Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, September 07, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page TextUniversity "f OreBon Uihrary WEATHER Maximum Yesterday 79; Minimum Today 44. FORECAST Toniyht and Tomorrow Fair. RIBUNE Forty-aeventh Tear. Dally Twelfth Year. MEDFORD. OKKflON", FH1 DAY, SEPTET! WM 7, 1917. NO. 144 feg Medford Mail i . END IS NEAR FOR AUSTRIA IN GORIZIA Italian Pressure Becoming Decisive, ' Declares General Codarna Des perate Resistance Continues Staggered by Heavy Losses- Dominance ' of Plateau Drives Wedge Between Two Austrian Armies, Virtually Isolating South. ROME, Sept. 7. -Kalian pres. sure' against tho Austrian in the re. gion northeast of Gorizia, is becom ing decisive, the wnr office announc ed today. Tho enemy has suffered extremely lieavy losses for several davs in his desperate resistance. The statement says: "Northeast of Oori.ia, the enemy, having suffered heavy losses for sev eral days, is milking desperate re sistance uirninst our pressure, which is continuing decisively." i " 30,000 Prisoners Taken. UDINK, Italy, Sept. 7. About ;)0,000 prisoners have been taken to date by the Italians in their pres ent offensive, while the total losses of the Austrians' lire estimated at rjo.ouo. The Austrian plan now seems to be . to abandon counter, attacks and remain on the defensive along the eastern ridge of tho Kniiisisuiu pla teau, where their position, such as Cerock, Uraga and Volnik, about 1000 feet high, dominate tho positions oc cupied by the Italians by several hundred feet, at the same time-ecii-- tering tliu efforts of their best troops on the t'nrso iu the hope of check ing the slow but determined march of the Italians toward Triest. The Hrestonviz7.ii valley, north of the Hor mada, has been transformed into an inferno, with thousands of guns iour iug shells from all directions into it ivliilo llwt Antrinn iiifimlrv inces santly is attacking. The Italians have withstood no less than nine pushes of the infan try from the opposite lines. Some times their forces have had to with- j'aw slightly, but immediately have recovered ine lost ground. From llermada south to the sea the Austrian infantry is attacking with the saine fierceness and the battle is raging uninterruptedly. The pres ent effort is considered the maximum one of which the Austrians are ca 'pable. End in Sight Tor Austria. Altbo the Austrians apparently still retain a precarious hold upon Monte Sun Uunricle, their last remaining mountain stronghold northeast of Go ri.ia, the end is in sight for them in this region, according to Italian belief. General Cadornn's report today shows the Austrians still resisting V desperately but staggering under the heavy losses which the ineesant llal- ian pressure of the last few days has inflicted upon them. This pressure is being maintained and is bccoiniu; decisive, tho commander of the at tucking forces announces. The Italian reports lire invariably eonscrvulivc and it has been noted that General t'adorna has n habit of withholding an announcement until eh is sure of his ground. The eon latent tone ot todays comumitic from Home therefore is considered significant. Complete- Dnniliuincp. According to Mho strategical ex perls, General Cadornn has only to obtain n secure hold on Monte San Gnbriclc to give him complete dom inance of the Iliunsizza plateau and the cnttnlrv far lo the south, making (Continued on Page Two.) WASHINGTON, Sept. ".Exporta tion of coin, bullion and currency af ter September 10 wan prohibited to day by presidential proclamation a a measure of public safety and ta eon servo the gold supply of the I'nited States. AMENDMENTS TO INCOME TAX LOST IN SENATE Senators La Follette and Hollis De feated in Effort to Derive More From Incomes Bill as Passed In creases Tax Revenues Nearly : a Billion Ratals Lose Fight. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. The in come tax section of the $2,500,000, 000 war revenue bill the second lar gest and most important of the mens uro virtually was disposed of by the senate late today in adoption of nro visions drafted by the finance com mittee lo raise $842,21)0,000 more rcvenuo from incomes, including .$482,000,0110 from individuals nnd )i:i(i0,000,0ll0 from corporations. All efforts of high lax advocates to in crease the assessments failed. Senator Ln Follette's amendment to increase the assessment upon in dividual incomes to $f)4!!,G51,000 was rejected ij" to 1!). All Amendment) Lost. Senator Hollis' amendment im posing to increase tho income tax levy to $."i57,000,000 or about $75, 000,000 more than the bill provides by increasing surtaxes on incomes in excess of $25,000 also was voted down 51 to 2(i. Senators voting for the La Fol- cttc amendment were: liorah, Hrady, Gronna, llardwick, Hollis, Hasting, Johnson of California, Jones of Washington, Kenyan, La FoIIotto, McNary, Norris, Poindexlor, lioed, Sheppard, Sutherland, Thompson, Trammel and Vnrdamnn. Those supporting the Hollis amend ment were: Hcekliani, llornh, Brady, Gronna, llardwick, Hollis, llustin: Johnson of California, Johnson of Soul hDakota, Jones of Washington, Kcnyon, King, KTrby, La Follette McNnry, Myers, Xorris, IMiclan, Poin dexler, Heed, Shal'roth, .Sheppard,' Suothcrlanil, Trummcll and, Varda man. . . Same Obi Lineup. After spirited debates iu the senate bile loday the Lit r'ollelte-llardwieh amendment proposing to give all en listed and drafted Americans ami of ficers serving in Kuropc a monthly bonus of $50 bv increasing all war tax rates on incomes over $25,000 was rejected 74 to 5. Senators La Kolletlc, Groiina, llardwick, Heed, and Vardnmnnn, all members of the group which opposed the army draft law, cast the aflinniitive voles. I'ETIiOGKAl), Sept. 7,No on- emv vos-els olher than siilimarmcs have been observed in the Gulf of Riga, the war office announces. The Russian naval forces uic ready to engage the Germans. I'ETHOGRAl), Sept. 7 Altbo P. trogrnd, in the opinion of various military authorities, is in no immr diatc danger on nceount. of the fall of Riga, preparations arc being made against tho eventuality of an unex pected descent by the Germans. The temporary government has appoint ed a special civil commission, with authority to preserve order. The cab. inct has decided that there is as yet no need for the government to be transferred cl-cwlicre. , Altbo there are no signs of a pan ic, there are elements in the popula tion, pnrticiihirlv members of tin wealthy class, who are leaving or at tempting to leave in large numbers Many business firms are considering transferring 'jwir headquarters lo .Moscow, Nijni-.o uorod or some other provincial city. According to the ncwsi,jipcrs, th present Rii-inn front represents the arc of a circle from the mouth of the river Aa southen-twnrds about 40 miles from HiL'u. Dvinsk. according to report-, is still holding out. Arthur Kerry of Phoenix executed a business enterprise In Medford on Frldny, SA VE FOR AIR JITNEYMM WIDE COMBINED AUTO AND AIR-JITNEY OF THE TYPE THAT WILL R, ACCORDING TO AERO HEADS. They'll Be Common as Autos u. s. BY BRITISH HEADQUARTERS IX FRANCE AND BELGIUM, Sept. 7. By tho Associated Press. Follow ing their policy ot attacking military hospitals both near the front and in the rear, German airmen on Tuesday night dropped a number of bombs on group ot Hntish-Anionenn Hos pitals on the coast. One bomb fell ill a hospital occupied by a SI. Loiiis unit, Wounding' one man.' Other bombs fell on n' Harvard hospital, killing one and severely wounding three othcr'nfficcrs of the medical coips o line American army, six teen other persons, five of them Am ericans, were wounded. Ten of these IB were hospital patients. LONDON, Sept. 7. The Germans yesterday made an aerial attack upon the American hospitals occupied by St. Iouis nnd Harvard contingents, situated in n coast village, killing one officer of tho American army medical orps and wounding Ihree others se- Terelv, Renter's correspondent at British hcndipiarlors in France tel egraphs today. Two olhers of the rank and file were killed and sixteen wounded, five of the hitler being Am ericans. ; - ' ' AS COLLECTOR OF WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Dudley Field Malnne, customs, collector at New York, tendered ills resignation to President Wilson today In protest against tho failure of the president to advocate passage of the federal suffrage amendment and hecauso he permitted the Imprisonment of wom en who have been picketing the white house. Mr. .Mnlonc, who as counsel de fended the first or the militants ar raigned In police court here, told the president III bis letter of resignation that, Inasmuch as he had promised tho women of tho suffrage states that he would exert all his energy to have tho democratic party support suffrage hy constitutional amendment, hn felt obliged to resign and devote himself to redeeming that promise. PARIS, Sept. 7. The resignation of the Ribot ministry was decided up on unanimously after a cabinet meet ing this morning. President Poin 1'itre has n-ked the premier am! hi ministers lo withhold their resienn tions until the presidents of the sen ate nnd chamber of deputies have re turned to Pnris to discuss the .situation. I; Clerks to Ride to Work Thru tlie Air Declares Aero Head for the Air plane is to Revolutionize Travel Air Jitneys Soon an Actuality Says Hawley. Dy Frederick M. Kerhy. W YORK, Sept. 7 Tho air plane Is going to become nB common as the automobile. Winged jitneys will be an ovory-day sight. Tho tro mendqjis development of flying that has been brought about by the war 1 going to revolutionize tra vol whon pence comes. ; Tho training of hun dreds of 'thousands ot airmen will populate tho nlr lanes with "air Hm-, outlines;". Vair .boats," "winged liz zies" and "air jitneys." 1 This Is tho concluston I draw from a talk with Alan It. Hawley, president of tho Aero Club of Amcrlra, first to come to the aid of tho government when war made necessary tho sudden expansion of tho airplane forces. "Certainly wo will have the 'air jit ney' after tho war," said Hawley. "De- fore the war, aeronautics was looked upon as nt best only an expenslvo sport, with no real utilitarian pur pose. Few believed In the future of tho airplane as a commercial carrier or a weapon of war." Now Hawley Is looking forward t,n tho time when the hnnk clerk or small farmer can lead his little tin nlr llzzio out of tho hangar In the ntllc and rattle-away, kicking up a llltlo cloud dust In I lin fines of tho aristocratic, ocr.upnnla of some more pretentious alr-limouslncs. "Tho war," ho went on, "has taught everybody tho utility of aircraft. We are going to use the air much more than we ever dreamed of before tho intenslvo development caused by the war. "The British government, for In stance,' spent $r, T.-,OliO,fMH last year for aeronautics ami is spending about one billion dollars this year. Oar own government has appropriated $720.0110,(100 for aeronautics, nearly $:ifin, onn.noo to go into tho actual manufucturo.of air craft. That means approximately u,nn) planes this year. England is turning out nbnul in, nun. and the oilier allies almost as many: "Great Itritaln has about MiO.nno aviators, pilots, operators, mechanics and assistants. Wo will train to, nun nvlators this year, but the numbers (Continued on Page Two.) CORPS CALLED OUT SAX KlfANHSro, Sept. 7.- li'-.l OlISM ItttllMltniM'I'S f'OlllimilH'H No. lil nl" I'Htlhiml, inn No. I I of Kufcrif, Or., wrri onlr'tvi! inlo iwliv- wiTvire (inlay, iM'Minlirtii lo oroVr imnlc ptiti lie nl tin? wi'-ti rn (Irpiirtinf'tit of Mm iinny lii'iv. Tin' 'iili-ti'il iMT-.ifincl nl'i'ii'-li r'ninjutny, nimilnTinif II!) niwi of I he incflii'fil i-nlit'(1 ri'-rrvi! riti jis tin vp liffii nnlrml In ('mnp l.eww, lit AnifM'iniii Luke, nrnr Tnenmn, Wn., for ilulv. CONGEST TRAPI'lC AFTER THE After the War THWEST I PORTLAND, Sept. 7. Grain men and bankers from Oregon, Washing ton and Idaho, numbering about 200, met hord today and decldod to ask President Wilson to authorize tho es tablishment of a primary wheat mar ket soniewhoro In the Pacific north wost. The grain men claim that tho government's request that deals io made at Chicago prices Is a disadvan tage to the northwest. By selling whoat at Chicago prices, the meeting resolved, northwestorn dealers must absorb tho thirty-cent freight charge on every bushel be tween tho northwest and Chicago. "We are not complaining about the prlco itself," said C. L. Mackenzie, president of the First National bank of Colfax, Wash., In addressing tho meeting. "Tho fact Is that wo have to pay the thirty-cent rate to Chi cago whether we ship It thero or not. "During tho past ten years Port land wheat prlros have not varied greatly from Chicago prices. When we sell at Chicago prices nnd thon pay tho freight rato wo soli at fig ures lower than ordinary and thus lose." Max II. Ilonser, Portland, ngent of the federal grain corporation, who was present nt tho meeting, said he could do nothing to remedy the Bllua tlon. 1 ' ' 1 -: ' "When theso matters wore brought up 1 did all I could to point out to tho government why thero should bo assistance given tho west," Ilonser said. TWO GOVE WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Immedi ate construction of two government nltrato plants nt a cost, of :!, (inn, (Mill Is recommended by the nitrate supply rommlttee headed by General Crozler, chief of ordnance, in a report made public tonight by tho war department. Southwest Virginia. or the contiguous region has been chosen as tho host place lo liuntn tho plants, but until 8 site Is definitely selected there will bo no announcement. Tho Idea of building a great water power nitrogen fixation plant, which congress had In mind when appro priating $211,01111,11110 for nitrogen supply, has been abandoned tempo rarily because of tho time that would be required to get such an establish ment Into operation. The new plan proposed would employ oxidation of ammonia and sythetle processes, ac quisition of the synthetic ammonia process from the General Chemical company being recommended by the com nilttee. WAR PROGRESS nj!nr!S Seized I. W. W. Documents Show Wide Conspiracy to Hamper Gov ernment, Directed From Chicago, Financed by Germans Group of Men Executive Force of Plot. WASHINGTON, Sept. 7. Report: and disclosures liinde to officials hero in eonncclion with the seizure Wednesday of I. W. W. documents thriiout tho count ry, indicate, it wits said today, that there has existed for some time a nalioii-wido conspiracy to hamper the government in nlmost every conceivable way in carrying on the war. Opposition to the draft law, burn ing of crops, some of the so-called labor disturbances nnd attempts to curtail production in war Industrie reports indicate, were all part of the same alleged oenspiracy whose prime motive was thought to be the crip pling of the government's activities in every way possible short of in terference with military and naval operations. Wltlaipmtd Conspiracy. The investigation begun by tho fed cral grand jury at Chicago in con licction with Wednesday's raids on I. W. W. offices thriiout tho conn try will go into all phases) of the nl- leged conspiracy. Otliciuls said to day that it would probably bo the most comprehensive undertaking on behalf, of the government since this country's entry iulo tho wnr. Tens of thousands of letters, cheeks and other documents in the possession of federul authorities will iho placed before the federal grand jury nt t hicngo or other grand juries which Inter may investigate tho ramifications of tho alleged con spiracy. "' , , It was inlhnnlod loday tliiit the government's theory is Hint the al leged conspiracy was 'entered inlo in Chicago, altbo its operations extend ed lo virtually every .section of the United Stales. All Prom Ono Knum?. In the light of reports made re cently lo officiuls here, the numerous instances of opposition at widely scattered points to the draft law were part of the alleged conspiracy and were prompted by virtually the same set of men in almost every in stance. Kiirning of wheat fields and nt lemps to burn spruce forests in Hie Pacific northwest, it was thought, wenj but another phase of Ih" alleg ed general conspiracy directed by the controlling beads. Dozens of sporadic attempts to cripple wnr in dustries by slrikcs and uels of vio lence are regarded as d 'third phase of tho general alleged conspiracy. Publication of articles designed to create- auti-war sentiment or anti 'illy sentiment, were a i'ouilh phase, it is thought, of the sumo general movement. Indications point, it was said, to u group of men, considerable in num ber, who, constituting what might la termed the executive force of the al leged conspiracy, dircclcd nil its air tivitics thru a large number of lieu tenants. Prolonged Investigation. Ilcparlmetil of justice oflicials said today that the invc.-dignliou prohn bly would be prolonged. I'niliH Stales Attorney Civile is to lie assist cd by Prank ('. Hailev, of ludianap- oli,, and Frank K. Nebekcr of Salt Lake City, and the entire investiga tion will he conducted under the per sonal supervision of William ('. Kitts, asMMant attorney general under whose direction the seizure of I, V. (Continued on Page Two.) MONT HELIAltl), Prance, Sept. 7 Gorman aviators are colli luutng to drop poisoned candy In this region Homo has been found wrapped up In paper bags. Olher, poisoned sweets are In the form of chocolate cherries wrapped up In lead-coated paper. Strict orders have been Issued to prevent the consumption ot this can.ly. DIVER PERIL OHIOuLUnllL British Premier Declares Figures of Losses Correct and Defies U-Boats as Failure Certain Allies Can Maintain . Supremacy at Sea Russian Collapse Only Postpones Victory Germany Uses Sword When Other Methods Fail. lilRKENHEAD England, Sept. 7. Premier Lloyd 'Goorge In a spoech hero today on receiving the freedom ot the city declared that the whole allied causo and the freedom of the world depended on supremacy at sea, and that ho was certain It would bo maintained. German statesmen, he said, had bocn at groat pains to Im press upon their people that the sub marine figures glvon out by him In the bouso of commons recently were inaccurato. 'Ho declarod these fig ures were absolutely correct and that thoy put an end to nil hopes of the enomy to win. Tho premier nsserted ho was abso lutely convinced that the German sub marine ncvor would bo ablo to beat down tho strength ot the British ems plre or beat down the hopes of the alliance by means, of all the efforts tho Germans could make with tho submarine " f . , ' IHseusscs Tlnssla. The premier said that (Iio news from Russia In the last fow days had not bocn good. lie thought when the revolution came that it would have tho offoct of postponing Victory,' but ho hnd expected an earlier recovery. However, through all we must ex ercise patience," ho added. ,; 1 "' Mr. Lloyd Georgo said tho Russian IcaderB. all bravo and patriotic mori, knew tho enemy attempt In the Riga roglon Involved the fato ot tho rev6 lutinn, tho fruits ot which they Wollld do their best to defend. Under firo, the Russian leaders were repairing the machine which hnd broken down. and ho was confident that In the end they would succeed. What I am concerned, about most," tho premier went on," Is not tho effect which tho failure of Rus sia would hnvo on tho war, but (he harmful effect it would have on the causo of democracy In tho world." It took a long time, Mr. Lloyd Georgo said, for oppressed people to get accustomed lo freedom, as It did for freo people to get accustomed to oppression. t Hword Idlst loH "One thing gives me satisfaction," ho continued. "German attempts to bow dissension between the allies cast and tho allies west failed. Germany only decided to Invndo Russia with the sword bocause nil her othor meth ods nnd machinations failed." Tho premier said ho ropudlatod with scorn the calumny that England was responsible for tho wnr. "England drew tho sword In honor of her pledged word," ho declared. Par from being despondent about the crisis In tho eastern thenter, Mr. Lloyd Georgo said further, the peo plo should look forwnrd to Russia with hope, because she would recover and play a greater part yet before tho war was over, in saving tho world from Prussian domination. (Continued on I age Two.) LONDON, Sept. 7. "lloslllo raids were successfully repulsed In tho vi cinity of Ariuentleres and nonr Lens," says today's official slatemont. "North of Kreienberg tho enomy de livered two strong counter-attacks In the courso of the evening ngalnst po sitions we gained In local attacks yes terday and compelled our detach ments to withdraw to their 'own line. "During tho night a party ot our troops rushed a hostile post west of Quennt. and captured a machine gun. "The hostile artillery was active in tho night In tho neighborhood of Lens and the Ypres-Menln road,"