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MEDFORD. OROKON, .TIIl'RSDAY, JUNE 27, 1918
NO. 82
AS8A
SSINATION OF.
EX-CZAR
CON
RRflEB
nra
ALSO DEAD
SAYS RUMOR
Bolshevik Authorities at Yekaterin
burg Condemned Former Czar to
Death After a Brief Trial and Then
Shot Him Report of Murder Con
firmedMichael, Heads S'l.erian
Revolt Alexis Romanoff, Son of
Former Emperor, Reported Dead.
LONDON", June 27. Rumor are
current in IMniRriid that Alexis Ko
innnoiT, Kon of former F.mperor Nich
olas, died n few days n:o. says an
Kxchniujc Telegraph dispatch from
Copenhagen today.
Assassination Confirmed
PAIilS, June 27. A dispatch from
Kiev under date of Wednesday, June
2fi, declares that the report of the
assassination of the former Kmpcror
Nicholas of Russia lias been con firm -ed.
It is declared he was killed hy
Holshevik troops during (heir retreat
on Yekaterinburg.
AMSTKHDAM, June 27.-Oram!
Duke Michael . Alexundrovileh, n
younger hrother of the former Km
peror NiehoIaK, is reported in a dis
pateh from Moscow hero today by
way of Herlin to have placed himself
tit the head of the new Siberian gov
ernment and to have issued a mani
festo to the Russian people.
Gave Short Trial
OKNKVA. June 27. ( Py the Asso
ciated Press.) The I'kraine bureau
nt Lausanne announced today it has
received continuation of the report
that the ltolshevik authorities at
Yekaterinburg condemned Nicholas
Romanoff, the former Russian em
peror, to death after a short trial and
then shot him. Details of the report
ed execution arc lacking.
WASHINGTON, June 27. A re
port of the killing of Nicholas Ro
manoff, late car of Russia, was re
ceived at the slate department today
from Stockholm. It was transmit
ted as a Swedish press report, which,
according to the Soviets, "needef!
confirmation."
311 HUNS IN RAIO
WITH TIIK AMKKICAX l'OUCKS
ON TIIK MAUNK, .We 27 (Itv lli
Associated lresN.)-lie number of
prisoners captured by t lie Americans
in their ilrive on (iennn npositions in
the Helleiui wood sector Tuesday
night wns officially inereused today
to :ill. The Americans also captured
11 bi(f machine pines, 10 automatic
rifles, u quantity of small arms anil
ammunition and other material.
The nicht was comparatively iiiet
on the whole Marne front. The Amer
icans were kept busy con-oliiliitini;
their new positions. The additional
prisoners mostly were Mrnaiilers
found biilini! in the wood, under rocks
or in the shrubbery where they lime
been isolated by the American tire.
They were unkempt and hungry.
MARTIAL LAW FOR
PAH IS, ' June 27. - - (tlaa
Agency.) Sw is dispute he, ive.-e.i
here today v that owin to the -c
riousnes of the food mi uatum
Austria Hungary martial law' t ex
pected tiioinenlanlv t be procbiiu t d
throughout the empire,
REGIMENT OF PROHIBIT SALE r
AMERICANS 10
FIGHT IN ITALY
Baker Instructs Pershing to Send
Regiment of Soldiers Now In
France to Italian Front More Will
Probably Follow First Regiment
to Carry American Flag for Effect.
WASHINGTON, June 27. General
Pcrshiii". under instructions from
Washington ha selected a reiiimcnt'
o' in Inn try to be sent immediately to
Italy. Secretary I taker announced
today. The ccretarv would nut dis- .
close the identity of the troops. j
The regiment is in training in
France and will be replaced by one
-cut from this idc. Air. linker indi-!
cated that the sending of this reii- j
uient was not to be taken as re pre-J
.-.entitle the full extent of American
military participation on the Italian
trout which may he carried out Liter.'
This first regiment will carrv the ;
American fla immediately lo join
those of It nly, France and Great Brit
ain naaint the Austrian?, for its nior
efl'ect. The Cnited States nNo is
represenled in Italy by an aviation
contingent.
KAISER 10 RETAIN
LARGE PART OF
WASHINGTON, June 27. Kcon
omic demobilization utter Ihe war, the
nnseramhlini; of the omelette made
by pourin all a nation's resources
into the fry iii- p. in of war, is bet i ti
lling tt occupy Ihe attention of Ger
man's statesmen and financiers. Firt
statements tin what the public may
expect, made only recently and trans
mitted here in official dispatches,
show that , the government of the
Hohenx.ollerns plans to retain a great
part of the industrial control seized
under the guise of national necessity
and that thi eoutrol may be expected
to be used as a weapon against for
eign competition.
"When the government declare.-:
that a state ornanizntioii will not lie
necessary in all directions, but that
on the contrary il is hoped that a
irrent part of Ihe economic lite will be
left free, then il is undoubtedly well
not lo take loo optimistic a view o!
the size of this free domain." a
the Perlin Taueblall in report im' the
government's plans. "Government or
ganintioii is planned definitely only
for the textile industry, especially,
and for groceries, rubber, fats and
oils, hides and leather, and shipping
space. The organization in ques
tion will be built on the basis of the
present war organizations tint, how
ever, in the way that the-e will sim
ply be taken over, but nine in the
way of simplified n'ralirumatio-w.
American artillerymen have won . pruKc from Amrrinn, Frpuch nnd Hrttlb officers for their splendid work In mining mIicIIn on the Mernintifi In
well on Ibe Lorraine fnmt. Most of Ihe heavy gun they are lining are of French make, hut, the Yankee umt them an rffecllvely hm they use (heir
kIiow Aineilcan Mildiers unloading field plctc nt n French railway Mallon ptcpunKor) to ru.-lilng them to tho front to help ntnp the If mi hojuVfl,
OF BOUZE AFTER
JUNE 30, 1919
The Senate Agricultural Committee
Adopts Amendment t? Appropria
tion Bill Providing for Dry Nation
Makiny and Sr.le of Beer to End
Three Months Later.
WASHINGTON, June 27. The
senate nitri uifural conituittee today t
agreed upon an ameudineut lo the
llJMHMHtO emergency agricultural j
appropriation bill providing fur na- j
tioual prohibition. j.
I'ndcr the amendment the ruanu-1
faeture anil sale of whiskey and wine '
would be prohibited alter June .it),
PHi), ami the inauulaetnre and sale
approval of the bill by the president.
iXori'is Amendment
The amendment was framed by
Senator Norris of Kcbaska as a sub
stitute for the nendintr one by Sena
tor Jones 'nt' Washington. The !
Jones amendment would have brought:
about absnlute nrohibition immedi
ately upon eiiaclmeut of the legisfn-
lion. The Norris compromise was ,
adopted hy the eommiitee by a voe of,
8 lo ;(. Those oiposed to the Nor-(
lis amemltueul attempted to have il I
changed ho as lo permit the sale ol'j
beer six iiionlhs after its pusjg;c and
later proposed four mouths. P.oth ef
forts however resulted in defeat.
Chairman (tore said Hie bill with
the new amendment would be report-1
ed to the senate tomorrow and that !
an e.l'fot would be made lo bring it,
up for consideration at once.
Vote on Question
The members of the committee vot
ing in favor of reporting the Norris;
amendment were:
Democrats .Senators Sheppard,
Texas; Thompson, Kansas; Ken
d ricks, Wyoming, and Johnson, South
Dakota, and republicans; Norris, Ne
braska ; Page, Vermont ; Gronua,
North Dakola, and Kenyon, Iowa.
Senator France of Maryland, wh t
aUo held the proxies of Senator
Warren of Wyoming and Wadsworth,
of New York, all republicans, voted
auainst the amendment. Senator
Gore, democrat, did not vote.
INE
Li.-XDON, .lime 27. The follow
ing coiumuuiealiou dcaiiuu with avia
tion was iMied by the admiralty to
day: "From June 20 to June 2M, air con
linuents with llie navy carried n day
bombuiLT ruids on the I'rues ntiil
OMeiid tlocks. Abinii four tons ol'j
1'ouil's were dropped on quays and
died-. An enemy airdrmue al Mar-j
iakerke un- IioiiiIjimI.
"It has now been ascertained Ihatj
the pilot wiii (oived to iili-ht near thuj
const uf Holland J me b, shot down;
an enemy enpinii in j
three dc-lpied on that o'-c
total of
i-ion."
YANKEE GUNS
GRAND DUKE MICHAEL
4$ Vim
g OC m 1
MICHAEL. 3?OMAKOPP
Micluiel dominion', younger brother of tho former CViir, formerly tlio
(i-aail llllke Mlclinel Alenmll-ovitcli, is l-eiHirtod to liavo plaeiMl liiniself
at the- lie:ul of the new Siberian government ami to have IssikmI a manifesto
lo the. ltllssiatl MoU.
T
LOXIX.", .Tune 27. How a sub
marine which destroyed a munition
ship was Itself wrecked by the explo
sion is related in a liritlsh Admiralty
statement.
The ship was torpedoed wltbont
warning by tho U-boat, which then
roso to the surface and opened fire
with her KdiiH. Tho German's second
round exploded in the ammunition
hold.
So terrific was the explosion that
followed that the su marine was al
most demolished by the concussion.
Her gun was lifted- and flung side
ways, her side was torn out and she
foundered almost as quickly as the
steamer.
A rescued member of the munition,
ship's crew thus described his exper
ience: "Almost Immediately after the sub
marine's second round wo wero all
enveloped In black clouds. Wo heard
rush I iik, roariiiK, gurgling noises.
Something navo our bout an imly
twist and threw me overboard. When
I came up I fouled a blanket or tar
paulin with my bead and right hand,
and It seemed a long time before 1
could net clear. Fven then everything
watt still in diirknefs. Then (he air
Kraduully became clear and, seeing a
boat, I struck out for it and was haul
ed aboard."
ARE POUNDING THE HUNS ON THE
CTRvtr- --
HEADS SIBERIAN REVOLT
LEAGUE OF NATIONS
TO FOLLOW WAR
LONDON, June 27. The house of
lords today discussed the proposed
plans of a league of m thins after the
war. Viscount Dryer nriied the gov
ernment to open an inquiry inlo the
subject ami to let Ihe world know
that it was doin so.
Karl Curzon, jiovcrmnent leader in
the house of lords, agreed with Vis
count Itryee that there was no rea
son why, w ithout wail mil; for the ter
mination of the war, the government
should not discuss the proposal for
a league of nations whichf he said,
oiiLrlit to be called into existence im
mediately the war was ended.
j To a la rye extent, leniiucs of mi
llions existed already as an instance
(lie league of Die ItriliMi empire and
the league of over twenty nations al
lied to resist, German in i lit arisin.
There was also in existence in Paris
UMicliiucry representing Great Drit
niu, France, Italy - and the I'nited
States for military, naval and econ
omic a I'fairs.
In outlining the duties of such n
I lea true as was proposed, Karl Curzon
! said that in order to be effective, il
' miLiht lo embrace all Mute-:, but would
i be diflictilt to contemplate Germany
! as be im admitted.
Me-.-. Weeks iiml Dual of Med
ford were in Gobi Hill W.dn,-d:i.
WESTERN FRONT
FILIBUSTER TO
SUFFRAGE
ON IN SENATE
V'i4
Senator Reed Talks Against Time to
Sidetrack Votes for Women
Both Sides Confident of Success
and Vote Likely to Be Close
Western Senators for Measure.
WASHINGTON, June 27. What
suffrage advocates declared to be a
filibuster against the federal women
suffrage amendment developed in the
senate late today when Senator Reed
of Missouri began a long prepared
speech on the army appropriation
bill with n motion pending to prevent
side tracking the suffrage amendment
resolution to lake up the army bill.
ruder the spectacular picture
which Ihe senate chnmher presented,
powerful currents which could sway
the decision one way or the other were
in motion and it appeared that the
vote would be very close, 1
Jhe suffragists expressed eonfi
deuce of getting more than tho nec
essary two-thirds; the nnti-suffra
gists appeared equally confident it
could not he mustered.
Senator Poindexler declared that in
the western states where woman suf
frage is in effect, if has demonstrated
"not only Its .justice, but its vnluo lo
women and ihe entire community."
The uliilude of political orgunizu
tions toward the question waH dis
cussed by Siinafor Thompson of Kan
sas. Senator King of Utah suggested
that the last democratic, national
platform had pledged the party to
separate action by the states.
Senator Walsh of Montana inter
jected (hat the platform plank did not
bind democrats either for or against
the Susan P. Anthony amendment,
but declared for conferring for the
franchise on women hy Ihe states.
LONDON, June 27. The removal
from office of Dr. Itiehnrd W.n
Kuelilmann, Ihe German loreign sec
retary, can jhc anticipated, judging
from comments in conservative and
puiM lerman newspapers on his
reichslag speech, the Merlin corres
pondent of the Frankfurter Zcuunjj
says, according to Cent nil News din
patch from Amsterdam.
CZECHS USE FISTS
ON HUNS IS VIENNA
AMSTKWDAM, June 27. A free-for-all
figbL between Germans and
Ceclis took place in a Vienna restaur
ant when Dr. Stanck, president of the
Czech League, and several Czech
deputies at dinner engaged in an ani
mation in Ihe Czech language. This
iincereil the Germans and (hey at
laeked the Czechs.
Plranly and the Chiiinngnc, iih
own nrllllcry. Thb photograph
QUIET PREVAILS
E
BATTLE FRONT
Along Western Lines as On the Moun
tain and Piave Sectors On the Ital
ian Front, Allied Armies Await
Further Eenmy Efforts Local
Activities at Various Places.
By Associated Pross, June 27. J
Along the wettern battle line as well
as on the mountain and Piave sectors
of the Italian front the allied armies
await further enemy efforts. Infan
try activity Is confined to local ac
tions at various points.
On tho vital stretch of the battle
front between Ypres and Rhetms the
most Important action o( the last few
days has been that In which the
American troops took from the Ger
mans a commanding hill position
near Bollcau wood, northwest oC
Chateau Thierry. Besides gaining
the hill the Americans took 311 pris
oners Including seven officers. From
the hill, the Americans dominate the
Gorman positions for some distance
boyond in the direction of Torcy.
Another Offensive
It Is believed that the German
command Is about ready to launch
another stroko against the allied
Hues. Aorlal fighting has increased
markedly. ,'
Thirty-six German machines ware
brought down or forced to land In a
damaged condition Tuesday by Franco-British
airmen, while Berlin
claims the destruction of 12 allied
airplanes the same day. German air.
pianos raided Paris Wednesday nighty
There Is much sick doss prevalent
among the Gorman troops.
The Italians are busy taking count
oQ the guns nnd material captured
from the Austrians who fled across
the I'lavo. In the mountain zone the
fighting has died down to local ntn
tacks. ,
Unconfirmed reports received In
Switzerland from Berlin are that
Foreign Secretary von Kuehlmana
will resign In consequence of his
speech in the reichstag Tuesday.
i -,
ltnirilng Operations
LONDON, Juno 27. British troops
last-nlKht took a Gorman strong point
west of Vleux Berquln, east of Hoze
brouck, and captured prisoners and
machine guns, says tho official state,
ment from Flold Marshal Ilaig today.
The German artillery has been In ao
tlon on tho Lys salient.
PARIS, June 27. Lively artiltoryi
duels south of tho Atsne are reported,
In the official statomont from the wac
oCflco today. In tho Vosges tho
French took prisoners In raids.
ROME, June 27. An Austrian ad
(Continued on Pago Three.)
LONDON', Juno 27. Traveling
kitchens nro Knchiml's newest metb
od of Hulvins; her food problem.
Women working in munitions plants
have no time tu cook. Therefore tho
tnnelmit kitchen, which is a trolley
enr with u counter in tho middle,
conies to tlieni with fond piping hot.
ninl they buy nnd cut just us Rood a
nit nl us tlicy could prepare in thcit
own kitchens nt home.
The inventor is Alderman C. F
Spencer, director of tho national
kitchen division of the food ministry,
lie Iins Konoriil cliiinro of nil station''
nry kitchens where workers in woe
industries emtio for hot meals. Hut
many women objected they hnd no
lime lo visit these kilchens! that
lo do so would lessen shell produc
tion. .Spencer's invention of tho trolley;
kitchen followed.
It is now proposed lo ndil nntoinn
bile kitchens, which will not be limits
ed in their travels by the estunt 00
the blruut car lilies, , .
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