Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, October 02, 1917, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Text1 "WEATHER Maximum yesterday, 7S; iniiiiimun today, J3. FORECAST Ttmilil and tomorrow: Partly cloudy Unl erstty of Orern W$i, EDFORD Forty-aeventh Tear. Dally Twelfth Tear, MEDFORD. OREOOX, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 2, 1917 NO. 1G5 L IE RIGHT INTO THEIR TRENCHES J , I ATTACKS WELL LOSS OF BATTLE M Mail IJtiiO U IN JDi GERMANSSTRiVE ONDON STANDS LOIS FAIL GERMANS Wl EN DESPERATELY TO STRAIN OF AIR FAR WORSE THAN GROUND TRYING ARMY TO CREATE HOLDUPBRITISH 10 REGAIN LINE DISTURBANCES y'm Counter-Attacks Are Repulsed Along Menln Road Two by French Forces Effort Under Way to Spoil Enemy Offensive Rus sians Break Thru German Lines. LONDON, Oct. 2.. Flvo attacks by .'lifcGermans along the Ypres-.Menln road and at the northeast corner of (Polygon wood, Jiavo ended In com plete failure, the war offico an nounces. ' PARIS, Oct. 2. Heavy artillery fighting Is in progress all along the Aisne front, especially in the Cra onne sector. Two German attacks were repulsed by tho French last night, today's official statement suys. KiiKsinn x(lvnnre. PRTROGRAD, Oct. 2. Russian advanco detachments In the Riga re gion yesterday broke thru the Ger man lines and pushed forward for a distance of one mile, says the official statement issued today by the Rus sian war office. DERUN', Oct. 2.. A portion of the fighting ground at Polygon wood, on the Flanders front, to a depth of GOO motors, was captured by German troops from the British yesterday, army headquarters anounccd today. Tho gained ground was retained. Ttnllim Offensive. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Alarmed by the success of the Italian drive over the Bainsizza plateau, Germany is withdrawing large numbers of Aus trian troops from France and from Galicia and Dukowlna and rushing them to the Italian front to meet the renewed ofensive of General Cadorna. Official dispatches received here from Romo today say tho second phase of the great battle is about to open. Great as was the llaliim victory on the liilonu, (lie buttle there is by no means finished, according lo tmln.y s dispatches. Only the first phase of the campaign is past and the Italian troops are now preparing for a re sumption of (he action im a greater scale. The Aitstrians , aware ol IK.1 -J.ilinn purpose, are liinkini; ready ii strong- defensive. I'Yom Austrian sources the Ital ians have learned thai tlie recent visit to the battle fields of Kiiienr Charles was planned lo encourage the Austrian defensive by his per sonal appearance. Vnrllier eviilonci of the Austrian preparations is found in the withdrawal of nearly all Aus trian Iroops from (lulioia and Ibiko- wina, where tlicv had lieen Hoi nnjr in check the Serbians and l n-infis and their transfer lo the Jtalia'i front. Similarly, hirne numbers ot Austrian troops have also been re called from France. Associated Press Summary. Altho tho Herltn military writers are admitting that the Germans can S.iunlly regain the initiative on the ' westo.'n front, tho German high com mand is evidently doing lis utmost to keep tho British from making the best uso of their advantage in Flan ders. (Jrown Prince Riipprorht has been launching attack after attack upon Field Marshal Haig's troops In their advanced positions. In an effort to disarrange the British plans. Simi lar tactics were adopted last week on the eve of the renewed British thrust. The record shows the effort of last week to havo been futile. It (Continued on Pag Six.) I WHALE MEAT SELLS SAN FRANCISf'O, Oct. 2. Whale butchering on a scale to rival the sal mon Industry was predicted here to day by A. Palallnl, a fish dialer who yesterday received a shipment of 17 tons of whale meat for retail distri bution. There Is said to he a brisk demand for whale meat among the restau rants. Its price Is set at 17 H cents retail, which Is seven cents le?s than the prevailing price ol talmon. Four Groups of German Airmen Make Sixth Attack In Eight Days Ten Killed, 38 Injured Few Planes Reach City Stores Close Early to Allow Employes to Go Home. BY ASSOCIATED PRESS, Oct. 2. Despite the Intensity of last night's air raid on England, the official fig ures show that the four groups of German airmen, making their sixth attack In eight days, inflicted com paratively few casualties by the were killed, 38 Injured. Whilo the British aro urging re prisals for tho German attacks on London, the, French aro actually con ducting such roti'ibutivo enterprises. Sunday night they bombarded the German city of Stuttgart, 100 miles behind tho frontier, and last night tho reprisals wero continued on a larger scnlo. Stuttgart was again visited by the French airmen and the Prussian city of Frankfort-on-tho-.Maln, with about 200.000 people, and more than 125 miles from the French border, also was subjected to aerial attack. The Prussian towns of Treves and Cohlenz wero other places bombed by the French raiders. Tonrioiicrs Stand strain. LONDON, Oct. 2. Londoners, de spite tho repeated German attempts lo drop bombs npou tho city, nrf standing tho test well. Last nle,h, when two Bquadrons of raiders suc ceeded In getting clone to London anil some of their number flew over the city, there was vo panic and no un toward incidents. As soon as the coming of the raid ers was signalled, tho people In the streets scurried for cover, while mo torbuses and carts drew up to the curb, whero tho passengers al'ghted quickly. Within five mlnnte.i the streets were deserted virtually and a strange silence fell over tho city. Shops t'lose Knrly. Most of the offices and shops had closed before C o'clock to permit their employes to reach their homes, and there was only a fraction of the num ber of persons on the streets as un der normal circumstances. With the gathering of tho dusk, many of the pooler classes, particularly the wuin cn and children, had gathered at the tube station around tho Guild hal! and St. Paul's and other placs of refuge. The police and special con stables aligned them In files and when the warning was given they wero shepherded into tho refuges without confusion or crowding. Tha theaters which are. open had sn.ail audiences anil the majority ""of the restaurants were almost deserted. The air battles over London have become so much a matter of course that whenever there was a lull of a few minutes In tho firing, the buses started running again and the people flocked Into the streets. LONDON. Oct. 'J. N'ciirlv Hum prisoners were liikin by the. Iliiti-I iinov in .Mesopotamia, which -n l i (i r- cil Kaiiiiiilic, it is aiiiioiini-cil off -eiully. The capture id' Riuiimlic, on I lu Kuphriitcs, west of llni-'diid, was ef fected by a surprise ntluck of tin1 llritish. They out flunked and cut oil' the Turks, ilcfeatinir Hum in a heavy enu'iiL'cnicnl and tnkinir pris oner nearly the entire jfnrrisim ol Ii'aminlie. An official announceiitenl in London on Sunday said the Turk ish commander, Ahmed Hey, and his staff bail been taken with his men, nlul lluit u'uus arms, aiiiiiiuuilion. stores, equipment ami much other booty hud been captuicil. POTASH LANDS OPENED FOR GENERAL DEVELOPMENT WASHINGTON, nd. 2. -The bill lo open Hiia-h lands for develop meiit, excepting a certain rcnion nil jiici lit to the Searlcs lake district. California, which is Tcscmsl, was signed today by l'riiuYnt VYUsou. Secretary McAdoo Sates That If by Possible Chance Any Liberty Loan Is Not Fully Subscribed, Injury to Country Worse Than Defeat in Field First Returns Promising. INDIANAPOLIS, Oct. 2. If, by any possible chance, a single loan of fered by the Vniled States govern ment to the American people should fail, it would have a worse effect than the loss of a great battle, Will iam u. AlcAdoo, secretary ot the United States treasury, said today in a speech to a mass meeting of per sons interested in boosting the sec ond liberty loan. In opening1 his address, Mr. Mc Adoo described the events which caused tbis country to enter the war, duelling al length upon the murder of Americans by the Germans, and the order of the kaiser to the Tailed States to keep out of certain parts of the ocean, which he said, if obey ed, might have been followed with an other order to stay "within the three mile limit"' of the American const. Objerts of War. The two objects of entering the war, he said, were lo vindicate Amer ican righls, and while doing that achieve the altruistic ideals filr which we contend. The least that can be done for the Americans in the figlilinc; forces is lo give them the means of defending themselves. He said that lie wanted the fight ing forces to know that "every Amer ican dollar is back of them, and that lines of communication and supplies would be kept open. We iniist be just a swilling to sacrifice all our money as thev are willing- to snerifice their lives for us." lEesponso Knthusiaslic. WASHINGTON, Oct. 2. Treasury officials today were elated at Hie re turns pouring in from nil purls of the country indicating that the ap peal to raise three billion dollars for the second liberty loan is meeting with an enthusiastic response from the public. It has been estimated that the vol ume of subscriptions must approxi mate $125,()()II,(MII) n day in order lo attain the minimum figure of t'lnv billion dollars. New York Busy. 'I')W YOlfK, Oct. 2.- The amount of motley invested in liberty bonds, yesterday, when the campaign for suhscriplious to America's second war loan was launched in New York, is variously estimated todav at from $'J.-,iiim,(iim to .f.in,nm,nni. Posters that both invite and de mand suhscriplious are everywhere, and u vast army of workers are nr gunized to carry the meaning of tli loan into every home in the district. BACK OF LINE BOMBED 4- 4 DKiTisii iii;ad(,h ,utkhs IN I'liANCK AND IIKLGII M, Oct. 2. A Ooniinn airman has dropped biutibs on two hospitals l.,m,l 1 1,.. Hi, 1,-1, lines 'Three liritish nurses mid sumo wound- cd soldiers were killed. CLAMOR FOR PEACE rol'l-'.NIIAOKN. Oct. 2. A mon ster demoii-tration in tnvor ol" Ii pence without iiimexiitioiis was held on Sunday ut Franklort-on-tlie-Maine. Leader- in the ch-iicul, rad ical atul socialist parties sponsored the demonstration. The crowd num bered forty or fifty thousand and nd- Ircsscs were made from six differ ent platforms siiuiilliiuvviisly. ,- :'s;' NtUii.o--1-7 .' OX sgk k FRENCH AIRSHIPS WARTAX BILL IS I PARIS, Oct. 2. The German eltios of Frankfort-on-tho-Maln, Stuttgart, Treve3, Conlenz. wore bombarded laat night by French aviators In retalia tion for Gorman aorlul attacks on French cities. Tho following official announce ment was given out: "The Germans last night made a new attack on tho town of Dunkirk. Tho bombardment was very violent, causing serious material damage. It is reported that there wero numer ous victims among tho civilian popu lation. "In reprisal for tho bombardment carried out by the Germans agaliiKt nar-Ln-Uut! and Dunkirk, our avia tors lost night threw bombs on the towns of Frankfort-on-th-Maln, Coh lenz, Treves and Stuttgart. "Our bombing airplanes made nu merous expeditions, in the course of which 2120 kilograms (4i!(i l pounds) of explosives were thrown on military buildings In Itoulers and '."mi kilo grams 113,21)0 pounds) on the rail way stations at Metz-Sur-Wolppy and Thlonville, the airdrome at Chaiubley, encampments at Splncoiirt and Tilly and munition depots at the Longeau farm, where a vlolbt explosion was observed. "Two Gernuiu nirplanes were brought down yesterday by our pilots and four others were eompclled to land In a disabled condition.' . RAIDER SIGHTED OFF BRAZILIAN COAST AV ATLANTIC J OUT. (M. J. (ilt'ii-iTs fit an AnH-rieiin f-trii mrr nr rivin Ihti 1mI;iv rt'pi.rtcd vilitint: wTnil tli-f.v Iii'Ih1 ! to 1h ii (MTHian raider ntf Hit- I'.razilinn vm re f'L'iitly. When hr-I seen tlm -hip np prun'il ti hi' a thive-mji.-ti'tl M'lionMrr in ili-tre--., Icil ;t- tin Am'Tii'im hunt ji p im rt-l mm' niinic tilt' u nl' r aiixil iary power, 1 1 1- -M t ircr -nii. Thr rlct-Iiirt'ii tlie -triinL'f i (lew nn lliir, lni'1 Iiit ilo-ks piled with hmi hcr, with tin mM dee khnuM lift, wliieii they ihoiiLdit rineMih'd iiih. They Hiiid the M'-el nl-o IiihI n ' dum'uy funnel, 10 THE PRESIDENT WASHINOTON, Get. 2. Congress tniiiht .sent tho rcnt wnr tax liilt to the prosident for his signature, the somite Jollowin thu example of the house and adopt in the confcrcm-c report without n record vote. In the milking four months, the meiisure lev ies more than two and u halt' billion dollars additional taxes. The first senate t eritirisrri cume from Senators Woleott and Sauls hirry of tJelaware and roinerene of Ohio, who assailed the special muni tions maintfaelurors' tax. ''I eannot justify the tax," replied Senator Simmons, adding that the compromise was necessary heeause the house inemhers insisted the puli lic would not approve u hill with the tax n-pealed, in view of the special war taxes levied on the (reneral pub lie and many business interests.. Senator Penrose also declared the tax "unjustifiable from every point of view,'' but added be was c;oin to vote Tor the report, "even if it was only Hll per cent gotul," Keacbinu' the subject of second cla.- mail rale increases, Senator Simmons said : "Tho po-.tma-lcr general estimates that even with the proposed increases the uovcinaieiit will lose ijilll.Jjno, MW.'' He preselid a letter from I 'o-t -iiiicIit Cii-iti ral I birleson, eonimeml niir the s-tein atlopted by Hie con ferees oj' levying incn'iisi at ililT'er (iil rates on reading anil advert isiitc; matter and 'ivin (lie publishers time lo adjii-l their linsiue-vH to meet the Mtc increa-es. p YORK SENATE AI.I'.AS'V, N. Y., Oct. '.'.- The sen. ale of the New York hgi-liil arc, by. the iiilntiou of a lonwil re-oliiinm, today rciiieleil Secretary of State Lan-iiig In Iran-mil lo liovcnmr W'liitiiiiin iiiiv iiil'oriuatinn not incom- . 1 1 1 1 1 1 c ' uilh Hie public iwll'nro, which would lend to tlirow additional light upon tlie alleged participation of Supreme Court Justice ftaniel K, Cohalen of New 'ork in (leriiiaii hc titiliei, e-pccially wilh regard to Ire ll'ilA . , First Dispatch Permitted Since Fri day Tells of Teutons Belnp. Hurled Back in Counter-Attacks Ad- , vance in Waves, But Are Shattered by Heavy Guns. HRITIS1I IlKADQl'AHTI'.liS IN KUAXCK AND liKI.Cill'M, Del. 2 (by tho Associated Press). Once more the Germans have essayed, in a ser ies of counter-attacks, lo break the new Rritish lines between l'olygon wood and Tower hamlets, across the (icn road to tho south. Again they have been burled back wilh heavy losses. The principal result of three hitler attacks by the enemy between dawn and mid-afternoon has been the mer ciless shuttering of bis ranks and a si ill further advance over I he fronl south of Polygon wood by Ihe Hrit- isli, who pushed their line forward Homo hundred yards in depth behind the i'leeinR Germans. Advance In Waves. The first assault was delivered al (!:1! o'clock this morning. The. en emy advanced in three waves toward Ihe Hritish, hut immediately met with such a fierce lire of rifles and artil lery that he was compelled to retire. It was apparent, however, that Ihe (leriuans were not Ihru with the at tempt, and the big liritish guns turn ed loose such an avalanche of shells as is seldom seen ulong tho front. At 8:40 o'clock ihe Germans surged forward once more, and as in Ihe earlier attack wero turned hack by the intense fire from their oppon ents. Meanwhile Ihe British artillery was hammering away with drum lire intensely, shaking the country miles back of Ihe lines. The German gi:ns were mil silent, and in the midst I' the roar of the llritish artillery could be heard the detonations of heavy enemy shells. ltd urn to Attack. It seemed impossible that lyioMit-r altcmpl would be made by Ihe Ger mans in lite face of such u hurricane of steel, hut after a eonsideriible rest they came forward once more. A.'jai.i they broke, and this lime ran, with the llritish in hot pursuit. The Hrit ish did not pause until they reached H point 11)0 yards in advance of their line, where Ihey rcslcd, and ut latest reports were holding firmly. Mot fighting was still proceeding near Cameron house, just south of the eastern extremity of Polygon wood, where Ihe Gentians succeeded in pushing back Ihe liritish u little. This was a local fight over a very small patch of ground. Further Ger man attacks are not expected. Thriiout the fight Oerimin airplanes were circling low over tlie llritish line in an attempt to assist (heir troops. HIMb ,llin k Falls. A sixth attack against the Zonnc beke positions also was futile, 'flic only loss of ground suffered bv the llritish in all Hie lighting during these attacks yesterday ami la.-t night coiupri-cd the two siuiill ad vanced posts ,thc pushing in of which was -report ed yesterday. This is the fir-t di-pulch regard ine the tiiililniy sitiuilimi on the I'rit i-dt front o be received by the A--o cialcd l'rc-s corrc-iiiilidcnt al llril ish heiiiliunrler- since bi-t Friday, when uoliec given that (lie send ing of press ili-putelie- t'i'iim the field hcadiiuti rters hm! been stopped tempore l ily. COPKUA;iA Oct. 2- The con Terence of ( li-rniiin, A list t in n and ItuHtdnii military ami Itod 'fosh rep- rwetitiitives to be held In Coieiiha nen for consideration of measures for relief of war prlnnners of llulu and the Central powers, In which tlie I'lilted Stales and (Ireat Miitaiu have been nuked to take part, bus been postponed for a fortnight. Tho Kun fdan (IclcRaten will not be able to reach Copenhagen at the time orll nally net. The nutation of American participation Is ntlll unsettled. Leaders Drafted Into Cantonments, Where They Plan to Promote Dis loyalty and Sedition Good Will of Germans Assured, States Seized Correspondence. ClltCACiO, (bt. 2. Search for al leged I. W. Y. leaders named in in dictments returned here last Friday was made today in various army can tonments, where it is learned a num ber of tho men sought arc in national service. Oi't'ieials hero attach sinnifiennce to the presence ot the indicted men in the eantonments, all of whom nrc said to have pmc into servieo with out claiming exemption. One of the charges made in the indictment in "the discovery of certain efforts of the J. V. to create among tho registered men a feeling of disloyalty and insubordination." Some of the evidence used by the federal grand jury in obtaining true bills given out by the federal author ities shows that it was contained principally in letters and pamphlets, thousands of which wero distributed over the country. Jood Will of (Jernmns. A letter from James Kowan, sent from Seattle, AVash., under date of August 2 to William Haywood says: "We have the good will nf the Ger man people here and wo feel that they nre in sympathy with our cause. Wo do not call them Gcmmns, however, but refer to Ibem tho samo as others, the fellow-workers. 'We are going lo carry our points if we. have to stop every industry on the I'acitic coast. Wo did not de clare war, and we have not consented to tho workingman giving up his lib erty ami being drafted." Haywood and others arc held lia ble for publication in the newspaper Solidarity last August of the follow ing: To hnstroy Society. "The I. W. W. is more than a hi-, hor organisation. It is u revolution ary union. We are absolutely ami irrevocably dissatisfied with tho present system of society. We con sider it u useless system and we mean to destroy it. "Ued curd men are shrewd, deter mined, valorous and loyal to the eauso they love. There would not bo soldiers enough in the country to round them up for arrest, nor jails enough to hold them. "The 1. W. W. is so deeply rooted in America and Hie world that it eat) afford to lake the chances of an open war a whole lot better than the pow ers that oppose it. Our system of job agitation is such Ibat'uo power on earth can keep Ihe union from spreading its influence. We have shown the world bow to go to jail in Iinuo numbers, exasperate the lax payers and block the machinery of 'justice'. - I. W. W. Knows o Law. "The I. W. W. is fighting for him self. Self-preservation, like tins copper trust, knows no law." Another isue of the paper, August 2", read: "The rcfu-al of American workers to volunteer and (heir determined op position to being drafted into the army demonstrates clearly that war is being recognized by the sbivo class as a c;iue of elass- hatred. ' H her issues of (lie paper read : "II k needle o say tho I. W. W. is unalterably opposed to conscrip tion. We consider the bombastic ,and far -fetched talk about freedom and demof nicy simply so much bunk. Tins only place we have anything lo gain or defend is on the job,'' BILL UP IN SENATE WASHINGTON, Oct. -Government, life insurance for soldiers ami Sailor-, wit h disability aHIownnccs, in-dead of pen-tons, is provided in tho administration hill, reported in per leclcil form tod.iy to the senate with plaiw for quick parage. Wilh few dissenting votes, it was ordered reported favorably, .Load ers plan to bring it before the ftenato tomorrow and hope to secure itrt pa-sayc within two or three days. X T