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MEDFORD, ORKOOX, FJJ1HAY, JUJAr 12, IMS
NO. 94.
ALLIE
FOOD .'WIX,VIN
S SEIZE
AUSTRIANS LOSE HERTLING SAYS
QUANTITIES OF HUNS ANXIOUS
WAR MATERIALS !
Allies Continue Thrusts Along Scat
tered Sections, Gaining Ground and
Prisoners Raids and Scouting Ex
peditions, Though Continued Pres
sure Theatening Salient of Enemy.
IfOMK, July 12. ( l!y the A
socinted Cross. )- "Austria
about to crumble away," is the
opinion of political anil military
observers here lifter tin; ptilili
eiitiitll ol' the latest reports I'rom
Alluiia and I In1 litilbins where
the entente allies have sueceecl-
ed in perfect injr a sinjile front,
extending from the Adriatic sea
to Saloniki. in the Aegean Sea,
n distance of some 'J00 miles.
WASHINGTON, July 12. Ocep
pation of Berat jiml the capture of
quantities of war materials and
many prisoners by the ndvuncine,
Italian army in Alhania were an
nounced today in an official dispatch
from Home.
The message also told of losses in
flicted upon the Austrian in sur
prise iittacks at f'oncn laiKhi and in
Vul D'Assn and the repulse of the
enemy attacks on the southern slones
of Kasso liossa. Had weather was
reported in the Allipiano of AsiaRo.
Austrian forces in eastern Alhania
continue under pressure.
In the Tomoricn valley the enemy
is fleeinsr northward hefore the
French who have reached the valley
from the east ami occupied several
villages. Italian troops on the west
have occupied the"counnandin!; peak
of filumaka, capturing 2."0 prisoners.
Tliis height commands the district be
tween Herat and the Toniorica.
French Strike Agnln
I'AKIS, July 12. The village of
I.oiiMpont, on the Suvieres river, east
of Villers-Cotlerets, has been cap
tured by the French, says the ofti
eial statement from the war office
today.
The French also continued their
progress north of (.'hnviuny farm
anil east of Faverolles. Javase farm,
northeast of Faverolles, also was oc
cupied. In raids north of Montdidier and
in ( hampanc the French captured
l.'i prisoners.
Urillsli Also I Susy
I.OXDOX, July 12 Further raid
ing operations were carried out by
Hritish troons lust niiiht. notablv in.
the Flanders area, near dims amfl
Metcrcn, the war office announced
today. Prisoner were taken in a
patrol encounter in the Keminel sec
tor on this front.
Another Hritish parly raided the
fieriunn lines near llamel, south of
the Somme. A patrol clash in the
neighborhood of Havrclle, northeast
of Arms, also resulted in the taking
of prisoners.
In their operation in the vicinity of
Morris the Hritish took 120 prison-
I'ctuin Haps Kncmy
IIYTI1K ASSOCIATF.l) PliKSS,
(Continued on Page Six.)
SEATTLE mm
SFATTLK-Jtdy 12. Six cent enr
fare tor Seattle was believed In be
almost certain to follow conferences
between the city traction company
officials mifl employes ol street rui'
way lint1" which begun in the office
of Mayor Olc Hanson this mornin
ing. "In any event," said Mayor Hanson
after two hours of conference, ,t!i"
fare will not exceed six cents."
TOiTALK PEACE
Chancellor Tells Reichstag That Clos
est Union Prevails Between Politi
cal Parties aw? Military Regarding
Willingness to Receive Proposals
Until Then Wilt Fight.
LONDON, July 12. There is the
closest union between the political
parlies of Oermuny and German army
headquarters regarding their readi
ness to receive peace proposals from
the allies If they are offered In a
spirit of sincerity. This statement
was made In ilie reichstaK by Imper
ial Chancellor von llertling, says an
Bxchange Telegraph dispatch, from
Copenhagen.
The program of Germany's foreign
policy, the chancellor added, was laid
down in Germany's reply to the papal
peace note. That would be a righ
teous peace and Germany has not
and will not change her policy.
The recent utterances of President
Wilson and Foreign Secretary Hal
four, he continued, forced Germany
to continue the struggle.
Admiral von Hlntze, the new Gor
man foreign secretary in succession
to von Kuehlmann, made a binding
declaration to Count von Hcrtllng
that ho was willing in every way to
follow the Imperial chancellor's pol
icy. Chancellor von Hertling told the
reichstag main committee that the
government intended vigorously to
prosecute the reforms already begun.
He commented on the problems in
the east and in the west and con
cluded with remarks on the govern
ment's future program regarding the
declaration made In 'Xwvemlier, 111 17,
which, had been accepted by a large
majority In the rpichstag. The
change In the- foreign ministry, the
chancellor said, was not caused by
any real differences of opinion, but
arose out of personal discussions re
vealing matters which should not be;
made public. ' j
GKNKVA, July 12. Another cam
paign has been undertaken iilmr the
Rhine in order to prevent allied hniu
hardment of Rhine town-..
The Ljiri'ltau' of 11k- Muey of lin
den has been ticked to request the
grand n't icy to exercise its inlluenee
with the imperial authorities to come
to an arrangement with the belliger
ents to abandon (lie aerial bombard
incuts of town.-, outride (he .one ol'
military operations.
In commenting on Ibis new cam
paign the Lausanne Gazette declares
(hat the (icruians have bombarded
London and Parts from the air ninny
more (hail a hundred times while the
allies during the three years for va
rious reasons were unable l reply,
did not whine. Now the German:-, it
adds, after only a few montls id
bombardment of tl'eir open towns,
are eryinir Kamarnd."
PARIS, July 12. - General Meritte
Ireland, chief surgeon of (lie Amer
ican expeditionary forces in r'rnnee,
is cleaned in an inwMiynlioli of the
methods employed in handling and
(reatini; the wounedd in the recent
battles in which American troops
were rimu'jl J.
General Ireland ha detailed sev
eral of tin' leading surgeons troni the
reLMilar medical corp and the medi
cal reserve corp to vi-it the hospitals
and confer Willi (he medical oltner
on the -llbjeet.
HARVESTING A CROP
An American patrol near (liatcau Thierry noi"K out to lirhifc in h hatch
of (icriuan "kultur" tlu'y brought with them. Dainin was riKlit!
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n 11111. m, :7'ie!3i2i sTdJ&fe '
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HUNS CAPTURE" 'iijfFalMO
FIVE AMERICAN
LI
WASHINGTON, Julv 12. l-'iw
American airplane-: which wen on a
homhini; expedition have failed to iv
larn. (Jeneral Pershing's eomm ani
line reported today. Jierlin reported
five American airplanes in Gi naaii
hands yesterday.
Geneial Pershing's eotmnunlipic
was the first announcement hoin
Ameriean sources n the lo-.s of the
machines. II a ve no detail-, bat
yesterday's report from Perlin, i.'iich
came by way of London, deelarcd
that the five machine, were part
a sipiadrou.of six which started out
to bomb Cohlenz. The crews of the
airplanes, the German report said,
were taken prisoners.
The eoiiininniipie follows;
l leadipiarlci's Amctf iean c.pe!i
tionary forces, July H, HUH.
"Secliun A.--In the Noshes a raid
attempted by the enetnv broke down
with losses before our lines had been
reached. The day passed quietly at
other points.
"As the result of a bombing expe
dition last cvenin-: five of oar ina
ehines are itiissjn.''
LESS BUT GO 10 SHOWS
WASHINGTON, Jly 12. --The
Amerienn people are spending more
for amusement but less- tor ( raved
as the war progresses. That lurt i
revealed by (he .Mny reeeipts of taxes
collected by the internal revenue bu
reau, made piddle loi!av. War taxes
from all soirees eolrclcd in May
amounted (o .12:J.:Mm;,H--1.
Taxc- coleeteil during .May bv (he
l'l per cent cbiire on admissions to
tlienters, eoheerls, e,ib,(tts i.ud like
places amounti d to 1,.V2 I,!!m;. In
February taxes tioni tbe.-e sotne
sources totalled jfit.fH.lMHI,
The ei'jht per cent tax n p;i-sen-ivr
fares durniL' May Yielded -r.!.72'l,-'tjti.
Dt.rinc! Kebruary (be -ainc tax
rai-cil lor (he Jrea-orv, I, Kl."! 2tt(l.
PEASANT BANDS BILL FIXING PRICE
PARIS, July 12. M. Tchernoff, a
lender of the Russian social revolu
tionists, is marching on Moscow at
tho head of numerous bands of un
united peasants, says a dispatch from
Stockholm to the Matin. Part of hi
Torce has arrived in the outskirts of
the ItolHhevIk capital.
A dispatch received In Paris on
July 9. renorted that M. Tchernoff
'and three other mcmiiers of the Ker-
ensky cabinet had been arrested in
Moscow as leaders of a revolt against
the Itolslievikl.
LONDON, July 12 One of the
murderers of Count von Mirbach,
German ambassador to Russia, was
arrested Thursday, according to a
Moscow dispatch to the Frankfurter
Zeitung which is transmitted from
Copenhagen by tho Kxchunge Tele
graph company.
LONDON, July 12. Owing to thoj
grave shortage in food, cholera Is on '
the Increase In Petrograd and hun-j
dreds of persons aro dally falling vie- (
tlms -to it, says a Russian winder,
dispatch received today. t I
PARIS, July 12. Olavas Agency)
(iiHslan railway men nre on titrike In
several district, according to a Zur
ich dispatch unoting tho Leipzig
Neitpsto Nachi iebfen. The strike
threatens to heroine general, tho
newspaper reports.
15 CARS OF FfiOIT
Tho liouue River Fruit & Produce
association today confirmed tin; Mile
of fifteen cars of Howell, Hose find
Winter Net is pears nt price on all
varieiicK well above la 'l year's market.
OF HUNS
of prisoners. Itclow, some types
OF WHEAT $2.40
V A SIM NO TO N, July 1 2 . P rest -dont
Wilson today vetoed the annual
agricultural appropriation bill con
taining an amendment increasing the
price of wheat to $2.40 per bushel.
Members of congress from wheat
growing states will make n fight to
pass the bill over tho veto, but indi
cations are that the wheat price pro
vision will be eliminated.
The president's message said the
Increase in the price of wheat would
add $2 to (he cost of a barrel of
flour, and would add $'1X7,000,000
to the price of tho 000, 000,000
bushel crop of 1!MS wheat. It also
would can ho a corresponding In
crease in the price of Canadian
wheal, (he messiige said, and would
add very materially to tho general
high cost oT living.
An agreement was tentatively
reached (oday by senate leaders for
postponement of prohibition legisla
tion until August 20, for a vote late
todny or tomorrow on (ho adminis
tration wire control resolution and
for supetiKlon of senate business
until August 1 0 under a "gentle
men's agreement" for three day re
censes. ROILY ASKS FOR
SENATE INQUIRY
NKW YORK, July 12. Dr. Kdwar l
A. Kumely, former publi-her of tie,
Kvciiinu Mail, iiires(e( on cliart;es n
perjury in connection with the ipies
( it mi ol (MMietbtp ol the paper, which
the govertt'iicnt alleues was boti'Mii
in the interest of (lie German eowrn
n. cat, aniiouiui'd today that if (lie
sctijite would Inuke an invcsti'Mtioi1
m(o (he affairs of the newspaper h.
would uaie iniintinily mid phice all
the tacts in po-e.s.-inii of the ierii-
tliellt.
Semitor William II. iu of I't.ib
plfinsed u senatorial impiiiy into the
Ku'lini',' Mail case.
1 " " '
iDUAL EMPIRE 120,000 ON LIST
mni CAWIMPO
IUU! OHYIilUO
OF EMIGRANTS
How Austro-Hunyarian Government
Got Control of Savings of Citizens
. In America Through Trans-Atlantic
Trust Company Explained By
Alien Property Custodian.
XHVV YORK. 3nly 12. How llio
Auslro-HiiiiRiirliin government Rot
control of the savings of Its emi
grants to this country thru tho trans
Atlantic trust company, now seized
by tho government,, wus told today
liy Francis P. Garvin. Investigator
for tho alien property custodian.
The emigrants, upon their arrival
in New York, ho stuted, wero mat at
tho plurB hy an agent of the hank
who directed them to hoarding
houses, the keepers of which were
roprosontntlvcs of tho Trans-Atlantic
institution. Kvon the services of
clergymen wero utilized to impress
AuBtroHungarlans with the impor
tance of placing all their funds with
the establishment whose controlling
hand reached from Vlonna.
Sccui'tvl Millions
Millions of dollars worth of Aus-tro-Hungarlan
nnd Gorman war
bonds wore Bold to thoso emigrants
and to others who hnd become Amer
ican citizens. On tho day federal au
thorities soleed the hank It hnd 14,-'
000 depositors nnd (10,000 customers,
loeuted thruout the country, lis de
posits totalled $7,000,000. Slnco.lt
organization it had sent a total of
1S2,000,000 kronen, (I72.S00.000)
to Austria-Hungary. When war was
declared to exist between tho I'nlled
Statos and tho dual monarchy, the
hank Invited depositors to pliu-o re
mittances with It "for transmission
nftcr tho wur," and a big business
was dono In this branch.
('iikor Is Ouincil
llorrls Cukor, an American citizen
who was one of tho directors of tho
Trnns-Atlnntlc Trust compuny, seiz
ed by Die alien property custodian
yesterday, was removed as a director
of that Institution because of Ills al
leged pro-Oerman and pro-Austrian
sympathies,
Cukor only a week ago was ap
pointed president of tho municipal
civil service, commission by .Mayor
Dylan.
SOCIETY OF NATDNS
PARIS, duly Gerumnv In-
excluded herself from the society ol
nations and -will remain outside of '
a lony; as she in embarrassed by mil
itarism, says Andre l.cbey, who is
wnlmn a report on u leauiie of nn
(ions for the foreign ulTnirn eommr.
Ico of the chamber of deputies. In a
statement to the Petit Purisien,
Deputy Lcbey adds:
"The allies have organized at Ver
sailles an iulcr-nllied war council,
why should lltev not organize (here an
inter-allicd committee to study (he
idea of a league of nations f The
two actions are parallel and coinnli
menlary. Why not seize on (be oc
casion of the aimiversar- ftf duly 11
lo create it ''
WASHINGTON, July 12. An
Amerlcan naval hiunch, after nldliiK
a Krent li deHlroyer In towlnj; n iIIh
ubled American Hcnrdann lo mifety
wiiK mink by German shore hnticricx,
Inning two of her crew nro'ialdy
drowned nnd two taken nrbtonor by
(ho enemy.
AMHltttatit Surgeon Albert Steven?,
jiatnl rcnerveft, New York, and I'htllp
Goldman, nuurtcrniaslcr. Sew York,
landed In front of the German bat
teries umi wore lapluted.
mum
GERMAN BONDS
Eighteen Million Dollars Estimated
Collected By Bernstorff From German-Americans
and Used for Prop
aganda Work In America Instead
of Purchasing War Supplies.
WASHINGTON, July 12. A fairly
eompli'le list of (lie holders of Ger
man government bonds in the I'nitcd
Slates is in (he hands of service men
fiuhtiii! German propaganda, it wa
said today by officials, discussing the
disclosure of the lar-jo holding of
(he Husch family made yesterday by
Alfred L. Iletdicr, New York assist
ant attorney general.
Names of nearly "20,000 individunls
are on the list, which has been built
up during the course of secret inves
tigations made duriur the last two
years. The securities were issued in
denominations of us small us
. Six Issues Made
Approximately six different issueV
of the bonds wen? Hindu in the United
Slates in order to evade the Knglish
blockade. They were underwritten
by various hanking bouses nnd Hyndi
cules, (he trans-Atlantic Trust com
pany, of. which were secured yester
day for internment, being un judivo
ugent. , i; ,j.r..
TIT amount secured through bond
sales is known to have lieen large
though probably below the $18,000,
000 figure intimalcd by Mr. Meeker.
Trull of Propaganda
NKW VOliK, July PJ.The trail
of German propaganda financed in
America by money raised in this
country through the sale of German
war bonds is long and unexplored by
the Ameriean investigators, it was
learned aulhuritalivcly here today.
Count Von Ilernstorff and Mr.
Ilcinrtch Albert, who was German
commercial nllaelio in the I'niled
Slates were given carle blanche hy
the German government, according to
evidence uncovered by the Xew York
slate altornuv general's office. The
purchase of control of newspaper
columns is said to be only one phaso
of the inquiry.
Accounts In 10 Hanks
Count Von Mernstorff nnd Mr. Al
bert bad accounts in HI New York
hanks. The total of these deposits
has not yet been learned. The reason
it was said, was because of the suc
cessful methods of concealment, pur
sued by Von Mernstortf nnd Albert,
through a system of drawing only
cashier's checks in transferring ac
counts nnd making payments. These
transferrals were lreiiicullv made
over niuht as further means of cam
ouflage. Kvidenee indicated further, it was
said, that la rye sums were sent to
South America for propngandu work
in l.atin-American countries. This
pluise of the inipiiry has as yet been
only liltle developed.
WASH INGTON, July 1 2. Ger
many'a plan to establish on the
Kb I no between Ilaslo nnd SlrattburK
a BcrleH of dums which would Inter
fen witb the free waterway between
Switzerland and the hcu Is cunning
much adverno common! among tho
SwIhu. A dispatch from lterno today
ways tho federnl council has been
called upon to open diplomatic nego
tiatloiiH with tho German govern
ment In order to prevent tho work.
BILL TO TAX FACTORIES
EMPLOYING CHILDREN
WASHINGTON, July SVnn
tor l.enrntii today inlroducedu hill
proposing an additional live per cent
excise t;tx on the net profits of mine-i,
ipiarnes, canneries (u lactones em
plovini ehildn n under II years of
ace.