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MEDFORD I
Forty-wventh Tear.
Dally Twelfth Year.
. MEDFORD, OR KAON", THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, 1017
NO. 125
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MIL TRIBUNE
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HARD ALONG
WIDE FRONT
Allied Forces Smash in Three Places,
French Surge Across Steenbeke
River, British Drive East of Ypres
and Canadians Continue Efforts to
Take Lens I2Q0 Prisoners Taken
at Noon and Severe Fighting in
Progress.
. LONDON, Aug. . It). Premier
Lloyd George announced Iti the house
of commons today Hint Iroops of
Field Marshal Haig luid captured
Lungoniurck. The premier suid that
field Marshal Haig had. telegraphed
that l'JOO prisoners, had lieen taken
and that live guns had been captured
by noon today.
In addition to capturing Lnngo-
jMirek, the premier said, the Iiritish
troops trained ground at many point
Sovere fighting is continuing wit Ii. the
result undetermined.
Anodior llrivo Made.
BRITISH FKONT IN FliAXt'F,
AND BKLGH'M, Aug. l(i. Forces of
Hie entente allies at daybreak begun
another drive against the Iroops of
( rown Prince Hnpprecht of ISuvuria
along a wide friuil, from a point op
posite Polygon wood, east of Ypres,
to the left of the French positions on
tho northward.
In the first onslaught s tho right
uniiK ot mo rroncii surged across
tho Steenbeke river and at Hie same
time tho left wing pushed forward
correspondingly.
The official report of Field Mar
shal Haig says that progress is be
ing made. On the Lens front, where
the Canadians yesterday captured
Hill 70 and made further progress in
mo environs ot Hie French milling
center, all Genunn counter-attacks,
the official statement adds, were re
pulsed. French Cross StccnlN-ke.
PARIS, Aug. .Hi.- French troops
in Belgium, attacking early today in
conjunction with the Mritish on both
sides of the road between Slrccn
straete and Dixinude, captured all
their objectives and crossed the
Steenbeke river, the war office an
nounced today. Finthcr progress is
being made along the river.
The French made an attack on the
Aisnc and captured German trenches
on a front of fine kilometer. Four
Genuun counter-attacks were re
pulsed. The statement follows:
Associated Pi-ess Summary.
In three sectors of the Frnnco
llclgiuii front the French and llrilisb
have won new successes in their of
fensive operations, which are mice
more in full swing.
Attacks were made by the P.ritish
in Belgium near Ypres, by the French
W the Aisno front, and near Dixinude
in Belgium. The ground won by the
British in yesterday's attack near
Lens, including the highly important
Hill 70, was held in the face of all
Herman counter attacks, (leneral
Haig rexo'ts.
While the Iiritish were conoliilat-
(('ontinueil on p:ige four.)
E OFFENSl
COPKMIAOKN. A np. in. The re
newal of the entente offensive on the
western front on a greater scale than
ever before Is looked for by (iennan
newspapers, ncr-onllng to Berlin dls
patchcK. It Is expelled that the new
allied attempt may bo made on a
section of the front heretofore calm.
A heavy French bombardment on
tho Alsnc and before Verdun, ener
getic reconnaissance activity, increas
ing activity by aviators and the clos
ing of the Freneli-Swtsu frontier are
Interpreted as signs.
DEAL STERNLY
WITH i.W.W'ISM
Government to Prosecute on Charges
of Conspiracy Persons Responsible
for Institution of Strikes to Re
tard or Curtail Production of In
dustries Essential to War.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1G, The de
partment of justlco 1b prepared to
deal swiftly and severely with activ
ities 111 the northwest and elsewhere
of tho Industrial Workers of the
World, Insofar as they relato to the
stoppage or curtailment of produc
tion of Industries whose continuation
Is deomcd essential to the prosecution
of the war.
Any action which would tend to re
tard tho harvesting of crops, the pro
duction of spruco, essential to the
construction of airplanes, or to cur
tail the production of minerals need
ed to carry on tho war, would be met
by prosecution on charges of con
spiracy, against persons regarded as
responsible for Institution of the
movement.
('becking l"p on I. W. V,
A large force of investigators is
in the field in California, New Mex
ico, Washington, Oregon, Idaho,
Molilalia and Arizona, checking up
and reporting daily on tho activities
of T. W. W. leaders. Many indus
tries whose continuation is necessary
to the prosecution of the war, will he
affected by the threatened general
strike in the northwest.
District attorneys turnout the en
lire section have been instructed to
institute protuplly proceedings
against strike lenders where such
proceedings can be prosecuted under
the broad powers given the president
by congress in the war resolution.
Cessation of labor in the harvest
fields, in 5pruee logging camps, or at
mines, it is thought, would come
clearly under the list of subjects i
which could be dealt with by federal
authorities.
Demands Aro Known.
Department officials here knew
several days ago of the impending
demands of I lie Industrial Workers
ofUhe World in Washington, Oregon,
Idaho and Montana. Full details of
the demands were in Hie hands of the
department more than forty-eight
hours before they were announced
yesterday by James Kowan, district
secretary of I lie I. W. W. at Spokane.
The construction of the great air
craft fleet which the government
purposes to send iibroad has been
seriously menaced, it was said, by
widespread activities, traceable to I.
W. W. sympathizers in the logging
camps of Washington. Spruce logs,
used in building airplanes, have been
damaged and destroyed, it was said,
in great iiiantitics, ami the machin
ery used to convert the logs into
lumber damaged in ninny instances
by hidden spikes driven into the logs.
Spruce is the only timber used in
building airplanes in this country,
and curtailment of the supply of logs
has menaced construction of ma
chines. The situation, however, bus.
been mel, it was said today, and the
crisis in the movement, it is believed,
lias been passed.
Political, Not Labor.
The activities of the I. W. V, are
regarded by officials here as polit
ical rather Hunt n labor movement.
(Continued on paga six )
g?j ",:v:r:v 1
Sixteen great faiilonment rllles fcrr
the first will Ik- that at Columbia, S.
UNCLE SAM WELCOMES
Tx-rt t.p Itlsbt Icu-Adiiilral Isiiimi Tiikosluia of Japanese navy; (.avlll Mc.Mill; Mcutc imnt-CominniKlcr Ma
Milaka Ando; Viscount lschii, special envoy and head of tho mission; Major Seljl Tanlkiiwn; llrctkcniidgo
liong, third assistant Secretary of SlnU and .Major Gcnciul llisaiclil Sugano of the .laaiicse army.
. WASH I.VGTO.V, Aug., 1 C. Prepar
ations for mobilization of the first of
tho national army forces, beginning
September 5, aro going forward with
out serious delay, according to Infor
mation reaching the office ot Provost
Marshal General Crowdor. There are
only a few districts where any loss of
tinio in getting the first 30 per cent
of the men entrained for their can
tonments Is expected.
Some delay may occur in Pennsyl
vania. Two district exemption boards
in that state have not been appointed
by the president and tho local selec
tion boards in these two areas cannot
muster their men or complete any
step of mobilization until the district
boards hiivo acted on tho lists await
ing consideration. Delay In appoint
ment is duo, it Is understood, to the
necessity for investigating local dif
ferences of opinion as to who should
compose the board.
Except for these cases tho organ
ization work of the provost marshal
general's offlco has been virtually
completed. Only minor supplemental
rulings are expected from now on, as
all tho many points that have arisen
havo been Ironed out and a definite
policy established for tho local and
district boards to fit almost an cir
cumstances. CLEVELAND LOSES
PLAYERS BY DRAFT
CLKVHLAND, Aug. Ifi. The
Cleveland American league club
stands to Inso two of Its regular In
fielders and two pllchers by tho se
lective conscription law. .loo Harris,
first baseman, was examined and ac
cepted by a local drart board today.
Third llaseman .Inc Evans and I'lt' h
er 'lark Dlckerson were examined
and accepted at. New York last week.
Pitcher Ed Klepfer passed his exam
ination at Warren, Pa., yesterday and
was told he might expect to lie called
about September 5.
CANTONMENTS ARE BEING RUSHED TO COMPLETION FOR USE 0 F
L,.
the new national nrmy are motv Hi an
'., plctinnl here. Seven UioiixmimI men
JAPANE SE ENVOYS HERE TO
S
SERETH
PKTROGliAD, Aug. 10. The war
office announces a strategic with
dm will by the Riimnnians to tho So-
veia-Monastirsk-Voloslikani line.
Hussion forces oh the Rumanian
front withdrew under pressure to
Munchcliii and Monnss and Ruman
ians to Movililzu, in the Fokshaui
area.
BF.RLIN, Aug. Iti. Russian and
Rumanian forces which had held the
western hank of Ibe river Sereth on
tiie Rumanian front, yesterday were
driven across the river by troops of
Field Marshal von Maekensen, ac
cording to the statement today of the
fierinan general titaff. More I ban
.'ir00 prisoners were tnken ami six
teen guns were captured.
YIF.NNA, Aug. Ifi. -The Austrian
official war statement covers the
eastern situation similarly to the
(Iennan, adding the. capture of Bnl
Inrelu and Strakani and the Auslro
(lerman advance compelled Ifusso
Riiuiiinian divisions west; of the Nc-grilesli-Sovckn
line to yield.
M'AI.KSTBH, Okla., Aug. 1ft One
hundred and forty-seven alleged anll
drafl agitators from Hughes, Semi
nole and Pontotoc counties, held In
the state penitentiary hero, were
charged today in complaints filed by
W. P. Mritlniils, fedoral district at
torney, with 'Inciting rebellion" and
similar offenses, including cotisplriicy
to evade the selective 'draft law. They
wll Iho held to await action of a fed-'
ernl grand Jury.
New Bolivian President
I. A PA. Hnlivln, Aug. 111.- .lose
Gulttorez Guerra, former minister of
war, was InniiKiiratcd president of
tlnllvlu today. I
no per rent done, nml half a dozen
nro now working at this camp, ami
DISCUSS W AR POLICIES
AT
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LONDON, Aug. 10. According to
the Daily News, some wounded
American soldiers from the westei'n
front havo just arrived al t lie hos
pilitl uf Bath.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10.
Neither the war nor navy department
lias any information on the reported
wounding of American troops on tho
western front. Prompt official nll
nouncemciil is promised when infor
tunium is received, provided if is not
incompatible willi military interest.
A London newspaper says that
wounded American soldiers from the
western front have just arrived at a
hospital at Bath, England. Wash
ington is without official information
regarding the report. Dispatches
from the American training camp in
France last night said all the Ameri
can forces in France were reviewed
yesterday, indicating that Hie entire
body was still in training. The
American mililnry aulhorilies have
made, elaborale preparations for
I real men I, in American hospitals in
Frnncc of the wounded, The rcporl
of the London newspaper may refer
to wounded Americans serving witli
the Hritish armies, of whom there
are several thousands.
MOW YORK. Auk. Hi. -AclliiK on
the RiiKKPHtlnn of Herhert ( Hoover,
tho fond RflmliiiHtrufor, Iho New York
cofffte und KiiKiir oxrlmnno announced
todny it had KiiHpondod nil trading in
sunar future mi tho exchange until
further not lea, '
Toduy'H (n'dfin itHiitnH tho ond of
all ftppculut fvu KUKir. dnullituM on tho
(txriniiiKo, rxnipt tlml Involved hi
(dontiiK up hiiKlncsK. Tho voltimo of
trnde In futun-H him hocn heavy late
ly, almost every day fieeliiR new
hlr-'h reeord.
UNCLE SAM'S NEW NATIONAL
of them nrot expected to I hi ready lor
II tukos o man on horseback two days
EXCHANGE CLOSES federa
FRENCHPATTERN R
Orders Isucd for Reorganization of
United States Army Division to
Comprise 19,000 Men Regular
Army Divisions From One to
Twenty-five.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 10. Tho or
der for the reorganization of the
army is disclosed in general orders,
made publie today, prescribing the
formation of all tactical units from
divisions to armies. The composi
tion of each division standard is
prescribed and provision is mnde for
orgauizution of all additional troops
into training bullalioiis of 021 men
to be used in nny way to he found
necessary.
Designation of divisions by lum
ber begins with the regular army 'di
vision now in France, which hns al
ready been reorganized on the basis
of 1!), 111)0 men and additional Initial
ions of ntlached troops. Thnt is the
first division, U, S. nnny. Oilier
regular divisions nre numbered up
to und including the Twenty-fifth.
This does not menu Hint twenty-five
regular divisions lire to bo created
immediately, but Hint the numbers
from ouo to twenty-five inclusive
havo been reserved for tho regulars.
National Guard Division.
Nulionnl guard divisions will be
numbered from the Twenty-sixth to
the Seventy-fifth, inclusive. Na
tional army divisions will number
from Seveniy-six.
Today's order provides the organ
ization of sixteen national army di
visions, designated from , the Seventy-sixth
to the Ninety-first, in
clusive, and succeeding divisions will
be numbered in order afler them.
All divisions provided for will be
infiintrv divisions composed of di
vision headquarters detachments,
one machine gun battalion of four
companies, two infantry brigades of
two regiments and a ninohino gun
battalion of three companies each;
one field artillery brigade of three
regiments und a trench mortar bat
tery each ; one engineer regiment ; one
field signal battalion, one houdqunr
tcrs' train and mililnry police, ,one
ammunilion I rain, one engineer train
without pontoon and searchlight sec
lions, one supply train and one san
itary I ruin of four field hospitals and
four nmbubince companies.
F.nch army corps will consist of
an army corps licailipiarlers force
and Ihreo infanlry divisions, supple
mented by necessary attached troops
to be designated as army c orps
Iroops. Kadi army will consist of
an army hcadipia iters, three or more
army corps, ami such additional
army troops as may he advisable.
L PROBE OF
SKATTI.K, Aug. I ft. -Joint stale
and fedoral Investigation of the lum
ber Industry of the northwest will he
requested by (lovernor Ustor as the
next step toward compelling settle
ment of the strike of wc.Htorn Wash
ington mill owners, unless employers
and employes reach an agreement by
Saturday night, according to a declar
ation by the governor this morning.
ARMY
?1
!
im iiiimni y hy September I. Among
to iiwiko tho full round of sti-et'ts,
Dnimmuui.
Premier Lloyd George States Grain
Stocks Third Greater Than Year
Ago, With Millions Increased Acre
age to Harvest Shipping Losses
Decrease Rapidly, Showing Mas
. tcry of Submarine Problem Much
New Tonnage Built. . ,
,- . ' ' i ' '
LONDON, Aug. .10. Premier
Lloyd George, speaking in tho house
of commons today, said that . this
timo last year the wheat in this
country amounted to 0,-1X0,000 quar
ters, ami that now it is 8,500,000
(piarlers. Tho slock of oats and
barley, he declared, also was higher.
Premier Lloyd-George said tho
acreage under cultivation showed an
increaso of 1,0110,000 acres. If the
harvest weulhcr wero good, the con
dition of food supplies would bo very
satisfactory. Tho premier added
that there had been nn increaso in
tho sugar reserve . ??.-4t
No (fiance to Starvey f - f
"Tho government has eohie. to tho
conclusion," the premier said, ' "Hint
with reasouiible economy thero is no
clinnco of starving England out. Tho
admirally plans for denting ' with
snbinnrines Inivo been increasingly
successful." ' .
There had been n considerable sav
ing in bread consumption, tho pre
mier suid, and owing to closer" mill
ing und food economy there bad fieen
an aihlilion to tho wheat stock of
70,000 ipiarfers per week. (A quar
ter is equivalent to 480 pounds.) '
The premier said that in tho l ill
glo month of April ,rli0,000 gross tons
of shipping wero lost thru Teuton
.snbinnrines. In July tho tonnngo lost
went down lo ;120,000 gross tons.
This month I here was a substantial
improvement over that of July.' Tho
net losses since Hie commencement
of Germany's unrestricted siibmurino
warfare was under 250,000 tons a
month. . .
The premier said: '. I
New Tonnngo Flu lit,
"Germany now is barely nblo to
hold her own not oven that."
Premier Lbtyd George saiil that in
iho first six months of this year the
lounuge built was '181,000, while in
the last six moulhs, including pur
chases, the new tonnage would bo
1, I'J I,0II0. The prcniicr also saiil that
a considerable addition had been
niiiile in the program of naval con
struct inn.
With the co-opi-ralinn of America,
Ibe premier suid, there would bo suf
ficient tonnage for nil of I'll H, and
if necessary, 1III0. Allho tonnngo
hail decreased during the Inst year,
he added, more goods' had been enr
ricl from over seas.
E
POIiTI.AXO, Aug. 10. Max II.
Houser, Portland millionaire, who
was appointed Portland representa
tive of the grain division of the Uni
ted Stntes food administration, an
today Hint upon receipt ot his official
appointment, he will dovotn his entire
tlmu to his new offlca and also turn
over his Immense gruiu business to a
new company ami give Its en lire prof
its to the American Red Cross,
llonser Is believed hero to tin tho
largest individual grain operator In
the Pulled Stales and estimates of
the money ho has made 111 the last
several years run Horn $1,000,000 to
jr,,nnn,U!0. At ono time last year, It
is said, ho had 7.000,000 bushels ot
wheat, en route nt various points, ot
I he Pacific northwest to Kurope,