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EDFORD
Forty-aeventh Tear.
Dally Twelfth Year.
. MEDFORD, OREOOX, MONDAY, AITOITT f. 1917
NO. 116
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NEW MINISTRY'IS'aPPOINTED M GERMANY''
OLD CABINET
iDUITS-HEW
IS NMD
Kuehlman, German Ambassador to
I Turkey, Succeeds Zimmermann as
Foreign Minister, Hertz Succeeds
Lentze in Finance, Drews Succeeds
Loebell as Minister of Interior
Spalin Made Minister
of Justice
and Hartruth of Agriculture.
I- ! BEKUN, Aug. (i. Official nn
i ..t- ..i,. ti...i
,iuiiu,:i:iii,. lit ,iin jiiiiiiu iimiiy iii.il
five ministers ot slate, including
Foreign Secretary Ziuimcriunnn and
four secreturics of stall', including
Finance Minister I.cntze and Iiitor
'ior Minister Yon i.ocbcll, had rcsign
ied tjjr portfolios. ,
Dr. Hichnrd von ICnelilninnn, (lie
tGcrmnn ambassador to Turkey, has
ibeen appointed secretary for foreign
affairs in succession to Dr. Zimmer
munn. j The ministers and secretaries of
i stat,o who resigned were :
Ministers of slate Minister of
Justice Dr. Hezcler.
'J Minister of stale : Minister of jus-
tiee, Dr. Header; minister of eeclesi
astieal affairs and instruction, Dr.
von Trott Zu llo!.; minister of agri
culture and forests, Dr. von Schor
lemer; minister of finance, Dr. I.enlz:
minister of interior, llerr von Loebell.
Secretaries of state: Imperial
nnstoffice. Ilprr Kraetkc: imoerinl
1 secretary of justice, Dr. l.iseo; sec
retary for foreign affairs, Dr. Alfred
Zimmermann; president -of the food
regulation board, Adolph von l!a
tocki. Dr. Richter, undcr-seercliiry of the
imperial home office, also resigned
his post.
Dr. Karl Helfferieh will eonlinue
to.jic the representative of the im
perial chancellor and a meadier of
3 the ministry of slate.
the Iandrat von lirucvinitz was
appointed to succeed Arnold Walin
schaffe as chief of the imperial
chancellery.
The minis! ry of economics will ul
timately he separated from the min
istry of the interior, and llerr Wnl
graff, mayor of Cologne, will bo ap
pointed minister of the'intorior, and
llerr Schwander, mayor ol Slrass-
j'j barer, minister of Kronomics, with the
titles of his excellency.
In addition to the appointment of
Dr. von Kiiehlmaun as secretary for
fureiuii affairs. llerr lllldclin was
ftmndc direelor of railways and min
ister of posts, and Privy iniinscllor
Von Krause was nliuied secretary of
justice. Over-I'rcsidcn! vim Wnldow
was appointed chief of the depart
ment of anny nourishment.
The vacant Prussian ministerial
posts were filled as follows :
Jifnisler of justice. Dr. Peter
Spahn, leader of the Catholic, parly
in the reichstag; minister of the in
terior, Under Secretary Drews; min
ister of instruction, Ministerial Di
rector Schmidt; minister of ngricul-
tnre. Dr. F.ssen lfarlruthe; minister
of finances, Dr. Hertz.
WASHINGTON. Aug. . Provis
ion to protect hurve-ting from short
ago of hands due to the mobilization
nf the national anny has been made
hy the government in regulations now
lioinir out to district exemption
boards.
Men needed in the fields to com
plete harvesting will he pennitted lo
remain at work until the need for
tbeni passes, wheu they will join the
Colors.
Local boards, lieen'uso of their
knowledge of local crop conditions
will determine what men are ticec-i-sury
in this class.
ALLIES REPEL
TEUTON ATTACKS CLOSES HARBOR
T
Tremendous Cannonade Ends in
Two German Attempts to Shake
British From Their Hold Upon
Sections of Newly Won Ground-
French Also Repulse Attacks.
Associated Press Summary.
Yesterday's tremendous cannon
ade on the Flanders battle front was
followed last night by two German
attempts to shake the British from
their bold on important sections of
newly won ground. Neither of these
met with any success whatever, Lon
don reports.
The first attack was launched in
the llollebeke region. The Germans
did not. even succeed here in reach
ing the Urilish lines. Later the tier-
man guns, laid down a barrage i'ire
at Westhocke and the infantry tried
to push in uniler its cover. They met
with no niorp success, however, than
they had done at llollebeke.
On the French front, aside from
the Flanders area, there was consid
erable activity on the part of the
Germans. They made attacks in the
region of Hovillc, at Avocourt wood
and in Alsace. The French guns
were able to cope with the situation
in each case.
Attack llnllclickc. s' V .
lllllTISil IIHADyUAKTEHS IN
FHANC'K AND HFl.GIUM, Aug. 6.
llollebeke, a llclginn town southeast
of Ypres, which -was the scene of
heavy fighting early yesterday morn
ing, was again the object of a Ger
man eounler-iiltnck last night, but
the enemy was repulsed by the Brit
ish artillery lire before even the wire
entanglements in front of the
trenches had been reached.
After the failure of their morning
assault on llollebeke, and on a post
just north of the canal, the Teutons
continued to bombard the positions
heavily tliriiout the day, leaving lit
tle donhl that they intended to have
unothcr try to retake this section of
the newly acquired liritish lines.
Attack Is Repulsed.
When the Gentian infantry finally
left their trenches and moved for
ward they were met by on intense ar
tillery fire and a withering storm of
Mullets from machine guns and
rifles. They continued to push for
ward, but before the wire defenses
were reached they wavered and
broke and retreated hastily to their
own trenches.
The partial sunccss of the Gcr
mans in the morning attack when
they gained n fooling in llollebeke
was due entirely to the heavy' fog
which prevented the lirilisll gunners
from seeing the signals which the in
fantry in (he front lines gave, iudi
eating tlie tierman advance. Nol
having the assistance of their artil
lery, the liritish gave way slightly,
but in the counter-attack which they
immediately delivered, the liritish in
fnntry hurled the Germans back with
considerable losses and captured a
number of pjoncrs.
Kidences of the force of the
British bombardment before the op
ening battle of Flanders continue to
multiply. The German prisoners
(Continued on Page Two.)
BUTTE TROLLEYS
TIED UP BY STRIKE
lil'TTK. Mont., Aug. 0 The third
day of the street enr strike 0)ened
this morning with chances of a set
(lenient remote. The street cur com
puny is mtiking no effort to operate
Jitucvs and vehicles of all kinds
have been pressed into service.
There was another increase in the
number of miners returning to work
The burial of Frank II. Little, the
I. W, W. executive committeeman
without liny disorders, has hud n
reassuring effect on the citizens. No
further outbreaks of violence are nn-
WES
tieipated.
U-BOAT SCARE
OF NEW YORK
Report of Sighting of Periscope Off
Shore by Incoming Liner Causes
Closing of Nets in Gate Protecting
Harbor Reopened When Inquiry
Fails to Confirm Report, a-
NIOVY YOlfK, Aug. . A report
that a U-boat bad been sighted near
the trails-Atlantic lanes off this port
enused'the war department authori
ties to close the net in the gato pro
tecting the harbor mouth here at 1
o'clock this nftcrnpon. The gate was
opened again at 0 p. in.
It dcvelowd that an inbound pas
senger steamer sighted what was be
lieved to be the eriscopc of a sub
marine on Saturday night. The
steamship's gunners fired three shots
at the object and preparation was
made to abandon the ship, if neces
sary. Nothing more, however, was
seen of the supposed submnriae, and
the vessel proceeded, arriving off
port last night.
According to some of the passen
gers, the submarine was again sight
ed yesterday eighteen miles off shore.
WASHINGTON, Aug. (I. A pre-
liminary 'report from the master of
u merchant ship who thinks he sight
ed the periscope of a submarine off
New York yesterday, has been receiv
ed at the navy department. Investi
gation is being made.
Heopening of the port of New
York came after un interruption by
the navy, which developed no facts
regarded hy the officials as justify
ing a continued closing of the port.
The investigation was not regarded
by Ihein, tho, as absolute evidence of
the falsity of the report.
COURT PLASTERS SOLD
KANSAS CITY, Aug. 0.
Dr. ('. W. Miiynard, a bncleri-
r ologist of Pueblo, Colo., todav
notified Fred Hobertson, fed-
eral district attorney of Kansas,
at Kansas City, Kan., Hint he
bad found tetanus germs in a
brand of court plaster circu-
luted ill Colorado.
SIAM IN WAR;
,raJ.w Till
Slam Ik preparing lo send men tike tlicv In help the iillh-o In the war with (icrmiuiy.
wddlers of wlil h Slum, the Uilest nntt on to do lnro hot nijulnst ticrniniij, luu HO,(MIU,
POWDERLESS GUN NATION'
4 4 4y 4 I ;fcJ
L!
If ore's tlie biUwt contrllmtlon ot American Inventive genius to warfaro.
Quiet tests of u imwdorloss gun which may revoliilloiiio land attacks and
defense lmvo tieen roIiir on t the Wnslilngton navy yard. Tlio gims Is re
volved at givait. Hprcil by an electric motor, und is capable of f li'tnn liinidveds
of shots u minute. ' . ' ' ' ' i
The bullets uto cai-rtwl in smnll cups, which hold them until the gnu
roaches thcproH-i' Nsilion for their discharge iuilivliliially , hy. centrifugal
force..'' ...... ... . ' . s
Tho gun Is nrciimto at five miles, Is clump to oiornte, and uliovo all, It
Is noiseless.
fVmgiessnian Dill of Washington has Introduced an npproprliitlon' of
$50,0410 for the tests.
CREWS OF FIVE
SHIPS SUNK BY
E
AN ATLANTIC POUT, Aug. 0.
A steamer arriving here today from
a European port landed the crews df
five vessels, all of which bad been
sunk by German submarines off St.
Maria, Azores. The vessels sunk
were:
American four-masted schooner
John Twohy, Norfolk, Y., to Algiers,
Captain J. B. M'oorehouse.
Norwegian steamer Allen, Caplain
John Lot lie, from Philadelphia to
.Marseilles,
Norwegian steamer Hnnsoul, from
Italy lo I lampi on Kuads.
The New Founilhind schooner Con
queror, St. John's, N. F for Cadiz.
Norwegian sleiimer Sorlniul, from
Stockholm t France.
TO SEND THESE MEN AGAINST
- (SKIM ps ir?W-,T5
S LATEST DEADLY WEAPON
WAR TAX BILL
' WASHINGTON, Aug. 0. ffho war
tax bill, finally revised to meet latest
estimates, was fuvorably reported to
day by the senate finance committee,
It proposed to raise frl!,IIO(i,ll70,ll(IO
by taxation.
The bouse bill proposed $1,8(17,
000,0(10 in new taxes. No provision
for additional bonds to be considered
later by the houso are made in the
senate bill.
Chairman Simmons plans (o cull
up the revised bill for debate the hit
ler part .of tho week, and hopes for
its final enactment by congress ealy
next mouth.
Most of the new taxes proposed
under the revised bill for war ex
penses oi i lie present iiscal year
would come from incomes, war ex
cess profits, liiiuor und lohucco.
GERMANY
1..... .:.1m
llicy are the typo of
DEATH PENALTY
DEMANDED FOR KERENSKYAGAIN
DRAFT RIOTERS
Oklahoma Resisters to Be Tried for
Treason Rioters Surrounded by
Possemen Expected to Surrender
Three 'Killed in Fighting, With
200 in Jail Only Few Uncaptured.
Ml'SKOGEK, Okla.. Tug. C. Uni
ted Stutes District' Attorney V. P. Mc
Glnnls announced this afternoon that
the men arrested on charges of resist
ing the draft In connection with the
Oklahoma uprising will be tried for
treason and that the death penalty
will be asked by the government.
District Attorney McGlnnis has sent
two deputy attorneys to he roubled
districts of the state to gather evi
dence against the alleged traitors.
OKLAHOMA CITY, Aug. 0 The
second week of guerilla warfaro in
which hundreds of armed men have
stalked ouch other thru the rough and
timbered country of central Okla
'liomn, began today with predictions
that the uprising against tho selec
tive draft was doomed.
Tho rioters, who hnvo spread n
reign of terror thru four counties in
the ceiitrul-southorn portion of the
state, were declared to have been
driven into Seminolo.. and Hughes
counties, where they faced a suffi
cient number of heavily armed posse
men to force their surrender.
Only Three Killed.
Willi the death last night in
Hughes county of two men, ono of
whom was a draft objector and the
other n man who failed to halt when
challenged by a posso, tho total
death list as u result of the outbreak
was increused to three, nltho more
than iio members ot the various
bands have been placed under or
ient. It was hoped that little resist
ance would be encountered in riinnin
down and capturing the two bands
which lire still believed to be at lib
erty.
Among the resisters captured lire
said to he several of the leaders, hut
at least three of the men held re
sponsible for spreading the propa
ganda lire believed still lo be at
large.
Full-blooded Indians, ninny of
whom at first were reported to be
among the hostile bands of govern
ment enemies, havo rendered valu
able assistance in hunting down the
resisters. In some instances tlie In
dians, mostly Scmiuolcs, have
brought in prisoners single-handed.
Farmers Surrender.
Many of tho tenant farmers who
have neglected their crops to take to
the warpath, sent in word yesterday,
usually by women, that I hey were
ready lo surrender and return to
their civil pursuits, and whie it was
hoped that the resisters would con
tinue today to relinquish their plans
for obstructing the draft law, it was
realized that this remaining out
probably constituted the more dan
gerous ehuccnt, and that possibly
there still was much difficulty ahead
in restoring normal conditions, tl
Was believed, however, that with the
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CANTEENS IN FRANCE
FOR U. S. SOLDIERS
LONDON, Aug. C. James Duncan
Miller .liberal mcinler for northeast
Lanarkshire, asked In tho houso of
commons whether representations hud
been received from tlio American mil
itary authorities regarding tho char
acter of tho canteens for American
troops here and lit Frunco and wheth
er any beverages other than non-alco
holic, wore provided.
In reply, James Inn McPhcrson,
parliamentary socrotary to the war
office,, mid the canteens wnrn similar
to thoso open to tho British troops.
No objection had been raised by the
Amorlran authorities to similar ar
rangements In Franco,
F
Cabinet Practically Complete Con
stitutional Democrats Have Agreed
ttr Participate Premier Keeps
War and Marine Portfolios Ter
estchekno in Foreign Affairs.
PRTHOGHAl), Aug. (!. M. Keren
sky's cabinet is practically complete.
The constitutional democrats have a
greed to participate and the list of '
members which will form the new .
ministry lias been agreed on, but ns
regards several portfolios, the choice '
is not definite, ns the candidates are
absent from Petrogrnd. Following '
lire the names of the new ministers:
Premier, minister of war and ma- .
rine, Alexander F. Kcrensky. '
Vice-president and minister of fin
ance, N. V. Nckhnsoff.
Minister of foreign affairs, M. I,
Terestcbenko. '
Minister of tho interior, M. Ak
sentieff (social revolutionary, lately '
released Troiii penitentiary).
Minister of public instruction, M.
Oldenburg (constitutional democrat
and member of tho Academy . of
Sciences.
Minister of labor, It Skobelcff.
Minister of trade and industry; M.
Prokopovilch. ,. ' , .7 ; . .
Minister of social tutelage, M. '
AslrolT (mayor of Moscow, oonsti- '
lutional democrat). ' ;
Minister of supplies, M. Picscho
nnff, '
K Minister of justice, M. Yefromoff, '
Procurator of the holy synod, M.
Kartasheff.
Minister of communications, M.
Tiiknmiuiishoff.
Minister of posts and telegraphs,
M. Nikitino (social democrat).
Stale comptroller, F. A. Qulovino
(constitutional democrat).
Minister of agriculture, M. Teller-'
noff (socialist).
Assistant minister of war, M.
Savinkolf.
Foreign Minister Tcrestchcnko in
forms the Associated Press that SL
Tchornol'f, who again becomes min
ister of agriculture, has been fully
rehabilitated, bis licensers having
withdrawn charges that be had rela- -lions
with Germany.
CHINA TO DECLARE
PKKINO, Thursday, Aug. 2.
Acting President Feng Kwo-Chung
today approved the unanimous decis
ion reached at a special meeting of
111"! Chinese cabinet to declare war on
Germany and Austria-Hungary. The
ministers of the enteuto powers
probably will inccUnt tho Chinoso
foreign office on Saturday to dis
cuss China's declaration of war,
which is expected to be issued next
Week.
Prominent Germans in Peking are
conferring with the Dutch minister
lo China, with the object of milking
arrangeiiients lo go to Java. The
Spani-li minister probably will taka
over the interests of Alls! rin-IIun-gary.
Premier Tiinn Chi Jui and his pol
itical followers insist that Feng
Kwo t'hang, as vice-president, onto
malieally became president when Li
Yuan Hung decided to resign office.
Puiiiiimcntnriuns are assembling
ut Canton iiml are preparing to or
ganize a military government with
the sanction ol purliameiit and to
elect a president. Acting President
Feng Kwo-Chnhghus asked for lib
eral appnipriulioiis to be used in
suppressing the southern military
element.
, Mr. mid .Mrs. A. .1 Helton and M.
K. llaimoom aro tourists visiting In
tho city from Pendleton, Oregon,
STRONG HAND 0
RULES RUSSIA