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Forty-seventh Tear.
Daily Twelfth Yenr.
, MEDFORD. OREGON'; FRIDAY, JULY 20. 1917
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IN PROGRESS
Secretary Baker Draws First Number
WILL LAST UNTIL MORNING O ER PATRIOTISM
Biimiioiued Employes ot war Department uo urawing iu.ouu
Numbers to be Drawn Which Will Take Until Saturday Morning to
Complete 1,370,000 Names to be Called Which Will be Turned Over
to Exemption Boards for Final Selection of 687,000
: :
Jackson County's total mlli-
tary registration is 1107.
$ 4, 4, $ .j. .. .::-:
? WASHINGTON, July 20. The
: "rent lottery to fix the order of lit) -
hilitv for niilifnrv service of eni'h of
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Staler re.rist ercl I'nr (lip v:ir hcnn
at 9:4!) o'clock this morning. Hy
some- time tonight eveiy ninn ivill
i-nnir 1... ,1. I".... ,
: 1,370,0110 to be culled Indole local
exemption boards.
. From the 1,370,000 the board are
to select 087,000 for America's first
draft army of 500,0110 and to fill up
vacancies in the national guard and
tne regular army.
In a committee room of the senate
Affiee hnildimi- will, i'i.itvefil ntienc
; of the Dress nrosent. war dcitnrhnonf
and house militarv committees henn
Ml UlUWJIIg OL JII.IIUII Mips OCnilllg
numbers corresponding with the se
rial numbers of each .registrant, in
.the largest district in the country.
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Secretary Baker was the first, man
Ml IVIUIUIillV 11 CUI'MIIC CIH'IUSIMI SMp.
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. irom n great glass nowi. l.lnmioi.lcil
he drew number 2.8.
' Cliainnan Chamberlain of the son
: ate military committee drew the sec
ond number, 2.22. Chairman Pent
. r,f tim Lmk.. ,.,;n..
drew the third nuniher, Otil.'l.
Senator Warren and Iieprescnta
tivye Kalin, ranking minority mem
bers of the senate an.l the house mili-
tary committees, drew the next two
numbers, 4.V12 and 10.1218.
The drafting was then turned over
to the appointed ti llers, who, bliud
Vfoldcd took from the bowl numbers
as fast as the announcer and the
tally clerks could keep pace.
Curled Into Oipsulcs.
Thev drew the numbers from n
high, wide-mouthed howl set on an
. oak table in front of the tally cicrk's
. desk. The bits of nnner. blackened
on the back so that from the outside
none could determine the numbers
stamped thereon, were curled into
gelatine capsules.
Ju the first thousand numbers
drawn there were 270 numbers which
affected the normal districts of 11000
registrants. Applying this to I he en
tire country, these 270 serial num
bers below three thousand should
designate, approximately 1,200,000
mimes.
Finish Tomorrow.
Of (bo first 1.MI0 numbers drawn
105 were below 11000. If the normal
district has 11000 registrants the
names designated by the I0.j is about
''1,000,000.
Four hours after the drawing
started about 2 III0 numbers bad been
drawn and the tellers' were slowing
down in their work. It was estimat
1 FOR TRYJN
I.OXDOX, July 20. -The Ken-
ter Amsterdam corre-pondent
sends the following :
"According to information
available here, which must, bow-
ever, be treated with necessary
reserve, Iwo Americans were
shot recently on the charge or
having attempted to take l!ie
tlernian emperor's lite.
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AT CAPITAL;
and Senator Chamberlain Second
ed that the last number might noL be
out before three, o'clock tomorrow
morning.
All draft numbers are given In the
order drawn, each tenth number car
rying the designation ot the order of
drawing. For Instance, No. 2SS was
drawn first, Is No. 1, but the rotation
of the next nine numbers Is not given
as they are. in sequence, the purpose
being to save space. As the highest
registration of any point in the west
is 8700, numbers above that are not
given. ' s
i-Vumhcr 1 is 258; 2522; 9,613;
4,532; 10,218; 458; 3.403; 10,015;
9,S99.
No.
4,762;
5,977;
No.
10 Is
854;
1,894.
20 is
8,934; 1.431!; 2,624;
6,983; 7.1S3; 6,697;
4,614; 4,501; 9,922;
1,878; 4,142; 4,083; 10,425; 9,018;
8,251; 6,423.
No. 30 Is 9,736; 3,257; 5,799;
10,240; 6,767-, 1,095; 8,666; 2,022;
3,383; 6,551.
No. 40 is 6,952; 9,420; 3,382;
9,258; 4,306; 4,320; 7,103; 9,862;
4,881; 1,455.
No. 50 Is 3,679; 0,183; 3,755; 783;
1.813; 8,482; 2,787; 1,858; 8,239;
2,389.
INo.
S.904
5,227
No.
4,520
3,674
No.
6,132
CO is
10,385;
5,034; 7,209;
3,637; 9,938;
5,706
1.752.
70 is
2,494
5,939.
80 is
6,809
3,507;
5,497;
6,453;.
5,769;
3,505;
2,762;
8,830;
4,137;
3,200;
1,117:
8,596;
5,885;
3.082;
8,343;
1,572; 5,897.
No. 90 is 2,762; 9.594; 1,748;
5,938; 7, 952; 9,316; 2,195; 4,487;
8,159; 837.
No. 100 Is 5,019; 9,369; 7,730;
2,036; 8,671; 5,997; 7.37G; 10,254;
337; 5,810.
No. 110 is 676; 6.446. 6,768;
7.355
9.9S5
No.
4.056
275; 6,047; 6,833; 6,25i9;
4,419.
120 is 3.S27; 509; 1.1S5; 564;
10.0S8; 5,637. 2,166; 945;
1,913.
No. 130 is
10.070; 5,980
2,620; 2,936.
No. 140 is
8,806; 10,496; 596;
3,543; 5,830; 3,067;
9,309; 1,267;
2,148; 536;
4,433;
3,812;
3,746; 5,510;
1,495; 2,453.
No. 150 Is 7,191; 3,640;
10,242; 7,753; 548; 126;
7,319; 7,025.
io. 160 is 9,1411; 1,679;
9.453; 3,604; 3,331; 7,719;
784; 1,732.
No. 1 70 Is 755; 107; 3,786;
6,926; 1,546; 1,563; 2,099;
1,369.
10,092;
3,070;
5,678";
1,237;
; 5.773;
8,412;
INo. 180 is 9,362;
4.6S8; 9,726; 6,206
373; 4,294.
No. 190 Is 1,676;
8,8411; 2,691
616;, 6,087;
1,206;
2,684;
1,891;
8,412;
8,135; 775; 3,183;
7,327; 3.557.
No. 200 Is 3,159
7,282; 8,685
4S6; 3,499; 692; 3,721; 600; 8,381
3.256.
No.
7.579;
6.S32;
No.
4.64 1;
210 is 9,221;
1.986; 10,135
8,784.
220 Is 4.701
4,805; 3,490;
3,539; 8,236;
810; 4,097;
8,697; 4,189; 9,364 ; 1,639.
(Continued on page three)
PATROL FIRED UPON
ItliOWXSVILI.i:, Tex., July 20.
Ofl'icial reports were received at
army beadipiarters h rc from Colonel
Dclamcter of the Second Txns in
Inntry, confirming reports from Mis
'i"ii, Texas, that an American patrol
bad been fired i x ri neross the bor
der from Ojo de Agua. Col nel l)el
amclcr said be bad gone to th i scene
and would make a full report.
PLACIN PROFITS
Drastic Action Must Be Taken Soon
to Break Log-Jam Resulting From
Price-Fixing Controversies War
Preparations Seriously Delayed
Steel Trust Holds Up Ship Building
Hy Gllson Gardner, WashliiBton. Corre
spondent.) WASHINGTON, July 20. Drastic
action must be taken soon by the ad
miuistration to break the log-jam
which lias resulted from price-fing
controversies. All war prcparati ns
are being seriously delayed.
Among the important things af
fected arc: The ship building pro
gram, cantonment construction, pur
chase of equipment and clothes for
the half-million selective service
army, mining and distribution of
coal for governmcift and private usj,
co-ordination of railroad transpor
tation, and conservation and distri
bution of food.
Vnsottled Questions.
In all these matters there is se
rious delay due to the unsettled ques
tions as to how much the profit ought
to be.
Steel is the most conspicuous ex
ample of the price-fixing difficulty.
Seven weeks linyo been lost in ship
construction by fniluro to agree on
a bnse price for steel plates wheth
er $05 or $95 a ton is n fair price
and more time was lost debuting rela
tive merits of wood and iron hs ma
terials for ship, construction. Inci
dentally the price of lumber for ships
and cantonment is quoted all the
way from $27 a thousand to $42 a
thousand.
The administration has tried to
avoid controversy and delay by as
suring everybody ibaf fair and even
liberal profits would ' be willingly
paid for honest and prompt work.
In awarding the work on the chnton
mcnts this policy was carried to the
length of discarding nl competitive
bidding and offering contracts on the
basis of cost plus a fair pro fit, A
fair profit might be as high as 7 per
cent of the amount involved.
Profit Almve Patriotism.
This plan has had only partial
success. Some business men, moved
by patriotism, offered to work for
cost with no prolit. On the otaer
band, some of the most powerful
business interests tboso which con
trol steel, nil and coal have placed
profit above patriotism and hnvo in
sisted on a margin of profits which
the government officials regard as
grasping.
For many days personal diplomacy
has been at work in the hope the
profiteering interests might be made
to see reason and accept voluntarily
some fundamental arrangement fair
to both sides. How they have failed
to do this is shown in the action of
the coal operators beaded by F. S.
I'eabody and his committee. Mr.
Gary and bis steel committee have
in sunilar laslnon tailed to come
thru. The railroad magnates have
employed all their energies in making
a patriotic drive for the 15 percent
increase in freight rates and have
signally failed to relievo shortage of
coal cars or to provide cars lo tran
port new food crops.
E,
AMSTKKDAM, July 20. A note
worthy development in Turkish wom
en's life, the establishment lit Con
stantinople of a huge -department
store for women is announced by
the Vossische Zeitung. No men are
to be employed in nnv capacity.
TAX UPON PULQUE
RAISED BY MEXICO
MEXICO CITY, July 20.-0.1 July
first the tax on pulque and tlucli'qiic,
alcoholic drinks made from the Mn
guey cactus, great quantities of which
are consumed in Mexico, was raised
to 2.1 K'reent of Ibe sales pri :c at
first baud.
11 WILHEM'S YOUNGEST SON BE KAISER?!
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wOflU ft
insistent rumor Kays Prince Joachim,
popular candidate for siirccssion to tho
week said Mia kaiser bad abdicated in
would consent to a nioro democratic Kovornmont, while maintaining the cm.
plre, which, men of authority say, cannot yet le overthrown. Piioto shows
Joachim in uniform and civil dress.
II
AMKHICAN TRAINING (;AMP
IN FKANCK, July 20. The encaiep
ment, 'of American troops has al
most metamorphosed this thoroly and
distinctively French lown Into an
American community( notwithstand
ing the fact, that the soldiers have
taken notable pains to adapt them
selves to the customs and babe:
of (heir posts. ,
Yesterday an American corporal
opened a barber shop in the aban
doned quarters of a one-lime French
barber, who is now at the front.
Almost immediately the Amerie.-.n
cornered virtually all the trade in
town, lie bail so many customers,
both French and American, that be
announced that business here was
far belter than in his previous army
shops in Manila, Hawaii, Alaska
and on the Mexican bonier.
As the kits have been unpacked,
phonographs have made their appe.ir
inco and the daily militarv concerts
are supplemented by informal re
citals. The French soldiers who arc
camping adjacent to' the Amerl ins
arc outsH)ken admirers of the Amer
ican equipment and its practical), py.
They particularly praise the cotton
belt worn by the Americans, Hhich
they say has not nn equal as a
feasible means for carrying multitu
dinous gear, such as cartridges, pis
tol, knife and other things. They
express wonder at Hie huge number
of soldiers among the Amercan
troops who cany pistols. Thev ad
mire also the new harness and Ibe
trappings of horses nnd mules and
envy every American soldier bis
comfortable cols and sleeping equlp
metn. Likewise, they marvel at the
independence of the American offi
cers, who shilt almost entirely for
themselves without the aid of custom
ary orderlies and servants.
MM PESTS FOR
MKI.liOl liNn, Australia, June 20.
(CorresiMuidcncc). Hardships and
discomforts of the British campaigns
in Palestine and MesoHdaiuiii irc
the themes of many letters written
by Australian soldiers serving under
the command-, of Generals Sir Arehi
bald Murray in Palestine or Major
General Maude in Mesopotamia.
"If you want to see a muddle you
ought to see a camel convoy under
shell fire," writes one man from the
vicinity of Gaza in southern Pales
tine. "The natives who lend the cam
els run awav at the first shot and
then the while men try lo induce, by
all Ibe profanity Ihcy can muster,
those camels lo hurry out of range
or under cover of a bill.
youngest, son of the kaiser, is Ibe
(Jcrnuin throne. One rcKirt lust
Joachim's fuvor. It is believed lio
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Mystory hovers about the dollbor-
ato attempt last Wednesday afternoon
to cripple the Califorina-Orogpn t'ow
or company by putting its high ten
sion power wire, which furnishes cur
rent for all of Southern Oregon and
Northern California, out of commis
sion.
Whether tho criminal was an I. W,
W., or what his purpose was Is un
known, but It Is known, that tho act
was done dollborutoly and with mal
ice, and further that the person guilty
was one familiar with electricity.
At 1:34 Wednesday afternoon the
high tension power line between Ore
gon and California was put out by
some one going to the top of the Slskl
yous to a place at least eight mllon
from human habitation and placing a
wire across the high tonslon wires,
creating a short circuit.
No damage was done beyond the
work Imposed on tho company of re
storing power servico and locating the
sourco of trouble. It was not until
4:30 p. in. that the company omployos
succeeded In locating tho trouble and
rostnrl.ig complete, service
When the wire was thrown across
tho high tension wires the power serv
lee was stopped Imtam.ly everywhere
In southern Oregon and northern Cal
ifornia. Hy fast work and manipulat
ing of Its various resources the com
pany was able to restoro servico to the
various cUlos and towns within a fow
in 1 u ii t Of).
"The deed was a dellherato one,
dono with malice and Intention and
was dono hy no greenhorn," snld II
U Wulthcr, general manager of tho
California and Oregon I'owor com
pany, "it took considerable planning
as tho hlKh tension wire and other
wires werj twenty-fivo f.ct above tho
grund, and the malefactor had to act
carefully In order to fet his wire
ucross tho tension wires and keep
himself from danger. Whethor he
was mi I. W. W. or some one with a
grievance against In company, or
whether It was some other person
with an unknown motive, I do not
know."
London, July an. -suffering" "f
the survivors of vessels, torpedoed
hy German submarines are graphi
rally related in the official report
of A. II. Illackman, chief officer of
the steamer Alnwick Castle, sunk
some time ago. The submarine, hi
staled, sped away without sinking
nny of the boats containing the sur
vivors. There were in the chief of
ficers boat lit persons, including two
GERMAN V CTORY RESOLUTION FUR
If! A C A
TO JUT NY IN
RUSSIAN ARMY
Failure to Hold Teutons in Galicia
Due to Extremist Regiments Vol
untarily Retiring Before Enemy
Attempt Made to Kill Kercnsky
Entire French Front Assaulted.
PF.TliOGUAD, July 20. An at
tempt lo assassinate War Minister
Kercnsky was made today at Hie
town of Polotsk. A shot fired at
(he minister missed him.
HKRLIN, July 20 German troops
have pushed forward thru three
strong liussian zones of defenso be
tween the Sereth and Zlota Lipu riv
ers in eastern Gnliciu, the war office
announced today. The Russians suf
fered heavily, the statement. adds and
are retreating in disorder. The Ger
mans look a few thousand prisoners
Socialists Mutiny.
riCTUOGRAI), July 20. The Hus
sian failure to hold the Germans in
eastern Galicia, says an official
statement issued by tho war depart
men today, was due to extremist de
tachment holding meetings and dis
cussing the advisability of obeying
orders which some regiments bud re
fused to obey.
The Russian statement says the
(10711) Mlynov regiment situated be
tween Hnlkov and Muna.jov volun
tarily retired before the attacking
Germans nnd as a, result the neigh
boring units also bad to retire.
French Front Attiiclted.
PAW1S, July 20. Tho Geramns
nniilc a general altuek last night on
the whole sector of the Aisne front
belween Craonno and Vauelere. The
war office announces that the Freni
withstood (heir furious nssaulls nnd
mainlained their positions every
where.
HF.HLIN, July 20. Artillery neliv-
ily in Flnnders increased yesterday
to extreme violence, the Gorman war
offieo announced today.
Part of the French posilious on
tho Wintorhurg wero captured by
tho Germans. Later some of these
trenches were captured during n
I'l'eneh attack.
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DKNVKU, July 20. Kcderal modi-
alors who have been trying lo avi 't
a strike of miners in the Lead'illc
district, telegraphed President Wil
son, 'saying they felt they were pow
erless lo prevent the slrike.
It now seems that 1 100 men Mn-
ployed in the mines and smellers will
go on strike Saturday morning. With
ill ten days the 1'adville smeller will
be compelled to lay off its 1000 em
ployes and within two weeks 't.00
nunc, mill and smelter men will be
idle because of Ibe strike of Ibe min
ers, according to a statement made
by Charles II. Mover, president of
the International l iiion of Mine, Mill
and Smelter workers, tonight.
At Ibe office of Gcvomor flnntor
last night it was stated (hat prepar i
tions to maintain order in the minim.
camps if necessary are being with
held pending action by the fede
mediators, Vrrncr '. Heed nnd Kor-
mer Chief Justice George W. Mus-
ser. Governor Giinter takes (he po
sition Hint (he federal government
has taken jurisdiction by nppoint'iig
mediators and that no slate action
could be taken until the federul me
diators are discharged.
women ami a baby of a few months.
The storckeccr became Insane and
it was necessary to tie bis hands nnd
feet (o prevent him from injuring tin
others, A cattleman made four at
tempts to jump overboard anil fin
ally succeeded. He was drowned
The deck boy died in the bout.
PEACE ADOPTED
A
AS PRESENTED
Majority Peace Suggestion Voted by
214 to JIB With 17 Not Voting
Chancellor Does Not Regard Amer
ica's Intervention With Serious
. Concern Depends on Submarines.
COPKNHAGKN, July 20. The
rea lising yesterday adopted the mar
jority peace resolution by a-vote of
211 lo Mtj with seventeen not1..yot.r
'K-
COPENHAGEN, July 20. Chan
cellor M!ichuelis in bis address before
Ibe reiehslag yestorday said Germany
would not continue the war a day
longer if it could obtain an honorable "
peace. America's intervention was
not regarded with serious concern.
Tho German fleet, particularly the
submarines, would muster the situa
tion, he said. .
COI'E.XIHAGKN, July 20. Dr.
iMlchaells, the new Imperial German
chancellor, In his address to the
relchstag Thursday afternoon, declar
ed his adhesion to the German sub
marine campaign, asserting It to be i
lawful measure, Justifiably adopted
and adapte'd for shortening the war. Jt
Dr. Michnolls opened his relchstag -',
speech with a hearty tribute to Dr. '
von Detlinuuiii-Hollweg, the retiring
Imperial chancellor, whose work, he
said, history would appreciate.
Declares ltus-slnns Caused War
The chancollor declared that the
war was forced upon unwilling Ger
many hy tho Russian mobilization and
that tho submarlno war was also forc
ed on Germany by Great Britain's
illegal blockade starvation war.
Tho faint hope that America, at the
head of neutrals, would check Great
Britain's Illegality was vain, Ger
many's final attempt to avoid the ex
tremity by a peace offor failed and
tho submarine campaign was adopted,
said the chancellor.
Fiiiso Prophets Scolded
The suhmarlne, the speaker con
tinued, had dono all and more than
had been expected, and the false pro
phets who had predicted the end ot
the war at a definite time had done a
disservice to the fatherland.
Dr. Michaels, In the course of his
address, said:
"Hitter criticism has been directed
against a highly deserving man, who
occupied this post bofore I did. This
criticism has been ot the kind Inspired
by hate. I think It would have been
better it bate paused behind closed
doors.
Itellrlng Chancellor Praised
"When the history of this war lies
before It, we shall all appreciate what
Dr. von Iluthmann-llollweg's chancel
lorship meant for the enemy. Ap
pointed chancellor by the emperor, I
have the honor for tho first time to
communicate with your high house. A
great weight bus been laid on my
Rhoulders In a most grave tlmo. Trust
ing God and Gormnn might, I ven
tured to undertake it, and shall now
serve the eaiiso to the utmost of my
power. I beg from you your trusty
eo-operatlon In tho spirit which has
been splendidly maintained In this
body during tho war."
T
POLITICS FOR FALL
SAN FRANCISCO, July 20.-Jo-sepb
Soolt, former collector of in
ternal revenue here, on trini for al
leged embezzlement of government
funds, instructed his deputies not to
penalize banks for non-payment of
hankers' laxes during the campaign
for Ibe re-cleclion of Presidon! Wil
son, according (o Ibe testimony of
loday of M. C. Poyfuir, a deputy col
leclor uder Scott,
"Mr. Scott told me ho did not tie
sire to antagonize tho bnnkers," Poy
fuir said. "Ho instructed W. H,
Chnpniuti, a revenue ngent, to make
no investigation of nrrenrs in bank
ers' taxes until alter the election."
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