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Forty-aeventh Year.
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MEDFORD. OREOOIT, THURSDAY, ATTflUST SO, 1917.
NO. 137.
M
ISIPIEDGESWW
FRIFWnQNIP STIFF TAXATION
rnpuonir np war profit?
OFJAPANESE
Senate Hears Message of Good Will
to America and Aid in Fighting
Common Enemy, Germany Ideals
(j, of Two Nations the Same, Though
Expression Different Treaties
Not Scrap of Paper to Japan.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30, Japan's
mission, headed by Viscount Islill,
was received today by the senate at a
ceremony in which Senator Sauls
bury, president pro-tcnipore, wel
comed ,t he visitors in tho absence of
Vice-President Marshall, and Viscount
Ishli made an address bearing a mes
sage of friendship and good will be
tween nations. f
Viscount Ishil addressed the senate
as follows:
"No words at my command can
give adequate expression to the pro
found appreciation I have of this hon
or you confer upon us. We know full
well the exalted dignity and proud
traditions of this Illustrious branch
of the great legislature of tho United
Suites, and in the name of my coun
try, my mission and myself thank you
SJpist sincerely. To accept your cour
teous invitation and to occupy even
the smallest traction of the time al
lowed for the momentous delibera
tions of this august body is a great
responsibility a responsibilily I do
not underestimate, but from which I
may not shrink.
Great Moral Victory.
"!' shall not, however, abuse this
rare privilege by attempting to ad
dress at length;-in . a language- of
which I have but little command,
' trained leaders of thought and mas
ters of argument and oratory. But I
grasp this occasion to say to you that
tWe" wffofo pbo'ph) of Japan heartily
profoundly' appreciate
tlfe'cntVahee 6t this mighty nation of
Slurs' lntd''lh'o slrujrgle:''
"To us the fact that you are now
on the side of the allies In this titanic
struggle constitutes alroady a great
moral victory for our common cause,
which we believe to be the cause of
right and justice for the strong as for
the weak, for tho great as for the
small.
"Wo of Japan bcllovo wo under
stand something of tho American
ideal of llfo and we pay our most pro
found respects to it. Jefferson your
great democratic president con
ceived the Ideal of an American com
monwealth, to be not a rule Imposed
on tho people by force of arms, but
as a froo expression of tho Individual
sentiments of that people. Jefferson
saw Americans not as a set of people
huddled togother under the muzzles
of niachlno guns, hut ho saw them as
a myriad of Independent and free
men, as Individuals only relying on a
combined military force for protec
tion against aggression from abroad
or treachery from within. Ho saw a
community of people guided by a
community of good thought and pure
patriotism, using their own special
talents 111 their own special way un
der their own sacred roof trees. Not
a machine-made nation, but a living,
growing organism,
y Japan Minis Similar.
"I assure you, gentlemen, that the
Japanese Ideal of national life Is In
Its final analysis not so very far rc
jnoved from yours. Wo conceive of
.'our nation as a vast family, held to-
pother not by the 'arbitrary' force of
armed men, but by the force of a nnt
Jiral development'.' We shall' cnll tho
"common force thai animates lis a pas.
slon of loyally tp our emperor and (o
our honief. as we. shall cay that of
r.ii -i-lf- . ) V
(Coilliiird it Cage l'lvtr.) ,
THIRTY GERMANS
PARIS, Aug. 30. Allen, son of
Klrhard Mount, of St. I,ouls. who
Joined the foreign legion in April, has
written to his father that ho has been
proposed for the war cross with palm
j, for taking 30 prisoners single-handed
in (he fighting at Verdun. He was
wounded slightly In the hand.
ui unit I iiui iiu
Senator Underwood Favors Bank
head Substitute Providing for a
Tax of 75 per cent on "Profits Over
20 per cent Denounces Money
Slackers Assails Committee Re
port. '
WASHINGTON, Aus. 30 The long
exacted senate debute on war prof
its features of the war tax bill was in
full swing today, following disposal
of Hie publishers' tux provisions yes
terday. .
Factions favoring even higher lev
ies on war profits than tho compro
mise advances of the finunco eom
mitlee were preparing to support n
flat rate of at least fifty per cent.
Scnnlor Underwood opened the de
bate in favor of Senator Bankhoad's
sustitute providing for a tax of 75
per cent on profits based on capital
ization of 20 per cent nnd over.
Before Senator Underwood began
bis address, Senator Simmons failed
lo secure unanimous consent for a
final vote by Saturday. Senator La
Kolletto objected, assailing tho clot
uro movement.
Dcnoiinco Money Slackers.
Taxation of wealth rather than the
people by consumption taxes was ad
vocated by Senator Underwood.
"I have no patience willi the money
slacker," be said. "The man who
wants special privilege and exemption
from congress is entitled to- con
tempt." Senator Underwood said be sup
ported tho committee's plan to raise
$2,.rIIO,n(IO,t)00 by taxation.
"Hut I want that levy to bo equit
able,'' lie continued. "A large pro
portion of fhiswnr buriV'n must fall
on the wealth Of ttic nation. And
great wealth is ready to respond to
reasonable dcnnind."
t . ; . Assails roHscti T,nw.
Senator Underwood urged a high
lax on profits., which exceed 38 per
cent, lie assailed the committee pro
vision declaring that a 300 cr cent
profit must be reached beforo a lax
of GO per cent could bo levied.
"Can you toll mo what right an
American citizen has got when bis
life is at slake and soldiers are on
the firing line to say that bo shall
hnb 7j per cent of bis profits and
the gftvernnient 2't per centt'' de
manded the Alubamu senator. 'There
is no reason why he should withhold
75 per cent of his' profit from the
government when he is making profits
ninoiitiling to 'J(M) per, cent.",,
Scnutor Koran questioned tho, ac
curacy at Ibe estimated reycuue from
the eoinfliitlee hill. ' , : ,', '
"An expert Iclls me," ho sabi, "Ihnl
it will not. raise one bi!ljon')rdollurs
from war profits '.by any manner to(
means. " ,i ! '.. ,
"I llunjj. Ibat is correct,''. Senator
Underwood replied. , . ." , '
lln.y rotmsltion. .
Senator Underwood assailed the
bill us n "very hazy proHisition."
"If this bill is not in the twilight
zone nod full of dark places, IbenI
never saw n bill reported to congress
that was in that category'' he de
clared, "It would lake a Philadel
phia lawyer lo extract its intricacies.
I am not objecting to the proosal
that certain wealth should be exempt
ed and certain burdens should fall on
war profits, but you should make it
clear so that nil can sec it. Then?
must lie no favoritism in it."
Xlm graduated war. profits Tales
Senator Underwood characterized as
unjust to. corporations jind their
thousands of nlockholi'.crH', although
ji4 in Ibe individual income lux pro
visions. "Not even an invasion of the United
Stnte-j ff itjfl iP-iilf in inynorihrm
to the) p).jj tlfuii Ihe.W'rtllrtnf of
the pivi.lui jr.riHpcrity,') lie .lidiM:
LONIMIX, Aug. 3D. The American
schooner Laura t'. Anderson win
sunk by bombs from a submarine on
Thursday. All tho, member ,,f the
crew were picked up and land.d at
an r'n-.di-h port.
The I.nnra C. Anderson w.is a four-liui-tcr
of Pel) (on gross.
Garfield, Coal
Head, Has Punch
and Will Need It
He's Square-Jawed, But Coal Baron's Opposition Wilt Be More Concen
trated Than Food Hogs' Don't Expect Sudden Drop in Prices at Once,
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 Dr. Hur
ry A. Garfield, who mudo good as
chairman of tho president's special
wheat price committee nnd now has
taken the reins as federal coal ad
ministrator, is a square-shouldered,
square-jawed man who looks physi
cally nblc to take care of himself in
nny sort of a scrap.
Furthermore, he radintcs personal
ity, lloforo you havo spoken with
him you know behind the clear eyes
and expressive mouth is n mind that
is as vigorous as bis body.
The. outstanding impression that
Garfield leaves is of vigor, decision
and fairness. It would bo n waste of
lime to attempt to mislead him. If
bo didn't already know the facts be
would find them out.
These nsscts will stnnd Garfield in
good stead as coal administrator. For
the ,coaI barons' opposition will be
more concentrated and hostile than
Hoover has found in food adminis
trutfon. Soy of President.
Garfield is 54, but looks like n man
in his early follies. He is Hie eldest
son of former President Garfield.
Although a lawyer by profession, be
has spent most of bis life as an edu
cator, lie lias been professor of law
and politics in Western Reserve nnd
Princeton universities, rosectivcIy,
and president of Williams College
since 1008.
Walking nnd tennis are bis two
chief recreations, and he sets a puce
hard to follow in both.
During the day, while at work,
Garfield never smokes. , After din
ner at' night, whonhorola.ves, ho docs,
little else. Ho smokes a highly vcg
etnrinn brand of 'cigar,. igilanlnteed
not to nffoet the nerves.nnr hums
one after another1 from dinnertime
to bed I hue. 1 'i ...
In Washington Garfield "is living
as one of .the official, family ofi.Mor.-'
bert Hoover's residence on Sixteenth
street. Hoover is a connoiseur in
cigars. For several weeks be dodged
sampling any of Garfield's cigars,
urged upon hun ulmost nightly. Fi
nally he consented to try one. -
"They won't do you any barm,"
Garfield ureged,
"No; and I doubt they'll do mo any
good," Hoover said.
Ho lighted one, took a few puffs
and silently withdrew. When be re
turned he 'had dropped Garfield's
cigar overboard. t. -,.-.
Has Practical Insight.
1 Garfield's experience as a lawyer
lino" hs;ifbe ''administrative head of a
big college !'llas givWi'liim 'ft pracJ
tii'al As Well as theoretical insight in
to affairs. The coal problem will
he largely economic, nnd economies
have' been h'is' soeinltv ' '
' President Wilson has demonstrated
that a college mnn may be n man
of action as well as of theories, and
Garfield has much the snme tyc of
mind.
As coal administrator he will work
in close touch with the Federal Trade
commission to give the consumer re
lief. That is the only program. It is
general. The thousand complicated
details will be worked out s -they
are reached.
Judge Lovctt's priority board
order that all coal in the Ohio nnd
adjacent fields he given rigbt-ol'-way
to the lake ports nnd up the lakes
is an example of the method to' be
employed.
'ontriwts Not AffTtHl.
A lot of people who expect the price
on their stove coal lo drop from $!!
(Continued or Page Five.)
WIFE OF SENATOR
WALSH PASSES AWAY
WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. Mrs. J.
Walsh, wife of the senator from Mon
tana, died In a hospital In Baltimore
early today. Mrs. Walsh had been
III health for several months. Tho
body will lie taken to her homo in
Helena, Mont., where the funeral will
bo held. Mrs. Walsh during the last
election was head of a woman's or
ganlaatlon working for President Mil-
son's re-election, ,
4. J I
V''"""?(siiw" HwwjwwitKf.
COAIj ADMINISTRATOR
s
WEEK BY U-BOATS
LONDON, Aug. 30.. An Jncreaso
In tho number of British vessels sunk
last week by submarine or mines is
shown by the weekly admiralty state
ment issued today. Elghtcon vessels
of more than 1B00 tons were sent to
the bottom, as compared with 15 the
previous-week. . -No fishing vosseis
were sunk.
Tho summary of the statement fol
lows: "Arrivals, 2009,. Ballings, 2C080;
British ' merchant ' vessels sunk,, by
mine' or silbmnrlnoi over 1600 tons.
i S-;- under 1600 tons, Including . one,
previously, 5i- (British merchant year.,
hols 'unsuccessfully -attacked,. Includ
ing two previously, .6; British fishing
yossols sunk, none.i.-it ,;-'m . : i
1 ''(Most of the' sinkings reported', in
today's totals occurred during tho lab
tor part of the weok, The first part
of tho week was very favorable, but
later British shipping had a streak of
bad luck. Today's report runs only
to mid-afternoon Sunday,
ROMB, Aug. 30. Italian merchant
marine losses for the week ending
August 26 comprised one large steam
er, two small steamers and two small
sailing vessels. One steamer was un
successfully attacked. Five hundred
and eighty-eight vesels of all nation
alities and a -tonnage of 388,565 ar
rived and 557 vessels of a total ton
nago of 363,765 left Italian ports.
;0N WHEAT PRICE
"W1A SHI NGTOX, A ff. 3 0. The
whnat-prico fixing comtnittoo carried
ItB dolihoratiotiH into tho third day In
an effort to reach an aKreement on a
fair valuation for the 1917 crop. I)e
cinton on tho quentfon wan expected
before the nlone of the day's bchaIoh.
The report will ho made to PreHl
dent WMkoii, who will mnke the an
nonncemcnt. The rirclfdon to Hiihinit a rnport to
Prefiifimt Wilson, with recommenda
tion, waa taken to Indicate that it
had not heon abh to agree wholly on
a price nnd that tho preMdflnt would
In effert caat the derldliiR vote.
Annoiinrenmnt will ho made at the
white liotiRO aftnr the prcHldrnt liRfl
rovlewpd ref-omniendatlnna and ap
proved a prlre.
NKW YORK, AMR, 30. Sixteen
manufacturer of automobile aocena
orlea and William M. Vebntor, com
mlrwionor of the Nutlonal Anitoclalion
of Automobile ArrcRftory Jobbers, and
nearly a urore of other Individual
were Indicted today undnr the Sher
man lair by the federal xrand Jury,
chanted with conspiracy to reetrain
trade.
YELLOW
f tr! GERi
l w rvf
OAIM'IKLI) AT HIS l)H!SK.
I
Military operations on the Kranco-
Bolglan front continue to bo of a mi
nor naturo only, In contrast with tho
stirring activities of last weok at Ver
dun and In Klandors.
Today's official report rrom Paris
shows the situation along the French
lines to be ono of temporary dead
lock, with nothing more Important
taking place than artillery combats,
tronch raids and Infantry operations
of only; losaL, significance. In -this
Iaat- class .were two German attacks
ast' nlght In the Champagne region
past of Teton,- which the French re-
pulsedi land similar attempts of tho
Germane to push back French posts
In the Verdun region north of Vaux-Los-Palamolx
and penetrate tho lines
horth 'of Caurlcre8 wood. AH these
were completely checked, as was a
Gorman thrust tn the Alsno region
near Chovreux.
There was active artillery fighting
in the Verdun region and similar
spirited activity at point tn the Alsno
soclor.
Homo today reports the repulso of
Austrian counter-attacks in the Ison
7.o region. The Italians hold all theli
positions firmly and even gained
ground as points. They took 560
prisoners. . "
1. 1 ,,l i . ,.;
-..PETROGUAD. Aug. 30. A, large
proportion of two Russian regiments
In Jhe Fokshunl region on Vhn.Ruina
nlan front loft, their trenches and re
tired yesterday, says todays' wr of
floe statcmont The dlsporsal of one
of the regiments followed, nm inoiiH
urea havo ben taken, It -Is stated, to
restore the poslMpns affoctod In tho
battlo now in progress.
T
OF LIBERTY BONDS
WASHINGTON, Air,'. :I0. Nenrlv
.f.00,imn,IHIO was paid into the treas
ury today in the linal installment of
the liberty hum. Approximately $1,
(l.,lllll,llim nlrni.lv ban been paid,
represenlinsr principal and interest
on I he libert y bonds.
Today's payment completes tin1
lransiieli.nl wilh the issue of tin
bonds nnd il is thouejit likely that
the bonds themselves will be ready
for distribution within a short time.
Now thai the first l.uin has been
fully disposed of, it is likely that an
announcement concerning ibe second
issue of builds will be niaile shortly
by Secretary MeAdno.
INCENDARY FIRES DE
STROY RUSSIAN FACTORIES
PI'.TItO(lltAI), Amr. III!. Alter the
destruction by lire yesterday i,f an
important factory in the ( chin quar
ter, lire starle.l in another great ck
tablisment. The damage is estimated
at several million rubles. It is hus
peeled that the- fires were started
delilierillelv. I
1
GERMAN MADE PRAISESWILSON S
SAYSSALSBURY REPLYTO POPE
Viscount Ishll Welcomed to Senate
as Pledge of Friendship With Jap-
pan Alliance Peril Only to New
Pirates of Sea, Assassins of Air,
and Violators of Decency.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 30 In pro
sentlng Viscount Ishll, special am
bassador and head of the Japanese
mission, to the senate today, Senator
Saulsbury of Delaware, president pro-
tempore of tho senate and acting In
tho absonce of Vlce-Prosldent Mar
shall, doclared the occasion "sym
bolizes complete International frater
nity which common consciousness of
international honor has brought
abouf."
Referring to Gorman propaganda,
Senator Saulsbury said evil attempts
had been made to breed distrust and
hatred among friends of the United
States.
"Japan," ho contlnuod, "Joins our
great young nation In pledging anew
a continuance ft our old friendship
wnich tne troublemakers of the earth
havo tried so hard to Interrupt,
Mado Yellow Peril.
j"Wo now know how Industriously
Insidious attempts havo been mado
by the Prussian masters of the Gor
man people to bring about distrust
and hatred In the world. We know
what evil attempts they have mado to
breed hatrod and distrust of us among
our friends, and we welcome this op
portunity to heartily congratulate our
old friends who honor us today that
by the capture of Tslng Tau and the
German Islands in the Pacific, Japan
has complotoly romovod from tho far
oastern world tho only throat as wo
believe to peace and prosperity, the
only threat to lasting peace In East
ern Asia,
"The yellow peril was mado In Gor
many, and Shnngtung was seized; the
Slav peril was made In Germany and
Serbia was overwhelmed and Russia
was invaded; but tho thick-witted,
smug, solf-conlorod supermen of Germany,-
entorlng their last attempt at
conquest, havo aroused a real porll
a peril to them and froo nations who
believe In International honor, in the
binding force of treaties and In the
pledged word, aro grimly though sor
rowfully engaged In creating, perfect
Ing and bringing to successful Issue
an alliance for the benefit of all the
earth's peoplo, which will protect tho
rights of nations, siualj and great, and
enable them to lead their Uvea In
peace and lead them unafraid.
Thifnteiis Only ItupacKy.
"This iilllanco threatens only ra
parity,' greed, hypocrisy and nation
alized brutality. Our alllanco Is in
doed a peril, hut only to the new pi
rates of the seas, to tho assassins of
fho air, to those who violate Interna
tional decency and fair dealing, who
Inlsuso tho forces of developed set
ence and distort the teachings of pril
osophy, who would destroy civiliza
tion Itself In tho effort to accomplish
world domination.
"This porll our alllanco has creat
ed Is tho peril of tho central Kuropcnn
powers, but bears no color label. It
Is and will bo 111 tho future the com
mon glory of all true men of all froe
nations everywhere to havo joined In
Its crentlnn and success. It is an
Anglo - Froneh-Hlav-ltallan-.lBpance
American peril to tho misdemeanants
of the world.
"f.et us never permit hereafter that
evil tongues or wicked propaganda
shall cause even the simplest-minded
among our people to forget tho an
cient friendship of our nations or
weaken the lies of niutunl respect and
rogard In which wo hold each other,
FINNISH DIET
IIKLSINGKOKS, Finland, Aug. .in.
- Itusniiin troops occupied (he par
liament buildings at an early hour to
day to prevent Hie reassembling of
the diet ill defiance of the decision
of the Itussian government. The city
is calm. The llidsinglors Council of
W'orkmcns nnd Soldiers' deputies bah
ordered the crews of warships to re
turn to their vessels,
ALLIED PRESS
Policy of No Peace- With HohetjzoU
lerns Meets General Approval
Nations Have No Confidence in
Germany's Word as Long as Irre
sponsible Oligarchy Persists Im
portant Advice to Germans. -
LONDON, Aiifr. 30. "The text of
President Wilson's reply to the pope's
peace overtures is not before us as
wo write, but everybody in the United
States has already read it by yester
day noon summaries nnd comments
from Amcricnn newspapers leaves us
in no doubt nbout its charadter',"
says tho Manchester Guardian. After
declaring that the position of the
president is clear nnd logical, the
newspaper gives several extracts ;
from Premier Lloyd George's speech
ub Glasgow last June which it says
nre much tho snmo in spirit as Mr.
Wilson's mossngo to the pope,' con
tinuing: . . ''
No Peace With aKteers. ' 1 '
"President Wilson's policy comes
very near to the formula 'no peace
with the Hohenzollerns' but it would
bo unfair not lo recognize the, very
narrow but deep gulf that separates
him from Hint formula. The way in
which lio prefers to put his policy is
that no pcaco can be made durable
without the guarantee of the German
peoplo. Guarnntccs given by the
German government holding the views, ;
that it does, cannot bo durable.
"Mr., Wilson has no desire ta die- .
tnto to the German people their 'form.
of government but as a pood .Ameri- I
can ho has faith in tho honesty and
sincerity of tho democracy, ' He : is
not concerned to insist that Gor- :
many must have form of government
like our own, but only to assert the
principle that in dealing with an aut-,
oerney like that of Gormnny we must
in self-defcnso oxnet mora ,, severe,
guarantees than if wo .were, dealing
not with a clique whose political vices
have been made notorious by the war ..
but wilh a freo cople which in .the
mass are never dishonorable, never
cynical, never treacherous," .
French Comment,
PARIS, Aug. 30. Only an eighty
word summary of Prcsidont Wilson's
reply to Pope Benedict has reached
Pnris this morning nnd consequently
the newspapers withhold extensive
comment. The Petit Pension, how
ever, says it is clear, in view of the
length of the time which has elapsed
sSneo jtlio presinlent reccivdd- Pope
Benedict's proposals Hint his answer
wiih in no way improvised, particu
larly as everyone is nwnro that it ip
his habit to ineditalo at length over
overy net.
"As far as it is possible to judge
from the indications received,'' the
newspaper continues, ''President
Wilson does not discuss the Pope's
suggestions in themselves. His re
ply is a re-ediling of the thesis fnm
iliar with those who have read his
messages, that lis long as German
imperial institutions arc not modified,
ns long as the ilcmocnttio spirit has
not penetrated beyond the Rhine, as
long us absolutism, based on olig
archy persists, so long nations 'cun
nol have conl'ideneo in . Germany's
word. President Wilson thus brings
up, just as Kin nee and Kngland have
done before Ww tho question of
Prussian militarism, which is the
safeguard of this absolutism and
oligarchy.
"In rejecting the Vatican's offer
the president indieiilcs the conditions
under which n useful conversation
might be taken up. Once moro lie
gives important advico to the German
people. Will he lie heard?"
NOW WO CENTS
WASHINGTON, Aug. 80, Th
Mexican silver dollars, the value Of
which has long been established at
approximately 50 cents In Amoriaan
money, has risen to a new high stan
dard because of the soaring price of
silver. At today's market quotation
the silver contained In a Mexican dol
lar Is worth 70 V4 conts, a new high
record. Mexican paper money, how
ever, does not share tn the same high
value,