PORTLAND, OREGON, MONDAY, JIAKCH 18, 1918.
PRICE FIVE CENTS.
COQUILLE IS SWEPT
BY $75,000 BLAZE
I.OIM.IXG-HOt K OCCl PAXTS
HAVE NARROW F.SCAPKS.
WHOLE COAST IS
N1KQLAYEV TAKEN
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VOL. LVIII NO. I7.SAI.
TEUTON BATTERIES
TEUTONS ORGANIZE
SWEPT BY STORM
SHELL AMERICANS
I Isxs
BY TEUTON HOSTS
AVuj IN
GASOLINE SCHOONER SINK
LOADED RIFLES AND FIXED
BAYOXETS GREET CLVBMEX.
NEAR TRINIDAD ' HEAD.
TROOPS READY TO
QUELL OUTBREAKS
Idaho Is Preparing for
I.W.W. Action.
OSSA
Raid Follows Intense
Artillery Fire.
CASUALTIES NOT GIYEN OU
German Sortie Designed
Obtain Information.
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HUNS ARE UNCOMFORTABLE
Cffnrt Made to Arqalre IVrttrr Foote
hold Sartt-.fally Jt-Ltrd by
Aimtlnga tUg Gid Are
tfcolng FffectlTe Work.
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sspla m rWa .f atraaa; Urwi a!
imIi l tm allreetlsM mt Iumimvi.
awrtb th n Cwrkm, a ad la
tm Vmiiiii mlM. Lars estrasy
avta.baaaa wrt la yearatlaa
tba I'nwk Ha al tartoai alata,
aaat? tb lrsr a t'rravfe fir
aailmt) kar ! ma ) wrrt aaaala
ta kM the atraaaal "am th? alsl
(aallas.
l-aat lafanaaltaa shews that last
a tali I lit I'rtMk fraaaa ealered ta
raar irraraa at Walaaaart mm a frai
( I aa savlrr fa a sVsXh al aa aitlri.
Illv Ih. AMK-tat.t IT
WITH TUB AMEKICAS ARMT IN
ntAN' March It. After a terrific
artillery preparation this morning
laria tumlri of the enrmy crossed
No Man Land on the extreme rmht of
the American sector northwest of Tout.
Apparently the purpose of the raid was
jutrkly accomplished and only a com
parativcly email number entered our
linre. permission has not been Riven
ta mrnlton the number of casualties.
This raid, like most of the other.
carried out alt the war from the
to Sattie-land. was destined to Rather
Information by mean of taking prls
varrs.
fcereaea Treaebee Kaplareel.
Last of Lunevllle our patrol hare
explored part of the tirrman trench
a hii-h our artillery forced the enemy to
abandon. I'atrola proceeded laterally
until they established contact with the
Germans. Our reconnaissance and wire
patrol found snipers' posts, listening
post and nests from which machine
suns had been firing on our line. The
artillery attended to all these post.
The crman positions have been o
uneomfortMc at srrerat plare that
thrr now are trvlne to regain a foot
hold by connecting shell hole. (Our
trowp have been subject to an ft-tra-r!lniry
heavy artillery fire for the
Ut hour,. .Mure than II shells,
whii h made rratrr II feet deep and
3 fr.t In diameter, fell la one section
ef the line. In another section bat
tene, have been shelled heavily. More
in shells hsve fallrn In both the Tout
and I.unevii!- ertor. but the larger
mirber in the former.
taaeeseaaa HaM rwilKs.
The Amertisn lrnps In the sector
eat of l.uneil!e. In conjunction with
tie Krrmh. are still holding the former
enemy trenches northeast of iladon
tilers, although the liermaaa have
atde another attempt to drive tbsrra
ml with artillery. Shells, most of
thera heavy and some of them of the
. 1 n. h type, have pounded the pji
L a Intermittently, but the Americans
and their allies have held on.
rnnn:ii!Moti of the position has
been continued, and the series of op
eration., in this particular part of the
set tor ha brourhl the French line
bp on a frint of nearly three miles.
T parapets have been turned toward
the enemy; du.iittl entrenchments have
been char d and new dugouts have
been built protect the men. Tonlcht
tt appeared as If the enemy would
abandon his attempt t drive out the
American and I'rench. realizing that
tMs Is an almost hcpelesa task.
Throughout th e-ir artillery firing
Is continuing hut no Infantry activity
has developed so f.vr
WITH Til II AUKICR-AN ARMT IN
rUAM K. March tl. O'-y the Associated
l"reaa One of the American patrols
last msrht encountered an enemy patrol
in No Man's Ijsnd in the Toul sector
and opened fire. The Germans fled,
caroms with them several bodies
supposed ta be of men killed or wound
ed. They were so busy getting away
that there was only feeble return to
the American fire and none cf the
A me r. can patrol wa Injured.
Aleahlpa ttaal Balterte.
Two enemy airship flew over the
American lines during the niicht. one
dropping flares as sternal. The other
was oerhcad at a time when the Ger
mans began a barrage, which the Amer
ican guns countered. It Is not impos
sible the enemy plana wa trying to
locale the batteries by the flashes of
the guns. No Infantry activity fol
lowed the barrage.
The American artillery continues to
do effective work against th enemy
lines and silenced a battery that was
firing bis sheila in lis direction from
a point in the rear of rnnard wood
Several other place where activity
was observed also were shelled. New
German troop have entered the line
in front of the Americans. Apparent
ly they have been told they are oppo
site Americans, because many tiraca the
new arrivals have been seen observing
their opponent curiously tnrouga field
rvrn Inlnes Houses Iclrocd,
Ten Arc IUdly Pamagrd ami Nu
merous Others buffer Slightly.
COQLILLE. Or.. March 17. (Special.)
Seven business buildings were de
stroyed, ten badly damaged and numer
ous other structure were slightly dam
aged by a fir whim swept the busi
ness aection here early today.
The loea la estimated at ITS.'", with
approximately tlS.Ooe insurance
The fire, which started In the Scenic
Theater, supposedly from defective wir
ing, spread with great rapidity and for
several hours threatened tb drstruc-
lon of the entire town. For a block
on both aides of Front street all build
ings were wiped out.
A special train brought firemen from
I'owers. Marshfleld and Myrtle I'olnt
to aid In quelling the flames.
Three lodging houses wera burned
and the occupants fled to the street In
their night clothes. Many persons had
narrow escapes from death In the
flames.
W. It Lyons, manager of Jones &
Lyons store, and George Hoblnson. a
grocer, wera aeverely burned ngnung
the fire.
Some trouble was encountered from
persons who wera caught looting goods
from stores which vrera on tire.
All the buildings burned were frame
construction. The Masonic Opera
House, among the destroyed building.
was In the center of the fire. The trie
phone exchange was burned and the
First National Bank Building wa badly
damaged.
AUSTRIAN STRIKES SPREAD
Serious. Trouble Keportcil In Vienna
and IludapeM.
AMSTKIJDAM. March 17. Strikes are
again in prog res In Austria and Hun
gary and are spreading rapidly, ac
cording to reports appearing In Ger
man newspaper. A Vienna dispatch
o the Weser Zellung. of Bremen, dated
Friday, says that a atrlke In Buda
pest and Vienna was suspended Thurs
day.
A Vienna dispatch to the Lokal An-
eiger. of Berlin, confirms in, report
of last week that workmen in .rail
way shoes nave gone on striae.
says Vienna and neighboring Indus
rial centers are affected. The men
the railway shops of one line quit
work on Tuesday, and were Joined on
Wednesday by tha shop worker
other railway!
Fnder threat of military Interven
ion. the men returnea to me snop.,
but did not work.
MAXIM SHIP TO BE TESTED
Inventor's on-lnkablc levu-e re-
Irt-ted for lrt Trial.
WASHINGTON. March 17. Hudson
Maxim's device for a non-slnkabl ahlp
has been accepted for experimental pur
poses by the Shipping Board, which an
ouneea some start should be made
toward producing vessels that could no
be sunk by submarines.
Out of thousands of methods sug
ested. the ship protection committee.
eaded by John A. iKjiiald, has selected
several for special tests, of which Mr.
Maxim's will be first.
PRO-HUNS ORDERED SHOT
Clernenceaa Decided on Drastic
Measures In Franee.
BOSTON. March 17. Premier Clem-
nceao, of France, has ordered that any
pro-German found In the country snail
be taken out and shot, according to M.
areel Knecht. a member of the French
high commission, who addressed
assemblage of prominent Jewish busi
ness men at the City Club last night.
France was determined to rid the
country of pro-German agitators, he
said.
FRANKLIN B. GAULT DIES
Educator and Levturer. Once Head
of Idaho l'nlverHy. Dies.
TAl'OMA. Wash.. March 17 Franklin
I'.enjamln Gault. educator and lecturer,
died at his home at Sumner, near here,
last night, following a short lllneaa.
He was t.
Dr. Gault was president of tha Vnl
verslty of Idaho from Isil to 119s
Whltworth College. Tacoma. ISM to
Iq. and of the I nlversltr of South
Dakota from l0t to 1911. He waa the
author of worka on psychology and
education.
WHAT rftl'SSIAMSM MKAX1.
The. actions of ths German
armies In Belgium. In Poland and
In Northern Franca have blotted
tha record of humanity.
Tha evidence In the case Is set
forth In an official book Just
published by tha United Stataa
Government.
A copy of this book will be
sent free to any reader of Tha
Oregon Ian.
To eccure a copy of this free
book, send your nam and ad
dress with a 1-cent stamp for
return postage to The Portland
Oregonlan Information Bureau.
Frederic J. Haskln. Director.
Washington. D. C Ask for "Ger
man War I'ractlcea."
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TWO ARMY CORPS PROPOSED
One Division Being Formed at
. Irkutsk, Siberia
CAVALRY ALSO CONSIDERED
Toklo Government Much Concerned
Over Siberian Situation Nippon
I'rrs., Almmt 1'nanlmous In
Favor of Mobilization.
TOKIO. via Shanghai. March M. It
Is reported that the Germans are trying
to organise two army corps of German
war prisoner In Kuasia. One corps, it
is said, la being secretly organized at
Irkutsk. Siberia. Two cavalry corps
also are being formed.
TOKlO. March 17. Premier Terauchi
and Foreign Minister Motono told Par
liamenl yesterday nothing had been de
rided upon with reference to the Si
berlan situation.
The military situation has reached a
state of perfected preparedness.
1-ast night the Seiyukal (Constitu
tional! party, the largest in the diet.
held a conference and reaffirmed its
position taken at a recent meeting in
opposition to Immediate mobilization.
The press Is almost unanimous In urg
ing mobilisation. The -Ashai Shfmbun
and the Vorodxv Choho say they are un
able to understand America's "excessive
generosity" toward Russia, now giving
supplies to Germany and Imperiling the
stores in Vladivostok. v
Jaaaa'a Daly Indicated.
Suspicions in regard to Japan weaken
the allies, they assert, adding that it is
Japan duty to work In the Interests of
peace and humanity by assisting to
crush Germany. ..The Kokumln fcH,iibun
Issued a call to arras, saying that Amer
ica I sincerely friendly, but mistaken.
The Asbahl Shlmbun. of Osaka, voices
the opinion widely held among the mid
dle classes that extensive mobilisation
would create acute distress Industrially
and In regard to the food supplies.
When, a week ago. the possibility
of Japanese Intervention in Siberia
became known and a flood of
opinion from the Western press
poured Into Japan, there was consider
able excitement In the belief that
apeedy mobilisation of the army and
navy would be ordered. Extremists
pictured airplanes over Toklo and sub
marines from Vladivostok. The hys
terical "outs' In the Diet heckled the
government and the newspapers were
filled with contrary views, according to
the Interests or the Imagination of
those responsible or those not responsi
ble for the situation.
Presently, nowever, the tone became
quieter, and It appears possible to see
more clearly the true Japanese outlook,,
which Is characterised In many quar
ters as "entirely aafe, aane and loyal."
Today virtually the entire responsl-
(Concluded on Pscs X Column
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EVERY COLN OX
J -I-
Prisoners of Slavs
Be Mobilized.
j
I tain Falls in Torrents at Astorl
and Wind Blows 62 Miles
Off North Head.
EUREKA, CM.. March 17. One
the strongest wind storms of tb sea
son which blew along this coast last
night resulted in the sinking, nea
Trinidad Head, of the gasoline schoon
er Eagle from Harbor, Or.; gave th
Rolph tug Relief a merry passage
from the nortri and has'bar-bound all
incoming and outgoing vessels.
The crew of the Eagle wss rescued.
SEATTLE. Wash., March 17. Buffet
ed' by heavy gales which swept awa
two of h(r five masts, besides one of he
topmasts, the motor schooner Werge
land, which" sailed from Port Blakeley,
Wash., for the Far East last Thursday,
reached Port Townsend, Wash., late to
day In a leaky condition, according t
word received here tonight by the Mcr
chanta' Exchange.
The Wergeland. which is controlled
by Norwegian Interests and has a dead
w eight tonnage of 400, carried 3,000.00
feet of lumber, and half of this was lost-
She managed to return to port under
her own power, however.
ASTORIA, Or March 17. (Special.)
A southerly gale of considerable force
struck the district about the mouth of
the Columbia River during the night
and continued all day. The rain fell In
torrents and the wind at North Head at
noon was blowing at the rate of t
miles an hour from the Southwest.
This evening the wind subsided
slightly, but the barometer was still
very o-, registering 29:25 at t o'clock.
MANY WOUNDED IN RIOTS
Belfast Sinn Fein Stronghold Vnder
Control of Soldiers.
BELFAST. March 17. Severe rioting
occurred, lair night in the Nationalist
quarter ofTclfast between a mob of
Sinn Felners , and the police. Many
casualties were sent to the hospital.
including a number of policemen.
The riotinjr lasted four hours, and
the military was called out this morn
ing to take charge of the district.
BIG COTTON DEAL PLANNED
Britain and Kjrypt to Take Over Lat-
ters' Total Crop.
LONDON. March 17. The British and
Egyptian governments have decided
Jointly to acquire the entire Egyptian
cotton erop. Beginning next August.
A commission has been appointed to
take control of the regulations.
PRESIDENT WILSON SAYSl
"Let me suggest, also, that
everyone who creates or culti
vates a garden helps, and helps
greatly, to solve the problem of
the feeding of the nations."
The Oregonlan offers you free
the official booklet for 1918, Just
published by the Department of
Agriculture, telling you how to
plant and take care of your
vegetable garden this Spring.
Do your bit. Send for this book
let today.
Address The Portland Orego-
nian Information Bureau. Wash- j
ington, D. C. inclosing a 2-cent ,
stamp for return postage. Just J
ask for The Garden Book.
THE DRUM HELPS THE CAUSE
Wheat Storage Center
Is Rich Prize.
POPULACE FLEES PETROGRAD
Entire Batoum District Occu
pied by Ottomans.
RED GUARDS FIRE-SWEPT
German Expedition, 3000 Strong,
With -Artillery, Is Sent From
' Aland Islands ..Abo, Finland,
Falls to Kaiser's .Troops.
LONDON, March 17. Th Germans
have occupied t Nikolayev, in addition
to Odessa, according to a Reuter dis
patch from Petrograd.
Nikolayev, about 4w miles north-
northwest of Kherson, on the Bug
River, has occupied an important place
n the naval defenses of Russia. It has
a great navy-yard and Is the seat of a
military governor who Is commander
of the Black Sea fleet The approaches
to the city are strongly fortified. Its
population is about 100,000.
Much Wheat Stored.
Nikolayev lies about 70 miles north
east of Odessa, and is reported to be
Russia's great wheat-storing center. An
American grain expert, who returned
recently from that area, said that the
storehouses of Nikolayev contained
3,000.000 bushels of wheat.
Within recent years the imperial gov
rnment constituted Nikolayev the ship
building base for the Black Sea fleet,
The naval works have an area of
nearly 200 acres and equipment for th
employment of 10,000 men.
LONDON, March 14. The evacuation
of Petrograd has been completed, ac
cording to a Reuter dispatch from that
city, quoting an "official communlca
tlon! -
Passenger Trains Suspended.
Nona ot the population will be per
itted to leave the city, hereafter and,
in order to make certain that the or
der Is obeyed, 'All passenger train serv-
ice has been suspended.
Tha council of commissaries of "the
commune of Petrograd," which will be
the official designation of Petrograd
and the district surrounding it in
future, has authorized the reappear
ance of so-called bourgeolse newspap
era, which had been suppressed since
the beginning of the German offensive.
Occupation by the Turks of the en
tire Batoum region has been con
firmed.
Ass, Finland, la Taken.
Latest details of the German occupa
tion of Abo, Finland, stated that 3000
troops with artillery came from the
Aland Islands in several transports
preceded by an icebreaker.
The Red Guards refused to surrender
and tl)e Germans bombarded the town
for half an hour, forcing the ilea
Guards to retire. The Germans seized
(Continued on Psse
Column 3.)
"OVER THERE."
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4.1
Pcarsc-Connolly Club Attempts to
March Without Authorization
of Montana Governor.
BUTTE, Mont., March 17. An attempt
on the part of the Pearse-Connolly Club,
of this city, to hold a parade this after
noon without permission from the Gov
ernor, in violation of an order issued
Friday by the State Council of Defense,
resulted in Federal infantrymen on
duty here clearing the streets. In
fantrymen were left on patrol duty in
the business district and it was stated
that they would be kept there during
the night.
An infantryman on patrol duty fired
his rifle and summoned assistance when
a crowd began to gather on the street.
and soldiers and police reserves re
sponded. No attempt at resistance was
made by the crowd, which cheered the
soldiers when they loaded their rifles
and fixed bayonets and then dispersed.
The order, of the State Council of De
fense forbids parades or other public
demonstrations except funerals in the
state during the war ithout written
permission of the Governor.
TREASURE TROVE $115,000
Iron Pot Filled With Gold Uncovered
By Blast.
TOUSGSIOW.V, O., March " i7.-!-An
iron pot containing J115.000 in gold
coins waa unearthed Wednesday in an
abandoned well on the Isaac Shaffer
farm In Lawrence County, near Hills-
vi'.le. Pa., it became known here today:
employes or a limestone company
were blasting and coming to the well
set off a charge which sent a shower
of gold skyward.
In 18S8 Isaac Shaffer, a rich cattle
buyer, died, stricken by apoplexy. He
managed to mumble "gold," motioned
toward his farm, and fell dead. Dur
ing the last 30 years his heirs have ex
plored his farm many times, hoping to
find the treasure. Heirs of Shaffer have
claimed the treasure.
fSHERWOOD BOY WOUNDED
Ferman McAdoo in Trenches Only
11 Honrs When Bullet Hits Him.
SHERWOOD, Or., March 17. (Spe
cial.) Word has been received by Mr.
and Mrs. L V. McAdoo that their son,
Ferman McAdoo, who enlisted in the
English army last November' and who
was at Halifax during the explosion, is
inEngIand. Early in February he en
tered the trenches in France and afte
but 11 hours' service there was wound
ed in the right arm and shoulder.
So far as known, this is the first
Sherwood boy wounded in the present
war.
Young McAdoo said he had just had
his bandages removed when he wrote
which was about two weeks ago.
SOLDIER BOYS VINDICATED
5T. M. C. A. Worker Says Reports of
Drunkenness Are Not True.
NEW YORK, March 17-. Reports of
drunkenness and diseases among tmv
American forces in France were start
ed by German propagandists, according
to James A. Whitmore, a representative
of the War Work Council of the Y. M.
C. A., who described his recent experi
ences on the west front at a luncheon
of the Lawyers' Club here Saturday.
Asserting that the reports were cir
culated to break down the morale of
relatives at home, Mr. Whitmore said
that he was able "to denounce them all
ae lies."
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
YESTERDAY'S Maximum temperature. 58
degrees: minimum, 49 degrees.
TODAY'S Rain; strong southerly winds.
War.
Aervy American soldiers awarded war
crosses by French government. Page
Germans shell Americans and follow up with
raid, rase l.
Germans, after occupying Odessa, march in.
land and take Nikolayev. Page 1.
Secretary of War finds American soldiers
well red. Page 4.
Germans organize forces in Siberia.' Page 1.
'Resist" is watchword in Venice. Page 3.
Foreign.
Germany suffering great hardships, but is
fur from starvation. Page 8.
Jerusalem on rations and 'thousands fed at
soup kitchens. Page 2.
Switzerland has hard time remaining neu-
tral, tierard points out. Page o.
National.
America must produce food, says official
Washington. Page 3.
Profiteer-proof contract devised for War De
partment-construction work. Page 4.
War measures will occupy attention of Con
gress this week. Page 5.
Domestic.
Federal troops prevent parade by Butte
club. Page 1.
Elgin. IIU church besieged and priest forc
ibly ousted, page 4.
Evidence of German plot to eorner world's
textile markets accumulates. Page 10.
Secretary Daniels exalts Irish loyalty to
adopted country. Page 4.
Rain and wind storm sweeps whole Coast.
Page 1.
' Sports.
Portland Gun Club makes perfect score.
Page 12.
Smcky Joe Wood to get chance to come
back. Page 12.-
McCoy marksmen score 124. Page 12.
Pacific Northwest.
Coquille is swept by $75,000 fire. Page 1.
Oregon sheepmen banquet at ' Bend and
pledge loyalty by deed and word, page 11.
Idaho holds troops in readiness for possible
L W. W. outbreak. Page 1.
Portland and Vicinity.
Old clothes eompaign opens In Portland to
day. , Page 7.
New steamer Wallowa to be launched this
morning. Page 1J.
Dr. Earl Morrow writes of horrors of bt-
ue ironi. r.i. w.
Big tourins car plays tank and wrecks
store, page io.
California liquor people realize prohibition
is near, page lo. ,
Letter tells of thrilling air fight. Page 10.
MOSCOW GUARD IS MOBILIZING
Governor Alexander Asks U. S.
Troops to Await Call.
21 HELD AT ST. MARIES
Streets of CKy in Which Sliorirf
Was Attacked Patrolled by
Soldiers Trains Closely
Watched for I. W. AV.
BOISE, Idaho, March 17. Governor
Alexander Sunday night ordered the
Sheriff of Latah County, now at Spo
kane, to ascertain the number of Fed
eral troops available at Fort Wright
for duty in Idaho to handle the I. W.
W. should there be a further outbreak.
The Governor also ordered the Sheriff
to return to Moscow and mobilize the
Heme Guard company for service.
I do not anticipate any serious
trouble," the Governor said, "but will
be prepared to handle any situation
that may arise at the trial of Nelson
t Coeur d'Alene. I would declare
martial law in the county, but the idea
is; not popular there and will await
further developments."
Military Commander iteports.
Governor Alexander received the fol
lowing telegram from Adjutant-Gen
eral Moody, who is at St. Maries:
Conditions here require attention.
Have started clean-up and have de
tailed 25 men to go to Fernwood to
close pool halls and register men. Have
fifteen men in jail and. will hold them."
Fernwood is a small station on the
Milwaukee road between St. Maries".
and Boville. Governor Alexander says
every man, woman and child there be
longs to the I. .W. W. organization.
ST. MARIES, Idaho, March 17.
Twenty-one alleged members of the
L W. W. sympathizers are held under
guard here tonight for further investi
gation as a result of a preliminary in
quiry conducted, today by Sheriff E. B.
Noland and -military authorities into
the cases of 58 men, who reported this
morning on instructions issued yester
day. The others of those who reported 'to
the authorities were given written per
mission to leave town. The men being
held are under guard of state guards
men and Federal troops in a vacant
building here, and no charge has as
yet been placed against them.
Soldiers Patrol Streets.
The patrol of the streets by state
guardsmen and Federal soldiers, in
stituted yesterday, following an assault
on Sheriff Noland by a crowd of
I. W. W. and sympathizers Friday after
an order. for a change of venue for
William M. Nelson, charged here with
criminal syndicalism, had been granted,
was continued today and tonight. The
soldiers are meeting all trains and are
refusing to allow persons without
written permission of the Sheriff or
the military to leave town.
Citizens of this town held a meeting
this afternoon and took steps toward
the formation of another home guard
company here. About 30 members were
enrolled and it was stated that appli-
cation would be made to have the or
ganization mustered in as a state guard
unit.
I. W. W. CREATIXG SENTIMEXT
Idaho Women Importuned to Aid in
Savins Prisoners.
SPOKANE, Wash., March 17. (Spe
cial.) A scheme for circulating I. W.
W. propaganda in Latah County, Idaho,
is being worked, just prior to the trial
of three I. W. W. members for crim
inal syndicalism in Moscow. Yesterday
evening's mail brought letters to scores i
of women in Moscow from an unknown
who is making' a tearful plea for the
wobblies" and urging the recipients
of the letters to use their Influence to '
soften the prosecution. The letter be-
gins with an appeal to the mother-love
of women for a son, pictures the son
as being in jail or being tried by a
jury of arch enemies. Laudation of the
I. W. W., a tirade against capital and
the employing class and the "subsi
dized press," are pictured as forming
part of a conspiracy to condemn this
son who is being held in prison.
The county council of defense, at its
meeting tomorrow, will be asked to de
mand of the Idaho delegation in Con
gress that permission be obtained for
Company C, Idaho National Guard, now
without regular arms, to use the sev
eral hundred Krag rifles provided for
the use of the cadets of the military
school at the University. Moscow citi
zens say Latah County will protect it
self if iven authority and arms.
toeur a Aieiie nuci iiciaun,
the Storm center of St. Maries on Sat
urday, is to be tried tomorrow, is quiet.
Work of obtaining a jury to try Nel
son will be difficult, as there is intense
feeling against the "wobbly" element.
Kootenai County is fully prepared for
any emergency. Besides tne ponce
force and the regular Sheriffs depu
ties. 70 other deputies sworn In last
Fall are available. The home guard is
fully equipped with arms and is also
well organized.
iCeacutied ea s'S4 O. Cua
LET 107.0H