reign was, Constantino had enjoyed prior to the beginning of the great war in 191-I, a period of re markable popularity and bad increas ed the territory of the Greek mon archy by over ."ill per cent, llis atti tude of opposition toward the entente powers when their troops occupied part of Greek territory in the Mace donian campaign against the Teutonic allies, however, brot him into conflict with the statesmen of Greece and re sulted in the establishment of a pro visional government headed by F.liph thorios Venizelos, whom the king had driven from the post of premier. Tliruout a long series of negotia tions and conflict with tho entente commanders Constantino was often accused of being pro-German in sym pathies, largely, it was charged, as a result of the influence of Queen Sophia, sister of the German emper or, whom he married in 1KKI1. Con stantino declared turnout that he de sired only to maintain neutrality and thai he was actuated not by pro-German sympathies but by considerations of the welfare of the Greeks. (icinian Influence. Born on August 3, 186S, Conslan tine was educated largely by private tutors from Leipsic, which was said to have stamped upon 111 in a permanent German influence. Mis military edu cation was furthered by attendance at maneuvers In Germany. With the entrance of Turkey into the European war the question of the intervention of Greece soon became to bo seriously considered but King Constantine insisted upon strict neu trality. Tho cabinet, headed by Pre mier Venizelos, which was for war on tho side of the allies, finally tendered lis resignation. Tho Greek attitude, at least so far as tho war party was concerned, was largely to tho effect that If Greeco had no hand In the war, her Interests might suffer when peace was arranKed. Much criticism was directed against Oonst'intlne because of the complaint he failed to fulfil tho terms of the treaty between Greeco and Serbia un der which Greece was committed to ally herself with Serbia if that coun try were attacked by another power. When Austria Invaded Serbia Con stantine assorted that tho treaty ap plied only to an attack by another Balkan nation. Second lltimatiim. Another act which aroused a storm of criticism was the yielding by Greek troops to Bulgarian invaders of sev eral Greek forts and the surrender of a larKO number of Greek soldles to the Teutonic forces which were In vading Masedonla. In order to enforce their demands (Continued on Page Two.) PORTLAND, June 12. Portland's subscriptions to the Libel ly loan bond Issue today passed tho total of $, lino. nno, the amount allotied the city, according to committees directing the bond ecllins cumpaljii. At noon the tc'.a! arproxlr-iattd i".. JOC. 000. Ecul ialeiirea free!;- rreiict'.l ths 'o'.z'. -.V.l la t:.CCO,003 twteit asi I-,-100.000 by Friday, wnto tho cam viga period tuin. ' Til "THE WORID iofib - ,-. t - Stjnm&ifimf'SkUscri&tiliAfiJIi- AliwMiimitrmmdSlreei - GM w: Kill in this application, enclose 2 bank. Tho bank offers its services i Out sldo of patriotic reasons, every American should buy Liberty bonds. They are the safost Investment In the world. Back of them are the financial and material resources of the United States, the richest nation on earth. The first Issue of the $7,000,000,- 70,000 CALLED FOR TO FILL ARMY WASHINGTON, Juno 12. The war department today called for soventy thousand additional recruits in order to fill the regular army to war strength before Juno 30. "Tho cavalry, engineers, coast ar tillery, signal corps and quartermas ter corps of tho regular army have al ready been brought to war strength," says an official statement. "Forty five thousand recruits are needed at onco to complete tho now regiments of Infantry and field artillery. Twen ty-five thousand additional recruits are desired at tho earliest practicable date to fill vacancies In order that the war strength of 300, 000 man may be maintained. "Facilities are In readiness for placing these seventy thousand men under proper training. Any delay In obtaining this number will necessar ily cause tho loss of Invaluable time "It is the earnest desire of tho war department that 70,000 single men between tho ages of IS and 4 0 who have no dependents and who are not engaged In professions, businesses or trades vitally necessary to the prose cution of the war, bo enlisted In the regular army before tho oOth of June, 1917." . 10 LIBERTY LOAN SAN FRANCISCO, June 12. A lin er arriving at a California r-ort today brought 12,!0O,000 cash subscrip tions '.o liberty lia tszis. from tic perils cf lis Hi1'!!!!: liliiU. It did tint JJ!tUcil uV.j...rip'.ian: -voiiM to wiiclciKd to(ore the loan ltc Jw i. .. .. MUST BE MADE SAFE FOR DEMOCRACY cm APPLICATION FOR BONDS appfbalXon'.a&oxi&i bVtKiioitiilUd ; jrrm .W, eSI&JWrflCfllll'fl- V Sftr Anrfff rv m8 Jm MagMiM er cent of the amount you want to n this case free. 000 Liberty loan Is $2,000,000,000. The loan is to defray the expenses of the United States In tho war, to rid the world of kaiserism and autocracy. Any one can subscribo to the loan. To ibuy a $.10 bond, only $1 deposit is required. Deposits thereafter, are L BASE TO BE PROVIDED IN WASHINGTON, June 12. Tho house today adopted tho conference report on tho $.!, 28 1 ,000,000 war budget bill, with an amendment for taking over tho old Jamestown expo sition sito for a naval base at a cost of not more than $1,200,000. Concur rence by the senate is assured. AVA9HINC.TO.V, June 12. A sec ond conference report on the $32S, 000,000 war ibudgct bill with tho dis. puted appropriation of $3,000,000 for purchasing tho old Jamestown expo sition sito on Hampton Roads as a na val base and training station, was up for consideration In the house today. Indications were that the house would modify its former action in rejecting tho report because of opposition to the Jamestown purchaso and agree to the expenditure or not more than $1. 4 00. OHO for a naval base on Cbcsa peako bay, without specifying a site. This modification w,a virtually agreed to by Hie house naval coiu mlttco after an executive conference with Secretary Daniels yesterday. The senate Insisted upon tho Jamestown provision. Administration efforts to finish up tho first food bill struck another snag In tho house today. This time former Speaker Cannon Insisted on being In formed about the senate amendments cforo permitting the bill to go to con ference. Tho senate baa passed the measure, which now awaits reconcili ation of differences with tho house. IINDUS', June 1J. -The elaborate plan Hint had ben made for the ro t:rt.nnaunt toliv f the tnhitid men -.1 0:n Til Per.-.h: 'f rar'-.v-fre '-an-!!. U;rt.-e ct '.z-.l- r..irv o.-dnr that aj the men rcicrt. it a. IomI hct; il ,i"T ienocuht ons W would occur tb,e cpttf, day. tfiwujlv '...':.... S . r ,rt utr, subsciilio, and mall it to any Modioli $9 on Juno 2S; $10 July 31; $15 Au gust 15, and $15 August 31. Interest on tho bonds is 3 14 per cent, payable each half year. The amount of tho bond will bo paid up in 15 years, or until 110 years after It is paid for. T WASHINGTON', June 1J.-Further reductions of suiiaxes on in comes above $10,01)11 to less than the original house rates wore urged in the senate finance committee today by Senators Penrose and Lodge dur ing consideration of Hie war revenue bill. The committee already had struck out the so-called lnroot house amendments inereiisinn sur taxes on incomes above .$10,001). It also seeineil possible that the committee todav would vole to in crease Hie house lax on excess prol its from Hi lo '-'0 is rcenl. Hclronclivo taxes on last years incomes have hccn stricken out oi tin bill bv the committee. Discussion of administrative 'pies tions on Hie income lax section dc laved the committee todav so it defer red aelion on the IVnrosc-Lodge amendment for further reduction id' rates upon incomes in excess of $10.0110 ami did not reach llic pub libber's tax. BOY SCOUTS 1 LIBERTY BOND SALE NEW YORK. Juno 12. First re turns received today at national head quarters of tho Hoy Scouts of Ameil ca from the four-day liberty loan cam palgn of tho scouts Ihruout tho coun try show Hint $1 Ml, 270 whs subscrib ed In fifteen rltlea and town:) today and yo'tordav. In small places like Alexac lor, N D. asi Cuoro, Texas aiiS'. riijlng from I -0 to 17i - vgro oluln'.l Hurry t'&yno whi'riy is teat la lWH W lW Additional Positions Near Warneton Seized Germans Attempt No Fur ther Counter Attack Rain Halts Italian Advance Long Range Ar tillery Duels in Progress. There is again a lull on the Kranco- Helgian front. The lintish alter cap turing yesterday an additional mile of trenches west of Warneton in the llelgiau sector where their recent im portant advance was scored, confin ed themselves, last night to raiding op erations. Tho Germans for their part sent feeling-out expeditions against the Hritish lines at several points in this area, lliese were repulsed oy mo Hritish who took some German pris oners. According to Herlin's account of fighting around Messines the llrilish cavalry was sent into action there. Only remnants of the force return ed to tho Hritish lines the German re port declares. On the front occupied by the French there was inactivity except for the artillery. The Italian advance begun Sun day in the Trcntino wus not pushed further yesterday because of adverse weather conditions. ' Germans lcnurHll7,eri, (From a Stuff rrorrrs-unrtent of tho As HoclatiMl Press.) 1SK1TISU UKADQUAKTKliS IN KUANCH, June 1'J. Altbo the flcr mans conliniie to splnsb shells about the positions won by the British lust week east; of Messines ridge, Ihey have attempted no further counter at tack. Oh the other hand the. llrilish, haviuir thoroughly consolidated the new line running due norlh and south, II east of Oosllavornc, are further uring I heir new ground by pushing patrols well forward. Thus far Ihey have met-wilb comparatively little re sistance from Iho enemy, who appears to bp undecided whether to make a further stand or lo full completely back lo his Warneton line. The llril ish are pressing Inward Ibis town. Most of the nrlillery firing comes from long range guns. Seven field uns were onplurrd bile yeslerday Information reaching the llrilish in- lieatcs tcmpoury disorganization of the Ocrinan forces or at least ner vottsness regarding Iheir posit ion be tween the converging Yprcs-Cominc; ciinal aiid liivcr Lys. General llaig has issued a special order of the dav congratulating Gen- ral Pliiinuicr anil the enlire second army which he commands and saying that Hie complete success of Iheir at lack last. Thursday is "an earnest o Hie eventual final victory of the al lied cause." Says Victory Is Ashiii-oiI, General llaig emphasizes the fa at the position assaulted was "one of very great natural strength, oi lefenses of which the enemy bad la bored incessmillv lor nearly (lire vears," and savs Iho Hritish ca.Mial- lies for a haltlc of such magiiitiidi were gralil'viuglv light. The lull ef fects of the iclory callliol be esli milled vet hut they will be verv ureal is certain. A I'ter detailing the advantage uhi Ich Germans had in posscsin llic ridge which gave them fore-knowledge of, and lime to prepare for Ihe Itiitish attack, General llaig declares that the capluiii of Messines shows "not bin can save llic enemy I mm complcti defeat and hruvc and tenacious us Hm German troops are, il is only a ipics tion bow much longer Ihey can en dure repetition of such blows.' The lota) number of prisoners lal. en bv the Canadians in their rccord- (Continued on Pag Six.) E BILL WASHINGTON, June 12.Thcad mlnlHlrallon espionage bill was fin ally approved by lb" :.-n;iif; torlnv "ithO'i' 0. to!) rail ,id Lent t3 the V.'!;!t! !i;-.j;o for tie !'r':s!i..':-..'i c!?-r.i!u.- ftvMtti tor :nr?i fiuorfchip hi -e t.een tifiu cut men rial BTiodlficatlon In otber rc- fpcla 4 tCvB wade. Cit yand County Both 40 Percent Be hind Allotted Subscriptions With Only Two More Days to Act In Everyone Asked to Subscribe at Once Small Payment Down. $64,000 Short. Modford's Share of Subserip- tlions to I.ibcrtv Bond Issuo is ' $160,000. At Noon Tuesday Only $96,000 Had Hccn Subscribed. $64,000 Must be Subscribed by Thurs- day in Medford. At the same time Jackson County is shy $120,000 of the $:illO,0(M nllotted as ils share. DO IT NOW. Only a small payment down is necessary. Subscribe at once at any bank. With only two days remaining Medl'ord and Jackson county as a whole are approximately forty per. cent behind their allotment of sub scriptions of Liberty bonds, accord ing lo reasonably accurnto estimates made by William G. Tait, president ' of the First National bank, on Tues day afternoon. llascd Upon Resources. As is probably generally known, tho treasury department based its pro portions' of Ihe Liberty hum bonds on six percent of a county's or city's total banking resources, us disclosed by the last published bank statement. I'udcr this iilelliod of calculation, Jackson county's share is six percent nf $.-1,011(1,000, or $:i(IO,0(IO. M'cdCord's ullolment by Ihe sumo process, is $100,000 siighlly over half for tho enlire county- based on banking re sources of ils four banks, of $2,717,- 11(10. At Hire o'clock Tuesday after noon oulv anoiit .r.lu.utio tuttt heen oihscrihcd in Medford, and slightly ess I ban $180,000 worth of the bonds had been bought in Jackson county, including Medford. This is a per centage of approximately sixty por ta of Ihe Liberty bonds purchased, and of about forty percent still un purchased. Wii-od in by Friday Noon. Aeeiirdiiig lo law, ' subscriptions must be received in lime to bo wired, and the money transferred by tele graph in lime to reach the "mother" bank of Ihe Twelfth federal rescrvo district al San Francisco by 1'i o'clock noon on Friday, Juno 8. The lour Medford banks nro re porlcd lo have subscribed liberally, as institutions, lo the bonds. Ashland was asked lo subscribo $H,1,(I00 ami Monday $.Vi,000 bad been taken, leaving $:IO,000 yet to bo sub scribed. H. II. Ilceliiiian, Carrie E. Bookman, and Julia F,. Hcckmnn, well known residents of Jacksonville, have t--uh-serilicil lor $.'iOOO each to Portland's nllotiiti'llN nl IHM'U iii!4: (it I'nrtlnml new io liln'rly Innn bonds, li-l imMisheil in u LAM SCHOOL IN TEXAS CIIH'AGO, Juno 12. Details of as. slgnuieut (or the second scries ot re serve officers schools received by tho central depart nieiil, I'nited Stales ar my, today show that Leon Springs, Texas, near Sail Antonio, is to bo ex panded from a medical officers camp to a full army school for Illinois, Tex as, Arizona, New Mexlro and Oklaho ma. Training of tho second contin gent of ofl'lcers begins August 2 7. LINCOLN, Nell., Juno 12. The tlirisi-dny cebrbratlon of tho seml-ccn-lennliil of Hie r.liilehond of Nebraska be an hire todiy villi reunion lor !:i .us;lon of incilanU ot csr livt. Colonel Ttcid-ro Kocievelt will deliver an address on "Am.:rh43 ism" Timrsday afternoon, the closing I day o( t&o celebration.