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Dally Twelfth Yenr.
. MEDFORD. OREOOX. TUESDAY, RKPTKMBKU 4, 1917.
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SAILORS SLAIN ITALIANS DRIVE
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107 Killed, 86 Wounded, by Airship
Bombs but No Damage Done to
fe'iipyards and Docks Six Air
planes in Attack and All Make
Good Their Escape.
WISDOM, Sept'. I.-Tn lasinslif
nil- mill 107 persons were .killed nnd
80 wounded lit Chatham, it is an
nounced officially.
The victims were naval ratings.
Six airplanes took pari in tho raid.
Chatham is on the const book ol'
the. Muilwuy, .'!() miles southeast of
London. It is the seat of immense
military and naval establishment:
eluding a vast dockyard, an i
mil and extensive barracks.
Wiilors .SlaunhtomT.
The term naval ruling applies to
the pr'ade of men on hoard ships,
usually those before the mast.
Reports of the attack on the
southeast coast on Sunday and Mon
day nights said they seemed to he
more for the purpose of testing the
possibility of attack by moonlight.
After dropping bombs over a wide
area, many falling into fields or I lie
sea, the raiders departed as ipiickly
;',hcy came, Willi iiriiisn jucrs in
uVsuit.
pur
In addition to the naval casualties
one civilian was Kineii atui siv vcrc
injured. The annoniicemcnl lot-
Bows :
l-'ft'iich s Oltieial Ucpoi't.
"Lord French (commander of the
Hrilish home forces) reports that
last night's air raid was carried out
bv about six eneniv airplanes which
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CHATHAM YARDS
',. .1 . ( i il, l! ,,,iw'have been shattered by the energetic
were dropped in the I-lo of Thnnet
and in the Shcerncss Challiam area
between 30:30 p. m. and 11 ::i(l p. in.
There were no army casualties, fiiv-
ilian casuallies reported nl present
are: filled 1; injined (i. The ma
terial damage was slight. Ilur ma
chines went up anil anti-airciall riiur
came into nctiuii, hut wtlliuut icsiilt.
, The secretary of the admiralty
reports that in the course of the air
raid last night the following casual
tics were caused to naval ratings:
Killed 1(17; wounded SI!."
A dispatch to the Star from Chath
am snvs that part of the naval bar
racks there was struck bv a bomb
during last night's air raid, this can-
.ill;.' serious loss of life. The Chat I
nni ilocuyarn, ine messag
tircly escaped damage.
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state
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INST
CHICAFO, Sepl. !.- The Chicago
city council today in special s-es.-iuh,
lifter Ihrcc hour's discussion, adopted
a resolution commending (invenior
Lowdcii for his stand against, permit
ting pacifist agitation in Illinois and
reoucsting (he slate's chief to pre
vent the holding of iinv incctin : in the
future which may be inimical to pub
lic safctv or ili-loyal or treasonable
to the United Slate-!. The resolution,
which was presented by Ablernian
Tonialp, was nuicmlcd before being
ndopted by nvote of VI to b'.
council then adjourned.
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liVII ill nil I linn I II I
I tclluyy mt rirL
PORTLAND, S.pt. 4. Forest fire,
burning in the Fori Hock section on
the Deschutes river, central nre-j"ii,
vere described by forestry ot'Iicial
lierc today n the worst in the sia!'.
this year. Jlcssagcs fnmi I'ciul, Des
chutes county, said forest r.ui-rcr'-und
volunteers were fighting the lire
nlonir its ten mile length ami were
endeavoring to prevent, it from
spreading to a nearby ."itIOO acre tract
of yullow pine,
AUSTRIAN BACK
ISONZO FRONT
Hindenburfl Sends Two Divisions of
Bavarians as Reinforcements
Capture of Monte San Gabriele
Expected Raids on Western Front
Airship Raid Upon Pola.
CIKXKVA, Sept. 4. A dispatch
from liiusliurck suys that after sev
eral urgent appeals, Field Marshal
Von Hiniienburg lias consented to
send two divisions of Bavarian troops
from tho Russian to the lsonzo front
to strengthen the Austrian defense.
UDI.Y14, Italy, Sept. 4. Field Mar
slial Von Arz, chief of staff of the
Austrian army, is' reported to bo in
specUii;; the Italian front for tho pur-
luise of reorganizing his troops, de
moralized by many recent defeats.
Continue Advance.
Meanwhile the Italians continue
their steady advance and are spreail
ing over a larger tract of the country,
especially through tho Brestovizza
valley and over the Basinzza plateau,
capturing trench after trench and in
some cases finding contingents of
Austrian troops, literally exhausted
and suffering from thirst and hunger,
their means of communication liavUig
been cut off by tho well-directed Ital
tan fire. . '
Monte San liabiiole still is making
desperate ol forts at resistance, but
Italian pickets are gradually creeping
up the slopes, making its fall only
matter of time.
Since the beginning of tle present
advance, the Italians have gained
ground every day, while all Austrian
I efforts to recapture lost positions
resistance of fcadorna.s army.
Airship liaid on INda.
ItOMK, ' Sept. 4. Thirty Italian
airplanes dropped ntne tons of bombs
on tho Austrian naval base at Tola,
causing destruction and large confla
grations, it i.s announced officially.
The la, inlis were dropped on the
Austrian fleet at anchor and also on
military works.
All ttie Italian machines, although
determinedly attacked, returned
safely.
The artillery fire has, grown heav
ier on tho Julian front, It was an
nounccd.
On French FitHit.
PARIS, Sept. 4.' ALtacks were
niado by the (iermans last night on
the French lines in the llurtehiso re
gion on the Alsne front and east of
Iho Meuse in the Verdun sector. The
war office announced today that both
were checked by the French fire.
Itaiils by the French troops at Sap-
igaeu', between Sonata and Soiuiuc
Ky, in tho Champagne and In the Ar
gonne region, rusiilted In the capture
of prisoners and ninterial.
On llrltlsli Front.
LONDON, Sept. I. "The enemy's
artillery showed great activity during
tho night northeast of Ypres," says
today's official statement. "We ad
vanccd our lines slightly northwest
of St. .lullcn. . ,
! We carried out a Biiccessful raid
last night directly north of Lend. Our
troops killed a number of (iermans
and captured several prisoners. A
hostile raiding party was driven off
south of La Bassee."
TO MEET HOOVER
WASIIIXflTOX, S.-pt. 4. IN'pro-)-nl;ili'e.-.
o lllic l";im Suunr Kelin
in;: imliMry will cotit'iT with MitImtI
llttnvcr, tin J'ihkI !iniinitrutr, t
innrinw rnn-erniiiir pMuiilishinent of
a maximum prir tor their 1JU7 out
put. rMt Mi'.'iir producers nlrcmly
i'jtv ji.'uni to a ma Milium prx-p
which they will enforce voluntmily,
1 Mi c;ne suirnr enp tun ver
promiM'-; to he lie la rue-1 ever ltohii
in the l ititdl States
AND
r '"eSTTT!
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AUSTRIA BLAMES CONGRESS BEGINS RIGA EVACUATED
PRESIDENT FOR CONSIDERATION Of BY POPULATION
PEACE FAILURE WAR BOND BILL THREE WEEKS AGO
UHKLI'Ni, Sept. 4. A dispatch from
Budapest says the Fester Lloyd gives
prominence to a lengthy statement
emanating from an inspired diplomat
ic source at Vienna in which the at
titude of Austria-Hungary and Ger
many toward President's reply to tho
pope is set forth as follow-s:
"President Wilson and the entente
are alone responsible for the terrible
disappointment occasioned by the
frustration of the pope's efforts cn
behalf of peace. Complete disarma
ment of the Herman peoples is In fact
the aim of Mr. Wilson. It Is tho con
dition he names to the pope as tho
basis for participation by the United
States In peace negotiations.
"The suggestion that the undimin
ished military strength of Germany
be disrupted In this way Is not new.
That strength Is based essentially on
unity among tho people, army and
government.
"Tho demand for a cheap democra
tization of Germany Is also a tlmo
worn device of Its enemies. There
really would be no advantage In sub
jecting Mr. Wilson's note to profound
scrutiny."
TIL
SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 4. -District
Attorney Fickt-rt, in a memoran
dum of opposition filed In the state
supremo court today, declared that
the action' of Attorney-General Webb
of California was "Irregular and vic
ious'' In consenting to an appeal for
a new trial for Thomas .1. Mooney,
now under sentence of death in con
nection Willi tho preparedness day
bomb murders of last year.
Webbs' stlpuatlon of consent,
which was attacked by Flckert as
interference without authority," was
filed recently In view of charges of
subornation of perjury against Frank
C. Oxmiin, who was the state's prin
cipal witness against Mooney. Ox
man Is to face, trial in superior court
here tomorrow.
THEN PEACE
WASHINGTON', Sept. 4. -The houso
today began consideration of the
$1 l.riSS.fl 4.1,4(10 war bond and cer
tificate bill, the biggest measure of
Its kind ever presented to congress.
It has, In the main, the support of
both republicans and democrats.
In outlining the bill, Democratic
Leader Kitchin declared there was no
way of avoiding an allied loan If the
United States was to remain In the
war. .
Xir. Kitchin began fortifying the
bill against possible republican at
tacks on tho grounds that its conver
tibility and tenure features should be
changed, by declaring that most of
those .burdens would be assumed by
the allies. Arrangements would be
made, he said, so that every time a
United States bond was converted Into
ono of a higher Interest, the Interest
of allied bonds given In exchange for
them would lie similarly advanced
and that the tenure of allied bonds
would be the same as those Issued
here for allied loans.
"How much of these allied loans
hnvo been spent in tills country "
Acting Republican Leader Glllett of
Massachusetts asked.
"1 am glad you asked that ques
tion," Mr. Kitchin responded. "Of
tho previous loan about SO or tin per
cent. I think at least 7.'. per cent of
the proposed loan would be spent
here.''
Hepreseiilatlvo Fordtioy, ranking
republican member of the ways and
means committee, followed Mr. Kllch-
In with a strong Indorsement of the
bill, producing figures to show thai
the cost of the present war per cap
ita docs nut promise to compare with
the cost of tho civil war.
$10,000 WORTH OF AIGRETTES
SEIZED FROM SMUGGLER
SAN KIMNVIsro Sept. 4. Aiir
rctte-4 valued at more limn $10,00(1
were seized hy customs inpeporH on
a ve--.cl 1 1 Mm n fore iyu port today.
The plumes were found heiieath the
Mooring in 11 slalei-iMiin. Their im-
iHirtnlioll is folhiddeii by law.
tW
WASIHNHTON', Sept. 1 Higa was
evacuated by the civilian population
and foreign consuls three weeks ngo
This was the news contained in Un
official dispatches surrounded wit I;
so much mystery ul the time, and
over which .so much uneasiness was
felt.
PKTHOOHAD, Sept. 4 The Iius-
sinn retirement ill the Higa region is
being continued nlniur the. coast ill a
northeasterly direction, the war of
lice announced loilay.
In the U.xkull district the liussiiins
are retirinir northward, having been
dislodged by the (lermuns in the great
Jacgel river region.
Hostile ships are shelling Ihe Hi;
coast, the announcement hitys.
KKHLLV, Sept. 4. The city of
Hign was on fire al many points when
it was taken by the liermans, it is an
nouueed.
Several thousand Kussians wor
taken prisoner bv the (Iermans i
their advance in the Itiua rcgiuii urmv
bcadipiarlcrs announce dtoduy. More
than 1.111 guns were captured bv Ihe
ficrmun forces in the grVnt lacLrel
river di-trict.
WASHINGTON", Hept, 4.-Cnptuin
Oliver of tho Amerlean tank Hteamer
Canipiinn and the four naval nuntierH,
lelatiey, Uopp, Kline and Jacobs, who
wt-rii tahen pilHoner wlou their tshl
wan Riinl; recently by a German ult-
niarlne, are In a prison camp at lira n
dfiilturK, I'riiHsla. The newa came to
day hy cahln to tho Amoiteau Ited
Cms from Cenev.i.
A Kronen cruiser which rescued the
other memherH of lh ('ampattu's crew
reported that a Bubmarfno had been
h u nk soon after tho tanker was seat
down, and It had been feared that the
destroyed I'-bnnt wan th ono with
tho five Aniorleuiirt aboard.
AMERICAN BAR HONOR PAID TO
PLEDGESLOYALTY DRAFTED MEN IN
TO GOVERNMENT NATIONAL ARMY
'We Stand for the Dispatch of An
American Army, However Raised,
to the Battle Front in Europe,"
Read Resolution Adopted, Declar
ing Pacifism Pro-German.
SAItATtXJA SI'lilNOS, X. Y. Sept.
J. Resolutions pledging the loyalty
of the American bar association to
the government were presented at the
opening; session of the nniiunl meet
ing of the orgnni.ntion this mornimr
by Klihit Hoot, on behalf of the ex
ecutive committee, with the unani
mous rcconunendution of Ihe commit
tee that Ihey he adopted.
The resolutions ussert that, the fu
luro freedom mill security of the
country depend upon tho defeat of
the Herman military power, approve
the entrancc'of the United States in
to the war before it is too late to
find success thru tho united action
of the democratic powers; urge the
most vigorous possible prosecution of
the wnr nnd conclude ns follows:
Want, Army Sent.
"We stand for tho dispatch of the
American army, however raised, to
the balllefl'onl in Kurope, where th
nrmed cuoinieH of our country cull be
found ainf'fought nnd where our own
territory fan he best defended. We
condemn nil utlcuipts in congress
and out of it to hinder and emban-ass
the government of the United Slates
in carrying on the war with vigor
and effectiveness. Under whatever
cover of pacifism or technicality such
uttcmpts lire made, we deem them to
be ill spirit pro-dennan and in ef
fect giving uid and comfort to the
enemy."
lioris A. llaklunelef f, linssinil am
bassador lo tho United States, in an
address expressed the opinion thai
the present, condition of unrest in
his country was "but one of Ihe in
fant diseases which will disappear."
The resolutions of loyalty as pre
sented by Mr. Itoul were uuauiuious
ly adopted by Ihe Ipidy with u rising
FRUSTRATE PLOTS
MON'TItKAIj, Sepl. d.-I-YMstraliou
of plot lo assassinate Sir liohert
Itorden, premier of t'nunda, and Ar
thur MciiHiuiii, solirilor-irenernl, and
lo dynamite the parliament buildings
at Ottawa, was announced by the
police today uh having been effected
by the arrest of anti-coiiM'riptiouit
agitators alleged to have been rr
sponsible for th'' blowing tip about
n month ago of Ihe summer home of
Kurd Alhelstau.
PLACED ON III
li'I'.ll DAK; Ion ii. Sept I. 'I he Hev
l.ynn (icor-ie .1. Kelly was placed on
trial in tin' di-lriet court today on
indictment charging hiui with Ihe
murder ol one ol lite eiubt persons
slain with an nx ut Villisca. Iowa,
one night In .lane, I 1111.'.
Kelly made an alle-jeil confession
last week, which his counsel have
since declared he "couipelcly repu
diated." SEVERE SET BACK
ON STOCK MARKET.
NKW YOUK, Sept. I - One of the
ino-t severe setbacks the slock innr
ket has hail in several months oc
curred today when prices broke liivo
lo ten (mints under feverish liiptiila
lion, the market being nil but dctnor
1 1 1 i -1 1 during Ilia last hour.
President Heads Parade in Honor of
Departure of First Quota of Sol
diers to Cantonments Entire
Country Celebrates Event as Holi
day 30,000 Strong in New York.
WASHINGTON', Sept. 4. Tho
vanguard of the national army was
being honored thruoiit the country to
day with demonstrations to celebrate
tho eve of departure of tho first
drafted men to tho cantonments.
Typifying the spirit of the nation,
sending; forth its sons to battle for
democracy, the "capital gave itself
over to a great house demonstration
in which President Wilson, congress
nnd nil tho heads of the government
were leaders.
Place of Honor. ;
Tlio place of honor in a procession
between Pence Monument, at the foot
of the capitol, to the white house, was
reserved for tho 14(10 drafted men
comprising the District of Colum-.
bin's first contribution to the na
tionul nrniy. Led by President Wilson
nnd escorted by senators and repre
sentalives, sailors, soldiers nnd ma
rines, men of the officers training
camp at Fort Mycr, and thousands of
their fellow citizens, tho national
army uiui'chcd between lines of clieer-
spced on Ihe first steps of their ,jour
ing thousands, bidding them Ood
uev to France.
Senators liankhctid of the Confed
erate army and .Mint in of the union
army, inarched eogether, hut there
was only one flag fluttering above
them there was only ono flag flut
tering over the winding, tramping col
umn of thousands; it was the Slurs
and SI ripes.
Ilovlewed by President.
All government offices closed for
the occasion, poured out their cm-
oyes lo join the procession.
At Ihe white house reviewing stand
a large parly of foreign diplomats
and oilier officials assembled to wait
for the president's coining at the head
of the procession and join him in re
viewing it.
IHI,(HI In Xevv Yoik.
NKW YORK', Sept. 4. New York
paid homage lo her drafted men to
day, as :!fl,0(l() strong, they marched
ill three parades thru the centers of
Ihree of the city's fivo boroughs. In
Manhattan, llrooklyn nnd the Bronx
hundreds of Ihoiisamls of citizens
thronged Ihe lines of march and
cheered them on their way into tho
nutiouul urmy as enthusiastically and
as affcclioiiutely Ihey gave former
Nationnl (iiiardsiaen Godspeed into
federal service at their Spartans
burg. S. ('. cauip.
'I he .Manhattan parade was led hy r
M avor M it chid. .
BRAZIL NOT TO
UK) JANKIHO, Sept. 4. In a do
n la I of newspaper ii-poila the minis
ter of war has announced that Brazil
will not Head troopu to Kurope. The
announcement, also Rtates that tho
minister of tho navy will not leaso
rcipitsllloned Herman ships to the en
tente allies. .
E MICHAEL
JAILED FOR PL01IG
I'KTIi'OtiHAi), Sept. 4. Grand
llake Michaelis Alcxaitilrnvitch, a
brother of tho former emperor, and
his wife, have been placed under nr
rcst in coiiucclioii with the counter
revolutlouarv plot recently lineal th.
ed.
According to Ihe Den, Annul Puke
Ihnilri I'uulovitcli also has been arrested.