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Newspaper Page TextUniversity f Oregon "WEATHER Maximum yesterday 8G; Minimum today 52. FORECAST Tonight and tomorrow: Pair. edford' Mail Tribune Library Forty-venth Tear. Dally Twelfth Year. MEDFORD. PRECOX, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 29. 1917. N0.136. REFORM OF MY VITAL 0 RUSSIA General Alexieff, Former Commander In Chief Tells of Demoralization Dicipline Must Be Restored Speakers at Moscow Conference All Against Separate Peace ' Mother of Revolution Appeals for Action to Help Army Conquer Foes Prince Karapalkin Calls Rus sians to Arms.'- MOSCOW. Ant- ") f !,...,-,. I n,... sinoff, formerly military governor of Moscow, sinking for the Jews, told the delegates Hint the chief problem wus to save Russia from the enemv and that this end was necessary to re-establish nnny discipline by elini uniting polities, strengthening the authority ot the leaders, limiting the power of soldiers committees to eco nomic functions and giving the com mander in chief opportunity to ex ercise unreserved authority. General Alexieff, former command er in chief of the unity, made a long address in which he recounted the history of the Russians' military set backs and their causes. He drew contrasts between the army of (he old regime, poorly equipped with mechanical resources but strong in wnrlikes pirit, and (lie present army well supplied with food andnrms hut completely poisoned" and en feebled by ill-interpreted and ill-applied doctrines which have been put forward, notably in the famous order of the, day, number one. These doc trines', lie declared, bad split the army into two oppositei .camps, ', officers tund. soldiers, which have become ul 'inost irreconcilable. :c : e .'.Fntnlito Discipline. 1.1 . Speaking of the cihnimtPceWfeeled by the soldiers of 1'W"vliriiin.-,"7iiiils, (leneral Alexieff sifid tllV'Wn'i use ful to the army' from an economic standpoint but' were fatal to disci pline of the troops. Xone the less subversive was the influence of gov- eminent commissaries whose appoint ment he asserted created dangerous duality of power. The general maintained that after .publication by the government of Ihe 'declarations of Hie rights of soldiers, nil respect toward leaders disappear ed, the officers becoming virtual mar tyrs and having (o pay very dearly lor Ihe offensive of August 1 ami the subsequent retreat. The general cited some remarkable illuslralion.- of this. One one occasion, be said, when an attack was being launched. (he force which advanced was made up of 28 officers, 20 noii-comnii: sinned officers and two soldiers. All Ihe others looked on coldly whil these ileroes perished. 1 No Separate Pence. The general declared it. would hi impossible to currv on the war to a victorious conclusion unless the strongest possible efforts were made "y Ihe provisional government nne nv the (roons themselves lo re-iin- imate and regenerale Ihe army. Alter Madame Catherine lirobko v-kaya, the "grandmother of the rev elation,'' had appealed to (be govern meal lo pass from words to action mid help the nnny pompier the enemy Prince I'etcr Kropalkin, who was m 'n (he list of speakers, was bear fit Ihe request of (he whole confer mee.' Ho called upon all Russian (Continued on Page Two.) "TTAWA, Aug. 29 An offer h l'rcmier Robert L. Ilordcu at a pro longed ministerial caucus today to Mire in furtherance of the efforts In bring about n coalition govern ment, precipitated by the conscription 't was declined. It was announced ,nt Sir Robert would remain at (be '""'l of (he conservative party now Hi power. The caucus pledged it loyalty to the premier and co-operu-,inn of the bill to a vigorous war Hicv. RUSSIANS QUI T E Division Abandons Positions on the Rumanian Front and Teutons Ad vance All Day Italians Take 1100 Prisoners in Offensive Storms Halt Actions on Western Front. PKTllOGRAP., Aug. 29 A Rus sian division yesterday abandoned its positions in the region of Foks hani, on tho Roumanian front and fled in disorder, tho war office an nounces. The statement savs the enemy con tinned to advance nil day yesterday on. the 'southern Roumanian front, reaching the line Trechty-Deus-Vnr- niln-Kitinncshli-Chyolinitchi. In the night Russian positions in the region of Varnitza were penetrated. r Italians Advancing. ROME, Aug. 29. Tho Italian troops, pushing forward on the liain sizza plateau, have reached n power ful Austrian defensive lino nnd arc now attacking i(, the war offieo an nonnces. On the heights beyond Gor izia the Italians made gains. More than 1,000 prisoners were aken yesterday; The announcement follows: "Fighting continued yesterday on the Rainsizza plateau. After having overcome the enemy rear guards our troops encountered and aro at pres ent attacking a powerful line of re sistance which had been previously organized and which the enemy is de fending wjlh desperation. On the heights beyond Gorizia we made some gains. Alogether 247 airplanes par ticipated in (he battle. A squadron of 40 t'aproni machines which took part in the action, east of Gorizia dropped more than 7,000 kilograms of projectiles on enemy batteries in the l'nnovizza wood. . , "In the Slelvio region on, the Tren- lino front the enemy at dawn Mon- lay attacked one of our advanced Mists on the glaciers, in the upper Zebra valley and succeeded in pene trating it. Our men, however, were able to occupy a higher summit, from which they keep their old positions under fire. ' (crmnn Report. TiERLIX, Aug. 29. via London In the Oituz Valley region of the Uituinninu front, Teutonic forces tunned hill positions yesterday, says today's army headquarters state ment. More than OHO prisoners were taken. Field Marshal Von MacKcnzen's forces, the announcement also stales aplurcd the village of Muticelul and pushed back the opposing jorces in a northwesterly direction past scveri al positions on both sides of the Su cbitza valley. Prisoners to (he number of 1,000 were tnKell ami inree gnus cupiurcc. . . .i i i Knids by llrltlsli. LONDON, Aug. 2!). "During the ni' bl - carried out successful raid northeast of (loazeaiicoiirt and southwest of llulliich and ciiplnrcd a few prisoner.-" savs today's official announcement. "Southeast of Lunge mnrck our troops cleared up a strong noint in which an enemy parly was holding nut immediately in front of our line.'' Illg iun.i Hoar at Verdun. Pl;iS, Aug. 29. Violent, artillery fighting i- in progress on the Verdun front between Avoeourt and Hill .'104 end oil the Aisiie front, tin! War off ir ii (announces. N'oi'tb of ;'C uric-res wood in the Verdun sector (leniian reennoitcring forces were repulsed. YEAR IN PRISON FOR I'Ob'TI.ANt), An'-'. -George W. I'raii.'e, .sln.aslerat I en Mile, ore, illv in the federal court. i,iv of having violated the e-pion-a-o act by trying to di-uade men I, .tine iii (lie navy. He wa I I'Mll - " - . , I to .crve one year in tin ,..,!,.,! nri-on at McNeil s i-iand. In 1,,,,,,d palliation of I"- ""'w I'rame said be wn- a conscientious objector lo ar, . BEFOR ENEMY FLEE IN DISORDER PACIFISTS SEEK LEGAL ACT ON TO HALT MEET Peoples' Council Protest Order of Minnesota Governor Who Prohibit ed Gathering on the Ground That It Could "Aid Only Enemies of the United States." Lochner Appeals to President. N EWYORIv, Aug. 29. Plans for legal action to establish their right to hold a convention in Minneapolis were considered here today by the organizing club of the Peoples' Coun cil of 'America for Democracy and I'caco us a result of tho order issued yestreday by Governor Burnquist of Minnesota prohibiting tho meeting within tho borders of bis state be cause it could "aid only enemies of tho luted States." ' Injunction Omsidorod. It was said at the headquarters of the organization that an injunction was under consideration on the ground that the governor's uetion wus an "invasion of the constitu tional right of freo assembly." The convention, it was declared, would be held on schedule time somewhere in Minnesota if possible nnd if not, as close to its borders ns could bo ar ranged and no cancellation hud been made of the speeinl train engaged to leave tomorrow to enrry delegutcs to the cily of Minneapolis. The convenlion is scheduled for September 1 to 0. Representatives in Minnesota were instructed by wire to look into the legal status of the case there. Among those at the meeting, today were Morris Hillquist, recently refused passports by the state department to attend social ist conventions nbrond. ' .. , Iiochner Protests., -., MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. - 29. Louis P. Lochner, secretary of the Peoples' Council of America, today , sent 'ii telegram to President 1 Wilson pro testing against the action of Govern or Hurnqiiist in issuing an order yes terday prohibit lag (the holding of n national conference here next, week for the announced purposo of dis cussing pence. It was said at the council s head quarters that information had been received indicating that tho govern or's of North Dakota and Wiscon sin would penait the meeting to be held in their states. . Mr. Lochner's telegram to thirpres- ldenf also appealed for aid and ask ed if there was no way in which the right of free speech nnd peaceful as sembly could be secured. . , . . MISSOULA, Mont.. Aug. ' 29 vitli an onrushing wall of flames menacing them from three Bides, a forco of Beveral hundred men 1b wag. lag a desperate struggle against tho big forest fires In the .vicinity of Lolo Hot SprlngB. The fires IncreaBed in volume, last night In spite of the ef forts of the federal flre-flghtors. Hack fires have been started to points along the Lolo road and tho forestry officials bellevo that It will be possible to keep tho flamos from crossing tho trail. Trenches have been (lug for many miles, but these will be of little avail against high winds. No rain has fallen for 65 days In Western Montana, and without rain the forestry officials do not hopo lo extinguish the forest fires. Tho of fl clalB aro attempting only to control them. The fires, It was staled, are not of Inrendlary origin. Most of them were started by electrical storms and campers. HEAD OF GRAND TRUNK RAILP0AD RETIRES MONTI! EAL, Ani. 2!. Kdsnn .) ('Iiiiinlirrlin, who ye-terdny resigned as president of lb" Clrand Trunk Pacific railway, to lay retired from the pre-idency of lac Grand Trunk railway, Ihe parent company, m which office he is succeeded by How ard (I. Kelley, who has I e-n spiioim ed head of (he (Irand Trnr.k Pacific railway. TO PREVENT DISASTER f Ik few- ll Ggnz-Alexeiff (ioncrul Aloxlotf, former com man d- er-iiwlilef of JUifutlnii armies, who hik'uIm1 to Moscow conference to save Russia. ! ESTIMATE TOTAL WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Ques tioning of Secretary 'McAdoo on gen eral financial transactions botween the 'United States nnd its allies de layed further consideration of the $11,538,945,460 war bond and cer tificate bill today in the ways and means committee. Only unexpected speed will make possible reporting the bill to the house tomorrow. Some republicans want further de lay,' while prominent bankers and la bor leaders tostlfy about the general fiscal situation. '. Democrats and re publicans alike joined today ln ask ing the secretary how long ho thought It 'would be necessary for tho country to lend financial aid to the allies. Mr. McAdoo foresaw no ond until tho end of the war. The socretary also approved as cor rect a statement presented to him by Representative Moore of Pennsylva nia forecasting total governmental expenditures for tin present fiscal year in excess of $19,000,000,000. Mr, McAdoo thought It possible that no further appropriations than those now contemplated might ho necessary at this session of congress, but ho de clined to forecast what he might have to ask for when congress reconvenes in December. Opinion was virtually unanimous today that the now bonds should bear a 4 per cont Interest rate, but views as to the tax rate they should bear still differ. AMSTERDAM, Aug. 29. German newspapers arc not disposed favor ably toward the Moscow conference The Cologne GazoKo describes It as the "comedy of Moscow,' nddlng thai it is intonded to excite tho Russian pooplo to further mad sacrifices. Tho Kretiz Zcitung say: "Premier Kerensky's speech proves that the Russian government Is act Ing autocratically. Tho Russian peas. ant has to bleed nt the government's command and without knowing the government's alms. This Is the free (torn which tho revolution has given tho country." STOCKHOLM, Aug. 20. Swedisl industrial and business circles are stirred greatly over an cxHrt lax o 'Jo kroner a ton which (lernianv lias put on all coal for shipment to Swed en. The tax is effective at once nn matter when the order for the coal was given, Germany also bin n lax on pnrcel post payable after Aug- il-l 1.1, CIA LEFT N SUSPENSE THRU RECENT REVOLT Collapse of Monarchy Advantageous Only to Eliminate Chan Hsun, Menace to Republic for Years Opponents Are Monarchists at Heart Lack of Funds Prevents Further Warfare. PEKING, July 27. (Correspond ence of Tho Associated Press) China has been left in n state of suspense by General Chang Itsun's abortive attempt to restore tho mon archy. A single advantageous result of the straggle was the elimination df Chang Hsini. He has been a menhoe to the Chinese republic for many, years. His great wealth . and ...onililarv strength enabled him to control the railroad between Nanking and Tien Tsin and made him a leader to bo reckoned with' in nil potitiWrl movo ments. China suffered ninny sot backs in achieving tho elimination of Chang Hsun. He was undoubtedly tricked nnd betrayed by military gov ernors who had promised to support him. Bogus telegrams and letters were used in inducing him to restore the boy enquirer and thus brought about his own downhill. Ijciulers Under Suspicion. But Tuan Chi Jui and other mili tary leaders who worked Chang Ilsun's end bnvo practically all been known ns monarchical supporters and nro under suspicion in their efforts to restore the republic and in their protestations that they nro genuine republicans. ' Vice-President Feng Kuo Chang (now president), always has been re garded ns a monarchical supporter. Ho docs not enjoy the confidonco of Wu Ting Knhg' nnd other prominent republicans whose honesty cannot be doubled. Consequently General Keng Kuo Chang's assumption of the pres idency would not necessarily insure the reconciliation of tho discordunt elements in South China. ' ' l'nvr M Young Hung. ' ' Vigorous effort is being mado by Tunn Chi Jui and many other lend ers to induce President Li Yuan Hung to return to tho offieo of president, lie apparently now is tho only man whom North China would accept as president. ' Although Li Yuan Hung displayed bis weakness by yielding to tho pressure of tho military lead ers and disbanding parliament, the south still regards bun ns u repub liean nnd nt the present time ho is tho only compromiso ciindidalc for the presidency that the south seems to bo willing to consider. Were Gen cral I4 Yiiad tllnng'l lo resume 'Hie presidency tlie'.'Koulhi'also iflo'iibtless would insist ufHin're-efonvcnmjf of tho old parliament .whiuh he ib'sbandcd. It is' doubtcfiil ivbelhcr lie ,fiorttit'rri niililry ,leaderHwill oipisnnt 1p the re turn of the old parliament. They will probably insist upon the elec tion of (he new parliament. Most, of the old parliament are in Shanghai. Some of Ihcm have gone lo Canton. In both places republican leaders hit anxiously discussing ways nnd means for Ihe actual creation of a soul hern republic Iteliell Lark Funds. Both the Peking government and (he seceding factions in Soulh China lack funds. Consequently it is not likely (hut there will be war on large scale even if all harmony eff orts fail. I lie unlorliiuale monarchical res toration has upset authority in Cbinil and bus inspired bandit outbreak which are very harmful to business operations. Specimen province is in a ferment. Bandils are active lit many poinls near Hie Mongolian bor ders. Looters are riqiorled in towns and elites in at least twelve prov inces. PEOPLE OF PARIS PARIS. Aug. 29. The food com mission Is considering tho advlsahll Ity of Introducing milk cards, a scarc ity of milk during the winter being foreseen. The measure would also ho taken with a view to preventing tho more well-to-do classes from buying up tho supply, TOFEATS b PhK UtN 1 1 AX nMMCIAIQDADCDQ IL1IOI HI LIWI Shields Declares Tax Indispenslble Tax on War Profits Fixed at 60 per cent on Profits Over 300 per cent by Committee Exemption Rule Enlarged Because of Pre war Depression. WASHINGTONi, Aug. 29. Tho pre war profits rato of the war revenue tax bill was retained by the commit tee today, but It added a new maxi mum war profits tax rate of 60 per cont on profits In excess of 30O per cent. The maximum Hi the bill was 50 per cent on profits ovor 250 per cont. Anotlmr substantial change was mado in provisions for oxomptions. A minimum of 6 per cent and a max imum of 10 per cent of Income, on capital actually lnvosted was ap proved. Theso proylsions would care for corporations suffering abnormal depression during the pre-war period. Corporations making less than 4 per cent during that period would be en titled to at least that exemption, and If more than 10 per cent they would not rocoivo ovor 10 per cont deduc tion, i ,' i Senators LaFollctto and Gore, prominent In the faction urging more radical war profits taxation, did not attend today's commltteo mooting. Chairman Simmons and others ot tho majority hopo the now levy almost doublod will command' sufficient support to cause rejection of the more drastic proposals. - Deliato Publishers' Hill. Debate on the publishers' taxes was begun by Senator Shlolds ot Tennos- who supported Senator McKol lars' substitute and argued tbat mag. aziiioS and othor periodicals, not newspapers, causo the deficit In car rying second-class mall. I am satisfied," he said, "'that (he dally newspapers are paying practi cally all If not tho full amount for tho service they rocoivo. Rntos on mag azines nnd othor publications which cause the loss should be Increased. Senator Shlolds Bald newspapors do not require the same service of the postofflce department that magazines do and that they render much of It at their own expanse. Tho newspapors really aro tho people's papors," the Tennesso Bona- tor continued. "They aro tho papers which supply information to 90 per rent of the people of the United Slates, and any increaso in tho bur den ot transportation is an Increased burden on the people" Tax Indefensible,, Magazines, according to statistics, aro not read by moro than 12 per cent of tho pcoplo, ho added, and those people are moro able to pay an Incroasod cost than thoso who read newspapers. Senator Smith of Michi gan took exception to tho statement regarding tho percentage of magazine readers, declared ho bollevod It was much higher. Honalor Shields characterized as "Indofcnsiblo" and "discriminatory' the proposed G per cent tax on pub llshors. "It Is tho most unjust and lnln.ii! tons In this whole hill, and I think (Continued on pago six.) E CORAM, Cal., Aug. 21). -More than one thousand miners now are on n strike in Sbnsla county and in the en lire copper belt, mining is at a stand still Willi no present prnsicct of set tlement. Saloons are closed in Ken net and elsewhere in Ihe mining belt and deputy sheriffs are out in force lo preserve order. The llabikiila, Slowel, Iron Mountain and New Year mines and Ihe Mammoth Copper com pany and Mountain fopor company nro among the priqicrties affected by Ihe strike. Sheriff A. S. Hons appealed today lo Governor William l. Stevens lo furnish guards so that work in (he mines of Sbaslu county might be continue! regardless of the miners' strike, NO PEACE WTHKASER rnn iinrn ruii ALLId President Wilson Replies for Entente Allies to Peace Proposal of Pops Stating That Word of Present Gm man Government Cannot Be Ac cepted as Guarantee of Anything That is to Endure As it Furnishes No Proper Basis Upon Which to Build Peace. - r : WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. Presi dent Wilson's rejecting the Pope's peace proposals was regarded here toduy as finally settling tho question dealing with present German mien nneonqiicrcd or uncurbed at home. The prosident makes it cleur that 4 lusting and durublo peaco can be ne gotiated only by a complete under standing with the German people and not nlono on unstnblo guarantees of tho existing government. ' i ; Tho note indicates that If the Am erican government does not intend post-bellum reprisals on the Gorman people, but dosircs in tho interests of world peace thut they be allowed ' to sharo in international economic opportunities, . "if they will accept equality and not seek domination.1' Allies' Sentiments. -'. : The note' With its unequivocal de- nuliMalioti of tho German military autocracy is1 believed to reflect accu rately the attitude of the allied gv ornments'. Tho general tonor'of the reply. has been anticipated by tho dip lomats, but they wero surprised to find in it a virtual appeal to the Ger man pcoplo to strive for emancipa tion from military control and be como fitted to dent with tt world democracy. ' 1 ' '"' . The text of the note follows: ,' "August 27, 1917. , r ',; . '' . 'To Ills Hollnoss, .i; '.- I "Bcnodlcttts XV, ' "Pope: "In acknowledgment of the com munication of Your Holiness to the belllgaront peoples, dated August 1, 1917, the president ot the United States requests me to transmit the following reply: ' ' "Every heart that has not been blinded and hardened by this terrible war must bo touched by this moving appeal of ills Holiness, the pope, must feel tho dignity and force ot the humane and genoroiiB motives which prompted it and must fervently wish that we might take the path of peac he so persuasively points out.- But it would he folly to tako It, if It does not In fact lead to the goal he pro poses. Our rcsponso must be based upon tho Btern facts end upon noth ing else. It Is not a mere cessation of arniB ho desires; it Is a Btatile and enduring peace. This agony must not be gono through with again, and it must be a matter ot very sober Judgment that will Insure us against It. . "Ills Holiness, In substance, pro poses that wo return to the status quo auto hoi I n m and that then there ho a general condonation, disarma ment, and a concert ot nations, based upon an acceptance ot the principle of arbitration; that by a Blmtlar eon cert freodom ot tho seas bo establish ed; and that tho territorial claims of Krancn nnd Italy, the perplexing problems of the Ilalkan states and tho restitution of Poland be left to such conciliatory adjustments as may ho possible. In tho new tomper of such a peace, duo regard bolng paid to tho aspirations ot tho peoplea (Continued on page six.) TO BE REPRESENTED WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. So that tho bona fide labor movement of America may be represented at the national conference of thd American Alliance for Ijihor and Democracy at Minneapolis, September 8, President Gnmpcrs of the American Federation or Labor today dlrectod all organiser to have local unions and labor Inter ests send delegates.