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THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY. JULY 26, 1917.
MM TO RENEW
IRRIGATION FIGHT
Separate Bill Will. Be Substi
i tuted for Amendment Kept
Out of Food Bill.
SENATORS FAVOR PLAN
Senior Member From Oregon. Op
. poses First Project on Ground
Amendment Xot Germane to .
Food Control Bill.
OREGONIAX NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July 25. The fight for an ap
propriation of $20,000,000 to build new
irrigation projects, though halted tem
porarily by the action of the Senate
in rejecting- the McXary amendment to
the food conservation bill, is soing to
be renewed before the close of the pres
ent session. If Senator SicNary's first
contest in the Senate accomplished
nothing- else, it served to develop the
fact that Secretary of Interior Lane fa
vors such an appropriation; that the
Reclamation Service favors it; that
practically ell Western Senators favor
it, and many Senators from the East
ind South are ready to join the new
Senator from Oregon in speeding up
Government reclamation work.
The proposition involved in the Mc
Kary amendment had more supporters
In. the Senate than appeared on the roll
call, although 29 Senators went on rec
ord as favoring this appropriation as a
Fart of the food conservation bill. "When
the amendment had been voted down
a number who had opposed It went to
Senator McXary to assure him they
were in favor of this aappropriation
snd would support it if presented in a
(separate bill. Taking- these Senators at
their word. Senator McXary is going to
give them an opportunity to get be
hind a separate bill.
McXary Makes First Speech.
The reclamation amendment gave
Senator McXary an opportunity to de
liver his maiden speech in the Senate,
but it so happened that he had to speak
under the 10-minute rule, and therefore
spoke briefly. Not only was he favored
with a good audience, but the Congres
sional Record shows that he was able
to rally to his support some very vig
orous fighters from the West. Senators
who were quite as strongly in fvor of
his amendment as he himself.
The main attack upon the amendment
was on the ground th-at it was not ger
mane to the food bill. That bill is
entitled a bill "to provide further for
National security and defense by en
couraging the production," etc., of fooi
jiroducts. Senator McXary contended
that his amendment accomplished that
very purpose, and in his contention was
tmeked up by Senators Jones, Borah,
Newlands, King and, Norris.
Purpose Is Increased Production.
In his maiden Senate effort. Senator
McNary, in part, said:
"I am frank to declare that I do not
want to burden the food-control meas
ure with unnecessary luggaage. as its
speedy passage in a perfected form is
necessary to the accomplishment of
those beneficent purposes which its ad
vocates believe are certain to follow.
Hours now are as precious as were days
in normal times.
"One of the cornerstones upon which
food-control legislation is founded is
increased production, and that is the
purpose and aim of the amendment
which I have offered. We have daily
referred to the necessity of man power,
yet equally important is land power;
that is, the ability of the available
acreage to yield bountifully and the
possibility and practicability of bring
ing more land into the fold of produc
tivity. "If we are to feed our people and our
armies and to assist in feeding our al
lies, we must look in part to those vast
acres of unreclaimed lands that lie to
the west, for there rests the potential
possibilities of war's success.
"In view of this situation it becomes
almost imperative in times of war to
look for and develop latent productive
sources which are calculated to In
crease food production, and that is the
justification for adding the amendment
here proposed.
"Out in the 16 Western slates are
millions of acres of arid lands which
could be made to yield bountifully by
the application of water. In the state
of Oregon I will cite but one example:
The Warm Springs district in Eastern
Oregon needs a dam which Govern
ment engineers say would cost $400.
00 and which would require six
months for its- construction. In the
project 12,000 acres are now annually
producing 40,000 tons of hay, but the
supply of water is exhausted aboot
.luly 1, and in consequence thereof
only one crop is harvested, whereas
a more liberal supply of water would
insure an additional crop."
C hamberlain Opposes Bill.
One big contributing cause to the
de'eat of the McXary amendment was
the opposition of Senator Chamberlain,
who had charge of the food bill on the
fir. or of the Senate. His support of the
amendment had been anticipated,
though he himself had refused to in
troduce the amendment, but when he
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objected his objsction carried the op
position of many other Senators who
had been voting with him consistently
on all amendments proposed to the fyod
bill. In voicing his opposition Sena
tor Chamberlain said:
" "I a'Ti in hearty accord with the pur
pose of my coil-eague (Mr. McXary) in
undertaking to obtain an appropriation
sucn a 1s provided by this amendment
for the Reclamation Service. My state
would be favorably affected, bcn fi
lially affected, by the amendment if it
should happen to be adopted. But, Mr.
President, I feel that i:i this great Na
tional emergency X must look beyond
the advantage that would come to my
own state and to the states of the West,
where thty have large areas of semi
arid lands, and look at the question
from the National, or, rather, from the
international, ' viewpoint. So looking
at-it. it seeems to me that this bill
ought not at this time to be encum
bered with the question of the recla
mation of arid lands."
Senator Chamberlain then alluded to
his own bill proposing that the Gov
ernment shall guarantee interest on the
bonds of irrigation and drainage dis
tricts, saying he deemed it unwise to
include it in the food control bill.
In his defense of the McXary amend
ment. Senator Borah, of Idaho, in part
said:
"I will say just a word in behalf
of the amendment offered by the Sena
tor from Oregon (Mr. McXary). I do
not see why that amendment should
delay the bill at all. 1 do not see why
it should embarrass the bill.; It would
not modify or change any provision
now in the bill, and it would help very
materially not at once, of course, but in
a few months, to supply a greater acre
age for cultivation and provide greater
food production in the country."
EXPLOSION. KILLS 62
RESCUERS RECOVER MAN'GLED
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Coal Mine of Cape Breton Is Visited
by Accident. Worst In His
tory of District.
SYDNEY, Cape Breton, July 23.
Sixty-two miners were killed by an
explosion in the Dominion Coal Com
pany's No. 12 colliery at New Wayer
ford today. Thirty-two bodies, many
of them terribly mangled, had been re
covered late . tonight and it was be
lieved that the gradual clearing away
of the gas fumes which, hindered the
early work of rescue would permit the
removal of wreckage so that other
bodies could be reached before morn
ing. The cause of the disaster, which was
the worst in the history of Cape Breton
mining, had not been determined to
night. Misfiring of the first shot after
the miners entered the pit was re
ported responsible.
The explosion occurred at No. 6
landing, where 60 of the 260 men in
the mine were working. Most of the
miners on that landing were killed. At
Xo. 7 landing the rescue party found
eight more bodies and a large number
of injured.
Rescue parties had trouble in making
headway. Several rescuers were over
come by the gas, which made many
miners temporarily insane. Despite the
diffculties many dead and injured
were brought to the surface.
Among the heroes was Jack Mc
Kenzle, a boy, who responded to the
first call for help. He went down to
Xo. 6 landing and worked there until
he was forced to return to the sur
face. After recovering somewhat from
the gas he returned to his work among
the injured and dead. This time he was
sent to the surface unconscious and he
died while being carried to a hospital.
FISH IMPORTS LIMITED
BRITISH WILL , BUY . BILK
SALMOX FROM CANADA.
OF
State Department Informs Oregon Con
gressmen of Itestriction to 50 Per
Cent of Last Year's Imports.
OREGON! AN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, July -5. The Secretary of
State today sent to Senator Chamber
lain and Representative Sinnott copies
of a message from Ambassador Page
at ijondon showing that threat Britain
is going to buy most of its canned
salmon this year from Canada. The
message reiterates that England will
license the importation this year of B0
per cent the amount of canned salmon
admitted last year -to bo "apportioned
between Canada and America on tho
basis of importations made before the
war."
This means that less than 50 per
cent of the importation will- come from
the states, but the cablegram adds:
"The British army council has de
cided to purchase a quantity o Cana
dian canned salmon to be 'ised ex
clusively for army purposes and this
would bring the total imports from
Canada up to the 1916 imports," or
about 1,000,000, cases.
The British Foreign Office adds that
British importers nave difficulty in
securing assurances of deliveries from
the United States under existing con
tracts and trusts that the salmon
market in the United States at present
is good and that no hardship will be
done the American industry by restrict
ing salmon exports to England.
The War Department today notified
Representative McArthur that it can
not supply, equipment to Oregon Home
Guard Associations as all available
equipment is needed' for the National
Army.
WHISKY FOUND ON BARGE
Captain K. Patterson Fined $3 00 in
Astoria Court.
ASTORIA. Or., July 25. (Special.) A
raid made today by Sheriff Burns and
his deputies on the barge Charles B.
Kenney resulted in the confiscation of
144 quarts of whisky, which were found
stowed away between decks. Captain
R. Patterson, master of the vessel, was
arrested and convicted in Justice Car
ney s court on a cnarge or having liquor
in his possession and was fined $500.
Captain Fatterson immediately gave
notice of appeal. He said that he did
not know the liquor was on board h
vessel. The Kenney arrived here this
afternoon from Eureka and is en route
to Westport to load lumber.
Engineers' Regiment Killed.
SEATTLE, July 25. With the en
listment of 52 men at recruiting of
fices here today, the Eighteenth Regi
ment of Engineers, railway, U. S. A.
formerly the Eighth Engineers, brought
its numbers tip to the required 1160,
and the recruiting offices were closed
The regiment, commanded by Coione
J. B. Cavanaugh, is one of nine which
will assist in the reconstruction of
French railways, and is composed en
tirely of Western railway men of all
kinds.
Belgians Back iu 'Washington.
'WASHINGTON, July 25. The Bel
gian mission, headed by Baron Mon
cheur, returned to Washington tonigh
after a 9000-mile tour of the country,
BITTER FIGHT OH
TO RETAIN ALBANY
Trustee
Linn
Hits Plan to Merge
School With Pa
cific University.
FINANCIAL AID IS NEEDED
Charges" of Misrepresentation and
That Institution Is in Disre
pute Crop Out " in
Heated Debate.
EUGENE, Or., July 25. (Special.)
With the trustees of Albany College
legally intrenched and determined to
fight to the last resort in the courts
to prevent the merging of the institu
tion with the Pacific University at For
est Grove, as recommended by the over
whelming majority of the Oregon Pres
byterian synod committee and by the
college board of the Presbyterian gen
eral assembly, a battle was waged on
the floor of the synod here today, con-
muing iate into me nignt, witn me
uture of the college apparently far
from settlement. .
The sessions were characterized by
warm debates, in which it was re
peatedly asserted that the Albany
school was in disrepute: that misrep
resentations had been made; that the
church had been kept in the dark, and
the college board of the general as-
embly had complained it had. not been
squarely dealt with.
Committee Presents Findings.
Findings of fact by the combined
committees on merger and education
were: -
That the institution has a debt of
$73,913.95, which it appears unable to
pay:
That its endowment is impaired by
reason of failure to collect $41,836.22 of
subscriptions pledged, and by the use
of certain endowment securities as col
lateral for loans obtained, this action
being in violation of specific conditions
upon which $S0,000 of endowment funds
are held.
That plant and equipment are made
quate.
That the school has an intensely com
petitive environment.
Linn C'onnty Asked to Help.
That it is impossible to secure a very
large amount of money for the college
and to provide for its future needs, un
less the management of the institution
and the residents of Linn -County first
put the endowment in satisfactory con
dition and give enough in cash to pay
the debts of the college and assure its
permanency and efficiency in its pres
ent location.
This committee submitted a resolu
tion declaring the willingness of tin
synod to aid the college in every way
possible on condition that the manage
ment and the residents of Linn County,
where 14 of the 22 members of 'the
board of trustees reside, show that the
endowment of $250,000 is invested and
held in satisfactory form and $100,000
provided to be used in paying debts
and for immediate needs of the col
lege. In one year, if these conditions
should not be complied with, the reso
lution called upon the trustees to take
steps for the consolidation of the school
with the I'acific University, or close
the college and return all funds to the
original donors.
Huge ii d m Held to Be in Danger.
A substitute resolution was offered
by Rev. John M. Skinner, of the Rose
ity Park Church, of Portland, elim
inating the proposal to the trustees
and Linn County and calling upon the
trustees to take such steps as are
necessary to close the college doors
or merge witn tne j-acinc university.
This resolution was being debated late
tonight.
Rev. John IT. Boyd, pastor of the
First Presbyterian Church, of Portland,
declared that the question of the mer
ger with the Pacific University was a
dead issue. He wanted know how
the trustees and those who wanted to
maintain the college proposed to meet
the situation. He charged that $16,000
of the endowment funds had been
hypothecated and that, as other endow
ment gifts were contingent upon tha
integrity of the funds, a large amount
was endangered, in addition to the
S50.000 of the James J. Hill donation.
FIRE FIGHTERS I. W. W.
Continued from Kirst Page.)
directed against the lumber trust and
capital in generrl.
That the force of firefighters sent
to Medford last Monday night were
members of the I. W. W. is a surprise
alike to officials of the Forest Service
and to A. W. Jones,, director of the
Municipal Employment Bureau, who
collected them for the task of fight
ing the fire in the bouthern Oregon
forests.
They were collected in a hurry Mon
day afternoon and it was required that
they be woodsmen. The order ror tne
men was given in the early afternoon
and by 7:30 they had been signed up to
go south. On this account it is sup
posed some I. W. W. were included in
the number because of the haste that
had to be used in the task.
JACKSON' FIRES IN CONTROL
Ashland's Watershed Out of Dan
ger, Is Report.
ASHLAND. Or., July 25. (Special.)
The forest fire that has been burning
in the immediate vicinity of the Ash
land watershed for a fortnight is now
under control, according to a fire
fighter who returnad from "there this
afternoon. A strip about 200 yards
wide and half a mile long was burned
over inside the city watershed, but
only the underbrush burned and the
damage to the city's water source is
but slight.
The fire was burning about eight
miles west of Ashland in the imme
diate vicinity of Humming Bird
Springs, all of which was within the
Government reserve.
Forest Supervisor Gribblee is still
at the front with a small force of men.
The damage was not as great as the
first reports indicated, in many places
only the underbrush burning.
The fire that has been burning in the
Siskiyou Mountains, five miles west of
Siskiyou Station, on Bear Creek, is
also under control. It originated on
the California side and for a time was
beyond control. An old sawmill owned
by Charles Hosier, of Ashland, burned,
but the loss was not of much conse
quence, as the mill had not been in
operation for years. State Forest
Supervisor Hake, with a force of men,
is handling the situation there.
Fires Threaten Near Kelso.
KELSO. Wash., July 25. (Special.)
The Inman-Poulsen Company, op
erating west of Kelso, has had & large
crew of men fighting a fire which has
been burning in logged-off lands ad
joining their camp for several days.
Tho fire threatened their logging- rail-
way, and one house was burned, but
it is now under control. At the Mult
nomah camp, on the Coweeman. the
crew also had to fight a threatening
forest fire.- Neither of these fires has
done any damage to green timber to
date. West of Kelso, near Cathlamet.
and on Grays River, bad fires are in
progress. V. O. Wallace, supervisor for
the Washington Forest Fire Associa
tion, ' passed through Kelso yesterday
on- his way there to assist in com
batting the fires.
TOWN OP ALOAH IS SAVED
Several Fires in Grays Harbor Dis
trict Under Control.
HOQUIAM, Wash., July 25. (Special.)
After two days of hard fighting, dur
ing which the town of Aloha, the Aloha
Lumber Company's mill property and
a large amount of felled timber was
threatened by two fires, both were un
der control yesterday and tonight it
was reported practically all danger
was passed. A small amount of green
timber was burned and some down logs
were destroyed, but the loss was com
paratively small.
Fires at other points in the county
are under control. The situation in the
Grays Harbor district is in better shape
tonight than it has been in several
days. -
SHERIDAN FIRE IS CHECKED
Loss From Flames Will Be More
Than 2,500,000 Feet of Logs.
SHERIDAN, Or., July 25. (Special.)
The forest fire which was raging in
the holdings of the Sheridan Lumber
Company last week and threatened a
great amount of damage is still burn
ing, but is fairly well under control.
According to J. E. McKibben, who is
in charge of the men fighting the fire
for the company, practically 2,500,000
feet of logs that had been cut and
banked for the mill were burned.
The wind aided somewhat in keeping
the blaze in burned territory, and a.
system of trails and back firing has
saved the green timber, although the
danger is not yet past.
FOREST FIRE SCARES CAMPERS
Baker Vacationists . Along Spring
Creole Threatened by Blaze.
BAKER, Or., July 25. (Special.)
Many Bakerites camping along Spring
Greek, 20 miles west of here, were
frightened, last night by a. forest fire
that destroyed four acres of timber
and threatened the camps. The fire
was burning in slashings between Pine
and Spring creeks and was extin
guished by I. E. Jones, of the Whitman
Forest Service, and W. E. Palmer,
Baker County Fire Warden. They
found the campers badly frightened,
but calmedL them by their prompt work
in f iref ighting.
The blaze is thought to have been
started by a cigar or campers' matches.
FIRES NEAR OCOSTA DIE DOWN
Burning of 100,000 Feet of Green
Timber Around Aloha Main Loss.
ABERDEEN. Wash., July 25. (Spe
cial.) Danger from the forest fires
near Aloha and Pacific Beach and near
Acosta today are said to be about at
an end. In both localities the flames
have about spent themselves and are
dying out.
More than 100,000 feet of green
standing timber was burned near Alo
ha yesterday and Monday. This and
the destruction of two small cottages
constitute the only damage done. For
the most part the fires have been con
fined to slashing areas.
Hot, Windy Weather Due.
SALEM. Or., July 25. (Special.)
State Forester Elliott received word
from Weather Forecaster Reals at San
Francisco today that the weather the
next two days will be hot with north
west winds. The forester relayed the
word to his deputies with the warning
to guard closely against the develop
ment of forest fires.
British Columbia Fires Controlled.
NELSuN, B. C. July 25. Forest fires
which have been devastating valuable
timber in the Trail, Summit, Corbin
and Bull districts are reported to be
under control. .V largo number of
men are fighting the flames.
FIVE ABE KILLED OIJ A-7
ACCIDENT OCCURS ON AMERICAN
SUBMARINE AT CAYITI2.
Explosion Appears to Have Been Caused
by Ignition of Gas Within Ship.
Injured Men Burned.
WASHINGTON, July 25. An explo
sion yesterday on the submarine A-7
at Cavite, Philippine Islands, killed
five men and injured three of the of
ficers and crew.
The dead, as reported today in offi
cial dispatches, are:
Lieutenant -Arnold Marcus, Mill Val
ley, Cal.; .Machinist's Mate Harold H.
Lang. Dorchester, Mass.; Gunner's Mate
O. Hopewell, Brushy Knob, Mo.; Chief
Electrician Jesse M. Currie, Richmond,
Va.:Machinist's Mate Joseph A. Kunz.
Cameron. Tex."
Injured Chief Electrician Theodore
Schaiblin, Greenwood, Mo.; Airman Ar
thur M.. Jacobs, Rigby, Idaho; Machin
ist's Mate J. P. Hixon. Hixon's injuries
are slight. The others are seriously
burned.
The explosion, from a preliminary
examination, appeared to be due to the
ignition of gas within the ship. The
cause of the ignition of the fumes has
not been reported.
LIVESTOCK LOSS IS HEAVY
Money Value" of Poisoned Animals
Estimated at $150,000.
KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. July 25.
(Special.) No stock poisoning arrests
have been made here. J. M. Lundell,
from the bureau of animal industry,
here for several days investigating
stock poisoning cases, left this morn
ing, but stated before going that he
estimated a total loss of livestock
amounting to $150,000 in Klamath
County. He scoured the range dis
tricts and made a thorough investiga
tion, but found the stock had been
dead so long he was unable to ascer
tain what poison had been used.
I. W. W. trials continue here with
ten trials and convictions yesterday and
three today. Joe Schroder, secretary
of the local organization, was tried
today and convicted. lie engaged in
an altercation with Justice Gowen "and
Charged that counsel could avail him
nothing in his court, whereupon Jus-,
tice Gowen sentenced him to ten days
for contempt.
Dan Sullivan, another prominent
member of the local organization, was
tried today' and also convicted. He
gave notice of appeal to the Circuit
Court. Convicted men will be sentenced
after all trials are over.
The Citizens' Defense League, in co
operation with the officials, seems to
have brought a decided" check to the
1.- W. W. activities in Klamath Falls
and a wholesome respect for the in
censed people of the community has
been established. -
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RIVERS BILL RAPPED
Many Projects Criticised as
Trivial.
LOBBYISTS ARE CENSURED
Senator Kcnjon Quotes Army Engi
neers That One "Improvement"
Gave Creek 00 Feet "Wide
and 2 0 Indies Deep. .
WASHINGTON, July 25. Attacks in
the Senate today upon the $27,000,000
rivers and harbors bill centered in an
indictment by several Senators of the
National Klvers and Harbors Congress,
which maintains headquarters in Wash
ington and carries on an active cam
paign for waterways improvement.
Senators Kenyon, of Iowa, and Jones,
of Washington, .Republicans, aiu". King,
of Utah, Democrat, led in the criticism
of the organization's activities, which
were vigorously defended by Senator
Kansdell, of Louisiana, Democrat, for
many years president of the waterways
congress.
That "back fires" have been set in
their home states against certain Sena
tors and Representatives by those in
terested in the organization's propa
ganda was charged by Senators Kenyon
and Jones. Senator King declared lie
could see no difference between the
activities of the Itivcrs and Harbors
Congress and that of other organiza
tions criticised for illegitimate lobby
ing. Senator Jones said that after he op
posed a rivers and harbors bill, the
secretary of the waterways congress
"tried to enlist the newspapers of
Washington state to make a campaign"
against him. Senator Ransde". dis
claimed any knowledge of the incident,
and said that he would have stopped It.
Senator Kenyon characterized the
bill as "wasteful extravagance," and
ridiculed many or its projects.
"While Congress is engaged in find
ing ways to meet the stupendous total
of this year's war expenditures, esti
mated at $17,000,000,000," he said, "we
have this bill carrying appropriations
for wasteful river and harbor projects."
The Senator quoted from reports of
Army engineers, showing that after im
provements had been made In one river,
a stream 20 inches deep aifd 60 feet wldo
was created.
"What joy there must be in the
hearts of the American people, who are
already saving and buci If icing, to learn
that they will have to pay the erormous
taxes provided in the rivers and har
bors bill in order to get a stream 20
inches deep and 0 reet wide," said he,
adding: "It would have been better to
turn the stream on its side."
Kenator Ransdill opposed Senator
Borah's suggestion that t.ie President
be empowered to designate what ex
penditures were to be made, declaring
that the Chief Kxecutive was already
burdened with war duties.
"I wonder if the President would con
sider the approprta on for Banana
Creek, in Florida, for. use in the con
duct of the war?" said Senator Kenyon.
He added that if the Senator in charge
of the bill would consent to Senator
Borah's suggestion, he would end his
figbt.on the measure at once, and it
could come to a vote at once.
JOFFRE PRAISED BY BOIS
GREAT FRENCH CEXERAt'S O.CAU
1TIES TO 1. 1 J IX LECTIRE.
Democratic Military Leader and Most
Obscure Private In Army De
clared Determined on Duty.
Jules Bols, the eminent French author
and lecturer, spoke before a large audi
ence at the Lincoln High School last
night on some of the important and
interesting phases of the present war
as they appear to the Frencli people.
Pro'ceeds from the meeting went to
the fund of, the Portland chapter o
the Anierican Red Cross.
Mr. Bois was presented to the audi
ence by C Henri Labbe, French Consul
in Portland. The first part of his lec
ture dealt with "The Spirit of Sacri
fice" displayed by the French people
since the beginning of tho war. The
second part whs on the subject,
"Joffre and the French Soldier."
Karlier in the war Mr. Bois was in
the trenches and there became thor
oughly familiar with the magnificent
character of Marshal Joffre.
"We have felt more grateful to
Joffre in France." he said, "because he
has been the motive of a more heart-to-heart
manifestation between Amer
ica and us."
He pointed out that "Papa" Joffre
is the eouI of democracy and that he
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one.
STRIKE CONFERENCE IS ON
( Continued from First Pfis.
that the disputants can yet settle their
differences by arbitration, without
asking the Federal Court to police the
city.
The conference to be held tomorrow
morning practically wipes the slate
clean and Is expected to set aside all
correspondence, proposals and counter
proposals submitted by both parties
up to this hour.
The police today held four of the
imported strikebreakers pending deter
mination as to whether arc not they
have registered under the selective
draft law.
The striking policemen, who were
dismissed from the police force for
refusal to obey orders when assigned
to strike duty at the carbarns were
all informed against in Police Court
today. They have retained State Sen
ator Dan Landon to represent them
and already conferences have been held
in their behalf with the Mayor and
Chief of Police to secure their rein
statement. Mayor Gill contends that
the matter is now out of bis hands and
up to the Civil Service Commission.
The traction company has made no
announcement as to what, if any. effect
tomorrow's conference might have on
tlie company's plans to operate cars
with strikebreakers.
Mayor Cill said the operation of
screened cars without passengers could
not be regarded as a bona fide effort
to restore streetcar service. The
Mayor said it would not be proper to
place policemen on cars ent to the
congested districts of Seattle for no
other reason than to provide an excuse
for rioting or invite bloodshed. If the
company should attempt to resume
service on all its lines, then it wfnild
be the city's duty to furnish protection
to the carp.
Labor union leaders declare that any
attempt by the Puget Sound Traction.
Light & Power Company to operate
cars with strikebreakers, who arrived
from the Kaift last night, will cause
tho light and power departments of tho
company to be declared unfair imme
diately. The Metal Trades Council held
a meeting last night and arranged for
the calling out of Its men In the ship
yards if unfair light or power Is used.
The shipyards employ nearly 13.000
men.
A special dispatch from "Washington
says that President Wilson and Secre
tary of Labor Wilson held a confer
ence yesterday on the Seattle car strike
situation, which threatens to Involve
the shipyards. Andrew J. Peters, spe
cial mediator, is working in Boston
to obtain a settlement of the strike.
The Seattle and Tacoma streetcar lines
are controlled by Stone & Webster, of
Boston.
BOSTON, July 25. Andrew J. Peters,
of this city, reported to have been ap
pointed mediator In the streetcar strike
at Seattle, is on a pleasure cruise and
probably will not learn, of his appoint
ment for a day or two. it was stated
at his office today.
TACOMA IS l'KARLNC; TROUBLE
Special City Police Expected to lie
Sworn In to Keep Peace.
TACOMA. Wash.. July 25. (Special.)
Fearing that activity of the Tacoma
Railway. Light & Power Company in
nun ! n
Creating
in a thirsty public
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augmenting its force of special depu
ties presages an ultimate effort to im
port strikebreakers into Tacoma, Com
missioner of Public Safety F. It. Pettit
Wednesday took preliminary steps to
meet the emergency by getting in com
munication with local men who can
be obtained at a moment's notice to
act as special city police officers.
Few cars were operated today and
they were sparsely patronized. Jit
neys, operated under the direction of
striking carmen, did a big business.
Hospital Auxiliary to Meet.
Field Hospital Auxiliary No. SO will
meet tomorrow night at the Central
Library at 8 o'clock to elect officers
and to plan for the wellbcing of the
members of the unit. Those in the or
ganization and their relatives and
friends are invited to attend. Plans'
are on foot to send another box of
cakes and jellies to the boys within
a short time.
Wine and Alleged Owner Seised.
George Parenti, 406 Fourth street,
was arrested by Captain Harms and
Patrolman Spaugh on a charge of vio
lating the prohibition law. The offi
cers say they arrested i'arenti when
he made sales to three customers. The
officers confiscated a 40-gallou barrel
of grape wine and two oilier barrels
contninintr a mash.
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