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MEDFORD, OKHOON, SATITKDAY, JULY 14. 1917
NO. 07
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Germany's Internal Crisis Overshad
ows Military Operations Peace
Clamor is Growing Russian Ar
mies Still Sweeping Onward Von
Hindenburg and Ludendorff Sum
moned to Berlin Quiet on Franco-Belgian
Front.
Germany's serious internal crisis
overshadowed the pending military
operations in the nows of the day.
The reports from Borlln show that
the relchstag has gone on strike
against the crown and the military
party, apparently in the Interest of a
parliamentary system of government.
There is even a rumor, altho entire
ly unconfirmed, and little credited,
t!$tEmperor William has abdicated
In favor of his sixth and favorite son,
Prince Joachim.
A telegram from Dorno, Switzer
land, today reads as follows: "An of
ficial telegram from Berlin says that
General Von Stein, the Prussian min
ister of war, has resigned."
The Prussian war office is in real
ity the imperial minister of war, per
forming the functions of that office
for the empire. General Von Stein
recently exited the antagonism of the
socialists by his pan-German activi
ties opposing peace efforts.
Pcaco Olnniop (Irows.
Tho peace clamor Is growing both
In Germany and Austria-Hungary.
Part of the trouble between tho reich
stng and the governing class is over
tho government's persistent declina
tion to state Germany's peace terms
on the basis of tho non-nnnexatlon de
manded by what now comprised a
majority block In the relchstag.
The war credit bill Is being held up
by this majority until tho political
crisis is settled. But more serous yet
It the decision of the members not
even to meet meanwhile for discus
sion in regular session of In commit
tee. Apparently tho crown prince Is
waging a fight for control on behalf
of the militaristis interests. Chan
cellor Von Uethmann-Hollwcg is un
der fire from the crown prince and his
supporters, the chancellor seemingly
being too liberally Inclined to suit
the heir to the throne.
Can't Stop Russians.
On the military side, tho situation
continues to bear a most encouraging
aspect for tho formidable group of na
tions allied against tho central pow
ers, this generally being taken Into
consideration In dealing out with the
situation in Berlin and Vienna.
The Russian revolutionary armies
In Gallcla are still sweeping forward.
Apparently there Is little to stop them
pouring thru the breach In the lines
In Eastern Gallcla opened by General
Kprnlloff. They are pushing on north
gt tho Dnelster and west of tho Lom
nlra and generally proving victors
in the fighting going on along a 50
mlle front.
On the Franco-Belgian front a
waiting policy is being pursued by
General llalg on the western line and
General iPotaln In the French section.
(Continued on Pago Two.)
I'ARIS, July II. The vanguard
of the American troops who left on
Thursday the seaport town wnerc
they have horn encamped, arrived at
their permanent enmp today. The
men went into training inimedinlcly.
Major Cienernl Sihcrt, who will be
in command at the enmp, lunched
with General Pershing before his de
parture for the front, General Per
filing will follow luter,
Police Interfere While Party At
tempt to Stage Picketing Demon
stration at White House on Anni
versary of Fall of Bastile Lib
erty" Inscribed on Banners.
WASHINGTON, July 14.-Sixfeen
suffragists of tho women's party, at
tempting to stage a picketing dem
onsf ration nt Ihe while house gates
today in celebration of (he anniver
sary of the fall of Ihe hostile, were
propmtly arrested and taken to jail.
Six suffragists, first group of a
three section attempt to picket ihe
white house gates, were arrested to
day upon their arrival at Ihe east
Sate.
Crowds Cheer and Hiss.
Cheers and hisses fro ina crowd of
several hundred people gathered for
the show greeted ihe police as they
escorted the women to automobiles
awaiting lo lake them to the police
station. First the officers made a
vain nllempt to persuade the suffra
gists to move on.
There virtually was no diso-der,
the crowd of about n thousand peo
ple contenting itself with hooting
and jeering as the police escorted the
women away.
"I.ilierty"- Inscrilxsl on Itunncrs.
The banners carried by the women
bore various inscriptions, including
the motlo of the French revolution,
"liberty, equality, fraternity."
Among those arrested were Mrs.
Beatrice Reynolds Kinkead, Mount
View, Cul., Miss Ann Martin, Reno,
Nuv., and Mrs. Doris Stevens, Oma
ha. Each of the women gave $2."i bail
at the police station to appear Mon
day for trial on the charge of im
peding traffic.
E
IF COMPELLED 10
DOl fil.AS, Ariz., July M. It be
came known today that the leaders
of the armed citizens who had
charge of the deportation of P2O0
striking copper miners and their
sympathizers from Risbce. would
have resorted to violence to cnloree
censorship if correswnidcnts Itnd
forced thru their dispatches con
cerning deportations alter Robert
line, general auditor of the Phelps
Dodge corporation nnd 11. II. Stout,
smeller superintendent for the cor
poration, issued their censorsliiup
orders to the local manager of the
Western Union Telegraph company
This was the statement of !!. II.
Stout, who directed the censorship
as well as preparations in Douglas
for the Itisbee deportations.
Stout, after the censorship was
exposed as an arbitrary civilian af
fair, said that if the correspondents
had forced thru his dispatches during
Ihe censor-hip, which extended from
(i o'clock Thursday morning until 4
that afternoon, he "would have been
taken out within five minutes, knock
ed in the head or otherwise restrict
ed" from getting news of the rro
ceedings. The Western t'nion manager would
have been similarly dealt with :." he
had violated the censorship order",
according lo Stout.
Stout and Rue Thursday night, af
ter the character of their censorship
became known and it was established
that the military authorities had
nothing to do with it, said they had
received orders for the censorship
fmm the "sheriff's office." but Sher
iff Harry Wheeler says he issued no
such order and that none of his dep
utics had authority to do so.
THE BOMB PLOT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 14. Alex
ander Berkman, anarchist, was indict
ed by the county grand jury here last
night for murder In connection with a
bomb explosion here Inst July which
claimed ton lives, it became known
early today. Borkman Is alleged to
have taken a leading part In the con
spiracy which the Btate charges cul
minated in the explosion.
Mrs. Rena Mooncy is on trial here
for one of the bomb murders and her
husband, Thomas J. Mooney, and
Warren K. Billings, involved in the
same cases, are under sentences of
death and life Imprisonment, respec
tively, for murder.
Berkman, who is now serving a
term of two years in the federal pris
on at Atlanta, Georgia, for conspiracy
to defeat tho draft law, publishod an
anarchist paper called "tho Blast" In
San Francisco about the time of the
explosion. Kditorlnls from this pam
phlet have been admitted as evidence
in the trials of tho Moonoys.
District Attorney Charles M. Flek-
ert said that every effort will be made
to bring Borkman here for trial be
fore the expiration of his sentence.
WAR'S BIGGEST
LONDON, July 14. British air
men have been victorious in the most
severe aerial fighting since the be
ginning of the war. On the front in
France on Thursday fourteen Ger
man airplanes were brought down
nnd sixteen driven out of con! nil, the
war office announced today. Nine
British machines are reported lo
have been lost in the fighting.
PARIS, July M.-I'nris wept
and cheered the sight of battle lorn
flags thru its streets today in cele
bration of its national fete commem
orating the fall of the liastile.
Among the heroes in the review of
troops was Sergeant a Mehnnger of
I.os Angeles. After fighting in the
war of IS70, he went to the I'l.itcd
States but altho 64 years old return
ed to France in 1014 nnd lias fought
for the past four years.
THE JONAH
MOBILIZATIONOF
CHURCHES FOR
IR'Sl TASK
By MILTON BRONNER.
WASHINGTON. July 14. "While
fighting for tho liberty of tho world
America must not lose tho hard-
fought liberties we have won at home
the Bhort hour working day, tho
six-day week, the special hour day for
women workers and tho restrictions
upon child labor. That is olio of tho
Important places where tho churches
of America come in strong. It will bo
part of their Job to see that no retro
grado nieasuros are passed."
I had asked what war work tho
American churches wete doing and
going to do, putting the question to
Rov. Worth M.TIppy, secretary of the
social service commission of tho fed
eral council of Churches of Christ in
America.
He pointed out how some New York
legislators had attempted to pasB stat
utes to nullify child labor laws and
aid tho big canning Industries.
"In Kngland tliero was a break
down In tho early stages of the war
with tho result that juvenile dclln
quency Increased enormously and Im
morality Increased In all classes. One
of tho reasons was lack of caro for
women and children. Tho English
churches did not mobilize for war
purposes for many months. The
churches of Aniorira aro already mo
hlllzcd.
"We have a mailing list by which
we can send letters to 140,000 pastors
and reach millions of the Protestant
population of the country. Wo havo
already used this tremendous machin
ery for war work by boosting tho
membership in the Red Cross, by urg
ing subscriptions to tho Liberty loan
and the $100,000,000 Red Cross fund,
and by aiding In (he Hoover food con
servation plan.
"Wo will use the same machinery
if in any stato an attempt is made to
break down our social service labor
laws. Wo are using it In attempting
to keep Intact the great philanthropic
agencies, the hospitals, homes for the
aged, etc., which aro apt to bo neg
lected during wartime when tho cost
of living Is high and taxes aro going
up. Thru our church organization we
havo thousands of women engaged In
making Red Cross hospital supplies.
"Wo are preparing a war manual
for tho guidance of pastors, showing
them how they ran be of servlco to
families of soldiers at the front or
who havo been killed In action. One
of tho biggest things wo are doing at
present Is to organize the churches In
the cantonment districts to preserve
for our boys ns much as possible of
homo and church Influence. Wo ex
pect to send volunteer chaplains to all
training camps. We hope to do our
part In providing cloan amusements
for the men.
"There will he many more tasks we
can accomplish as the war advances
IS RESTORED BY
REBELS' DEFEAT
. WASHINGTON, July 14. The oc
cupatlon of Poking by the republican
forces, following the surrender at
Fung Tal Thursday of the monarchist
army of ten thousand men, indicates
the complete restoration of the repub
lic, tho Chinese legation here declared
today.
Prior to tho battle of Fung Tal, tho
Manchus were urged to lay down
their arms, but Gcnoral Chang ilsun
refused. The engagement starting
early Thursday mornln, resulted in a
decisive victory for tho republican
troops, dispatches to the legation an
nounce. Order in the capital was restored
with few casualties. Tho advices said
that two foreign civilians and four
foreign soldiers who ventured to the
firing line were slightly wounded
Chang Ilsun who led tho revolt of tho
Imperialists has taken refuge in the
Dutch legation In order to obtain safe
conduct out of tho country. Premier
Tuan Chi Jul will establish republican
headquarters in Poking immediately,
is was said.
Three Americans were wounded by
stray bullets the state department an
nounced today. In the ten hours fight
ing In which Chinese republican
troops forcod tho surrender of the
monarchist troops of General Chang
Ilsun.
Blazing an nutomoblln trail from
tho Pacific coast to New York City via
Vancouver, II. C, Porlland, Medford,
San Francisco, Ogrlen, Omaha and
Chicago, IS. II. Lewis, a wealthy pio
neer resident o ftho Hawaiian Islands
accompanied by Mrs. Lewis and by
Mr. and Mrs. J. Noble Prentiss, also
of Honolulu, was in Medford Satur
day.
To make his tour unique, Lewis, on
his westward trip, will follow the old
Santa Fo trail hack to California, em
barking for Honolulu at tho Golden
Gate. Lewis' big Plerce-Arrow car,
which looks at first glance as largo as
a standard sleeper, Is decorated with
Ilonolulan pennants and carries the
Hawaiian flag, which formerly was
the flag of the old Hawaiian mon
archy and later of tho republic of
Hawaii, and Is tho symbol ot tho Am
orlcan territory.
Lewis Is carrying letters from May
or Lane of Honolulu to tho mayors of
Portland, Medford and San Francisco
and other Important Intermediate
cities along the roulo.
and to meet al emergencies wo are
organizing, a war council of 100 men
which will have offices In New York
to look after tho financing nnd organ
ization of all work,"
LW.W.ACTIVITIES
CLOSE THIRTEEN
LOGGING CAMPS
Operators Promptly Close Mills Tho
But Small Proportion of Men Em
ployed Either Struck or Were Mem
bers of Industria IWorkers Idaho
Trouble Brewing.
ABERDEEN, Wn., July l-I. Thir
teen logging camps west of Ilo
quium in Grays Harbor county were
closed this morning a sa result ol
walkouts following n strike call is
sued lust night by the Industrial
Workers of the World. Only a pro
portion of the men in each camp re
sponded to the call, htu in each in
stuhco the operators promptly clos.
cd tho camps wilh the result that
hundreds of men who did not strike
are out of employment.
At 10 o'clock this morning a re
view of the situation showed u total
of 1170 out today in the rnnip, ol'
which not more than !00 aro strikers.
The operators decided lo eloso the
camps to avoid possible trouble.
In addition to theso camps, two
were closed earlier in tho week, one
when the men demanded n 50-ccul
raiso, which was granted to some
workers and not to others, and the
ono yesterday morning when the man
ngcr lined up his men nnd told them
that in view ot anticipated trouble
wages nnd hours would remain the
Kama nnd that those who cared to
quit could do so at once. As a re
sult 20 on tof ;")() asked for their
time and tho camp was c'osed.
Another Htrlko Call Issued.
No mills up to 10 o'clock had been
affected by the strike order. '
total number of men employed in the
camps of tho county is about iillOO
and in ihe mills fi 11)11.
Tho International Timber Worker
union, which hn,s applied for a char
ter in the American Federation of
Labor, issued a strike call last niglil
effective .Monday. How many work
era belong to this organization, which
lias made common cause with tin
shinglo weavers union, which bar, is
sued n strike cull for .Monday, is not
known. The Industrial Workers
marie no demands: their members
simply walked out.
The limber workers have dotunmir
an eight hour day in Ihe mills ami
nine hours in the camps; time! o ho
reckoned from the lime the men leave
the hunk house until Ihcy return.
The camps and mills now work on
n ten hour basis.
s Idaho Trouble Browing.
MOSCOW, Idaho, July 1-1. Slier
iffs of ten northern Idaho counties
and two Washinglou counties to
gether with Governor Alexander o
Idaho ami farmers of northern Ida
ho began a conference here liduv
to consider a system of harvesting
the grain and fruit crops. The slier
il'fs called Ihe meeting nfler it hai
been reported to them thai. Industrie
Workers of t ) Wml, had III. eat
encd to interfere with the harvest
IN VOTE 10 STRIKE
TACOMA, Wn., July I I. Sin
car motormen and conductors and
employes on other brunches of Ih
Tacoma Railway and Power i oru
pony's line voted at I o'clock thi
morning to strike .Monday iiioriiin
unless their rrpics(4 lo .Mating-
Bean me granted before that lime
Ihe men demand the rcinstnt''Micnl
of six street car men and one rh c
trician who were discharged recently
it. is said because of their actiit
with organization work. Manage
Bean has promised a reply Sunday
evening.
British Transport Sunk.
LONDON, .Inly I I.. Tho British
transport Armadal has been sunk by
a submarine, It Is officially nnnounr
ed. The Armndall was a merchant
steamer or 6153 tons gross, 395 feet
long, built lo 1909 at Glasgow,
IIW.EIES
ARE GUARDED
BY SOLDIERS
Horde of Deported' Men Under Pro
tection of . Government Troops
Camped Under Burning Sun of
Columbus, N. M. Taken in Spe
cial Train by Soldiers Much Suf
fering. Reported Men Are Not
Considered Prisoners. '
COLUMBUS, N. M.' July 14.
Along the same trail on which Gener
al Pershing pursued Francisco Villa
Into Moxico In March. 1910, tho hordo
of deported men from Blsbce marched
at noon today to the slto of the Mex
ican and Chinese refugoe camp which
General Porshlng established on tho
"plains ot death" between Columbus
and tho international lino.
Tho exiles went Into camp under a
burning sun without more shado than
tho small grass wood and mosqulte
brush afforded. Many woro com
pletely exhausted from 00 hours on
bonrd tho deportation train. Much
suftorlng was reported among tho old
er mon and the physically unfit. The
men woro handkorchlofa over their
heads to prevent sunstrokes.
Soldiers Protect Refugees.
The deported mon now are under
the protection of tho government.
Colonel 'Ilolhrook wns relieved from
tholr caro today by Colonol H. G.
Sfekol, commander ot this district,
who threw a heavy gard around tho
camp, refusing permission lo friends
from Blsbeo to eommunlcalo with
them.
Tho deported men say they expect
to return to Blsbeo soon under pro
tection of federal troops, but prepar
ations nro being made hero to estab
lish a permanent camp on the Bite of
tho old Mexican rcfugo enmp.
Attorney Cleary, ono of tho deport
ed, snld ho had wired former Gover
nor Hunt:
"Wo demand lo be returned to Bls
beo, protected by United Slates troops
as many of us have business there and
others homes and families,''
l-'eai-s of n Clash,
Members of the aiitomnbllo party
of friends from UIhIioc say they fear a
clash between tho local forces and
Ihe soldiers If those deportod aro re
turned now. They also say somo
strlko leaders not caught Thursday
were ordere lo get out of town within
two hours whllo others woro put In
Jail.
Billy Robinson, shift, boss at tho
Junction mine, a member of the auto
mobile parly, made a short talk to tho
deported men. Inside the picket lino
today. He said:
"Uncle Sam is going to talk to
them people about, your rases."
Marched 111 Squads.
The deporled men marched to tho
camp site In squads of 200 under
command of non-couinilssloned offi
cers of tho cavalry regiments station
ed hero excepting the negro troops,
which woro ordered nob, to guard tho
white men.
Altho the majority of tho men wish
to return to lllsbce ns soon as possible
because Ibclr families, property, nion-
( Continued on Pag Blx.)
KF.WAltD, Alaska, July I I. -A 4
foot seam or coal, eight feel below tho
surface and only ItO feet from tho
main Hun of the I 'nltcd States rail
road has been discovered at Mile Ifil,
sixteen miles nearer Seward than tho
deposit which Is being developed at
Chlckelson.
Tho discovery was mado hy G. 01
annlnnal, a station contractor, who
was driving a tap tunned to aocuro
rock for a fill. This Is tho first coal
discovered on the iiuilu lino,