Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989 | View Entire Issue (Aug. 7, 1917)
WEATHER Maximum ycstei'tlav, 89; minimum todav, 'J 8. FORECAST Ton ifjlit anil tomorrow, fair. edford Mail Tribune Forty-sevnth Tear. Dally Twelfth Yn.tr MEDFORD. OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1917 NO. 117 RUSSIANS FIGHT IN SOME SPOTS, YIELD IN OTHERS Slavs Force Back Germans in North Galicia, Run Away in Bukowina New Offensive in Rumania by Teu tonsBritish Tighten Grip in Lens t-Frcnch Make Raids. t4 Associated Press Summary. The Russliin front situation con- llllilua cuiii,ii-., tiui Jiuhhinii Lluops offering spirited resistance and driv ing back the Teuton forces In somo sectors, and weakly yielding In others. Ten nitlcs front Chotin, just beyond the extreme southeasterly corner of Galicia, tho Teutonic armies have been forced back on a teu-milo front, according to advices from Kishinev today. PctroBrad also officially re ports the driving back of enemy ad vance guards south of C.tljinalov. In Bukowina and on the river Bys- trltza, on the other hand, tho Rus sians havo been forced to yield more ground, in one case because of the meats. Offensive in Ktminnin. Farther south, in Kuiunuia, a fur ther mcnaco to tho entente lines bo came apparent today in the announce, ment of tho opening of a Teutonic of fensive in the Fohshani region. I'etro- grad admits a retirement here, and Berlin announces tho storming of Russian positions north of Fokshani Wiethe taking of 13l(i prisoners anil li guns. In Flanders the infantry has con tinued inactive, but the total silence of the British official report on condi tions there, similar to that preserved while the great bombardment which preceded the first attack was impend ing, coupled with the reports of In creased air activity, seems indicative of a probable early renewal of the entente offensive effort. A, .. On French l-'i-onl. PARIS, Aug. 7. French troops fast night broke Into the lines of the German crown princo on tho Cham pagne front at three places, inflict ing losses on the Germans and bring ing back prisoners, it was officially announced today by the French war department. A German attack be tween Avocourt wood and Hill SOI, in the Verdun district, was driven off with heavy losses to tho enemy. Thcro were fairly violent artillery duels in tho Bixschooto sector of the Belgian front, and between llurteblse and Craonne, north of the river Alsne, Tighten I, iocs nt l.eus. BRITISH FRONT IN FRANC K AND HIOMJIl'M. Aug. 7. Tin' British lines continue to titgbten about tho French city of I.ens. north or Arras. Canadi an troops, who n Saturday night push ed their positions forward approxi mately 200 yards along a front of thousand yards Into t ho western en virons of the city, lato yesterday add ed a 000-yard front of a similar depth to their defenses south and west of the outskirts of that mining center. SANK 19 VESSELS Ax ATLANTIC i'tiliT, An'.-. 7 One (ierman submarine during n three weeks' period ending" .Inly 1!'. sank ninelei'ti vcs-i-l-, 11 regaling (i(i,(ino tons, mill was still in condi tion to remain longer away from its base, according to a report. brought here today by Harold Ilan-en of Do t roil , (i member of tin- crew of one of the nineteen ships who said lie received his information from tile Iioat- eommniider. Ilan-en said he belonged to the Norwegian selling ship ArteiiMs a Ve-.se! of 171!l tuns -r.'-s rcgl-lcr. sunk while on iN why I mm (lln-gow to Hampton lfonds His -hip -topped when ordered (,, do s.. bv the sub marine eonimaiiih'r. etui a tl.-tail from the I'-hont ean.e aboard and remov ed all the food s.ipp'ie-. The crew was I Inn oidorcd into the boats, crimen the cur-e to the nearest land, and the Arlen-iii was torpedoed. The cnptniii of the sub marine, Hansen said, told him and other members of his crew with pride that be had -1111k oi-'h n other ships in three weeks and niter luwrc. IN ON LENS, SEIZE 4 CANADIAN TIEADQUAR- THUS IX FHAXl'K, Aug. 7. The ('anmliun outposts around Lens have established n new line in n group of houses which is within n few yards of the en- emy front lino at that point. The Lcns-Bethune road is now safely within our lines almost up lo the eily of Lens. L ROM K, Aug. 7. A detailed report on the air raid at Pota, the Austrian naval base, on Friday night, shows that it began at 1 1 p. m., and ended shortly after dawn. Each machine carried eight bombs and six grenades. The first arrived over Pola an hour after departure and tho last at 4 a. m The squadrille carried out the task, which comprised a flight of 320 ki lometers, ICO of which were ovor en emy territory, wttnout me loss on a single machine. D'AnnnnzIo, tho poet, was aboard one of the larger planes piloted by Captain Gorl. The damago effected was most Important. In addition to bombing tho arsenal, a naptha depot and a seaplano station were set afire iind burned liko paper. The Italian aviators who kept at an average height of 2500 to 1000 yards, were able to Judge of the extent of the de struction by tho enormous sheets of flamo and columns of smoke which shot up to a height of 500 yards. Tho Austrlans were unable during tho bombardment to extinguish any fires started by the bombs, but they kept up a furious firo with their anti aircraft guns and 30 of their most powerful searchlight threw a dazzling light over tho space where the Ital ians were flying. (Notwithstanding, tho latter cruised over the city for nearly five hours and escaped unhurt and victorious. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7. M Ital.crkcvltcli is under arrest hero to day charged by federal officers with shadowing tho movements of Colonel Ternaesky. chief of staff to tho Rus sian General, Brusslloff. Colonel Ter- navskv Is on a secret mission to the L ulled States. Federal Investigators say Balzerko- vltch Is a German citizen. Ho known to have arrived on tho same vessel as tho Russian emissary and his movements are declared to have been significantly relnted to Colonol Tornavsky's action. The man Is a re leased prisoner of war, according to Russian Consul Romanoff skio. Arthur M. Allen of tho department of justice, said yesterday that tho fed oral government had made Inquiries of the Japanese- authorities which showed that Balzerkevilth had been under surveillance at Yokohama. STATE FUNDS PUT AUSTIN, Tex., Aug. 7.-Deposit of -.Into funds in the Temple Stat bank, of which Governor James K. Koran-on formerly was president and in which he is a large slock holder, lodnv occupied the attention of Ihe liioi-e of reprcenlalivo-, sit tin,' as 11 committee of the whole, to inve-lignte charges looking into the impeachment of Ihe executive. Henry Ilium, a i-tunt cashier, told how the -ecretaiv of state and the banking c,,nimi--iner depo-ited large sum in the Temple institution, "I "no time several hundred thousand dol lars of slate funds being on deposit there. PEOPLE TIRED OF SENATE TALK Eternal Quabblcfest Against Food Bill by Small Clique Opposing War Preparation Disgusting, Declares Mississippi. Chamberlain Grills Gore of Oklahoma. 1 WASHINGTON", Aug. 7.--Tho onforencc report on' the food control bill was again the subject of debate in the senate today. Leaders hel'ev- cd it would lie voted on tomorrow. Most republicans were said to favor immediate adoption of the report, and the principal opposition came from democratic members, notably Sena tors Reed, Hollis and Gyre. Debate yesterday became caustic when Senator Cliamberlnin, in charge of the bill, accused Senator Gore of obstructing passage of t ho food bill and other administration measures ro)oatcdly, and Senator Gore charg ed the senate conferees with letting resident Wilson dictate to them. Grills Obstructionists. Senator Williams, declaring it was ell for the senate to hear what the public, thinks, denounced obstruction ists. It is a time to forget, parly align ments, he said, "and I am glad to ay that- n majority of both the dem ocrats and republienns have done so, but there is a small group on both ides which has formed themselves into an anti-administration nnd anti American party." Consciously or unconsciously, lie said, they bad put themselves into the attitude of opposing everything that goes to carry on the war. 'It is time for the majority of the democratic nnd republican parties to get. together and say td these two lit tle groups," he declared, " 'you. have danced your ballet, you have sung your song. America is tired ol you, we are lired of you and want to do something.' Tired of fialiblefost. 'Roosevelt, Taft nnd Wilson all are setting examples. All three have proven their Americanism. They arc tired, the country is tired, the pub is tired, nnd two-thirds of the senate is tired of this constant gnb- blefest this constant gabbling about nothing. We are lagging thru the lofidays, milking everybody ncn'ous and tired with talk on this bill that isn't changing a vote. "Why take up Ihe lime of Ihe American people with this?" I SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7. Four draft boards began active work in Sun Francisco Monday, nnd bonrds olher districts began to take up individual eases today. Twenty-five per cent of the men who appeared today were rejected for physical unfitness. Kxemplion claims were entered by fit per cent of the remainder. Hoard members computed, using these figures as proportionate rt) future work, that about thirtv-five men would be taken for the national army from each 10(1 examined. It was staled that if this proves to be the correct ratio nnolher call would be necessary to fill the ranks of the first national selective a miy. Hoard members staled that the number claiming exemptions because of dependents was larger than had been exjicetcd. They said all claims would be investigated thoroly in or der to eliminate uny improper or in sufficient claims. TOKIO, Aug. 7. Members of the house of representatives met and do cided to send five of their members to the I'nlted States to study conditions. They will start about September I, and return In December. Tho delega tion will represent all parties. SAYS WILLIAMS LIBEl DECLARES WASHINGTON, Aug. 7 Liberia, the negro republic 011 the coast of Africa, has declar ed war on Germany. Some time ago Liberia broke off diplo mutic relations. The declara tion of war now gives oppor tunity to intern German mer chants and others who have been accused of unneutral ac tivities. The United States was advised today of the little re public's action. IN NEW CABINET PKTHOGliAD, Aug. 7. Premier k'erensky has completed the forma tion of his new cabinet. The official announcement of its composition oiitains several changes in the list of portfolios made public yesterday as follows: Lieutenant I,oBodoeff is mado aot- ing minister of murine, a post held up to the present by Premier and Minister of War Kerensky. M. Bernntsky is appointed acting minister of finance, a portfolio that has been assumed by M. Nekrasoff, ill addition to the vicc-prciniersliip. Sf. Yeffrenoff, minister of .justice, is transferred to the ministry of pub lic aid, replacing M. Astroff, the mayor of Moscow. Professor Kokoshkine, a leader of the constitutional .democrats, is ap pointed slate oomp.lro.ller, a position which had been given to P. A. Golo vino. M. youreneff is named minister of public- works. M. Yaroudny takes the office of minister of justice, vacated by M. Yeffrenoff. M. Takhtainisheff, the minister of communications, is not mentioned in Ihe new official list. ASKS RELEASE MINKOLA, N. Y., Aug. 7 An ap plication for the removal to a hos pital of Mrs. Hln Mi-it lie Saulles, held ill the county jail here for the mur der of her former hiisbund, John Longer I)e Saulles, is expected to be made today or Wednesday. This an nouncement was made by her attor ney uftcr three physieinns Iind ex amined bis client, and decided that her life was being endangered by keeping her ill prison. Ihe mother ol Mrs. Do Saulles cabled from Valparaiso, Chile, that she will leave there Wednesday for New York, with another daughter. Miss Amiilie Krruziiriz-Vorgiirn, and her son, William Lrraziiriz. The mes- agc also said the mother would give every md possible to her daughter, indicating that the wealth anil influ ence of the family would be used, not only to defend the duiighter, bill to obtain the permanent custody of the four and a half-year-old son for the mother. LONDON, Aug. 7. A dispatch lo the Times from Rotterdam, says German seaplano alighted at Tcxol, Holland, yesterday, after being fired at by Dutch soldiers. It was short of gasoline. Tho occupants were In terned. FREEDOM OF EDINBURGH OFFERED AMBASSADOR PAGE LONOOX, Aug. ".A movement i on foot, according to the lnndnn Times, to offer the freedom of Hie city of Kdiiiburgh to Wultcr Mines Page, the American ambassador to the court of St. Jnnies, FIND DIFFICULTY IN FIXING PRICE PAID FOR STEEL President Takes Hand in Govern ment's Plan for Regulation of Prices Inquiry Reveals Differ ent Schedules for Cost of Produc tion and Flat Price Likely Fixed. WASHINGTON", Aug. 7. President Wilson took a hand today In tho gov ernment's plans for regulation of prices and conferred with officials who have tho work In charge First ho wont to tho federal trado commis sion, and then went to tho department of Justice Both departments nre working on keeping prices on materi als for the government's war needs down to a reasonable basis. Tho president spent half an hour at tho trado commission, inquiring particularly as to the investigation of the cost of producing coal, steel and lumber. After he left, the commis sion issuod a brief statement, which said: Find Cost Basis. "Tho president was hero today to confer with the trado commission as to the progress being made In its cost diminishing Investigation, now bolng conducted at his request. To find basis for prlcos to bo paid by the gov ernment for war materials, the com mission is Investigating production costs of coal, coke, steel, iron, petro loam, till, aluminum, wire, zinc, cop per, lead, cement and lumber. The copper Investigation is about complete and a report will go to tho president within two weeks. The next articlo to bo Investigated Is coal, and the commission hopes -to havo definite data within a month." To Pay Flat Price. Tho commission has found tho steel costs slow work. Hardly a steel mill In the country, It is said, manufactur ing steel at anything approximating tho samo cost. 1 The trndo commission probably will mako no rccommondatlon as to price-fixing policy, but Its members forBce a difficult task If tho govern ment tries to pay each producer for his output on a cost-plus-percentage profit basis as to the coal Industry. A plan has been suggested whereby flat price will bo paid, tho system amounting to a virtual pool In which producers would sell to each other to mako up deficiencies In supplies and to arrange an averago of cost. OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Aug The man-hunt for draft resistors in three counties of Oklahoma nenring u close. Officers today be lie.vcd they had placed more than half of the Working Class union membership estimated nt between ')(!() mid lil)0 in the slate penitenti arv and county jails. Preliminaries of prisoners taken to MeAlester will Imgin tomorrow be fore Federal Commissioner Rober N. McMillcn. The I'nited Slnles nt torney has announced that drult re- sisters will be tried on conspiruo and treason charges, and the death penult v will be asked by the govern menl. One hundred arc under arrest at Hobleiiville, having been laken into custody Yesterday nnd last night. Reports from Ihe infested district nl noon today told of the capture or surrender of a decreasing number of prisoners and an ullnving of the in tense excitement which has prevuile for almost a week. SAN ANTONIO, Tex., Aug. Industrial Workers of Ihe World ref ugees gradually are drilling away from Columbus, X. M., where they re eenlly were deported from ltir.be Ariz., uecording lo reports to the southern department of the arinv re ceived here today. Of Ihe origina It'ifl sent there, approximately 1(1(1(1 now urn left. They me not nnih restraint and nre free to , fro when they desire. Those romuiniiiif arc being provided with food and shelter, TO DISCUSS SEIZURE OF MINES BY STATE 4 CHICAGO, Aug. 7. Initial- ivc on calling a conference of Ihe governors of sixteen slates at Chicago on August Iti for the purpose of taking concerted notion to reduce coal prices, even to the extent of seizing the mines, was taken today by tho Illinois State Council of Do- fense. 'flic report of Levy Mayer, chairman of the law nnd legislative committee, which held that the governors have powers to seize mines, wns adopted. DUTCH SHOW UP KAISER'S IDEA OF AMSTKHIMr, Aug. 7. Dutch newspapers print in 11 parallel col umn with an account of tho murder of tho crew of the British sleamshi Belgian Prince, a Berlin telegram giving the following extract from a pastoral letter read in nil tho Prot estunt churches of Berlin last Sun day : We will, comport ourselves ns Christians Inwards our enemies unci 'induct tho war in tho future as in the past, with humaiiily and chiv nlry." The pnslornl letter wns rend nt a service which Kinperor Willium and the German empress attended nt the cathedral. It exhorts the people to humanity, and recognizes the hand o Goil 111 the protection Irom invasion which the fatherland has enjoyed. The Hrilish steamship Itclgiun Prince was sunk July III by 11 Ger miin submarine. According to sur vivors who reached 11 British port, the U-boat shelled the vessel and the Germnn commander then ordered the rcw to take to the bonis and go alongside the submarine. The Ger mans, the survivors assert, emoved the life belts nnd older clothing of nil tho members of the crew except eight, smashed the lifeboats wilh axes and en re-entered the submarine iind closed Ihe hatches, leaving Ihe men on deck. The submarine traveled on the surface for uboiit. two miles nnd then submerged. Thirly-eight of the rcw were drowned. Three olhers were rescued by 11 pulrol boat. ALLIE E LONDON, Aug. ". A conference of representatives of the entente nl lies, a cnuliniinliou of the Paris con ference, was commenced in London this morning. David Lloyd George presided. Among those present nl (he con ference were Premier Kibol nnd Min ister of War Painlevc of I'Yancc; Baroir Sonnino, the Itulian foreign minister: A. J. Balfour, Ihe British foreign secretary, and Arthur Hen derson, and the other members ol the Hrilish war cabinet. All Hie en tente allies, in fact, were represented by either ambassadors, ministers or special rcpresenlntives. SIAM IMPOSES CABLE WAR CENSORSHIP N F.W YOliK. Aug. 7. Siain 1 iinnoscd 11 cable censor-hip. The Commercial Cable o ompanv 11 11 noiiiiceil todav thai Shun now only admits cablegrams written in plain language, Kngli-b, French or in orr- laill sK'eil'icd eodeJ. SEVEN-HOUR RAIN PUTS OUT IDAHO FOREST FIRES SPOKAM-., Aug. (.--A seven- hour rain extinguished today 11 fire in the Bonner's Ferry, Idaho, dis trii-t that had threatened forest green timber valued nt .$1,111111,1)1111. One hundred and fifty men had been 1111- nblc lo control the fire. BRITISH NAVY SHAKE-UP DUE TO INACTIVITY Changes in Admiralty Caused by Desire for More Aggressive Policy Burncy Replaced by Wemyss Anderson Succeeds Geddes as Con troller of Naval Construction. LONDON, Aug. 7. Official 1111- nouiieement was made nt the admir alty today that. Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, second sea lord, had been replaced by Yiec-Admirnl Sir lioso lyn Wemyss. Allan Garrett Ander son, hitherto vice-cliairman or tno wheat commission, succeeds Sir F.rio Campbell Geddes, tho new first lord of tho ndunralty, as controller of nnval const ruction. LONDON. Aug. 7 The changes in the Britisli ndmirulty nre Attract ing much attention, nnd aro inter preted ns the first step ill a reorgan ization which, it is supposed, Sir Kric Campbell Geddes, first lord of tho admiralty, was appointed to carry out. Complete 1iaiigo Desired. In (piarters where tho existing nd- mirally methods are regarded lis un satisfactory, the present step is de nounced ns a "prnernslinntnry half measure, nnd it is (lectured tho change ought to have been so com plete as "to give tho country n reso lute and energetic ndmirally perme ated by 1111 offensive spirit." There is no implication of incapa city against Admiral Sir Cecil Bur ncy, whose services ns Admiral Jel licoe's second in ncnimnnd of tho grnnd fleet, nre recognized, and an official announcement states that ho will be employed on special duly. It is assumed Hint as his record was made ill aolivo command, ' ho may welcome the ohnngc. Changes in Admiralty. An official statement contains tho announcement thnt 1111 opportunity is to be laken of Ihe nppnintmcnt of Viee-Adiniral Sir Hosclyn Wemyss lo rearrange Ihe dulies of the second sea lord of the ndmirulty, who will be relieved of deluilcd administra tive work connected with the person net of the fleet. This is interpreted ns meaning Hint the second sea lord will not be trammelled by details which subordinates can handle, but will be associated wilh tho prepara tion of war plans. Another change in Ihe admiralty is the removal of Sir William Graham Green from the permanent secretary ship nt Ihe ndmirally, lo a secretury- hip in tho ministry of munilions un der Winston Spencer Churchill. Sir William's departure from the ndoiirally is regarded as of consid erable importance, ns the post of permanent secretary, which he bus held since Hill, always has been largely responsible for Ihe coiitinu- I v of ndmirally tradilion nnd pol icy. It is this continuity which is regarded by ninny as a most danger ous factor in that it binders initiat ive and adaplabilily to current needs. BURIED IN CELLAR LA CltOSKi:, Wis., Aug. 7. Tho discovery of tho body of Mrs. Cora Miller, burled in quicklime, In nil un used cellar at tho homo of Edward llaughe, fanner, today cleared up tho mystery surrounding tho disappear ance of the woman. Sho disappeared on February 2-1, last. Ilaugho has not been found, but a warrant for tils arrest has been Issued. UBOAT SOJOURNS AMSTKItDAM, Aug. 7. Tho Gor man submarine I'-SO, accompanied by two Dutch torpedo boats, today en tered tho waterway of Tho Nether lands fishing town of Mnassluts, 10 miles west of Itotterdnm, according to a dispatch to the llnndelshlnd. It Is understood that tho U-boat merely Is awaiting better weather.
