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"WEATIIETt Maximum Yesterday, 9G; Minimum Today, 51. FORECAST Partly Cloudy and Cooler Tomorrow FORD Forty-seventh Tr Dally Twelfth fer. MEDPORD OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNK 1fi. 1917. NO. 74. Mail Tribune M GERMANS IN r n n n f?" pssaa mgsa ripsbk rosea n TO VICTORY NbW Kb HhA HAfGSTRIKESPEACEOFFERTQ ALONG ENTIRE - WEST FRONT British Smashing German Line From Arras to Mcsslnes Evidence That ' Hindenburg is Preparing Another ' Great Withdrawal and That Haig is Pressing in Hope of Delivering a Shattering Blow Revolution Now Menaces Spanish Throne. ROME, June 16 Itulia:: forces have carried Corrnno Cavento, n strongly fortified position in the Eastern Trentino, the wur depart ment nnnounccd today. Strike on Kntlro Line. British troops are striking along nlniost the cntiro line they hold in northern France, not with" the terrific rec which marked the victories of Arras and Jl'essines, hut in a more jn less tentative manner, wiving weight to the belief that Field Mar shal Haig is preparing to launch a mighty blow on a hitherto unpre cedented scale. Two features of the fighting stand out with sharp significance. The first is the feebleness with which the Germans aro reacting and the second is the surprising promptness with which Berlin admits retirement sin various sectors. There is considerable evidence that Field Marshnl Von Hindenburg is planning another withdrawal and that Field Marshal Haig is pressing him ntTlll points in the hope of deliver ing a shattering blow if such a sec ond "retreat to victory" materializes. Italians Maintain (iains. Tlio Italians having successfully maintained their advance in the face of the most formidable' Austrian counter nttSeks, are apparently pre paring for a resumption of their of fensive. Vienna reports that the Italian guns have opened with the srentost violence in Carinthiu. The upheaval e'uused by the ureal war, which has already hurled two monarchs from their throne, now men aces the ancient throne of Spain. The utmost exertions of the Spanish censors havo failed to completely suppress the reports of grave hup peings in the peninsular kingdom. From what little is known the Spanish army is taking the lead in the revo lutionary movement and it is further accelerated by the food scarcity and industrial unrest. Spain riircjitcncl. Rumors of revolt have been cur rent for several months and nt the end of May it was nnnounccd that the constitutional guarantees would be suspended while the government prohibited all public manifestations in respect to internal iona I questions. This was followed by an outbreak nt Barcelona on June first, the se riousness of which was indicated by the fui't that the soldiers sided with lie rcvolters and imprisoned a num ber of their officers. The exact part which the issues of the war play in the Spanish crisis is difficult to determine. The masses of the people have been generally credited with being strongly pro-ally in sentiment whilo the aristocracy leaned toward the wide of Germany. At the same time the demand for in ternal reform and oilier domestic questions have apparently had a lead ing role in the growing unrest. MONTANA EXCEEDS DRAFT ESTIMATES WASHINGTON. June Ki-Thegov ernor of Montana reports the state total registration at 8S,7H, divided as follows: White 75,423; colored 36.1; alien 11,790; alien enemies fS7 Indicated possible exemption It", 33.V Registration was 20 per cent more than state's estimated quota, KIM MAUt BY GERMANY Proposal Made Thru Member of Swiss Federal Council to Russian Socialists Agrees Not to Start Offensive as Long as Arrangement With Russia Seems Possible. STOCKHOLM, June 16. The So cial Demokrulon says Germany has made an offer of peace to Russia, thru a member of the Swiss federal council. The Social Dcmokratcu today pub lishes the translation of a telegram said to have been sent in cipher from the political department of the Swiss federal council to K. Odier, the Swiss minister at IVtrograd. It is dated nt Heme, June f, and says: 'Hoffman, a member of the federal council, authorizes you to make to Grimm (a Hussiun socialist who re turned to Russia from Switzerland after the revolution) the following oral communication : . ' 'Germany will not undertake an offensive so lonir as an arrangement with Russia seems possible. After conversations with an important per sonage, I am convinced that German aims at a peace with Russia honor able to both parties, with economic and commercial relations and finan cial support to place Russia once again on her feet. No interference in the domestic affairs of Russia. An entente cordiale on her Poland, Lithuania and Courland nnd in .view of the relationship between the peo ples, restitution of the occupied prov inces, nnd Russia, on the other hand, to u'ive back to Austria (ho provinces which she has been able to take" E TOKIO, June 16. While Japan de stroyers were attacking a submarine In the .Mediterranean on June 11, they destroyer Sakakt was torpedoed and damaged, says an official announce ment of the Japanese admiralty to day. The damaged craft was towed to port. It is believed many of the crew were killed or wounded. TIRPITZ GETS BUMPS FROM RAVflNET Von Tlrpltj! and the rest of the rf-imnn lenders aro Betting tlielr ltint from MihIciiIa at tlie officers' reserve camp at rint(.sburKli, X, V. The man who MMi-lml tlm I'-hnnt ter ror is hero shown In offlgr for Imy onet practice by tlio rookies, . I 1 i lzti3i ; i y iff;: ALLIES REJECT E Japan Takes Action Similar to Great Britain in Refusing to Associate Herself With American Action in Move to Restore Peace in Distract ed Republic. WASHINGTON, June 10. Japan has taken action similar to Great Britain in refusing- to associate her self with the American nation in ask ing the rival factions in China to coin pane their differences, it was said to day at the state daptremln. No rea son was given for the action of either nation, bat it is assumed that neither felt that the American action would be successful. Japan is known to resent that the United Slates sent its note to China, feeling that it disregarded the special position Japan claims for herself there. The whole question, from what little is being divulged by the slate department, seems to have arisen from a series of misunderstandings. Ktoiy of Ml.Yitp. As nearly as can be learned, the United States on June 4 addressed what it considered a most friendly note to China, asking the two fight ing factions to compose their differ ences and restore internal order. At about the same lime Great Britain Franco and Japan were invited to take some Hleps toward the rcslora lion of order in China, but Japan, at least, apparently did not understand that the American action already had been taken. On June 8 the first public intima tion of America's nctual action came ;n a dispatch from Peking, quoting the text of the American note, given out by the Chinese authorities. On June 0 there appeared in the Tokio Asalii not the real text but a dispatch sent from New York nnd consisting of newspaper comment. The Japanese were doubly disturbed, .first, by the seeming direct interfer ence in China's affairs and second by the knowledgo that America had al ready taken her action while nego tiations were anuarcntly still under way. IMtiiin Refuses Action. Today again fro ma foreign source, antes the first word of the original American Suggestion that other gov ernments llssoeiale themselves in Ihe move to restore order in China, (ireul Britain is reported to have expressed general agreement with America's policy, but to view the situnlion from a slightly different angle. Just what that angle is not known. Meanwhile China is understood not to have replied to the American note, Iho reports indicate that it was "fa vorably received." The stale department is not making public any of its dispatches aboui the revolution, but news dispatches indicate that General Chang ilsun, head of the military faction, has ar rived as a dictator in Peking follow ing President's l.i's compliance with his demand to dissolve parliament. Whether this means the restoration of a monarchy us hinled at, is uncer tain. France, nlso asked by Ibis country to take action, bus not formally re plied as yet, bn't il is thought unlikely that she will follow Ihe I'niled Stales now that Great Britain and Japan have refused to do so. SUNK By U-BOAT PARIS, June 16. It Is officially announced that the transport Annam was torpedoed and sunk In tho Ionian sea on June 11, whilo proceeding un der escort. Horn lis were at once thrown In tho track of tho submarine which did not reappear. Thcro were no casualties. Tlio Annam wan a vessel of B073 tons. 8ho wan built In 1899 In Co penhagen and was owned in Marsell lci. AIRIA'SPEA PLAN IN UNA E (icorge K. "Chamberlain, United LEAD FIGHT FOR L WASHINGTON", June IB. Follow ing President Wilson's request i'or immediate action on the food control bill the measure was today reported to tho senate without committee rec ommendation and may be reached Monday. Senator Chamberlain was chosen to represent the administration bill on the floor because Chairman (lore of the agricultural conuuitt.ee is op posed to many features of tlio bill. 'The bill has been widely discuss ed, but its real provisions are not yet known to tint people," said Sena tor Chamberlain. "It is believed that senate discussion will serve to ex plain the legislation and allay crit icism. ''The purpose n to get it before the senate and the country for di ;r;us- sion, to save time, of course, it is virtually imposih! to pass it by .Jul y I. In any event it will not be passed by the senate unli! after il passes the house." ML PAUIS, June III. Afler Ihrcc days as Ihe guol of Prance, Major Gen eral Pershing loduy plunged into the work of milking preparations for Ihe arrival and disposition of the Auicr- iciin mililarv forces which he is lo command. General Pcr-lting molorcd o 1 lie I'rcnch general licadciuartcis nnd look lunch u'illi flencnil Pclnin, Ihe Krcnch commander in ihicf, uhoin he li not met before. SEVENTY ONE CASUALTIES IN ASHTOfl EXPLOSION LONDON, June Id. The nisimlt in the exp!o-iin in a munition factory at A-hton-Cndcr-Lyon on Saturday were rcMirtcd oflicially today as !! injured nnd .'10 killed. The explos ion resulted i rum a tire. "OUR GEORGE" TO LEAD PC- vjv 4:' . "Y r;fe& HI FOR FOOD CONTROL IN SENATE States senator from Oregon. NK WVOlilC, June JO. A commu mention sent by the government of Uruguay to t!ie government of Itrazil regarding Iirnzil's departure from its attitude of neutrality in the war was mad; public- here tonight by Jose Iiochling, consul general of Uruguay, with approval of Dr. Carlos Mil De Pen a, Uruguayan minister at Wash ington. Tho government of lruguny, says, is in lull sympathy and accorc with the ideals expressed in Ihe Urn zilian note and reiterates its "desire (o sec the American countries, col leelively, adopt a joint policy to the end that these countries , united as they are by everlasting bonds of lemocracy and identical conception: of justice and liberly, may achieve a solidarity beneficial to all. I he principles and interests in volved demand for the free develop meat of the countries a close union of action so that any act perpetrate airninst one of the countries in Am erica in violatmn o the precept. o international law as universally rec ognized, sluill constitute an offense against alt of litem." BATTLES U-BOAI AN ATLANTIC PnlfT, June Ki, ,An American Meamer arriving early today reported Jin eiiL-Jojcment with a (iermnn Milium i inc off I rest, Urancc Mayy 'JJ, in which the U-boat fi (wo 1 hi pe-tocs one at Iter how and one at her stern, but neither Cotnu .its inn rk. 'the n;i ;i I gunnels firei but do not think tli'-y made a hit. Af ter (en shots from (he steamer (lie submarine disappeared. WASHINGTON. Juan HI. , Tho Hcnato finance coin mil tee. revfrslim tho war tax bill, may reconsider Hr action, It. wan paid today, In dectdltiK to Impose a levy of five per cent on net profit of licwnpaperH and maga zines. A motion to reconsider, of fered liy .Senator Penrose, Is pending but cannot be taken up before Monday, KAISER T General Staff Lectures informs Press That American Forces Should he Treated as a Negligible Quantity French Preparing New Offensive- Russia Not to be Feared. COPENHAGEN, June Ifi. Hcpre sentiitives of Ihe Qermnn press were told yesterday nt (lie I'ejjulnr weekly press conference in Herlin that the arrival of American troops ill note worthy numbers in the European tliealer was to he expected only in 1(118. The general staff lecturer also took the ground that the Aineiiean forces should he I reeled as u negli gible quantity in the general reckoning owing to the difficulties of finding sufficient tonnage for transportation and supplies. The suggestion was followed m numerous nrtieles in the newspnpers nnd this morning. The newspaper representatives also were told that n new Russian offen sive was highly improbable but that artillery and aviation activity und reconnoitering raids indicated a new French offensivo was in preparation. The British also wero certain to try their fortune again,, hut no surprisos n offensivo methods were expected, I'rmn either tlio French or the British and the only variant from tho earlier offensives would be n change of ge ographical location. Clermiin.v's sit mil ion was described as absolutely secure nnd German vic tory ns certain owing to the relent less working of the submarine. Heavy eslimates of Erencli and British loss es were supplied lo furnish encour agement lo the edilors. England's loss in 51) days of the pring offensive were plneed at '22'),- 0(10 men from 114 division engaged. The same proposition was applied to 2 I'l'ench divisions, producing an es timate of French losses of more than 100,000. The correspondents were told Hint the purpose of the air raids on Eng land was to keep in Ihe islands train ed men of the aerial corps nnd guns lor defense and Hint the submarine warfare also served (o weaken the British offensive by keeping from the Iron! men and guns required to ana merchantmen. TRY TO REVIVE ULTTE, Mont., June Ki. Local labor leaders met today to consider mentis for rehabilitating the Unite .Miners' union. Janics l,ord, bead of I lie mining deparlnienl of the Anieri enn Federation of Labor, and John Walker, formerly president of the Ill inois Federation of Labor, arc due here early next week, according lo la bor loaders. The plan of I lie local lenders is to have separate unions af each mini1 with a grievance committed tit each mine, so llnil each miner can receive representation, and a contiolliui.' rcn- Iral body. What m-lion Walker ami Lord will lake labor leader-, woul i m! prcdid. Officers of the .Silver How liaclc nnd labor council ami the .Moulaii Federation of Labor say they arc i favor of miners organizing but tbey are opposed, according to wnll sliilemctils, ol Ihe miners L'oinv mlo the newly formed Mclal Mine Work crs union, which they allege is being fostered by members of Ihe Industrial Workers of Ihe World, The Mclal Mine Workers tinuoiiiii1 eil that additional men failed to i.o to work today. No violence was report ed from the morning shift. FAIR WEATHER FOR WEEK IS PREDICTION WASHINGTON, June lli.- Wciilh er predictions for Ihe week bejin ning Sunday i-sucd by the weather bureau loday lire: raeine slates: uetiorully lair; nor AMERICANS AS CIPHERS IN WAR mal temperatures, LIBERTY LOAN S iL Tabulated Returns Not Completed but Show That Total Will Approximate $3,000,000,000 Mark Flood of Small Offers In Closing Hours Swamp Bank Officials. , . WASHINGTON, Juno 1G. So over whelming was the country's response to tho liberty loan that officials were unalblo at noon today, 24 hours' after tho closing of tho books, to strike more than an approximate of the lingo total. Only one -roscrvo district, Atlanta, had completed Its work of tabuatlng the totals at that hoar. Reports from tho other 1 1 districts told of a groat volume of subscriptions, with belated letters and telegrams still pouring lu. Kstlinates Incomplete ,. The totals of figures actually tabu lated In Now York, Boston, Philadel phia, Atlanta, Chicago, Cleveland and San Francisco whore, with the. ex ception of Atlanta, the work of com piling the totals was still In progress and of official estimates In the oth er districts showed a subscription of at least 2,7 8 1 ,5 00,0(10, representing only a portion of tho full amount. ... Estimates of all district, including returns from Atlanta, sent the pros pective total to 82,951,000,000. These figures included $l,fi00,000 subscrib ed In the Philippines, hut did pot in cludo any of tho subscriptions sent di rect to the treasury here; no estimate of which has been made pitfblic. Official ostl mates made at the re spective reservo banks and tabula tions follow: . What. They Total. . . New York tabulated $1, 050, 000, 00; ostlmatcd (last night) $1,300,000,- 0,00. ' ' . Boston tabulated (late yesterday). J2l!3,;i00,0()0, estimated $270,000, 000 to tuoo.ooo.ooo. 'Philadelphia, taouiatca, 9223, uuu,- 000. , Richmond, estimated $103,000,000. Atlanta, final tabulation, SaS.BOO,- 000. . - Chlengo tabulated $.115,000,000. Cleveland tabulated $270,200,000; estimated $280,000,000. St. Louis estimated $00,000,000. Minneapolis estimated $02,000,000, Kansas City estimated $90,000,000. Dallas estimated $18,000,000. .. Sun Francisco, tabulated, $171,- 00(1,00(1; osliiiiulcd $180,000,000. Assuming New York's big cstlmato of $1,200,(1(10,000 as approximately correct and allowing for shrinkages of $50,000,000 thcro and In otlior districts from nil the totals of all es timates, It appeared that the total would reach $2,900,000,000. , AN ATLANTIC 1'OIIT, Juno KI. Belgium's official mission to tho Unit ed Slales arrived in this country to day. Il is beaded by Baron Mon elieur, former minister to the United Stales anil now chief of tho political bureau of the Belgian foerign office al Havre. Baron Monchciir's wife is nn Amer ican woman, the daughter of General Powell t'lavlon, once Unilpd Slates minister to Mexico. ' MANILA, Juno 3. When the sub scription lists for tho liberty loan wero closed In Manila yesterday the totnl had reached 3,000,000 pesos, ($1,500,000). This amount was, rais ed within a week thru tho activity of American, Filipino and Chinoeo com mittees formed spontaneously. , On receipt of advices from the Uni ted Slates several days ago that sub scriptions for tho full amount of the liberty loan wero not In sight, sailors on American warships subscribed, $35,000 gold, ; UBSCRIPTIONS TOTAL 3 BILLION