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Library WESTIIEIi Maximum Yesterday 107; Minimum Today 61"; Precipitation, Trace. FORECAST Tomglit and Tomorrow Fair. V: Medford Mail Tribune Forty-sfiVflnth Tear. Dally Twelfth Year. MEDFORD, OREOOX, TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1917 NO. 99 SENATE 10 PASS KING GEORGE CHANGES CITIZENS' VIGILANCE COMMITTEE FORM F Bill TIE ROYAL FAMILY KALUSZ, GALICIA TO AT KLAMATH FALLS FOR WHEAT $1 .75 E mi t 4 4- FOOD BILL FIXES SLAVS EVACUATE BERN I RF I RUSSIA ACES MINIMUM PRICE KAISER S ENVOY CABINET CRISIS BUT HOLD RIVER AT COPENHAGEN OVER 111 Compromise.. Agreement.. Provides Board of Three Instead of Food Controller Control Limited to Foods, Feeds and Fuel, Including Gasoline and Kerosene. WASHINGTON', July 17. Senators today virtually concluded tholr task of drafting compromise amendments to the administration food control bill and debate was continued with tlio prospect of voting late today or tomorrow. The compromise agreements, the Democrats and Republicans, who have been working together believe, will command Bupport from a majority of the senate. Hoard of Control. Creation of a board of food admin istration in lieu of a single Individual, composed of three members directly under the president's control Is the principal change to be proposed by the leaders. Other Important changes agreed upon today at th bi-partisan conference were for fixing by congress of a minimum price of S1.75 per bushel for wheat, and extension of tho government licensing and food purchasing powers in the bill. It pre viously had been agreed to limit gov ernment control to foods, feeds and fuels. Including gasoline and kero sone'. The minimum wheat price of $1.75, under the tentative amendment draft ed today would be for No. 1 northern is a basis or standard for minimum prices of al lother wheat grades. Licensing Storage Plants. iProvlsions of Senator Gore's sub stitute bill regardlng'tho wheat mini mum prlco, the licensing nnd federal requisitioning purchase and sale pow ers were substantloually approved by tho leaders. The proposed compromises would provide for licensing of elevators, cold storago plants, packing houses, coal mines and factories, limited, however, to products and agencies entering in terstate or foreign commerce. Tho conference also approved Sen ator Gore's proposal for government. commnndeeriug, purchase, lease or operation of coal mines and also his provision for government purchase nnd sale, to secure reasonable prices, of fuel, wheat, flour, meal, beans and potatoes. LIKELY ON FRIDAY WASHINGTON, July 17. With only leu states remaining to lie heard from on the organization of local ex emption hoards and with tin; serial numlier lists of registrants from ill but til!) of the 4."iu! exemption dis diets on file ill Washington, Provost Marshal (Jeneral Crowder wns '.ioic- ful today Hint the preliininury stages uf the wnr army drawing would be completed within forty-eight hours Hi1 prepared to tuke up with Sec- ri'lurv Huker later iu the day details of the lottery process for final op proval. , If there is no unexpected delay it seems likely that the drawing can he held Kridav or Saturday. I1SI1EE, Ariz., July 17. Except for the occasional deportation of Indus trial Workers of the World members, or their sympathizers, who either got natt the guards stationed along the reads enterlig the Warren Copper Hi i i) In i district or eluded tho round up last Thursday, when more than !. inn men were deported, conditions apparently were approaching normal in Hisbee today. The copper mine operators expressed themselves satis fied at the l umber of new men apply ing for employment and said they ex pected full crews at work before the week was ever. CONDITIONS AGAIN NORMAL AT BISBE WASHINGTON, July 17 An- other speed record in consul- eriiur the $(140,000,000 nvintion program bill, passed lust Sat- unlay by the house in five I hours, was mtide today when the . senate military committee at a forty-fivo minute session unanimously ordered n favor- able report without nmendmcnt. Senate lenders hope to secjro V tm nirreement to set nsido t!ie food bill temporarily tomorrow and pass the aviation measure with brief debate. f SHIPS AT SEA LONDON, July 17 The- admiralty announces the capture of four Ger man steamers by British destroyers iu the North sea. Two other German steamers were with the four vessels later cuptured when the group was signalled by the British wa reraft. All six miulo for the Dutch const and two of them reached the shore. These two were badly damaged by gunfire. The captured vessels nre all small, the largest being the Breitzeig of l-l!)r tons gross, owned in Hamburg. The Pellwonn,( 1370 tons gross, also was owned in Hamburg. The Marie Horn, 1088 tons, is from Schlewwig and. the llcinx Bluinberg, 12'20 tons is registered from Hamburg. A Renter dispatch from Ymulden says four German ships have been sunk by British destroyers 111 the North Sea, four captured, three stranded and three forced to return to Rotterdam. Since Saturday seventeen German teamers have sailed from Hotter- dam, three at one time nnd fourteen at another, the dispatch says. Of the first group, one, tho Magdulonn Hlumenthal, 1335 tons gross, was wrecked off Zandvoort. Of the cec- ond group, owing to the action of British destroyers, not one vessel was able to proceed, eight being captured or sunk and three succeed ing immediately in putting bad: to Rotterdam. Of the three remaining steamships, which were stranded, two were afire. UPTON SINCLAIR QUITS SOCIALISTS PASADENA, Cal., July 17. Upton Sinclair, novelist and socialist leader, announced his withdrawal from the socialist party In a letter to the party made public here today. He withdrew, he stated, because of the party's adop tion of the so-called "majority report" opposing conscription. Sinclair In his letter predicted the organization would be "wiped out" If it endeavored to put Into effect Its declared policy of mass opposition to conscription. He pointed out the menace to free government In the Prussian war ma chine and described the Prussian rul ing class as "a beast with brain of an engineer." PORTO RICO VOTES SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. July 17 With C2 out of 76 municipalities com pletely reported, the returns of yes tcrday's election early today showed Porto Rico to have voted for prohlbi Hon by more than two to one. Forty-three of the municipalities gave prohibition majorities as com pared with nineteen voting against the measure. The vote on prohibition In Cayey the mountain summer resort town showed on incomplete returns 2247 for, to lit! against. Russians Leave Town Recently Cap tured Which is Recccupied by Teu tonsBritish Gain Ground In Belgium Germans Attack French Positions at Teton, but Repulsed. PETROGUAD, July 17.. Tho war office announces that Russian troops have abandoned Kalusz, in eastern Gallcla, but have secured the crossing of the Lomnlca river. The Russians drove the enemy from tho village of Nov lea. BERLIN, July 17. Russian forces which recently captured the Galician town of Kalusz, the headquarters of the AU8tro-Gorman army, evacuated that town yesterday, according to the official statement issued today by the German army headquarters staff. The statement says that Rhelnland regiments captured the woodlands to the north of Kalusz. As the Germans were approaching from the west the Russians evacuated the town and re treated to the southern bank of the Iver Lomnlca. On Western Front. LONDON, July 17. "We gained ground slightly during the night northwest of Wlrnemon," the war of fice announced today. "In the N'leu port sector one of our raiding parties encountered a large party of the ene my in front of the German positions. After a sharp fight our troops drove back the enemy to their lines and bombarded them In their trenches." PARIS, July 17. Germon treops made a strong attack on the French positions In the vicinity of the Teton, but were driven back, leaving a num ber of dead, tho war office announced today. FOLLOWS POLICY OF COPENHAGEN, July 17. A lae edition of the Lokal Anzelger recolv ed here claims that Chancellor Ml chaells la for the foreign policy and peace terms expounded by Field Mar shal von Hindenburg. It quotes con servatlve and national liberal mem bers of the relchstag who attended yesterday's conference with Von Hin denburg, Von Ludendorff, and Dr. Ml chaells as being most favorably im pressed with the results of the con ference. The Lokal Anzelger asserts of Its own knowledge that Dr. Michaelis al ready has established relations of ab solute unanimity and co-operatton with these military chiefs. The news paper recommends to Dr. Michaelis and parliament the postponing until the end of tho war the settlement of all contentious Internal questions, In eluding, naturally, Prussian suffrage reform, thereby robuklng what It terms Impertinent Interferences from enemy countries with German domes tic affairs. The Hamburg Kremdenblatt recom mends the tabling of peace resolu Hons. A strong strain of religious devo tion verging on religious mysticism is one of tho otustandlng characteristics of Dr. Michaelis. According to thoso acquainted with him the new chancel lor believes In the direct guidance and inspiration of tho Deity In daily af fairs and endeavors to base bis ac tions and pulley on bin Interpretation of the Dlvlno will. TO COU ESTATE LONDON, July 17. A dispatch to tho Dally Dispatch from Amsterdam says that Dr. von Ilethmiinn-Hollweg, the retiring Imperial chancellor, will proceed to his estate at Hohenflnow, near Berlin, and probably devote IiIh leisure time to historical work. Km pcror William, the Dispatch says, de sired to offer the late chancellor high diplomatic post abroad after the war, but It Is declared the proffer was declined. -r LONDON, July 17. Kimr floorgc today at n meeting of the privy council announced the new name of the roynl house nnd family to be "The House of Windsor." King George is of the house of Snxe-t'obure; ami Clothn. It was recently decided to drop tides or imnies of (lei- man origin. LOVE OF DYNASTY UNITES AUSTRIA E VIENNA, via Amsterdam, July 17. Austria-Hungary's ideas on peace were made known to the constitution committee of the reiehstnl in an ud dress by the premier, T)r, Von Soy dler. After referring to the unbreak able unity between Austria and lier allies, Dr. Von Seydler declared pur- liament would work for "the nim for which Austria is fighting, namely: The nnnssnilnble sacred right of her peoples to decide for themselves their internal destiny. "This task, at the same time, will be a long stride in the direction ol an honorable peace, which we desire to ereuto on the basis of justice. moderation nnd V'onciliutiou the firm unity- of nil civilized people nnd their uniform endeavor to abol ish those circumstances which brot about the world wnr. We nre all longing for this peboe. Until then we lire determined to hold on in film co-operation between front anil home land." Dr. Von Seydler referred to uselessness of all pust efforts to carry out the principle of equal rights of nil nationalities laid down in the constitution. This, he said, was the cause of the poli'.ieul troubles which made Austria appear sick, a state which, however, every clear minded person knew to !o tin true. All peoples of Austria were united, extcrnully and inlurnnlly by a common lie, !y love of the dynasty nnd tho uniformity of all vital inter ests. GLOBE QUIET AFTER RIOTING BY I. W. W. GLOBE, Ariz., July 17. Globe con tinued quiet today, tho feeling among cavalrymen stationed hore to preserve order, over the death of their com rade, Private Cafado, continues in tense. Cafado was found beside a railroad track yestorday and n cor oner's Jury returned a verdict of accl dental death, while an army surgeon declares the soldier's throat was cut Six more arrests were made today on a charge of rioting, tho act bolng alleged to have taken place July 4 This brings to 120 the number now arrested on this charge. About fifty of those arrested have secured bonds men, while the remainder are crowd Ing the county Jail nearly to capacity. Some of those arrested have been taken from trains and others have been arrested on the streets. John Mcllrido and G. W. P. Hunt, federal mediators still are here, awaiting developments. E GET 60 DAYS. IN JAIL WASHINGTON', ..Lily 17. The sixteen members of the Woman's party arrested Saturday in an at tempt to "picket the white house," were sentenced today to pay n fine of $i" or serve sixty days in the District of Columbia wiit-khun- ; at Occoqiinn, Vn. They decided to take the sixty iln.V sentence, but till ap peal will be taken. Heretofore the suffragists liavo gotten off with three day jail sentences. Present Minister to Go Into New Cauinet Count Von Roedern Fi nance Minister Admiral Who Clashed With Dewey at Manila Wanted to Succeed Zimmermann. PARIS, July 17. A Zurich dis pnlcli to the Petit Parisicii says Count Von Bernstorl'l has been nil pointed German minister nt t"n eu liagen ill the place of Count Bro.k lorlt-Kantznii. AMSTERDAM, July 17 Count Von Roedern, the tlermnii fin. nice minister, replaces Dr. Karl IleltTer it'll, secretary of the interior, ac cording lo the Berlin Tngeliliitt. COPENHAGEN, July 17. The so lection of a successor to Foreign Sec retury Zimmerman was still unset tled yesterday. Pressure was being brot from two directions to block the proposed nomination of Count Hrockdorff-Rautzaii, the German minister tit. Copenhagen, uud lo sub stitulo Admiral Von Milne, minister to Norwny,ior Count Von Hcrnstorf 1', former nmbiissador to Wiishingtou. The present minister to Christiania is greatly desired by Pnn-Geriuiins nnd advocates of n super-vigorous policy, not only on account of his high diplo matic qualifications but chiefly on account of his antecedents. Kaiser for Von Utilize, Apparently it is felt Hull a former naval officer, particularly one who played such a prominent role nt Mil ium in the events of 18118, will offer the necessary giinranleu that the Uciiniin foreign policy iu regard to peace negotiations will hu afterwards conducted nlong desired energetic lines. The emperor is snid to favor on Iliutze. The Bcinstorff party, which sprung sprung up tfih.ee the return of the ex-nmbassiidor, is cndenvoiing lo organize a booiu for him. George Itcrnlianl, the political writer, en thusiastically recommends Bernstorff to Chancellor Michaelis not only as a enpablc and experienced diploinnt, but ns u person of the necessary cal ibre and qualifications whom the chancellor will need as co-iid.jutoi' anil adviser in thu coining pence ne gotiations. Chancellor Mihnclls is described us working day anil night on his ro gram speech nnd the selection of new i nil I i t i ul l or the Prussian imperial uilmiiiist ration. LUTHERANS LOYAL TO OMAHA, July '17. The conference of Lutheran churches adopted Willi out opposition resolutions today ii: which it is declared that 'the d trinal basis of Hie Lutheran church us expressed in its great symbol known ns the Augsburg confession lo which the ministry of the cliurel is obligated, in express terms, cem- niauils loyalty to the government. It is further pointed out that tin laity is instructed iu the small cut echism to "submit lo eery oidi niince of men," and the Lutheran church in Nebraska is committed t those fundamental teachings without equivocation or mental reservation.1 J he resolutions close Willi a HWeep ing deetiirntion of unswerving devo (ion to the flag on the part of tin entire membership of the Lutheran church. The rcsolujions were in reply lo the charges of disloyally recently made against leaders of those churches by the Nebraska defense council in u public statement. The states of Nebraska, luwu and hi are represented nt Hie meeting. AMERICAN SCHOONER CHILDE HAROLD SUNK WASHINGTON, July 17. New i of Out tnrpfiinin of tint Aiihticihi schooner riiiMf 1 1 a j -M in Kuropoitn wjiU'Im June 20 rciM'linl the itc- pinlinrnt txliiy in 11 ini'HMMUi! f.mti Mimtfviilio minnunniiir tho hi ft; hi riviil tlicrc of (he MfiiiHiiiiT's muster Hllll V.XtiW uf L-ilit, KLAMATH FALLS, July 17. Organization of u citizens' vigilnnce committee for Hie an- nouiieed purpose of protecting Klamath Kails industries nnd farms from Industrial Workers of the World was effected heie lust night nt a meeting of about 200 citizens. All the members agreed to respond to riot calls whenever necessary. Tho meet- ing was culled following tho destruction Sunday of Martin Brothers' flour mill nnd the dU- covery yesterday that slock on nenrby ranches hnd been puis. oncd. SEATTLE TROLLEYS TIED UP BY STRIKE SEATTLB, July 17.. Not a Btreet car la running on the linos ot the Puget Sound Traction, Light & Power company Iu this city, owing to the strike ot the 1000 luotorinon and con ductors of the company for recogni tion of the union. The strike was pre cipitated by the strigo of the Tacoma street car men employed by the same company. As the men finished their runs ear ly this morning they took their earn to tho barns and loft them without demonstration. Apparently the com pany has made no arrangements for operating tho cars with non-union men. Negotiations had been in progress for several weeks between tho men and the company over organization of tho union, and the men had believed until the Tacoma trouble arose, that the company would recognize tho union nnd cstnhllsh the "closed shop. The attitude of the company against the Tacoma union men convinced the Seattle men yestorday that the com pany was determined not to employ union men, anil tho strike vole was almost unanimous. ESTIMATED FRUIT LKW1STON, Idaho, July 17. That there will ho 2:1,250 cars of fruit shipped from Montana, Idaho, Wash ington nnd Oregon, based on present prospects, Is the opinion of Cieorgo 10 ('rum, of tho firm of White tiros. & Cm m company. Mr. Cruin has Just completed un cxlcnsivo automobile trip thriiout tho iN'urthwest nnd bases his opinion upon first-hand Informa Hon gained In his travels. Mr. C'riini estimates tho yield from the various districts will bo as lot lows: Yaldinn valley, 8.100 cars. Weiuilclioe district, S000 cars. Hood Itlver district, 1 100 cars. Spoknno district, Kail cars. Meilford district, 1 -KlO curs. Walla Walla district, fi00 cars. .South Idaho district, 2100 cars. Hitter Knot valley, Montana, -t-'iO cars. I.ewlsloli district, 250 cars. 10 SUPPLY UNCLE SAM WASIIINOTON', July 17. To in sure un iiilcipuilc supply uf canned goods for the nrmv nnd navv, the dc tense council's supply committee to day iiskcil nil the eounlrv caiiiier lo reserve twelve percent of each can ner' spaek of peas, twcilve pcrccn of corn, eighteen percent of toinatiies and six percent of salmon. These percentages ure based upon the can ners entire puck, not on his unsold surplus. The request affects fully 'J.'ilill caiuiers in eighteen slates. The fanners already have ngieed to iiecepl ii fair mid just price to he established hy the government. Three Ministers Resign Because ot Disagreement Over Questions ln volvlng Autonomy for 'Extensive) Portion of Poland Declare Cahl net Without Power to Act. - . i n1 PETROQRAD, Monday, July 10. Two demonstration against tho gov eminent resulted in the firing of BUOt in the Novsky Prospekt at midnight as a result of which a number of per-, sons wero killed or wounded. The firing apparently waa the re sult ot stray shots which brought on a panic, iu which the demonstrators turned rifles and machine guns on! each other. Quiet was restored after a few minutes.. The demonstrations, were organized by the Bolshevikl, the majority faction ot the social demo cratic party. Three Ministers lteslgn. PETHOGRAD, July 17. Three members of tho cabinet have resigned and a special session ot the council, ot ministers has been convoked in an effort to avert a crisis. Their names are A. I. Shlngeroff, minister of fi nance; Professor Manulloff, minister ot education, nnd Prince Sbakovsky, head of the department of public aid. The resignations of these ministers followed a disagreement over ques tions involving the Ukraine, an ex tensive region In Russia embracing part of tho territories of the old king dom of Poland. Tho split In tho ministry occurred last night at a conference called to consider' a report submitted by M. Toreschtenko, minister am foreign af-. fairs, and M. Tsertelll, minister of! pasts and telegraphs, as a remilt ofT tholr negotiations concerning the Uki rnninans. Discord Over I kraiilnnns. The resigning ministers criticised tho text of a declaration made to the Ukrainans, first because It abolishes all powor of the temporary govern ment in tho Ukraine; second because It did not specify of what territories the Ukraine consists or make clear how It shall be governed. Tho opposition members of the cabJ Inot assert that only the legislative body has a right to determine the fu ture form ot the government ot the Ukraine whereas, according to the declaration ot M. Toroschtonko and M. Tuerentolll, tho Ukrainans appear to bo proceeding informally to draw ", up tholr own government. Tho ministers iiiRlst their resigna tions aro not to be taken ns an ob jection to the principle of autonomy, for the Ukraine. The provisional government decid ed today on the creation of an execu tive body to put into execution meas ures dealing with the administration of Ukraine. Tho personnel will bo decided on by the government In agreement with the Ukrainans on the basis of equitable representation ot other nationalities Inhabiting Ukra ine and a solution of tho agrarian, questions, LONDON, July 17. A Rentes dispatch rrom Potrograd says M. Sten phunorr, acting minister of comorca, also has resigned. CENTRIST PARTY LI AMSTERDAM, July 17. In a lengthy apology published by the Catholic center party of Germany, for tho action ot Deputy Mathlas Erzber gor, In attacking tho Pun-Germans and the submarine campaign the fol lowing occurs: "Certainly our fronts stand un- shakeablo. Our strongest offensive.. force, tho i -boats, injures England immeasurable. Nevertheless no end Is to bo foreseen at this moment. Ilopo had arlseu that tho end ot the war might bo brought about by mid summer thru tho U-boats. Expecta tions woro aroused which were not realized. This statement, howevor, Implies no doubt In tho efficiency ot tho U-boats. It hus occurred to no one to suggest the stoppage of Biihma, r I no warfare." I.IL