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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
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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
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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
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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,