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Newspaper Page Text...eotCreaon WEATHER Maximum yesterday, 78; minimum today, 53. FORECAST Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday. Medford Mail Tribune Forty-seventh Tear. Dally Twelfth Yenr. M13DF0RD, OUECIOy. FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1917. NO. 85. GREECE BREAKSOFF GERMAN RE GREEKS JOIN WARAGAINST - AUTOCRACY Greek Government Breaks Diplomatic Relations With Central Powers and , Recalls Diplomatic Representatives Tho War Not Declared, New Government Considers State of War Exists British Gain Objective in Drive in Arras. ATHENS, June 29. The deck government bus broken diplomatic re lations with Germany, Austria-Hungary, Bulgaria and Turkey. ATHENS, Juno 20 Though war has not yet been declared, the Greek government considers that a slate of war exists since its advent to power yesterday. Tho recall ot the Greek diplomatic representatives accredited 'o the central powers and their ul fjes is imminent. Envoys Ixmivo Posts. PARIS, June 2!). Telegraphing from Athens under todays date, the correspondent of Le Temps says that the Greek ministers at Berlin, Vienna, Sofia and Constantinople have been instructed to leave their posts with their staffs and to place their arch ives with the Netherlands legations. The rupture is bared on the incom patihility of maintaining diplomatic relations with governments that arc carrying on war in Greek territory, adds the dispatch. British Win Drive. LONDON, Juno 20 British trcops last night in an offensive gained their whole objective, says a tele gram from British headquarters ii France. The British captured Ger man forward positions on a 2000 yard front south and west of Oppy, in the Arras sector. The official statement says the British captured prisoners and machine guns. They also continue to gain ground soulh oT the Souchez river, and have enter ed tho town of Avion, about two miles south of Lens. The statement follows: "Early last night wo attacked and captured the enemy';) forward posi tion on a front of about 2000 yards south and west of Oppy. The whole of our objectives was gained and a number of prisoners and machine guns were taken by us. "Our troops continue to gain ground on a wide front south of the Souchez river and have entered Av- Closing In nn Ijciis. (Correspondence or the Associated Press.) BRITISH HEADQI'AKTEliS IN FRANCE, June 2!). The fightins is more intense in the vicinity of Lens. The British made a brilliant attack last night, during a blinding rain thai accompanied a thunderstorm on a number of the southwesterly suburbs of the great mining city, including tho Ane luiown ns Avion. All the first objectives of th" at tack were gained and the indications arc that the British arc still pushing forward today. Nearly 200 prisoners have been (Continued on Page Four.) EIGHT YEARS PRISON EAU PHILADELPHIA, June 2!!. Jc-.se Williamson II, well connected nnd a social leader, was today sentenced to not less than eight nor more than twenty-four years' imprisonment and pay a fine of .10Pfl on indictments charging embezzlement of approxi mately r72-V"0 of trust funds r.f tli Pennsylvania companc for the insur ance of lives and gTantin of annu ities, of which he was secretin . 1 he company made jjood nil the losses. nn stfminc f7 nm mm I VII VILIILIIIU V I V VW W BON E BY PRESIDENT Wilson Opposed to Radical and Sweeping Legislation at This Time Fears Upset Economic Life of Country and Lead to Serious Dis content Among Populace. WASHINGTON, June 29 Presi dent Wilson stepped into the prohibi tion fight over the bill today, partly to save the measure from n row be tween the contending factions and partly to get a law be believes the country will approve. The president told sennto lenders "ie agreed with the proposal to stop manufacture of foodstuffs into whisky and gin, but did not believe the brewing of beer and manufacture of light wines should be stopped now, Prohibit Distilling. ' A provision to prohibit distilling and to empower the president to stop brewing nnd wine making when he considers it necessary, he told sen ate leaders today, be believed would satisfy prohibitionists and also the country. An amendment to that effect will he introduced later, with prospects of adoption. Senator Sheppard, a leading prohi bitionist, and who prompted the com mittee's proposal to stop mnnufac tare of both distilled spirits and beer, said that, if the president desired to have authority to govern brewing nnd wine malting bo fnvored it and be lieved congress would agree. Endangers War's Success. . Other conferences probably will follow quickly. The president was understood to feel that the insistence of some senators on bone dry legisla tion, endangered thte early passage of the '.'ood bill which he is anxious to see become law as soon as possible. Administration leaders wero said also feel that such legislation would be a disturbing factor in the economic life of the country and might lead to serious discontent among the work ers, whose whole-hearted support is necessary to win the war. The president realizes that since prohibition has been mado an issue in congress It is almost impossible to hope for the elimination of some sort of prohibition provision from the food bill. l-'aors Itcor nnI Wine. Altho officials do not pretend to speak for him, It was understood that tho president would be willing to ac cept a measure under which the use of foodstuffs and fruit In the manu facture of beverage alcohol was for bidden, but with authority given him to permit their use In making beer and light wines. The importance of this Issue has overshadowed many others In the president's mind and there wore indications today that ev ery effort would be used to have con gress rcalizo what the administration considers the danger of radical and sweeping legislation at this time. President Wilson, according to Senator I'helan of California, with whom he also conferred regarding prohibition legislation desires that he have authority to stop tho manufac ture of malt and vinous liquors in case of emergency, but does not bo llcve Immediate prohibition of their manufacture Is necessary or dcsfrablo. Illlt-lrsnn Gels llllsy. Postmaster-General Burleson, who (Continued on Fage Two.) ' CHIEF JUSTICE 0. C. WASHINGTON, June 20.- Con siiiiitine .1. Smyth, former ntl.iiney general of Nebraska, and at present snccijil assistant to the nltomcv ceo. ciiil with heiidcpiiirtcrs in On. aha, wa-; nominated hv President WiNon 11? rhlff in -lire of tho FV.trnt nf Col'jmhia cour'. of ji-j o!. to iic;ecd ruicf Justice feheppurd, who recent 1 mrvd. DRY LI NOI APPROVED i n i it 1 1 rr nrnniniii Death Sacrifice Beckons L LEADS BAND OF FOLLOWERS 10 HONOLULU, Juno 29. Scores of Hawaiian women and children hnvc recently attempted to hurl themselves into the molten lava pool of Mount Kilauea as a living sacrifice to the goddess of fire. The authorities today believe, how ever, that they huv checked the snc rifical epidemic which has been sweeping the island under the fanatic leadership of Kaneaii, a beautiful 14-year-old girl. It is the wierdest manifestation that has occurred in Hawaii in vears. Kaneau, a sort of dusky Joan of Are, claimed to have been visits by a dream which directed her to gather a band of natives who would east themselves into the boiling lava to apjiease Pele, goddess of fire. On June 9 a large party did start from Hookena village, making their labored way up the precipitous slopes. The girl leader had excited them to a pitch of frenzy by saying that only thus could they snvo the entire island group from utter destruction by fire and quake. They accepted Kuuoau's story as inspired. Sho told them that they must revive the ancient, gruesome rite of human sacrifice. ' Men nnd women took their chil dren and set out without food, with out preparation of any kind and only scantily clad. Mothers were deter lined to cast their helpless babes into the cauldron. For two days tho forlorn but devot ed parly toiled upward along the slopes, stumbling over the volcanic, clinkers and cutting their feet on the razor-sharp detritus. Under these conditions the journey was too much for them, nnd they foil exhausted and spent with hunger be fore reaching the fire pit. This alone saved their lives. A. R. Caspar, an auto stage driver on the run from Hilo to Konn, dis covered them in n fearful plight and reported hurriedly to Sheriff Luzora of South Komi, who in turn tele phoned the police in the Kau distiict. A rescuing parly was dispatched nnd the exhausted fanatics were picked up nnd taken to Wniohiiiii. It is believed the Hawaiian Jonn of Arc is mentally unbalanced nnd she will be examined ns to her snnity. The absence of any untoward event on tho day she predicted tho catas trophe has quieted the superstitious natives of the mountain districts, though police nre still patrolling the regions upon which the beautiful Kaneau cast her wicrd spell. E CHICAGO, June 2!l.-Doors of the old private banking firm of Giuliani & Sons, which has heavy deposits, were closed this afternoon. A police guard was requested. Deposits of the bank, which as n private institution did not make pub lic reports, were generally estimated at from ;i,n(M),ni)ll to $."),(I(I0,(IIM). One of the (irahams issued this statement : "The increased cost of living mid general disposition on the part of the depositors to piirchasa liberty bonds and make lied Cross contributions bus resulted in the withdrawal of large sums of money. All of tho as sets of Ihe bank are in a safe posi tion. There has been nn high financ ing or fraudulent mortgages taken or given. We closed the doors of the bank ? so that all lunv be treated ahU " Andrew Ofihim, who founded the fino, died last year. His two sons bftVQ conducted the business swee, Hawaiians to i ' Molten lava pool In hitter of KuIiiuom, mid typo of Hawaiian girl who fell nn easy victim to tho call for living sacrifice by tho ducjiy Joan of Ait, TO DECLARE WAR , RIO DE JANEIUO, June 20 Brazil has revoked her decree of neu trality in the war between the entente allies and Germany. Tho Brazil government, by act of congress late in April, authorized the revocation of Brazil's neutrality in the war between Germany and the United States. In notifying the Bra zilian legations of tiic sanction of the revocation, Nilo l'cennha, the foreign minister, in a nole, said Brazil, up to that time, had refrained from tak ing sides in Ihe EurnHiin conflict, but that the republic could not remain indifferent from Ihe moment the United States found itself involved in a. struggle for Ihe rights of the peo ple, and when Germany meted out in discriminately to Brazil the most brutul treatment. A dispatch from Ttio de Janeiro, Juno 0, said diplomatic exchanges Willi representatives of tho entente were in progress, and Hint practical results might be expected shortly. It was added Hint warships of Ihe en tente would he permitted to isit Brazilian ports without adhering to time limits imposed by neutrality. FIVE FRENCH SHIPS U-BOAT RECORD I'AltIS, June 2!). Two Fundi merchantmen of mom than IliOfl Ions and three of less 1 1 lit n that size were sunk by siihinnrincs or mines ill thr week ending June 21, lie curding to I hi weekly announcement issued here to day. Ill that lime there were JIIHH arrivals at Trench ports and OtiO sail ings. BILL PASSES HOUSE WASHINGTON, June 20. The pri ority shipping hill, designed to give tho president power lo direct the movements of -liipnuiils during the war, passed hv the senate, was pass ed by the h"ii e today with amend ment, to mA" ilnr that the pro it -ions against interference with the movements of trains are not direct. d ut strikes uud to prevent pcolui.-. Firey End COPENHAGEN, Juno 20. The manipulation of the German press by the authorities, tho employment of the vast apparatus ot tho war press office for filling the newspapers with special dispatches and semi-official accounts und comments on military events, the plain and fancy distor tions of truth by the admiralty press bureau, working in tin: spirit instilled by Von Tirpitz, and the glaringly in accurate annoiinceiiienls of brilliant crop prospects put forth regularly before and nt harvest lime, have re peatedly been referred lo in dis patches together with descriptions of the working of the censorship to pre vent any free discussion of public problems in Germany. It now is possible to cite tho testi mony of German newspapers which writhing under the government cuts in their paper supply, speak their minds freely on the conditions ill the profession. The Deulsche Volks Zei- tung of Hanover, for example, says in regard to the government efforts to control and direct sentiment, that the contents of the Gci'iiiau papers are almost word for word the same in all the papers, as these are fed from Ihe same source and are not permitted by reason of Ihe ecnsorshii restrictions lo lake any independent line m news or views. Parenthetically, it may lie remark ed that it is an offense piiiiishuh! by inn Hiii I law for nn editor lo omit ii comma or a word from a coiiiiuiini calion issued by a news agency and designated ns official. AUSTRIANS DEBATE " VIENNA, via Amslcrtaiii, June 20 The lower house of the Austrian rcichslag ycslcrday concluded tit'1 debute on the subject of peace with out taking a vole. I Ins was in enn- rorniily with Ihe provisions of thi orders of Ihe day. Deputy Mauser, a Christian social 1st, who had just been received III a. 'lienec by Emperor Charles, d. 'dar ed thai the chamber's im-iicc nspirn lions had the poncrliil mppnit ot tho emperor, who ha. I informed hua that ha desired peace as soon as put kiLlc, ENTENTE ALLIES MUSI Lloyd George Declares War Must Continue Until End Sought Attain ed To Permit War to End Before Would Be Greatest Disaster That Ever Befel Mankind. 'GLASGOW, Juno 29. In discuss ing the question ot peace today, Pro mlor Lloyd Georgo said that If the war should be concluded a single hour before tho allied powers reached the end they set out to attain at the be ginning of tho war, it would be the greatest dlsaser that over befell man kind. 'In my Judgment," said tho pre mier, 'this war will como to an end when tho allied powors have reached the end they sot out to attain when they accepted the challenge thrown down by Germany to civilization. Then this war ought to como to an end, but tf It comes to an end a singlo hour before, It will be the greatest disaster that ever befell mankind "I hear pcoplo say that Germany Is ready to give us a satisfactory peace. N'o doubt you can hnvo pcaco, but it is a peace which would give her econom ic and other control ovor the coun tries which sho hns Invaded." Itiissui to Regain Htrengtb. "Russia will regain hor strength with a hound and bocomo mightier and moro tormldnblo than ever," Mr, Lloyd Georgo contlnuod. "Altho those distractions had the effect of postponing complote victory, thoy mado victory more euro than ever, moro completo than over, and, what Is more Important, they made surer than ever the quality of victory." 'No doubt wo can have poace now at a price. Germany wants peace oven PniBSla ardently desires It. They said thoy would glvo us indemnity for the wrongs wo havo dono, Just a llttlo ter ritory horo and a llttlo there and Jimt a few privileges In othor directions and wo will clear out. We are told that If wo aro prepared to make peace now Germany will rosloro tho inde pendence of Belgium. But who hns said so? 'No German statesman has ever said ho would TCBtoro tho independ ence of Belgium. Tho German chan collor camo very near to It, but all the Junkors fell on him and he received a Bound box from tho mailed fist. Terms of Vassalage, "The only terms on which Germany has suggested restoring Belgium arc not those of Independence, bat of vas salage. Then camo tho doctrine of tho status quo and no annexation and no Indemnities. No Gorman states man hns nccopted oven thnt. "Hut what did Indemnity mean? Indemnity Is an essential part of the mechanism ot civilization in every land and cllmo. Otherwise what guar antee have wo against a repetition? Thon It Is that Is not what you arc after. You aro after our colonies and probably I'alestlno nnd Mesopotamia If wo had entered Into this war pure ly for tho German colonies, we would not have raised an army of threo or four millions. Wo could have got (Continued on I age Two.) GALLUP COAL FIELDS SOLD SMELTER TRUST NEW YOKK, .1 20. The exten sive coal fields of the Victor Ameri can I-'uel company in the Gallup dis tricts of New- Mexico have been sold to lluydcn, Stone & Co. for approx imately f:i,iiiHi,iii(i. The proiicrtv was bought, Hie pur chasers say, for Ihe Hay Coiisolid.ilcd Copper company, the Chino Copper company and the American Smelting & Kcriiiing company. A new com- pnnv has been formed lo npi rati f ho: proprtli'. under the ii.iim of the Gallup Ac.cri:an. Coal company, owned by the above mentioned cor-(ivrativu?. FIGHT ON PETROGRADFROM L VICTORY VISIT TO FRONT Nil ROOT BACK IN American Mission Welcomed by Gen eral Brusslloff in Name of Russian Army, Who Pledges Co-Operation in War General Scott Off for Kiev and Thence to Rumania. PETROGItAD, June 29 EllhU Roott, head of tho Amorfcan commis sion, and Foreign Minister Teresch- tonko returned to Potrograd yester day arter a brief visit to staff head quarters, whore they wore welcomed by General Brusslloff, in the name of the Russian army, which, declared tho commander-in-chief, would con tinue with all tho power at Us dis posal, not only to fight for Its own causes that of fortifying liberty re cently acquired but at the same time hand In hand with America, to fight for tho right of all nations to shape their destinies In accordance with their own desires. There was llttlo in the small coun try town of Mohllcv to correspond with a conventional view of a general staff headquarters. Tho atmosphore of formality, secrecy and dignity which distinguished It when it was the tho home of the former Emperor Nicholas hnd departed since the revo lution. There Is nothing left to ar rest tho attention of the observer ex cept tho emperor's residence which la now used by General Brusslloff and the military hotol whore members of tho staff are quartered. Otherwlso it Is a peaceful village on the bank of tho Dnieper, 200 miles from the fir ing lino. I.ittlo Curiosity. Only small groups ot soldiers were present to watch tho Imperial train carrying the commission draw Into tho station. Despite tho fact that the train, which was such a common sight In Imperial days, had not been seen In Mahllev slaco tho abdication of the emperor. It evoked llttlo curiosity. A few soldiers, thinking they might find accommodations for themselves, crowdod on board, hut when they wore told that It was being UBod by tho American mission, thoy lmnujdl ately dispersed. Wednesday noon tho commission lunched with General Brusslloff and soon thereafter, Major-Goncral Scott and aides, military members of the commission .escorted by Russian gen oral staff officers, departed for Kiev.. After a short tour ot tho southwest ern front, .Major-Gencral Scott will go to Rumania and will greot the king and queen In tho mime ot the com mission and tho American govern ment. U-BOAT CHASERS WASHINGTON, July 20-Hapid progress is being made ill tho con struction of hundreds of subniariiio chasers recently ordered by the navy depiirliiietit. At the New York navy yards alone a dozen of the 110-foot wooden hulls have been completed al ready, altho the original plans called for the produi-lion of only one during the mouth of June. In August tho yards will begin to deliver hulls at tho nili of three a day and keep that up until the big older hns been filled. At the present time the cngino pro duction for Ihe boats is a little behind schedule. Definite assurances havo been received, however, that the en gine builders also will be abend oC schedule before August, 1. No decision has been reached aa yet as to additional boats, With vcs. scls purchased and those under con slruclion mini y officers believe enough have been supplied nf this type of c'Mt't. Thrre i.- . ome di: cu.--ion of a larger ho.it, mounting heavier p ns, a vessel of liO-ft Icii-'th ba'iB; been proposed, RAPID PROGRESS IDE IN III