Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 06, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextPAQE THREJ! Unl' ersity a( Oreaon i Library J WEATHER Maximum Yesterday, 81. Minimum Today, FORECAST Tonight and Tomorrow, Fair. rrn DFOED Forty-seventh Tear. Dally Twelfth Year. MEDFORD, OIMXIOX, THURSDAY. SElTEAIP.Eli f, 1917. NO. 14.1 1" MEDFOTCT) MATL TTTTBUNE, MEDFORT), OTJFOOX, MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 10, 1917 Me If AIT IVJLtfULJU GERMAN WARS H PS ENTER GULF 0 GA SLAV V E Appearance of German Fleet Causes Apprehension for Russian War ships as Well as Retreating Armies Teutons Capture 7500 Russians in Riga Offensive Success of Checking Advance Depends Wholly Upon Behavior of Troops. LONDON, Sep. 0 It js reported from Helsingfors, Finland, that a German fleet lias been observed at the entranee to the Gulf of Finland, suys a dispatch to the Kxehnngc Tel egraph company from Copenhagen. It 's supposed, adds the dispatch, that the fleet is preparing for an attack on licval and Kronstadt, the llus sian naval buses. l'KTROGHAn, Sept. (i. It is semi officially announced that a German fleet has appeared in the Gulf of Higu. During Iho last two days the liigu front has been broken on a widlh of sixty versts. .Thruout Tuesday the Germans energetically pursued their offensive, particularly north of Vx kull, in order to cut the Riga-Yennen railway. Safety of Navy at .Stake. With the appearance of a German fleet in tho Gulf of Kign the diffi culties of the problem facing the Rus sians in the operations on their north ern front are accentuated. Nut only is the safety of their nnnics con cerned, but apprehensions are excit ed as to what will happen to lite ltussian fleet if the German naval forces are given full swing in the Italtie. Only submarines so far have been operating against the Russian right j flank as it fell back along the Gulf of Riga coast. Larger warships now bid fair to take part in the activities, increasing the troubles of the Rus sians in the task of keeping their i'lnnk protected. Push Advantage. On (he forty mile front of Hie break in the Hdssian land lilies, the Germans are pushing their advan tage and have as yet met with no ef fective resistance. It is declared, however,, Ihla the ltussian retreat is by no means a rout and that a well defined plan is being carried oat in the retrograde movement. Its success admittedly depends upon the behavior of the Russian troops, whose morale on this front is now reported to la better than tiio earlier accounts of the retreat seemed In, indicate. ilclrcnt Continues. J'KTIi'OGRAD, fv-pt- li The Rus sians are continuing their relreal to ward the northeast in (he Riga re gion, crossing the Mclupe river, the war office announces. The retreat of the Russians from lliga over n neck of. land a mile and a half wide between Lake Kish anil Lake Kgcl, is being accomplished with Hie greatest difficulty and with Ibe enemy constantly vlielling the rear guard. This route is along the I'sknff railway anil is the only exit from the ('ill l)c Sac, tin' German col umn having moved ui from the I'x- (Contlnued on page six.) illYiiF ARRESTED AS DESERTER SAN HiANHSCO, S.-pt. fi.-"l mn williiiir to t'ijilit for Amcri"H Imt not for Knu'lnml," t'w excuse pivi'ti by Miclitwl Honlnn, 11 nuMtilier it' the l'ir( draf t quoin of Sun J'rnn fisoo, for r'f'tiiiiir to cntniiii with tho rmitin&cnl for Aint'rinn Inkc. Donlon, who unoVr amvt n a ilc ppHit, sn id hp oohM not Ik forced tit gn. A WITH A M ITALIANS TAKE E Desperate Battle for Possession of Vital Positions Continue Vast Concentration of Austrian Forces Fail to Check Italian Progress Monte San Gahriele Not Yet Taken LONDON, Sept. G. Italian troops, fighting stubbornly for Monto San Galirlele, on the Isonzo front, have several times captured tho summit, only to be thrown back again, accord ing to telegrams from Austrian head quarters, says tho Central News Am sterdam correspondent. Tho Italians are continuing their attacks on the mountain. , ROME, Sept. C. The desperate battle for possession of vital positions in the district northeast of GIrlzta on the Austro-Halian front is continu ing, according to today's war office statement. Italians yesterday took more than 500 additional prisoners In this area and some 200 prisoners In the 'Brestovlzzia valley fighting, whore repeated Austrian attacks woro broken up. Tho Italian campaign for Triost is being vigorously pushed In tho face of vast concentrations of Austrian infantry and artillery, and General Cadorna continues to report prog ress. It seems that the unofficial re ports of the capture of Monte San Ca briole by the Italians were premature, Judging from tho latest advices from the front, but the ultimate reduction of this 'last remaining stronghold of the Austrians in the Gorizia hills Is accounted a certainty by the military writers, in view of tht steady Italian progress through tho protecting works. PARIS, Sept. 6. Two German attacks on the Aisne front last night were repelled by the French, It was announced today. Heavy artillery fighting occurred on the Champagne and Verdun fronts. Several bombs were thrown on Dunkork by German aviators, wound ing civilians. French squadrons last night bomhnrded the aviation ground at Marvllle, the railway station at Chnllcranz and numerous enemy en campments. ON" LAFAYETTE DAY I'AlilS, Sept. li. President, Toiii enre, 1'iiul I'iiiidcvc, the sccrctiiry of war, mid (icncnil lVtniti, the Krcnch cointumidcr i nchicf, visited the licud qiuirter of the Amerienn iirrny to day. They were received liy.Mii.jor (iencnil lYrxhiiitr, mniiiKiiiilcr of the Aitiericjin forces, with whom they in pcctcd the minim: eanip. AMKKH'AX FIKM) IIKATHJI'AK TKKS IN KKANCK. Sept. (i. Ity the AsMK-ijiin Press. President Puin enre reviewed the, Aniirjiican troojwn todny. lie snid he had selected tins date because it mis a double anniver sary of the birth of Katavette and of the. hcrinninir of the battle of the Marne, in which the forces of free dom threw back the onslaught of autocracy. The president coneraf uhifed fleu eral lYrhiii upon the splendid showing of Ihe American troops and sail! that events were drawing Krance and Ann rican ever elo-er together. PAKIS. Sept, b. France will not enmpromise on the iire-dion of recov ery of AKace and Lorraine, Premier Ifibot declnrcd .mliiv ill all address delivered in connection with the cel ebratinTi of the anniversary of the buttle of th Marne. Ife said Franco nonhl not consent to diplomatic dis-cu-.inns a- (o whether the provinces sleotld lie re-lnrcd. G0R1Z1A DR V A POSTCARD FROM 4 m' t't? GENERAL ALEXIEFF l'KTHOCIIfAI), Sept. fi. General Alexieff, former commander-in-chief, said today that 1'ctrogrud was not threatened by the fall of Kiga. The greatest danger, he said, was on tiie Kuiuuninn front. ticneral Yassilkovski, commander of the IVtrngrad military district, agrees with (leneral Alcxiclf. Ile.de clares the fall of Riga is not of great moral value and gives assurance Mint the Petrograd garrison is in good spirits, well disciplined and coiil'i denl of I lie safety of the capital. Ilrustie measures have been de cided upon by Ihe government lo avert serious conditions at Iho capi tal as a result of Ihe. capture of Higa. Agents will be scut out lo slop the flood of refugees on the way here, ltnilrouds have been forbid den to sell (hem tickets to j'clro grad. Radicals Win Petrograd Election I'l-TlfOGUAl), Sept. i.-NVw mu nicipal elect urns have been held in I'etrcgrad, resulting in a victory for the radicals. The sochil revolution aries end I'idsheviki inflicted a se vere defeat on the moderate social ists and the constitutional democrat The social dcvohiliniiiiries pnlh il lHJ.IIIIil votes, nnd cipii-lilalioiial deiiioeiols lll. mill. vShe ir3 7f .The Mali Tribune lias Jnxt receive:! (Ms striking picture from Kriiiielli W. I'uyiie, staff riMiespnmleiil of Hie Mull Tribune, with head fpinrterN in ltndoii. This (iceman subnmi-lne uu sowing mines along Ihe French coast In Ihe path of Ihe lr nnsMirls conveying I'niled Stales ll-i Kips lo Hie I li-iell front. Ihe libiiuiiiiic ventured Ion far, In lis desperate attempt lo plant dejilb for Hie Sammies, anil vtns unshed ngcoiiml. Tlu crew, untili! lo fUrn t the vessel, set It on fire before sn rrenilei-liig. The siiliuiiirlue Is loo badly damaged lo be 1-cmiKlcled for the nlligji' uv, but II will plant no more wM-d of iliulb In llie path of I'm In Sam's armies. The Iiumm- caused by Iho flro cmii ln seen, par liitlliicly at Ihe light nf llie phi lire, USED AS EVIDENCE ;ei WASHINGTON', Sept. 6. The gov ernment, as the result of country wide rulds yesterday on headquarters of tho I. W. V. socialists and other organizations, was today in possess ion of documents to be used as cvl donco In an effort to suppress alleged activities of a seditious nature. The seizures, tho department of justice announced, wcro In connection with federal grand Jury investigations In Chicago. In somo cities I. W. W. offiiialB were taken Into custody for examina tion in court. Federal agents took charge of tho national headquarters of the socialist party In Chicago and served on its counsel a warrant call ing for surrender of Us documents. The wholesale raids were carried out In accordance with orders of Willtum 0. Fills, assistant to Attorney-General Gregory. Chief Justice Covington of tho Dis trict of Columbia Supreme Court was preparing today to mako a report to President Wilson on his Investigation of tho I. W. W. situation In tho west. lle made a close personal study of the recent outbreaks which have been I characterized by federal agents as an I effort to embarrass the government ' In lis conduct of the war. Sowed the ms SIBERIA h fi n a .w CIIK'AOO, Kepi, (i Mayor V. II. Thompson today tiled a praecipe in a suit for $'J.iO,OI)0 damages against Ihe Chicago Herald company nnd James Keeley, the publisher. The Herald, among others, has vig orously criticised Ihe mayor's anti war attitude. A statement issued by the mayor ntlacking Ihe newspapers intimated Hint oilier suits were lo be filed by him. "They (the newspapers) have be come bolder and more unscrupulous until I hey have reached a point where they are licensing me of being a Irui lor lo our eoiinlry," says the slale mcnl. "Ill flirt herance of Ihe con spiracy against me," it, continues, "my enemies recently bored holes in Ihe walls of my apartment, installed dictographs, tapped' telephone wires, stationed operators in adjoining rooms and employed spies to hound STOCKMEN ASK CHEAPER INTEREST WASHINGTON, Kept, li.-Cheaper bank evredil as a means of stimula tion of slock producl ion was propos ed lo llie National Livestock coiil'cr- Cnce tudav bv K. C. I.ancasler, a Texas raiser, who is serving as a volunteer nid I" Herbert I louver, Ihe 'food adaiinisl rator. Seas With - nfcj -r SENATE DEBATE OPENS FOR HIGH INCOME TAXES Forces Advocating Higher Levies in War Excess Profits Routed, Be gin Fight for Heavier Taxation of incomes Alleged Motive of Mak ing War Unpopular. WASHINGTON, Sopt. C Senate consideration of the income tax sec tion In the war revenue bill began today, following yesterday's rqu't of tho forces advocating higher lovlos on war excess profits. All of thoir pto posalfi wero beaton, the senate voting, 72 to 7, to rotain tho flnanco com mittee's compromise provisions for a total lovy of $1,280, 01)0,000, an In creaso of $1, 060, 0000,000 over tho present taxes. The action virtually ends tho fight over war profits taxation, although it 1b subject to review when tho bill comes up for passage Dobato on tho lncomo tax section opened today undor nn agreement for a final voto tomorrow. Tho section as rewritten by tho committee is de signed to raise $S.r0,000,000 from In comes, $300,000,000 from corpora tions, and the balance from Individ uals. , Taxation of Incomes. High-tax Bonators were ready to make a determined fight for further taxation of incomes. Senators La l'ollotto nnd J loll In had prepared amendments to raise tho Individual lovy to approximately $050,000,000 and $557,000,000, fespoctlvoly. Levying of heavy lncomo tax rales was opposed by Senator McCumber, who declared ho was afraid If that wero dono It would croato dissatis faction niuong the people. If ho wore opposed to the war, ho said, and wanted to make It unpopular, he would mako tho tax just as heavy as posslblo and have It all paid this year. Senator Smoot declared today that tho hill would result In raising .15.3 per cent of this year's actual expen ditures by taxation. Ho also argued that tho tax proportion Is much larg er than that of tho following bellig erents: Franco, 4-. 5 per rent; Ger many ll'i per cent and Canada S per cent. Higher Than Ijigliunl. Adoption of Senator La Follolto's amendment for rearrangement of the graduated scalo so ns to levy n heav ier tax on Incomes, was urged by Sen ator Norrts so that consumption taxes could bo avoided ns long nn posslblo. Ilcforo it should bo necessary to plaCo taxes on necessities, every dol lar of taxable incomes and war prof Its should hu conscripted, Senator N'orrls asserted. Army Paymaster Suicides With Razor l-OUT STKVI'.NS, (:re Kept. !. Captain K. G. Krook. army paymas ter,, attached In Ihe tpiarlerina.ster's corps here, was found dead in his bathroom last night with his throat slashed, if was ol'I'ieiully announced today. On the floor nearby was u blood spattered razor. I'ellow offi cers said Ihcy thought Captain Krook look his life because of a nervous biea kdowii.t Death . 3 i x ' 4 '''Dm vl 1 a - ; i i 4 v RIGA CAPTURED BY LA FOLLETTE STATES RUSSELL United States Senders Should be Given Full Credit by Kaiser Says Returned Member of American Mis sionDoing More to Prolong War Than German Army. 'MINNEAPOLIS, Sept. G. Charles Edward Russell, member of the American mission to Russia and a delegato to tho loyalty conference of the Amorlcan Alliance for Labor and Democracy, In n formal statement to tho convention today, declared the In terest of tho Itiissinn people in the wnr had been undermined by the ac tivities of certain members of con gress and pro-German and pacifist or ganizations. The statement followed tho reading of tho scores of telegrams from labor lendors In all parts of the country de nouncing pacifists nnd pledging sup port to tho movement undertaken' by the alliance, to solidify labor In the successful prosecution of the war. Senators Illumed. "Hlga was captured by United Slatos Senators La Follotto, Gronna and Stone," Mr. Russell asserted. "When tho kaiser gives put a declar ation of victory, ho should give full credit to theso three men. They and the pooplo's council nnd men like the Mayor of Chicago aro doing more to prolong the war and to slaughter American soldiers than all the sol dlors of tho kaiser. .. - - "Every disloyal resolution passed by a combination of German agents who call themselves n people's coun cil of America, every time the mayor of Chicago turns that city over to dis loyal mcotlngs, It Is Intorprotcd to the Husslan people as meaning that the United Slates does not want to fight. It weakens tho faith of tho Russian people In tho United States In getting out of tho war, and tho thing for Russia to do Is to beat us to a sep arate poaco. These aro the reasons why I Bay that Riga was captured by La Follctto, Gronna and Stone, the pooplo's council and the mayor of Chicago. They should be mentioned by the kaiser in his declaration.' To Fstullis!i lli'iinelics. Tho American Alliance for Labor and Democracy, having disposed of the preliminary work of organization, today took up plans for cstnhllsihng local branches Troni coast lo coast In Iho campaign to bring organized la bor up solidly behind Iho government lu Its proserin Inn of the war and to stamp out disloyal and pro-German soclolles. The resolutions committee, In spe cial session, began drawing up tho declarations of tho alliance, recently formed for tho announced purpose of combating disloyally, which are cx pecter to "put organized labor right beforo the world." HIGHEST RECORD WASHINGTON, Kept, li. Prelim inary returns fur I (Hi of the 18(1 largo railroads of the eouutrv made pub lic today by Ihe interstate enmmcren coinmissioii inilii-nlc that the July revenues will exceed those of June, which csliililislicd a new hiuh record. 'flic lllli roads reported net rev ciiiies of $li:i,:IIIS, l'.l"i enmpa red with ..lil,L!li!l,!ISIl in July, 11)111. The increase, is divided wholly among railroads of the western nnd southern districts. Knslcrn roads report, net revenues slightly under Ihose of July, lillli, but it, is believ ed the final reports from eastern roads will show an increase. For Ihe seven months ending with July llie lines slmw net revenues of :i(i".IH4.'J41 ns compared with .'Ki0, 1 H0,(i74 for Ihe same seven months of 111 I ll.