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MEDFORD. OT?Efi()T, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1917.
NO. 139.
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RADICALS LOSE GERARD QUOTES
FIRST TEST ON : HOLLWEG UPON
tWAR TAXATION: BELGIAN.TERMS
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GOVERNOR BARS
PACIFIST MEET COUNTED ON FOR
FROM ILLINOIS IGERMAN VICTORY
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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!
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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.
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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, ' '