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WUAT11KR Muxhmiut yesterday, 78; minimum today, ,J. FORECAST Tnnili( and tomorrow: Fair Forty-seventh Yar. Daily Twelfth Tear. . MEDFORD. ORECIOX, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1917 NO. 174 IT IN MUD UPON WIDE FRONT British Steam Roller Crashes Thru German Lines for Nearly a Mile Advance on Six-Mile Front North east of Ypres, Despite Heavy Rainr Mud Proves Worse Enemy Titan Germans Objective Is Remainder of Commanding Ridge. LONDON, Oct. 12. The British troops In Plunders attacked the Ger mans this mnrninK on a front of about six miles northeast of Ypres. They are reported to lie making sat isfactory progress. Haln fell heav during last night. The official report from Field Marshal Haig's headquarters today reads: "We attacked at 5:25 o'clock this morning on a front of about six miles northeast of Ypres. Our troops are reported to be making satisfac tory progress. Rain fell heavily dur ing the night." On Six Mile Front. BRITISH KKO.NT IN FltANCIC AND HHLllir.M, Oct. 12. Ily the Associated Press.- At un early hour todav ltritlsh tronns which boirnn an attack in Flanders this morning had penetrated several hundred yards in to the enemy's territory on a six mile front from near floutholst wood to a point below the Ypres-Koulcrs railway and were haattling along the Passehendaelo ridge within 1000 yards of the center of the village of Passchendaele. By 7:45 o'clock this morning re ports wero received thit everything was going woll with today's British ;'Vack in Flanders. The troops awng a wido front had pushed for ward to a depth averaging SOU yards or more. Prisoners Arriving. Prisoners were beginning to come in early, allho slowly, owing to the condition of the ground. The main enemy today was not the Germans but the mud. . The Germans were far less formidable Ihan pre viously, owing to the disorganization occasioned among them by the recent terrific blows of tho British. The correspondent yesterday spoke to Field .Marshal llalg. who does nol confine himsel fto headquarters. The field marshal paid the highest tribute to his men for their gallant work In the bad weather. Associated Pnss Sliliimni'.v. The British roller "goes up hill very slowly, but It la now going down hill nud hallles are following each other more and more rapidly," said Major, General Maurice, director of orations at llio British war office yesterday. The truth or the assor ' tlon was driven home less than 24 hours after it was made by the be ginning this morning of another Brit ish attack in Flanders. iiiod progress was reported early by Field Marshal llalg along the six mile front northeast, of Ypres. on which today's assault Is being deliv ered. Apparently the objective Is the remainder Dt the ridge commanding the Flanders plain, over the dom inant points of which the British have (Continued on rage Eight.) USE SMALL SHIPS WASHINGTON'. O' t. 12. In it . ! rcmiisit i hi i ii r of -duns (tctolier 1 tin shipping' board i coii-i-leriti-titkiitir over alt American vr el- "i inore than 15ml tons di-adwci.ulit ; pacity in-tead of 25nn toiw. as at first jinnoimccd. The yrcat need o! trans-Atlantic tonnage, it was aa! ludav. has made this fcie wvensury. 5000 years OF MPMSONMENT for mm Fresh Evidence of German Campaign of Terrorization in Alsace-Lorraine All Classes and Districts Have Suffered Because of Expres sion of Opinions About France. KlfKNVll KHONT IX KliANVK. Sept. 2Ct (:om'sioinli'H'e of the As sociated I'ross). Frt'sh evidence nf tilt? (ionium campaign ol' terrorizatinn in Alsace-Lorraine conies (o hand ev ery day. Since the lt-.i inn hitr of hos tilities (ierinan court martial sitting in the annexed provinces have in flicted sentences totalling oOOO years iintriMUimcnt on citizens of Alsace Lorraine, hiM Mile oflVnse has been the expression of opinions favorable to France. All elapses and all dis tricts have suffered. Immediately after the declaration of war three years nivo every one of military nire or Lorraine origin who eotdd find a way to do so made a hur ried departure over the frontier line. Hundreds of those remaining, owinjr to their inability to leave in time, were at once seized as suspects and sent to prisons or internment camps, where they have been kept in confine ment for three years. While the migration was in prog ress the younger and more daring spirits anions the men of Alsace and Lorraine took the sfill more serious step of joining the Krench army. Over :S(l,lUMl of Ihcm have fouirht beneath the tri-cojor since the war bewail. Many of them by their heroism have rained hi h rank, while niimjicrs of their comrades have made the irent sacrifice. Jn addition to the men in the ranks and anions the minor ofiiceis who have fought for France, the two provinces have supplied many mili tary leaders of hiirh renown, anionic I hem no other than five generals have sealed their patriotism by ilyinif a soldier's death by tVhtinir the (ier mans. The-e five were (Jenerals Si belle, Ihipuy, Itimi, Trameiet - Fa her and Stirn. GENERAL STRIKE E SAN FUANUSOi, Oct. l'J. - A irencral strike of approximately ."iiitiil unionized emphi.ve-s nt the I'-m-iIm-Telephone & 'l-leiiraph coa.p. ny for ilemanos said to include a v. ac in crease of .fl per day, was dei-land imminent today. (' ml'cre.e c- to avert the threatened .-Hike which would tie up company liie-s from Vancouver to San lhe:o wrc Im-ihl held, il w as a nnounccd. , I'. Fidlertoii. general Mip. riiitfii dcni of the company, said that de mands for a wai:c increase were un der discu--ioii. He denied pubii-i".! reports that employes, which in dudes linemen, plant operator-, re pairmen and electrical workers, h;nl -ued an ultimatum callink the strike for next .Monday unless their de mands were granted. ronjerenee- between company of ti iaU and repre-entalives ( t'i. nu ll ale now -joint: on. We are 'iop - fill of avertinu' li hie which ini-li! lead to a walkout." Fi;!lcrton -aid. It Wiis declared that a referendum vote taken by local of the dil tcrent eratts affiliated with the electrical v orkcr-' organization- in different I'jO'it'i' coa-t citie- I ivnp'.l a slrike uide-s the corn pa n inct Wii.'c de mands. "Apart from w.rc jn na'c, the Intern atiomd UrotlMiho.Ml tf Klec nihati'.i -'cm treal Worker o( the present - -eekiria eli c :Miiinntl"li ard re-o!nt ion ! lhe i rl ..perator nnion." d.'. I.U' d Johri S. Wn-on, cc-ivt-trv r it r-1 in t coniieil of tin r ,1 "The present ML-rcna-nt J"I" (Continued "on rag Four.)"" PARIS MERGE T Coa'ition Ministry for Canada Per fected Un:lcr Premier Bortlen Members Not Sworn In Because of Eleventh - Hour Differences Be tween Liberals. OTTAWA, Oct. l'J. -Ten members of the new union government for Canada, which it was inrreed to fortn dui-iiif"- un iill-nifih t conferein'O be tween tiiti Iciulers of Ihe two mujnr parties, were sworn in nt 1 o'clock today. These portfolios were nn iiouncefl : Premier ami secretary of slate for external al fairs, Sir Koliert Honleii, eoliservatie. linisler of overseas service, Sir Kihvaril Kemp, conservative. Minister of militia, Major General Mrwbnrn, lilieral. lmniif;ration anil colonization, J. A. Calder, liberal. Inti'rioi', Artluir Meitheii, eonserv-. ntive. Aricnlture, V. Kree, liberal. Customs, A. I.. Sifton, lilieral. l'resiilent of the Trivy council, N. W. Koull, liberal. Railways ami canals, J. I). Iiei.l, (lonservative. Secretary of state for mines (uewl, Martin lturrcll, -ouservative. As niitiiister of overseas service, Sir Kilwai'i! Kemp succeeds Sir (iconic l'erlcy, who becomes Canadian hi.ah coinmisioner at Ijondon, in which capacity he has been acting tempo rarily. J'Yauk Cochrane was appointed chain-man of the board of directors of tile Canadian Northern railroad. .Homo Vacancies Ve. Oilier portfolios remaining to be filled were still the subject of con ference ' I his afternoon. Il was ex pected that the final composition of the new t;overninent would be an nounced tonight. With the entrance id' five liberals info cabinet today 'he liberal representation is thus far brought up to seven. Colonel C. C. lialloutine and lliih (online, liberals, were sworn in as minister of public works and solicitor general, respec tively, last week. Indications were that 1'reniier (leorge Murray id' Nova. Scotia and !'. II. C'arvell of New Urunswii k, lib erals, would agree to join the govern ment before night. OTTAWA, Oct. 12. -Cmfcrennccs iittendcd by representatives of the two major political parties resulted early today in the formation of a union governmenf under Premier Sir Hubert Iliirdcn. The coalition, however, was threat ened when differences developed aitioni: the iiherals. Automobiles or dered by Premier llorden lo lake the members of the new government to the residence of the Huke of iJcVoll shirt, I'mor-'jcncral. lo be -wdiii in, wcii' dimiscd, and it was de cided lint to have Ihe new minister take the oath until later in llie day. I.IIh'NiIs To-opcl'iitc. The liberals have been bronchi into the govcrnmeiil -as a con -etpicncp it the opposition of Sir Wilfred I.au-j rier to compulsory military service. The decision nf Sir Wilfred l.aur ier not to remain at the bead of thej liberal party also had an I'tl'ecl upon Uie sH iuiiun. Other liberals decided' apparently that thev eoald not iin (Contlnucd on t'nge Four.) I TRENCHES AI RIGA PKTi.'OHKAH. (id. l'J.- Ily a co inlcr attack yesterday llllssiau troops recaptured the trenches lost Weiinc-day -oath ol llie P-ko!l' road in tl.c Ucja rc.'iou, the war office an nounced lodav. North of the road u-sian ,i'lnnco posts were drawn in where Ihev were expo-ed lo n iocnl! urtillcry lire by the (iermaiis, N 60VERNMEN OF DOMINION THE LION OF FLANDERS i,-1 I'OltTI.AND, Oct. 1'.'.- Special dis patches from Wa-hinglon received here today slate that Ihe ease of lllu .M'edford, Ore., Commercial club against the Southern Pacific com pany has been dismissed ''without prejudice"' by the interstate com merce commission. Tin? complaint made by tho Mcill'ord organization was against proposed reductions al lowed by the California railroad com mission in class rules from Califor nia centers to northern California points. Mcdford declared these would subject its jobbing business houses to disadvantage in Ihe terri tory affected. The examiner for Ihe federal eom IllisMoii held that as Ihe proposed rates have not become operative, no basis exists lor action by the com mission. FIRST SNOWFALL OF SEASON AT CLEVELAND CI.KVKl.ANIl, Oct. !''. The first snowfall of the season struck Cleve- laod today in the form of a small j bli..ard. Heavy snowfalls are re- ported from ad loinini: counties. ' Blik,3m0fcj ill yiSE:-"SrfiEiii in CASE DISMISSED CONTROL SWEDEN'S BY COMMISSION M GOVERNMENT Liberty Bond Exemptions Tin' new -I per cent Liberty iioiids lire exempt, from nil state nnd Ideal taxes. The lleW 4 pep relit I,iln rly iiiiliils are exempt from the iidrmal federal iiieniiir lax. Xrw I per e;nt l.iliei ly Iliinds In n prineipal amount of. .")(!( ill in the hands of each investor, in addition In the above, are exempt, from all federal taxation exeept estate and inherilanee taxes that, is, are exempt, from surtaxes and excess profit taxes, as well as normal income taxes 'I'll is means lhal as regards Ihe average cili.eii, iiieluiliuir those ill comfortable circumstances, the new I percent bonds are practically tax exempt. Official statistics show that of the 1 00,(100,01 Ml or more popiilat ion of t lie I 'nit id States, only l!S'J 1 have incomes above .f 10(1.01)0 per annum, and in the ease of anyone having an income less than I his figure, the new 4 percent bonds are a more desirable investment than the fully tax exempt I'.1,.', per cent bonds of the first loan. .JJ"s hONIION, Oct. l'-M. Widen, who has been asked by King (luslav of Sweden lo form a cabinet, will at tempt to const met n ministry solely of liberals, says the Stockholm cor respondent of the Daily Mail. Iljal mar llranting und bis associates in 1 1 M" socialist parly will be excluded by M. Widen, who is a moderate lib eral. It. is the correspondent's opinion that M. I Slanting will not. be sorry lo he excluded, as popular dis content is likely to increase during the wilder. As to the effect of the American blockade, ihe correspondent says the manner in which the policy of the I'nitcd States is In be allswere,l is in dicaled by the government's an nouncement that liermuP" will sup ply h Sweden grain, potatoes and siu:ar, which the allies have refused. 'Ibis announcement, it' realied, will naturally stimulate the pro-ticrman trend of public opinion developed by Ihe WashinL'lon news of the last lew days, the dispatch says. Il adds that particular reenl incut has been pro voked in the press by Ihe slatcmeut thill the Sweils, delegates lo the I'lliteil Stales had suppressed Ihe tacts in relation to Sweden's exporta tion of iron ore to (Icrmaiiv. (LIBERTY BOND AMERICANISM BUYING BELOW SHOWN BY DUTY EXPECJATIONS SAYS CARDINAL Strenuous Work Necessary If De sired Goal Is to Be Reached ' Failure of Second Liberty Loan Means That We Resign From the War," States Gerard. WASHINGTON, Oct. 12. Only by the most strenuous campaign during the next thirteen working days, the treasury department announced to day, can the liberty loan' reach the subscription goal officials are hoping for. "Revolution by publication of offi cial reports from nil federal reserve banks that only i,:i'J"i,l(i,"i,OlM) in sub scriptions' hail been reported to I beni,'' reads llie . iinuouuecineiit, "caused committee chairmen lo send out hurried rallying calls today to their army of salesmen. This amount is less than 7 per cunt of the total $r,miu,00(l,000 subscription it, is hop ed by Secretary McAdoo will he roll: ed up by October '27. ' Kdi'iiiiouK CniiiimtKiiintf, "Only by the most sirenuous caui paigning, it is realized, can the desir ed goal be reached in Ihe remaining thirteen selling days. The most hope ful sign in llie situation is (he virtu ally unanimous declaration of district chairmen Hint the offiienl figures fall far short, of representing actual sale., inade." NKW YOltK, Oct. 1 Liberty bond Inlying in the t'niled Slates army lias Ihus far averaged from (ill to till per cent in Ihe various ngi inenls t li i iiimi t the country, i was an noiinocd here today at heiubpia: tei s of the ileparlment of the east. The national army men have subscribed approximately $-.',111111,011(1. Wo Itoslgii I'i'oin War. Tolul siibscriplious of $!iH(l,:iH,'l,l."ii were a unced todav by the New York federal reserve district commit tee. This is an overnight gain of .f:!,!."!!),!!!!!!. A ng new large sub scriptions was if:), (Mill, (Mill by the Cniled States Mortgage & Trust Co. The tobacco Iradc eonuuillce has subscribed if. 'I, -1011,0(10 from sixteen of the leading tobacco coin), allies. The liberty loan committee here made public a telegram from Janus W. (leranl, former nmhussai.ov to (Icrniany, saying that' failure of Ihe second liberty loan "menus thai we resign from the war." LA FOLLETTE 10 WASHINGTON, Oct. 1J. - Senator F.a Follello of Wisconsin today was invited by the selinlc committee in vest ie.:i I in- his nlliM.,.,1 disloyal s h at SI. Paul to appear next Tucsda before the committee for a hearing reiiardino assertions in his address. Tile i mill olvised the senator that its inviisti-atiiiL' nut lim it y does not extend to hi ri'j "n t lo make llie Non-PartiMin Icauue speech, nor into the motives of his critics. Senalor l.a follellc is expected to be the first witness on Tuesilnv and to siibmil much data inwards siibs aal ial nig his statements. It has not been determined when William .1. Pryan will be a-ked lo appear. l'l',TI.'(Gi;,U, (Id. Tl. loobllia I ion of s:ipcftuoiis -i attached lo tic llu-suin army beun. 'fhe chi-sc- eal!c, tor years I stl.'i.'.li;, which include the 1:1 ami I I year- old, arc the dr ill' relieved from duty. These are beiii',' sent lo their home Mil in special traips, eommiltees at various (owns on lite vvav n.ssi: ill Ibeir let u in. (li mps has the men to men UL'CS the ting "All Americans Can Do the Greatest Good to Themselves and Their Country by a Cheerful and Gener ous Performance of Duty," States Cardinal Gibbons. WASIIIXCiTO.V, Oct. 12. Cardinal Cllhona wrote President Wilson In a letter made public here today that he la trying to "persuade all Americans that they can (In the greatest good to themselves and their country by a rhoorfiil and genorous performance of their duty, as it Is pointed out to them by lawfully constituted author ity." The letter was written on the occasion of the recent formation of tho I.eaguo for National Unity, of which Cardinal Gibbons Is honorary chairman. President Wilson, In reply, thanked the cardinal for accepting tho chair manship of tho luuguo. "In these days of the gravest prob lems which have ever weighed upon our American government," wrote the cnrdlnal, 'our thoughts go out to the chief executive, warmed by a heart felt sympathy for the heavy burdens of office which ho must bear." , Caidlaal's Klioilalloii. "Guided as wo are by the sublime teachings of ('lirhillaulty. we have no other course open to us but that of obedience nnd devotion to our country. Our Divine Lord tells us 'Render to Caesar the things that aro Caosar's and to God the things that aro God's, and St. Paul, fol lowing the steps of his Master, says 'Lot every soul be subject to the high er powers for there is no author ity but from God. and those that are, are ordained by God. Thercforo he who reslstelh the power rcslsteth the orillniinco of God. and they who re sist purchase to themselves condem nation.' "We have been exerting our every effort nud will contlnuo to do so to persuade all Americans that thoy can do the greatest good to thomsclvea and their country by a ctinorfnl and Kencroiis performance of tholr duty as It Is pointed out to them by law fully constituted authority." The president wroto the cardinal 111 reply: President's Iteply. "May I not express my very deep nnd sincere appreciation of your letter of October (i. It has brought me cheer and reassurance and I want you to know how much I appreciate your own action consenting to pre side over the Important, and Influen tial roup of men nnd women who have so generously under taken to support the adminis tration in Its efforts to make the whole character and purpose of this war and of the government of the t'nlted States In the prosecution of It, clear to the whole peoplo." COAL FAMINE WASHINGTON, Oct. l'.',--The Ihrcalencil coal shortage in Ohio will be avoided, furl niliiiiuislrntion offi cials said loday, by an order just is sued, suspending in part provisions of a recent pi ily proclamation di- reetimr that all coal moving toward lake ports co to the northwest, Ohio operators have been directed to sup ply lii'st enough fuel to meet pressing needs in Ohio and send what is left to the northwest. Col. I 'Ml '.I S. (., (id. 12. Mayors thraoat Ohio today were preparing to seize coal lo prevent suffering, which is becoiuiiiir widespread. Demand-, for coal are pouring in on the slate officials. Ohio Stale university officials re ported that, unless coal can be ob tained by bile this nfteriiuon that in stitution probably would close.
