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MEDPORD OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNK 1fi. 1917.
NO. 74.
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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
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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