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Uul'.trsily of C; Library WEATIIEK Araxiniiimycs(ta-diiy,93;niiiiiinuiutoaav,r)l. FORECAST Toiiij-lit and tomorrow, fair. edford Mail Tribune Forty-seventh Tear. pally Twoirth Yenr. MEDFOUD, OR Ed ON", SATURDAY, .IITTA" 7, 1917. NO. 91. TWENTY GERlAft! AIR 37 KILLED, 141 INJURED IN AIR RAID Greatest Air Attack Yet Made on London Airplanes Swoop Low to Drop Bombs Are Attacked by Air craft Guns and Airplanes and Pur sued by Latter Across North Sea Four German Airships Brought Down in Pursuit. LONDON, July 7 Thirty-seven persons were killed in tlio nir mid and 141 in.jnrcd, it whs officially an nounced this afternoon. Four enemy machines were brought down by the royal flying corps. The official report in regard to the casualties follows : "Lord French reports that the to tal casualties reported by the poliue up Lthe present follows: "Killed: Metropolitan area, men 27 ufrmcn 4, children 3; total 114. Isle of Thanct, men 1, women 2; to tal 3. Total killed, 37. "Injured: Metropolian area, men 74, women 20, children 3(1; total, 13!). Isle of Thanct, women 1, children 1: total, 2. Total injured, 141. Klcvon Airships Winged. "One enemy machine downed by tho royal flying corns fell into the sea off the mouth of the Thames." Tho following announcement was made by the admiralty: "The enemy raiding squadron was chased by royal naval nir service ma chines from this country and engaged forty miles out at sea off the east const. Two enemy machines were observed to crash into the sen and tho third enemy machine was seen lo full in flames off the mouth of the Scheldt. AH our machines returned safely." An admiralty statement says lha( British airmen nt Dunkirk watching for the returning raiders missed them, but brought down seven teller cnei-v machines. LONDON, July 7. --About 20 ene my airplanes homliarded London to day, the war office announced. The raiders wcro attacked 'by artillery and a largo number of British air planes. Tho results were unknown at noon. Damage was done in the heart of London by the raid, which wns one of i he greatest, if not the greatest ever attempted by tho Germans over tho metropolis. The raid occurred about 9:30 o'clock this morning. Thousands of i persons crowdod tho streets, many of them women and children. Tho po lice and soldiers bad difficulty In holding back the people Many per sons were seen at windows. Anti aircraft guns thruout tho city and llrltlsh airplanes immediately en gaged the hostile craft and for a time the sound of exploding bombs and the vicious reply of tho guns was d earthing. Straight over tho city (Continued or Page Five.) LI I HOSTON, July ".The Leyland liner Ccstrlan, long in the Hoston Liverpool service, has been sunk by a German submarine, according t cable advices received horc today. Th Cestrlan was taken over by tho Brl: Ish government (jarly in the war and had not been in this port for nearlyl two years. Shipping t.-eu said the loss of the vessel was probably In eluded In a recent admiralty report altho her name win not mentioned. The Cestrlan, a sister ship of the Armenian, un?; off the coast of A? rlcn n 1915, was hul't r.t Belfast In SCf, a. id registered EHI.' tons gross UNCLE SAM TO BUY STOCKS OF L Senate Reverses Itself by Eliminat ing Cummins Amendment Prohibit ing Withdrawal of Distilled Bever ages and Adopts Sub Authorizing Purchase of Liquor Now In Bond. WASHINGTON, July 7. In n final vote on prohibition the senate late to day substituted 45 to 37 for the bone dry" prohibition section of the house food control hill, Senator Rob inson s compromise ns amended ly Senator Smoot, prohibiting manufac ture and importation of distilled bev erages during the war and directing tho president to take over and pay for existing slocks of distilled bev erages in bonds. As this would eliminate distilled beverages as u revenue source. Chair man Simmons of the finance commit- leo had the senate recommit the 1,070,1100,0(10 war tax bill so that new sources of revenue may be sought. WASHINGTON, .Inly 7. Upoi rc onsiilorutinn of Senator Cummins' juiu'iKliiicnt jHolnbilmL: wilhdrawal of dislilledWieveraires now in bond, tlu Hcnntc today reversed Mh action of yesterday and voted 49 lo 39 to elim inate the provision. The senate had voted 41 to H!) to reconsider its action of yesterday in tentatively adding to prohibition leg islafion proposed to the food eontrol hill the amendment of Senator Cum mins prohibiting withdrawal of dis tilled beverages from bonded ware houses. I S versed Themselves. Senators who voted yesterday for the Cummins amendment and against today were: Phelan of California Smith of Georgia, Tillman of South Carolina and McCumber of North Dakota. The senate voted Go to 12 in fa vor of lidding to Senator Cummins1 amendment a proviso bv Senator Smoot that should withdrawal of lislilh'd beverages from bom he pro hihitcd the president should he di ted to take over all stocks in bunded warehouses for government use and pay distillers the cost of production plus a 10 per cent profit Senator lieed explained that hit purpose in introducing an amend ment to empower the president to withdraw liquors from bonded ware houses was to meet statements that if the Cummins amendment, whi prohibits such withdrawal, v. ere adopted, many small hanks would be wrecked. Amendment Itejeeteri, senator l umnnns, charaeterizini' the (feed amendment ns unnecessary said he could hardly imagine the president "withdrawing liquor in or der to allow people to drink," and denied that his amendment was con liscntory. Senator Heed's amendment to the Cummins' provision, proposing that the president should be empowered to authorize withdrawal of liquors from bond when in the public interest, v. a rejected -15 to :t8. The effect of the action upon Sen ator Heed's amendment was to leave the Cummins provision subject lo a further Ade. Senator Harding of Ohio present cd statements that the Cummins (Continued on pngo five.) RATE REARRANGEMENT WASHINGTON, July 7. Rear rangement of class and commodity freight classifications, whlrh In many instances would have resulted in In creasing rates thruout the Central i-reignt association territory, were pronounced unjustified today by the Interstate commerce commission, and the changes the railroads propose to make were ordered cancelled, 10k ON HAND 0 WASHINGTON, July 7. l'nsi- denl Wilson lias thrown the weight of his influence against a provision at tached to the food bill which it is suid practically would disrupt the great machinery of the Council of National Defense. The provision in question would forbid any person connected with the government front selling to it anything in which he lias an inter est. ' Inasmuch as Ihc irreatest business interests of the country are rcprc- it oil on Hie advisory commit tees "f the council, the enactment ot Ihc provision, the president thinks, would disrupt all Ihc machinery set up for in efficient, economical conduct of the war by ma rslialliii' the country's best brains nmj. resources. President Wilson has written n let ter lo Senator JIcKcllar, author of ho amendment, saying such legislu tion would be a calamity. He point cd out that business men on the com mittees hnve not the power lo demand e price they shall receive for com modities sold the governiuenl, whether or not they are interested in them All sorts of safeguards, the president toted, have been taken lo prevent advantage being taken of the gov eminent. 5000 FLASKS OF SEIZED XOHKOUv, Vn.t Jtdv 7. In n raid last niyht cm the Heajroing harjjc Sea Kinjr of the Zully line, Providence, K. I., the local nulhorities captured 'J I Ml eases of liquor, hut ti"!T 51)00 pint bottle. The raid wn one ot the largest miicc the prohibition law be came effective in Virginia. SUNK By U-BOAT LONDON, Julv 7. A British de stroyer was torpcdiic.l by an enemy submarine yesterday in the North sen and sunk, soys nn official statement Innighl. Kight men were killed. PRUSSIANISM'S MFDAL OF "ON OR LONDON, July 7. Tho report that political developments of exceptional importance are awaited in Dcrlin in connection with tho session ot tho relchstag now In progress is reiterat ed in a Berlin dispatch to Amster dam as forwarded by the Exchango Tolograph. Tho dispatch says that Chancellor Von Bethmann-Hollwog will deliver his speech to the relchstag on Monday and that addresses will be delivered on the same day by Foreign Secretary Zlmincrinann, Vlco-Chnnccllor llelf- fcrlch and Vive-Admiral Von Cnpollo, minister of the navy. Tho voto ot credit will then be taken. Cnble dispatches yesterday said that tho chancellor's speech would bo delivered today and that he was ex pected to make declarations which would serve as a basis for peace ne gotiations. BUYS TOLO PLANT Announcement was made Saturday that (he United Wrecking company. San Francisco, has purchased the brick plant at Tolo, which has been Id In for several years, from the Cold Itay Realty company, and has also purchased a number ot pumps from tho Hraden mine near Hold Hill, It. It. Ilillman, of San Francisco, chief owner of the wrecking company, said this afternoon that tho work of wrecking, or tearlni! down tho brick plant, will begin Monday. Mr. Hill man and his family will remain In ihls city for some tlmo ami before returning home will visit Crater Lake. YEAR IN JAIL FOR REGISTRATION SLACKERS LOS ANOKI.KS, Cul., July 7. I'au) (icrlnch, a printer, and Jesus Rim-on, a laborer, who pleaded guilty to evasion of the draft law, were sentenced today in the United Stales district eniirl lo one year in juil. AN EARLY PEACE AMSTERDAM, July 7. Dio Zu- kunft or Merlin, .Maximilian Ilardcn's publication, which again has been suppressed, informed its BUbscrlbors that the action was taken in conse quence of its Issue of Juno 20. Tills number said that early peaco was only possiblo by Germany crushing her enemies or joining her efforts to thoso of the majority In the world. "It is only this second miracle that is obtainable by human strength," Die Ziikunft points out, unci says further that tho alms of (iermany's enemies aro the right of nations to self-gov eminent, honest disarmament and not merely diminution of nrniamontH; an arbitration court to decido who Is guilty of starting them; a bond of nations to carry out the court's decis ion and tho creation of a situation which would removo the decision of peace or war from tho will of one mortal and plnco in the hands of the community. "If," continues Din Zukunft, "tier- many sees celestial signs shining over theso aims, then peace is attainable tomorrow hut If a situation for which millions of peoplo havo yearned ap pears Ignominious to her she must continue to fight until one group con (piers and the other sinks down.'' GO OUT ON STRIKE VANConVKIt, II. C, .Inly 7. Van cnuvcr this afternoon Is without a fire department, every member of the foreo hnving gone on strike and hav ing loft tho fire halls In every part of the city. Demands were mado nit on tho city for changes in conditions of work and Increased pay. An ultl matum was Issued Inst night to take effect at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Tho ultimatum wns not met, and tho men mado good their throat and quit their posts. A special meeting of the coun cil cannot bo convened until Monday to deal with tho situation. Tho city In tho menntlmo is In tho hands of unorganised flro fighters. At a re cent plebiscite the two platoon system was voted down, SPY SUSPECTS REQUESTED TO All Germans Formerly Connected With German Embassy or Any One of the Many Consulates in Ameri ca Have Been Ordered Out as Un desirables by State Department. NEW YORK, July 7. The United States government today sent lloitt rich Schaafhausca, a former Herman embassy attache in Washington, out of the country. Tho departure of the Norwegian steamship on whi secret service agents placed him was delayed bv Hie arrest of a German, Iterg Von Liude, under ihc espionage uet. This prisoner wns charged with passing money and threo pnekngessof letters to the ships steward. WASHINGTON, July 7. All Ger mans, formerly connected olther with tho Gorman ombassy or any of one many consulates In America, have boon requested to leavo tho United States. Notification that their pres onco In America is uudcslrnblo will bo sent to thorn by tho stato depart ment. Tho GcrmnnS', who principally are clerks or servants, woro not told that they woro suspocted of being spies. Tho inforence that their loyalty to the kaiser might make It difficult for them to remain in this country with out attempting to send Information ot a military character to their gov ernment was mado clear. Attache Must (io. Among tho first lo go will be ilolnrlcir Scliaafhauscn, formerly at tached to tho German embassy but left boh I ml by Count Von llornstorff and sinca attached to tho department of German Interests of tho Swiss lo gallon. In addition to Scliaafhauscn there is a long train of c orka and Borvants at least they havo served in such capacities in tills country altho this government has no moans ot knowing definitely what the exact status of most of them is with the Gorman government. Thoro Is ground for belief that soma of them nre persons of nmro Iniporlanco to the Gorman Intelligence department. Illilgat's ntnl Turks Here. Dr. Georgo Hatholomow, tho author of tho much-discussed dispatch to tho Cologne (in.etto at tho time dip lomatic relations wero severed, still Is In Washington but is required to roport to certain government officials In person twico a week. Altho the bulk of tho Gorman and Austrian ombassy staffs departed with their amliassodors, two of Ger many's allies still havo their repre sentative hero. TROOPS OF ALLIES NEAR1NG PEKIN LONDON. July 1, A dispatch lo tho Post from Tien Tsln says that three hundred Japanese, French, American mid llrltlsh troops going to Poking to reinforce tho legation guurds arrived at bang Pang, which Is not far from Peking, beforo the fighting between tho Imperialists and republicans began. Tho general in charge of the repub lican forces urged them to withdraw Ion miles to Hie renr owing to danger from the fighting. All withdrew ex cept two llrltlsh officer and some telegraph operators, l.ntor both bel ligerents agreed to allow engineers to ropalr the railway track at Uing Knng which had been lorn up and permit tho relief troops lo continue their Journey. DEWEY'S FLAGSHIP 0LYMPIA FLOATED AND ANCHORED WASHINGTON, July 7. -The fam ous old oiniscr Olvinpin, heuched re cently in llliick Islmid sound alter striking an uncharted rock, was floated ami anchored safely in a -hcllcred position, LEAVE COUNTRY NEW DRIVE BYRUSS1ANS UPON PINSK Offensive Begun J75 Miles North of Lembcrg Pinsk, Occupied by Ger mans Since 1915, Is In Flames Slavs Capture Fortified Forest of Sianka and Hill 388 and Village of Godov Further Gains Made In Galicia. I'KTUOftRAD, July 7. Russian troops have occupied Iho heights northwest, of l'resovco on the flnlie iiin front, the villages of Lavrikovco and Travollok and tho heights east of (iodovu. They also havo occupied Dzvinnloh and pressed buck tho en emy in the Jiimnicn-Pnsechnn sector, northwest of the Slnnislnu region. The wnr office made Ibis announce ment this morning. I'KTHtlflliAD, July 7 Violent fighting bus begun on the Russian front west of l'insk. 'JJho city of I'insk is in flumes, according to an announcement today by tho semi-of- ficiul news agency. Tho Russiun ar tillery, the uuiiouiiccmeiiL says, is levelling nil obstacles. Tho Russians havo captured tho . 'ortificd forest of .Sianka with all tho enemy's organized positions and also Hill ;IH8. They havo penetrated the villuge of (iodnv. Further gains have been mndo by the Russian forces in Clalicia. Ad? vices from the front, record Ihe Ink ing of first line trenches by troops of Ihe eleventh army, who also at some points captured second line positions. Is Second Offensive. The opening of the ball hi of Pinsk murks the second effort of the Rus sians nfter tho long period of quiet which followed the revolution. Tho point selected for this iillack is about I7.ri miles north of Ihe sector in Knst (lulicia, along which the Rus sians mode their first onslaught, re sulting in the capture of nboitt 18, 0011 men in two days, l'insk is at the liddle of tho Russo-tiulicinii batllo line. l'insk hud a population of about .'10.000 before Ihe war. It lies within Ihe great marsh and swamp region of White Russia, about on a line east of Warsaw. l'insk, which has been in German hands since the tide of the great in vasion of 1!l" swept (Irnnd Duko Nicholas' urmies for back inlo Rus sian lerrilory, is reported in flames. The city lies within a pronounced snlienl in the line, nud Ihe statement that lighting is occurring west of it may mean to I In; northwest, but the front trends along Ihe Oginski canal and the Jasiolda river. icriuan Account. DI-lh'l.lN, July 7.-- The war ofiieo annoiinccH tin' detent of Russian at tacks near Ivoiiuchv and further to the north in eastern (bilicia. Rus sian attacks in the Carpathians also wore repulsed. The Russians aro said to have suffered heavy losses. LONDON, July 7. The ltriLsh mndo nn nflnck last niudit in Hclgium east of Wvlsohaeto. The war offico aiiuii cs Hint Ihe Dritish line was advaucod slightly. MAItSIII-lKU). July 7. Storing rag ing along tho Oregon coast today woro considered tho heaviest In many months. Today a hugo combor struck the steamer Coracoa, whllo off Cape Blanco, nnd washed a member of tho crew Into the sea. Ilia body has not been found,
