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Medford Mail Tribune
Forty-Mventh Tear,
Dally Twelfth Year.
MEDFORD. OREGON', THURSDAY. JULY 19, 1JM7
NO. 101
DRAWING FOR MILITARY SERVICE FRIDAY
Uisl.c-.stt ii O-.cgon
Lilirwv
DETAILS OF
TOlllSIll
SELECTARWIY
Two Drawings, One of Numbers From
I to 1000 and Another From 0
to 10 From a So-called Master Key
by Which the Thousand Numbers
Will Reach Every Man Double
Number Needed to be Called Be
cause of Exemptions Sought.
WASHINGTON, July 19. 'Nine-
thirty o'clock tomorrow morning In a
committee room of the senate office
building has been fixed as the time
and place for the war army drawing.
Secretary Baker and other cabinet
officers and members of the senate
and house military committees will
witness the drawing. Provost Mar-Mhal-General
Crowder counts upon
fenlshing in little more than an hour
the entire process, which will fix the
order ot liability for appearance be
fore the local exemption boards of
each man ot the ten million regis
tered. Make Two Drawings,
There will be two drawings, one of
numbers from one to one thousand
and another from cipher to ten from
a so-called master key by which the
thousand numbers drawn will reach
every man in every district.
There are 4B57 exomptlon districts
with an average of about 3000 regis
trants in each. The largest has more
than ten thousand men registered and
the smallest only about 1S5. In each
district each registrant has been giv
en a serial number written upon his
card in red ink.
For districts with not moro than
1000 registrants the drawing of one
thousand numbers will fix definitely
the place upon each district's list the
name of each man. Where a district
has more than 1000 the master key
will have to be applied thus:
' Muster Key Vsed.
"The key will fix the order in which
each group of thousands Is to be plac
ed on the liability list, which will run
from number one to moro than ten
thousand. For instance, if nine should
be the first number drawn for the
key all registration numbers in the
nine thousand group would go in
iblock at the head of the list arranged
In the order In which, the numbers
one to one thousand come out in the
second drawing. THstrlcls with less
thnn OOOi registrants therefore would
disregard this first block entirely and
would be affected only by the position
ot the key numbers for the blocks
corresponding with the number of
thousands of registrants they have.
Out ot the ten million registered,
BS7.000 are wanted for the war army.
As it Is estimated that 50 per cent of
tho men called before the boards
will be exempted, each board will
be directed to call double the num
V'r of Its quota for examination, in
the order that their numbers appear
on tho the district list after the draw
ing. Draw lvmblo tho Quota.
General Crowder announces alsn
that local boards will bo Instructed to
call 200 per cent of tholr quota at the
(Continued on Page Four.)
EMI GOLDMAN
PEHTIED APPEAL
WASHINGTON, July 19 Associ
ate Justice Urandels today granted
Emma Goldman and Alexander Kerk-
man, now serving sentence in federal
prisons for conspiracy to Impede tho
work of the army draft law, permis
sion to appeal their cases to tho su
preme court from the district court in
New York. He aUo granted such per
mission to Morris Becker and Louis
Kramer, convicted on similar charges
These are the first cases Involving the
draft law to reach the supreme court.
RUSSIANS AGAIN
'OCCUPY NOVICA;
FRENCH VICTORS
Heavy Fighting in Progress on East
ern Front Crown Prince's Army
Suffers Rude Shock When French
Attack and Recapture All Positions
Northeast of Verdun In Surprise.
PETROGRAD, July 19. Russian
troops have again driven into the Ga-
lician village of Novlca, south of Ka-
lusz and now occupy the eastern end
of that place.
The 'Russians captured more than
200 prisoners and three machine guns
in Tuesday's fighting near Noviea
They had the entire village in their
hands at one period, but the occupy
ing detachments sustained such heavy
losses that they withdrew to the vil
lage's eastern section.
French Shock Crown Prince.
(From a Staff Correspondent of the As
sociated Press.)
FRENCH F1HXNT IN FRANCE,
July 18. The crown prince's army
suffered a rude shock when the
French yesterday attacked and recap
tured al.l the positions northwest of
Verdun. Thcso cost the Germans not
only the loss of their former conquest
and about five hundred prisoners, but
the French cut Into their lino and re-
neatod counter-attacks by the Ger
mans failed to recover any part there
of and resulted even in more losses.
The Germans have been for several
days expecting the French would try
to shell them out but did not expect
an Infantry attack.
Tho French woro obliged to delay
the movement owing to bad weather,
but continued tho heavy bombard
ment, causing tho Germans such loss
es that they were obliged to take the
Tenth Reserve division which was
holding their position out of the
trenches as some ot its companies
have been reduced to fifty men each.
The twenty-ninth division replaced it.
supported by the forty-eighth division
composed of fresh troops brought
from the Russian front.
Knenty Surprised.
It was while relief was proceeding
that the French attacked, thoroiy snr
prising the enemy by appearing In
their trenches while the bombardment
was proceeding. Before the Germans
could recover tho French were within
the third line German trenches.
The French now hold all the oh-
scrvalorlcs overlooking tho slopes of
1 Moil llommo and Hill 304. The
whole engagement lasted only thirty
minutes.
Official Version.
PARIS. July 19.. The Germans
made an attack last night on a front
of SOU meters south of St. Qttentln.
The war office announces that the
enemy gained a footing in the French
first line, but was expelled from the
greater part of these positions by a
counter-attack. A German attempt to
regain ground captured by the French
near Acovourt wood on the Verdun
front was defeated.
BKRUN, July 19. The capture of
French positions on a front of a kl
lometer southwest of St. Qiieutin
announced by the war office. Artll
Icry fighting in Flanders continues.
. W. W. TYING UP
, HUMBOLDT MILLS
Ki'ltKKA, Cal., July IS. The lum
ber mills of Humboldt, Del Norte "and
Mendocino counties were threatened
today with a partial let-up of opera
tions as tho result of a general strike
call Issued by tho lumber workers
branch of the Industrial Workers of
the World, It was announced. Log
ging operations will be affected, it
was said, as the result of the I. W. W.
activities among members of the or
ganization employed in the woods and
mills.
FIRST PICTURES OF THE BRITISH
i. . '. I J !
" - -"..Fa
British soldiers are here shown en-j
tcrlng historic Hagdud on its evacua
tion by Ule Turko-Teutonic forces.
This is the first photograph of this
significant event to roach America.
liagdud has been one of the jewels in
the German dream empire.
ISelow are shown the German crown
prince and members of his staff be
hind the Gorman lines in France.
This picture was taken on tho Atone
front on June 11, and hu just reach
ed America. " '' V .'
PRESIDENT ISSUES
PARDONTO PICKETS;
GETS NO THANKS
WASHINGTON', July m Presi
dent Wilson today issued pardons for
the sixteen nuffrugists who are serv
ing a sixty day sentence in the work
house nt Occoqnnn, Vs., for picket
ing in front of the white house.
Secretary Tumulty said the pardon
must speak for itself and that the
white house would imve no Binte-
ment to make of the president' rea
son for lits action.
Woman 8 Party leaders nt their
lieadipinrterK expressed surprise at
the president's action and declircd
emphatically that "picketing" ot the
white house would not stop as n re
sult of it.
"Those women now in Hie work
house have no interest hi a pardon
Miss Miibel Vernon said. "Thcv sub
mitted themselves to arrest in ilie
interest of national woman suffrage
and not in the interest of a pardon
for their nlleped offense."
Dudley Field Slalntir, collector of
customs, who had planned to apnea I
Hie cases of the prisoners, declined
to make any comment on the presi
dent's action. He received the news
at suffrage headquarters where he
was in conference.
ROUTINE LIFE M
COLUMBUS CAMP
COI.rMBt'S, N. M-, July 19. The
men deported from Btsheo last Thurs
day and now held here, are settling
more or leifs into a routine under the
direction of an army officer assigned
to havo charge of them. They are be
ing supplied with tobacco and stamps
If they are without money, and sever
al who were deported from llisbce
without shoes aro to receive these
necessities.
The families of the iSisbec men de
ported and .now interned here are
doing cared for by Bisbeo authori
ties, according to Representative Rosa
JlcKay of the Arizona legislature, who
Is here. She said many were afraid of
violence and had begged her to use
her influence to have federal troops
stationed In tbe district.
CAPTURE OF BAGDAD AND THE
9 1 H
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JAPANESE RULE
N MJUflMK TO
BE BY IM
(Correspondence of the Associated Press.)
TOKIO, June 20. Japan Is arrang
ing a radical change in the adminis
tration of .Manchuria by which the
whole Japanese sona of influence
would virtually be placed under mili
tary authority.
This will be effected by extending
the authority of tho Kwanglmig gov
ernment general which wilt have add
ed to it almost all the Japanese ad
ministrative rights of Manchuria be
sides the exclusive control of military
affairs.
The project of unification is viewed
as a very important development In
the extension of Japanese influence
on the Asiatic continent and tho pro
posed affirmation of the authority of
the Kwangtung military in Manchuria
is regarded with special Interest In
view of the mtsnttleif condition in
Russia.
GERMAN PARTIES
UNITE FOR PEACE
AMXTKHIMM, Jitlv 19. The Her-
lin Tneebliitl says the cummin ei. of
the majority parties in the U.rm;m
reichstatr have unanimously deejded
to move the peace resolution. Vf
viously ihe committee was divided,
iwo members of the center and one
libera! disagreeing with the majority
The Tagehlatt says that 221 depu
ties will vote for the peace res i'h-
tion. ... .,!
CROWN PRINCE AT AISNE.
FROM CONFERENCE
ENTENTE ALLIES
WASHINGTON, Jtdv 19.-The
t'nited Kiutcs has been officially in
vited by (he allied governments to
participate in the mter-uliied cor
ierenee to lie held in Pans some ;mte
litis month, hut has decided that for
the present it will nut he rieccss ir;
io take part in such meeting Not di
redly nlleetim; this country h
in (lie war.
tt was officially explained at th
state demirtiiient that while t!ii
eonrse was followed at presen
was riot, to lie taken as mdsea ion
of a permanent, polir.
The fans conference was stated
ill tile iisvitatioiy in lie largely nit
fury nod upon ilie Balkan sifiiiilioit
Tlie Knifed States t present lifts
diced interest in that cpiestion nt a
fedine its own War plans, it w
staled.
Nevertheless it i realized tftitt
a filial settlement will have to becdit,
increasingly important iti its uttemj
to secure 11 just eitce which xliu
free ihe world from causes of future
wars. On tlmt basis the irm-priiinen
is exaiuittiiur the various plans
reconf ruction sit;estcd and
when tt deems (lie moment ripe, suit
Sies! sitjfiilile adjustments. This lime,
however is thought not yet to ha
arrived.
RUSSIAN WARSHIP
DESTROYS U-BOA
i'KTWKiKAU, July til, TI;
north him! south agency nmr! Hint
n Russian destroyer has sunk a tie
man submarine in the Italtic by drop
pint; bombs on it ami that the crew
of the subunmne was drowned.
ETROGRADHELD
BY MARTIALLAW
BY GOVERNMENT
Five Hundred Killed and Woumfaf in
Rioting but Provisional Ministry
Used Strong Hand to Control
Council Plans Movina to Moscow
to Escape Coercion,
PETROGRAD, July IS, The gov
ernment controls tho city today at
completely as tho Bolshevik! appeared
to control it yesterday.
fitlO Casualties In Hint.
LONDON, July 19. A Reuter dis
patch from Pelrograd says lbs num
ber of killed or wounded in tho two
days of disorder there ts estimated at
about 500,
PETROORAD, July 19. Another
member of the Russian provisiona
government resigned today. The min
ster who tendered tsts resignation
was M. Pereveineff, who new sue
portfolio of lustico.
Since early morning Cossacks and
other mounted troops have patrolled
the streets, AH bridges also are an-
der hcayy guard, only those posses
slag proper credentials being permit
ted to cross.
In, the trig circle ta front at the
windows of the winter palace half a
dozen armored cars wero held Irt read
iness for an emergency and tn the
barracks nearby several thousand
troops were kept under arms.
Ainiit Reinforcement
Only in tho district beyond tho
Neva, have'tne disturbing elements a
semblance of controi, but thus far
they have been inactive. They are
reported to have annmmcert they were
waiting for reinforcements from
Kronstarfl,
On the other hand, s circular dis
tributed in tho streets, purporting to
have been Issued by the Boftthevtkt
declares they have fcetd the city in
their power for two dajt and that
they are content with this state f af
fairs, having no further ambitions.
in tho vicinity of the parliament
bttttiltiif!. which Is occupied by govern
ment troops, (inlet prevails.
Tho first machine gun regiment.
which had fts headtptarlnra tit the
villa of Mttdamolsello Kaheslnska,
and the roejt manning four armored
cars which guarded tho entrance to
the villa, have submitted to the au
thority of the soldiers and workmen's
council.
PKTKOGRAfl, July IS. An extra
ordinary cabinet council is discuss
ing tho proposal to transfer ihe seat
of tho provisional government to
Moscow.
Held at Moscow,
t'BTROiSRAl), July 19. M. Tsere-
tetli, minister of posts and telegraphs.
and member of the council of work
men and siilrttera' (teteaatett, salts
yesterday tho general assembly of
workmen and soldiers and peasants
would be held at Moscow to prevent
the interference from an irresponsi
ble section of the t'etrograd garri
son. PETItWJRA!', July IS, Tbe gen
eral staff building and winter pttlare
(.'onftRoeil on Vngn Two.)
TOMPKINS CONFESSES
TO TRIPLE MURDERi
Johnstown, !'., July 19. fleorge
C. Tompkins ot Philadelphia, held In
connection with the shooting to death
of Edmund I, Humphries, prominent
coal operator, his wife, Mrs. Carrie
Humphries, and their 1 5-year-otd son,
Edmund t Humphries, Jr., on a coun
try road near Carrotltown, this coun
ty, iast Sunday, confessed to tbe three
murder today, according to an-nottnecm-nt
by tho police. Tho con
fession waa made la the preseaee of
Jailer Kilward Kne of the county
jail and Tompkins attorney.
SENATE LUIS p
UlCONIROLTO
FOODS AND FUEL
Implied Endorsement Given Hoover
by RajectiGit of Caffirtiissloft of
Rve Iron mi Site! Controi Re
jected Hmp anil implement Con
troi Also Rejected.
WASHINGTON, July 18; Imptfed
endorsement was givea Herbert C
Hoover today by the senate whea tty
a viva voce vote ft rejected an amend
ment by Senator Reed ot Missouri ta
have tbe food control bill administer
ed by a board of live Instead of Utrea
members. . , f
Confinement of government control
legislation ia tho food Wit to foods,
feeds and fuels, tneludtag kerosene
and gasoline, was forecasted today
when In what was regarded aa a teat
vote, the senate rejeeted 4 to zs ao
amendment by Senator Kenyoa .ot
Iowa, to extend eontral to iron "Ors
and Ms products, hemp, binding twtes
and farm Implements and tools. .
Says CSiptalas Fall. .
Sesstor Newiaads, supporting to
Kenyon amendment, said tho "cap
tains of Industry had fatted to meet
the responsibilities of the war,'; Ka
doctored tho steel industry, parltga
larty, had refuse, deven ia tower prices
to tfta government and proposed to
net from tho government tho highest
prices tt may. " .rVwr"
Opposing the amentfmeat, SeSaior
ChamberiatH, irt charge of the bin, tn
ststed that extension of government
control might defeat the measure.
'I think the (Sato mast eoroe aadja
the near future," he said, when
steel, Iron and other products must m
subjected ta governmental control.
Slut we cannot put through any Wtl
for food control at all Btsless we Unfit
it to tfa original purpose foods,
feeds and fuels. We ought to put
thru a food coatrol bill promptly, sae.
with somo measure of patriotism."
ltdpa tha Farmer,
Denying that the bill strikes at the
farmers or their markets. Senator
Chamberlain said the Liverpool wisest
market, which controls prices, has
been destroyed by the embargo order
of ftse president.
"So therefore, it ts proper that, for
the farmers protection, we should
guarantee them a market with a cer
tain minimum price. Tha embargss
wilt reduce tho price of wheat sad
fttfl anil the farmer must be gives B
assured profitable price.
An amendment by Senator Bhafrstli
aitthortJlng a stnRte food admlatelra
tor instead of a eommissnion, was re
jected, 63 to 19,
An amendment by Senator Kew
lands to add iron, steel, aluminum
and copper to tbe amendment by Sen
ator t'hambertain, was rejected tt ts
SAW TORPEDO ;
MISS SIEMB
AW ATt.AXTiC! PORT, July t.
The experience of watching a torpedo
front ft Herman U-heai which took,
part in sinking tb '....eriean oli tank
er John 1. Arritbotd, skim along tha
length of his own ship about two feet
away and pass on haratlsssty, wa re
lated here today by a sec captala whs
relumed oft s French ship with bis
crew after dettvering a. steamer btttlt
oa the Great bakes to her French par
chaser. Tito captain said he was watehtsg
the sinking of the Arehbotd which oc
curred June IK, when suddenly submarine-
periscope, was sighted oil bis.
own bow and he swerved his ship
sharply. The course of torpedo, h
sati!, was plainly visible ft tt passed.
By this time his gunners opened firs,
sending fattr shells at tha ti-boat. 1
The last shell, he sstd, made
great splash, which was followed hy
a cloud of vapor snd tha snbmsrins
disappeared. Ho believed the tf;Bt
.was destroyed,