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TnEKMasiimim Ycsterilay 91.; Minimum Today j.SOJ'TOKECAST Fan'." 7 -IT -K pr IT r f"orty-sevnth Vear. Dally Twelfth Tear. MEDFORD. OT?Efi()T, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917. NO. 139. U-BOATS STILL V0m MEDFORD 7 A RITBUNE M I 111 1 1 W II II IVJLiULJLi RADICALS LOSE GERARD QUOTES FIRST TEST ON : HOLLWEG UPON tWAR TAXATION: BELGIAN.TERMS '.V-i '7'li ' : '.;: ' , , GOVERNOR BARS PACIFIST MEET COUNTED ON FOR FROM ILLINOIS IGERMAN VICTORY , 1 : - .i Johnson's Amendment for a Gross Levy of 80 Per Cent, of War Prof its Defeated by Vote of 62 to 17 La Follette Pleads for Conscrip- . Hon of Wealth. WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. In the first test of strength between senate radicals and conservatives on war profits taxation' the radicals were defeated today when the senate re jected the maximum amendment of Senator Johnson of California for a gross levy of SO per cent of war prof Its. The vote was G2 to 17. Senators voting for the high tuxos wore: Ashurst, Borah, Ilrady, Gore, Gronna, Ilollls, i lusting, Johnson of California, Johnson of South Dakota, Jones of Washington; Kenyon, Kirby, La Follette, McNary, Norrls, Thomp son, Vardnmnn, 1m Follette Talks. Immediately after defeat of the Johnson amendment, which mustered less than the 25 votes expected by leaders of the radical tax group, Sen ator La Follette began his speech on his amendments for a maximum of 72 per cent graded down to 48 per cent. Declaring that Industry has made "Inordinate and unheard-of profits out of the war,' Senator La Follette said: "It would he a reproach to our present civilization if we failed to prevent so far as we have power one class of our citizens, comparatively small, from becoming enormously rich out of this war, while the other and much lurger class was impover ished by the war, although we can not prevent the injustice and the In equality of the burdens which every wur causes to the people of a couu try engaged In It. Fiscal Policy Unsound, Senator La Follette denounced the whole fiscal policy as unsound and unscientific in the proportions of taxes and bonds, although the nation "not satisfied with attempting to finance the bankrupt allies of Great Britain, is now attempting' to finance Great Britain herself." The finance committee amendment, he said, proposed to take this year only about one-quarter of war profits. "Is the senate ready to stand for that proposition?" he demanded. Do you think the people of the country will give even perfunctory support to this war if that unjust proposition Is written into the law? "I also believe the penalties In this bill should be greater. They are slm ply ridiculous. In the name of com mon decency let us make the penal ties for evasion of the tax law as se vere as wo have made the penalties for the evasion of the draft law. Is It a more serious offense for a father or mother to evade the draft law to save the life of her boy than It Is for the millionaire to evade the tax law fn order to save his profits?" SEATTLE SHIP STRIKE NOT CALLED TODAY SEATTLE, Sept. 1. The strike of ship carpenters in Seattle yards for higher wages, called for today, was countermanded at the last moment. and tho yards worked as usual this morning. The ship carpenters decid ed to make common cause with tho motul trades workmen, who 'have called a strike for Wednesday morn ,nn,!v will t,n a hnllihlV. On Tuesday the ship carpenters will not come in contact with any freshly delivered lumber, hence they can work through the day, as they did this morning, without violating the boycott onJten-hour lumber ordered by the Seattlo Building Trades Coun ell. WASHINGTON', Sept. 1-President Wilson 1ms invested fin.fliW in farm loan bonds. The president r " ecntly took tlll.nno.of the fi it Usui of liberty bonds. Ambassador Takes Issue With Form er Chancellor and Declares That He Quoted Him Correctly When He Asserted That Germany Demanded Guarantees From Belgium. , HAMILTON, Ont., Sept. 1. James W. Gerard, former ambassador to Germany, who is visiting nt the Duly ranch near here, today took issue with Dr. Von Helhninnn-llolhveg, the former imperial chancellor of Ger many. 1 lie tormcr ambassador is sued u statement in which he contra dicted the statement nf the former German chancellor Hint Mr. Gerard had drawn on imagination. "Dr. Von Hclhinnnn-IIollweg," said Mr. Gerard, "apparently has not hud the exact copy of my articles, for it he hud read them he would have seen clearly that I said the pence terms described were the German peace terms and nut the opinions of the lianccllor. wish to say that Dr. llolhveg said he himself was always subject to the rule of the mililarv parly of Germany and could not fol- luw his own desires. Demanded (iiuirniitocs. "Ill the second p.v.ee L-r. Von Beth- mann-Ilollweg admits that the Ger man government intended to exact iinranlees from Belgium and makes the admission himself in the inter view in which he so sharply criti cizes me. Thirdly, I wish to say if those tonus as cited are not the German peace lerms, then what are the Ger man pence terms? Dr. llolhveg gives nothing dilfcr- ent from these, mid so it might he assumed t)ey are the German terms itfler all. 1 consider it il mailer of great regret Unit Ibe German gov eminent put Dr. llolhveg out of of ice, and I feel that personally he is bitterly opposed to the ruthless sub marine warfare of the German gov ernment anil that he only refrained from resigning his office out of def erence to the wishes of Emperor Wil liam. Is Too Lilierul. "I presume he was put out because his ideas are too liberal for llic Ger man authorises to endure. This lib erality is shown in the interview. am sorry to lake issue with Dr. lloll weg on this subjeel, because 1 have a great iiilmiriilion fur him and I think he is a fine old fellow. "As to the ethics of my article, all wish to say is that old time dip lomacy which D.r llolhveg ndvocutes has succeeded in plunging almost the whole world into the bloodiest war of history. When the people of n na tion know what is going on in the scats of government, such wars can nut happen. "I do not believe in backstairs dip lomacy uny more than Dr. llullwcg believes apparently in what he is pleased lo call shirt sleeve diplomacy. I believe the people of u nation is entitled to know what is going on. This Gorman diplomacy may be all right in a monarchy of the most lim ited type, but it will not go at all in a modern democracy." LONDON, Sept. 1. Tho Saturday Uevlcw, referring to President Wil son's note to Pope Benedict as "the most forcible state paper Issued ljy lug tho war," says: "Wo sannot remember that ever before the sovereign of a groat na Hon with an army and a fleet In ex Istence has been told that ho ls a liar and a thief witli whom no treaty dan lie made. This terrible Insult, so amply deserved, lotncs with great ef fect from a nation '.hat Is not, like i.rltaln, a European rival of Gcr many and can.rct he described ae Joal our of German trade." FAIR WEATHER FOR COMING WEEK PREDICTED WASHINGTON, Sept. 1. Wnitlier predictions for Hie week beginning September 2, iued by the weather bureau todav are: I'Arir'IC STATUS - Generally fair and normal lenieraliiivs. EIRST PICTURE OF FORMER CZAR AS PRISONER! Ifv fZ f & i ; J2 - This historic picture or Nicholas Itoiiianofl' (formerly Nicholas II, C7.ar of nil tho Hussliis) was taken In the gardens of tho prison palace of Tsarskoe-Sclo, short ly Ixforo the autocrat was trausfeiTod to Sllierlu. With a giuuil of ItiiKHlan soldici's in the baeligrounil, t.ho faiiiicr cmv Ls sihmi sitting disconsolately on u stump. 'FI THREAT 10 TAKE SAN FRANCISCO, Cul.. Sepl. 1. Threats to take the law "into their own bunds lo repress violence inci dent to the strike of l,7f0 platform men of the I'nitcd Railroads, were voiced today by C. K. Mcintosh, vice president of the Hank of California, as one of the sMikesmen of 200 rep resentatives of civic, mercantile and industrial organizations at n con ference Willi Chief of Police D. A. While and the police commissioners. "We have had 21 days of rioting and other forms of violence in San Kraneisco. Women ami children have been injured anil the city is in a state of lawlessness. We will not tolerate it any longer," Mcintosh de clared. The suggestion of Theodore liothe, secretary of the police commission, that renewed efforts be made to bring about arbitration "between the company and the strikers," met with a flat rejection. He was told by leaders ot the deputations that we have no concern with the differences involved: wfc want protection for our citizens." Ifothc declared that all availabl police were on strike ilutyV armed with riot clubs, lie said the protec tion being given was the best possi bio under the circumstance, but thai "it was impossible to anticipate out breaks." ' "If Ibe situation does not improve within n day or two, the police have oilier plans to maintain law mid order," ho said, refusing to say .what these plans were. BELIEVE THAT KERENSKY IS KITCHENER IN DISGUISE LONDON, Sept. 1. The curiously widespread belief in Knlend that Kitchener is still alive has now taken n new form, nmnelv, the- belief that Kercnky is Kitchener. "Kvcryhody in our street is saying so," writes a correspondent to one of the London newspapers. The paper in reply points out that Korenskv is a yoang man of ISO, but remarks thai this fact iirohiihlv will not weigh much with Ihi' people who like lo believe fhi: kind of thing. EXILED EX-CZAR, Pl'.TKOGKAD, Sept. 1. Nicholas ItouinunlT, the l'nrinvr emperor ol Russia, and his family, nre now liv ing in a four I ecu room aimrlmeul on the second floor of a large old fash ioned house at Tobolsk, Siberia, ac cording to reports just received in Pelrograd. Nicholas and the former empress each have a room, two rooms have been put aside for the lour daughters and one for Alexis, the for mer heir apparent. - The other rooms, except the dining room, kitchen, read ing room ami so forth, are occupied by the servants. The house is with ouln garden and the only way to gel fresh air is from u small balcony. The new home of the Romanoffs was not ready when the family nr rived and Ihey were compelled lo spend two days aboard the small steamer on which Ihey traveled the last fit) miles down the 'i'obol river. The former empress mid her daugh ter Olga rode to the house, while the other members of Hie family wuiked. The day of their arrival was u hol iday and few persons saw llic new comers except for n small crowd which bad - assembled lo watch n priest conduct the usual ceremony of blessing the house for its new ten ants, 'flic guards of the former roy al family are manly cavaliers of tho Order of SI. George and r'usilccrs, and Hie faniilv is virtually under Illi nium' mode of living as at. Tsurskoo Selo. Nicholas lias asked permission to em-age tutors. The mother herself will alleml lo the religious instruc tions of the younger ones. It cost) the government 1(1.000 roubles, lo move the lamilv to Tobolsk. Portland,' s.-pi. t. Following its aclion of two days ago in ask ing the stale public service com mission ti grunt n hearing on a pro. poseil petition for n six cent ear fare in Portland, the Portland Railway- l.iL'hl ami Power Courpnny filed n statement at Salcui today in sup poll of the ri-ipicsl, declaring thai Hie proposed increase s niees-.arv if the ifilvnucc in wages recently de manded by its plat form men is to be granted, Hearing on Hie petition was sel for next 'i'liiirmluy. PRICE OF COAST: NOT YET FIXED PORTLAND, Sept. 1 .-Iteprosont- atlves of leading milling firms of the 'uclflc roast continued 1 1 it executive session today, their discussion with a view lo fixing prices fur flour on the hinds of the govornniont base price ot wheat at $2.20 a bushel at Chicago. No Intimation had come from tho meeting at noon adjourn ment as to the conclusion In pros pect. Unofficially Portland millers and grain dealers reaffirmed their predictions ot yesterday that flour In the northwest will sell at approxi mately $10 a barrel, and this pre diction was Indorsed by J. W. (lanolin, manager of the flour business ot T. J I. Wilcox, federal milling commis sioner, who is sitting as chairmun of the millers' conference. It was tho Judgment of loading grain dealers today, Including Mr. Guiinng and Max II. Houser, federal grain buyer for tho northwest dis trict, that wheat might soil In Port land at tl.OO, although Mr. HouscM declined to express himself officially In the nhsenco of detailed official In formation from Washington. Grain trading on tho merchant! ex change was not resumed today be cause of the uncertainty as to the exact effect to bo expected here of the government's wheat price. linkers renewed today tholr asser tion thiil Hire was no clinnco for a H ounce a-eent loaf at tho wheat price fixed by the government. LAKF. FAIRFIHLD..N. C, Sept. 1. Federal Judge Speer has denied llic application ' Thomas ',. Walson for an in ii il--1 inn lo re-Ion- Ins publica tion, The Jet fersoniiin, to the mail I'c-lmaslcr General Htnleson barred it on the ground thai it contained mailer to lhsmi ,reeruil'ng and enlistments f,r Hie army. The court approved his ucliou. Police Acting Under Instructions From Governor Lowden Disperse Peoples' Council Convention Del egates Hold Quiet Sessions In Ho tel Rooms to Elect State Delegates CHICAGO, Sopt. 1. Tho meeting of the organization committee ot the Pooplc's Council of America for Dom ocracy rind Peace was dispersed by the police today on Instructions from Governor Frank O. Lowden, after it had been In session about three hours at the West Side Auditorium. On re ceipt of news that Governor Lowden had .orderod the peace t mooting stopped, It was lmomuiately decided hotels and each state elect delegates would hold quiet meetings at their hotels an deach state elect delegates to comprise a national convention. In this manner interference by state au thorities was expected to be avoided, while a working organization was be ing perfected. Order Is OlK-yed. The meeting hud reached tho stage where it was ready to nominate an executive committee when a company of police entered the hall. Wesley Wostbrook," first deputy of police, jumped to the Btage, raised his hand for silence and said: ' "On orders of Governor Lowden, the chief of police has Instructed me to disperse this meeting. You may go peacefully at onco. There will be no discussions. If you do not go Imme diately, you will be arrested and charged with holding an unlawful as semblage. , Seymour Stedmnn, who . by thlB time hud been made permanent chair man of the meeting, smiled grimly und stupped asldo without a word. The delegates then left the hall. Governor AcU Promptly, i, SPRINGFIELD, III., Sopt. 1. Gov ernor Frank O. Lowden at noon to day ordered Adjutant-Genoral Dick son to prevent any meeting ot the People's Council of America for Dem ocracy and Peace In Illinois, declar ing he feared disorder and rioting If the proposed meeting was held. Tho decision of the governor came after a conference with the adjutant- general and aftor he had been asked by citizens In Chicago to bar the peace conference In that city. Governor Lowden In a statement said that ho understood tho peace meeting was Intended to obstruct the government In the prosecution of the war. 156 CARS PEARS FROM THE VALLEY With tho Dartlctt pear harvesting and shipping season about half over tonight, a total of 15 (J cars has been shipped by the different Modford fruit firms from hero and their aux iliary plants at different points in tho district. Employment is being given to nearly I00 woolen and men. Day and night shifts generally are being maintained by all the firms here, and approximately $10,000 a week ls bo I ii k paid 111 wages to tho omployes of tho frult-pucklng plants. One firm tho Itoguo Hlver Fruit anil Produce company already has shipped two cars of the Clalrgeau pears, and expects later lo ship eight more of these. It Is estimated this season's totul harvest of Clairgoaus will total only a do7.cn cars. Thoro has been a slight recession In tho Durtlctt market, due partly to shipments from the Colorado and Washington districts, where llartletts ripen later than In tho Hoguo Itiver valley, and also lo the lull fruit brok ers declare always comes when a hoi Iday follows Ihe last and first day of a week, creating a two days' closing of (ho markets. Dartlctt culls are b'.lng disposed ot o local canneries at the best price ever recorded here, tho head of a big Medford fruit concern anld today. Confidence in the Effect of Unre stricted Submarine Warfare Ex pressed by Commander of German Battle Fleet America Compared to Rumania in Effect on War., AMSTERDAM, Sept. l.--Confi(l-ence in the effect of unrestricted sub marine warfare is expressed by Ad miral Rcinhardt Seheer, commander of the German battle fleet, in an in terview in the Leipzig Tugeblatt, the admiral declaring that he expected "everything" from it. ' ' '' 81111 Most Confident. - -: ' "This confidence," snys the adnir al, "is shared by nil our submarine commundors and no differenco .of opinion exists about it in our navy, It would be a mistake to name a deff inito dale, but I am fully convinced Hint if the rate of the sinkings .con tinues as nt present the day .must come when England . will recognize that the war does not pay.'' . ' 1 Questioned about losses of submftr; ines and as to anti-submarine meth ods, Admiral Scheersaid: . "With almost ilod obstinacy . the English miss the mark and so far wo have only been met with, guns, nets and mines and not. with "any new anti-submarine appliances. ' ' I can confirm tho statement recently made regarding our losses whiph.'on the nvcruge are two to three month ly and nro more than equalled by new construction," . 1 ' ' America Uiilmportant(1:',".v Regarding America's support'. -of , Oreitt. Hritain, Admiral Scheer,,had Ibis to say: , ... "I do not undcr-estimnte it, neither no 1 ullueh much importance, to-it. The Americans may make themselves unpleasant by means of. increased supplies of airplanes, technical ma terial itself, but they can hardly harm us seriously from a military point 61 view and they will never become dan gerous. They will no more be able to turn the seulo in favor of the en tente than Ituly or Rumania," - .''.' Admiral Seheer expressed his con viction that the submarines will have decided the issue of the war. before America is ready to send a large army lu Europe. , FRENCH SEIZE I PARIS, Sept. 1. French troops on the Aisnu front opened' an offensive yesterday afternoon in the Ilurtebese region. In ono sweep they carried all their objectives on a front of more than three quarters of a mile to B, depth of more than 100 yards. The captured gorand, the official statement says, in making this' an; nouncemcut, was held against 'three counter attacks. Prisoners to the number of 150 were tuken. , PETR0GHAI), Sept. 1. Increased artillery fire in the Vilna and Smor-gon-Krovo sectors towurd the north eron cud of the Russian front is re- ti,irlj-,l ill frwlnv'u nffimnl atjitamant The repulse by the Rumanians of an attack in the Fokuhani region on the Rumanian front also is unnounced, LONDON, Sept. 1. "Unsettled wcallur prevails," says today's Lon don official statement on operations along the Frutieo-Hclgiun front, .' -.' "To enemy's artillery showed some activity during the night south of Ix-iih and near I ho coast. There is nothing of particular interest to re port." ' ' " ROMK, Sept. 1. The number o prisoners taken by tho Italians has been increased to 27,1102 the war office nniioiiiices. Of those 720 are officers. Latest ndivecs show flon erul Ctidornn again hammering away nt the Austrian lines at selected M)iuts and gradually improving his position. This improvement was eff ected both to the south in tho direc tion of Trieste and on the northern front nf the nttnek in the region of Goorizia, ' '
