"WEATHER Maximum yesterday, 87; minimum today, 55. FORECAST Tonight and tomorrow, fair. ail Tribune EDFORD Forty-aeventh Tear. Dally Twelfth Year. RUSSIANS CHECK do TriiTfiu nnnr Nfll FEAR STRIKES iluiuii umvc INTO RUMANIA Kerniloff States Morale of Troops Strengthened Predicts Operations on Vast Scale, Particularly in the North Enemy Attacks Every where Repulsed. MlITISII FRONT IN KHAXCK AND BELGIUM, Aug. 17. There was lit tie change this morning along the front ot the new British offensive be gun yesterday in Belgium. Several German counter-attacks were repuls ed during the night, and fighting is continuing with .the cntcnto allies hoidlg tenaciously the positions which they secured yesterday and carrying out consolidations. ri3TROGItAD, Aug. 17. General Korniloff, the commander-in-chief, arrive here today and had a long conference with Premier Kerensky. PETROGItAD, Aug. 17. i.Ioiiten-ant-Gencral Korniloff, the commander-in-chief, In an Interview said to day, the moral fighting capacity or the army had been considerably strengthened. Ho hoped for complete regeneration of tlio Russian forces. Ho predicted operations on a vast scale on the Rumanian front, and also ejfjjwlicrc, especially In t lie north, wlioro he indicated there was a period of combined land and sea actions in sight, lie expressed the opinion that nnother winter campaign was inevita ble. Advance Hailed. LONDON, Aug. 17. On the Ilulio wina front between the lineister and Moldavia, enemy attacks everywhere wore repulsed, except at . a single point south of the Varna, where ll portion of the trenches in the moun tains were lost," says the official Ru manian statement, under date of Tuesday, just received here. "All en emy attacks in t ho Klaiiie and Iiitu valleys were repulsed. Our infantry nnd cavalry delivered counter-attacks on the enemy, which retired. We oc cupied several peaks and took more than six hundred prisoners. Some machine guns wero captured. This action was facilitated by the Russians In the north, who after repulsing several attacks, took Iho offensive and drove at the conjunction with us. 3!io batllo continues violently. Itutllo Continues. "South of (ho Marochtt the enemy attacked all day Willi fresh troops. Thero were violent hand to-hand en counters and counler-atlaiks. A Rus sian raid south of llreezauy also re sulted In the capture of prisoners and some ntachln guns. The batllo con tinues with great, si iibliornncss on both sides of the Seretli.' BERLIN, Aug. 17. A I lacks made yesterday by Russian and Rumanian forces north of Kokslianl and on the lower Seretli river on the Rumanian front, brown down under the Toulon fire, according to I lie official state ment Issued today by the German war depart incut. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. The war department has modified tlio order prohibiting a saloon or bar within half a mile ot a military camp so as not to be effective where purely tem porary camps are ( oncorned. The modification was caused by a situa tion In Kansas City, where many sa loons and leading hotel bars In (he city wero closed because some troops wero being mobilized in Convention ball. 1'nder the new ruling such tempo rary mobillzallon of troops will not be catiso for closing bars and officers will bo depended on lo restrain their men. GERMAN CONCESSIONS EXPECTED IN POLAND I.OXI0.-, Aug. Id. I.'eiiler Mil. svs it learns on good nnthorilv thai German concessions in Poland are expected shortly, but that I bey will be conditional oa'Auatr.a'i approval. CALLED Bf I. Wl f -f . .4. POIf'KLAXI), Au?. 17. Ore- gon timber nnd logging opernt- ors do not fear the Industrial Workers of tlio World strike, culled Tor August 20, it was said llCrc llllllIV llV nillllii.,inc; litti.bnn employers. ''. G. Donaldson, secretary or the Willamette Val- ley Lumbermen's association, said lie did not believe any I. W. W. members are emploved ill the vallcv mills. " 4 L FRENCH FRONT IN FRANCE, Aug. 17.. The fire in the St. Quentln cathedral was first observed about G o'clock Wednesday night bscntlnels in a French trench outsido of St. Qitentin. They wero startled to see flames breaking from the famous ca thedral and soon the entire structure was ablaze. The fire continued to light up the town and surrounding country until 1 o'clock in the morn ing. As It died down it was scon that Iho steep roof had fallen In. Every thing but the walls must ho destroy ed. The cause Is unknown. Certain ly it was not duo to the French fire. There was littlo bombardment last night and when the correspondent watched columns of smoke float away on a light wind, the landscape was singularly peaceful:. i'rlsoners Bay the town has lately boon pillaged by officers and men who are sending many stolon valua bles to Germany. PARIS, Aug. 17. "At nightfall Wednesday," telegraphs a llnvas cor respondent on the French front, "wo saw from our lines which at places ire less than half a milo from the suburbs of St. Quentln, that the ca thedral was surrounded' by smoke. Soon firo was visible, increasing each moment until at midnight the Impos ing monument was a mass of flames, visible for 20 miles around. 'It is impossible at this time to de termine the origin of the firo. The Germans cannot lay it to our shells, for St. Quentln is so near our lines that not a single French projectile has fallen into the city. Tho high towers of tho cathedral gave the Germans an observation point unique in tho region. Wo cannot yet nnder- tand what powerful motives Induced 1 hem to destroy It. Thru field glasses it could bo seen the next afternoon that the cntiro superstructure was gone." i i , STILL E V IVIII VliTllV An.r 17Wnr volunteers for the regular army have reached a total ol' 1!I0,:II7 men since April 1, bringing the roll to ()() in .v,.,w tlm ii nl Iwtrieil stronflh. Since Hie lolal (piola for the ex panded army was tilled several days ago, recruits have continued to en list nt an average of more thnn 10110 men a clay. They will be needed and I lie recruiting service w ill not relax ils efforts. There still are Iweiitv-five slates lliat have not supplied their quotas, but some of the other states have furni-lied their quotas several times over. RENEWAL OF STRIKE COPENHAGEN", Aug. 17. A re newal of strlko agitation In war In dustries, evidently on the part of tho extreme socialists. Is Tcported from Berlin. A semi-official notice ays that circulars are being distributed In munition factories advocating a walk out. The notice appeals lo the work men not to be misled and not to de sert and betray their brothers fight ing In the west and east. MEDFORD, GERMANSCLAIM RECAPTURE 0 LOST POSITIONS Berlin Reports Recovery of Lange- marck, Which Is Not Conceded by British Savage Attacks Marie on Verdun Repulsed German Counter-Attacks Fail. BERLIN1, An;,'. 17. German nd vunced posts along the Yscr canal, near Dreigruchteii, in Belgium, were overrun yesterday by troops of the entente, says the German official statement issued today. The enemy also captured ground north and cast of Bixschoote. At St. Jnlicn and mnnypoints far ther south to Wurncton, the state ment adds, allied forces penetrated the new German battle zone. "By evening Lnngemarek and our lost positions," the German general staff reports, "were again in our bunds." Cinin Full Victory. In all the oilier sectors the English assault eollupsed before the German entanglements. The German state ment snys : "in spitu of heavy sacrifices, tho English have accomplished nothing. Hy this repulse wo gained a full vic tory. Unshaken ami wild high spir its, our front stands ready for new battles."' Lungemarck, a Belgian village about five miles northwest of Ypres, was captured by the British forces after desperate fighting yesterday. The British in their offensive pushed well beyond the town and, according to the latest reports from British sources, fighting was still in prog ress to the east of tho position. Associated Pross Summary. The Germans made violent and re peated efforts last night to regain import ant positions recently wrested from them by the French and Brit ish. They gained sonic small advan tages on Iho Verdun front ; otherwise the only result of their attacks was to add to the heavy losses which they have sustained in their fierce local offensive operations of late. The British rexrt three counter attacks against their new lines near Loos. At tho second effort tho Ger mans gained slight successes nt points, but wero driven hack again, and tlio third assault failed to shake the British defense. Heavy artillery fighting is report ed in the Ypres sector, where the British, after gaining high ground in yesterday's ntlack on a nine-mile front, were finally pressed back. Suffer Heavy Losses. The attacks on the French were made nt widely separated points. In Belgium' the Germans attempted to recapture Iho ground taken by the French along tho Stcenbeko river, but met with no success. On tlio Aisnc front the Germans mudo vigorous assaults near the California plateau and east of Corny. Shattered by the terrific artillery fire of the French, the German infantry formations were swept back with heavy losses. On tlio Verdun front heavy fight ing was resumed with a German stroke on n front of two kilometers between Cnurieres wood and Beson vuux. At points the attackers suc ceeded in gaining a foothold in the foremost French trenches, but sub sequently they were driven out of the greater part of these positions. MEXICO CITY, Aug. 17. It Is re ported the railroad men aro consider ing a walkout If tho management continues to send locomotives to the I'nlted States for repairs, Instead of making rapalrB In local shops. The shop men have addressed a petition to President Carranza asking that the work day bo returned to eight hours. They are now working six hours. The management of the railroads explains that It Is Impossible under the present conditions to get materials sent to Mexico so all the repair work can he done In tho local shops. The man agement announced the belief that the demands are the result of work of foreign agitators among the men. PRECOX, FRTDAY, AUGUST 17. 1017 OREGON'S FIRST DRAFT TO BE DRILLED AT AMERICAN LAKE. WN. 4- WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Secretary Baker today upprov- cd tho disposition of the (iH7,- 000 men of tho first draft us recommended by the provost niarshal-gencriil. The average number of men allotted to each of tho sixteen cantonments is approximately d.'l.OOO. Those going to American Luke, Wash., from Alaska, Washington, Ore- gon, California, Idaho, Nevada, 'Montana, Wyoming, Utah, total- ling 40,15!). NEW GENERALSiTO BY AUGUST 25 WASHINGTON', Aug. 17. Thirty two major-generals assigned to com mand divisions of the new army and national guard today received In structions to roport for duty hot lator than August 25. All the regular de partmental commanders are now call ed upon for duty In tho field, proba bly in Franco. Included In tho orders is tho state ment that trie ordor of designation of the divisions is by no means Indica tive of the ordor In which they will be sent to the front. A warning Is added that shifts and changes In the officer personnel of the divisions are to be expected. Under new army regulations each regiment will consist of three battal ions of four companies of 2.10 men each, which, supplemented by sup plies nnd machine gun organizations, will bring each Infantry unit up to a strength of approximately 3600. From tho 27,000 officers recently graduated from training camps a con siderable number will be detailed for a course of Intensive training in trench warfare with the expeditionary forces already In France. In addition some officers probably will be sent to French and British officers' schools to study the methods of the allies. POPE'S PEACE OFFER TRUE RESTORATION SAYS PAPAL PAPER HOME, Aug. 17. "The pope's peace proposals are true resloratioii in the sense of Lloyil-Gcorgc's last speech and constitute n peace as out lined by President Wilson, whilo they also correspond to penco without An nexation or indemnity supmrtcd in other quarters," says Iho ("orriere d'ltulin, tho semi-official organ of the Vatican. The paper adds that tho pope's note docs not propose to return to the stains quo and sug gests the restoration of "the old kingdom of Poland," as it was he fore being dismembered by Hie three empires. The note suggests autonomy for Armenia, a rearrangement of the col onics nnd the return of Alsace-Lor raine and Trent and Trieste to their respective nationalities. "Is it possible that the central powers will consent to make ponce, imposing upon them such sacrifices and obliging them to pronounce, as Lloyd George said, the word 'restor ation'?" nsks the newspaper. The fiiornalc d'llnlin expressed flic hope that the voice of the pope urg ing ponce will be? accompanied by the sound of the cannon of the allies from Flanders to the Gulf of Trieste allocking the enemy with renewed armor. NEW YORKERS JOIN VIGILANTES COMMITTEE NEW YOlils, Aug. 17. More than 100 citizens of New York today had joined the newly formed vigilantes committee to wage a campaign ngainst soap hot orator whose ut terances are considered improper. m FEDERAL ARMY nDTUIIICQT I Troops Likely to Be Sent to Keep War Industries Moving and Pre vent Disorders Board of Media tion Prepared for Quick Action If Necessary. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. Sending fcdoral troops to Washington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho to keep war in dustries moving and to check disor ders, is regarded by officials as a possibility In the near futuro, should the threatened I. W. W. strike attain serious proportions and the civil au thorities, state and fodoral, In tho ef fected area bo iinablo to meet the sit uation adequately. Tho departments of Justlco ami la bor, the board of mediation and con ciliation, tho food administration, and other government agencies woro studying with some apprehension to day tho situation in tho northwost and were prepared, it was said, to take immediate steps to meet any de velopment. For Quick Action. Socretary of Labor Wilson, return ing to Washington aftor an absence of several days, rocclved reports on the situation, and began to determine If the services ot Ills department could bo utilized In averting tho threatened strlko. Conciliators of tho depart ment already are In districts affected. Food administrators say tho strike might retard harvestln and that dam age had been done to fruit and veg etables In California, which wore needed for canning. Tho board of mediation and con ciliation, while without direct repre sentation In the territory affected, Is prepared to act quickly In caso tho threatened strlko should result In in terruption to train service G. W. Hanger of tho board Is at present 111 San Francisco. Viewed With Apprehension. cpartmcnt of justice Investigators and Inclined to view tho situation with some apprehension nnd federal attorneys In the four states mention ed In the proposed general strlko call are authorized to act quickly In case of dlsordor. So far as the department of jus 1 1 in o Is concerned, only an ovort act can result In action. Should the civil authorities deem It advlsablo to have federal troops sent to guard Industries, they could he sent upon request of state author ities, or the department of Justice itself. Officials unite In saying thero will he no half-measures by (ho govern ment with persons attempting to hin der industries essential to prosecuting the war. Extreme meusiiros, It was said, would be resorted to without hesitation. In view of the nature of tho de mands made by tho I. W. W., Includ ing the release of all members ot its organization at present In prison In tho four states, It was thought likely thatthe strlko would bo called. The demand Is regarded by officials hero as preposterous and one that could not possibly be acceded to. JAP SOCIALISTS TO SEND PEACE DELEGATE TOKIO, Auk. 17. II is reported Hint ii small body of Japanese social ist nt Tokio bus voted to M-nd Sen Katuymna, a JapancM' ii-if i1 lender, who is now in New York iih a ili'IejMile to III1 Stockholm socialist conference. It i believed Hint thr government is opposed to the purliej pation of Japanese in Hie conference. TD MEATLESS MEALS WASHINGTON'. Aug. K.- Trnv cling salesmen's organization, com prising lil t (iOO.OIIO members, have pledged themselves to n w heal less and men I less meal every day, the food administration announced today, MlDM I UllllU llllllLu 10 CHECK W.W AGAINST DRAFT LAW GET 5 YEAR TERMS r BIG STON'K GAP, Vn., Aug. 17. J. W. Phipps and W. V. McCoy, Virginia mountaineers, were found guilty by a grand jury in federal court hero today on nn indictment for "recruit- ing men to destroy arms ami ainmiiiiiliou of the United Slates government." The pen- nlty was fixed at five years at the federal prison at Atlanta. PKKING, Tuesday, Aug. II., (Do layed.) -China's declaration of wnr on Germany and Austria-Hungary be ginning at 10 a. in. today, and the other documents relating to the con flict do not mention tho association of tho Chlneso republic with the on tento powers. They lndlcalo that China's action will bo entirely inde pendent. Tho declaration of war aroused littlo excitement in Peking, or In other north China cities. Tho Netherlands' minister to China today took over tho interests ot tho central allies. Chinese troops nt Tien Tsln took over tho Austrinn concession and the Gorman banq and German barracks there without Incident. ' Regulation Issued today by tho Chl neso government permit tho depar ture of Gormnnsand Austrlnns within flvo days. Registration within ton days is required to permit Teutons to continue doing business If It does not affect China's welfare. Enemy sub jects aro forbidden to travel without, permits. Tho regulations also pro vido for the Internment ot trouble some enemies. The proclamation of war which W'as signed by President, Feng Kwo t'hang, reviews China's cfforls made to induce Germany to modify her submarine policy. It says Hint re spect i'or inlernntionnl law forced China to sever relations with Ger many and now compelled China lo declare war against Germany and Austria, too, as it was not (icrnuiny alone, but Auslria-lliiiigary ns well, which had pursued this policy wilh out nbaiemcnl. The proclamation declares that nil I rent incuts, agreo menls' nnd protocols between China and the central powers have been ab rogated. It says China will respect The Hague convenlions mid the inlcr rintioniil agreements respccling the Immune conduct of the war, and in conclusion asserls that China's ob ject in entering Iho war is lo linslen pence. -OFLW.W.MEMBERS SPOKANK, Aug. 17. The general slrlke of the construction bihI agri cultural workers of the Industrial Workers of tho World, which Iuih been called for next Monday In Wash ington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, will be conducted without disorder or violence, .lames Kowan, district sec retary of the organlallon, said today. The men have been Instructed, llowan said, lo quit the Jobs they arc working on and refrain from disorder. The strlko is being called as a pro test for what Is alleged to bo tho Il legal arresting of members of the order. The slrlke order tells the con struction workers to lay down tlielr tools and the agricultural workers to let the fruit rot on I tin ground. Bernstoff to Be Sent to Turkey ItKlil.IN. Am:. 17.- The appoint inenl of ('mint vnn lU-rn-tuiT (lermnn nmlmsMidor at ('onltintino ple in forecast, lie arrived in Berlin today nnd Ikim been in conference with Chnncollur Mi( huelU. NO. 12f S Minor Provisions of War Revenue Bill Hurriedly Disposed Of In creased Wine Rates Opposed by Pliclan Tax on Autos to Be Paid by Owners Instead of Factories. WASHINGTON, Aug. 17. In en deavoring lo dispose of minor provis ions of the wnr tax bill nnd reach the important disputes, the senate today approved the wine schedule as revis ed by the fiunncc committee. Tlio increased wine rates, imposing ii tax of .111.10 a gallon on brandy and ill fortifying wines, wero oppos ed only by Kenator Pholiin of Cali fornia, who contended they would de- . stroy the American wine industry. Senator Simmons, ill charge of tho hill, declared that tho rates at tempted to equalize consumption be tween Pacific coast and Mississippi valley producers as well as to obtain revenue, lie predicted that wilh tho niunufucliirc of whisky slopped, wine would he much used as a substitute.'' Auto Section Adopted. Tho iiiilomobilo section of the war tux bill was adopted by Iho scnato today virtually as written by the fin ance committee. It provides a grad uated federal tax upon nufomohilo and motorcycle owners, instend of the house levy of 5 per cent upon maiiiifaeiurers' sales. Ilelwccn .f 111,000,011(1 and .foO.Ono.OOO in rev enue would be secured by Iho senato bill against $ 118,000,000 under tho house measure. A protest against the commit tee's provision for a stamp tux on parcel post, packages was filed today by the posloi'l'iee department, which con tended Hint Iho tiix of 1 cent forencli 2.') cents paid would injure, the par cel post nnd discriminate against tho farmer. ShmhI Flghlccn IMtlfoiis. This year's war expenditures wero estimated by Scniilor Curlis of Kan sas al $IS, (IHO, 01111, 1100. lie advocat ed raising necessary revenues princi pally from incomes, war profits and luxuries, opposing Hie proposed taxes on sugar, lea, coffee and cocoa, and urging a substantial federal inherit ance tax on largo cslales. U-BOATS FAIL TO MA YAII, Miiss,, Antr. 17. - A steiiiner einTviiitf Anierieiin nn win ill unit, No. ;t to n JtritMi port reeently whh iillnekeii in midoeeuii liy two (lermnn Milium rines ucenrdintf in a letter received IiinL niulit j'rom a member of the unit. Two lorpcdocH were I'ircd nt tin? ship, lint holh miss ed their murk hy a few feet, tho -tennier esenpin hy her y;rcut speed, tin: writer snid. SERIES OF RAIDS KON'DOX. A us. 17. Tho admiralty nnnoiinecH the miereHnful carrying out yestenhiy of a series of raids hy avia tors of thn Koyal Naval Air sorvlco, who (tropin il many tons of bombs on military objectives tu Hcllum. Tho Ostcinl railway station nnd Bldinwa and tlio Thouroiit railway Junction wero nltaiKeil. Tho airdrome at (Ihisti-lles wan bombarded and sovoral fires were nb.mM've.d, Attack from tho air wern mads on. tho nlrdrnmoa at Knuel and Pytkerlip. AH tho air planes returned safely. RUSSIAN TORPEDO BOAT STRIKES MINE AND SINKS I'KTliOIJUAn, Ami.'. 3 7.- Tho Kns, i;m torpedo-bnjit. destroyer Lieuten ant Bournkof'f Inn been sunk hy a (rerinan mine in the Baltic sea near the Aland lirchipehio. The official (fustian statement of yesterday announced tho loss of a torpedo bout bv (striking a mine in the Baltic, SENATE ADOPT m SCHEDULE AND AUTO TAX