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Forty-seventh Tear.
Dally Twelfth Year.
. MEDFORD. OREGON, SATURDAY, JULY 21. 1917
NO. 303
SENATE. PASSES. BILL FO
Mailt
00D CONTROL
$2 WHEAT
GUARANTEED
111
Food Control Bill, Much Altered and
Amended, Passed After Months
Debate by Senate Gives Presi
dent Power to Regulate Foods,
Feeds and Fuels Provides Three
Commissioners Instead of One
Joint Committee to Supervise.
WASHINGTON, July 21. The
house bill nppropriatinft $840,
000,000 for the aviiition service,
was passed late today by the
senate without amendment or a
record vote and with less than
an hour's discussion. It now
goes to tlie president.
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WASHINGTON, July 21 Virtual
ly rewritten ns it came from the
house a month "ti.sro, the administra
tion food control hill, modified but
still giving the president broad au
thority to regulate foods, feeds and
fuels; providing for a board of three
food commissioners instead of a sin
glo individual and authorizing a min
imum guaranteed price of $2 a bush
el for wheat, was passed lato today
by the senate.
Prohibition provisons, prohibiting
further manufacture of distilled bev
erages and directing the president to
buy all distilled beverages in bond
were left unchanged. The fiiml vole
on the bill was 8t In (I.
Those voting against the bill were
.France, Penrose, Sherman, Suther
land, republicans 4. llnrdwick and
Reed, democrats 2. Total 6.
Adopt Compromise.
Preliminary to a final vote the
ucnato without n roll call adopted the
iTi-partisan leaders' compromise for
the minimum price fixing section. It
authorizes a government guarantee
price for wheat only, of not less lhan
$2 per standard bushel until January
1, lllll), payable at the principal in
terior primary markets.
Senator Hitchcock's nmendinen
providing that the minimum pri'c of
$2 a bushed for wheal, as provided
for in the Chamberlain amendment
should be in effect at the principal
interior primary markets instead of
at only one interior market was ac
cepted by a vote of 4!) to 32.
Control of Coal.
The amendment of Senator Pom
eronc authorizing the president, thru
the federal trade commission t
fix prices of coal and coke during the
war, to take over at a reasonable
price and operate coal mines and ti
regulate wholesale and retail distri
notion and wages of coal miners
"as adopted 72 to 12.
All amendment bv Senator Owen
creating a joint congressional com
mittec on expenditures of war t
supervise appropriations, was nc
cepted 5:t to 31, many democrat
joining with a solid republican vol
for it.
The committer provided for hy lb
Owen amendment would be composed
of three democratic and two .vpub
lienn members of tho house.
The nnti-honrdinir clause and thai
authorizing the. president to elf
(Continued on Page Six.)
AMSTERDAM, July 21 The I-n
kal Anzeiger of lierlin hears that th
American consul at Odessa, John A
Rav. has been imprisoned there, will;
his British colleague, by soldiers fi
havim? sooken unfavorably of the
revolution. The soldiers, the ncw
paper bays, refused to liberate biro,
FRENCH REPEL
VOLENT SMASH
ON AISNE FRONT
German Crown Prince Sacrifices
Many Wen in Futile Effort to
Wear Out French Germans Ad
vance Thru Break in Russian Line
Caused by Mutiny British Raids.
The German crown prince rcccivod
severe beating in his recent attack
along a wide front in the Aisnc re-
ion, but nevertheless Is sacrificing
more of his troops in renewed efforts
shake the French lines. There
was violent fighting last night south
f Ccmy, on this front, but ultho
the French positions were twice pen-
t rated the end of the fighting show
ed them to have remained intact in
French hands.
A British attack on the northern
end of the Rclgiiin-Ar.mco front
which the. intensity of the big gun fire
of bete had seemed to iudicutc as im
pending, has not yet been delivered.
(icimins Advance.
MERLIN, July 21 German troops
n eastern Gnliciji have crossed the
Zlochol f-Tnrnopol road on it front
of forty kilometers, 'army lleadipiar-
ers announced today. They found
burning villages nnd great destruc
ion in their path.
The German advance was. affected
on both sides of the town of Jezier-
na. (Jezierna lies 20 miles northwest
of Tarnopol and 35 miles southeast
of Zlochoff.)
lliissians Retreat.
PKTROHRAI), July 21. A further
etrcut bus been made by the Has.
inns in eastern Galicia, the war of
lice announces, because the troops
did not show the necessary stabil
it y and at Poins did not fulfil com
mands. The Russians paused on the
line Hlatiki-Popropnavna-Vyhndow
Fighting was begun yesterday on the
Rumanian front. Austro-German
troops made an attack which was
met bv a Rumanian counter attack
The liumaiiians drove the enemy back
:ind restored the situaion.
PARIS, Julv 21. In the course of
violent lighting last night on til
Aisnc front, southeast of Ccrnv, the
Germans twice penetrated French
trenches and were driven out by
counter attacks, the war office an
nounccs. Several other attacks a
dillcicnt parts ol. the trout were
repulsed by the French, who inflict
1 heavy losses on the Germans.
llrittsli Operations, s.
LONDON, Julv 21 "We rnidci
the cncinv trenches last night
Greenland hill .north of Hoeux. The
hostile garrison hurriedly withdrew,"
the war office reKirted today. "Suc-
isful raids were made by us south
west of Ijabasse and south of Ar
mcnticres. Gcnnnn positions were
entered on n wide front, a number
of enemy were were killed and his
dugouts were bombed. Hostile raiding
parties wen1 repulsed north of llnv
rincourt wood and south of Annen
iercs.' TIED UP BY STRIKE
LEADVILLE, Colo., July 2 1 .- A 1 1
the mines In the Leadvllle metal min
ing district arc shut down today fol
lowing a strike order Issued by tho
local branch of the International Un
ion of Mine, Mill and Smelter Work
ers. An average of 2,000 men arc
employed here with the exception of
fifty pumpmen, engineers and watch
men all have quit. Fifty actively pro
ducing properties are affected.
I.EADVILI.B, Colo., July 2 1. Met
al miners In this district struck this
morning. Thirty-seven properties are
Involved. In each mine eight or ten
men remained to keep the property
free from water.
NEXT PROBLEM
FACED BY ARMY
IS
With Ten Million Men Listed in the
Order of their Liability to Service,
Task of Determining Who Among
Chosen Shall Be Exempted Comes
Next Drawing Ended Today.
WASHINGTON', July 21 With ten
million men listed In the order of
their liability to service, the federal
government began today its task of
preparation for organization of a se
lective draft army. the task of deter
mining who among those chosen shall
be exempt.
The drawing to dotormlne who
shall first be liable for service ended
early today, after it had been In prog
ress without interruption for more
than sixteen hours, and while the of
ficials In charge rested from their
long vigil others took up the tabula
tion of official figures for forwarding
to local exemption boards over the
country. Most of this work it hopos
to complete before the day Is over, so
that the local authorities can be .given
their instructions early next week.
Ono Empty Capsule.
A blank for the empty capsule was
left at the foot of tho list, and Provost
Marshal General Crowdor has so re
ported to Secretary Baker. Officials
In charge of the detail of tho schome,
say, however, that it probably will be
placed finally in tho order In which
It was drawn, its rotation number bo-
lag 10,004. This would shove each
number as now listed, from 10,004 to
10,409 down one place further on the
Hat.
Probably there are several hun
dreds of men whoso cards bear tho
number 4604, since tho average dis
trict has 3000 registrants. Even at
10,004 they will be so far down on
the liability lists that It will make lit
tle difference to them whether they
are 10,004 or 10,500.
Other Problems Fared.
Checking of tho tally sheets also Is
disclosing other problems to be solv
ed. So far, however, nothing has
ome up that docs not settle itself nat
urally. There Is one rase of a dupli
cated number because 6689 and 6X99,
both were recorded as the same num
ber. Upside down either number bo-
comes the other.
The ruling made is that the first
number recorded will bo regarded as
correct. If It went on tho shoot first
as 6689, It will remain in that place
on the final sheet. Where the num
is re WsiUm1 later it will lie reversed.
Within ten days the men who are
subject to tho president' ordor for
mobilization of a war quota of 687
000 may be appearing beforo their
boards for examination and for dccls-
ion as to exemption. Twice 687,000
are to be summoned by the boards, on
the theory that two registrants must
be examined for every soldier accept
ed, and the number each registration
district must furnish has been care
fully worked out.
READY TO
1 a
EXEMPTION
Here Is what America and her allies are banking on to stop the U-boat menace nnd probably end the war.
Small, light, and fast, a fleet of these submarine chasers are being equipped to fight their quarry with her
own weapon tho torpedo. Photo shows the craft with torpedo tube on deck and ready for service. It carries
)o torpedoes and can go 40 miles anhour.
FIRST PICTURE OF GERMANY'S NEW CHANCELLOR.
VV& fkld
Chancellor Michaeiis, in li:s opening address to tho Iteichstag, stood
pat for no peace without annexations
and declaring that Cicmuiny desired no
belittled Ainoli-cn's part, in tho war ns
U-boat would win ttie war for (ierninny.
that bis selection was a triumph for the
FEDERAL PROBE
OF I. W. W. ACTIONS
SAN FRANCISCO, July 21. Gov
ernment officials left San Francisco
last night to Investigate reported ac
tlvltles of Industrial Workers of tho
World at Dorrls, on tho California-
Oregon border and at Kalmath Falls,
Oregon, on telegraphic, orders from
tho department of Justice in Wash
ington.
Tho federal party Included Assist
ant United States Attorney Caspar A
Ornbaiim, Chief Deputy United States
Marshal George 13. Burnham, and
Deputy Marshal ThomaB I). Mulhall
They have full power to act and will
decide as to the advisability of send
ing troops to quell alleged attempts
to destroy crops and livestock, to
hamper transportation and to damage
tho water works at Klamath Falls.
Tho attorney-general stated ho had
jrecelvcd information to this effect and
appeals for aid from district attorneys
In that vicinity. Mr. Ornliaum will
co-oierato with United States Attor
ney Clarence L. Itcames at Portland.
Fifty arrests have been made In Dor
rls as an outgrowth of the trouble, ac
cording to federal authorities.
FIGHT U-BOAT WITH HER OWN
& 9 a v.,i.flV'i,l 4,
nor indemnities, defying tho world
peace savo tluit of Uio victor, Ho
of no consequence and declared tho
Ills sioorli conl'lims the assertion
general staff ami autocracy.
E
LIKELY TO TIE
SEATTLE BUILDING
SEATTLE, July 21. Tho Seattle
Building Trades Council, composed of
32 unions with 50 00 members, last
night adopted the following resolu
tion: i
"That tho secretary send to all un
ions affiliated with tho Building
Trades Council a communication noti
fying them to bo ready to answer to a
call for a general strike In tho build
ing Industry until such tlmn as the
Paget Sound Traction, Light & Power
company grants tho rights of Its em
ployes to organize.'
Tho effect of such a strike would bo
to halt construction work In, practl
cally every Industrial plant In tho city.
Tho council also adopted a resolu
tion condemning tho detailing of po
llcemcn to ride as guards on strcot
cars. Two of tho 1.1 policemen dis
charged yesterday for refusing to ride
with strlko-brenkcrs belong to unlonB
In tho building trades.
Dr. F. II. Pace returned from Port
land this morning currying an um
brella and with an overcoat hung over
his arm.
WEAPON.
4 V iuUA-t
4 A
LVOFF
RESIGNS
IS
BY
Minister of War Censures Cabinet
for Not Suppressing Meeting Sol
diers Arrest Malcontents Lenine,
Leaderof Agitation, Arrested
Fln'and Declares for Independence
Altho Russia has been struck a se
vere blow on the northern Gallclan
front thru tho mutiny of segments of
hor troops under extremist influence,
tho forces of order appoar to bo got-
ttng a flrmor grip on tho fountain
head of the difficulty in Petrograd.
The disorderly elements In tho cap
ital having been subdued, tho nation's
strongest man, Korensky, has bcon
mado premier as woll as minister of
war and marine.
One of the signs that tho govern
ment intends to grapple in enrneBt
with tho forces of disorganization
conies In tho roport of the arrest of
the arch-agitator Lonlno and some of
his lieutenants. .
WJiat course tho provisional gov
ernment will take toward Finland
whose dlot has passed a bill declaring
complete independence of Itussia, has
not bcon disclosed.
Lvoff lUwIgiw Office.
PETItOGHAD, July 21. The cabl
net mooting loading to tho announced
resignation of Premier Lvoff sat un
til dawn yestordny and was soiuowhat
stprmy. Minister of War Korensky
criticised the ministers and military
authorities for not rising to recent
ovonts and for not using their powers
to suppress mutiny.
M. ToroBchtcnko will remain In of
flee as foreign minister. M. Keren
ky, besldo succeeding M. Lvoff as
promlcr, will continue for tho present
his duties as war minister.
LONDON, July 21. A dispatch to
tho Dally Mall from Petrograd says
It Is rumored thcro that Lonlne, lead
or of tho extremists ond sovon of his
nontenants have boon arrested whllo
trying to escape to Kronstudt.
Finland Secedes.
HELSIN'dFOItS, July 19. A con
filet with itussia Is regarded as inev
itable because, of tho action of the
Finnish diet In adopting a bill grant
Ing -Independence to Finland.
PHTItOdHAD, July 21. Detach
ments of soldiers and sailors with ma
cblno guns novo arrested thlrty-sl
Maximalist (radical socialists) dele
gates to tho Baltic fleet on board th
Itussian destroyer Orphel, which was
lying at a Ilrltlnh quay. Tho residents
participating In tho Petrograd dis
turbances aro being disbanded. Mor
troops aro arriving from tho front.
LET
KAN FRANCISCO, July 21. Con
tracts totalling $7:1.0011,111111 (or flnan
clng the construction of 200 miles of
railroad In China, and (or il rod Kin
tho Grand canal, have been closed be
tweea tho republic of China and th
American International corporation
according to an announcement her
by Warren II. Austin, counsel for th'
corporation, who has Junt arrived
from tho Orient.
GIJNEVA, July 21. The .eppelln
factory at Frledrb hshafen has begun
building airplanes, tho German gen
eral staff being convinced that future
supremacy In the air belonged to air
planes and that Zeppelins were of lit
tle war value. The Germans aro said
also to fear an extensive air ofrenslve
and have begun to plan to meet It,
SUCCEEDED
KERENSKY
PEACE WITH
AUTOCRACY
IMPOSSIBLE
Lloyd-George Replies to Chancellor
Michaeiis Says Latter's Speech
Means if Germany Victorious
There Would be Annexations All
Around and Militarism be More
Firmly Established Than Ever
Allies to Fiflht to the End.
LONDON, July 21. Premlor Lloyd
Goorgo said today that tho speech in
the Kolchstag of Dr. Michaeiis, the
now Gorman chancellor, meant that If
Gormany wore victorious there would
be annexation all around and that the
military autocracy would be estab-
lished more firmly than ever. The
speoch showed, tho premier asserted,
that thoso In charge of Gormany's" af
fairs had tor tho moment made the
choice for war.
Mr. Lloyd George said the food sup
ply for tho 1917-1918 period had al- '
ready been secured and that a pro- '
gram of cultivation had beon arrangod 1
to make the supply for the following
year secure, oven if losses Increased, ,
No Peace 'Willi Autocracy. -We
can't malto peace with a Ger
many dnmlnntod hy autocracy," de
clared Promlcr Lloyd George. -"The
war becomes a struggle botwebn two
deflnlto groups of national Ideas, Slg- '
nlflcant In this respect Is the news an- ;
nounced today of tho accosslon of that.
brilliant tiussian statesman. Keron-
Hky, to tho loadorshlji'bf TtuBBlari rtorrl-
1 don't wish Germany to harbor
any -delusion," Mr. Lloyd George con
tinued, " that Groat Britain will be
put out of tho right until full liberty
has been established. 1 prodlct It will
not bo long beroro tho Gorman chan
cellor dollvers a different speoch and
that Is tho ono for which we are wait
ing." '
Must ltestoro Belgium.
Tho chancellor's speech, Mr. Lloyd
George said, ofrered no hope for Bel
gium. Tho determination of the al-
ics was that Belgium must be restor
ed as n free and Independent poople.
not a German protectorate
The premier said the statement of
Dr. Michiiells contained phrases which
would be understood by the military
powers of Germany. Unless these
were wiped out. ho ndded, they would
again plungo Europo Into a weltor of
blood.
have rend Chancellor Michaeiis'
speech threo (Tines, " Bald Mr. Lloyd
George. "I see ill It only sham Inde
pendence for Belgium, sham democra
cy for (Icrmnny, sham democracy for
E11 rope.
t -limit Ixuwra Lessen.
At another point In his speoch,
which was delivered In Loudon, the
premier said:
"Regarding the submarine menace,
I must disagree with Chancollor Mi
chaeiis. Gradually hut surely we are
Increasing our protection and dimin
ishing our losses."
Speaking or the shipbuilding pro
gram, Mr. l.lovd Genrgo said Great
Britain this year would turn out tour
times as many ships as last year. In
the last two mouths of 1917 as many
ships will be finished as In all of
19 Hi.
Ill conclusion tho premier said tho
entente allies would go on fighting to
the end. knowing that tho future ot
,iiiHtiklnl was In their trust to main
tain nnd derend.
ADMIRAL TIRP1TZ
TO ENTER POLITICS
LONDON, July 21. (Admlral von
Tlrpllz, rather or tho suhmarlna cam
paign, Is expected to seek a scat In
the Itelchslug with the view ot be
coming ono of the political leaders of
the National Liberals, according to
dispatches from Berlin,