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Uv.l crslly of Oicjon Hirary Mail Tmimtme lift IVJLJLLi Portv-spvflnth Year. , MEDFORD, Oli V)G ON", HAT HIM) AY, .1 UN K HO, 1917. Dally Twelfth Year, NO. 80. TRflNSFFR nF BRAZIL'S NAVY wi VI .. P SUCCESSFUL Pershing Reports Remarkable Trans fer of Large Force lo France With out Loss or Mishap Not Man cr Animal Lost or Injured Not Sin gle Case of Serious Sickness Men in Splendid Physical Condition Censor Releases Dispatches. PARIS, June 30. Jlaior Gci.erul Pershing, the American conuuumler, on his return to liis heiiiliiunrtcrs to day after a quirk trip to t lie port nf debarkation, said : "The landing of the first American troops lias been a complete success. In this remarkable transfer of a large force across the ocean one of the largest operations we have ever un dertaken not a man or nn animal was lost or injured, and there was not a ingle case of serious sickness nothing but a lew unimportant eases of mumps. The men landed in splendid morale with keen, confident mid eager spirits. "The physical appearance of our men is truly inspiring. They are. all fine, husky young fellows, with the glow of energy, good health and phys ical vigor which will ninko then a credit alongside any troops. They are exceptionally well camped ami eared for, wilh substantial wooden barracks, good beds, good food and the best sanitary arrangements. 1'hey arc located on high ground. For all of this we are deeply indebted to French co-oeratiou with nicnibeiv of my staff." Dispatches Itcleascd. The various units of the American expeditionary force having reached France safely, t lie censor has releas ed dispatches filed during the week descriptive of the arrival of the dif ferent contingents. No previous i.rd has been received with the ex ception of one dispatch on Wednes day announcing that I he second con tingent had disembarked and gone lo camp. PARIS, June 27 (Wednesday). The first expeditionary unit 'of Un American troops in command of Ma jor General William L. Sibcrt arrived safely at a French port. Hear Admiral (ilcnves has cabled Secretary 01 the Navy t'amejs saying the exedition has arrived safely. Joyful (Erecting. rA K)HT I.N r'HA.NLK, Tuesday, June 'JU. The first contingent of American troops, lauding today, were greeted joyfully by the population of this whole district. The transports, whose expected nr rival had not been previously an nounced publicly, caino strenmim into the harbor in a long line at an eiirlv hour. The news thnt the Americans were arriving spread with amnzing rapidity and by the time the troop ships drew alongside the quays thousands of persons were on hand to greet them. A wild welcome was shrieked by whistles of craft in the harbor and cries of "Vive France'' ami "Vive les Ktas Unis'' seemed to come from ev ery throat in the crowd. Meanwhile ..-the bands on the warships were play ing "The Stnr-Spanejed Rnnncr" and (Continued an 1 age Two.) LONDON, Juno ?,0. Reliable In formation reached Iondon today to the effect that Dr. Maurice Kgan, American minister at Copenhagen, has delivered a protest to the Danish foreign office against anti-American utterances of M. Staunlnj, socialist member of the Danish cabinet, at the Stockholm peace coutercuces. JOINS U. S. IN U-BOAT HUNT South American Republic Co-operating with American Fleet in Chas ing German Sea Raiders German Ships Seized to Supply Allies Ships to Be Safeguarded. WASHINGTON'. June 30. ltr.-zil's navy has l.cguu co-operating with the American fleet in South American wafers in hunting down German sea raiders and watching for German submarines. Sending of a special diplomatic mission to lirazil to arrange for greater co-ordination of forces and Ihe closest possible co-operation of the two governments is under consid eration. Without format declaration of war P.razil thus practically has joined the United States niruinst Germany. Whether Hrnzil will supplement licr action by a formal declaration of war is regarded as doubtful because the government at Rio Janeiro is in clined to regard its action rather as defensive than aggressive. Brazil's seizure of the war-bound German ships has added to her mer chant marine more than lf)0,(100 Ions, which, wilh that already at her dis posal, will, il is believed, contribute uiulcrinHy to the solution of the prob lem nf gelling supplies to the allies. Uruzil's navy is the largest of the Noitlh American group and in connec tion with the American fleet, com manded by Admiral Caperton, it is believed the -work of keeping the South Atlantic clear of enemy era ft will be greatly facilitated. A plan for safeguarding ships car rying foodstuffs to Europe already has been put into effect. PORTLAND, June 30. Thirty-sev en committees of bankers In as many Oregon towns have been named by the slate committee of tho military train ing camps association to receivo and pass on applications for the second reserve officers training camp at San t'rancisco. Tho Kugcno and Medford appoln tecs are: Eugene D. II. Brundage, flank of Commerce; P. K. Snodgrass, First National bank; I.. I,. Goodrich, First National bank; 10. I). IPnlno, United Slates National bunk. Medford Delroy Getchell, Farmers & Fruitgrowers bank; W. G. Talt, First National bank; V. II. Vawtcr, Jackson County bank; W. II. Gore, Medford National bank. L AT EISBEE SHE PISI'.KI", Ariz., June 30. The presence of Lieutenant Colonel Jas. .1. llornbrook, Seventeenth United States cavalry, who represented the war depnrtinent at the recent copper miners' strike at Jerome, was the outstanding feature today of tin copper minors strike called last Tue-ilav bv Ihe Industrial Woikers .if thi! World Metal Mine Worker union. Colonel llornbrook nrrived last niulit on reipic-t of Governor Camp bell, win, said there were indications nf pro-German activities among the strikers. Mine ojw-rators said Ct7 per cent of the men were at work in two of the lar.'e mines. Miners at Globe n III take a strike vole tonight. FIRST PICTURES OF GENERAL PERSHING AND HIS STAFF fefPff fil',;fl 111 QciiTli. rrlS &HQ10 Front, row, lft in rlfilit: Lionlon. uiit-CoIoiti'l Hurlxml, chief or Staff; Mujoi--YiuMiil IVrshln, commit inl ine; Colonel A I void, luljutamt-nener- ill; Colonel l(ifwsUt iiisKM'toi'-(itn-erul... Standing, 1' to right: Colonel Ireland, medical corps; Colonel Tay lor, chief ciiHhieer officer; Major lodd, aviation; Colonel McCarthy, qiiiirtciinaser-Kneral; Colonel Itetli el, jiide-advorate; Colonel Itussell, chief signal ol't'her; Joutenant -Col onel AVillimiiN, chief ordmince officer; Captain Market (e, aiiUde-eainp. VENIZELOS CALLS CLASSESOF'lB17 ATIIKN'S, .Tune 2!!. Premier Ven izeh)S, in his speech to (lie frovn, after t;ikiu,r the onth of olTici; ill the piiliu'e yoslerdiiy, said that Greece's place was beside dcnnieriiey and that the nation was strnir'liiij? for i'rec dorn of the world against tho two central powers, witli whom (Jreeoe's liereditary enemies were allied. "We realize," tho premier said, "that unless we drive the Bulgarians from eastern Macedonia, that part of Greek territory, will he always expos ed lo ureal danu'er. I'.cfnre, however, thinking of mobilizing tlint part o' Clreece whicli lias not shared in our movement, we must vitalize its mili tary organization which has fallen into such decay and Initio about a fusion nf the two armies. In broth erly co-operation, tliend'urc, we fdiall now call out the untrained elapses of lllKrand 1iU7." SAN' rifANClSCO, .Tui-e :to. Derman hark Oltawa, interned siin-e 1 1 1 -I and seized by the inent alter the decla ra! ion of was transferred to the ftdcral ' piliU board under the name "l! Cloud" here today, acconlini; V announcement bv San Francisco toins officials. It was under- The here -hip-vini: an eus- torul that the vcm'I would be chartere a local shipping linn. LAST II DAY FOR I tn SOUTH DAKOTANS SlOtX FA U.S. S. !., June 0, -Saloons here did a bumper husiiic-s today pri paratoi y to clo-ing tonight, when the statewide prohibition law become effective. Several saloons cbwr-d their doors eariv today, having exhan-ted their stock, and nin.-t drinks were ollinsr at a premium. Fe w n rre s t s f o r d r u n k e u n c a w c re reKirted. KVI u . -- i mi li 1 15 r i'etieral l'eihinu, nhls arrlvjil, J aspect n (bo fiiiard of honor, necom panh'd Iy (tcneral li(airn CiiinplH'lI of the western command, represent ing tho war otrice. ESCAPES U-BOATS AFTER A BATTLE AX ATLANTIC I'dUT, June ;10. A running t i-ht between a liriti.-h steamship and two German submar ines which took place June H about thirty miles off llie Italian coat near Genoa in which the steamship suc ceeded in eluding the l.'-lmals by su perior speed, wa.-i docribed by offi cers of Ibe ship on arrival here to- The submarine eamf; into sirhl some distance a .--fern the fdeumer shortly after she had left (lie Italian port, one of the nt t'icers said, an I im mediately opened fife with shrapnel from fleck pus "and the steamer's ileek hou--c- and funnel were consid erably battend. The gun crew of Oie sleamer leliinietl the fire and ofin succeeded in making niie of the submarine withdraw. The sei'iind enemy, after an hour's ha-e, gave up to l'o after a smaller ve-sc that ap)'e.iiCfl in the distance, and soon alter a wireless message was beard telling that n steamer had been torpedoed and ncking for a.-.-si. tanee. DR. SIM ELECTED I'nirn.ANK mil" .'!n. Straw, M, was -1 . "'' '- I- t,'(l 1,1-4-i- ilcnt nt the (IH -..H Slat,- M,-,!i fwintioti Im iv l.i'inv. ( llhi-r nl t:i-rrt (hii-m wi'ii-: Iir. .1. A. lli'-J. I t i ell-. ton, liit vii'tf-pri'-iilfnt ; I'r. A. Til -zcr, Pmtlanil, -ci'"nd vii,c-pn;.-j'i nt nnil Dr. Clari-iKi1 MuCitskei', Toil luud, bccri'tury. TAKEN IN EUROPE T. lITNf;i:( .Tuiih ItO. "Wo have driven the great army of (iermuny underground," said Premier Lloyd George In a speech here today. When a Ki-cat army is driven to these tactics it Ib the beginning of tho end; it nieaiiK that we are pounding a (tonne of Inferiority into every poro of the German military mind. "It Is good for tho war, In even bet ter for after tho war, Afi long a.i the PriiHHhiiiH have an Idea of ttupertorlty In their minds, Kit rope will not be a decent place for peopto to live In peueo. It will lie easier after thin." Tim Prus-dun, uld Lloyd George, has many virtues, hut a nense of hu mility has never been among thorn. The premier added that tho Prussian Ik now being tautiht the virtue of hu mility with a fierce, and relentless lash. Mr. Lloyd Gcoigo said that If nee-es:-nry the government, would resort to the exchequer In order thnt the price of bread should be within the rompuHH of the hulk of the people. HI'lil.lN'. l.i,mln, .Iimi' .'in.-- fi,-inn ,irliiU- ill i-a-t Oiilli-iil. I tic u.ir nltifc itniiniiiii'i , toiiay, imli- I'liti-s tii.-it iillark-i nr ntiniliitoil. StrniiK Kii'-sinn ili'-tnntip tiro, the (Ionian potii'ial MulT roporU, lias hi'i-n maintainrii tYi,m tin' Li-ml.rfff, I'li'mly railway tu the south of lirzo-tuny, DRY LEADERS T OFF FOOD BILL Anti-Saloon League Leaves Question to Congress and President Adop tion of Amendment Stopping Only Liquor Distillation, Giving Presi dent No Authority, Likely. WASHINGTON". June :!0 Prohibi tion features of the fund legislation engrossed senale leaders today while debate continued on tho food control bill. Prohibition legislation, it was gen erally predicted, will be confined to distilled lupioi'S lollowing 1 'resalc-nt Wilson's suggestion to prohibition leaders to drop the fight against the manufacture of beer and wines. Leaders discussed many proposals for eompromises on the lifpior issue, but with little prospect of agreement A clear-cut fight and vote next week was in prospect, with both factions admitting that because of tho presi-. dent's intervention prohibition would extend only to distilled spirits. Lead ers of the "dry" movement nre work ing for the best possible compromise. Stop Only instillation. Senator Marl in, the democratic leader; Senator Chamberlain, in charge of the food bill, and Homo of the other leaders planned and pre;lict- i eded adoption of an itmcudmcnt stop ping only liquor distillation and giv ing the president no authority to stop wines and beer. .Senators who con ferred with the president nre confi dent that even if given such author ity he would not exercise that, for the present at least. The "dry forces," admitted by their leaders lo be. without tho votes to stop manufacture of beer and wines, are divided on giving tho president any authority over the light bever ages. Anti-Saloon league lenders in con ference here today decided on a "hands off policy toward the situa tion, ami in a letter to President Wil son, to be drafted Inter, will express a willingness to leave the question to congress and lo ttie president in view of the national emergency. Ijeul.s I'rgos Hill. When the senate resumed debute on food bills, Senator Lewis, demo cratic whip, urged that congress should speedily dispose of the bill to avert the calamity that had befallen other countries in delaying over for malities and time-worn precedents, lie suit it would not serve for con gress to excuse inactivity and defeat methods of conserving the fond sup ply because of the cry of "unconsti tutional. ' "The people are mil so 'much con cerned about our constitution as Ihev are about our institutions," said he. "The American people are in no mood to allow an obsolete paper constitu tion to defeat. Hie preservation of the human constitution. The text, id' our action must belong livo Anient a ; death to her destroyers at home or abroad. ""We cannot charge the president with the responsibility ami at the same time withhold from him the au thority necessary to execute the re sponsibility.' Senator Lewis contended that a- congress was giving the president full power to control fond, it should also let him control the liquor ques tion involved in the food leyi-laltnn. E LEAVES PAWS. Juno 311. A Madrid Rcml officlal noli! nays (hat a (iiTm.ui sub marine which took rofiiRO at Cadiz, loft port yratoi'day mornliiK OKrortod to tho limit of territorial wutirH hy two Spanish torppdo toatn. Thn Spanish k"vi rnnirnt oskod and oh tiiin.'d from tho llorlin government a formal promise that tho submarine would go direct to a German port without attacking enemy shlp or per forming any other act o twar. 0 KEEP HANDS BUSH WIN COALMINES FOR FRANCE Strongly Organized Defensive Sys tems About Lens Taken Gain of . Ground Greatest Since Capture of Vimy Ridge German Power Les sening as Troops Losing Heart Revolution Predicted by Prisoners Germans Renew Verdun Attack. LONDON, Juno 30. A series of strongly organized rinl'uimiva systems on both ImnliH of the Kcmchoz, cover ing lens, has been captured by the llrilish, it is announced ot't'iuinlly. In their recent operations the British have advanced more than a mile on u front of lour miles about Lens. CANADIAN UKADQUARTERS IN KHA WE, June 'J9 (by Canadian Press, Ltd.) Huccosq, unexpectedly great anil complete, ut a cost in cas ualties far less than in some recent unimportant engagements, has at tended 1 lie drive of the Cnnadians nlong Ihe valley of tho Souchcz to ward Lens, during tho last week, (incut Ground Gulii. The gain of ground is greater than in liny aclions since tlio capture o Vimy ridge and the land restored to r'rance includes sonio of her most productive coal mines. Coubtte, Leaville and almost all of Avion aril firmly held and Mint part of the plain east of Vimy where n week ago no one could show himself iihovo the top of n trench without drawing the fire of snipers and machine guns, may now lie traversed in tho open. There are daily increasing - signs that the (lermau man power is no lunger what it was. The number of enemy troops in the field appears lit tle less than before Ihe opening of spring operations, but tho spirit of tho men is no longer that of an as sured victory. A prisoner taken yes terday spoke of Ihe process of dis illusionment the (lermau people are now going I lull. If the war does not end soon, lie said, there will bo a rev olution in Germany. This changed spirit is not due to underfeeding. Must of the tlerinun prisoners are well nourished. Verdun Attack llenewcd. I'AIilS, June IIO, Tho Germans resumed Iheir violent attack on the Verdun front west of Dead Man's hill last night, the war office an nounces. Picked tlermiin troops ad vanced on n sector of one and three fourths miles and were almost anni hilated by the I'Veiich. The Germans poind rated tho first I'Vcncb lino over Ihe entile front nl lacked, but won) driven out excepting on tho western slnpc of Dead Mai hill. The French made n counter-attack west of Hill l and took buck most of Ihe Ircnches lost Thursday. On Ihe Aisiie front tho Germans ! lacked nint lii-iist of Cenry, employ ing burning liquid. They occupied a salient aflcr the defenses hnd been (Continued on Page Two.) LAST CRUST TO WIN FOR TEUTONS LONDON, Juno 30. According to tho Krouz Zoltung of Berlin of June ail, Dr. (Icorgo Mlchnolla, the PruBt idan food controller, announced that a military house to h on mo search for foodstuffs which woro Impounded by tho government for general use, only resulted In tho addition of about 4 per cent to tho existing stocks. Tho newspaper says the Prussian minister of agriculture has appealed In tho gravest tonus to the public, Imploring that every privation be faced until victory, which he says will bo won, not by tho last bullot, but bjj tbo last crust.