TITE MORNING OREGONIAN, TUESDAY, JULY 31, 1917.
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STRICTER RULES OF
.CENSORSHIP GIVEN
Press Scored After Publishing
Mews in Accordance With
Old Policy.
VIOLATIONS ARE CHARGED
Scope of New Regulations Is
"Widened to Include Arrival of
American Troops In France
and Snipping Activities.
WASHINGTON. July to. A new list
f press regulations making: material
changes in the voluntary consorshlp
rules under which American news
papers have been operating was pro
mulgated tonight by the committee on.
public information.
The new regulations contain the first
reneral request that there be published
no mention of the arrival of American
troops at European ports, replacing In
tnat respect an express authorization
In the old rules for use of any cable
dispatches passed by the European
censors.
Other sections of the old regulations
are made more severe by specific stipu
lations In place of the more general
language employed In the rules in force
until now.
Information la Described.
Information which the Government
considers might reveal military move
ments or policies Is described In de
tail. In the statement, according to the
new regulations. George Creel, chairman
of the committee, says that "repeated
and serious violations of voluntary
consorshlp have been attempted to be
excused on the score of misunderstand
ing" and that a "restatement" Is made
with the idea that hereafter there shall
be no room for doubt as to the com
xnitte's desires.
The Instances to which the most
serious charges of violation have been
made, however, have not resulted from
misunderstanding of the committee's
rules, but from following them im
plicitly. These instances have involved
publication of dispatches passed by the
Kuropean consors announcing the ar
rival of American military units In
Europe.
New Principle Substituted.
On this subject the committee's only
standing rule contained in the general
list promulgated May 28 and never re
placed nor revoked was as follows:
"All messages received from abroad
by cable or wireless are censored at
the point of dispatch or receipt and
are free for publication unless some
especial circumstance arouses the sus
picion of the editor."
The new rules, instead of stating
this principle, substitute for It a pro
hibition on publication of:
"Information of the arrival at any
European port of American war vessels,
transports or any portion of an expedi
tionary force, combatant or non-combatant,
until announcement Is author
ized by the Secretary of War or the
Secretary of the Navy."
"Scolding" Given Papers.
Secretary Baker and Mr. Creel were
seen together at the former's office to
night by a representative of the Asso
ciated Press. In reply to a question
as to whether he subscribed to the
language in the paragraph discussing
Alleged violations, Mr. Baker said he
had approved the whole statement, al
though he had not written it. Mr.
Creel said that Secretary Daniels, who
could not he reached tonight, also had
approved the statement before It was
Issued.
Mr. Baker authorized the statement
that he had in mind. In relation to the
strong language employed by Mr. Creel,
no speclflo newspaper or press asso
ciation. In the harsh language used,
he Insisted, the purpose had been to do
what many press representatives asked
be done to "scold" offenders.
The secretary said he had received
n. report from the war college show
ing nine separate items published In
.American papers of recent date which
thQ officers at the college regarded
s furnishing valuable Information to
the enemy.
Purpose Is General.
Mr. Creel declared that the purpose
of the paragraph referred to was gen
cral, not directed at any specific case
or cases.
The whole purpose of the new regu
lations, both Mr. Baker and Mr. Creel
Insisted, was to make Impossible any
further misunderstanding of what was
desired.
The committee's statement follows
"The desires of the Government with
respect to the concealment from the
enemy of military policies, plans and
movements are set forth in the follow
ing specific requests. They go to the
press of the United States directly from
the Secretary of war and the Secre
tary of - the Navy, and represent the
thought and advice of their technical
advisers.
"For the protection of our military
and naval forces and of merchant ship
ping, It is requested that secrecy be
observed In all matters or:
"1. Information in regard to the
train or boat movements of troops.
Such Information Is at all times and
under all circumstances dangerous and
should be scrupulously avoided.
"2. Information tending directly or
Indirectly to disclose the number or
Identity of troops in the expendltionary
forces abroad.
"3. Information tending to disclose
the names of. line officers and expedi
tionary forces and reference to in
dividual units of the-e forces. Only
names of staff officers are permissible.
"4. Information calculated to dis
close location of the permanent base
or bases abroad.
"5. Information that would disclose
the location of American units or the
eventual or actual position of the
American forces at the front.
Activity at Home Secretive.
"6. Information of the movement of
military forces towards seaports or of
the assembling of military forces at
seaports from which inference might
be drawn of any intention to embark
them for service abroad, and informa
tion of the assembling of transports
or convoys, and Information of the enl-
barkation itself.
"7. Information of the arrival at any
European port of American vessels,
transports or any portion of an ex
peditionary force, combatant or non-
combatants, until announcement Is au
thorized by the Secretary of War or
the Secretary of the Navy.
"8. Information of the time of de
parture of merchant ships from Ameri
can or European ports, or information
of the ports from which they sailed.
"3. Information indicating the port
of arrival of Incoming ships from
European ports, or after their arrival
Indicating or hinting at the port at
which the ship arrived.
"10. Information as to convoys and
as to the sighting of friendly or enemy
ships, whether naval or merchant.
"U, Information, ot the locality.
PREPARATIONS BEING MADE AT
CAMP TO RECEIVE NEW TROOPS
Supplies, Including 800 Cantonment Cots, Already at Hand Water Supply
to Be Increased But Few Soldiers Are HL
BY WTXli G. MAC RAE.
WITH THE THIRD (BEAVER)
REGIMENT. OREGON INFAN
TRY, July 80. (Special.) While
the schedule for the ninth week calls
for no end of hard work. It Is going to
come' in for a fair lot of slighting.
Soma time during the week all of the
units that have been guarding railroad
bridges, railroad tunnels and rounding
up the I. W. Ws., will be back. Then
will come the new assignment of troops
to their destination. In the meantime
camp Is being made ready to receive
them.
For a week large details of soldiers
have been busy making the ground
ready for the home-coming companies.
The work has Included the switching
of the picket lines, the blasting of
stumps, the digging of a well, and tha
arrival of quartermaster stores for the
units which came Into the service on
July 25. Because of the vast amount of
work being done, heavy Inroads have
been made on the companies that have
been weekly following the schedule,
and a company commander Is lucky If
he can turn out 60 men for drllL
Just how soon the Portland units
will be moved to this camp Is hard to
guess, but the move will be made lust
as quickly as the supplies arrive. Even
this end of the war game Is being
played "pronto." The quartermaster's
department has an unbroken record for
breaking down when put to the test,
but Judging from the prompt way in
which supplies for the new units are
arriving, both at camp and at Port
land, this very Important department
of the Government Is going out to es
tablish a new record.
In the supplies which have arrived
are about 800 cantonment cots and lum
ber for flooring for the squad tents.
An expert welldigger has Been called
in to finish digging the well. The in
tention is to drive the well deep enough
to find water, not only for the stock it
Is understood that arrangements are be
ing made for the care of something like
700 head but for camp use as well.
Two months ago It was Citizen C. I.
Califf, expert blacksmith and horse-
shoer. Less than a month ago It was
Private Califf, horseshoer In Troop A.
Five days ago it became Stable Ser
geant C. L. Califf. Being the right man
in the right place, and there always is
room higher up. Sergeant Califf, not
being the stand-still kind. Is the kind
of man that will be heard from later.
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The hideous racket made last night by
number or Identity of warships belong
ing to our own Navy or to the navies
of any country at war with Germany.
Papers published In ports should, with
especial care, refrain from giving In
formation to enemy agents in regard
to ships stationed or calling at such
ports. Because dangerous news Is
known locally It does not follow that
it can be safely published. Non-publication
of dangerous news obliges the
enemy to rely on spies actually In the
localities concerned, thus adding dif
ficulties and delay in its transmission.
'12. Information of the identities of
American merchant ships defending
themselves against submarines and the
identities of their captains, their gun
crews and crews. wo matter irora
which side of the ocean comes the news.
it Is asked that this Information be
withheld from publication. Editors will
appreciate the importance of co-opera
tion to withhold from the enemy sucd
information as might expose the offi
cers and men of merchant ships to the
danger of cruel and outrageous re
prisal. '13. Information of coast defenses
of the United States. Any Informa
tion of their very existence, as well as
the numben, nature or position of their
guns, is dangerous.
"14. Information of the laying or
mines or mine fields cr of any harbor
defenses.
"15. Information of the aircraft and
appurtenances used at Government
aviation schools, for experimental tests,
under military authority.
"16. Information of all Government
experiments in war material.
"17. Information of secret notices
issued to mariners or other confiden
tial Instructions Issued by the Navy or
the Department of Commerce relating
to lights, lightships, buoys or other
guides to navigation.
Shipbuilding: Included.
"18. Information as to the number.
size, character or location of ships of
the Navy or of the merchant marine,
ordered laid down at any port or ship
yard, or in actual process of construc
tion; or Information that they are
launched or in commission.
"19. Information relating to dry-
docks and to all classes of work, re
pairs, alterations or construction per
formed in connection therewith.
"20. Information of the train or boat
schedules of traveling official missions
in transit through the United States.
"21. Information of the transporta
tion of munitions or of war material.
"Photographs conveying the informa
tion specified above should not be pub
lished. "Repeated and serious violations of
the voluntary censorship have been at
tempted to be excused on the score of
misunderstanding or lack of positive
information. Pains have been taken to
make this re-statement of necessary
secrecies so complete and explicit as
to leave no room for honest Ignorance
or dishonorable evasion. Neither do
the requests go forth with any time
limit. Their application covers the
period of war. At no point do they
touch opinion or criticism, being con
cerned entirely with the protection of
the lives of America's defenders and
the success of military plans.
"These requests go to the press with
out larger authority than the neces
sities of the war-making branches.
Their enforcement is a matter for
the press Itself. To the overwhelming
proportion of newspapers, who have
given unselfish patriotic adherence to
the voluntary agreement, the Govern
ment extends its gratitude and high
appreciation."
Both Pedestrian and Rider Hurt.
Fred Bell, a salesman living at 490
Tavlor street, was struck by a motor
cycle ridden by Grover C. Melvin, aiy
engineer resiaing at itmi rowier ave
nue, at midnight Sunday, and sustained
a fractured leg and various minor in
juries. 'Melvin himself was badly cut
and bruised. The accident occurred at
the head of Washington street. Bell
was taken to the Good Samaritan Hos
pital and Melvin was removed to his
home.
Right-of-way Suit Filed.
OREGON CITY. Or.. July 30. (Spe
clal.) The Oregon Electric Railway
Company today Instituted suit to se
cure title to a 50-foot right of way
through the property of Amelia Mc
Clincey Alseben, Frank Alseben, her
husband, et al. The company alleges
that it has made numerous attempts
to buy for a fair price.
Fireman Wlnton Johnson Arrested
Wlnton Johnson, a fireman residing
at 1250 Macadam road, was arrested
at 7 o'clock last night on a warrant
sworn by A. Hanson, charging assault
and battery. Johnson was released on
his own recogaizanoa pending trial.
n?ornVnmawle
tall arrived at the depot they found
several cars, shunted off on the side
track. One was loaded with straw for
bed ticks, and the others with ration
supplies. Tenting also has begun to ar
rive, and Judging from the way neces
sary supplies are coming In the new
units will be In camp sooner than had
been expected.
Even there Is activity In camp Y. M.
C. A. circles. Secretary W. T. Gloeckner
is making big preparations for the In
creased family soon to arrive. The
large Y. M. C A. tent that has been
located at the west end of the camp
was moved today back of fha regi
mental hospital to a location that will
be in the center of camp. A tent double
the size of the one that has been in
use Is to go up on the new quarters.
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Clean-up week also extends to the
regimental hospital. . Between the
physical examination of the recruits
and the reservists who came in last
week. Major M. B. Marcellus and Lieu
tenant W. W. Kettle, and the hospital
attendants were kept busy. There also
were several slightly ill patients in
the wards who needed the attention of
the doctor.
Saturday Is the big clean-up day. It
Is also pass day. It is never overlooked
by the men. Sunday morning sick call
sends forth a thin line to the regi
mental hospital. Yesterday morning
Blck call was the smallest since the
camp opened. The aim of every sick man
Is to. be well Saturday night. He can
then report to his commander and ask
for a Sunday pass. Yesterday not more
than half a d.ozen occupied cots in the
hospital" tents.
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Private Fred Price, Company F, was
discharged from the regimental hos
pital, and will report to his company
commander.
Private Will E. Mclver, Headquar
ters Company, has been transferred to
Company B.
Private Robert Cunningham, one of
the band reservists, has reported to
Headquarters Company.
Sergeant Clyde L. Attig, who has been
on duty at the officers" training camp
at the Presidio, has returned. He has
been temporarily asigned to- the re
cruit company.
Private Arthur Arms, Company A:
Private George Headley, Company H,
and- Private William Kaylor, Company
E, have been discharged from the regi
mental hospital.
CHICAGO STRIKE OFF
Switchmen Fail to Win Fight
for Closed Shop.
FREIGHT IS MOVING AGAIN
Settlement Follows Conference In
Which Three Other Brotherhoods
Take Tart Potato Specula
tors TJ.lt by Early Peace.
CHICAGO, July 30. The movement of
freight into and through Chicago, which
has been impeded since Saturday morn
ing by the strike of switchmen affili
ated with the Brotherhood of Railroad
Trainmen, was resumed on a normal
basis today with the settlement of the
strike. The men returned to work this
morning, after an all-night conference
between the general maagers of the 19
roads Involved, James Murdock, vice-
president of the strikers' brotherhood.
and representatives of the three other
chief railroad employes organizations.
the Brotherhood of Locomotive En
gineers, the Brotherhood of Locomotive
Enginemen and Firemen and the Order
of Railway Conductors.
The settlement lost to the switchmen
the chief point for which they were
contending preferential treatment ot
union members in the employment of
new switchmen. ,
Preferential treatment In the employ
ment of yardmasters is to be settled
by a Joint board.
Potatoes dropped from $3.75 and $4.60
a barrel to $3 and $4 In carload lots as
a result of the settlement of the strike.
Wholesale and retail dealers had
stocked up liberally when It was known
the strike was coming and prices soared
50 cents and Yd cents a barrel. The
sudden peace added to large shipments
brought about the slump.
EIGHT-HOUR DAY GRANTED
Five Tacoma Mills Making Conces
sion Run; Others Are Closed.
aaananaj
TACOMA. Wash., July 30. (Special.)
Five Tacoma mills which either have
granted the eight-hour day or prom
ised to grant the concession to their
employes on August 1 were working to
capacity today. All the others were
shut tight. The Washington Manu
facturing Company, manufacturers of
porch columns, railing and moulding.
were affected today when its force of
12a men walked out and Joined the
Timber Workers' Union.
The mills working were those of the
Wheeler-Osgood Company, the Dana
her Lumber Company, the Keystone
Lumber Company, the Local Lumber
Company and the Isley Lumber Com
pany. The Danaher Company signed
an agreement with the union to main
tain a closed shop. The J. T. Gregory
Furniture Manufacturing Company vol
untarily granted the eight-hour day to
day.
ICRATER LAKE CLUB, PLAIJJ
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Mark Woodruff Starts Scheme
Boost Oregon Scenlo Asset.
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Mark Woodruff, manager of the
tourist bureau of the Chamber of Com
merce, has taken in hand the task of
forming a Crater Lake Club in every
live community of the state. Yester
day he sent letters to scores of com
mercial organizations urging them to
affiliate.
He points out that Crater Lake Is
one of America's scenlo wonders and
one of Oregon's greatest assets.
"How are we going to get other
people to visit It If we don't take an
Interest in it ourselves?" is the pert!
nent conclusion that his letter sug-
D. G. Scofleld Commits Suicide.
OAKLAND, CaL, July 30. D. G. Sco
field, president and director of the
California Standard OH Company, com
mltted suicide today by shooting him
self n the head. He had been ill for
a long time and under care of a nuree
la Jus home on Ch&cot .oaa
SEATTLE STRIKE
SETTLEMENT HEAR
and Union Men and
Henry Suzzallo Will Ar
bitrate Today.'
COURT ACTION DEFERRED
Strikers' Attorney Announces to
V
Judge That Working Basis to Ad
Just All Differences In 24
Sours Has Been. Reached.
SEATTLE, July 80. The strike of the
1600 motormen and conductors of the
Puget Sound Traction. Light & Power
Company, which began two weeks ago,
since which time Seattle has been with
out adequate street transportation
service, appears tonight to be on the
road to settlement. At 11 o'clock to
morrow morning, Henry Suzzallo, presi
dent of the University of Washington.
and chairman of the State Council of
ueiense; n. c. Bradley, of Boston, rep
resenting the Stone & Webster interests
in Seattle and Tacoma, and James Dun
can, representing the union carmen.
will meet in conference and seek to end
tne strike.
All three men are said to agree on
questions or general policy and to be
noperul of ending the strike. The
strike was called to gain the right of
uciungmj co a national union.
There was no attempt to operate
cars today.
Settlement In Prospect.
Charles A. Reynolds, counsel for the
strikers, announced In the Superior
Court today that a settlement .of all
the matters in controversy between the
company and the strikers probably
wuuiu oe eireciea witnin 24 hours.
iur. Keynolds appeared in Judge
iyneman s division of the Superior
Court and asked permission to inter
vene in the case of the city against the
traction company, in which the city
seeKs tne appointment of a receiver.
Before permitting counsel to make
statements. Judge Dykeman announced
in court that no operation of streetcars
is oemg attempted by the traction com
pany under an agreement between it
ana tne state Counsel of Defense that
mere be none until every means to re
store peace had been exhausted.
"Dr. Henry Suzzallo. h end nf tha
Council, Just called me over the tele-
pnone from Olympia," said Judge Dyke-
man from the bench, "and Informed me
mat me agreement is still In effect and
that another conference with the strik
ers and the officials of the company is
ouucumcQ lot tomorrow.
Court Action Deferred.
Corporation Counsel Caldwell m
pressed surprise and said he knew noth
ing or such an agreement. The city
had not been consulted, he declared,
and he would not be put in the nositlon
of acquiescing to the terms of the pact
absolving the traction company from
operating its cars when the verv action
In which he is appearing has for it
oDject immediate transportation serv
ice ror tne people.
Neither Caldwell nor James B. Howe
counsel for the company, offered any
objection to Intervention upon the part
oi neynoias on Denaif of the strikers.
Reynolds then repeated that a strike
settlement was In all probability at
hand, saying that perhaps the next 24
nours will render the present litigation
unnecessary and asked for a continu
ace until tomorrow. The court set the
case for tomorrow.
TACOMA CAR STRIKERS FREED
Court Holds Men Not Responsible
for Interrupted Service.
TACOMA, Wash.. July 30. (Sneclal
Striking Tacoma carmen were freed
or legal responsibility for failure of
the Tacoma Railway & Power Com
pany to give adequate streetcar service
by Judge John R. Mitchell, of Thurs
ton County, sitting In the Sunerlnr
Court here today. His decision was on
the demurrer to the injunction suit
brought by the State Public Service
Commission In behalf of the city of
Tacoma In an effort to restore street
car service. The 293 utiion carmen
named Jointly with the company were
dismissed as party to the suit.
The Tacoma union Is violently on-
posed even to the good-natured rioting
which has taken place in the city dur
ing the last three days. It adopted a
resolution today ordering the imme
diate expulsion of any member caught
interfering in any way with the oper-
tinz company. pjo union men have
been found in the crowds thus far.
The union men say that they will con
duct a peaceable strike and will fight
the company with Jitneys rather than
bricks.
Mayor A. V. Fawcett said today that
L. H. Bean, manager of the traction
company, has made an offer for the
city to buy the system, as the Stone-
Webster interests are willing to give
up since the strike was called.
MINE SWINDLE CHARGED
E. J. HUTCHINSON SAID TO HAVE
SOLD PROPERTT HE DIDXT OWN.
Sana ot SSOO Reported Obtained From
Two "Women Declared Used In
Potato Speculation.
When E. J. Hutchinson used the
name of the Kothbauer mines. In
Southern Oregon, saying they were his
own property, and by the promise of
huge returns obtained, as alleged. $600
cash from Mrs. Bertha Paturel and
Jean Eisner, 621 Everett street, he evi
dently forgot that retribution might
overtaKe mm. i o is said to nave specu
lated In the potato market with their
funds.
Charged by United States Deputy
District Attorney Rankin with using
the mails to defraud, by posting letters
on trains between Portland and points
south, addressed to the two women,
Hutchinson was arrested yesterday in
Ashland by Postal Inspector Welter
and Deputy United States Marshal
Fuller and was lodged In the County
Jail here.
Part of the time. It Is said. Hutchin
son lived right in Portland and at
times would go out to Oregon City,
drop a letter to the women and report
progress to them, at intervals asking
for additional sums. As they had none
to spare further, the $600 was all they
Invested. By posting a letter on the
train as it came through Oregon City,
the envelope was stamped as on the
Ashland division and threw the victims
off the track until recently a man
Investigated the situation, reported it
to Mr. Rankin and the Federal agents
did the rest.
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SIX MAYORS MEET
State Council of Defense
Hears From Strike Cities.
FEDERAL TROOPS NEEDED
Shipbuilding Trades on Grays Har
bor Refuse to Handle Lumber
From Slills Where Strikes
Are In Progress.
OLYMPIA, Wash., July 30. (Special.)
That it Is the duty of mill owners and
employers to do everything possible to
end the timber strike In this state, and
that the strike can be settled quickly
if employers will take the initiative
was formally presented to the state
council of defense today by a delegation
of Mayors from cities most affected
by the prevailing lumber trouble. The
Mayors' delegation included J. S. Mc
Kee. Hoqulam: John Galvin, Centralia;
A. Kirkeldie, Elma; A. C. Little, Ray
mond; Charles Coon, Port Townsend;
H. D. Merrill, Everett
The council took no definite action
on the Mayors' resolution and It was
stated that local action to bring peace
would follow failure of the state coun
cil to act. According to Mayor Little,
the strike on Willapa Harbor could
have been settled in the recent confer
ence at Raymond, but for the fact that
the mills there belonging to the West
Coast Lumbermen's Association could
not recognize the union nor grant eight
hours without consent and approval of
the association.
As the result of reports by C. H.
Parker, Federal examiner of labor
troubles in this district, and from other
Bources, the council authorized an ap
peal by Governor Lister to the Secre
tary of War to rescind the order re
moving Federal troops from guard
duty In the state on August 1. The
department is asked to maintain pres
ent patrols until state troops not yet
organized can be substituted.
Mill owners in the mountains, upon
which the east side farming districts
depend for Winter luel and fruit boxes,
have served notice that they will not
attempt to operate If troops are with
drawn, on account of threats of I. W.
W. members, bunches of whom have
been rounded up and placed in stock
ades and are to be released If troops
leave.
That a fruit box and fuel famine is
Inevitable this Winter in Central
Washington was stated by L. G. Gard
ner, of the Great Northern Lumber
Company, at Leavenworth.
The council today announced the re
tention of Scott G. Henderson as spe
cial assistant attorney-general in
maintaining order, and set its next
meeting for August 13 at Tacoma.
While the session continued, reports
came in today from Grays Harbor
yards of shipbuilding trade3 refusing
to handle lumber from mills where
strikes were on. A general shut-down
of shipbuilding is predicted if the lum
ber strike continues more than a few
days longer. The council held a long
executive session, but announced no
definite policy or plan of action other
than urging conciliation.
The Council decided to engage a spe
cial attorney as adviser, and adopted a
resolution calling on the National Coun
cil of Defense to request the Interstate
Commerce Commission to permit the
railroads to perfect a pooling agree
ment in order to eliminate unnecessary
service.
Dr. Carlton Parker, Federal inspector
of cantonments for the Pacific Coast,
who appeared before the Council, de
cleared that the lumber situation in the
state Is so serious that it may have a
decided effect on Government work.
I. W. W. ACTIVITY NIPPED
fConttooed From First Page.)
bor patrol, is arranging to distribute
his men so that he can handle, out
breaks on short notice.
POrN DEXTER
ASKS
ACTIOX
Investigation of I. W. W. In Wash
ington Is Requested.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
lngton. July 80. Senator Polndexter to
day wrot tha Attorney-General ursine
him to send special agents into Wash
ington state to investigate the activi
ties of the I. W. W. leaders and to de
termine whether any of their acts are
treasonable In character. If any of the
leaders are guilty of treason, Polndex
ter insists they should be punished
promptly.
The War Department has had another
conference with the Department of Jus
tice and the Council of National De
fense in regard to the activities of the
I. W. W. in Oregon and Washington,
especially as those activities are re
tarding work on Government contracts,
but as far as known no decision has
been reached.
The War Department after August 1
will issue no orders detailing troops to
guard mills, plants or public utilities
in the West, but will place full discre
tionary powers in the hands of General
Liggett at San Francisco. It will be
left for General Liggett to determine
whether National Guardsmen now doing
police duty in Oregon and Washington
shall remain on detail or proceed to
Palo Alto.
ROCKPILE liKGALITY
ISSUE
Attorney-General to Rule Today on
Method of Handling I. W. W.
SALEM, Or.. July 50. (Special.)
That officers of Klamath County are
preparing to take summary measures in
the disposition of I. W. W. cases com
ing up there is indicated in a tele
gram received by Attorney-General
from District Attorney Duncan, of that
county, tonight. The Attorney-General
Is asked If under the vagrancy law a
Justice of the Peace can require those
found guilty to work on a rockpile,
or, if Imprisonment sentences are pro
nounced, if the Sheriff can, upon order
of the court, require prisoners to work
on a rockpile or on roads.
The Attorney-General said he prob
ably will file his opinion on the sub
ject tomorrow by telegraph.
In an informal way tonight, he said
that a Justice of the Peace can pro
nounce sentence only as provided In
the statutes, and that prisoners can be
worked on the roads only on order
of the County Court. In his offhand
statement he said he knows of
no statute that provides for serving
on a rockpile, but will investigate fur
ther before sending his final opinion
to District Attorney Duncan. .
"When the I. W. W. troubles devel
oped at Klamath Falls Governor
Withycombe recommended the rockpile
method of handling prisoners to keep
them from mischief until after the
harvest season closes.
PROPAGANDA SPREAD IX CITY
I. W. W. Arrested While Passing
Circulars on Grand Avenue.
Jacob Erlandsen. aged 25, a logger,
was arrested last evening by Harbor
Patrolman Powell, charged with violat
ing the billposters' ordinance. Erland
sen is an I. W. W., and was arrested at
Grand avenue and Powell street while
passing out handbills, proclaiming that
all the tlmbermen and millworkers of
the Northwest were on a strike.
Among the interesting features of
Erlandsen's propaganda was a list of
the concessions the I. W. W. demanded
before settling their alleged strike.
They wanted a minimum wage of $3.60
a day with free hospital service: they
wanted each man In the lumber camps
to have a separate bed with linen sheets
and pillow-slips, and they wanted
shower-baths erected in connection
with sleeping quarters. They also de
manded that the timber operators re
fuse to hire nonunion men.
Highway Improvement Planned.
KELSO. Wash., July (Special.)
The Pacific Highway between Martins
Bluff and Wo.dland. in Cowlitz County,
Impassable to utos in the Winter
months, it is proposed to improve at a
cost of $120,000. As this is a Govern-
EPILEPTIC
ATTACKS
HAVE BEEN
STOPPED
FOR OVER 60 YEARS
by DR. KLINE'S EPILEPTIC
REMEDY. It Is a rational and re
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kindred nervous derangements.
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Send for onr valuable kMI-l
book en Epilepsy. It Is lllnln
Or. B. H. Eina El, wEsrgfii3?i.-l
ment postroad, the 1 .ate Highway Com
mission Is seeking Federal aid In the
work.
Oregon Patent Ileld Up.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington. July 30. The Land Office today
advised Representative Hawley that is
suance of patent to the state of Ore
gon covering the Saddle Mountain Park
Is held up by adverse claims pre
sented by the Northern Pacific Rail
road and Simon Hoy. The claims must
be adjusted before the patent can be
issued.
Lieutenants Are Assigned.
OREGOXIAN NEWS BUREAU. Wash
ington, July 30. First Lieutenants
Howard N. Hill and Lynn A. Schloss
and Second Lieutenant Wright E. Dev
elyn have been relieved from further
training and assigned to active duty at
Vancouver Barracks.
Phone your want ads to The Orego
nin. Main 7070. A 6095.
CUTICURA HEALS
SCALES ON SCALP
Sore and Red. Scratched and Scalp
Burned. Hair Lifeless and Dry.
Used One Box Cuticura Ointment
and One Cake Cuticura Soap.
"I had something like dandruff but
later it formed a scale. I tried washing
with different remedies.butthey seemed
to irritate my scalp, and
my scalpwas sore and red.
The scales fell off, and
could be seen on my cloth
ing:, and when I scratched
it caused my scalp to burn.
My hair became lifeless
and dry, and fell out
gradually.
"I saw a Cuticura Soap
and Ointment advertisement, and after
I had used one box of Cuticura Oint
ment and one cake of Cuticura Soap I
was healed." (Sifmed) Miss Pearl Clark,
Marblemount, Wash., April 2, 1917.
You may think that because Cuticura
does such wonderful work in soothing
and healingj severe itching and burning
eczemas it is not adapted to the gentle
uses of the toilet. On the contrary, that
is just where it is most effective in pre
venting these serious skin troubles.
For Free Sample Each by Return
Mail address post-card: "Cuticura,
Dept. H, Boston." Sold everywhere.
Soap 25c. Ointment 25 and 50c.
SPEED UP BOWEL
ACTION WITH AMEROIL
Simple. harmless, agreeable and
th.Mncrhiv Rointlfic is the new lubri
cation treatment for constipation.
The value or mis treatment, wnica
has been successfully prescribed by
iAaHnc- AmnrirAn snecialists. is
due to the fact that it is purely me
chanical in Its action, xotteno inn con
gested masses and lubricates the walla
of the Intestinal tract.
It is particularly effective, mild and
gentle for the use of Infants, the aged
and convalescent.
Ameroll is a highly refined paraf
flne oil and Is not absorbed or assim
ilated, and therefore does not clog the
system. It is not a cathartic nor a
food. It Is simply a lubricant, and Is
tasteless, odorless, colorless and agree
able to take.
Ameroll Is sold at an uwi uroi
Stores at 60c per pint bottle. Adv.
A GREAT MEDICINE.
That most successful of all remedies
for woman's aliments. Lydla E. Plnk-
nam b v ec uia -
origin to a botanic recipe which cams
into the possession of Lydia E. Pink
ham about fifty years ago.
This recipe had proved so effective in
the practise of a skilled physician that
Mrs. Plnkham procured the herbs and
steeped and prepared them In true old--time
fashion on her kitchen stove for
her friends and neighbors who suffered
from woman's ailments. The fame of
the virtues of this wonderful medicine
spread, until it Is today recognized as
the standard remedy for woman's Ills.
Adv,