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. MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 16, 1917
NO. 177
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N A V A L F I G HT
WAGED OVER
RIGA SOUND
Germans Lose Two Torpeio Boats,
I Russians One Germans Develop
ing Success, Secure Main Portion
of Oesel Island Runo and Abro
Islands Also Landed Upon Of
fensive Against Svorb Peninsula
Germans Capture 2400 Prisoners.
PETROGHAT), Oct. in. Two Gcr
man torpedo boats were sunk, two
others were damaged and one Rus
sian torpedo boat went to t he bottom
. in an engagement on Sunday in Sn
ela sound, north of Oesel island, Hie
ot't'ieial statement nnnounees.
The Russian torpedo craft sunk
vni tli f!nn I ,1 esl Vm- nf 11 lid
tons, built in , 1014-15), speed 114
knots, complement 0'i num. More
than a dozen German torpedo boats
had forced their way thru Soeln
sound, supported by a German bat
tleship, when they were met by the
Russians and turned back.
2-100 Prisoners Taken.
BERLIN. Oct. 111. The Germans
have taken full possession of tlie main
portion of Oose island at the entrance
to the Gulf of Kiga, the war office
reports. The Russians have been iso
lated on Svorb peninsula and are of
fering desperate resistance.
Runo and Abro, islands in the
Gulf of Riga, have been occupied by
the Germans.
The Germans have captured 2400
prisoners on Oesel Island and thirty
guns, 21 machine guns and several
airplanes, tUo statement says. The
essential part of tho Germans task
on the island was accomplished In
four days. '
Abro and Runo are small Islands,
each about 3 miles long. Abro Is oft
the southern, coast of Oesel Island,
V about ten miles from Arensburg.
Runo is in the middle of tho gulf,
twenty miles east of tho Courland
coast. r
Developing Success.
PETROGRAD, Oct. 1G.. The Ger
man force landing on tho Russian
island of Oesel is developing Its suc
cess, tho Russian war office an
nounced today, and the Teutons are
being reinforced with additional
troops.
The Germans have instituted an of
fensive against the Svorb peninsula.
in tho southwestern section of tho
Island, with tho object of capturing
the Russian batteries at Screl. The
batteries cover the entrance to the
Gulf of Riga.
Too ljite for DHvc.
The German operations In and
around the Gulf of Riga which have
centered attention upon the northern
Russian front for several days past
are not likely to be extended this fall
to the Gulf of Finland, on the route
to Reval, Kronsladt and Petrograd,
In tho opinion of Russian naval au
thorities. The lateness of the season
will have the effect of localizing the
German effort, tho mlultser of ma
rina believes.
(Continued on page six.)
LONDON, Oct. 10. flic libel ac
tions brought recently by Premier
Lloyd Georgo against tho Exchange
Telegraph company, tho Westmin
ster Gnzetto and tho Daily News for
publishing tho statement that ho left
London when an air raid warning was
given, have been withdrawn, the
ternia being an apology for the pub
lication ami tho apyment of a cer
, taln'sum, the amount of which In not
mentioned, to Indemnify tho premier
for his costs In the action.
SOCIALISTS OF
GERMANY SEEK
SPEEDY PEACE
Convention at Wurzburg Demands
Dismissal of Michaelis Action. Is
Postponed Until Kaiser's Return
From Balkans Austria Refuses to
Negotiate With Chancellor. .
COPENHAGEN, Oct. 10. No step.s
in the ministerial crisis, and no action
on tho resignation of Admiral Von
Capelle, the minister of, marine, Is
expected by the German newspapers
until Kmporor William returns to
Iierlin from his Balkan trip. Dr.
Michaelis, the Imperial chancellor,
meanwhile has left tho capital to
study conditions in tho occupied dis
tricts of Russia, as If nothing was
more remote from his mind than the
thought of retirement.
Demands for the dismissal of Chan
cellor Michaelis was the leading
iheme at tho opening session of the
socialist convention at Wurzburg, Ba
varia, Sunday, 'at which Phillpp Schel-
doman, the socialist leader In the
reichstag was a speaker. Friedrich
Ebert, a socialist member of the
reichstag, assailed those members of
tho party who attempt to prolong
the war. lie declared also that tho
advocates of the so-called German
peace weroworklng in their own pe
cuniary interests and not for the fa
therland, llerr Scheldeinann said
that thewar profiteers were In vest
ing millions of marks In tho German
press, which accounted for the In
creasing number of newspapers at
tacking tho advocates of a moderate
peace. . '
Socialist! Want Peace.
AMSTERDAM, Oct. 10. In his
speech at the Wurzburg convention,
llerr Ebert, president of tho Germun
socialist party ,said speedy conclusion
of peaco was a vital necessity for
workmen in all countries and that
the policy of the mailed fist, would
disappear after tho frightful horrors
of the war.
"If a ballot were taken today," he
lidded, "nine-tenths of the people
would approve peace by agreement."
llerr Scbeidemann, referring to
the Capelle incident, said that un
fortunately it could not be discussed
In public.
"The fact Is," he 'continued, "that
If they wanted to catch all who wero
connected with similar incidents, they
would have to take action against
1100- persons simultaneously. Every
day soldiers come to us with com
plaints and we have opened a special
bureau to investigate them. The main
thing Is not to talk or write about
grievances, but tfl combat them."
Austria Seeks Peace.
LONDON, Oct. 10. Tho Deutsche
Zeitung of Berlin, as quoted In an
Exchange Telegraph dispatch from
Amsterdam, says that Count Czernln,
Austro-Iluugarian foreign minister,
recently requested tho Gorman chan
cellor, Dr. Michaelis, to Btate Ger
many's peace terms, urging that Ger
many make concessions In the west.
Count Czernln received a vague re
ply, whereupon ho stated that he
could no longer negotiate with Dr
Michaelis, Inasmuch as the chancel
lor mado vague -statements when
clearness and frankness were Impera
tively necessary.
These statements of tho Tages Zel-
tung are not denied, the dispatch
says, and have made a great Bensa-
tlon, being particularly Illustrative of
the fervent desire for peaco on the
part of Austria.
SAI.KM, Or., Oct. 1(1. The Oregon
supreme court nflirnicd loday the
conviction of llr. A. A. Auspliing of
Portland, charged with manslaugh
ter as a re-Milt of a criminal opera
lion, lie was sentenced lo serve from
one lo fifteen years in the peiiitcnli-
JQFFREINSPEGTS
AMERICAN ARMY
E
Remarkable Tribute Paid to Hero of
Marne by Populace Speaks to
American Soldiers and Sees Deter
mination to Win Expressed in Their
Eyes Mcst Formidable Machine.
AMI'.HICAN'TliAINlNG CAMP IN
FIIANCF, Monday, Oct. If, (by the
Associated l'ress.) When Marshal
Joffre. came to visit nud review the
contingent of American troops train
ing for tlie trenches today, lie
brought some of the sunshine of
France with him. Dripping clouds
which had overhung the American
army zone for the past fortnight,
whost constant deluges hud turned
rivulets, into torrents nnd flooded
the lower valleys, broke away in the
forenoon mid reVenicd a deep blue
sky. Joffre luck did not hold thru
out, however, for in the afternoon a
violent hail and rainstorm broke over
the training grounds where the mar
shall was witnessing bayonet and
bombing drills by picked American
companies:
The party at one time approached
a little too close for safety to the
bombing. General Pershing, who ac
companied Marshal .loffro thruoul
the day, suggested Unit tliey move
back thirty or forty paces, "for
France," lie said, "has hut one mnr-
shnl, and we cnnnol let him be in tho
slightest danger.
"Oh, but she could get another
.marshal," smiled the hero of the
Marne, with n shrug of his shoulder
Tribute Paid Jofli-e.
The visit of the marshal had been
looked forward, to for a long while
and proved to be even more eventful
than had been expected, lie motored
with General Pershing thru more
than a score of French villages in
which American troops 'are billeted
anil received remarkable demonstra
tions of esteem from (he soldiers and
of affection from the French people.
Lnlo in the day, just as darkness was
selling in, the party motored into a
picturesque little town, where n
French division had been drawn up
lo receive (he marshal and where a
regiment of American infantry also
is quartered. The entire population
of the town had gathered along the
route taken by the automobiles, and
(he enthusiasm of the people illus
trated strikingly Hie morale of the
French nation. They cheered Mar
shal Joffre and General Pershing
when I hey came into view, cheered
the American Iroops when the mar
shal walked before thorn, and when u
French bund burst into the "Marseil
laise" women and lillle children join
eil in singing the national autheui.
Introduced by Pershing.
The marshal was introduced bv
General Pershing, who said:
"Marshal Joffre. is familiar with
America and with American institu
tions and is decpb' interested in
American soldiers. II is a greal pnv
ilege to have him as our guest today.
The niarhsal made his speech in
French, saying he was sorry he cnulc
not deliver it in Knulish, but thai, as
a mailer of fact, he was mil accus
tomed to inlich public speaking in any
language.
(Continued on Page Two.)
SEATTLE SLUGGER
SEATTLE, Oct. 1(1. A reward nl
$10,0110 for the arrest and conviction
of Ihe so-called "woman sludger" was
offered here today lor the city by
Mayor Hiram Gill. The ".-la'gger''
has made numerous attacks upon Se
allle women lately and several sheds
have been fii?at hh;? but to no
avail. W
Samuel Hill, capitalist and presi
dent of Ihe I'ncilie Good Koads as
sociation, is one of the many Seattle
citizens who havo been named special
police-men by Mayor Gill lo patrol the
resilience districts to prevent further
ullacks. All servo without pay.
WAR ZON
Hoover Upon Our First Duties
-National Food Adniinistrat lr Herbert C. Hoover, the man Cali
fornia loaned lo Helgium and th: C.iited Slates government in this
present war crisis, is as ardent and uncompromising nn advocate of
the Liberty'Loun for cvorvb'iy as he is food director. From
Hoover Hie following message has come to the men and women of
Oreuon : ' .
s a
aiiiiiiiiiiiiBiiigiiii
HERBERT C. HOOVEfi..
venience or the terms of the loan than our soldiers show for their
pay when they go into action."
LIBERTY BONDS ARE FOR EVERY MAN, WOMAN AND CHILD.
SUBSCRIBE FOR YOURS TODAY
AT KANSAS CITY
KANSAS CITY, Mo., Oct. 111.
More than linlC .the Kunsas City stock
yards, the second largest in tile coun
try, was .destroyed by fire curly to
day. Jt was estimated after tho fire
had been brought under control after.
two hours, that several thousand
head of cattle had been destroyed.
Some estimates ran as high as 10,
000. There wero 47,000 cattle in the
yards at the close of business yes
terday, it was said, and while it was
possible to liberate most of them, so
rapidly did the flames gain headway
that many were caught and burned.
Hundreds of freed cultle reached
(he downtown sections of both Kan
sas City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan.
Jt was the third disastrous lire in
the history of the Kansas City stock
yards. The origin of thefire has not
been determined so far. The . oilier
two were caused by carelessly thrown
cigarette stubs. s
Cut tie owners (his morning were
having difficulty in identifying their
animals fr.om among the greut herd
which was liberated when fire early
today destroyed more than tine-half
of Hie Kansas City stock yards, liy
7 o'clock the fire had been extin
guished. Intimations were given lifter noon
loday thai Hie lire in the Kansas City
stockyards might hitye been of un in
cendiary origin.
An investigation has been slarled.
A large- number of war contracts
wen; being filled.
George li. Colelt, general manager
of the, slock yards company, placed
an estimate of a loss of from $100,
000 to $1711,11110 upon the pens ile
st roved.
Interned Officers Escaim
SAX FHANCISCO, Oct. 1(1. Two
German olficeis of seized merchant
vessels escaped from the detention
camp on Anuel island in San Fran
cisco bay early today. The fugitives
have not yet been apprehended.
Better Than Money
As between two men on ;m e(ii;ility in other po
pped s, ouo of whom has a hundred dollars in cash,
while the other has a hundred-dollar overiiinent
: bond, tho latter is oasilv a hundred per cent hoi tor
off.
For every prad ieal purpose he has cash. In ease
of lieeil lit! can immediately convert his bond into
frroonhiicks by selling it or borrowing on it at the
nearest bank.
J Jut. eeononiifally speaking, ho has taken that
prodigious stop which separates savagery from bar
barism; ho has abstained from immediate consump
tion of goods in hand; ho has saved something.
The characteristic of barbarism, as distinguished
i; from savagery, is that people have saved something.
-Saturdav .Kvoning Post.
"The first service of this
country in tliis war is To pro
vide, the allies Willi money taut
. they may pay for their food and
supplies from this country.
' "Our second duty is to pi-o-vide'our
own government with
money that we may build ships -to
transport these supplier end
to raise and equip an army to
replace the wastage of I lie al
lied manhood in the trenches.
"The obligation upon prop
erly lo support these issues is
just as great as (he obligation,
upon our manhood to sacrifice
itself in battle.
"It is the duty of every man
and woman in this country to
subscribe for the loan with no
more regard for his own con
WASHINGTON, Oct. 16. Minister
Ekengren of Sweden today laid be-,
fore Secretary Jiimsing the sit nation
regarding Ihu Swedish diplomatic
muil pouches removed from an America-bound
steumer by llritish nnval
authorities and now held at the llrit
ish. embnssy here. Stuslistics on
Sweden's food supply, asked for by
the American government, are among
llio documents seized. The ' llritish
government haS offered to release the
pouches if Sweden, us a demonstra
tion of good faith, will consent to
disclose their eonlciils.
The Swedish legal ion has asked
(he Stockholm foreign office for in
structions regarding disposition of
the nouohes. They were seized while
traveling with the Swedish commer
cial mission soon nfler it hud been
disclosed how Sweden's legations in
Argentina and Mexico had been not
ing ns a secret channel of communi
cation for Germany. At the legation
it was said today no cables at nil
had been received from the foreign
office.
Great Britain, it was said, does no!
ask lhat any mail in the pouches
which is addressed to the Swedish
minister or the legation be opened for
inspection, but asks thai the pom-ties
be opened to disclose if Ihey contain
any niatler not directed lo Ihe lega
tion. Letters or other communica
tions addressed lo individuals lire
saiil to lie I lie object of the search.
SUNK II U-BOATS
I'AKIS, Monday, O.-l. lo. French
i warships destroyed two Teutonic
submarines in Ihe western Meditetr
rancan in the last week of Septem
ber, according lo information receiv
ed loday by the French ministry of
marine.
LA FOLLETTE
SAYS SI. PAUL
SPEECH TRUTH
Wisconsin Senator Refuses to Furn
ish Information to Committee In
vestigating or Discuss Statements
He Made, But Asserts Every State
ment at St. Paul True.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 1(1. When
tho sennto commltleo, Invest luatlng
Senator La Follette's much discuss'
ed St. Paul speech, began Us first
hearing today, Senator La Follette
presentod a formul demand- that the
committee submit a formal copy of
tho charRos against him and that he
be permitted o Bummon and 'cross-
examine witnesses. This delayed tho
start of tho proceedings as the coin
mlttee went Into executlvo session to
consider the demand.
Senator La Follette presented his
demnnd In a letter which doclared he
believed every statement In his St.
Paul speech was correct. The com-
mlttoo has stated It does not question
tho accuracy of his speech, and Sen
ator a Follotto demands to know
who does,
Hofuses o Tnllc.
"I appear hero to submit to you In
the form of a letter all the statements
I doom It necessary lo make at this
time,'' Senator La Follette said, as
he presented tho communication and
loft the room.
When adjournment was taken after
tho executive session, Chairman Pom-
erone announced that bocauso of
Senator La Folletto's refusal to fur
nish othor Information, the commit-
too would endeavor to get it from
other sources. Asked If nny arrange
ments had been made to hold hear
ings, the Ohio senator replied that
nono had been made.
. ha Kollotto's Kmleiiient.
"I insist upon my right to meet
face to faeo and question any wit
nesses that may bo called lo challenge
the correctness of any statements
mado by mo and thereafter and not
heforo to produce In my own defense
such witnesses and evidence as I
doom necessary or proper to contro
vert all such adverse cvldenco as may
havo been offered," wroto Senator
La Follette.
"I repeal what I have already said
In this and previous letters address
ed to your committee, that I am
moBt anxious and desirous that the
Investigation bo mado thoro and com
pinto to the end that It Bhall do Jus-
ticu to all participants and ifliall con-
slllute on honor precedent whenever
so gravo a matter as tho proposed
expulsion of ouo of its members shall
como before the Hulled States sen
ate." INDIANAPOLIS, 1 11(1.. Oct. 1....
Indfaui'pulls has been designated as
orrtclul headquarters for tho Grand
Army of tho Republic In a general
order Issued by Orlando A. Somors of
Kokomo, lull., cominander-lnVct
of the oraulzatlou. Among nppoiut-
mentH on tho general staff of the
commander-in-chief iinounced was
Assistant Adjutant-General, C. A
Williams, Portland, Ore.
. NKW YORK. Oi l. HI. A report,
that the Itrll ish steamships Mein
phliin, formerly (lie Camlirlaii of
(,'ur tons, and the llostonbin, 52I1U
tons, botb of Ihe l.cyland line, hail
been sunk, reached hero today. At
tho offices of Mm International Mur
ciintlle .Marino It was said no defl
iiIIh liifoiiuatlun hud been received.
nun rui uin h rnr
REPORTED TORPEDOED fTSSES
WHEAT CON SUMP ON
LIBERTY LOAN
SALES NEARING
BILLION MARK
Subscriptions Will .Have to Exceed
$00,000,000 a Day From Now on
Only Ten Days Left Henry
Ford Subscribes Five. Million One
Twenty Million Subscription.
WASHINGTON, Oct. lfl. Treas
ury ol lieials declared loday that "un
less all signs fail," tho liberty loan
will have reached its first $1,000,
000,000 in subscriptions by tonight.
ith the billion dollar murk in
sight for today, treasury officials
wero inclined to believe that the re
mainder of tho campaign would wit
ness n tremendous acceleration in
subscriptions mid that $2,000,000,000
might be reached by tho end of the
week.
Subscriptions to the second liberty
loan will have to come in 'at the rate
of $420,000,000 n day from now until
October 27, when tho bis drive ends,
if Ihe $0,000,000,000 Imped for by
tlie government is obtained. Olficinl
estimates put Ihejolal subscriptions
thus far at $800,000,000, with only
ten more working days of the cam
paign to run. This leaves $4,200,-
000,000 still to bo raised. ;
Work is Oiik'kencd.
Dispatches from every section told
of redoubled efforts to quicken tlie
campaign. Minneapolis, where tak
ing of actual subscriptions had not
begun iinlil yesterday, reported that
00,000 workers had taken the field
nnd that the district was alive with
enthusiasm.
Among reports sent to the treas
ury today was one from Hawaii,
where a lolal of $1,510,000 has been
subscribed. ,
1 lenry Ford contributed $5,000,000
and the Ford Motor company mnde-a
similar contribution to the liberty
loon toduy. Ford's subscription was
accompanied by a statement declar-'
ing that the United Slates in making;
war on Germany (11,1 the "best thing
that ever happened for tho world."
New York Subscriptions.
NF.W VOUK, Oct. 111. One $20,
000,1100 subscription and others of
smaller amount brought second lib
erty loan purchases up to $372,007,
000 in the New York federal reserve
district today. The $20,000,000 was
subscribed by Ihe Guaranty Trust
company, milking $:H,000,000 from
this source. The overnight gain in
this district, which embraces New
York stale and purls of northern
New Jersey nnd .western Connecticut,
was about $ 1:1,000,000.
John I). Kockel'cllor issued a state
nienl today advising the purchase of
bonds as Ihe best investment. "It
happens ipiite often," he said, "that a
man has not the time and opportun
ity lo study Ihe different kinds of
bonds offered in this country. For n
mnii in Ibis position, the bonds of the
I'niled Stales unv-crmucut are tho
safest invcstnicnl."
Important subscriplions today in
clude $.",000,(K)0 by (ho Mechanics &
Metals National bank, $:),.r)00,000 by
the Delaware, Lackawanna & West
ern Coal company, $1,."00,000 by the
MiiKale Steel & Ordnance company,
and $1,000,00(1 cadi by the New York
Produce K.vchangc, lhclps-Ilodi:e
corporation, August llclmont & Co.
and the American Can company.
Cerlificiiles OvcrMihscrllicil,
WASHINGTON, Oct. llj. Tho
overnnicnt's latest offer of ccrtifi
cntcsof indebtedness, $.100,000,000
(Continued on pie six.)
WASHINGTON, Oct, 10. Under
new war rational regulations, KnK
land bus advised this govornment it
h4 boRim the task of roducing wheat
rnimnmplloii for the forthcoming;
year to les slhan half the normal
consumption before the war begun.