Medford mail tribune., October 01, 1917, Page 1, Image 1

SSfJ2SSffihTSln '' MEDFORD. ORKfiOX, lOXDAY, OOTOBKR 1, 1917 XO. 1G4
TEUTONS SHAKEN
WESTERN FRONT
American Official Statement on War
States Fighting Stamina of Ger
mans Deteriorating Superiority
of British Shown Wastage of
Enemy's Man-Power Feature.
" WASHINGTON', Oct. 1. Shaken,
but still powerful, is Hit estimate of
Germany's defensive strength on the
western front given in this week's of
ficial eonniuuiiiiie, ii sued by the war
department.
The superiority of lit;- British over
their enemies, the eoiniuanuiue s-ivs,
has been proven com -usively by the
last week's figlithg, while it ha
demonstrated that tin J i;,htinir stum
ina of the German is deteriorating.
Of the activities of Out American
force in Europe, tue communi-ptc
says absolutely ticll.ing. Or' tli
forces at home, it raports mold i;
tion of tlie national guard and 0
national army proceeding sat is far -
torilv.
The analysis of the situalioti on
the west front, which the eomiuun-!
itpie says remains the prineipiil bat
tle of the war, follows :
Itattlo of Mcniii lioad.
"The battle of Menin road (Yprcs
salient) which promises to be one of
the great battles of the war, is fol
lowing its normal course. Last week
we recorded the gains of the British
in this sector. This week we :r,i;st
note the desperate attempts by the
Germans to retake the lost positions.
"Beginning Sunday last, the con
stantly increasing violence of the
counter-attacks reached a culmina
tion on the 27th in-taut, when seven
powerfid onslaughts by the picked
'storm battalions' of (he enemy en
deavored vainly to regain the lost ob
jectives. The village of Zonneheke,
the center of the conflict, is now
firmly held by the British.
"It is evident that the efforts of
the enemy in this sector are not ac
tuated merely by. the desire to re
gain lost terrain of little more than
tactical value, nor mu-t the per-isl-ent
attacks be considered merely the
normal reaction of a modern field en-
gugemcnt. in which counter-attack
invariably follows upon attacks but
rather it is to be noted that tlie en
emy realizes fully the immense strat
egic importance of the British thrust
along the Menin road.
Threatens Belgian ('oust.
"This new British advance in the
Ypres salient now definitely threat
ens the enemy's line of communica
tions to the Belgian coast. The Os-
teud-Lilie railway, which in a large
measure feeds the German naval
bases at Oslend and Zeebrugge, the
latter the home port of the Herman
high seas submarine flotillas, nmv
conies within the ratine of the fire of
the British guns.
'"The superiority of the Briti-b
over their enemies was coiiehi-iely
proved during the engagement of the
past week. The battle of Menin
rv'ud. furthermore, shows that tlur
fighting stamina of the Germans i
deteriorating, not that the enemy did
not display great skill and dogged
determination in his repeated counter-attacks."
01' Hie fightint' (in tlie French front
t ho eommuniipie savs:
Of French Fighting.
''Till outstanding feature nf Hie
recent engagements is the wnstu'-re of
the nuiu-power of the enemy. If we
compare the enmliat front atom: the
AiMio in 1!117, liehl by fourteen di
visions, both of praetieallv tlie same
length, it is found that (luring the
same period of time, from May to
September, Ifllti mid 1IH7, re--prt-ively.
the enemy eiiL'atred alont: tlie
Verdun front twentv-l'ie new dii--
(CoDtloued on page ix.)
10 PAY WAR TO
AMSTKIIDAM, O-l. 1. Tb.. '.
tang Am Mitta'g of B'lhu .iy the
German emperor and npres lur
placed a large number of valui'Me
jewel- at the dipo-al of the lii-irh--bank,
with in-truction- to u-e their
to diminish Germany's obligation- in
foreign coaiitiivs.
STILL POWERFUL
YEATIIE
MedfOrd
TURKS DEFEATED
BY THE BRITISH
Brilliant Victory Reported Several
Thousand Prisoners Already Taken
and Entire Turkish Army Sur
roundedItalians Make Progress
German Attacks Repulsed.
T.y Associated Press, Oct. 1.
While Inlanders apparently is witnes
sing the preparation of another of
fensive stroke by Field Marshal
llaig. which the Germans are trying
to anticipate hv counter attacks and,
retaliatory fire tth' German crown
prince's army is n'gaiu attempting to
ha rrass the French in the Verdun
region.
Attacks by the Germans were de
livered last night hoi li east and west
of the Mcuse in the Verdun sector,
where the artillery fire has been in
tense for several days past. The
blows were repulsed by the French
defenders, I'aris announces.
After yesterday's three futile at
tempts to drive the' British buck from
the high "round they occupy u both
sides of the Yprcs-Mcnin road in
unlers. the Germans contented
themselves with keeping up a heavy
irtillcry fire daring the night.
Italians lush Ahead.
News from the Italian front is
gaining added interest with evidence
at hand that General Cndornu is
pushing out again east of the Isonzo,
driving forward on the Bainsizza pla
teau, near the southeasterly edge of
which he has almost reached the
Chiapovano valley.
Interest also attaches to the Mcso-
potaminn war theater, from which
the news of a brilliant victory bxJjM1
Brit isti was telegraphed yesterday.
Several thousand prisoners are al
ready in British hands as the result
of a sudden and well executed stroke
whieh resulted in the surrounding of
an entire Turki.-h army in the Kein
adie region, northwest of Bagdad.
Uiis.-inn torops have made another
advance in the Riga region, accord
ing to today's war office announce
meat. German posts were pressed
hack south of the railway in the
Spitals farm sector, the Russians ad
vancing between MKI and 10IMJ yards,
L
IIOFSTON, Tex., Oet. 1. Judge
Waller 1!. Itiuns of till' I'nited Stall
di-triel eoart. in charging the Harris
county grand jury today, alter call
i t i tt by names Senators SPo I" Mis
-ouri, llni.lvvi'k of (leop-ia. Valda
man ot' Mi"i-sii,iii, (Iroiiiia of North
Dakota, (lore of Oklahoma and Lu
t'oliette c I Wi-oon-in. said :
"If I had a wi-h, I would that you
men had jui i-dielion to return hills
of indietnient against these men
They oiiuht to he tried promptly am
fairly, and I believe this court cold
admini-'er the law tairly; hut I have
a eoniition as strong as life that
this country shoulil -land them ii
u-'aiiist an adohe wall tomorrow am;
iive them what they deserve.
"If any man deserves death, it
a traitor. , I ,vish that I eoultl
for the ammunition, t would like to
at tend the exeetitioii, mid if I were
in the firing siiiad I would not want
to he the marksman who hud the
blank .shell."
-
IIINGTMN, Oct. 1. - An
in pal rol -hip on duty ot f an
Atlantic port wa- rammed and -unk
earlv todav bv an unknown craft.
The incident reported to the navy
'epaiimciit wa- ottiei.tlly annouio'ed
a- tolb.w-:
"A f'oa-t guard vc-rt on patrol
il -1 t ol (' all Atlantic port us rani
n 'I and -unk bv an unknown -hip
e.'i-i today. The wolk ot rai-ing the
sunken t --el sill be begun at once.''
N MESOM
H -.M;i x iiimjn, ycsTchla v, 83;
THIS SNAPSHOT OF
The photo shows a striking scene during tlio recent revolt of Russian soldiers on the eastern front. At the cry "The tiermniis are coming
whole regiments of Russian troops ran for their lives. This snapshot was taken on the edge of a village immediately after the rumor that Ger
man cavalry had broken thru the front line spread among the Russian troops. Note that pructically all of the fleeing soldiers have thrown
down their rifles and kept only their roll of blankets and food.
WASHINGTON", Oct. l.-The big
Irive for the second liberty loan
bonds hgcan at noon today thruout
the country. It will last four weeks.
The campaign is planned to raise
at least :!,IHin,(HlO,imO in subscrip
tions and treasury officials have set
the "amount expected" at .f.),fHMt,
000,000. Half again as large as ihe
first liberty loan, the second offer
ing is the largest the people of the
I'nited States have ever been called
on to absorb.
Secretary McAdoo formally one.i
ed the campaign with speerh in
Cleveland, the first of many he will
deliver on his tour of the I'nilcd
States, Clubs, chambers of com
merce, commercial organizations,
schools, patriotic societies and like
organizations have been enlisted in
the great army of "boosters" for the
loan. Newspapers, hand bills, post
ers and speakers on the platform
and stage will a-sist in the great
drive.
I'ostinater General Burleson has
ordered (hat between October 1 ami
27 all postage stamps be cancelled
with a stamp bearing the legend,
"Back the boy, in Hie trenches. Buy
it liberty lonu bond. Inquire nt any
bank or po-loft "ice."
BoRT.l.ANI), Oct. 1 I'nit
States Senator Chamberlain of
gon, who is satlering Irotn ap
fit is in Washington, 0. C continued
today to improve, according to mes
sages received here. His physicians
have decided no operation is neces
sary at this tine1.
Tho senator has been ndxised by
the physicians to do no more work
this M---ion, but to Ic.ivc Wn-hingtnn
as soon a- he i strut!'.' enough to
travel.
AMS'l'l l(i.M. o t. 1. The Telc
graal say- a lull i- being prepared
in Berlin authorizing the German gov
ernment, i" V"'H' "1 scarcity of
fond-tuff-, t't remove from the
country all foreigner- not employed
in war iudu-1 rie-. The lull probably
will be enfo! d "ithin a inotdll.
minimum Today, :j3. FOTCECAyTrTViiiijUl mid Tomorrow: Pair.
Watt T
FLEEING RUSSIANS IKES VIVIDLY REAL
PROFITS OF COAL
WASHINGTON-, Oet. 1. An order
of Fuel AdmlntstriUor It. A, (iar
flold, made effective today definliiK
the profits of retail coul and coko
dealers tliruoout tlie country Is ex
pected to effect an Imedlato decrease
in the prices new charged the con
sumer. (Iross marf iih over produc
tion cost are limited to the average
of 1915 plus a maximum increaso of
0 percent with a check provision
taht the average margin of July this
year not he exceeded. Compliance
with the order will he enforced ill the
several states.
Tho text of tho order fixing tin
margins says:
"On and after October 1, 1917 In
making prices and sales to cons iu
e;'s tho retail gross n:ii'.-la added l.v
any retailer to the uverago cost of
an;-' 6izo or grade of on! or coke fi,r
each class of business shall not ex
ceed the average biosb margin added
by such dealers for the same size
or grade for each class of business
during tho calendar year l!ll."i, plus
thirty percent of the laid retail gross
margin for tlie "Stlendnr year l'.ltr, ;
provided, howewr, that Hie retail
gross margin added by any retail
dealer shall in no case exceed tlie av
erage cost by such dealer for the
same size, grade and class of biiM
ness during July, 1IU7. Ity Hits or
der retailers are required to fix a re
tall ross margin which may lie less
than, but shall not in any Instance
exceed, the margin added by them In
1 It 1 r , pus thirty percent thereof. '
SNOOTS FAVOR
PKTItOdlt A l, Oct. 1 Tho con-
IgresH of non-Slav nationalities at It;;
'final Besion at Kiev adopted n reno
j Intlon declaring thnt ItuHsIa iiniKt
Kvery natloiiiilMy comprinlng the
liopiiluatlon of KtisHta, inclu'linK tin
Co.'isackH, tii? i eKotut ion Fays, iiiuM
lie ginntt d a larje measure of autono
my, the basis of which fdiould tie laid
down by a constituent itKHciuly es
pecially eotivokeil by ear h national
ity. Thn minbtiv of forelmi affairs, it
aibts, shoulil iaiedlately rtablihh a
Hpecial cfiuimi noli composed of every
nationality In KiiMdu to prepme to
deft ud th'lr n;itioiial inler'wtn at Cic
peace, onfei criei. A council of na
tlonalltleH won Id b net up to iu
mir tlo- r';ali-allon nf tho prtncipbi
of a fcdernl'd uovernment.
RIBUNE
SAN TliANCISCO, Oct. 1. After
having been on strike since Monday,
September 1 7, .'10,000 ironworkers
and other mechanics returned to,
work today in 200 shops in San
Francisco and the Bay cities. Gov-j
eminent shipping contracts to the ex
tent of 1-",000,OIIO, held up by the1
strike, will now he rushed to com
pletion, according to declarations on
both sides.
At the I'nion Iron Works, where
$00,000,00( worth of shipping is
being turned out by the government,
work was resumed on six of the lat
est lyH' of submarines.
The municipal steam and electric
trains operating between the resi
dence and industrial districts were
resumed after suspending operations
during the strike. These trains take
the place of I'nited Uailroads trolley
lines, whose service is hampered by
a s l ike of plat form men.
'flic men retained under a tenta
tive agreement calling for an in
crease in wagfs ranging from 10 to
'JO per cent, 'fhe men aked for a
"0 per cent increase.
Thi- a-jri-ciaenl was drawn up by
the Iron Trades council, (he two or
ganizations of en. plovers, and At
torney Gavin Me Nab, w ho was ap
pointed a special strike mediator by
I'rc.-ident Wil-on. It was ratified by
all id' the unions connected with the
Iron Trades council with the excep
tion ol tin lioiicrmaker-, who pro-
le-teil at the clau-e that no open
-hoi should be l i -criin inn I auain-l
Thar-day ni'-Jit thi- union vot
ed not to return, dc-pite an order t
their posts i--ud by the Iron Trade
council.
I.ONHON", Oct.
-terday of
I.- 'fhe marriage
Adele Paukhur-t,
Kmmehne I'atik--ut
I ragelte b-iuler,
laughter of Mrs.
hur-t, tin- Kngti-h
to a -c.i
ed in a
boil rue.
nun named W'al-h
b'euler di- pat' h Ir
report -n
Mel-
Mi-- Pankhur-t has been in Aus
tralia for -ecial months and ha
taken a piomioent part in the agita-tit-n
again -t con -ci iplioii, hax itc f ig
ured in a number of riots which re--ulted.
In Augii-I she was reported
to have been sentenced to itiif rison
mciil for u month, on nwount of a
demonstration by her outside the p
liameut building in Melboiiiiie,
WEDS AUSTRALIAN 1 Es. .Cl.
THE SLAV RETREAT
F,
OF LA FOLLETTE
WASHINGTON, Oct. .1.-Petitions
from 1'ev; York organizations ask
ing expulsion from the senate ol
Senators La Kollettu of Wisconsin
Gronnu of North Dakota and Stone
of Missouri were presented in the
senute today by Senator Wadsworth
of New York and referred without
action to the senate privileges ami
lections committee.
J lie nrs i step toward otticial con
idcratioii of the petitions was taken
today when Senator Pomercmi
Ohio, chairman of the privileges and
elections committee, called a mcc
ing for next Wednesday. It was d
eided to have the committee discuss
a course of action. The present at
titude of senate leaders was said to
be in favor of tabling the petitions in
the committee.
Vice-President Marshall also pre
seated another lot of petitions, let
tors ami telegrams from various or
ganizalious and individuals on the
same general subject. Included were
printed circular petitions indicating
that many such arc being cireulat
and probably will reach the senate
great numbers. In reply to one cor
respondent, Vice-President Marshall
pointed oat that while the senate mav
expel a member, the initiative inn
come from a senator and cannot li
forced by an individual or orgauia
lion.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn., Oct. 1
I he Cliallmiooga Bar association to
day adopted resolutions "condemning
in unuiea-ured term-" the nets of
"Senator- ,a Toilette, Gronnu, Beed.
1 lard w if k, Stone, Ya rdamauu am
others acting wtlh them" in their at
tilude toward the war, and deiuum
ing "their expulsion trom the Atncr
enu'seiiate."
NI.W Vi;K, dot. I. The Chicago
While Sox, eliampion- of the Ameri
can trai.-ue, I-,,-,, ibeir schedule here
todav ill the I'obi ulouiuls agaiu-t
(tie New Vol k Yanl.ee-, It was plan
ned to phi, this :;iiiii' as p,-,rl of n
double header on Saturday, bill wet
L'lounils on l-'iiday lesiilieil in ar
rangements beiln; ehuniM'il. Sallir-
dav the White Sox and Yankees
broke roil in I wo games.
The I'lueaco players will leave
here tonight on their way home. They
ill play exhibition contests with the
Cleveland Americans nt Cleveland
Tuesday ami at Chicago Wednesday.
BRITISH BARRAGE
Two Enemy Machines Destroyed and
Two Others Brought Down Sun
day Night's Raid Is Fifth in Week
and Only Results in Killing Nine
and Injuring Forty-two.
LONDON', Oet. J. TVitish navni
Kir patrnls destrnyod two euumy um-
liines mill liruitK'ht down anutlier.
says nil ultieial aniuiuiit'eineiit. A
tlnthii was also brought down imil is
believed to have been damaged. All
the llritish machines are snfe.
The air raid Sunday niglit the
fifth within seven days as far as
available details show, accomplished
nothiiij; important for the enemy. Tho
mini that tho "now air barrago '
acts as a powerful deterrent to the
raiders seem to havo been justified
further in tho latest attack. An im
mense number of guns of various
fulibres were in action.
llarrao Kflectlve.
Indeed, it was they, and not the
invuders, who were putting up the
show. There was an intense anil far-
reaching- senrchiut; of the skies in nil
lireelions; the flashing of bursting
missiles showing brightly in the
heavens, notwithstanding the extreme
brilliance of n full moon. Even more
impressive was the terrific din of the
guns.
Jv'inc persons were killed and 42
injured in last night's air raid, it in
announced officially.
One invader was driven from Lon
lon by the guns of the fleet. South
west of the capital another was seen
over the Thames esluarv. It wns
hemmed in by shell fire and wriggled
for half an hour trying for an exit
from what seemed ft triangle of
bursting shells. It finally eseuped
seaward.
Xeai ly Hit Hospital.
A hall' dozen honihs were dropped
in a suburban district without cuus-
eusualties or important damage.
Ono of Ihe bombs narrowly missed
striking a hospital.
Ibe newspapers, while commend
ing the vigor of the defense, still cull
lor other measures and advocate re
prisals on (ierinaii towns. They in
sist on this point with greater vehem
ence. The Times contends that it
would he absurd to suppose that the
problem of successful defense had
been solved. It points out that tho
intense gun fire is only a partial de
terrent and warns that air warfare i
capable of infinite expansion anil
that new nielhods will have to he
found to combat it. The Times ad
vocates a great air fleet capable of
carrying the war into Germany.
Tho week end air raids establish
ed a record as the noisiest that Lon
don has experienced. This was due
entirely to the increased number ot
anti-air craft guns and .the continui
ty of the firing.
Last night tho only unusual Inci
dent of tho raid was tho cheering
which was heard from dlfforent parts
of tho metropolis, duo to tho belief
that some ot the raiders had been brot
down,
Tho public which has been looking
forward to the darker nights that are
approaching for a cessation of the
raids, has been warned that altho the
reeent raids occurred on moonlight
nights, there Is on reason to assume
thnt as inoro experience Is gained they
mny not bo attempted on any night
when tho atmospheric condition are
favorable The taking of necessary
precautious to provide shelter Is urg
ed. I'OKTLAND, r., Oct. L With over
l.iiihi.oiiu in 1.1,1,1 in its vaults as
re-erve funds, the Portland branch
of the Federal lieserve bank opened
for buMiic-s today. Arore Teservo
L'old is expected to arrive soon from
San Francisco.
All the ciijity-four national hanks
in Oregon nre to keep their reserves
in the Portland branch hank. The
directors of Ibe new bank have not
been named, hut it is exjieeted the
board will include five representative
Oregon hankers.
IN AR CHECKS
FIFTH