Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, July 30, 1917, Image 1

Historic Oregon Newspapers

Medford mail tribune., July 30, 1917, Page 1, Image 1

Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR

About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (July 30, 1917)

Page of 4 Next Prev Issue Next Text PDF JP2 (2.5 MB) Clip/Print Image

Return to Top

Page of 4 Next Prev Issue Next

Newspaper Page Text1 WEATHER Maximum yesterday, 80; minimum f o'flar, -i 6. FORECAST Tonight ami tomorrow, fair Forty-seventh Tear. DallV Twelfth Year. . MEDFORD. OliKOOX. MONDAY. JULY HO. 1917 KO. 110 E E iw A El l-a mP 11 ti f I I ! I 12La m ki iri in a l m,-'i a IYJjHULIj ARMIES AUSTIN GERMAN PEAC riwioumi i FOR FOOO BILL If Two Houses Fail in Conference lo Agree on Measure Giving Real Power to Regulate and Pass Fake Bill, Veto Will Follow Will Not Undertake Regulation. xyt WAsiiiNCToy, juiy fc r. ('tmf'ori'c.-i on tlm I'nnil hil (I. ill Infi- today agreed to l'lv-idi-nt Y:i son's di'niand for one I'ood a 1- iniiiisliiilor insleail of a hoard of three as iirnposi'il hy the siiia(e. The individual admin istrator will Hot he sllhjei-t to eon t'irnuition. WASIIIXGTON', July ?,fi. Presi dent Wilson's counsel was sought 1y courerees on tho adiainislraiiou food bill today on tho disagreement over senate amendment sto create a con gressional committee to supervise war expenditures and to place the food administration under a board of three men instead of a single official. After a conference at t ho White House between the president and Sen ator Chamberlain and Representative Lever, representing the conferees, the committee planned to meet aain in an effort to smooth oat tho only re malting points of difference tr Ono Con I roller. Tho president was expected lo In sist on abandonment of tho plan for establishing a congressional war com mittee, hut several conferees believed even his fnfluenco could not prevent the reporting of a partial disagruc- li mont to both house sl'or another vote. President Wilson today declared "again his opposition to amendments j to tho food rontrol bill now in confer ' enco providing for an administrative '' board of three instead of one and for 't the creation of a congressional cont- mittee on expenditures la tho conduct 5 of the war. 1 Yes Id mi's Position. The president's position v;i lade clear today to Senator Chamberlain, one of the conferees on Hie, hill. Tlie president considers (lie coniniill"e on conduct of tlie war a rcl tcet inn mi himself and insists Hint there can he no question of j-Teaier value of an individual food ndtnini-l rntor over an iidministrative hoard of three. Senator Chamberlain left the white hoii' eonvineeil thai unless the con ferees eliminate tho-e proi-ions th" hill must no hark lo the senate and lmnse for further action. The pos sibility that the pie-blent ntiuht veto the measure if tln'v were h it in il was widely diseased in coni:re-s. May Veto Hill. The president, however, it wa -aid, irave no intimation to Senator Chamberlain tlial he was tnni-lv opposed to tlie pn i;-ions as lo eto the hill. ' Senator ( 'liaiuhei lain said ho honlil Ihe senate conferees would Ulsist on liotll the tlnve-lneTiihrr food 'hoard and the eni!'jtt --i-nal com mittee, can-in;: di-nun i meat on these two points n'olie. Chairman Lever of the. house- air rieidture eommiftee nl-o conic-red with tho pre.-ident and later (in ferred with LYpubliean Leader Mann, who is expected to renew his fiudit for the con-.: regional commit tee, Respite the faet that many ' luhlieans are oppo-ed lo it. WASHINGTON, dulv :!0.-- A real food hill or none at all! Food con trol and livinir prices for the people or contre-s inii-t tell a hungry tion tlie reason wliv. (Continued on p' four.) LONDON, Jnly ..- I '.i'.r -.frcet demonstrations o,-;nnd at ('ni-aw a result of the a n e-1 of General I'il-inNki of the Fmi-li Ii i..n and other leaders in the lr.ovcment against impo-iir: mi "t'h of tid'Mfv to the Att-t " Gi -nr m ovei-i-:n-npoii the Foli-lt army. Many of the legionaries h;ive telu- d to take sm !i an u;tlh, GERMAN U-BOAT LONDON", July .10. The Uritish erui.-er Ariadne, of 11,01)0 Ions, has been torpedoed and sunk, according lo an official statement issued to day hy the liritish admiralty. The Ariadne was an old Brtish cruiser, having been built in 1S!)S. She was drill feet long. II!) feet beam, and hail a maximum draft of '27 Vb feel, ller complement consisted of Ii77 officers and men. Tlie Ariadne carried sixteen six i i i -1 guns, twelve twelve-pounders and a number of smaller gnus. She al-n was ciui)icd wilh two submerg ed cighlccii-im h torpedo tubes. Thirty-eight members of Ihe crew were killed by the explosion. All the oilier sailors were saved. ' 10 BE INCREASED WASHINGTON', July 30. Methods of increasing revenues from the war tax bill to at least f 1.943,000,000 from its present total of $1,C70,000, 000, wero considered today by the senato finance committctc. Chairman Simmons hoped to report the revised bill to the senate by Thursday or Fri day. Tentative plans call for raising the additional amount largely from higher taxes on incomes, excess prof its and possibly tobacco. Formal action was deferred today by tho annate committee. Elimination of tho so-called. Jones amendment Levying 15 per cent on corporate undivided surplus was dis cussed at length today with a major ity of the committee apparently in fa vor of substituting increased normal taxes on corporate Incomes from the present rate of 2 per cent to a total of per cent. Every indication is, Democratic Leader Kitehin suid today, that noth ing will be done by the house at this session toward raising tlie $5,000,- 000.000 revenue. He plans to Ueep the house in session only to receive conference reports, discuss senate measures and pass the general defiei ency hill now being drafted by the appropriations committee. General legislation will not be consideerd at this session, he insisted. M TRIAL ASKED SAX FUAXCISCO, July SO. A new trial for Thomas J. Mooney was rec ommended by Attorney General U. S. Webb today In a document filed in the state supreme court where Moo ney 's appeal from sentence of death for murder is pending. .Mnomv was convicted February ! of murder growing out of a bomb ex plosion here Inst July which killed ten persons, and was sentenced' to death a few days later. An appeal was tak en to the supreme court. The attorney general's action con fessing error and consenting to a re trial was based on the expose of Frank C. Oxman'a alleged attempts to suborn perjury In connection with Mooney's trial. Oxman, a fitar wit ness against the defendant, is now un der arrest and awaiting trial In the superior court on charges of suborna tion of perjury. LONDON, July ltd,-The ccn-or--liii allowed itewpapers to print the pictures ((f King George's visit to the American camp, and they availed theni-i lcs hirgelj' of the permission. 'I'lii- fn vol ite subjects are those -hnuiii' the king talking to an en-h-ted man, questioning him abont his ntle and kit; the king and itiieen walking throuudi lines of saluting -'hher-, iitid the march pa-t the -al oi j; sin," ba -e, when1 the Stars and H were living, DR VE RUSSIANS INTO BUKOWINA Germans Advance in Galicia Can adians Advance Front Air -Battles Indicate British Preparing for Offensive Rumanians Continue Advance Against Germans. liKRLlX, via London, July .d. German troops are advancing thru Ihe Sin-liawa valley, in the Austrian province of Hukowina, toward ihe towii of Selctyn, it was announced officially today hy the German gen eral staff. The Germans also have pushed forward to the east of the upper Muldova valley. The statement says the Uussians are holding the heights to the east of the river Zhroez, on the Russian frontier, which has been crossed by the Teu tons at- several points. Despite the resistance of the lius- sians between the Dniester and the Truth rivers, the German statement says that the Teuton forces pressed back the Russians to u point south west of Zaleshehyki. The paralyzing flefensive of the Germans, says the official statement issued today by the German war deT partment, bad an influence on the entente artillery in Flanders which yesterday did not attain the strength maintained on previous days. Canadians Advance. CANADIAN II FA DO-CARTERS IN FRANCE, July 30. Hy a minor op eration early this morning- the Can adian front was advanced in the reg ion east of Reservoir hill into the Cite Du Moulin, the only suburb ly ing5 between Reservoir hill and Lens, The losses of the Canadians were in considerable and the advance civcs them possession of a stretch of dif f'ieult country extending" about 1001) yards north and south with u depth easterly from our former front of over 4i)(i yards. On British Front. Whatever military development may be impendim- on the Ilelgian front, ihe great artillery battle there has not yet resulted in infant rv movements of importance. Today's llritish official statement is color less, contrasting" strongly with the recent German official reports of unprccedenledly heavy im firu in (his area. Color is lent Hie assumption that operations on a. notable scale nre in prospect here, however, by the offi cial accounts from London of the intensive aerial work in progress, in which photographic observations on a large scale have been carried out The destruction of aircraft yester day was heavy on both sides, thirty German machines beinjr downed and thirteen Hritish machines being" re port oil missing. The French front likewise was de void last night of infantry activity. aside from raidintr excursions. Kiiinaniim Advance. LONDON, .lidv "On Ihe 27th between the valleys of Cnsin Mid Fntna we airain advanced and occu pied the villages of Soveia, Drag oslav, Negrilesli, Topes ti, Valeas.ire; and Colacul,'' tlie Rumanian w;ti of fiee announced today. PARIS. July ft, (Hy mall.) Tho Kcnoral In chief of the French army Is hecomliiK tho first gardener of Prance. He Is raising, under hln own supervision, enouKli venetahlca to supply his entire Kcneral staff. When Cleneral 1'etuin arrived nt tho simple vlllace now serving as Rcno'inl J eadqunrtors, he found spacious lawns and flower gardens. He ohtnlned per mission from tho proprietor to dig them up. Roses and other climbing plants have been replaced hy beans, peas, cabbages, tomatoes arid pota toes. BILL PROPOSES FREE POSTAGE FOR TROOPS VASHIN'(iT(N, .Vuly .'id. - Free pM-taje f-T all soldiers, sailors and maiinc-i during the war is propixed in a lull introduced tndav by liepre- I. tentative Loiineran of CiHinee'.icul. WASHINGTON, July :i0.-Deelar- ing that thousands of men of draft age evaded registration and have es caped the call to Ihe army, Attor ney General. Gregory today in structed all Cnitcd States attorneys to begin a roundup of the slackers and slarl criminal prosecutions. The attorney general says that from reports made up to July Hi it appeal's that thousands rf men es caped and emphasizes the importance to the government of prompt, thor ough and country-wide search, fol lowed by vigorous criminal prosecu tion. District attorneys are to engage in assistance of local officers or vol untary organizations whenever thai can be done. When slackers are found they nre to be registered and to be assigned by lot to the serial numbers of- Kirsons exempted. OTIS OF TIES DEAD. LOS ANGELES LOS ANGFLFS, July HO. Gen eral Harrison Gray Otis, president and general manager of (he Los An geles Times, died today at the home here of his son-in-law, Harry Chandler. The death of General Otis occur red while he was seated at the break fast table. Heart disease was said to have been the eause. Altho he had suffered occasional attacks of illness recently, General Olis, who was more than 8(1 years old. had been at his desk in the Times office nearly every day within the last few weeks. About a year ago he suffered nn attack of pneumonia, hut recovered after it huig illness. General Olis was bring- served his breakfast in his bedroom, and up parenlly felt the nllnek coming as a maid entered the room. "Take away the (ray; I am gone," he said, and he died before either Mr. or Mrs. Chandler, who were in an other part of the house, eould reach his side. The quick, quiet death, it was said hy friends, was as the general had uished.it to be. OorTNIIAUI'.N', July 20. Dnrk djiys liMTnlly aire romin for Berlin. An ordi'r hns been isHiicil rcslriitt inj; the lighting of stores, holds, ros tiiimiiits nnd rnft'S. Tln onlitr is due lo Ihe nluiiltncl ly inrvitulile cojil sliortne 11 ml Iriinsporliition (lit't'ii-ulties of lh I'oniinir winter. The newsimpers eoiil!tin notliiii'4 is hein done. tt relieve the situation. IlCLLIN', July :;n Lieulenant fieneral Itryan Thomas Malum, com mander in chief of the British forces in Ireland, issued au order under the defence of the realm act foihiddine; the wearintr of uniforms of a mililarv charaeler except hv state foree and the carrying of weapons except for lawful employnn nt or pa -time. The older will immediately aifeet volunteer bodies foiaicd in recent years. SEATTLE SHE NEAR SETTLEMENT SKATTI.i:, .Inly :in. Chailes A. Ii'euiohl-, i n-cl tor the hlnkimr employe of the l'ui;et Sound True lion, l.iulit & Toner eoiniumy, nil - nmineeil in the superior court, today Unit a M'ttlemciil of all Ihe mutter. in controversy' between the company Mini Hie strikers probably would be el'ln-ted isitbin iHcnty-i'our liourJ. TALK DESIGNED TO DELAY U. S. Statements of German and Austrian Chancellors Treated by British Press as Sicn of Weakness De sire Forthcoming Allied Confer ence All Thought of Conquest. LONDON, July 30. Statements by Dr. .Michaelks, (Jerman Imperial chan cellor, and Count Czernhi, tho Austro Hungarian foreign minister, which are regarded here as obviously made in collusion, dominate the news col umns of thto morning papers. They are Kenerally treated o-ditorially as a sign of weakness while the nhpeiiee of reference to the future of Belgium and Serbia is considered to exclude all credence in thto desire for peace by understanding. Austro-IIungariau peaeo talk un less accompanied by an undertaking to evacuate und restore conquered ter ritories Is declared merely to he aim ed at delaying America's preparations for war. Cu.i'son Censinvd. llerr Michaolis' accusations against Franco are dismissed hy some com meutators as best left for refutation by French allies but discussed hy oth ers, ono of which says tlie story is too thin even for tho Germans to believe. Tho Daily News, however, maintains that altho the chancellor's statements are valueless as evidence, they cannot he left unanswered and Insists that a statement of war aims to he formulat ed at the coming conference of allies must constitute an explicit disavowal of all thought of conquest for con quest's sake. The paper denounces tho "ignorance o rtho folly of Sir Fdward Carson's threat to drive (lor many 'behind tho Ithlne," which, it Rays, have given llnrr AIIehanliH a weapon which ho was swift to use. "It Is in t ho power of tho allies to render the weapon innocuous, even turning It against himself, hut the re pudiation of his chargo must come quickly and in a form leaving no loop hole for misinterpretation." No Territory Wauled. Tho Chronicle proclaims Its belief that it would bo utiwlso for tho allies to deprive Germany of genuino Ger man soil. It points out that whilo the chancellor talks of vast territorial modifications he mentions only the Saar valley and it suggests that Franco may ho aiming to restore the old German frontier of Lorraine which would involve "n little strip on the German side of from five to l.n miles." If Franco desired tills for strategic reasons the Chronicle would not say she necessarily had the right, but "It would be an exceedingly small affair not comparable for an Instant to Ger- niany's seizure of two large provinces in 1X71. It must be remembered, too, that after losing some millions in killed and wounded in a war forced upon her and wherein she has borne the brunt of balllo for liberty thru out Kurope, France has Ihe tight to make exceptional claims for her fu ture security such as Germany had not in 1S71 and no oilier state unless Helgiuin would have today. WASHINGTON', July 'Ml.- Na tional prohibition came before the senate tod a y for debate, under agreement lo vote Wednesday, Senator Shcppard of Texas plan ned lo open debate on his re-olution proposing submi-ion to (he states o a national eoiil it ut ional amendment for prohibition. Kurt her discuss inn uns expected to occupy mo.-1 of senate's time until the Vole Wednes day., 'I'he resolution, if adopted, would have to run the gauntlet ol the hoir-te which killed a similar pro posal in I'M i. Mrs. Gantnnhein Dead roI'TLANH. dulv ;tu. Mr, c. c. Gantenheiii, wjj',i of Circuit Judge Ganteubein, who i al pre-cal at the li-uiiiing camp for oilier!- of the re serve corps at the Sun Kraiieiseo presidio, died here today. BY PASSING VESSEL ANT ATLANTIC I'OliT, .Inly :0. Au American transport, the Sara toga, at anchor waiting sailimr tr iers, was rammed by au inbound American steamer, the I'nuama, here today. The ship headed toward the beach in a sinking condition. Those on board were safely taken off in lifeboats or by tuirs and other raft in the harbor, which responded to distress signals. Sit far as is known, no out was injured. A deep hole in the transport's port quarter extending from below the water line to the rail, resulted I rum the collision. The captain of the Panama held the bow of his sh'qi tiht against the transport, effectu ally blocking the wound until all on hoard were lakcu off. Later the Saraloira was beached. E CHICAGO, .luyl 30. A strike of switchmen, members of thto IJrother- hood of Railway Trainmen, employed on 11) roads entering Chicago and which has been effective since last Saturday mornhm, was settled nt 5:30 o'clock thin morning and all strikers were ordered to return lo work. The settlement followed an all night con ference between representatives of the switchmen and railways. According to a joint slat emeu t made by the conferees (ho "closed shop" which Is said to have been a primary cause for tho calling of the strike, ceases to bo au issue, it being stated that "matters at Issue are to ho nettled without the adoption of a closed ifhop rule or of any rule that might, fairly ho considered n a equiva lent to finch." The meal period rpn-wtion is to he settled by a commission of eight meet ing in New York. Appointment of yardmasters, rein statements and employment of new men is to bo settled by a board repre senting tho men and railways. Afl tho result of tho agreement, traffic on 1!) railroads' entering Chi cago will move unhindered today and what threatened to he a serious con gestion of transportation has been averted. ESCAPE AI SALEM NALKM, Or., duly W.- Deputy wardens urn sheriffs are senrchine; the country surrounding- Salem today for three "honor' convicts, Herbert Mcritbew, Charles I'.urehcll ami (leu. Kemp, who, Warden C. A. Murphy alleges, broke their word and escap ee from Ihe Microti stale penitenti ary yelctd;i.v. The warden mi.v- Merithew has a criminal record and may re".it capture and po-dblv mav coin mil other crimes before he i. captured. OF PEAS FOS NAVYjENQRMOUS LOSS WASHINGTON, July "H. The navy department has ordered .", MMt, 0110 pounds of canned peas to he de li, ered as Heeded at tentative pliee of .f 1 . 1 ,"i lo . 1 .."HI ii d... n eatis, with all orders subject f o rc i-bui .... l'ei-iori so prices may he h:i-.ed on coM plus a reasonable profit. iWEGI SEEKS FOOD SUPPLY WAKIIINtiTON', .Inly ,'!').- TliP'Nor- WPKlllll IniKfioll Id 1 1 1 1.1 I'llllcd SliltvM, lit'inltMl ly lrhljol' N.inscn. eulU'd nn AcIImh S- r (!it y 1'olli or th" Ktiilo (In put I munt. tmlity mill nrnnmi'il fur ilin t'Us.'iinnH with oft'lriaN on ii wnrklni; iicr.-iMii.nl. for th Import al inn Into Norway of foo(l::ilfl:t tici'ik-il hy that country. V EWED AS FAKE AT WASHINGTON Chancellor Seeking to Bolster Up Public Opinion nt Home, Appeal to" Peace Sentiment Abroad and Create Dissensicn Among Allies Does Not Revise Program. YVASlllNTiTON", .Inly .'!(.-(ierman Chancellor Miehueli' peace inter view is regarded nt the stale depart ment as another (icnium attempt to bolster up public opinion at home, appeal lo the peace sentiment in en emy and neutral countries and create dissensions between the allies. At the Russian embassy it was stat ed to be wholly incorrect in fact. State department officials say that while (lermany attempts by innuendo to fasten on Krnnce a vast cam paign of conquest, with the hope of makimr a breach with the new Rus sian democracy, Iiehaclis makes no suggestion that (iermuny herself has in any way revised her war program or accepted the principle of no an nexation. Attempt Ik Hollow. The new ntlempM. at peace is con sidered s Indlow as tho many oth ers which have always followed ii successful offensive and which took their most tangible form in Ihe of ficial German peace offer of Decem her 12. The maneuver is viewed as similar to thai one which had Ihe purpose id' getting the allies ahout a conference table where (iermuny hoped to instill differences between them am split up Ihe alliance. The government, it is slated, will take no notice of (lie latest (leituaii effort. Secretary Lansing's speech, altho delivered before the iMichnelis' interview was published, is taken us a complete answer in stating that, peace can coitie only wjit-u ( he- united force of the world's democracies has overthrown the (lerman military sys tem. lEusslans Amued. liussian embassy officials were amused (hat. the new German chan cellor should make such a mistake ns to say that Albert Thomas was sent to IVtrogrod to 'overcome Uih re morse of M. Tercsehcnko," whom he eudeutly thought to be Knssinn min ister of foreign affairs, ioward's 1'Yanec's plans of conquest. They point out that M. Thomas went lo I'clrogrnd about three weeks after the revolution, that is, about March 1, and thai his sole purpose wa.-. (o get into communication with the Council of Soldiers ami "Workmen's delegates as n fellow socialist, to understand their point of view. At that time. M. Tercsehcnko was practically unknown in France, as ho had he'd the office, not of foreign M'cretury, hut of minister of finance, for only I wo weeks. Milukoff was then foreign secretary and contin ued to conduct all the country's for eii'ii at faiis for the first six weeks of M. Thomas vi-it. M. Tercsehcnko Miecpcdrd him about two weeks be fore M. Thomas lei I for Cranee, and (lie (wo men came to an absolute under-lauding lii h was publicly an nounced by Tet esi lu'nko. As a re sult of (heir a'.:reeinenl, Russia asked for a conference on war aim and bolli I'Yaui'c and Lngland accepted tin1 invitation. OF FRUIT THREATENS WASHINGTON'. ,Jii! III!. Urporln i'ruiri i u i nl -lour !-t:iti', showing in.ilimm-, mi l pi ii-ii l;i of n'l l-llilllii it-nils m il i.Hnlli'.4 lliri'Mloni'il with In--, plninplnl till1 i-siuinro oj' a Mad Mi ni h Si'iTi'tnrv 1 hm-lnn lo ilay nruini: llir wonirti n" tin' country In II -i mil ilnlnriliali'ly In I'ri'silll'tlt WiI-i.h'm jt i i j i ' : I In mho t In-t pi'nil int . A mniiLf I'll' slali'S inl'lifiiini'- ly nl' I'il an. Iilalin, Soul Ii I ).t kol :t an. I Wa 1 1 i 1 1 . . i n . MITCHEL CANDIDATE TO SUCCEED HIMSELF M.'iY VHlJIC, Jlv .'111. J,iyr Mid In1! will hi'i'iimc it caniliilnlo In in .1 hiin.lt as lhi iily's I'liirf i el' 1 1 1 i vi' Inr I !ii' iii'l fnnr yi'tn--. in l!ii Si-pinttihiT ii inuii ii'-if it was nn iinituri'il tmlay.