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Medford Mail Tribune
Forty-evnth Tear.
Dally Twelfth Ycnr.
MEDFORD. OREGON, ' THURSDAY. AUGUST 23, 1917
NO. i:u
DRIVES COM
ALLIED
TINUE CTORIOUSLY
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ITALIANS TAKE RUSSIA LOOTED
16,000 MEN IN BY SOCIALISTS
ISONZO SMASH SAY BOURGEOIS
French Capture 7G33 on Verdun
Front, Slowing Down Offensive to
Bring Up Big Guns 30,000 Aus
trian Casualties British Gain in
Ypres Advance Riga Offensive.
LONDON, Aug. 23. "in tlio
past thrco days 1 lie entente
forces on the western 'front
hnve taken 2"), 0(1(1 prisoners,
and since July 31 Ihcy linvo
taken 32,000 prisoners," said
Major General Frederick P.
Maurice, chief director of the
war intelligence office, in his
5 weekly talk with t lie Associated T
I Press.
I '
HOME, Ail!?. 23. Furious fighting
!' colftinucs on tho Isonzo front. The
wnr office announces further puns
j for the Italians oii lioth the northern
( and southern wines.
J The number of prisoue'rs taken is
I moro than 16,000.
( Enemy Losses :!,noo.
k Enemy losses during the first two
ydays in the now Italian advance ire
calculated at 30,000 in killed,
wounded and prisoners,
i Austrian counter-attacks of re
doubled intensity arc being ben I en
buck by tho Italians, Following is
tho official nnnuiinccuienl :
"On the fourth day of the hat Me. on
tho Julian front we ngnin made enn-
j sidcrublo progress on the northern
j wing of the line and obtained new
i successes on tho southern wins. The
3 enemy is reacting strongly against
our pressure. Our troops are ropuls-
Sing his counter-attacks from the pos
itions captured and-nre gallantly pro
i feeding toward realization of their
5 objectives."
French Cnpliii-o 7i;t!.
i PARIS ,Aug. 23. Tin' number of
, prisoners taken by I lie French in
I their offensive operation on the Ycr-
dun front has been increased to T(m!
S the war office reports. Twenty-four
j cannon and 200 machine trims also
have been captured. The French la-t
j night captured a fortified Herman
position north of Moitmonl farm.
The 1'rench objectives north of
Verdun appear to have been attained.
If the offensive were continued fresh
artillery preparation would be nec
essary. k tlcrman counlcr-iillueks yesterday
fagainst prominent positions such as
., Dead Man's Hill and Hill 311 proved
to bo costly failures, honing the
1 French musters of points they held
J before the beginning of the great hul-
tic of Verdun last year, with Hie cx
I ccption of Hill .'101, which as yet is
-i in the enemy's hands.
1 A projectile fired by u French
h1pry which was silencing enemy
j batteries struck ft depot of asphyxi
ating gas. It hurst, silencing three
batteries, German prisoners ex
press envious admiration of the
J Fren'-h artillery fire. "No iroiis
' could have got tliri your barrages,"
feuid one.
f Hussions Belli lug.
j FKTKOGIfAI), Aug. 23.- The Hu.
.1 sian forces on the northern end of
? the Russian front, where the Gcr
J mans liave begun an offensive yester-
(Continued on PaKO Five.)
I PARIS, Aug. 23. Anion? (he f."0
j prisoners taken by the Trench In the
hollow recesses of Dead Man's Hill
; ws a battalion commander with his
( staff, Including Count KuRcno Itcrn
' storff, the nephew of the former Gcr
; man ambassador at Washington.
Present Government Roundly De
nounced by Constitutionalists
Gathered at Moscow for National
Council Radical Changes Are De
manded Kerensky Uncensured.
PF.THOGRAD, Aug. 23 As the
day approaches for the opening of
the "extraordinary national coun
cil." at Moscow, tho newspapers arc
full of speculation concerning ex
pected dramatic announcements of
events. Judging from present indi
cations the congress is likely to take
the form of a struggle of tho cabinet
backed by the socialist left, against
the Rourgcoisic, consisting of consti
tutional demands, Moscow business
men under their president, M. Rin
bushinsky, and dismissed generals,
who all agree in severely criticizing
the present course and policy, de
manding radical changes. '
This view is taken by the Potro
grad and Moscow press, which de
clare that if no agreement is reach
ed between the contending groups,
open conflict must follow. First
steps already have been taken toward
vigorous and aggressive action by
the malcontents.
llovolt Widespread,
Among those who have nrrlved lit
Moscow are President Rodzianko ot
the duma; A. J. Gushkoff, - ox -president
of the duma; Professor Paul
Milukoff, ex-foreign minister; A.
Shingaroff, V. A. Mnklakoff; also
the former eommunder-in-ehief of
(he Russian armies, Generals Alex
ief f and Brussiloff, who yesterday
conferred with the leaders of the
Moscow movement; M. Riabiishinsky,
ex-Mayor Tchelkokoff; cx-Ministcr
of Trade Konovaloff, and Prince S.
Stroubetskoi.
Conferences were held under the
chairmanship of M. Rodzianko, at
which the differences between the
government and the Bourgeoisie were
sharply emphasized, the only excep
tion being made for Premier Ker
ensky, whom sonic of tho speakers
acclaim as'apable of saving the
country, provided that he liberates
himself (from the control of the so
cialists and the council of deputies.
The press was excluded from tile
preliminary discussions ami precau
tions were taken to prevent speeches
being recorded, but it was stated
these concerned the reconstruction of
the cabinet and tho people of strong
power, the possibility of a military
dictatorship and the necessity of pre
senting the cabinet with an ulti
matum. AttncJis (ovcriimcnt.
Prince Troubctskoi, in a sharp
speech, attacked the government, de
claring the sacred revolution had fal
len under the "coarse claws" of men
who think only of plundering tho na
tional riches and of their own inter
ests. The government, the. speaker
complained, is entirely in tho hands
of I'elrograd. That is tho chief evil,
Pctrograd being the center of rot
tenness. Therefore, ho said, it was
imperatively necessary to transfer
the capital to healthy Moscow. Prince
Troubctskoi excepted only Premier
Kerensky from general condemna
tion, but M. llin, a Moscow speaker,
declared Premier Kerensky culpublc
owing to direct association with the
element responsible for anarchy.
General Alexicff fiercely denounc
ed the socialist "Order No. 1" giving
soldiers full liberty and abolishing
saluting. He also denounced Pelro.
(Contlnued on Page Two.)
GARFIELD NAID11S1
WASHINGTON-, Aim. 23. Prices
of anthracite coal were fixed In a
statement Issued tonight by President
Wilson and Harry A. Garfield, profes
sor of Williams college, was named
coal administrator.
THE PATIENCE OF JOB
' ' 1
LONDON, Aug. 23. The first de
tails of the destructive fire at Sul
oniki last Sunday is contained in a
Renter dispateli from that city,
which says that 10,(100 persons are
homeless and that the property loss
is cnormpiis. Insurance companies
arc interested to the extent of
2,000,000 to 3,000,000 pounds.
The military rendered all possible
aid, but the scarcity of water made
it almost hopeless to attempt to sub
due the flames. Refugees, are camp
ing on the outskirts of the town.
The destitute are being enred for by
the cntento military authorities, the
British having 30,000 in their charge.
Food and fresh water aro very
scarce.
The whole sea front from tho cus
toms house to the famous While
Tower, witli its fine buildings, in
eluding tho famous church of St.
Dimitri and several other churches
and mosques, was destroyed. Three
enemy airplanes flew over the city
and dropped bombs while the fire
was burning.
AT WALLA WALLA
WALLA WALLA .Aug. 23. Muti
ny among about BO convicts of the
slate ponltontlary, hogun Sunday ev
ening In protest over tho appoint
ment of J. T. riurke, formor police of
ficer of Tacoma, as captain of the
guards, continued unabated today.
About noon Warden, Henry Drum
asked County Sheriff Barnes for help
and four special deputies were de
tailed to prison duty. Most of the
mutinous prisoners have now been
segregated, but no onn In the prison
has had sleep for three Wiys and
nights and practically all work has
been suspended. The prison author
ities are holding out firmly against
the demands of the convicts, a com
mittee from whom, In conference
with Drum, admitted that Captain
Burke haS not treated them cruelly.
They resented rigid disciplinarian
measures, however. The almost
ceaseless battering of cells and yell
ing has not been stopped,
SHELLING PATIENTS
ON THE FRENCH FRONT, Aug.
23 (by tho Associated Press): In
cendiary bombs which wore dropped
by two German aviators on two hos
pitals behind Verdun on Sunday
evening killed tell wounded men, one
woman nurse mid 1!) trained male
nurses. They wounded 4!) male
nurses and inflicted further injuries
on patients suffering from wounds
received in Imllle, ninny of whom
rushed naked into nearby fields in
an attempt to find shelter from I lie
bombs which were being rained
down.
Meanwhile Hie German aviators
fired their machine guns at hospital
orderlies who were endeavoring lo
extinguish the flames. The nurses
had just finished bandaging I HO
wounded Germans who had been
brought direct from the batllefield
and had gone to bed when the bombs
were dropped from a height of only
300 yards. The Red Cross signs were
painted prominently on the roofs, and
the Germans knew the hospital had
been in existence for more than u
yea r.
It. contained considerably more
than 11)110 officers and men. The
correspondent was permitted lo in
terrogate a number of prisoners, a
number of whom are 18 or 10 years
old. They all declared themselves
contented at being out id' the war.
On the way other smaller camps con
taining hundreds of prisoners were
passed.
PORTLAND SELECTED
FOR G.A. R. REUNION
ItOSToN, Atijr. LU. KriiiiiiliiT
(ieneriil .John V. rii'iii, I. S. A., re
tireri, of Washing!'!., ujis M-ln-lfl
Ncninr vjr'c'miiiiMinlT-iii-')iff. The
fonvontion fnnniiHy ml i fieri tho
Iff'ttnti of I'tirtliiml, Or., us tin: en
campment 'Hy fT next yenr.
Orlnulo A. SoimTs of Knkomn,
Iml., whh elected eommHiuier-in-eliii-f
of tlii (Jrnriil Army of (Iip Uv
public at the elo-irn? nesnion of the
finiiniil ownnijimerit to1ny.
LI
PETROGRAO, Aug. 23. Tho sit
nation in Finland is serious us a re
sult of tho continued difficulty form
ing a cabinet and of tho persistence
of the socialists in their plan to re
new sessions of tho dissolved land
tag on August 20. According lo tho
evening newspapers, Premier Ker
ensky instructed Governor Stuhko-
vitch to prevent at all costs H re
opening of the landtag, if necessary.
to surround the building and compel
the members to disperse. Governor
Sliihkovitch bus conferred with til
commander of tho Baltic, fleet.
The socialists have finally refused
the kilp of the Finnish Professor
Ingman to form a government. In
Shalmo, near Helsingfors, serious
disorders have been caused by un
employed workmen supported by sol
fliers. Citizen guards from Helsing
fors sent to (picll the revolt were
fired on and driven into Hie railroad
station, where they were besieged,
eaplured and threatened with sum
mary execution.
l et rug rail morning newspapers
attack the Finnish socialists, declar
ing thai Finland, hy convoking Hie
landtag, violates ils own conslitii
lion and that Russia can consider the
constitution non-existent and act in
cordingly.
OMAHA, Neb., Aug. 23. Fniled
Stales Marshal Flvnn today received
orders lo lake the Rev. William G
Krauleidis, pastor of the Lutheran
church at Ifivcrdnle, Neb., to Fort
Riley, Kan., for interment during the
war. Krauleidis has hecti held in jail
several weeks on the charge of di
bivnl conduct.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.- Six wo
men carrying suffrage colors and
iiaiiiicrs bearing rpiotations from
President Wilson's speeches and
writings were arrested late today in
front of one of the AVhile House
gates and taken to police headquarters.
LUMBER MILLS
OF NORTHWEST
TO CLOSE DOWN
Manufacturers' Association Orders
Suspension of All Work in North
west Mills for Period of Four
Months Seattle Shipyard Em
ployes Take Strike Referendum..
SEATTLK, Aug. 23. Announce
ment was made by the organized lum-
bor manufacturers of a continued and
practically unanimous shutdown of
all the. Pacific Northwost lumber
mills and logging camps for at least
four months, or until after tho bo-
glnnlng of 1918.
Officials of tho West Coast Lum
bermen's association made the fol
lowing statement today:
"Tho doclslon to keep tho lumber
mills and logging camps closed dur
ing the remainder of 1917 Is not the
result of concerted action, but Is a
practically unanimous statement of
Intention In the Individual reports
made to tho association.
"Nor has tho strlko any connection
whatevor with this doclslon. It is
purely duo to a heavy slump In the
market.
"Tho doclslon does not apply to the
shinglo mills, which will contlnuo in
operation."
President Consults Uompcra.
WASHINGTON, Aug.' 23. Tho
gonoral strlko situation turnout the
country was discussed today at a
conference between Prosldont Wilson
and President Gompors of tho Amor
lean Fodoratlon of Labor. Mr. Gom
pers declined to discuss It further
than to say ho had laid "labor's Just
grievances" boforo tho president and
that he hail b'eea assured that the
rights of labor would bo cared for.
Somo time ago Mr. Gompcrs was
credited with having expressed the
opinion that unless labor had a better
representation in handling somo of
the war labor problems tho no-strike
promise mndo at tho' beginning of
hostilities might not bo respectod.
Shipyard Slrlkc
SICATTLH, Aug. 23, As a result
of the apparent falluro of prolonged
negotiations to bring about an nmlea
blo readjustment of wages In Seattle
shipyards, call for a referendum vote
of 12, not) union workmen on n strike
to enforco demands for a gencrnl In
croaso In pay was sent nut by tho Se
attle metal trades council today to its
fifteen affiliated unions.
Tho decision to bring tho negotia
tions to a close and to appeal to tho
rank and fllo of tho council's unions
for their decision, Miller said, wns re
solved upon by tho council delegates
at a mootlsg held last night at which
it was reported that no settlement
seemod possible In view of tho uncer
tain position of tho United States
shipping board with reference to the
wago demands and tho demands of
the shipbuilders for a readjustment
of their compensation for govern
ment work, miiile Kiiliscfpient to Hie
submlHslon of the proposed now wago
scales.
E
FREEDOM OF SEAS
KOMK, Wednesday, Aug. 22.--The
British and Belgian ministers aeered
ilcd lo Ilia Vatican wore received to
day by Pope Benedict, whom they
iUestioneil as to the meaning of the
reference lo Hie fp-cilom of the seas
in Ihc pope's pence proposal. The
pontiff replied he intended to give to
Huh condition the same inclining as
that of President Wijsoii in his mes
sage, while leaving ample liberty lo
the belligerents to nync in future
discussion lis to details.
Germany today acknowledged re
ceipt of the cncc note, promising to
examine it with benevolent iutere-t
and care and to give an answer after
reaching an agreement with her allies,
GOVERNMENT
ABANDONS NEW
T
Palo Alto Health Authorities Demand
Sewerage System Be Constructed
Costing $500,000, and War Depart
ment Shuts Down Work Will
Send Oregon Troops East to Train.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23. Tho
Forty-first national Lruurd division,
comprising troops from Washington,
Oregon, Monlnnn, Idaho and Wyom
ing, has been ordered trained at
Camp Greene, Charhdle, N. C, and
Camp Fremont, lit Palo Alio, Cal.,
has been abandoned because the
local and slato health authorities
have decided that a latryno sewerage
system such as the war department
proposed would be injurious to tho
health of tho community. Local
health authorities insist on a com
plete sewerage system which tlio war
department considers uiireasonnhlo
for a temporary camp.
Costs Half n Million,
Camp Greeno was prepared for tho
Twenly-sixlh nationul guard divis
ion, composed . of New Knglnnd
Iroops, which lias since been nssigned
for early duty in France.
No official announcement was
mndo today, but tliero was reason to .
bolievo that tho New England divis
ion will prepare at somo nortliorn
point whilo the troops from tho
forty-first division would bo brought
east.
During the Spanish war, officials
point oul, thousands of troops wcro
encamped within Ihe city limits of
Sail Francisco and that hifryue cnu
slruelion usual for temporary .camps
was held by the city authorities as
sufficient safeguard for tho health
of the community.
Secretary Ilaker, announcing the
change, said today that tho war de
partment could not sco Its way to
spend hnlf a million dollars for such
a scworngo Bystcm as the stato hoalth
authorities thought neccsBary in a
temporary camp.
Opposed hy I-Yisci.
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23. San
Francisco, hni its citizens commit
tee, prepared to launch a fight today
against abandonment of Camp Fre
mont, the ualioiial guard encampment
at Palo Alto, thirty miles south of
here, work on which was ordered
suspended yesterday hy the war de
partment. Prior lo a meeting of Ihc commit
tee, hcndc by Mayor James Rolph,
Jr., Rolph said that in answer to a
telegram he had sent, to Washington,
"he confidently expcclcd orders to
resume work would be received by
noon."
"Construction work was abandon
ed simply because work on Ihe sewer
syslem wns not progressing fast
enough," Rolph said. "San Fran
cisco had uuaranliied more than
.flOO.tlOO to purchase leases, crops
and buy out lenanls occupying houses
on the camp sile so that the govern
ment would be pul to as lilllc expense
as possihle. The sewer pipes are on
Hie ground and Hie trenches have
been almost completed. There can
he no difficulty on that score. Ifc
looks like a 'tempest, in a teapot'."
Mayor Rolph imliculcd I lint tho
mailer of increasing the city's fin
ancial pledges toward funds for tho
camp would be laken up at the meet
ing. WASHINGTON', Aug. 23. An mn
ImrKO lins been placed on exporta of
sulphur to Canada In order that tho
supply for war needs of tho United
States may not iindiil bo depleted.
Canadian wood pulp mills furnishing
supplies for about three-fourths of
the newsprint paper used In tho Uni
ted States, will be seriously affoctod.
CANTONMEN