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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
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Bill
TIE
ROYAL FAMILY
KALUSZ, GALICIA
TO
AT KLAMATH FALLS
FOR WHEAT $1 .75
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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
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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."
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