Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 05, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPXOE TTTREB ""uilrarv : -T "X" i. YEATTIER Maximum Yesterilay, 82; Minimum Today, -JO. FORECAST Tonijrlit and Tomorrow, Fair. r. Forty-seventh Tear. Dallv Twelfth Yenr. . MEDFORD. OREfiOX, WKDNKSDAY, SKPTKMBER ". 1917. KO. 142 irEDFOTCD MATL TRTBUNT3, MEDFORD, ORF,OONT. MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1917 MEDFORD NATO Hn ft- mi i 1 DOCUMENTS SEIZED BY ' UNCLE SI Action Taken Under Direction of At torney General in Connection With Grand Jury Investigation Now in Progress 1 in Illinois Secretary Haywood Among t!ie Attested Few Arrests Made but All Books. Papers and Paraphernalia Seized. WASHINGTON, Sept. H. Nation wide seizure of documentary evidence of the I. W. W. was conducted today under direction of Atlorney-lU'nonil Gregory, livery headquarter:! tho country was raided and literature, books and documents sei.ed. t W This action was taken under the direction of the attorney-general, says a statement issued at the depart ment of justice, and In connection with a grand jury investigation which is in progress in the United States court in the northern diutrlcl'of Illi nois. Many nuu'gos Filed. The investigation was begun by the grand jury at Chicago as a result of the great accumulation ot charges of all sorts, mostly violation of the es pionage law, decreed against, the In dustrial Workers of the World and its leaders. The seiznro nf tho orgnnlv:ation'ri papers was timed for 2 p. in., central time, and was conducted simultane ously in towns and cities throughout the country where Industrial Work ers of the World headquarters have been maintained. Seluro nt Same I'lour. "The government at 2 p. m today" Chicago time," the department state ment says, "took possession under ap propriate legal process of such docu mentary evidence, check books, cor respondence, etc., of the Industrial Workers of the World in all parts ol fho United States as Is desired or needed by the United States in con nection with the Indictment and pros ecution of certain individual offend ers who have utilized the nanio of that organization in connection with violations of the federal law.". Tho exact nature of the alleged of fenses was not disclosed. It was said that would bo determined by tho fed eral grand jury at Chicago. The in vestigation was begftn seereliy a short timo ago, and until today's drastic ac tion was known only to the official.--concerned. TlaywiMxt Arrested. CHICAGO, Sept. Federal agents and city police this afternoon raided " headquarters of the socialist party and of the I. W. W., as a part of a co-ordinated plan stretching across the country. ' William D. Haywood, national sec retary of the I. W. W., and former head of tho Western Federation of Minora, was taken into custody dur ing the raid. The federal grand jury which wan ftworn in yesterday by Judge Kvan Evans met late this afternoon and be gan what is believed to be a sweeping Inquiry into tho activities of tho I. M W., the socialists and other or ganizations and individuals In con nection with anti-war propaganda. Several secret service operatives of (Continued on lag Six.) , sixty dm in jail WASHINGTON", S pt of the militant nf tiie v: i.tioi.al W. man's party nivt.d v-tni.iy vlr! tiieLel inir the nn iib-nt s l ten in stand nl the parade of national auii lucn, were !-cnlcnccl ld:iy 1o ; -i.ty day.H in the woi luimiM1, Tnrv did not appftil mid bet:an sennit t!;e time. AIRSHIPS RAID LONDON KILLING 11, INJURING 62 Second Attack Made on Metropolis One Raider Reported Brought Down Wreckage Litters Streets Scarborough Again Attacked Planes So High Can't be Seen. LOXDOX, Sept. 5. Klevon persons vcro kil'ed and (12 Injured in last night's aerial raid. One raider is re ported to have been brought down off Sheerness, it is announced officially. The first moonlight airship raid over the London district occurred about midnight last night and result ed in tho dropping of bombs, one of which fell just outside a hospital, an other smashed through a theater and si III another hit a retail store In which a number of girls were sleep ing. Reports received today from south east coast towns show that last night's raid was carried out by a very largo number of airplanes, only a small percentage of which reached the London district. In a few cases heavy bombs were dropped, uch as are remembered to have fallen during tho Zeppelin raids, but on the whole the project iles were smaller. Haiders lnvicible. Notwithstanding the moonlight, nothing could bo seen of tho raiders, although their engines could bo heard overhead. That they were Invisible was perhaps duo to a slight hazo which, however, was insufficient to obscure the moon. The raiders were I const ant Iv shelled bv nnll-atrcraft guns and several Rritish. machines took to the air to attack the invaders, The streets were practically desert ed at the time of the raid, it being long after theater hours. The few late street cars that were running either put out their lights or stopped, A me.-nage from a southeastern dis trict says that apparently tho invad ers crossed the. North sea in three successive groups and that all were severely shelled, both arriving and returning. (Vrnmii Offensive? "Has Germany got her great air of fensive ready before ours?" is a ques tion asked by a morning paper apro pos of the invasion of England on three successive nights, and Field Marshal Haig's over-night report of aggressive enemy aircraft. Another paper which frequently warns of Ger nianys int'ention to Invade England with aircraft in very largo fleets snys: "The enemy seems to be getting on rather fast with Invasion plans. The German aircraft came, bombed and departed. Our guns fired and our aircraft went up, but without result. according to the latest official re ports. This Is the ninth serious raid this summer, and of 127 machines which have crossed our coast, Ger many admits the loss of only seven." Tho paper refers to tho growing cas unity list and tho relative Immunity of the Invaders, and adds: "It cannot be said that we are get ting on with our invasion plans faster than Hie enemy." OfTiciMl Announcement. The official announcement follows (Continued on in go x!x.) SAX FKAXCISl ), Sept. ."i. Sn pei i.ir .li'dae Kraii1; 11. I hmne a i in.iiit'-cd in mint here today that hi v.,11 mute Attnrney (irncrnl Webb nl ('iiitlnriiia to Mt uli l!:e l'n h v illi hiru tn h-;tr te-t iimiin' i'l the trial el I Fi.ilik i ni;tti, chained villi , t j tempt lie,' to indue-' V. K. KiuvN tn j l'Im- l;il-e titimnin .jiirh-t Th-cim1 t. .MnnheV. under -riit'-lier of ji'jl'L ! 1'or one uf the len.ib te'H'b r- lu re !;M ' -immpci-. Oxtean, u!t,, v. as ti ma Icrul , itn.'-w a to be i'l-oii-M t.i dav. ,tin M.ioriey, w a -trial !M-l We.i.i. AGAN N RAISNG miKfQ nr RiiWAl WAR PROFIT TAX WASHINGTON, Sept. An amendment by Senator Mollis proposing- to raie ,f 4(MI.IMMI,IHI0 more I'rom war profits than the war revenue bill provides by substituting higher rales graduated j'rom 20 to 7U percent was rejected by the senate, .r." to J I. Support of Hie eommitlee anierid ment was aunounecd by Senator Foindexter, republican, who suid he believed it raised sufiicieiiL revenues. All war industries of the country thai are legitimate, he said, nhoubl be en eouriiffcd by tho government in every leg-ill mnnner consistent to just tax ation. The Washington senator said lie believed a lartje proportion of the revenues the government should have come from taxation, but not nil ought to be raised this year. in Hupportinir the bill ns drafted, Senator Lewis of Illinois said be saw a prosfiect of peace and thought dras tic taxes, therefore, might not be nec essary. Senator Lewis said the issue hud become a contest "its to who sbonbl be kins' of the radicals, Senator John son of California, the Fieri Kien.i of the Pacific, or Senator La Follette. the avenging Gracchus of the west." PRICE OF COAST POIiTLANI), Sept. r. - No dcfiniti. conclusions regartiing wheat price.-. on the Paeilie coast have yet been reached by the food administration. Federal Grain Commissioner Max II Housrr announced here today. "The trade is nt liberty to buy wheat on the Chiea-ju baie price for the various i:rade--, the mi nounceiiient read. ''Full in-truelion-. a- much a-1 i- pii-ilde to do so at this time, will be Lie.-i out late to day' Federal Millim: Commie-loner T. !!. Wileo.y tin no 1 1 need here today t hat all western (lour mill- of mcr Umi barrels a day capacity ie.iiinr to maniitaetuie lor the ''o ernment ev Hirt trade nnwt si'.n mrr',ementM bv September Jd. About 1MI mills an. in .Mr. Wilcox's tlislre-f. A POOR DISGUISE UUHLU u iiuuuin FOR CONSPIRACY Grand Duke Michael, Brother of ex Czar, and Wife, Countess Pahlen, Grand Duke Paul and Morganatic Wife, and Grand Duke Dmietri Patilovitch Taken Into Custody. P1CTKOGRAI), Sept. In addi tion to the arrest of Grand Duke Mi chael Alcxandrovitch, brother of the former emperor, and his wife, tho CountcsH I'ahlen and the Grand Duke Paul and his morganatic wife have also been taken into custody. Jftwiilt, of I'lols. Tho reported arrest of Grand Duke Dmttri-Paulovftch is as yet uncon firmed. Tho arrests are tho result of suspected complicity in tho couutr revolutionary conspiracy concerning which the provisional government ob tained evidence during the Moscow conference. Last night the assistant commander of the l'utrograd district, with a de tachment of picked osldlers, arrived at Tsarsliue-Selo and reayt the order for ani-st lo Grand Duke I'aul, who Mihmiftcd, n:eiely asking tho reason. The jissll ji n t commander staled that it was by order of Premier Kcremiky. Later the f-ame ofllcer visited Gat chlna and arresied Gland l)uke" Mi chael and bis wife. II itjipears that itjveial days ai;o a search was made of the residence of the Grand Duke Michael in Finland, which was occu pied by him tin ring his presence there. A Colonel Dletz wa.i also ar retted at Catchiua, Iteason a SiMl-et. The luiniblry of justice refuses for tho present to irivo nut any fads con ceinini; the aire l. According to i-orue of the iicm 'iipiirs, however, the lieadipiariem of tho monarchist con spiracy Is In Crimea, where the mand dukes and ducle s-es and the ilowaie-r empress reside under surveiibiiicn. In Crimea, accordi'i;: lo the newspapers, there has bet i lerentyl founded a no clely under the name nf ,Jl'oi ward for the Czar and Holy Itusfda," which was dti,eff or L'ai:lhiK and traininn "carbJ" propau'iindists with Hie de sIkii of wndtiH? them to the front to revive monarchi.MU tn the army. k iSNVV ALONG COAST OF GULF OF I'lOTUOCIiAl), Sept. 5. Tho Itun sIuiih, coiiIinuIiiK their retmit nloiiK lliu co.iHt of tho Oiilf of liltja toward tho uorMicuHt, liuvn crofi.scd the Livo iiluii river An, tho war orflco nn iiou Mens. Tho ItiiKxIun forces opnriitlng 111 an easterly direction from Klua havo re tired to BeKovold, I.omhurg ami Detz Bchnhrayd. The announcement slaton thai the hostile ships which havo been shelling tho Hlga coast were submarines. niCKUX, via London, Sept. 5. DuenainiKMide, on the Hlga front, which was evacuated yosterday by the Russians, has been .rnpturcd by (ler nian forces, tho war office announced today. ( Duennmuendo lies at the mouth of tho Dvlna, north of Itlga.) The heavy coastal guns there fell undumnKcd Into tho hands of the (,er mans. LONDON', Seil. 5." KeolliHllic ciill ililmns ill Serliiti lire ilepliiriilile mid dnily rnwinv; whim1, neeiiriliiii; tn n Miilcmoiil i.siii'il tnilnv by I he Serb inn press huremt in Lomloii. The (leniiiin'-, AiiliiniiM umi Ibikiirien lire f-m ill to Inive cnrrieil oil' nil llii venr's linrvct, which wns iiliiiuiliint. Tlii1 inhiiliilniits are i!eirivei of I'imhI- t ii Tt' niiil uiie-l I'ninilies have bill one I : 1 1 ol' brcnil a mm'1. Mcnt, Inril. bntler umi ?- li il's arc liniibtiilliiilile. There i.-i viiliinllv no milk mill eliil ilren ore iliii' by IIhiii-iiiii'( . A l!l'ent llllli.ller ol' (llllliliiw llu'.e men t'.,ll( peri-bed ill the wnr, lire doomed to -lurvc. Interned Serliiiim mnl iriMner-i of wur in Austria llimunn mid Itnl'.'iiriu ore dviie,' from builder mid vnriim di-e:i-e. Aceiinliri' In il'ivnte ill I'.trillM t iin, hll.lHHI lui '. per-i.-lied ill Austria mid lluicj.-irv. .Mrs. Horace 1'elloii of Cold II 111. accompanied by her friend, Mrs. l-'ranh N'an of I'orttand, shopped In Medforit Wednesday. aSimiiswiN CALLED SLACKER oTpniypunin HANGEDINEFFIGY ? "Sic Semper Big Billlws" Is Legend on Dummy Menacing Demonstra tion as Party Leaves tor Kanka kee Fair Crowd Hold Noses As If In Presence of a Stench. CIIICAOO, Sept. !i. A ileuiimslrn linn of soldiers u,a:iiins. lil'ly nulo niobilo parties eonstitiilinj; a.delefta lion of the Williuui Male Tlioiupson repiihlicnn eluli, hound i'or a eonnly i'air mid political rally at Kankakee, was uvoided today by the mayor. The soldiers mistook one of his support ers for the mayor ninl stripped a hau lier mar the name of tho club from tho machine in which they thought he was rilling, ns a protest against his nuti-w.ir altitude. The deinonstraiits were members of the Second Illinois field hospital corps, encamped in Camp (iraut, on tlio lake front. Civilians joined in cries of "slacker'' hurled at tho may or and liis followers, while passing uutomobilists halted, some ostensibly holding their noses a sif in tho pres ence of a stencil. The banner stripped from the may or's car. bore the legend ''William Hale Thompson, Kepiiblieau Club." The outbreak was ipielled by the apeariince of officers of the hos pital corps with provost guard, dulled n Nlacltcr. The nuloniobilcs were standing in iWlcliigtm Ijoijlcvn'nl, which bound (Irmit park on tho west, when flic soldiers began to gather. "Slacker, v tlioy cried, and used other epithets, A crowd of hundreds collected in almost no time anil the demonstra tion was extended nil ulong the line of automobiles, which contained about 101) suporters of the mayor. It was nil over in a few minutes the provost guard having milcil promptly. The jam of regular auto mobile traffic was straightened oul nnd (he mayoralty procession, con siderably disheveled, moved down the streets. The Kankakee meeting is anniiiillv the scene of a political rally mid recent gossip has had it that Hie mayor's adherents inleudcil lo utilize it with reference to his I'uliire political I'orluncs ns an anli-wnr lender. The oily council yesterday, bv a vote of Pi lo (I, gave the mayor mi indirect slap by commending the stand of Cloveruor Lowdeii for energetic sup pression of all unti-war agilatioii and propaganda. llangiMi In KITIgy, Traffic was blocked lust night on Michigan boulevard by a large crowd mnl scores of uiitomobiles which gathered uroiiud mi effigy of Mayor William Halo Thompson, hiiiiged lo a lump post on an island of safety at Hie Wiiudolph street crossing of the lliorofnre. A placard pinned to the manikin bore the inscription "Sic Semper Hig liillbiis. "Veterans of Koreiun Wars.' 'I'lie effigy nppiimilly was strung up by members of the military or ganization, who passed in an utilomo bile. The police on duty did mil dis cover Hie effigy until a large crowd gathered nod blocked the street. . police wagon full of policemen wa then called. The offiuy was curled lo an n-h heap and Hie slrcct was cleared for (ml fie. No arrests wc niaile. Action against Mayor Thompson was a-keil of stale and federal tliornlies in resolutions adopted at a meeting todav of a snb-eoininillee of the ex dive eomniilt f lh( Nalional Si rity I. comic. WWSIIINtiTON. Sept. Cnntiol of the sugar Industry In tho Culled Slates whs placed voluntarily in the hanils of Hie food iidinliilidratlon to day by retlnecs" representatives, who agreed to import ul! raw sugar thru a committee to ho named by Herbert Homer. UT uHDIl LLC Austrians Lose Last Fortress Ital ians Possess Entire Chain of Mountains Dominating Gorizia Immense Booty Seized Germans Preparing to Evacuate Large Strip of Belnium as British Prepare to Advance. LONDON", Sept. 5. A dispatch re ceived in London confirms the enp- luru by the Italians of Mono San Gabrielle together with 031) priso ners. The Italians now possess the entire chain of mountains which dom inate (lorizin. Italy's long years of preparation ami Cleneral C'ardona's Ktrategy und ability ns eommunder, continue to hour fruit in the great offensive the Italian jinnies aro now waging for Trieste. .Monte San Gabrielle is tho last of the Austrian strongholds in the (iorizia district. Now that his troops have taken this peak, the way seems cleared for General Cardona to complete his douiilctc domination of the Buiusizzn plateau mid push on into the Chia pavono valley, driving tt wedge in between the Austrian northern and southern unities on the Ismizo front. ltlg Itooly Seciui'd. ' UDIXK, Hilly, Sept. fi It is im possible thus far to give even nn ap proximate idea of the immense quan tity of booly which has fallen into the hands of the Italians since the beginning of their advance. The ma terials captured show the precipita tion with which le Austrinns fled ull along to lino of attack. On tho liaill siy.zn plnteau nenr Santo Spirito und Lnska, whole convoys of arms and munitions were abandoned in such haste that there was on time lo de stroy Iheni. At one point thousands of boxes of projectiles, hand gren ades, rockets, shoes, rifles and hel mets were strewn everywhere. Somu of the caverns lire slill packed with Austrian dead. Mule paths and tho adjacent side hills lire lillercd with tutcxplodcd projectiles which tho fugitives threw away, together with daggers, swords, and iron-studded maee snsed for dis piilchiug the wounded. On Hill (i.12 th(! Italians captured three 1l)f mil limeter emiiiou. Two of them the Italians turned on the fleeing enemy, firing lllllll shuts. In an armored diigoul nenr Iiavenn the Kalians discovered the entire equipment of an Austrian brigade. KvaeiiatlliK llelgliiin. On the I'Vanco-lirilish front tho Hrilish hall of shells being dropped upon the (iennan lines in Flanders is causing the Germans to contem plate abandoning n wide expanse of territory there now being swept by (Continued on paga six.) MEETS DEFEAT WASHINGTON, Sept. 5.House republicans lost their fight today to amend the war bond certificate bill so as to provide for a congressional war expenditures committee. , Hepro seutatlvn Johnson of Kentucky, chair man of tho coinmltleo of the whole, sustained points of Older made by Democratic Leader Kllcliln against two different proposals offered by Kcpicscntutive (illicit of Massachu setts and lioprcscntntlvo Moore of Pennsylvania, llousn ilelnilo on the $ 1 1 . T. Si , 9 1 Ifiil war bond and certificate bill con tinued today, with prospects of a final vote being reached before night. As no M'rioas opposition to the bill has so far developed, Its passage In vir tually the form reported to tlio house appeared certain.