Unl.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.