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JACKSON COUNTY llf C C
i BAROMETER j,Yl. J, J.
Quota for 1918, G92,000.00
Sales to May 10, $09,493.70
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MEDFORD, ORTGON, 31 ON DAY, II AY 13, 1918
NO, 43
STALEMATE ON
BATTLE FRONT
STILL UNBROKEN
Allied Assurance of Ability to Check
Germans Grows as Enemy Delays
Renewal of Offensive No Gains
Made In Past Fortnight by Huns
Most of Reserves Used Up.
BY ASSOCIATED PKESS, Muy 13.
Assurance in their ability to Ktem
the tide of German force grows
umong the allied leaders as the enemy
delays a renewal o his offensive
from day to day.
. Germany's military leaders have
used up most of their rescu es in their
attacks sinec Mareh 2 mid the Brit
ish ami French armies, with the re
serve French force, are deemed fully
able to deal with ftirlher enemy on
rushes. The allied strategy is aided
by the fact that tjie Germans must
attack or admit defeat.
, Xo Gain in Fortnight,
It is now i'o weeks since the dis-
' nstroiis repulse north of Muni Keai
mel and in that time the Germans
have gained hardly a foot either in
Flanders or l'ieardy. The French and
British, however, have taken some
small and locallv important positions
in limited attacks, the latest advance
having been made by the French north
, of Kemniel village in the capture of
Hill 44 and an adjoining farm. It is
felt that the Germans cannot delay
their attacks in strength much longer
and that important seetors southwest
of Ypres nnd between Arras ifnd the
Soimnc will soon respond again to the
elash of mighty battles when the al
lied cannon will hurl thousands of
shells in the enemy lines, t, ,
On the Italian front the only fighl
injr is become sharper with the Ital
ians on the offensive. After the suc
cessful operation on Mont Corno,
south of Asiago, the Italians have
wiped out an Austrian outpost on the
important height of Col ltd Orso, be
tween the Brenln and the I'iava. Aus
trian patrol parties were repulsed
north of Lake fiarda and along the
line west of the Hrenta.
Austrian Situation,
Announcement that Kmperor
Charles had gone to the front to wit
ness the start of a new offensive
against the Italians, which has not
tlavt'lnppil, has not improved interna
tional conditions in the dual mon
archy and t!rt existence of a separate
Austrian state is reported to be in
danger. Baron Burian and the em
peror now have gone to German great
headquarters, where, it is said, the
foreign minister will discuss plans for
the military and commercial alliance
of Germany, and Austria Hungary.
The serious lack of food which has
caused outbreaks in Austria and Bo
hemia, has spread to Galicia and
many are reported to he dying of huii-
LETTERS SHOW
' I.W.W.PLANNEO TO
BLOCK WAR PLANS
CHICAGO, May B!. Letters seized
from the private files of branch of
fices of the Industrial Workers of the
World, containing statements rela
tive to th anti-war campaign, were
introduced by the prosecution today
at the seditious conspiracy trial of
1 LI leaders of the organization.
These letters intended to prove gov
ernment charges that the organiza
tion entered a conspiracy, nation
wide in scope, to block America's war
plans, and told of results mus ob
tained in factories nnd other indus
tries. One letter to Albert 1'rashner, sec
retary of the coal miners branch at
Scranton, I'm., written by an organ
izer who was trying to bring about
strikes in I'enn-ylvnnia, said:
"We are making a grand drie on
the factories with the Icatlct cam
paign, and if the ammunition holds
out, we will In able to give the Imihm1
that which the Germans gave the Serbians,"
GALLOPS UP STEPS
OF CAPITOL 10 GIVE
NAUON CONFIDENCE
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WASHINGTON, Mny 13. J.
C. Qray of Albany, H. Yn eume
to town today, hire! a horse
ami galloped half way up the
Htois of the enpiiol before the
police stopped him. Gray ex-
plained to his captors that the
" eouiitry needed confidence and
hor.se sense, lie had the eon ft
deuce, Gray explained, and add-
ed that the horse had the sense.
The policeman agreed with
Gray, but sent him lo a deien
tion ward for mental observance.
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AMERICANS WIN
SNIPERS NEST ON
LUNEVILLE FRONT
WITH T11K A1IKRICAN ARMY IN
KIIAXCE, May 13. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Three American
scouts yesterday afternoon attacked
a German strong point in the Lnne
ville neetor in which enemy snipers
had a nest and had been oeratine;
with such success that .several Amer
icans had been killed hy their ballets.
The scouts found the point held hy
an officer and 12 men. The party
attacked the Germans, killing the of
ficer and fmir men. The officer's pu
llers, which were ea pi if red, included a
German code and other documents
from which important information
was secured. The scants retired
when German reinforcements appear
ed. Vpon the return of the scouts, 2."
Americans crossed to the Gentian po
sitions ami resumed the fijjhtimr. The
report on this encounter 1ms not been
received.
A0 INAUGURATES
BREADLESS DA'
LONDON, May Kl The Austrian
food controller is considering the in
troduction of one , breadless day a
week, according to a dispatch from
Geneva to the Unify News. Vienna
i-ewspapers say the iovemment is
forced to take this action owing to
(he rapid diminution of the flour sup
ply and the small prospects of ob
tain! tig more wheat iMjfore the next
harvest.
SWISS SUFFER FROM
POISON GAS VAPORS
GENEVA, .May 13,. Swiss troops
on the Alsatian frontier have begun
to suffer from German poison sas
floating hack from the western front
toward the Rhine, Swiss newspapers
say. The civilian population alons
the tihlno has been warned to pro
vide i Isei f with gas m ask s. The
school chmildren in Muihelm anU
Freiburg wear the gas masks dally.
ROOMING HOUSE
BILL OP 10 WILSON
WASHINGTON, May IX The
"onference report on the 10,000,0110
hou-iitg hill adopted lust week by the
!muM was approved today hy the
sennte and the bill now pies to the
president. It authorizes the pre-i-dutt
to act pit re hou-insr fur govern
ment war workers with $10,000,000
to he jcitt in the Irislrict of Colum
bia. CURTAIL WESTERN
' PASSENGER SERVICE
WASHINGTON. May W. Dinvtor
General McAdtm todav ordered cur
tailment of Irau-'corif mental pacn
ger rhedtiie from thtej wet. ef
fective June 2, to save 11,728,000
train mile a er, by diiimitiii;;
cnnietitifin and cutting oWn run
ning rcJtct!fdo.
PATENTEES LOSE
$10,000,OOOSUIT
FOR ROYALTIES
Federal Court of Appeals Reverses
Judgment In Favor of Mineral Sep
aration Company Against Butte
and Superior Mines Proportion of
Oil Found Different.
SAX FiUXeiKCO, May Li. De
cision of the Tinted States district
court of Montana which granted the
Mineral Separation Limited, owners
of a patented process for extracting
ore hy flotation, approximately $10,
0(10,000 against the Untie and Supe
rior Mining company for infringe
ment of jMitent, was reversed here to
day in an opinion handed down by
the I'nited States circuit court of ap
jea!s. The decision held that "inasmuch
as the defendant kee out of the
limit Biade for the plaintiff by the
Tniied States supreme court by us
ing more than the critical projxirtion
o foil in the process, they did not use
the plaintiff's process.
The decision was concurred in hv
all three judges in effect, Judge W.
W. Morrow dissenting on a point that
did not materially affect the decis
ion. i Appeal From itorgimii.
The Butte and, Kija-rior Mining
company's appeal was taken from the
decision of Jadge G. M, ISnnnniim,
of the federal district court of Mon
tana. Judge iiouniuiin had upheld
the contentions of the minerals sepa
ration eorMration that their patented
process had been infringed and had
granted 10,000,0(10 royalty damages.
The question of infringement rest
ed nimn the proportion of oil used
in the flotation process. The limits
of the invention were one-liaif of one
per cent of oil, nnd tlip JiWision held
that "inasmuch as the lintte and Su
perior company had never used more
than one-half of one per cent of oil, it
has not infringed."
Judge Morrow dissented in this
iwiiii, holding that use of oil exceed
ing one per cent was an infringement.
HOBSON SPEAKS
TO BIG CROWDS
fajitian Itlehmond Pearson Iloh-
Fon, who addressed a largo andJeaco
at tho I'ago theater Sunday after
noon, put in a iiusy day yesterday.
tin addressed a bis meeting In ttrants
Pass in the morning and Immediately
after tha meeting here departed by
auto for Ashland where h addressed
another large assemblage last night.
He speaks at Hoscnurg tonight and
at Kugene tomorrow night.
Captain Itobson is touring the
country under tho auspices ot the
Anti-Saloon League, speaking In ad
voca'y of national prohibition. Ho
l a forceful speaker and mads a
.very impressive talk at the Page, con
fining his subject to the national pro
hibition, iio has given up his eili
zenshin in Alabama, his native state,
and is now a resident of JSvanston.
ill. Ho is giving all his tlmo to
Anti-Saloon League work.
G000 WORK AT
TROUT HATCHERIES
Slifte Fi-h omfuistoner I. X.
McUeimcr and Stale Game Warden
t. Shoemaker returned to Portland
Sunday after an examination of the
butte creek trout hatchery ami new
Klfc creek hatchery. They are much
ptca-ed at the protcres made hy rVh
t alturi-t W. Hcrrian at Butte
Fails where, condition and Ideation
an- ideal.
fine hundred thonjmti eut throat
fry have been hal'died and are in fine
conditimt t the Butte hatchery and
7to,(MM! ;.f-d head eugs are being
hatched-. The grounds have been
bea at i lied a nd new fee ?ig pond
confirm ted.
.i UK crceK, over a million Meel-
liejid es r- being htihed. Mo-t of
the tndhon of .otna ahmm have al
ready been libera ted. The new build
iti'i i nering completion.
CHARGES GRAFT IN
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WASillXCTON", May 13. In an o letter to Presldoat Wilson
published today, Oust on Horginm, tho sculptor, reiterated bis charges of
misconduct In tho government a'reraft production organtatlon, denied
that he had betrayed the president's friendship and demanded sn open
and full investigation by tiis senate military committee of til entire air
craft program. His own investigation, ha said, had been hindered "hy
tiie war department under Secretary Baker.
LOOK TO JAPAN
TO CHECK SPEAD
OF B0LSHEV1K1SM
!.ONrQ,N May 3 3. The Inter
change of nwsaRP between Baron
Goto, the new Japanese foreign min
ister, and the British foreign office,
ts sees by the liaily Telegraph as a
hapyn omen, emphasizing Uts yalue
and reality oC the Angm-Jayauese al
liance, "It Is wet!, tho paper says, tliat
we should ho reminded from time
to time at tho mutual obligations
between London and Tokio, obliga
tions which have been fulfilled pune
tlltnwsly on both sides and recog
nized fully by tiie Hading statesmen
of both countries as a n!eHariy
binding force. Tho time may soon
come, perhaps It already has arrived.
when Japan may he called upon to
play a strong and prominent part tn
the war, Aeeordlngiy ntm must be
assured of or sympathy if she takes
whatever she deems to he the proper
steps for prelecting allied interests
in the far east.
"Japan has her own rponsibi li
lies m this matter and can hardty
am without alarm tho spread of Bol
shevism to Vladivostok aad Mattehu
rla. To give a ehanc for the resur
rection sf Russia by holding the an
archical factors In cheek is a clear
and stafesmaniiko policy for the en
tente powers who sympathise with
Hussia, What country obviously Is
marked sat tor energeUe acUoa in
this eruaade?
"That can only be Japan, whfesh
by its position on the Pacific and Its
promislty to Siberia is HUd pecu
liarly to render efficient and prompt
service even m far as to Irkutsk in
the west.
"We do not dotihi that Premier
Count Tersarht and other statesmen
In Tokio rerognise what the sit'iaHoa
demands and as quite ready to ftear
their share '
AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION
s
FORMER CZAR S
REMOVEDTOPREVENT
PLOTTED ESCAPE
I,ONiH?X( The soviet government,
according f a Times dlspateh from
I'etrograd tinted Friday, confirms
the report that Nicholas Itomsnoff,
the former emperor, together with
the former empfss sn? of their
danghters,.!iaa removed to Kkalerin
Inirg from Tohoik, as a result of the
discovery of a peasant conspiracy to
assist In his escape from rapaivity
Alexis Romanoff, the former boJr ap-
paratt remains at Tobolsk swing to
ill health.
The former emperor is ttow con
fined in a small house with only one
or two attendants, and no strangers
aro ailowed to approach hitM
i AMSTH!HAM. May 1,1. The t li-
jrainlan m&n itttrcaa has received ln-
' formation from Odessa, according to
which tho former dowager empress
of lsi&it .Maria Feodorovona and
Hirand inkcs Nicholas Kichoiaioviteh
and Alexander Xlchoiaievlteh (Mlch
aHovlti'iifi alio had been living at
iJnlbars ntir Aitodnr In thfi Crimea,
aro in th hands of tho termans.
SACREUGiOUS BUNK
FROM II KAISER
AMSTKimAM. May VX Hcdymg
to a ii?c of 'onsriitHlatmnff frttm
King Ludwig of Bavarin on the eon
t twm of cacc with ininnrtf Km-M-r
Wjiliam ha? Miii the foliimmg
tdraffl t
'! hmnv I 7?m at one witlf yon in
i'iffH eoniidencc that the Ahuighty
wdi ieiMl mtr good ea- i victory,
Mv iUnl grant thai oar brave and
faithful jjciijde will rf the frails of
their reiit .iMrifice m long and
bav jear? of e;t
READING SAYS
AMERICAN ARMY
N ACTION NOW
Both British Ambassador and Secre
tary Baker Deny Report That Per
shing's Troops Are Not to Be Foily
Utilized On Western Front Untii
Full Strength Is Reached.
VASUIX5TUN, Slay 13. !,nl
Heading. ih BriiMi ambanssdor in
a Htatement bere today tlet-is! that
an announcement vommg way oi
Ottawa that the Americas army
wokM set he fully utilusd mt the
western front until le-eioptti io its
full jitrengtS was direeiSy spjHiie
t mforiMMtion he had twrnvml from
the BriiMi war ehtiei and Mini he
as i th Urk as to it taeHismsr, The
anibasadMr statement i!is-t! t the;
pnxjie m whicli Amenrsn ffiwft
fiNl ihrtaH? Uly &n reading
the mmmmremvni frm Ottawa, Con
fidential in formation n'ai'hing here
reeenliy indicated that web a tan
as satiincd frtnit Ottawa was nmleri
Swwtary Baker nth!?! hm formal
denial io Hint at aht& Hea4m? He
sahl the facts were directly oel
to the iateanlH and that American
trMfe wem hetntr ned aHivtly in
hattlc nnd ?ei ay as mevt wttli
the aj5srivai of flenersils Foeh and
Perinnir
Itssdiagjs Statemettt.
The ambassador sniliomsI -Ihe
the fHowin jilaiemeni ;
"The stateoHtit attrHll to the
UritCKh war cabinet to the effect that
ilte allies are so eonfident that hav
ing been given the r botes of a fuoaU
iaimediiit American ansy t&t 4efenie
or vnStmg tilt they are reinforttesi by
a eomki puwerfnl, seSf-m3qsrtin
Aineneas annv, they have vhmmx im.
latter, m liiiimlneally oiHiHl i all
mformiion re'cive! hy bw front the
Itrittsh wr enhinet ami to all iho re
tjtuwiri whieh I have feen askett by
them io makr to the I'niSrd Stales a4-
!- am tmie m the ilark nn to the
origin tf Hie Hiaiemciit. At ireiit
all I can i that ! i fMnvineed
that tbfftHnimcni has md been Iucd
with the knowledge f the jrism lain
ter or the Brite-Si war eaSjmei
Vmm War t'oinmittm
The rerteti il(risin not to u
the hnnmrnn nrtny m rrasce nntii
it lias hwn huhi np Io rori imm of
;t cofnlcie and nttghy fr'c, diehts
in diat'hcK frB Ottawa intM'tl
n atlvHH frMfi the war etmtmitttHS of
the British enhinet.
From the laM ifnaipH that ran
In aiere4 her, ne whtml of strat
egy has etrtdended fr ohk the
Ainericttn fstr fit the battle line as
fat as ihev arrie and fr rondnct
mj a eniinnus emmier ffcnivi-
with ihv of ending th war in
Ti tSMrs it is mtfhrUmft; im& fa
YtirtHi u4ttg the American grei very
htlie, IhsWih litem haek nnii! fnlly
ormcd with nil tiie necessary eom-
I JensenSs of heavy artiilery asr emft
Mini tthereiniineid and tSuen strikm
a might? Wow in cnnjomdioB with f 1j
Hritih ami French nhieli wml I
iit?1i the ftcnuaii lilies mt4 ht'mg a
PLAN FOR HON
DEW
VAHKf;TO, May I3 Th war
lepartmts plan for awarding hon
or doreirattatta to sahimm dteti&K
nnis'hing themselves lit ttm service
was fcahmitled today in tho adminis
tration hiil forwarded by Sw:retar
Haker as a substitute for measures
pending conrc..
Tho decorations proposed f a
foeiai of honor, a dt-tlnKUishcd serv
ice cros and a distinnnishwi stsrvice
niedaS. All decorations ndir the
hlli eon Id ha awarded Ly an army
fofamaader in the fieht. As no sec
ond decorations could ts swafsted
'lise hlH proposes aldMioBai bam or
other inwinSa to he worn on the em
idem freiosIy won,
A pay inrrea? of $2 monthly to
enlisted men for each decoration and
additional bars woaid im giva by
fh? bill.
IS
U-BOAT LOSSES
GROWING LESS
I EVERY MONTH
Effectiveness of German Sutanarine
Campaign DecHnina towan
Statements False DestrnetfoB of
tl-Boats Mow Exceels Cistreli
Situation Most FaoraM.
VAUm.Usx IX Hie gffectisre
ness of the lemian snbmaHas cam
p;i)in m rfrrimsn, Tlie Oersa gov
emmcni m aware of ibis factt declar
ed Uftgm Iygnes, minmisr isa
rine, before the naval ?omtmfetee a
the elmmher of dqtutfes Way, bul
has Tsmt&t the greatest efforts to ess
ccat it, H said the? ssts&tMm waa
most favorable and that tha makings
of submarines in tha first three
awatk of l!tlS Ihrmh sHwd mezi-
urers wa cater thaa the ci umber
bittlt by tJse encmy .
Xlnstrr lygties referred is 4&
.-.tatiinHint mmh. in the rekfetag on
April ST hy Vice Adimral Vaa Ca,
iel!et Oeiman mini.ster of marin?, in
which tm nhld gOO.OOO imtm i ailiei
shippm wx-rc unnk. moutWy , fhl :
figure, the stiab4er saidj was igeoS
rwt, ;
IMminisiis Ooatlaa
Jt was rcaehcil ami passed m-Afmb
Slay nnd Jnne of ItllT. In JaSy at 4s
twined asd in Kumahpr H fell below7
400,tKi0s ami Htne has sisMshed
eontinnony. The mmtsier gavs ofc
the foHowsnsr comitmtive.tabIa s
the tniisng clnimwl io have beam de
stroyed by Oermany and tbe lonusga
aHoaliy &4 m the mi fiva moatliJi;
IeeBJi1wr$ rfaimed 7&2tl)!)0 tens;
actual tmm M&t277 loos; 3&ntmrf
elaimca 833,380 toss;, aetarf loss
3tl2t4r tans, February etasm
imfim Um netnal 332,522
tons, "Marcht claimed SSSSW8 toss;
aHnai So?( 358000 i&m 'Aprit
eluim&i iHU$ft&& ions; tajtl
f. licyics mtd thai : Fcitrg?rys
Xfarih ai Aril, 3,723 Frcsh steaia-
er and TS8 French saulas, vessefci
mcd SbrtMigb the dnnr a wbera
a few months ago hvtwn? by torpedo
iiiif hmt bcem very heavy. M&i & single
ship mm tank, , '
1Tflf ijasi lfit"r?.e
tn the oilier hantf h said, ihs
number of mibmannc ddryed had
mcrcati irjTstvely siaeg Jsmiarg
in Hitch proM:rlioa that tha effgeiive
m& of ihe enemy sqaafirofiii caniiofc
be maiaiabmi til I he minimum msir
etl hy the rc(ilat!n- Ths mtntbef
of enemy IMmisIs destmyed m. Jan
uary Febrsiary and March was far
reaier sn varh month than ihm mim
her ctiBsiimeied in the Bams mosth
In FehrMsry ad April the member of
nbrfmrines deslryed was fess ihau
theHtai destroyed ia ifcg previous
tlmc msrtitb.
The rsnii-s fh ntinkter feriarcd,
were dne in ibe mrthodicaJ rharaeter
f ttm war ain-i snhmarise So the
close eo-rsiimitton at tba aiSmd us
vw&i Ut ibe inir?Mdity ami ssrit sni
ttutOng the oil Vers and crews of naf
val and crii squadron and to the
tttleni ileal but of the sg of old
methods and the cnsiyiacssi of sew
Sii iia fern Favorsin1,:
Thf Miaalbm is nmni favorable,
the ieitte4er ctnticd, bt it docs
md anllHrin the slackening f e
fH. HHSbers it is nH-cxttry to re
dtoibic sf a the enemy ba jt nmf
.-libiiiariiH mi service aad tryis
n frh offensive in wfiMt ha 4ays
hU lt nirtikr,
TIhc wi i fMi has; mt csssnsnnssne.
The coiitii ry ds not know ihs terri
ble Uf when diHantprs mcnr,
Tim connfry knw that mastery e
the ?e in tin ceriaia imge f io
lory. It 3n!d hwr at thmi the
mastery bebm to the allies who hav
n if ani who keep ii fhnsks to the
iiersnm of tho sailors who are wor
thy of tbir siiilier brdher
PROBE PE1CES ASKED
FOR FiM IMPLEMENTS
WAHHIKtrfCfN, May la investi
jmtmn hv the federal tra rmmis
-!fi of Oh prMbje!ion sad sapply of
ifgricaiiarai tmdemeid aad of the
prices farnter,- are ctimiwH to pay
fr macbssscry is autlmfictl in & res
obtbm ssifrbiced today by Ssnatof
Thomson of Kansas and adopt wS by
the 2engte.