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Medford Mail Tribune
Forty-seventh Tear.
Dally Twelfth Year.
, MEDFORD, OREOOy, WEDNESDAY. JULY 11, 1917
NO. 94.
LAUNCH DRIVE UPON
GERMANS L
INITIAL PUSH GERMAN cm
S GROUND "SSL
.DulllQDITIvU i
u mumiiuii
Germans Reach Ricjh Bank of Yscr
Near Sea in New Offensive Which
Follows Heavy Bombardment
That Leveled Defenses anil Isolat
ed Sector by Destruction of
Bridges Over Yser Battle Still
Raging Firing Heard in London.
BERLIN, July 11. Moro Hum -1250
prisoners have been taken by the
German marine corns in the Yser dis
trict of Belgium, urmy headiiiurlers
announced today.
LONDON, July 11. The enemy
jienetrntej British positions in Bel
gium on ft front of .1101) yards to a
deptb of u'OO yards, says a statement
" issued by the British war office to-&-lay.
In their advance the Germans
readied the right bank of t lie Yser
near the sea. The attack followed a
24-hour bombardment in which the
defenses in the dunes sector near the
coast were levelled. The sec-tor was
isolated by destruction of (be bridges
over the Yser.
llejivy Artillery Duel.
One of the heaviest big gun duels
of the war rased yeslerday on the
Belgian coast. Sounds of the dis
tant firing were heard in Loudon
from C o'clock in the morning until
nearly midnight and again today, be
ginning at dawn. In some London
suburbs the tremors, like an eirth
ipiake, could be felt.
PAWS, July 1L The Germans
made an attack last night in the
Woevre mirth of Flirov. They were
repulsed, the war office announced
today.
German Offensive.
Just as the Russians in the east
have torn a big gap in the Anstro-
German lines in Galieiu, capturing
Halicz, and pressed on toward Lom
berg, the Galieian capital, the Ger
mans on the western front have !-!urt-ed
a, menacing offensive near the
Belgian coast.
This movement, while it may turn
nut to be nothing but a local effort
or something with which Ihe British
can eote after the shock of the first
V thrust has been met, nevertheless in
dicates the possibility of a .deter
mined attempt to hend back tbe Brit
ish flank on the i'clgiun coast and
reach the French city of Dunkirk,
about 17 miles distant.
The Germans succeeded iu their in
itial push by leveling the defenses
thru aa intense bombardment for 21
hours and then nllncking last evening
over tbi! devastated ground. Th
bridges across the Yser were desfoy
ed by the heavy fire and the sending
up of reinforcements was found im
possible. Thus a penetration (ino
yards deep on a front of 1 1110 yards
was effected, the Germans pushing
as far as the east bank of the Yser
near the North sen.
Attack Kxtcnslvo.
The nttack also extended further
south, opposite Lonibatertzydc, but
here, nfter having temporarily driven
in the British advanced line, a couti-
(Continued on lose Tiro.)
CHICAGO, 111., July 11. Three
bomb explosions in widely separated
sections of the South Side last tr.'hl
took a toll of one man dead, another
probably fatally injured, scores of
liuildinL's damaged and dozens of
families driven into the street. Two
of the explosions are laid at the door
of the 'black band," the other to
labor trouble, according to the police.
Several small fires following the ex
plosions were quickly extinguished.
Enormous Amount of Unrest Which
Will Lead to Internal Changes and
Reform of Abuses but Trouble is
Largely Surface and Will Not Af
fect the General Staff.
.AMSTERDAM, July 11. Chancel
lor Yon Rethmniin-Hollweg declined
yesterday to nmke known to the
roichstug main committee Ihe pro
ceedings in the session of the crown
councilor Monday regarding which
there is much speculation within nnd
without Germany. The eominitttee
then decided to adjourn.
COPENHAGEN, July 11 The re
tirement of Ministers 1 lelferrieb and
Zimmerman will he gazetted Tues
day, ai riling to n Berlin dispatch
to the Cologne Gazette.
Count Yon Bernstorff, former Ger
man ambassador to Washington, is
mentioned as candidate to succeed
Foreign Minister Zimmerman in case
of his retirement.
Of Transitory Xatiire.
WASHINGTON, July 11. Ger
maitys latest political difficulties nre
regarded by officials here as due
largely to internal problems and prob
ably of a transitory nature only.
The dismissal of Foreign Secret-ary
Zimmerman, Minister of Finance llel
ITcrieh, or even Chancellor Yon Botll-maiin-1
lollweg himself would be con
sidered largely a surface movement,
for not until the great army general
staff itself is reached, it is believed,
will the real crust of German mili
tarism be broken.
The German foreign office, it was
pointed out today, lias served during
the war merely as a means to gel
the military leaders out of trouble.
Decisions have not been made w ithout
reference to Ihe civil branch and mat
ters brought to the attention of the
latter only when it was desired to ne
gotiate a way out of the difficulty.
Of Xo Significance.
American officials agree with al
lied diplomats here that many of the
German officials who figure so large
ly in the news are in fact largely
puppets being pulled across the stage
as a blind to the German neople.
Their rise or fall, they say, bus lit
tle significance on Germany's mili
tary and foreign policies.
Novell helcss it is agreed that there
is an enormous amount of untVst in
Germany today which in all proba
bility will lead to internal changes in
personnel of the government and in
reform of the obvious abuses of the
German governmental system.
Austria's influence is becoming
more ai:d more insistent toward u
liberal peace. Austria is said to be
treated most contemptuously bv Ger
man officials and given consideration
only as the unavoidable weak- link in
Hie chain. Nevertheless, it is known
that she would make peace tomor
row if possible and her activity in
consulting German statesmen and po
litical leaders is undoubtedly causing
worry at German headiunrters.
IN FEINER ELECTED
LONDON, July 11. Professor Ed
ward DeYnlera of Dublin university,
a Sinn Kelner, has been elected to
parliament from East Clare. He re
ceived 5010 votes against 2035 for
Patrick Lynch, the national candl
date. Professor DeValera in one of
the Sinn Feiners arrested at tho time
of the revolution last year and re
eently released from prison.
Professor DeValera will hold the
scat In tho house of commons made
vacant by the death of Major William
Redmond, brother of John Redmond
and for years a prominent member of
the nationalist party In parllient
who wan killed at the front last
month.
AMERICAN INVENTS WIRELESS AIR TORPEDO.
America has another amazing war
invention to add to her record the
wireless aerial torpedo. G. F. Rus
sell of New York, its inventor, is here
shown wit lithe weapon. It is built
with "planes'' and "wings," can be
controlled by wireless from the
ground and made to strike wherever
desired.
KINGMAN", Ariz., July 11. Twen
ty of the 63 men deported from Je
rome escaped after they were unload
ed here by the combined armed guards
from Jerome, who had taken them to
Needles, nnd the shotgun squad of
Needles' citizens that came to see the
men safely back into Arizona. The
remainder of the men were taken to
the court house where they demand
ed food.
Immediately nfter the men detrain
ed local authorities and home guards
began rounding them up. The town is
being patrolled by the home guards
to prevent disorder.
NEEDLES, Cul., July 11. Citi
zens armed with shot guns received
(iO men, mostly Industrial Workers
of the World, upon their nrrival here
early today from Jerome, Ariz.,
whence they hud been deported. A
woman in the party escaped, and
search was instituted for her. Two
men also got nwuy.
The newcomers were told they
would have to return to Arizona.
The cur of men was picked up by
an east bound train two hours after
its arrival and returned to Arizona.
It was intended to take the men to
Kingman.
LIBERTY BONDS SELL
NEW YORK, July 11. Liberty
bonds sold at 99 and 49-5Utlis on the
stock exchange today, one lot of $10,-
000 going at that price. This is the
first time tills Issue has dropped be
low par since tho day on which trad
ing In the bonds began. The stock
exchange authorities recently an
nounced they favored free and unre
stricted sales and tho present reces
sion, representing twenty cents on
S 1,000 Is attributed to reports of fur
ther liberty loans next full and spring.
WASHIINGTON, July 11. Formal
complaint against tho Curtis Publish
ing company was Issued today by the
federal trade commission, charging
unfair business practices and stifling
of competition by refusing to sell its
publications to dealers Dandling com
petitors' publications.
NO MORE FREE LUNCH
IN NEW YORK CITY
NEW YORK, July 11 Free lunch
and the large glns of beer have
been abolished in this city by the Re
tail Liipior Dealers' association, it
wa announced today. Present high
prices were given as the reason,
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BY
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NEW YORK, July 11. The Amer
ican steamship Kansun, carrying a
erew of fifty men has been sunk, pre
sumably off the French coast, accord
ing to u cablegram received today by
the France and Canada Steamship
company, which chartered the vessel.
The fate of those on board is not
known.
The vessel was valued at $11,000,
000. She carried u cargo of flour and
other foodstuffs, together with -1000
tons of steel, which, valued at
000,000 was consigned to the French
government. A majority of her crew
were Americans. The enblegram did
not say w hether the steamer was tor
pedoed or where the sinking took
place. The vessel left New York
on June 28 commanded by Captain E.
A. Forsythe.
WASHINGTON, July 11. Slate
department dispatches late today an
nounced the destruction of tbe Amer
ican steamer Kaiisan by a German
.submarine, and said that four mem
bers of the crew were missing but
that all of the urmed naval guard
was saved.
All of those on board were report
ed landed except the following four
members of tho crew who nre con
sidered lost:
First assistant engineer J. M. Mur
phy, American.
J. A. (luiire, English.
A. I'. Kua. of Honolulu.
C. Ilanaii of Singnpore.
WASHINGTON, .July 1 1. Justus
H. Wurdell of San Francisco was
nominated today to be internal reve
nue collector for the First Califor
nia district.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 11. Mr.
Wurdell, nominated today to be in
ternal revenue collector of the First
California district, succeeds Joseph
J. Scott, who will be brought to
tlrial here July lfl on indictments
charging him with embezzlement of
government funds.
Mr. Wurdell has been surveyor of
the Kirt here.
BILL PASSES HOUSE
VAKIIIMiTON July 1 I.--The nd-rnini-t
rntinn's trading with tlif ene
II) y hill, containing prohibitum
iitrnint bu-im-ss intercourse with
emmtries with whirl, the t'uited
States U tit win or its nllies, except
under licence and providing for irov
ernmentiil seizure of proerty of ulien
enemies, nnd enemy patents, pi-ed
the house today without u reeord
vote.
AI LINDA VISTA
WASHINGTON, July 11. Subject
to approval by Major Genera! Bliss,
noting chief of staff, the following
assignments of nalioual guard troops
to concent rat ion camps has been
Hindu by tbe militia bureau for the
troops from the western and central
areas of the country :
North and South Dakota, Iowa
and Nebraska to Doming, N. M. ;
Kansas Mud Missouri to Fort Sill,
Oklahomn ; Texas and Oklahoma to
Fort Worth, Texas; Colorado, Utah ,
Oregon, California, New Mexico and
Nevada to Linda Vista, Calif.; Wash
ington, Montana, Idaho and Wyoming
to I'ulo Alto, Calif.
U BOAT SINKINGS
LONDON, July 11. The sinking of
fourteen British merchantmen of more
than 1000 tons is reported ill the
'weekly summary of shipping losses
issued (oduv. J his is u dccrcusc
over the past few weeks.
With ono exception the number of
merchantmen sunk last week Is the
lowest of any week since the Ilrltlsli
inaugurated iu March tho system of
giving out weekly reports. Tho re
port of March 11 showed 17 mer
chantmen sunk. Tho sumo totul Is
shown in tho last week's summary.
WASHINGTON, July 11 Reports
of 17U of tin; principal railroads of
the United Stales to the interstate.
commerce commission today shpwed
that despite heavy increases in ex
penscs, earnings had increased in
May, 1017, more than :i.r00,000 over
May, 101(1. These roads earned in
May, lillli, tl0l,lli!,2IS; in 1017
$10 1,721, !177. Eastern roads showed
ft decrease in earnings which wns
more than olfscl by increases for
both southern and western roads.
IINDON, July II. An air raid
on llrn enemy fleet off Constantino
ple was announced in a statement of
the British war office today. Bombs
were dropctt on the Turkish ernis
cr Ywuz Sultan Sclim, formerly tin
German cruiser Goebcu.
The war office nl Cotisnutinnpl
also was attacked anil n direct hit
was attained by the British, who re
turned without casualties.
SAY NEBRASKA
HONEYCOMBED
WITH TREASON
State Council of Defense Accuses
Bankers, State University Profes
sors and Lutheran Clergymen of
Unpatriotic Utterances, of Lack of
Sympathy With America.
LINCOLN, Neb., July 11 The Ne
braska state council of defense to
day issued n statement ohnrging "cer
tain professors of the University of
Nebraska and "the conspicuous rep
resentatives of the Lutheran church"
ill the statu with "disloyal activity
and passivily that has tended to give
aid and comfort to Germany, as an
enemy."
Hankers Accused.
Business men Iu pro-German com
munities, and especially bankers are
declared to havo exhibited an "alarm
ing antagonism toward Hod Cross and
llborty bond nctlvlty," and some of
them nre said to have openly made
threats of business reprisal against
men who were supporting liberty bond
sales and Red Cross work. A banker
is quoted as saying: "I would com
mit Biilcide before I would take up
arms against (loriniiny."
"Tho conspicuous representatives
of tho Lutheran church," the state-
moiit says, "havo very gonerally, and
it may ho Bald almost universally re
fused to co-opernlo with any of the
several efforts niudo by pntrlollc cltl
zens for the Biipport of tho govern
moiit. On tho contrary tboy liuvo
very generally, publicly and privately
discouraged tho American cause and
have shown marked partiality for the
cause, of America's enemy."
Professm-a Tnllloin.
Concerning Nebraska university
professors tho statement says;
"Several professors of tho Univer
sity of Nebraska havo so persistently
given encouragement, publicly and
prlvutely, to thoso who are out of liar
i ii on y with the American cause that
tho council deems it necessary and
proper to publicly register protest
ugalust these practices."
The council, It is announced, "In
tends to employ its power and author
ity to the limit In the effort to sup
press In Nebraska and Interference
with tho determination to push this
war to a speedy and successful con
clusion."
The stutement Is signed by Lieu-tonunt-Governor
Edgar Howard, act
ing governor, Adjiitunt-ticucrnl Phil
Hall and all members of tho. state
council of defense).
I-Yar Loss of ItllsilM'KS.
The statement Is mude, it Is an
nounced, "ul'ter the most serious and
solemn investigation and considera
tion," and after u hundred reports
were received from every section of
tho slate. The following (imitation is
given as a sumple of 75 letters receiv
ed from bankers;
"Wo don't fear threats, lint would
not be greatly surprised if the fact bo-
eamo known that wo bad Invested
money Iu war bonds, a good many de
posits would be ipiielly withdrawn."
A report says of one community;
"Many of the business men seem to
bo timid for fear they will loso busi
ness If they engage in pratiotic ac
tivities." The majority of bankers and other
business men even Iu pro-German
communities let It tie known cniphul
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FOR WAR RELIEF
1IOSTON', July II.- A fund of 1,
000,1100 for war relief work was np
proptiated hv the Itcuevoleut and
Protective Order of Klks late todav.
The "lhir brother" movement de
hiuned to look after "the hoy of
Iho-ie who will po to fiyht our hntt!i'
iu the war' was indorsed hv the
yrnnd lod-e of the It. I'. (). K. t.iday.
ELKS GIVE MlLION
12,000TAKEN
PRISONERS IN
SLAV DRIVE
Halicz, Key to Lemherg, and 2000
Prisoners Captured by Russians
Who Advance to Lommica River
Pornicz Line Also Reached In
Fighting In Direction of Dolina
10,000 Teutons Taken in Two
Days Battle Advance Continues.
PETROORAD, July 11. According
to a telegram rocoived from the gen
eral staff tho pursuit of the enemy In
Gullcla continues. Tho capture of
I tulle., strategic key to Lemberg, la
confirmed, the Russians taking many
prisoners and more than thirty guns.
In addition to capturing liulicz the
RussiuiiB took 2000 prisoners and 30
guns. They nlso advanced wostward
to tho left bank of the Lomnica river
nnd pressed forward on the Bogorod-chnn-KololvIn
front. These announce
ments wore nindo by the war office
today.
Tho Russians have reached the Po-slccz-Lcsluvku-Kusnuicz
line. In the
fighting between Sunday and Tuesday
In tho direction of Dolina tho Rus
sians took more than, 10,000 prisonors
and SO guns.
llaliiv. Captured.
Iu the sensational campulgn which
tho revolutionary army of Russia la
waging lu (ialieia tho capture of Ha
licz, Important tho It is, is only on In
cidental feature. Given secure pos
session of it, the Russluns have tho
road to Lemherg woll opened up to
them and a continuation of their at
tacks on anything like the scnlo of the
last ten days seeniR likely to result in
tho fall of the Callclan capital at' no
distant dato.
In capturing liulicz tho Russians
took more than ItO guns and numer
ous prisoners. The Russians, advices
to the Russian war office say, are
continuing their advance, pursuing
the retreating Austro-ticrmnn forces.
Is Strategic Key.
LONDON. July 11. Halicz, tho
strategic key to Lemberg, capital ot
tiatlcla, has been captured by tho
Russians, says a dispatch from Rou
ter's I'ctrogrud correspondent.
Halicz, (ill miles southeast of Lem
berg, on tho Dniester river, Is an Im
porliint railroad Junction and the
most important key to tho Galieian
capital. It Is IS miles north of Stun
isluu mid about eight miles north of
Je.upol, captured by tho Russians
H lay. The fall or Halicz was pre
saged l,y I lie success of tho Russians
iu breaking through Hit. Austro-Gor-ii
ii lines between that town and
Si u ii Is lull .
Old Battle (Jround
llnlicz was thu center of' much
heavy fighting last August nnd Sep
lember anil the Russians hud cap
tured llukuwlnn and were attempting
to reach Lemliorg,
Slanislaii was captured by the Rus
sians Iu August, hut they fulled to
take Halicz, after engaging In furious
buttles at Mariampol and Moimster
yska and forcing the Austro-Germans
(Continued on Tage Two.)
WASHINGTON, July 1l.-Iepub-liean
I mops have entered Peking nnd
inomenlaiilv expect the iihdication o
the restored Manchu enijioror Hsuuu
Tung, ai riling to a cable today from
the Chinese legation to the Chinese
foreign office. .
I 're-id,. nt Fcnk Kwo Chang has or
dered the arrest of General Chung
! t -mi, the military leader who was
responsible for the coup. Dr. Wu
Ting Fang, minisler of foreign af
fairs, has resigned.