Medford mail tribune., June 20, 1917, Page 1, Image 1

Forty-seventh Tear.
Daily Twelfth Year.
Declares No Control Should be At
tempted so That Farmers Can
f Profit Kenyon Declares Specula
tors Not Farmers Are Profiting by
$ High Prices Allies of Kaiser.
WASHINGTON, June 20. In a
vigorous attack upon the administra
tion food control bill In the senate to
day Senator Gore, democrat, chair
man of the agriculture committee, de
clared it strikes at the farmer, will
cause losses to producers this year of
$2.'iO,000,000 in wheat and $."i00,
000,000 In corn and result in famine
. next year thru reduced production.
Senator Gore declared tho bill
"short sighted policy,'' and It would
result in driving down farmers prices.
"It was drawn by somo attorney
down at the department of agricul
ture," he shouted, "but one would
think it is In the handwriting or the
Deity and that It would bo sacrilege
to change it."
llased on British Arts.
Senator Gore declared the bill was
the "sweepings" of all the British and
Canadian food acts of parliament and
'ders in council.
"They are all strung together in
this bill like a lot of beads," he de
clared. "If congress loses its self-respect
in passing this bill unamended,
everybody else will lose their respect
for congress.
"I will not say that the intention of
this whole movement Is to force down
the price of products In tho hands of
the farmers, but that Is the inevitable
result," ho declared. "
Senator Kenyon, republican spokes
man in defense of tho bill, alleged
food speculators were highwaymen.
Are Highwaymen.
"One, however, should apologize
for using the term 'highwaymen, ' In
connection with them," he said. "The
highwayman or tho sea pirate Is a
Christian gentleman compared to
them. It takes somo courage to be a
highwayman, lint no courago to ho a
food speculator. These gentlemen at
the present tlmo aro the allies of tho
kaiser. They aro weakening the
American nation In its contest. The
men who fight must bo fed. The
Aiothers of tho nation must be fed.
The babies of the nation likewise. The
men who work to make the things to
fight with must he fed.
"We havo heard something about
this bill giving tho right to tho food
controller to tell mothers how much
food they shall give their babies. It
does not do so. But there is one ques
tion just as'lmportant as the question
of the amount of food a mother shall
give a baby and that la whether the
i baby shall have any food at all or
whether the food that should go to
feed tho babies of the poor shall feed
the poodle dogs of tho rich."
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OHICAfiO, June 20. Official an
nouncement that gold and silver coin
stolen from an express safe in (lie
Chicago yards last night amounted
to nearly $.10,000 was made today by
O. Jf. Curtis, vice president and gen
crul manager of the western depart
ment of the Adams Express ennmany.
A package of diamonds thniig'if. I"
have been obtained also was found in
chocking up the contents nf the s-nfe.
Jack Andrews, of Kiirlington, Iowa,
messenger in charge of the robbed cur
and Ward li. Smiley, of Monmouth.
Ills., messenger in another car who
wns with Andrews nt the time two
masked men bound them and robbed
the safe are still in custody of Ihc
jMiliee early today.
The two disagree in tluir stories
ns to whether tho rubbers entered
the door of the ear or appeared sud
denly from behind n pile of boxes.
Because of seeminw' ease with vhi'h
the robbers obtained their plunder,
it was asserted bv the police that they
must have h.id advance inform ltimi
of the shipment of coin, of the char
acter of tltc sate and pcrhjips of the
couibiuutiou."
GORE DECLARES DANIELS SEEKS HEAVY LOSS OF
FOOD CONTROL ! GUARD MORALS TORPEDOED SHIPS
UTS AT FARMER f NAVAL RECRUITS f
"WEATHER Maximum
Secretary of War Appeals to Rhode
Island's Governor to Suppress
Gambling Institutions, Houses of
III Fame and Illegal Liquor Selling
at Newport, Furnishing Evidence.
WASHINGTON. June 20. Charges
that naval recruits at Newport,
U. I., are exposed to open gambling
houses, immoral resorts and illegal
sales of liquor were made by Secre
tary Daniels today in'anuoiiiiclng that
he had appealed to Governor Beeck
man. In response to a preliminary com
plaint, the mayor of Newport made a
general denial and declared thoro was
no unusual degree of Immorality In
the fashionable city.
The navy department with the as
sistance of agents of the department
of justice thereupo nmade a separate
investigation and as a Tesult Secre
tary Daniels renewed his complaint to
tho governor.
Secretary Daniels said today in an
nouncing his action:
Daniels' Message.
"I have just sent to the governor of
fthode Island a list in detail of some
of t lie most notorious houses of pros
titution and open gambling houses In
Newport, also calling his attention to
the extend and methods of illegal sale
of liquor to sailors and naval reserve
recruits and Informing him that the
department is ready to furnish him
with further specific evidence if the
state's own officers do not produce it.
"At Newport and other places are
gathered several thousand of the fin
est youth of the land, who have of
fered their lives for the service of
their country at a time when this sac
rifice is no figure of speech. Most of
them have come from carefully guard
ed homes and their parents have giv
en them to their country In sacred
trust that the government will safe
guard them from unnecessary perils.
Responsible for Morals.
"I am charged with tho duty of
training these young men for service
iu the navy. State and local officers
are charged with the duty of seeing
that the laws of their states and of
the United States are safely executed.
There lies upon us morally to a de
gree far outreaching any technical re
sponsibility the duty of leaving noth
ing undone to protect these young
men from that contamination of their
bodies which will not only Impair
their military efficiency but blast
their lives for the future and return
them to their homes a source of dan
ger to their families and to the com
munity at large.
"Those dangers are bad enough In
ordinary times; in time of war when
great bodies of men aro necessarily
gathered together away from the re
straints of homo and under tho stress
of emotion whose reactions Inevitably
tend to dislodge the standards of
normal life, these are multiplied
manifold and the harpies of the un
derworld flock to make profit out of
the opportunity. If we fail in vigi
lance under theso conditions, the
mothers and fathers of theso lads and
tho country generally will rightly
hold us responsible.
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CANADIAN" AliMY IlEAPQUAH
TKliS IN FHANVK, June 20. Can
adian troops today captured a nest
of (ii-nnan trenehes at tho foot of
lit'M'Vn'ir hill and have made (hi; en
tente approach to 1mh less difficult.
The new positions have been incor
porated in the Uriti-h lines.
HOME, June 20. The Jtntinno re
sumed the offensive yeMerdiiy. The
war office announces the capture of
Au-ltiim p"Mti n on Monte Ortiara
and !(! prisoner-.
PAWS, June 20. Heavy artillery
fihtin is in procTru on (lie Aine
and ri;nmpaLnc fronts savs today's
1 .iff i.-inl dntmiiP,i I rlv tliiu nwirn.
iaur the Ciernians carried on a severe
iMMohardMient of Kretn-h positions
near Knnffaux mill and in the reciofi.
nf Mnt Cannlett. A German infati-j
try utUuk was di-perid.
Yesterday, S7. Minimum Today, 47. FORECAST Tonight and Thui-sday Partly Cloudy; "Warmer; Tliroateninf
MEDFOTtD.
IN PAST WEEK
Twenty-Seven British Ships of More
Than 1600.. Tons Sunk,... Heaviest
Toll Taken Since Near Beginning
of Unrestricted Warfare Lcyland
Liner Sunk Warren Liner Lost.
LONDON, Juno 20. Twenty-seven
British ships of more than 1000 tons
have been sunk, according to the
weekly British summary given out to
day. Five British vessel under 1600
tons a loswere sent to the 'bottom. No
fishing vessels were destroyed.
The weekly list of British losses in
torpedoed Bhlps shows the highest to
tal in many weeks, tho number of
ships sunk being comparable to the
worst week since the ruthless U-boat
campaign began. The returns week
by week for the last three months
show that tho U-boat activities run In
waves and it Is assumed that this
week is the crest of a period of super
activity noticed the previous week.
The situation, however. Is not re
garded over-pesslmistlcally by naval
men who insist that tho admiralty
methods of fighting the submarines
are constantly growing in efficiency.
In support of this they point to the
constantly Increasing number of boats
which escape the submarines.
Stoanier Elelo Sunk.
Boston, June 20. The sinking of
the British steamer Elele, presumably
by a German submarine was reported
In a cablo message received today by
the Leyland lino from Captain Pierce
her commander, The vessel left Bos
ton on Juno 8 for Manchester, Eng
land, dlth a general cargo. The mes
safo made no reference to the crew.
The Elele was undor charter to the
I.oyland lino and the cablegram from
Captain Pierce merely state "vessel
sunk." Officers of tho lino said the
crew probably bad been saved. The
ship's cargo was worth nearly $2,
000,000, It was stated.
The Elelo registered 4 S4 1 tons
gross and was built at West llartel
pool in 1913.
Warren Liner Sunk.
BOSTON, June 20. The Warren
liner Bay State from Boston May 31
for Liverpool has been sunk by a Ger
man submarine. Advices to tho com
pany today gave nothing regarding
tho fate of tho crew of the steamer.
LUGANO, Switzerland, Juno 20.
Former King Constantino of Greece
nrlyed bore today. Officers and dele
gates of the Swiss government met
hi in at the frontier and welcomed
him in the namo of Switzerland. A
largo number of German personages
waited for tho king at the depot.
Including Prince and Princess Von
Buelow and Dr. Von Muehlberg, Ger
man mlnistur to tho Vatican. The
Creek minister to Berne from the Ger-
ent. A long telegram from the Ger
man emperor was handed to Constan
tino as soon as he left the train.
It Is believed ho will shortly go to
Germany to visit the emperor. The
former monarch's arrival was delayed
by the Illness of his wife.
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TOKIO, June 20. Tho situation In
China Is not so serious as might be
believed, according to tho opinion un
derstood to havo been expressed by
the Japanese government In Its reply
to tho American noto Inviting Japan
to assoclato herself with the action of
the United States In asking tho rival
factions 111 China a compose their dif
ferences. Tho Japanese reply gives
courtcoui recognltlon-of tho sincerity
and hlgh-mlndedness of America's
motives In seeking to assist China
UUl set lonn luo uenei uiui v.iuim in j
not endangered gravely, moreover, u
Is Fald, conditions have changed since
the American not was presented and
Japan therefore submits her belief;
that It Is not desirable that she for
ward a noto to China similar to that
eeut by tho United States.
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MAIL TRT
1 JSLJLJLJl JGL JLWJL
OREO ON", "WEDNESDAY,
WAR OR REVOLT IN
ARE RESCUED BY
U. S. DESTROYERS
THE BASE OF THE AMERICAN
FLOTILLA, IN BRITISH WATERS,
June 2 0. Two American destroyers
have returned with SO survivors of
two "torpedoed British ships. The
ships were sunk at the furthest point
westward In tho Atlantic the U-boats
have appeared since the ruthless
campaign began and tho response of
tho American destroyers to their "S.
O. S." ,was a run of moro than a
hundred miles.
When the American warships ar
rived they found the ships wore gono
and for many hours they groped
around in the dark In search for
the survivors. Tho crew of one of
of the sunken ships, 31 In number,
were found In one lifeboat while
4 9 survivors from tho second ship
were picked up from two small boats.
Four sailors'from the latter ship were
killed 1y tho explosion of the tor
pedo. Admiral Sims mot the'destroy
erson their return and complimented
tho comandcrs.
Altho there aro no war restric
tions on the sale of liquor in this
port, tho saloons aro not the ren
dezvous of cither tho Americans or
Britishers. One of tho diversions of
tho Americans is Initiating their
British colleagues Into the mysteries
of tho American national game. "
Admiral Sims' headquarters Is lo
cated in a beautiful old English homo
300 feet abovo tho town. From tho
wonderful gardens which surround
It several American destroyers can
bo Been riding at anchor.
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PETKOfJIiAH. June liO. Tim build
ing of the Kusskin Vnlia, Petrorad'fH
richest and most largely cirenlated
newspaper, was seized this afternoon
hy a eorps of armed aiiareliists who
expelled the stuff, destroyed nil the
eopies of the pjtper and the books and
deelared (hat 1 1 1 v would stand sieffe.
The Kiisskiti Voliu is partieu.arly
hated by the iinarehists heeausn it
sLrotmly supported the provisional
povernineiit and attaeked the Hotshe
viki and other extremists. When the
.'oveniment learned of this aetion
by the anurehi-U, it ordered strident
measures, (ienei al Polo t set f, rom
mander of the Petrornd tmop-i, sen
a lare fnn v !' Co-sneks infantry
and linn-bine unm and surrounded the
hujldiiiL'. The eoininander of the
the troupe sent a me-snye demanding
their surrender. The nnarehi-N en
tered into n''L'"liatioim u it h the rom
mand'T and Liter, under threat of
military a'tmn. the nnareltists, re
alizing that their position was hope-le.-s,
surrendered. Seventy of them
Were ma relied to jail.
o6SSWE3Si I BK SUFFRAGISTS IN THIS DISTRICT
- - - - r r-y , . i
JUXtf 20, 1917
SPAIN?
King Alphonso Xllf, and Queen
Victoria of Spain, and (hcUm) the
premier who lia.s just succeeded Mar
quis Prieto.
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TRIPLE SERVICE OF
PETIlOC.lt A l, ,via LONDON, June
20. Tho American railway commis
sion after a partial inspection of Rus
sia's railroad resources is confident
that even with the existing deficiency
In rolling stock traffic can bo in
creased more than three fold.
Tho Americans are somewhat skep
tical, It is believed, about tho possi
bility of ninuaglug the lines on the
principles put forward by N.V. Nek
rasoff, minister of communication,
who Is accompanying the commission.
In a statement given to the Associated
Press by M. Mlllnsky, director of the
department of material, warm appre
ciation was expressed for the work
already done by tho Americans, IIo
said:
".Mr. Stevens and his colleagues
found tho condition of tho track not
so bad as expected. The rolling stock
Ihoy also found In relatively favor
able condition. Tho work of tho
Americans In Vladivostok was ad
mirable nnd they are now engaged In
planning and putting together shops.
On the spot I hoy decided that the
facades at Vladivostok dero Inade
'imito to tako rare of the expected
delivery of big American ordors and
tho construction of big piers, for
ships drawing 4 5 feet was decided
upon and sketches made. The work
hns already begun and will be fin
ished within three months.
"At Harbin, Tchlta, Krasnoyarsk,
Irkutsk add also at Vyatka In Eu
ropean Russia, thoro examinations
wero made, chiefly from tho stand
point of finding tho most suitable
locations for repair shops. Wo will
act on tho advice of commissioners. '
WASHINGTON, June 'LMI.-I'resi.
ilciit Wil-mi i-Micd a proclamation to
d:iv di'-inalinir the week of June
''.'t-.'IO as rccruitim; week for the reg
ular nnny nnd called upon tiinnied
men without di -ndcnts to enroll for
war service in order that tho rank.-,
of the regulars bo filled promptly.
CENSORSHIP HIDES ANSWER RANNFRS WAVED J1PSTG16978
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BUNE
CROWDSDESTROY RED CROSSFUND
Angry Men Tear Down Emblems of
Silent Pickets at White House
Which Attack Nation and President
for Benefit of Russian War Mission
Visiting America.
WASHINGTON, June 20. The
peaceful picketing of the White House
grounds by silent sentinels of the
suffrage cause led to the first dis
order today when a crowd of angry
men tore down banners the women
wero holding for the Russian mission
to see when it visited President Wil
son. The rumpus was over before
the police got on the scene and no
arrests were made.
The banners were inscribed:
What, Banners Said.
"President Wilson and Knvoy Root
are deceiving Russia. They say 'We
aro n democracy. Help us win a
world war so that democracy may
survive.
"We, tho women of Amcricn, tell
you that America is not a democracy.
Twenty million women nrc denied Ihc
right to vote. President Wilson is
the chief opponent of their national
enfranchisement. Help us make this
nation really free. Tell our govern
ment that it must liberate its people
before it can chum froe Russia as an
ally."
Tho banners attracted groups of
men passing, who slopicd and dis
cussed them. Finally discussion pnvc
way to action.
Cries of "traitors," "treason," and
"Ihcy are the enemies of their coun
try" wore shouted at the two women
holding the banner and after one
mini yelled, "Let's tear it down," the
crowd jumped forward. Thc'caiivas
was torn from its faslcnings, leaving
the suffragists holding I he frames
and poles.
Proud of "Martyrdom."
Ono of tho Wlilto House police
pursued a man who, he said, was
leading in the crowd. The mall was
Waller S. Timmins of New York, an
elect ricial engineer. The policeman
recovered n banner from Tiniinins but
it was beyond repair, so Ihe suffrag
ists contented themselves with hold
ing the damaged frames aloft in evi
dence of their "mai'lyrdoin," as one
of Ihcm expressed il.
The lorn banner was carried by
Miss Lucy Hums of New York and
Mrs. Lawrence Lewis of Philadelphia,
of the executive board of the Nation
al Woman's party. They stood it at
the west gate of the Pennsylvania
avenue sirle of the While lloiisc and
unfurled it just a few minutes before
the Russian mission was driven into
the grounds. Members of the mission
paid no attention to it.
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WASHINGTON, Juno 20. -The
Spanish ambassador. Juan Rlauo to
day lssuod the following statement In
regard to published reports of unrest
In Spain:
"The news reports circulated In the
United States regarding tho interior
situation of Spain aro absolutely In
correct. I'orfect tranquility prevails
both material and moral. Certain
complaints of nn Interior character In
ono of tho branches of tho line of the
army have been attended to Insofar as
they wero Just nnd they aro in no way
related with Interior politics nnd far
less with tho International policy of
Spain which Is being developed nor
mally wllhln tho monarchlal rcglmo
and constitutional practices."
SAN FRANCISCO, Juno 20.
Whllo thousands of dollars hourly
continued to pour In here today to
ward thn SIOu.OOO.Ouo national Red
Cross fund, malingers of tho cam
paign announced that from present
figures California, Oregon nnd Wash
ington would over-subscrlbo their al
lotments. Incomplete returns from Washing
ton rIvo a total of :l9ii,000, divided
as follows: Seattle, $1011,000; Spo
kane, JK 1.000; Tnconin, 1 1(1.000: llel-
HnKhain, $21,000; and Walla Walla,
$1.1,00(1. Portland, Oregon, an
nounced $90,000 to dato. Thirteen
out of thirty-six Oregon counties gavo
a total of $92,000.
Unl ersity of Oregon X
Library X
NO. 77
Enthusiastic Reports Received From
All Portions of County Roll of
Honor Shows List of Contributors
, Up to Tuesday Noon More Added
Hourly.
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Total reported Tuesday
noon $2711.25
Reported Wednesday noon :
Medford $2278.58
Jacksonville J135.00
Central Point 278.00
Kagle Point 118.00
Rogue River 400.00
Sterling 41.&0
Union 16.00
Total $4207.08
,
firand Total $(1078 33
Tho local Red Cross fund Jumped
to $0978.33 when the Big Drive com
mittees reported at luncheon at the
Medford hotel today. From every
part of Jadkson county enthusiastic
reports aro being received at local
Red Cross headquarters of splendid
progress in the smaller town and
country districts. Every team Is be
ing kept up to full working strength,
now members being added whenever
unavoidable vacancios occur.
It will probably be the latter part
of tho wook before every district will
have its list of contributors ready lor
publication, as committees are work
ing in Prospect, Persist, Trail, Steam
boat, Wilmor and at other dlBtant
points from which It Is difficult to got
lists of subscribers.
Tho following roll of honor Com
prises the names of those who con
tributed yesterday morning and were
reportod to Troasuror D. R. Wood in
Tuesday's list. Official reports from
captains received today will be audit
ed and ready for publication tomor
row and will include a number of the
outlying districts that were unable to
report officially yestorday;
Dr. J. Lawrence Hill, Mr. and Mrs.
W. H. Gore, George M. Roberto, Mr.
and Mrs. T. E. Daniels, L. B. Hasklns,
V. II. Ray, E. M. Brown, Frank Dors
ums, William G. Talt, F. II. Cowles,
Dr. Henry Hart, W. W. Wlllard, Miss
Anna Kellehor, Mrs. G. R. Satchwell,
J. H. Cochran, Efflo Andrews, Mrs.
Stella Merrick, N'antne Patterson,
Stewart Patterson, Jr., C. E. Gates,
W. A. Gates, C. E. Whltoman, J. D.
Rickort, II. U. Lumsdcn, E. H. Por
ter, Dr. V. 0. Carlow, J. II. Swem, J.
M. Swem, I. L. Hamilton, J. A. Perry,
R. A. Holmes, R. J. Conroy, John S.
Orth, C. W. Whlllock, Dr. E. It. See
ley, John W. Johnson, E. M. McKea
ney, E. E. Goro. J. E. Olmstead, R.
II. Tort, 1). R. Wood, Henry Bates,
Mrs. Lynette Hovlus, J. V. Snider,
Katio Grieve, C. P. Krlbbs, C. M.
Thomas, Mrs. C. L. Schleffolln, Car
penter Bros., Lincoln McCormack,
Porter J. Neff, K. B. Plckol, H. C.
Itehllng. O. II. Eads, W. II. McGowan,
Lavon Zundel, F. H. Ray, Dr. Frank
Roberts, T. W. Miles, John Perl, Mrs.
S. M. Herbert, Frank Perry, C. J. Se
men, E. C. Gaddls, I. II, Soverln, Dr.
S. A. Lockwood, John C Mann, H. C.
CSarnett, Chas. L. Schleffolln, E. A.
(Continued on page alx.)
FLEET OF 100,000
AIRSHIPS LIKELY
WASHINGTON, June . Aero
planes and artillery, with ships and
food. Mujor-Cicncral Goethals today
told tho senate military eub-commlt-teo,
will le tho principal factors In
winning the war.
Supporting bills to create a new de
partment of aeronautics, General
Goethals approved co-ordination o( all
government aeronautics under one
authority.
In speaking of his belief In concen
trating authority. General Goethals
said It might become necessary to ore
ate a department of munitions.
At the samn time a house commit
tee was considering legislation to
greatly Increaso tho aircraft ot the
army nnd the navy, possibly to a fleet
ot 100,000 machines.