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Newspaper Page TextUnl.crsity sf O'.'fUcn Lihrary WEATIIEn-raxhmun yesterday, 91; minimum loilnv, 51. FORECAST Tonight and tomorrow, fair. edford Mail Tribune ivtv-iiftventh Tear. niiv-Twplfth Ymr. MEDFORD. ORF.fi ON", MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1917 NO. 128 FIRST PICTURES OF RUSSIAN WOMEN'S LEAGUE OF DEATH ALLIES WIN Ipi iTTiPifo u mm DANIELS PLANS DOUBLED OUTPUT OF DESTROYERS js THREATENED 0Fns!I muinumo Kalians Launch Offensive, Crossing Isenzo, Taking 7500 Prisoners French Strike Along Both Sides of "Aeuse at Verdun, Taking All Ob- V jectives and Many Prisoners on tieven-wiie front Berlin A'lmits French Success. KOMI'., Aug. 21).-The Italians in their offensive on llio Isonzn front, begun yesterday, have crossed the Isoiizo river unci already have taken 7500 prisoners, it ns officially an nounced by thu war department to day. duns nnd ninny machine puns have heen captured by the Italians, and the Austrians have sul't'ereil serious hiss. The infantry battle continues vigor ously. The Austrian war office announc ed yesterday that an Italian offens ive had been iniiugiirnlcd on a thirty-seven-milc front ill the region of Tol Iiiino to a point near the Adriatic. French Offensive. PARIS, An.?. 21). -French troops uvYiicked this 1 1 1 li i i n r on both bunks l' il. l II. . 1 I - . - l .1 vi me iw.cusc, mi uie ciiiuii jroni. Knrly information shows that the battle has developed to the advantage nf the French on a sector of eighteen kilometers (eleven miles). Prisoners already are coming in. PARIS, Aug. 20. The Temps says that in one hour and twenty minutes after the French infantry advanced to the attack at Verdun this morn ing the objective had been attained and German prisoners were going to the rear. The first repents do not show whether the French have iiiniigurnlcd a major offensive, all ho the indica tions are that the operation is unus ually important. There has been sharp fighting recently near Verdun. It was in this sector (hat the (lor lnan crown prince early last year at tempted to break the French line, los ing several hundred thousand men without iitiiinir any material advan tages. Last week the licrmnns mad; h sharp local allack there, possibly hoping to break up the French prep arations. (terntaiis Admit lictrcnt. I'd'.RI.IN, via London, Anjr. 20. -The war office announces that the French, without. iny, have occu pied the Talou ridge on the Verdun front, each side of the Mcuse. At all oilier places over a front of more than roiirlcen ami Ihi'cc-eighths miles, the (lerman general slal'f re perls, fighting is in full swing. I he ticrmnu hcjli conimaud savs i tliiit Talon ridge was given up be V aue this line of defence since last March bad been occupied only by uulposts. Forces of the central powers have driven back (he liiinianians on bolh sides of the (liluz valley, and ill the direction of the Tctus valley, it was "fticiiilly announced today by the derma n war o IT ice. 4 the Oituzz valley the Anslro- 'iennans took .1 ."iHO prisoners anil captured thirty machine guns. Stub '"rn battles developed at the Mara "'clili station, on the Serelli river. "'' Teutons capturing more than -2(1(1 prisoners. Itlltlsll Hold (.round. LONDON, An;,'. 20. - A derma (Continued on pure four.) HOGS SELL AT $18.25 PORTLAND, Aug. 2f). The highest, price ever paid for hogs "i the northwe-t was rcporlcd '"re today when ,IS.2.1 a hun dredweight was received bv Hlors at the stock nrds. Lard ''"'ay sold for "1 cents a Pound, also a record. Message Written at Outbreak of War Found Among Documents Left by Deposed Monarch, Pledge Support to Kaiser Necessity Forced Neutrality. LONDON', Aus. 20. An Athens dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph company says that ninong the diplo matic documents found in Athens since the change in government is a reply from Former King Constantino, written a few days after the war be gan, to a message from Emperor Wil liam, who proposed Greece should join the cent nil powers. Constantino said: "The emperor well knows my per sonal sympathies, as well ns my pol itical opinions, attract mo to his side. Nevertheless, it. is impossible for me to understand in what manner 1 could he useful to him in mobilizing my army. The Mediterranean is at the mercy of the united Heels of Eng land and France, which could de stroy our navy and merchant marine, occupy our islands and, above all, prevent concentration of my army, which could be effected only by sea, without it being in our power to be useful in any particular wo would be wiped off the map. I urn necessarily of the opinion that neutrality is im posed upon us."' (lolllieh von Jagow, the fiennan foreign secretary, replied to Con stantino that. Emperor William would understand the necessity of main taining neutrality for the present. lie lvised Constantino to reach an un derstanding with Sofia and Constan tinople. GREATEST POTATO WASHINGTON, Aug. 21). The largest potato crop ever produced in this country is the promise of the monthly crop report just issued. Leon M. Estahrook, chief of (ho bu reau id' crop estimates of the United Stales department of agriculture, stated this morning thai the average production for the previous five years ( 11)1 t-1M) was :i(i;!,()0(),(l()ll bushels, which represents a fair crop. This year the indications are that there will be a crop of Ili7,lll)(), OOll bushels, which is 011,000,00(1 above the average. This is eipial to one bushel extra for every man, woman and child in the country. In order to avoid waste, officials of the department of agriculture sug gest two ways of taking care of this large increa-e : First, all housewives are urged to use potatoes as far as possible as a substitute for bread-tut I s. Si nd, to preserve the potatoes for winter use bv home storage. These, measures, it is staled, will not only use the potatoes to advan tage, but will save wheat. WASHINGTON'. Aug. 20. All rec ords for Iron ore production In the t'nlled Wales were broken when the out put reached 17.72 gross tons, valued at approximately $Sfl,i)iiO,. iinn, according to figures Issued by the geological survey this week. 1 nis was an Increase of Hi.flno.OOit groPH tons and 4ft per cent In value of 1915. PEACE REIGNS OVER SPAIN: STRIKE BROKEN MAHKID, Aug. 20. Official new has been rccciwd from tlinmut Spain that trnmiuillity r.-i-n every where and the general strike is o.x peeled to end today. A meeting of the cabinet has been called and it i. thought martial law will ''e annulled. More Destroyers for United States Than Any Other Power One Thing Feared by Submarines No Additional Submarine Chasers Advice of Sims Followed. WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. Imme diate expansion of building facilities of the United States to double or treble the output of destroyers in the next eighteen months was the ob ject of a conference today between; Secretary Daniels nnd representa tives of twenty-five or more ship and engine builders. "If we get what wo want," the secretary said, "tho United States will have more destroyers than any other power. They are tho one thing that n siibmurine fears." Tho secretary indicated that all destroyers the builders could pro duce would be ordered. Every effort of the department will be laid upon speeding up the many contracts now pending. No Submarine- Chasers. Every aspect of shipbuilding that hears upon destroyer production was taken up at the conference. There is no shortage of material or plant facilities, but a difficulty in obtain ing high power engines, boilers and reduction gear. Secretary Daniels said no addi tional submarine chasers would be ordered at present. Tho chasers are valuable as harbor and shore pa trols, but destroyers are superior even for these duties and have in ad dition seagoing qualities which make them of far greater value in all other ways. Secretary Daniels' decision shows that no officers who have been con tending' that the best answer to the U-bont whs to turn out an enormous number of destroyers have carried their (mint. They were backed by reports from Vioe-Admirnl Sims, founded on his experience in Euro pean waters. l'lirntsliliifr Convoys, A not her aspect is tho problem of furnishing convoys to troops and to supply ships which will grow ns more Americans go to France. Many of ficers believe that destroyer con voys guarantee a large degree of se curity from submarine allack. The department apparently lias approved this view. No figures have ever been made public as to the number of destroyers under construction. Secretary Dan iels said today, however, that they represent the maximum present ca pacity of the country. GERMAN INSURANCE XBW YORK, Aug. 20. Itlchard M. lliird, chairman of the board of trustees of the Amorlcan Defense so clty, has written President Wilson asking htm to extend the terms of bis proclamation barring (icrmans from the marine nnd war risk Incuraneo field to cover all lines of Insurance. German Insurance men, Kurd says, aro placed In possession of Informa tion vital to tho Interests of the Uni ted Slates In being permitted to write Insurance and the payment nt large sums to (lerniBii companies strength ens the financial position of Ger many, PETAIN PLEASED BY AM El! If AN TRAINING ('AMI' IN FUANCE, Aug. 20. -General 1'ctain, commander-in-chief of the French armies, yesterday visited Major General John .1. I'ershing, spending the entire day in the American train ing area. After the vi-it Gcnerul I'e- tain said he was much imprcs-ed hiiiI was convinced that the American troops -oon would become an excel lent fighting force. General Per-h ing will proceed to the front in sev oral days. gU&rOL-JBr i Tliis is tho first photo received in America nf tho Itussbui women who liavo joined tho army. It is copyriwhtod by I'ndcnvooil & I'hdcrwood. Two girl troopers nrc shown with tliolr regiments liavo their bird or niilnml CANADIAN IIEADQITARTEKS IN FRANCIS, Aug. 20. (By Canadian Press Limited.). 'Northwest of Lens, amidst the trenches and railway cut nltgs which form the last line of Gor man defense in that quarter, tho Can adians have established strong posts In a special trench.' which was the scene of despcrato Indecisive fighting two days ago. These new posts Rive command of tho last bit of ground from which de fenders of tho city could overlook the advance from the wost. They aro now In a hollow nit around tho front which swings about Lens la scml-cir-cnlar form. The eastern exits from tho city aro subjected to much bombardment. This makes the difficulty in bringing up of provisions nnd ammunition. At 2 o'clock this morning a trench raid on the enemy's front northwest of Avion resulted In heavy fighting In which a considerable number of tho enemy were killed In hand-to-hand fighting. E WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 De partment of justice officials declined today to comment upon the labor sit uation in Washington, Oregon, Mon tana mill Idaho, where a general strike of the Industrial Workers of the World hud been set for today. Details of the charges against Jus. Rowan nnd his assistants, officials said, were subjects about which it was deemed expedient to say little. It was inlimated, however, that the arrests formed only one part of the program to prevent a general tie-up. 10 REGISTER SEPI. 15 I'(UiTLANI), Aujr. 'JO. Kept.'m- Iht will In i-roi'ljiirnnl by (imi'ninr .Ijihic Wit IivimhdIic ns Imusrwive' ri'iri-lrittinii btv in Oi-'nn, when rv frv fVinjili1 over l." yours nf iii; will be linked to reniMrr. Tlio WMiiien'M wjir ernsiH is In In iihi(-rtiik'n in ronrnctifHi with n nii tiitinil rnnvrment initialnd in New York. Thfi objiM't h to rfi-liT nil women who urn willing In roril ribntc their MTviccs in whatever-manner fr the lint it. mi I enier.'eney, A lnn.s meeting of IWtinml women In Mim nlate intere-t in Ihe proHeal lias been Called I'or next Wednesday. I). Q. and ('. I). Miitehlnnon of Klnmath Kails were Sunday vlnltorR la tbo city. mascots, a parrot and u cat. All lots. BY VISIT OF FLEET'S IT AMSTKKDAM, Aug. 20. After his visit to the German high sea fleet at Wilhelmsliaven, Emperor William issued the following to the fleet : "After having recently received an announcement that a renewed lieuvy attack of the enemy in an utlcmpl to break up our sea front in Flanders bail been successfully repelled, I have today, by n visit to my fleet am the island fortress of Helgoland, been cmihlcd to convince myself of the strength and security of this front, loo. 1 express my warm apprecia tion to nil the high sea forces on the water, under waler and in the nir nnd to the fortress of Helgoland for their untiring, self-sacrificing and suc cessful labor, by mentis of which they have kept firmly in view nnd at tained this aim. May the fleet re main conscious that the confidence of myself nnd the fatherland reposes firmly on it." The emperor's visit is repotited to have been caused by the threat of strikes at tho Wilhelmshnven ar sena I. FIRST DEATH AI DAYTON', O., An-. JO. Tho first death at th Wilbur Wright aviation sehool is that of a student aviator, It. I. Mayes of Taeniria, Wash., who Inst Ins balanee while walehin 11 rapidly revolving propeller ol mi air plane and toppled over on thu pro peller, lie died instantly. 6,627 BRITISH SAILORS LOST LONDON, Aug. 'JO, Since Ihe out break of the war (Hi-7 officers ami men of the llriti-di mcrcjinlilc marine, excn-ie of llio-e in the pay of the admiralty, have oM their live-;, ac cording to a statement in the com mons this at lei muni ,y Senntor Al bert Stanley, president of the boar of trade. ARRESTED AS SLACKERS I.OI lSVIIJj;. Ky., Aug. L'O. -Sheriff Jamc N. Taylor, a member of Ihe 1 ,01; an county exemption board, and J. W. Kdward, county ,judi:e, were nrre-ted here today by a deputy 1'nited States marshal on the charge of conspiring to violate provisions of the selective draft law. ON MERCHANTMEN ,tALY-S R California Senator Says We Have Conscripted Blood of Nation, Let Us Conscript Wealth Coined by That Blood to Stand Behind Youth in the Trenches. WASH 1 N G TON", A upr. 20 Tho third week of senate debnto on the war tax bill opened today with the prospect that passage would bo de layed until next week. Several more days' discussion was promised tho disputed questions income, war profits, consumption and publishers' taxes. lie fore the senate discussion began today the finance committee met and decided not to resort to cloture to ex pedite the hill. Senator La Kol lette's speech in favor of increasing income and war profit levies, planned for today, was postponed until to morrow. Instead, Senator Jones of New Mexico spoke in support of his plan to lax corporations' uudistrib uted surplus. Conscript tho Wealth, Higher taxation of ".swollen" war profits was urged by Senator John son of California. "We have conscripted the blood of the nation," he said, "let us conscript the wealth coined out of that blood, With abounding enthusiasm we con scripted the youth of the land to die. if need be, 'on a foreign hoiI. I ask that the same enthusiasm bo shown to conscript wealth to stand behind the youths who have gone to the trenches. "Our lads have gone, to use. hackneyed phrase, to preserve 'world democracy.' Those who coin profits from the blood of war and make swollen profits ought to pay the cost. The amount proposed by t his bill is but a moiety on such profits. Sl-iiggcrrd at Cost. Senator Johnson said that he was "staggered" by the probable war costs, estimated at twenty billions the first year, "and without a single shot fired." "The future liability halts imagin ation," he continued. "I believe the liability of this nation at the close of the war will he greater than that of any other belligerent. "All this people are willing to do but they ask that the burden be phi ed not alone upon them, bat that some of it come from those profiting by the war. Senator Johnson referred to "enormous profits" of the United Stales SI eel corporation, and ex claimed ; , Treating Wealth Tenderly, "How they must laugh to scorn a people's congress that deals so ten derly with war profits at a very time when money is so badly needed." "The chairman of the senate fin ance committee tells us this is a war profits tax," said the California sen ator. "This is no war profits tax This is a tax where war profits an just touched." iMiland, he sam, levies a war profits tax of HO per cent while eon gress had only seen fit to take '20 per cent. The estimated war profit he added, amount to $:i,(MI0,O()()lOIIOl but the hill levies only ,f r.HJjMlO.lHMI TO POPE IS DRIVE ItoMK, Au'r. ltb-1 'iiiiiincnlin on the new llaliiin aihiince. Ihe newspn jicrs say that it. like the Itrilish at tack in Khiinlcrs, will be nt' service if it ilcmiin-lrntcs hi.w the nllicil ciiunlrics feel tnHiii-il the "iirciiiiitun icuce trnMi-.iil-." (it I'lipe llcncilict It is said Auxlrin iii'iircnlv renlizes Ihe gravity (if the situation, as an niiiincemcut is miiilc that l-iiiicriii- t'harlcs is slum In vint the Aiir-lrn Italian front, presuiuabh to encour ae his troops. The oflicial A n-t tin ti statement "I ye-lenhiy niil the Huhim-. hail be Kun all otTcn-ivo on a tlnrh -seven mile front trom Toltnino to a point near the Adriatic. The struggle u- said to be bitter, but yesterday's Hal iau official Htalcinciit did not men tion it. b A UK Order to Cease Work Not Obeyed by Members of Organization Lead ers Arrested and Jailed at Spo kane as Military Prisoners Troops Stationed in Mining Dis tricts to Preserve Order. SPOKANK, Aitcf. Ufl Iieporls re ceived from northern Idaho and easier 11 Washington indicated that the general strike, call of tho Indus trial Workers of the World was not generally obeyed today by tho mem bers of tho ni-piniitntinn. Many towns Imvo driven tho Industrial Workers out, nnd no irencnil cessa tion of work was reported. At St. Maries, Idaho, eleven mem bers of the order are in jail, and none of the 'jr0 men employed in tho lum ber mills (hero unit work. At Sand Point, Idaho, more than fiOO men continued work, ill tho lumber mills there. The Industrial Workers of tho World henibpiarters is under pinnl of niilinnul fjiuirdsiuen I'olhnviiur tho niTcst here yesterday of James How 1111, district secretnry, who signed tho strike cull, nnd, twenty-six other men. They lire in the county jail ns military prisoners and guarded by national guurdsmeii. ,. . Tixmiih III Coeur d'Atono. Advices from Wullnec, Idaho, stat ed Unit troops liavo been placed in the Coeur d'Aleno mining districts to preserve order. Troops have also been placed at l.cwisliin, Idaho, to handle tho 1. W. Y. situation or any oilier distiirbaneo that may be dclriiuenlal-to the inter ests of Ihe country. The commanding officer of tho froops ul l.cwislon staled that nets nnd speeches in nny wny dislnyul to the government will not be allowed, and that any interference with men employed in work of any ebnracler that may be regarded as necessary to the government in ils prosecution of the wnr will be regarded ns disloyal nels and guilty persons will bo ar rested. The commuuding officer said his instructions give him authority to use any force necessary to enforce pence. i i 'file city commission of Rpokano today ruled that no street speaking will be permitted in the future. This applies to Industrial Vorkers of the World ami religious organizntions. Last night Ihe guardsmen who ar rested the Industrial Workers pro hibited street meetings. .No Strike In Oregon. POIiTLAN'l), Aug. 2(1. So far as early reports from over the slate in dicated, I here was no interruption to industry in Oregon us a result of thu I. W. W. strike scheduled to go into effect this morning. I'Vdernl, slnta and local officials declared them selves prepared for evcntuulities, Special deputies allnched to the sheriff's offices in the threatened districts wcro on duty, nnd it was planned to make prompt urresls of leaders in any disl urlinnces. At I. W. V. bcailuiiiirlcrs here there was no untoward activity, and leaders in (he orgnni.iilion aid Ihcv anticipat ed no general movement by theif men at tliis time. No Strike at Seattle. SKA'I'Tl.i:, Aug. '.'lb-No Indus, trial Workers of the World con struction workers in the vicinity of Seattle are on strike this morning, so fur as can be learned. The recent rc!eae of a lur.'e number of mem bers of the or'aniation held ill Kl- (t 'onl iimeil on puL'O fo'.r.) DRAFT SEPTEMBER 19 WASHINGTON, Aug. 'JO."-Mobilization of Ihe second increment of di ilt ti ps was toduv changed from September 1.1 to 1!), and tho third in crement from September 111) to Octo ber .'I, Mobilization of the first in crement will be as previously an nounced, September d.