Medford mail tribune., July 26, 1917, Page 3, Image 3

' ITEDFORD ' SIAn TRIBUNE,' MJIJfiFORTV OTCEGOX, THURSDAY, .TTILY 2(1, 1917
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ANARCHY RULES
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BANTAMS MAKE GREAT FIGHTERS IN SPORT, SO AMERICA WANTS THEM FOR WAR AMERICANS DIG
UNITED STATES
FOR FUTURE AID
E
BALTIC SQUADRON
TETRbGRAD, July 20. Assistant
MInlstor of Marino Duoeroff has given
an account of recent events In con
nection with the Baltic fleet and the
arrest of Its delegates. When Kron-
stndt sailors and soldiers demonstrat
ed July 17 at Petrograd, ne, in accord
-with the government and workmen's
and soldiers' council, secretly tele
graphed to Rear-Admiral Verdervsky
commander of the Baltic fleet, order
ing him to despatch a torpedo boat
rom Petrograd to guard Kronstadt
Und stopping communication between
Kronstadt and Petrograd. Informa
tion had been received that the sol
diers and sailors from Kronstadt In
tended to bring additional forceB to
Petrograd on July 18. It was also
learned that one of the battleships of
the Baltic fleet of which the crew for
the most part was Maximalists and
anarchists, might sail for Kronstadt to
support the mutineers.
Rear-Admiral Verdervsky, there
fore, was ordered to detach sufficient
submarines and not to hesitate even
to sing the battleship If Petrograd was
endangered. When the telegram was
received at "Helslngfors certain Irre
sponsible demagogues were circulat
ing reports that the power was In the
hands of the soldiers and workmen.
The story was Interpreted to mean
counter-revolution was .in. progress.
The president of the central coramit
.tee concealed the fact that order ob
tained. Amiral Verdervsky reported
that he considered it impossible to
send submarines as It would tend to
ward an outbreak, and In the event of
the minister of marine Insisting, he
would be forced to resign.
Assistant Minister Duberoff adds:
"The central committee of the Bal
tic fleet passed an uHra-Maximalist
ATHENS, Tuesday, July 21- On
the eve of the assembling of parlia
ment Premier Venlzelos received a
correspondent of the Associated Press
and made the following statement: '
The reassembling of parliament,
wh)ch was dismissed by the arbitrary
action of Constantino, is the formal
resumption of democratic government
and the rule of the people, in line with
ideals and principles of which the
United States, gives a conspicuous ex
ample. No longer have we a royal
autocrat ruling by the divine right of
kings and not responsible to the peo
ple, but rather a constitutional mon
archy in which authority is exercised
within Btrlct limits. - V
We look to tho Usltcd States for
continuance of powerful support In
working out our own destinies. Greece
is now aligned with the entente allies.
Relations with the central powers
have been broken and a state of war
now actually exists, as Greek troops
are fighting against the central pow
ers in Macedonia. A format declara
tion of war was made by the provis
ional government and It is unneces
sary to renew It. ' . . " " '
The increase of the Greek army
and co-operation with Serbia will re
store the Balkan forces to their prop
er role of defenders of the Integrity of
the Balkans. Prance and the. other
protecting powers are lending us
free hand and all allies recognise
Greece's -position as
ndependent nation."
T'
resolution, demanding the immediate
J ,'ransfer of all authority to- the work
men's and soldiers' delegates and the
removal of the government commis
sary, Inkoe, from the fleet. It
said the delegates were Instructed to
bring me aboard the cruiser Orphe
alive or dead." ; ,
BUTTE
ACCEPT CONTRACT
M'TTK, Mont,, July 2(1. Report
received by tlic Mctnl Trades coun
oil of Butte indicate the recent ref
erendum of the locals of the stnt
linil resulted in the acceptance
the new contract offered by the Ana
condii Copper lulling company.
There was some sentiment in fnvor
of tho Butto locals seceding from
ihc stnto council as tho Anaconda
Jiavc forced the acceptance of the
'new contract on Bulte, the locul
which voted to reject, the control'
Officers of the local council finall
prevailed on the members not to rc
pudiutc the stato organization.
As a result ot Ihc wage increase
iiiuiiiiinccnient to miners, made yes
terdii.v by the mining companies
the district, there was a large in
crease in the number that reported
" for work today.
St'"" sct - MM 1 ' a $
Egg
BY PAUL, PURMAM .'.
The war department recently an
nounced that It. would not object to
the formation of "bantam regiments"
providing the 'meU'litciieed In these
sovereign and Mits were otherwise physically sound.
The issue was brought before the
department by letters from men too
small to get into the service under
army regulations, who declared they
should be" elven -chwnce' to 'serve'
TO
THE HAGUE, July 26. 'Vq me
oro in i? to America to clear up what
we believe is a misunderstanding of
our position," said J. B. Van; Dcr
Houven Van Cordt, member om. the
mission which is being sent to the
United States to plead tho cause of
Holland in the export question, in a
statement made herp. today. 's :, .
'We shall go prepared to show tho
United States government nnd pco
pie, by facts and figures, the real
situation;" lie continued. "I believe
it is in the interests of America and
her nllics that our traffic with Amer
ica shall continue. For instance,
sixty or seventy Dutch ships are now
in American ports. That alone is a
big disadvantage to the allies, in
view of the shortago of cargo
space."
It is hoped to bring about a re
sumption of shipments from the
United States. Tho mission will do
purt soon after August 1.
loft to ltiglit, MiU'iuivllIe, Ollpliuiit, Dillon, Paul Jones, Rudolph,
greatest fighters wore
many of the
small men. '" .-''';
It is not difficult, to find under
sized men in athletics who have been
wonders in their fields of endeavor,
little men who have outstripped their
larger brothers. ; '
A Throe' year ago the Boston Braves
won the National league champion
ship and world series. Tho greatest
pitcher of the outfit was Dick Ru
dolph, a short stubby fellow, who had
been thought too small by McGraw
and was not given a chance with the
Giants. The shortstop of the club
was Rablt Maranville: - one of the
their, country and pointed out that 'smallest men In baseball, and one ot
the greatest Inflelders the gamo has
produced.
Baseball lias produced other great
"little men." Heine Groh Is diminu
tive, Eddto Clcotto Is short and stub
by, and there are many othors.
. Boxing has produced many "little
champions." Johnny Wilde, flywolght
champion of the world; probably
could win against any of the present-
day bantams. Jack Dillon, the little
giant, is one ot the greatest little men
to ever batter his way thru the big
heavyweight, class. . Joe Walcott,
greatest of welterweights, was a little
stubby follow.
Elmer Oliphant, West Point's groat
all-around star, Is much smaller than
his teammates. Football has pro
duced many great little men. Casey,
of Harvard, Is a little fellow; Hez
Clark, tho old Indiana halfback was
short and stubby 1
Golf has given us Bob Jones, the
boy wonder, and Walter J. Travis.
A number ot our great distance
runners havo been little men. John
Paul Jones and Norman Taber, two
of the greatest milers, were little fel
lows. ''.'!.
: You can store a lot -of fight and
stamina In a small body. Uncle 6am
knows that. no wonder he permits
the organization of bantam regiments.
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP
IN FRANCE, July 20. There was
greater activity in the training camp
today thun at any time since the
American troops reached Franco,
actual intensive work having begun.
There is no disposition on the part
of the American commanders to be
little the amount of work necessary
to bring their men up to the highest
standards, but the way tho men have
undertaken this work lias ' encour
aged tho officers. - ; , 1 "'
Trenches wore 'being dug today in
tho way of practice with an enthusi
asm almost equal to that with' which
soldiers dig themselves in under ac-
tual artillery fire. These-, trenches
wore of full depth and , were dupli
cates of certain sections. , of . the
French front ' line, ; consisting v of
front or . fire trenches, support
trenches and reserve trenches; with,
intricate . communication .; trenches
connecting thorn. . The . 'Americans
wore digging today just .as if they
hoped soon to be f ightinjf. '' '
Yosterdny , tho -marines: ;got imdcr
way with their digging . and , tney
were wiring themselves ill today be
hind great burners of barbed metal
cntuiiglemcuts,. for in ,e'ery. possible
way. the intensive truining is. intend
ed to' approximate operW!ons .under
actual war cohditions. Boiii 'offens
ive and defensive tactics'will be em
ployed and some very ' lively, sham
battles with grenades, , bayonets' and
trench mortars will soon take pi Hep.
Already dummies ave ' been . 'con
structed f or ' bayonet ''practice; arid
the "men -are' ))6ing taught, the s.ix
most vital points for attack, ' ' 'i'
SUNK DURING Ml
PAWS, July 20 During the
week ending midnight, July 22, not
a single French vessel cither over or
under 1000 tons , was lost. Six
French merchantmen wero attacked
'itiiistiecessl'ully during that limo by
submarines. Ships of all nationali
ties, numbering lOOIl, entered port
und 0.17 departed.
HOME, July 20. Two Italian
steamers were sunk nnd one small
sailing vessel was damaged di.riug
the week ending at midnight, July 22,
says an official announcement. Five
hundred and ' ninety-three vessels
wild a gross tonnngo of .'18, 815, ar
rived, and 530 of a tonnage of
403,450, left port.
TARIS, July 2G. "There niUBt bo
no confusion in today's Balkan con
ference with that proposed by Russia
for tho revision of war alms," says
Hie Journal Des Debate, discussing the
session which opened yesterday.
"If any such questioh wore' to be
under discussion, the United States,
which would have much to say, would
not have been content to send only an
admiral to the deliberations," the
newspaper adds.
The Journal des Debats lays great
stress on examining tht, new situation
created by Greece's changed attitude,
including the new military situation
due to Greece's army of 200,000 and
new methods of provisioning Greecu
which are. largely an affair of ton
nage, Introducing naval problems that
account for Admiral Sims' presonce.
TO DEATH AS SPY
PAWS. July 20. A military court
todnv condemned to death for es
pionage a dancer known as Mala
lliiri, who 'before her marriage was
Marguerite Zcll. She was born
the Dutch Indies and claims Dutch
SIAM SEIZES NINE
HANOKOK, July 20. The mn
chincry of the Austro-Oenunn
steamers which wero seized ul't
biam had declared war ngoins
tho central owers, July 22, wa
found to he damaged.
The male subjects of encmv coun
tries have been interned and all en
cmy business will lie wound up.
Nine steamers, aggregating 19,000
tons, were seir.ed bv the Siamese
government, with its entrance int
the war. They were owned chiefly
by the North Oennan Lloyd com
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