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VOL. L NO. 1 7.0S. PORTLAND. OREGON, SATURDAY. AI.CJUST 28. 1915. PRICE FIVE CENTS. E M SEA LORD MAY BE RELIEVED Yon Tirpitz Said to Have Ignored Kaiser. FISHERIES TO BEGIN ON GRAYS HARBOR ruooNs, low idle, to CO TO WORK SEPTKMBEK I. SUBMARINE ACTIVITY ISSUE Admiral Is Being Blamed for Sinking of Arabic. DIPLOMATS ARE IN ACCORD Jallar of SibmaHu ( omnundrr lo Re-port Indk-atre Poa.lbtllly That Ilver May Have IWo Sank. Von Jaxow'e Yrrw 0anj. T jnm rii.x yUAt r.Ht.tH wa.iii.v;toM. a. st. miwiai Ad-ntral voa Ttrptts. Germany's aaa !ril. may be r.ll.v.d from office aa a resile ef ti labnurtn concessions ma.i. t tn t'nlted ltat. Thla direct Insr orfie-.r of the German tarr. tba real father of th submarine plan to al.stroy comm.ree with Rncland. I ep.tlve uf the fait cf lnno-ervt man. Mn.a and children, still la narhtlnf tbe prepeaal of tba Herlta government fo respect the raise of humaalty aod International law apon tba hlb sea. Tb.ra la a iiidrilliin In diplomatic elcle. ls trwblnton tbat Von TlrplU la really responsible for th sinking of tba Arable. It la een said tbat wk.a directed to Issue Instructions to tba submarine rommu'ltri not to attack ua.nfff liners. a nnd.r th. rsecrntted proradira. he failed to do a. leaslnar these commanders to act lal.r tba olt Instruction mm st.sa.l.aaj l tTeevaefl'. rf far arr.at.r nomrnl at tbia Junc ture, however, la tba prospect that Von Tlrpita will and. aver to Indoca Exe eerer With-!m to ilaaj behind bla cam pin aad to refuse to maka tba ma c.stn whtra iha Chancellor baa granted tbrauvh- ll.rr voa Jaeosr. li.r awn Forvtffn Mtntst.r, and Count von n.n.torff. tba Urrnaa Ambutalar In Washington. la this connection. It la worthy of otira tbat Coont von Brnetor!T I laborlne; enerarealratty to Imluve hi trovarBmnt to maka a formal and bin!r declaration to tha United fttalee similar to tha Informal representations ! h bat. oen made an.l whkti ara ati.fiaciiry. aa far aa th.y so. to thla Oov.rnn.ent. fount von Fernstorff baa adtH4 bi government of tba determined attitude f President Wilson and svretary laa.mar and of tba American people. lla baa ImprtiMd npoa II. rr Too Jattow tba necessity of romplytnc with tha American d r mj mt s and tha report whl. b have rearhed htm and have or. a eent to lb ltata Iapartment by An basaador Oerard Indicate tbat tha re port of tha Ambassador bar. been effective. w of ( baas RfntaUnL Tb.ra thua la no question that tha Foreign Minister and th Chancellor. Ifarr vm Tiethmann-Hellweg. who la II. rr v. Jaarow'a Imntnllata superior, ar. In anttra accord In Insisting that tba aubmarma policy of Germany ba rasllcajly chanaesi. TJia Emperor muat of aeveaslty give tba final dvLIn, According to re porta cirvutattrc tn Berlin, the Chancel lor and Admiral n Tlrptti bth have arran.l to a. and talk aith MaJ.ary. It la nt cont-elrabte that the Kmaimr wtll dtaavow bla Chancellor. It l far m.T. likely he will repudiate tb b-ad of bla n.vr. Moreover. Herr oa Hethmann-lfellwe would hardly ttae adviaed thla government that tha aubmartna oottcy would be chanced to meet the views of I're.ident Wlleon without Ilia Majesty's sanction. Nor la It llheljr. If It shoula prore truo that tha laatrui-ttcne ts.ue-l after the destruc tion of to Lu.ttanUa were not con v?el to tbe submarine commanders, that ha wilt In-lorse .u.h flasrant diso bedience of hi. will. tea Tt.ntta Dar rteaaaaw Then the ue.tloa will art-, as to whether von Tirpttt 111 bo dt.po.od to remala at th heal of tie Admiralty, lie bvst consoler that bla own aclt-raep-t will not permit anything of It . kind. la the en I. however. It Is believed. be wtll be Induced to remain In b;s present offu-e. II I. t.o valuable to ilermany to be allowed to pasa Into re ttr.rn.nl Mo report y.t kaa reached Berlin In rearard to tfte destruction of the Arable, tbwusrli som.rhln llbe two weeks have elap.od slr.ee that catastrophe. This !oB4 sil.ace mar m.an thai the sub marine whiva, Bred the fatal t.r;elo taa It.elf been destroyed. tn au. b Seven Clam and l'onr Salmon Can nine riant Are to lie same Operation. ABERDEEN. Waaa, Au. :T. (Spo- clal. ) Tha fUherlea Industry of Grays Harbor, employing i'00 persona, will resume operatlona September 17. fol lowlntT a shutdown of two monthe. Seven clam and four aalmoa canneries will reopen on tbat data. la tha clam branch of tha Industry ltia persona will be employed, and In the parkins; , and catrhlna; of aalmon will And work. Moat of those en cared In the fishing Industry on Grays Harbor have been Idle for aome time. rtenty of labor la on hand for tha reopening;. The aaimos ennneriea will ba la steady operation throughout tha remainder of tba Fall, while the clam canneries probably wtll run continually for tha nest two month. November. December. January and February ara poor months for dlcslnc clams, aad factories probably wtll operate only oc casionally durtnc these months. WATER IS SHORT AT BAKE.l Cotitlnwr-d Iry Spell Threatens Fam ine, With Temperature tl I -J. ANNEXA1 flON PLAN CALLED "MADNESS Kaiser's ChancellorOp- poses Demands. PEACE TERMS ARE OUTLINED Industrialists Want Belgium, Part of Russia and France. IRON AND COAL NEEDED BAKER Or, A us;. T. (Special.) Because of tha continued dry spell. Baker facta a water famine. Accord tnc to Commissioner Anderson Find ley. temporarily In charare of tha City water, tha shortage will probably be aerloua on. Inatead of tha city reservoir belnar filled to tha brim as usual, tba water stood four feet be low tha overflow thla mornlni. Mr. Flndlry at once cava orders tha the atreet Hush tank and tha supply for the cemetery be shut off Immcdl ately. la addition, ba announced, there will be no mora nightly washlna; of Iha streets. Tbe th.rmometer reached Ma decrees thla afternoon, the hot test of the month. STUDENT KILLED BY AUTO Christian Anderson Pinned All Mjlit by Car Near Parma, Idaho. BOISE. Idaho. Au. JT. ISpaclaD Christian Anderson, a freshman laat year at tha Calverslty of WauhlnsTton, and a reaWent of, J'arma. aear here, waa killed laat nlcbt. when an automo bile he waa drlvlna; turned turtle, pin ning blm under tha car. Tha tragedy was not discovered nntil thla morning. when early travelers appeared on the hUhway. Anderson had left his born for Wilder. When eight mll.s from Parma he automobile went over a steep em bankment, turned over and pinned him beneath It. Anderson was :i years old and the son of Mr. and Mra. 1L C Anderson, wealthy rancbera. MRS. ALISKY GETS ESTATE Property Valued at S 100.000 I -eft Widow. Watch and Chain to Son The entire estate of Charles A. Altsky. who died August 1. goes to the widow, under the terms of tbe will, which was admitted to probata by County Judge Cleelon yesterday. Tha property left by Mr. Altsky la said to ba worth about I ie.0, la the will, which la dated November IT. Ilt. Mr. Alteky leaves bis son. Charles W. Alisky. his watch and chain. Thla) Is the only bequest bealdea that of tha entire e-tete to Mrs. Alisky. The petition accompanying the will es timates the annual Income from rental and profile at t-f.000. RUSSIANS TO FAST 3 DAYS Liberation Front Mongol Invader In 13S lo lie Celebrated. rETROGHAP. via London. Aug. II. Tbe Holy )nod has prescribed a pe riod of fasting of three days, beginning September i. The Minister of tha In terior has been requested to forbid en tertainment and the playing of music throughout that time, although work la to continue a usual. September Is the day of tha cele bration of llusaia's liberation from the Invader. Tamerlane, the Mongol lead er who made hla way at the head of bla men almost to Moscow In 1 l-lting unusual crurlttea upon the people. BRITAIN'S ENEMIES TAXED fevr Zealand Places Heavy Super- lmpot on Many Imports. WELLINGTON. N. Z.. via London, Aug. 27. A supertax of Ss per cent on Otherwise, Says .Memorial Front In fluential Forces, Including Krnpps, Soldiers Would Get Nothing Except High Taxes. BT KARL. II. VON WIECIAXD. fSpeel.l eUafr rorr-sponovnt of the New York World t'operleht. ll13. be th. Fr PuMl.hln- Company. Hpeclal rable utP(ch. Pupils!) .4 br Arrangement With the World.) COPENHAGEN. Aug. 10. "An epito me of madness!" That Is what Chancellor von Beth-mann-IIoll weg la reported to have ex claimed when tha memorial reached him from tbe six most powerful. Influ ential and centralized of the great economic organlsatlona In Germany, demanding a general policy of annexa tion for conquered provinces as a basis of peace. Theae demands upon the Chancellor and tba government Include no prema ture peace; no easy-going peace; no peace that doesn't Involve the full political exploitation of the Anal mili tary successes, that the prise of victory muat be commensurate with tha sacri fice, the blood of hundreds of thou sands, and the colonial empire. Asaristha Seaeaare Elaborated. That Belgium bo annexed In all but name. Its legislation in respect to mili tary, customa coinage, finance, post- office, railways, waterwaya be Germa nised; all big economic enterprises to be placed under German direction; con trol of the Belgian seaports; annexa tion of tba French coaat aa far aa tbe Somme, aa an outlet to the Atlantic and a strategic necessity against attack from England: annexation of the Briry ore region, and the coal reglona of the Departments du Nord and Pas de Calais; that Verdun Belfort and the wetsern slope of the Vosges must be added to Germany for strategic reasons; that the safety of East Trusela from Russia de mands the annexation of the adjacent Russian territory; that coal Is one effective means of political Influence. "An epitome of madness." the Chan cellor Is said to have characterized the sweeping demands of this Denkschrift or memorial, to which tha Delbrueck- Dernburg-Wolf memorial I cabled yes- erday Is a protest and counter-mem orial to tha government. Tread of Oplalea Showa I specially state that I do not give the Chancellor's alleged exclamation as fart, although I have It on what has hitherto been good authority,', but I give It for what it may be worth In INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS The W-ratbrr. YESTERDAT'P Maximum tern para tur-a. 6sre; mlnimorn, TOP A VS Fair, not so warm; westerly wtnaa. 1aw. Admiral von Tlrplta mar b relieved from riel ma concesdoQ to Untied State. German Chancellor call annexation plan ma d neea. Fice U Katlonal. American soldiers to bo In charge of Harden Conatabulary. Face a. Naval board rates battleship first as defense force. Pace 3. Domestic. Roscoe Trnmheller owes appointment as Collector of Customs to Secretary McAdoo, Pas fc. Anne Shannon Monroe writes of Interesting Incidents at fair. Pace 3. Wife and three rhltdren of Brlradler-Gen era. Pennine lose lives In fire. Page 1- (aroverrors In confrrenro aprree Nation Is in adequately prepareti tor wax. rise Catholic bishop shot by half-crazed priest may recover, pace z. pBd-lfle Northwest. Grays Harbor fisheries to begin September 1. face J. State Senator Sutton, of Spokane County, not supported by C B. Kealey. Pago S. Cssanerrlal and Marina. Local dealers look for lower wheat prices. pave J a. Chlcaa-o wheat drops on Winnipeg slump. Pave laV. Wall -it ret stock market la stronc and ac tive, pace J 3. Lsow water makes shipping- In Upper W 1 11am ette difficult. Pace 12. Sports. Coast Leajpie rvtulti Portland 12, Los Ancelee S; Vernon 4. San Francisco 0 Halt Lake 9. Oakland Z. Pare 10. Detroit now within one fame of Boston Americana. Pace 10. Russell Smith and Mrs. J. A. Dougherty win Gearhart golf titles. Paco 10. Johnston defeated by Pell In straight ta One thoiusnd watch swim at Peninsula tank. Pace 11. Portland and Vicinity. Kocr Sullivan, of 1 Ulnola, spends day In Portland. Pago a. ' North Coast Isumbcr Association to Isunch trade expansion campalcn. Page 9. August 30-Septcmber 4 Is proclaimed "Peach week." Pace 9. K. X. Llewellyn. American winner of Iron LiMss. here on visit. Pace 7. East Hide fire does $:.5St damage with In sursnce of 11700. Page 12. San ford W. Currier, builder, held on sus picion of headinc arson ring. Pace 11. Ohio Hoyal Arch Masons on wsy to fair pay visit to Portland, race 11. L. o. Koark appears at New York with story of being ebanghat?d. Page S. Kami Ilea leave for hop yards. Page S. U'eatuer report, data and forecast. Pace 1V (Concluded on Pace 2. Column J.) LIQUOR SCHEME FOILED California Dry Vote Balks Oregon W'arrlionne Dealers. AL.TURAS. CaL. Aug. 27. (Special.) No warehouse for the sale of liquor to persons In Oregon will be built In Modoc County, as supervisor district No. J, whose northern boundary is the Ore gon line, decided to remain dry at an election yesterdar. b,- a vote of i-i to 71. The district voted dry several years ago. but following the election In Alturas which closed saloons In that city, an elTort was made to bave liquor licenses In district No. 3. The state line precinct was the only one to give the wets a majority. From the Nevada state line near Reno to the Canada boundary line through California east of the Sierras, Oregon and Washington, the entire territory Is dry. FIRE KILLS 4 IN GENERAL'S FAMILY Warren Pershing, Boy of 5, Only Is Left. uirc mn o nuiinocu nc". III. L. A.1U d UlllLUUL.ii y Friday's War Moves THE Germans, In full possession of the entire Brest-LJtovsk line, have resumed the offensive In the Baltic provinces and are pressing the Kus sians both In the districts southeast of Mitau and to the east of Kovno. in an effort to reach the main line of rail way which passes through Vilna and Dvinsk to Petrograd. This may In time prove the most important of the Ger man operations, although at present they are usin"- more troops in the pur suit of t1 Asians who are retiring from . vslc and tha line on .ne fortress. CP ejSgi pO -n followed by that of Olita. south I OL A.ovno, tne armies or j? leio aiar- shal von Hindenburg will be rein forced and make another attempt to cuf off the retreat of the Russians. It Is believed, however, that it now is too late to accomplish this purpose. ejected, however, that with .o'1.! of Brest-Utovsk, -which had Home at Presidio Destroyed as Occupants Sleep. 4 OTHERS ESCAPE FLAMES Wife of Lieutenant Boswell, Her Two Children and Maid, Saved by Iyeaping From Porch. Cansc of Blaze Is Mystery. , 6 AN FRANCISCO, Aug. 27. Warren Pershing, flve-year-old son of Briga- The Russians apparently had evacu ated Brest-LUtovsk and Olita before the Germans arrived, as the latter made no claim to the capture of guns and booty. The Austrian official re port states that Arclwluke Joseph Fer dinand found the town of Kamieniez Litovsk in flames when he arrived. There are Indications, therefore, that the Russians still are carrying to the rear everything movable that might prove of use to the invaders, and burn ing what they are unable to take with them. The intimation that the Russians have fortified another front pending an dler-General John J. Pershing, rescued opportunity for a renewed offensive has early to-day from his burning home I received some confirmation. It is stated RUSSIA CALLS 2,000,000 Another Gigantic Army I.s Being liaised to Pursue Campaign. LONDON. Aug. 2S. General Poll vanoff. Russian Minister of War. an nounces that Russia Is raising another 2.000.000 men and that the fate of the campaign will not be decided before some time next year, according to the Petrograd correspondent of the Times. at the Presidio of San Francisco, In which his mother and his three sisters, Mary Margaret. Anna and Helen, were suffocated and burned, awaited tonight the home-coming of his father. General Pershing, commanding troops on the Mexican border, left El Paso today when informed that bis wife and three of bis four children were dead. He will arrive here Sun day morning. United Slates Senator Francis E Warren, father of Mrs. Persh'ng. will eome here from Cheyenne, Wyo. Oaly One Child Left. Warren, the only one Irft tonight of General Pershing's family of Ave. Is being mothered by nurses at the Lettermann General Hospi tal at the Presidio. He was taken there today when he was picked up unconscious on the floor of his bedroom by officers and men who crawled through the burning house searching for Mrs. Pershing and her four children. Warren revived quick ly. The others were dead when the rescuers reached them, suffocated and their heads, hands and feet burned. Mrs. Walter O. Boswell, wife of Lieu tenant Boswell, Twehty-first Infantry, and her maid, leaped from the porch roof to the ground, after throwing Mrs. Boswell's two children down to officers and men, aroused by her cries and the oise of crackling wood. Cause of Fire Mystery. The bodies of the four victims were badly burned. The fire is believed to ave been caused by a night lamp, al- tbougn this was said to be only con jecture. A burst of flame rfom the roof of the General's big two-story frame house, which stands on the pa rade ground directly In front of head quarters' flagpole, was the first inti mation of trouble. The Presidio Army fire department rushed to the house, and believing that the occupants had all escaped, centered their energies on the flames. Only the roof of the house was burned. When the firemen entered to look over the damage they found the mother and her three little girls. The boy. Warren, Mrs. Boswell and her children and three that the new line is being strengthened by all the latest methods known to military engineers. The Russian armies still are Intact, with virtually all their guns, and prospects of a more plentiful supply of ammunition. For this reason military writers here are of the opinion that Grand Duke Nicholas now should be able to make a stand, as the Austro German losses must have been very heavy, especially during the three weeks which intervened between the fall of Warsaw and the occupation of Brest-Litovsk. DEFENSE TOO WEAK, GOVERNORS E Resistance Power Is Deemed Inadequate. AID BY STATES IS URGED Training in All Universities Is Advocated. FOREIGN WAR IS DREADED Munitions Factories All Declared to Be Too Xear Atlantic Coast. Increase of Standing Army and Reserve Is Held Xecessary. The capture of several German trenches in the Vosges was reported by Paris last night, but what is con sidered more significant is the contin ued activity of the air squadron, which has been bombarding German positions in France as well as munitions fac tories across the German border. There has been no turther news from the Dardanelles or the Balkans, but It Is now certain that Serbia is willing to make certain sacrifices to satisfy Bulgaria and gain her co-op eration in behalf of the allies. It may be several days, however, before "the Serbian reply to the representations of the entente powers is received. The vote of the Serbian Parliament was only upon the principle involved, and negotiations now are proceeding be tween Serbia, Greece and Roumanla re garding the exact nature of the con cessions to be mado Bulgaria. Wales is threatened with another coal strike as the result of dissatisfac tion among the miners with the way In which the settlement recently ar ranged by David Lloyd George, Min ster of Munitions, is being interpreted by the mine owners. Some 10,000 men already are out contrary to the advice of their leaders. all Incorporations from countrtra boa-! til to Ureal Hrltaln. was announced! today bv th Minister of Finance. Sir! Joseph Ward, la Ictrojjclntf tbe burgtl) rasa ilermany wtil ba anabte to gitalin I'arliamrnt. any ei.'Urv.t.on of tba o. v-urren.-. Tne I ' A aumlwr of tariff acb.dulea ara to Foraiaa i7ira b.a dv!ar4 formally . &a raised. Automobiles, cbaasla and! t.at t" r. porta of tha sinbins of thelbndlea ar to pay 10 per cent ad va- AraMc "eannoc corr.ioal with thejlorem. and k.roe.na and petrol eight! facts. thla dlrattoa aa!aa based poa tha ka.kl(f which tba Foratsn mi nister bad cf tb Instructions Ad miral voa Ttrpits waa 4irvtd to Issue ! submartna command. ri If tha aubmartne baa been sunk, voa Tlrrtts' po.ttloa will t. much better. Slaea tb. Mam raa b visited upon tba dead commander. Tba t'nltad Mate, would base to aa.il a statement from Germany that la tbe absence of official rvporta that government raa only con clude tba submarine commander failed to receive hla Instructions la time or deliberately vloiat.d Ihtov centa a gallon. RUSSIANS EVACUATE OLITA IVirtrrsj oaa Xlrmen Hirer la Aban doned to German Army. n:ill.lX. via London. Aug. 27 The! Russian fortress of Olita, on tha Nia- men r.iver. 14 milea south of Kovno. I baa beea evacuated. Official announc.ro. nt to thla effect I waa made here today (Concluded on Fare 3. Column 1.) j 'J " SAYS HE'LL BE MORE CAREFUL NEXT TIME. I : Jka,sek. l -t Hfe,TJ me:. .Lit I THAT S O-lvCf SVSffty ?F-r 'RKKXWi DO IT AGAIN.' I. I I"' - - i X VsRr-k.-f- 11 lr . j AtWVliX'WVVN - I 1, ! I SAME PLACFl , r.TTSS 'J:. KxJ!ST f ueNNHXXC I I . 1 ll,l-'ar A'.W V -y .' ri W W I I I D M 1 . t : I - x I a. a ....................A AuKUSt 38, 1914. War conditions advance wheat prices. Battle of millions on: allies fight to protect Paris. Armored cruiser North Carolina or dered to Turkey to carry gold for relief of Americans. Japan begins' bombardment on Kiau Chau. British government advised to keep on "good side" of United States. Wilson holds war exists between Japan and Austria. GERMANS ACCUSE FRENCH Alsatian Teutons Pressed Into Mili tary Service, Is Charge. BERLIN (by wireless to Tuckerton, N. J.), Aug. 27. "A captured French officer," says the Overseas News Agency, "carried in his pocket an or der from Minister of War Millerand, showing clearly, that the Frentfh Gov ernment had pressed into army service German citizens, inhabitants of Al sace-Lorraine. "The order divided these into two classes and provided that those willing to fight against Germany should be protected against the death sentence for high treason in case of their cap ture." UNIFORM SIGNS ORDER Street Labels, Missing, to Be Re' placed and System Revised. Plans are being worked out for a ! new and modern system of street signs for Portland. Commissioner Dleck yesterday set Municipal Traf fic Engineer Kirkpatrick to work de vising a means to perfect the system so that it will be uniform and com plete throughout the city. At present hundreds of signs are missing, so that It is difficult - for strangers to find streets. There is no uniformity In the choice of location at Intersections. It is proposed to In clude the principal business section in the revised system, since signs are I missing on several streets. Germany Releases Mail. BERLIN (by wireless to Tuckerton, N. J.), Aug. 27. The Overseas News I Agency today says: "The Norwegian minister at Berlin has telegraphed his government that all the mail carried by the steamer I Haakon VII was already on the way to Norway. , The mail pouches were I opened and searched for contraband letters-" BOSTON. Auff. 27. A majority of Governors and ex-state executives, del egates to the Governors' conference here, at the final session of the con ference today agreed that the United States is inadequately prepared to re sist invasion by a hostile European force Discussion of naval and military pre paredness; selection of Salt Lake City as the scene of next year's conference, and the election of William Spry, Gov ernor of Utah, to be chairman of the conference executive committee, were the outstanding features of the closing session. All Firm for Added Defense No resolutions on the subject of pre paredness were proposed, but several of the executives said they felt certain that all the Governors would return to their states with the intention of de manding from their Congressmen sup port in any programme for strength ening the forces of the defense. The discussion by the Governors was prefaced by remarks by William C. Redfield, Secretary . of Commerce, speaking, he said, not in behalf of the Administration, but as a member of It. Secretary Redfield urged restraint of speech and soberness of thought in what he termed these trying times. Under the head "What Should Be the State's Duty in the Matter of National Defense?" Governor James F. Fielder, of New Jersey, urged an increase in the standing army by at least 25.000 men, with an adequate line of trained reservists. He said he felt that the states should be ready at all times to furnish 250.000 men to this reserve body. Training In Colleges Crged. Governor E. F. Dunne, of Illinois, said he felt the Nation's main reliance for a reserve force might well be found In a requirement that every col lege and university receiving- funds. Federal or state, should give four years of military training to Its students. 'If war were declared on the United States by any of the principal Eu ropean nations tomorrow it must be admitted our situation would be a pre carious one." he said. Referring to the need of a great supply of munitions, as developed by the Euorpean war, Governor Dunn9 said that any fleet from Great Britain or Germany could take possession or destroy all means of manufacturing ammunition in the United States, such plants being almost entirely within 150 miles of New York City. Europe Said to Be Weakening. Governor Park Trammel., of Florida, said that he felt that dependence was to be placed In the citizen soldiery, and was .applauded when he added: If the European war lasts two years more, as seems likely, there will not be a first-class army or, navy In the world except our own." A new note was struck by Francis E. McGovern, ex-Governor of Wisconsin. "We have been mentally chloro formed," he exclaimed, "by this Inter national propaganda for peace as it has been advanced in America. Our people have been over-persuaded by this move ment which has dubbed the officers of our state militia tin soldiers' and has removed the Incentive from office and man. Danger la Minimised. "I believe there is as little danger to the Nation today as at any time in a score of years. Nevertheless, we can never be secure until we put the coun try In a state of real preparedness, such as Its vast interests demand." The conference during the forenoon considered conservation of mankind and natural resources, as discussed by John A. Dix, ex-Governor of New York, and by Governor Ernest C. Lister, of Wash ington. Governor Henry C. Stuart, of Vir-i cinia, and Governor Arthur Capper, of Kansas, were elected members of the executive committee. Ex-Governor John Franklin Fort, of New Jersey, was again chosen treasurer and Miles C Riley, of Madison, Wis., was re-elected secretary. CONSULS FIGHT MOB BACK Attack on Russian and British Offi cials Reported Led by German. -A dlsDatch to Company from LONDON. Aug. 27 Reuter's Telegram Petrograd says: A telegram received here from Teperan, Persia, reports that th Rus- ian and British consuls and their military escorts have been attacked at Kenghever by an armed band led by XL O. Schunemann, tne German con sular agent at Tabriz. They defended themselves with rifles, but fcuffered some losses. 4