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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
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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.
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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.