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PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1911).
PRICE FIVE CENTS
"REDS" FLOCKING
TO STRIKE CENTER
ALLIES TO SEIZE 12
AMERICAN VESSELS
STRIKERS CLAIM
CHASING RAINBOWS
HELD UNREST CAUSE
HOME FOLK ASK
JOHNSON TO STOP
CLEMENCEAU SAYS
LEAGUE IS WAK
FIRE DESTROYS BIG
SECTION OF COVE, OR.
PROTECTION SMALL, FLAMES
RAGE; HOSE IS USED.
HANDS OFF HOME,
LEGISLATOR'S PLEA
OF 15,
STANDARD OIL SHIPS ORDERED
FROM GERMAN PORT.
HOPE OF AMERICA LIES IN
WORK, ASSERTS LANE.
38 PROMINENT CALIFORNIANS
SAY STATE WANTS TREATY.
CAINS
000
r
Pittsburg Is Mecca for
I. W. W. Agitators.
GOVERNMENT KEEPS WATCH
President Notified of
Changes in Situation.
All
LABOR SPLIT SHADOWED
Indications That Break Is Coming
Over Walkout Are Found in Ab
sence of Vnion Presidents.
BY CARL. W. ACKERMAN.
(CopyriKht. 11)13, by the Public Ledger.
Published by arrangement.)
PITTSBURG, Sept. 24. (Special.)
With the constant arrival in the
Pittsburg steel districts of anarchists,
agitators and radicals from all sec
tions of the United States, particu
larly New York, the federal govern
ment tonight, for the first time dur
ing the strike, demonstrated more
than a policy of "watchful 'waiting."
As a result of this new aspect of
the developments in this, the critical
and strategic center of the nation
wide labor attack upon industry, Attorney-General
Palmer may be said
to be in direct touch with the local
situation.
PlttMbnrjc Mecca of "Reds."
Details of federal activities cannot
be disclosed, but it may be stated that
as a result of the large influx of for
eigners during the past 24 hours this
city and its industrial suburbs have
become the mecca for the "reds" of
America.
This gave the United States gov
ernment an opportunity to follow de
velopments at first hand and reports
are being sent to President "Wilson,
through Washington, to keep his ad
vised as to the reasons for the new
turn In the strike situation in this
district.
As far as the strategy of the strike
is concerned, .reports to the steel com
panies and strike headquarters from
all parts of the country indicate that
with the exception of the Pittsburg
district, the country is within the
iron-., clutches of the organizers of
the American Federation of Labor.
This district, however, has not only
defied the unions, but it is present
ing a problem to John Fitzpatrick
and William Z. Foster, the chief or
ganizers, which they have never en
countered before.
No President Attends.
Today they held a conference with
representatives of the national com
mittee, but the significant fact about
this meeting was the absence of any
president of any of the international
unions. This is the first time since
the strike was planned and called
that the presidents of the interna
tional unions did not attend. Thi3
may be of more significance than it
appears at this time. From reports
which I have received this is but an
other sign or the coming fight with
in the ranks of organized labor which,
according to all indications tonight,
will be the greatest in the history
of labor unioinists in this country.
Rioting has been reported through
out the day from various districts,
JrsVj the police forces made numerous
arrests in mill towns, but the strike
so. far has not developed anything
like the fighting which was expected.
Those who are in close touch with
the situation and who have gone
through other strike in this dis
trict attribute the lack, of strife to
prohibition.
Strike Is First Dry One.
This is the first great strike in the
United States when the strikers could
not purchase liquor. Federation and
state authorities are co-operating in
enforcing the national and state pro'
bibition acts in the strike district and
as a result the mill towns were never
as dry as they are today. Although
some arrests have been made the au
thorities have practically succeeded in
eliminating liquor from this strike
for the first time in the history of
our country. And incidentally, the
thousands of dollars which strikers
formerly spent in saloons they are
keeping to help finance the strike if
a long strike is necessary.
But another important reason for
the lack of fighting is the vigilance
of the police forces under the direc
tion of Sheriff Haddock. He has such
compact organization throughout the
strike zone that he is not only pro
tecting property but he is able also
to protect the loyal workers in the
mills from attacks by strikers.
Foreigners May Go Back.
Today the companies noticed that
foreigners began to show an inclina
tion to work. This was due in a con
siderable degree to the fact that the
police are in a position to guarantee
them personal protection.
ALIEN GIFT LIST ASKED
Senate Calls on State Department to
Name Wilson's Presents.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. The state
department was asked to furnish a
list of all presents tendered President
Wilson through that department from
' kings, princes or foreign states, since
.December 1. 1918.
A resolution to this effect was in
troduced today by Representative
Ratneey, republican, Iowa. '
Action at Brussels Recognizing
17. S. Property as Not Subject
to Confiscation Overruled.
NEW YORK, Set- 24. Twelve
American-owned steamships, aggre
gating -70,000 deadweight tons and
valued at more than. $10,000,000, the
property of a German subsifliary of
the Standard Oil company or ew
Jersey, have been ordered from Ger
man ports to Firth of Forth for allo
cation among tne allied and asso
ciated nations recently at war, against
Germany.
This information has been received
by officials of tne Standard Oil com
pany here from its representatives
abroad. This order of allocation, It
was asserted;-was made by the presi
dent of the allied naval armistice
commission, who, it is alleged, "ar
bitrarily" overruled the action' of
the allied commission at Brussels
last March in its recognition that the
ships were American' property and
not subject to seizure as German
shipping.
The action has been protested by
the Standard Oil company through
the American state department and
the United States shipping board.
The vessels were part of the as
sets of the Deutsche-Amerikanische
Petroleum - gesellschaft, a subsidiary
company or the Standard, un company
and prior to the war tiey flew the
German flag. With the outbreak of
the war in 114 they were held in
German ports to prevent possible
seizure by Great Britain and her al
lies.
It is understood that if they are
allocated the division will be ap
proximately as follows in tons:
France, 23.000; Italy. 10,000; Bel
gium, 12,000; Great Britain, 12,000 and
the United States 4000.
Cable advices from Paris yesterday
said that Frank L. Polk, head of
the American delegation to the peace
conference, was endeavoring through
the supreme council to have 18 tank
ships assigned to Germany for use
in shipping from the United States to
German industries. It was stated al
so that the representatives of the
five powers had. agreed to let Ger
many have these ships, but that the
supreme economic council at Brus
sels last we"ek ordered Germany to
turn the vessels over to the allies.
FISH GIVE PASTOR FARE
Unrernunerattve Pulpit Left for
More Pay Back' In Norway.
TACOMA, Wash., Sept. 24. (Spe
cial.) " I couldn't do it preaching; I
had to go fishing. I think God was
with me, for every time I cast my
net it came up full. For six days and.
nights 1 got little sleep, so great was
the catch." -
That was what Rev. H. B. Nyoen,
pastor of the Norwegian. Baptist
church, Tacoma, said yesterday as he
bought tickets for himself, his wife
and four children for Norway, where,
he says, preaching is rhSre lucrative
than in America. He could not gather
enough money together to go home
merely by preaching, so be joined a
salmon fishing crew off the San Juan
islands and made a clean-up on the
season's catch.
Rev. Mr. Nyoen will go to Harstad
Norway, where he will . receive 6000
kroner a. year, with house and fuel
furnished to him. He received but
?800 from his little church in Tacoma.
COL. HARVEY IS INVOLVED
Spruce Inquisitors Tread on Toes
of Famous Editor.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU,
Washington. Sept. 24. Colonel George
Harvey, editor of Harper's Weekly and
the North American Review, is about
to find himself involved in the spruce
investigation. It appears that when
the Graham investigating committee,
a sub-committee of which held ses
sions In Portland recently, dragged
the name of John D. Ryan into the
general scandal, it tramped on the
toes of Colonel Harvey. The last
issue of Harvey's Weekly accordingly
assailed this committee as having no
excuse for its existence and especially
condemned the Ryan references.
It was learned today that Colonel
Harvey is to have an opportunity
soon to defend the spruce production
division before the Graham committee
in Washington as the result of his
scathing editorial.
HINDU OATH CONVINCES
Grocer Accepts When, Hands on
Koran, Bill Is Foresworn.
SEATTLE, Wash., Sept. 24. Bare
footed, turbaned and with both hands
on a copy of the Koran, George
Baily, a Hindu, who has American
ized his name, swore in Judge Pern
berton's court here today that he did
not owe Abdul Gofoor, a Hindu grocer,
$26 on a grocery bill.
Gofoor, who had sued Baily for the
$16, ordered the suit dismissed when
Baily swore by the Koran that the bill
was not his. Gofoor said he would be
lieve Baily under the Hindu oath,
but not under the American oath.
BRITISH RELEASE MAIL
Great Quantity of Packages Held
During War to Be Freed.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. The Brit
ish government has decided to releas
at once a great quantity of package
mail held up in England during the
war.
This was announced .today by tb.
State department,
342,000 Steel Workers
Now Reported Idle. ,
MILLS TRYING TO HOLD ON
Companies Assert Employes
Are Returning to Jobs.
RIOT CITIES ARE QUIET
Few Clashes Take Place, but All
Mass Meetings Are Forbidden
While Trouble Is On.
PITTSBURG. Sept. 24. While or
ganized labor's board of strategy was
In session here today mapping out
further plans to bring victory to the
union steel workers of the country
in their struggle with the employers,
the operating executives of the cor
porations involved were straining
every nerve to check a spread of the
strike.
The present phase of the conflict
is regarded by both sides as a critical
period. The first rusn and excite
ment of the strike is over. Reports
indicate that there ,has not been a
great movement of men into or out
of the plants in the Mttsburg dis
trict since the first big walkout and
each side is- guarding against a stam
pede.
Gradual Shutdown Kxpected. '
The various large plants and smaller
concerns are crippled in varying de
grees, according to reports and man
agers responsible for the operation
of steel mills are in some cases not
only trying to hold what they have,
but are trying to get on the offensive.
The leaders of the strikers, as
shown by their declarations that the
strike is spreading, are not giving up
the attack, but predict that with the
coming of more organizers they will
gradually shut down all the import
ant works. William Z. Foster, secre
tary oi tne striKers national corn-
mittee. said today thathe. expected i
the great Homestead plant of the
Carnegie Steel company, principal
subsidiary of the United States Steel
corporation,, to be shut down by the
end of the week.
34-.0O0 Reported Oat.
Secretary Foster announced late to
day that 342,000 men in the industry
are on strike and that the situation
was well in hand. This is a gain of
15,000 compared with the figures of
yesterday. ,
From offices of the Carnegie and
other steel companies in the Pittsburg
district, today, officials maintained
the trend was into the mills. In
creased forces, they declared, were
in evidence at all the . Important
plants.
The Jones & Laughlin Steel com
pany mills, against which a drive has
been started by the unions, were re-
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Secretary .. of Interior Declares
There . Is No Magical Way
to Gain Happiness.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 24. People
who "continue to believe that there
is a bag of gold at the end of the
rainbow" are largely responsible for
industrial and social unrest in Amer
ica and other countries. Secretary
Lane declared today in an address be
fore ' the annual convention of the
Association ot American Secretaries
of State.
"These folks." said Mr. Lane, "won't
take the word of experienced men all
down the road of history that there
is no magical way to happiness. Work
alone finds the way. Work is the sal
vation, materially and spiritually.
"Our war morale has not been
maintained. We have not the unity
of purpose that prevailed then. We
lack a common purpose, we Ameri
cans, though we are just as loyal, just
as idealistic
"We can develop an aggressive.
constructive programme for America.
Let us all work to make this country
a better place in which to live, not by
selfish enterprise, but by co-opera
tion. That is our Ideal. Let us live
up to it."
GRENADE PLAN CHANGED
Certificates Instead Will Replace
Children's Banks.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24. The
proposed distribution- of 15,000.000
hand grenades throughout the coun
try, for use as savings banks for the
smaller government securities has
been annulled by the war department,
the 12th federal reserve district bank
announced here today.
Instead of the grenades each child
who saves these securities will be
given a "certificate of achievement"
by the treasury department, it was
announced.
"WIDOW" SEEKS DIVORCE
Man, Thought Killed, Finds Wife
Wed; Suit Follows.
PLACER VILLE, Cal.. Sept. 24.
Charles A. Pratt, reported killed in a
railroad accident In 1913, returned
here to find his wife married to Hen
ry Robinson. The wife had received
a Photograph, accompanied by an un-
dertaker's certificate and other docu
ments as proof of Pratt's death, she
said. She married Robinson in 1915.
The story came out when Mrs.
Robinson filed suit for a divorce from
Pratt here today.
JOHN D. 'GIVES $2,000,000
Oil King Makes Donation for Indi
gent Baptist Ministers.
NEW YORK, Sept. 24. John D.
Rockefeller today contributed 12,000
000 to the ministers and missionary
board of the Northern Baptist con
vention. Tie gift is made to take
care of indigent Baptist ministers of
the northern states.
The announcement of the gift was
made in a letter to Rev. E. M. Tom-
linson, executive secretary of the
board.
Joint Telegram Declares Senator's
Opposition Does .Not Truly
Represent Majority.
SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 24. Thirty
eight well-known men of San Fran
cisco and vicinity today sent a Joint
telegram to United States Senator
Hiram W. Johnson protesting against
his attitude on the peace treaty.
"We appeal to you to withdraw
your opposition," the telegram said.
"We are confident that in this we
speak for .the overwhelming majority
of people of California and that your
present position does not represent
them truly."
The telegram waa signed by Charles
C. Moore, former director of the state
council of defense; Judge F. M. An
gelotti, chief justice of the state su
preme court; Justices Warren Olney
Jr., Curtis D. Wilbur and Luclen
Shaw, associate justices of the state
supreme court; Benjamin Ide Wheel
er, former president of the University
of California; Ray Lyman Wilbur,
president of Stanford university;
Judges-Maurice T. Dooling and Will
iam C. Van Fleet of the United States
district court; Will C. Wood, state su
perintendent of public instruction;
Edwin O. Carter, chairman of the
state railroad commission; Ralph P.
Merritt, former federal food admin
istrator in California; Rabbi Jacob
Nieto and others.
DEATH FOLLOWS TORTURE
Chicago Song Writer Victim of Roh
bers, Latest Theory.
CHICAGO, Sept. 24. That W. H.
Purcell, who was. found dead in his
apartments on the north side last
Monday, died of heart trouble while
he was being tortured in an effort
to make him disclose the hiding place
of a fortune in securities and cash.
was the new theory on which the po
lice started work today in taicir effort
to clear up the death of the wealthy
song writer and real estate man.
The new and, startling revelation of
the crime wasitad vanced following the
discovery that $25,000 in liberty bonds
which Purcell had secreted in nis
apartment were missing. The police
believe thieves learned the hiding
place of the bonds from their victim
and were trying to force further in
formation from him when he died of
heart failure.
Purcell's body was bound- with
rones and there was a gag in his
mouth when the police entered the
flat.
BIG GUN REACHES 0. A. C
Artillery Piece Weighs 25,740
Pounds Practice Coming.
OREGON AGRICULTURAL COL
LEGE, Corvallis, Spt. 24. (Special.)
A 155 mm. G. P. Filloux field artillery
gun and its mounting has arrived as
the first installment of equipment for
the field artillerv unit established
here by the war department last sum
mer. The gun weighs 25,740 pounds
mounted on its carnage and has
barrel measuring 19 feet 5 inches and
weisrhs 8715 pounds.
A 98-pound projectile is used with
this type of gun and it takes a five
ton tractor to haul it around. Dur
ing the war a 10-ton tractor was
used. It is planned by the military
department of the college that the
rifle range a few miles west of town
shall be put in order and used for
infantry "and artillery range practice
by the cadets.
Alliance Necessary
. Protect France.
LEAGUE HELD INSUFFICIENT
'remier Explains Stronger
Guarantee Is Needed.
JOHNSON PLAN DEBATED
Republican Senators Try to Find
Some Way to Meet Situation if
Measure Is Called Up.
PARIS, Sept. 24. (By the Associat
ed Press.) In an explanation to the
chamber of deputies today Premier
Clemenceau. after declaring that the
league of nations could exist even
though rejected by the United States
venate, asserted that it was precisely
because the French felt that the
league of, nations was an insufficient
guarantee for some years to come
that the protective treaties of alliance
between France, Great "Britain and
the United States were drawn up.
When the chamber of deputies re
sumed discussion of the German peace
treaty, Andre Tardleu refuted certain
objections to the treaty made yester
day by M. Marin regarding the mili
tary forces Germany would be al
lowed to maintain.
German Army Reduced.
M. Tardieu declared the German
army would be reduced under the
terms of the treaty to a sort of gen
darmerie and asserted that France
held sufficient guarantees for the ex
ecution of the military clauses in the
treaty.
Answering a question by M. Bar-
thou, M. Tardieu expressed confidence
that the United States senate would
ratify the treaty and the pact of the
league of nations.
The possibility of non-ratification
of the peace treaty and the covenant
of the league of nations by the United
States senate; the consequences, in
such event, to "the guarantees for the
future of France, and the question
whether the league could exist with
out the United States as a member,
occupied the entire afternoon's de
bate.
Senate Action SiKnlf leant.
The vote in the United States senate
yesterday, postponing consideration
of one of the amendments, is re
garded as significant and caused sur
prise in the French chamber. Louis
Barthou repeatedly ask the govern
ment for explanations.
Andre Tardieu and M. Pichon, the
foreign minister, replied, but the
chamber was not satisfied. Premier
Clemenceau then declared that even
in the event of the United States sen
ate not voting for the league of na
tions covenant, the league could exist.
The treaties constituting a protective
alliance between France, Great Brit
ain and the United States, he added.
were not dependent upon the league.
They would come . Into force and
France would' be protected.
Karly Decision Neeeamary.
During the course of M. Tardieu's
speech. M. Barthou interrupted and
demanded an immediate reply as to
what' situation France would be
placed in should the United States
not ratify. He added that it was
through delicacy that he had re
frained from asking this question be
fore, as he wished and hoped that
the senate would finally begin the
discussion and reach its conclusions.
But now this seemed hopeless and the
question must be settled immediately,
as American ratification was distant,
"if it occurred at all."
M. Tardieu declared that he per
sonally was satisfied that the United
States senate would ratify the treaty.
M. Barthou countered, saying that
he was far from satisfied and citing
the vote of 4J to 40 on Senator
Lodge's motion for postponement as
"a fair warning of the ultimate fate
of the pact."
France Held Protected.
M. Pichon's reply that "legally
speaking," the league could exist
without America's participation,
brought the retort from M. Barthou
that what France wanted was politi
cal guarantees, not legal guarantees.
He asserted that the government must
face the issue immediately.
Premier Clemenceau said: "Should
the United States reject the league
of nations, two treaties of alliance
between France and Great Britain and
France and the United States exist.
Nevertheless, it was precisely because
we felt that the league of nations was
an insufficient guarantee for some
years to come that these treaties
were drawn up. The league for the
present has nothing to do with the
Franco-British-American treaties,
which constitute sufficient guaran
tees for France."
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24. Most of
the. work on the peace treaty today
was carried on outside the senate
chamber.
Republicans In Conference.
While Senator Frellnghuysen, re
publican. New Jersey, was delivering
a two-hour attack on the treaty and
its league of nations covenant, re
publicans were trying to reach an
agreement respecting the method of
dealing with the . amendment by
Senator Johnson, republican. Call
Cyuuiuded un fage 2, Column lji
Calm Alone Saves Town Dyna
Qi mite Checks Spread Engines
Rushed In Damage Large.
COVE. Or., Sept. 24. (Special.)
Fire originating in a meat market
or grocery store in the Tripeer block
here at 6 o'clock this morning wiped
out the principal business portion of
this town. The damage, which was
large, has not been estimated. In
surance is comparatively small.
Union and LaGrande dispatched fire
engines to the scene, but before they
could arrive the greater portion, of
damage was accomplished.
The Cove hotel, owned by Dunham
Wright, was blown up by dynamite to
stop the fire. The Cove State bank
was damaged, but was saved, it be
ing a brick building. The explosion
checked the flames, reducing the area
destroyed, but broke every plate glass
window in town.
When the new postoffice building
was destroyed. Postmaster Anderson
refitted the old one, which, fortu
nately, was equipped with boxes, and
kept the mails moving uninter
ruptedly.
This is the second time in 16 years
that the Tripeer block, where the fire
started this morning, has been ourned
over.
There was little or no fire protec
tion and all the citizens could do was
to fight the flames with garden hose
which they did most heroically. Cove
owes the fact that it was not entirely
wiped out to the fact that the day
was absolutely calm.
Among the other buildings des
troyed were the following:
Bloom grocery store. Anderson
hardware store, De Long butcher
shop. Baxter barber shop. Thorson
soft drink store, Mitchell blacksmith
shop. Forstrom store building.
plumbing shop, prlntery, Theveh's
Cove theater.
The town hall and Masonic hall
were on fire, but were saved with
great difficulty.
RAIL STRIKE THREATENED
Cabinet Meeting Tries to Avert
Walkout of British Workers.
LONDON. Sept. 24. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) The government has
sent a communication to the officers
of the National Union of Railway
Men. declaring there had been a mis
understanding and agreeing to further
negotiations, it is understood.
This action followed a meeting this
afternoon of the entire cabinet at
which was consiaered 'an ultimatum
by the railway men threatening to
strike Friday noon.
Minister Geddes before the cabinet
meeting, replied to the ultimatum, de
claring that the action of the men's
executive was unjustifiable and that
in order to meet their demands freight
rates-would have to be advanced prob
ably 50 per cent. He declared that
the increased pay demanded would
mean an additional permanent ex
penditure by the railroad companies
amounting to 45.000,000 annually as
compared with the pre-war expendi
ture.
NEW CAVE-IN REPORTED
Two Believed Killed in Southern
Oregon Tunnel.
ASHLAND, Or., Sept. 24. (Special.)
Rumors are circulating in railroad
circles here that a second serious
cave-in has occurred in the tunnel
north "of Kennett, where traffic has
been blocked for several days. Two
workmen are reported to have been
killed.
Passengers coming in from the
south reported that transfer of pas
sengers around the cave-in involves ;
climb over a mountain and that It has
been necessary to carry many over in
stretchers. No freight er baggage has
arrived from the south.
INDEX OF TODAY'S NEWS
The Weather.
TESTER HAY'S Maximum temperature
84 decree; minimum. o3 degrees.
TODAY'S Fair; gentle northeasterly
winds.
Foreign.
Americans are quoted by speakers at Berlin
to eld German propaganda agalnsi
United States. Page 2.
League weak, says Clemenceau. Page
National.
Senate to sift strike troubles today. Page 6.
Packers' maximum profits are ajailed.
Page 3.
Hands off Fiume. is plea of New York rep
sentatlve. Page 1.
Croakers' chorus now heard at national
capital. Page 3.
Inquiry of clothing profits begun. Page 4
Iometlc.
strikers assert 13.000 mora leave steel
mills. Page 1.
Agitators flocking to t-Iltsburg, center o
strike, Page i.
President of steel workers takes steps to
prevent general strike. Page tS.
President says reservations to article 10
would mean rejection of treaty. Page
Senator Johnson asked to quit treaty figli
by leading Caltrornians. rage l.
America's hope lies In unity of action.
says Secretary of Interior Lane, Page 1.
Allies seize 1- American-owned vessels.
Page 1.
Pacific North weiit.
Grain handlers resume work of loading
steamers today. Page 22.
Main business section of Cove, Or., wiped
out by fire. Pane 1.
Shlpworkers give Strike ultimatum. Page 22.
Salem closes shop to see state fair. Page 11.
Commercial and Marine.
Western potato marketa holding steady.
Page 23.
Steel stock gains full point In Wall street.
Page 23.
Early advance In Chicago corn market Is
wiped out. Page 23.
Move starts to widen and deepen chan
nel. Page 22.
Sports.
Favorites win at Columbus grand circuit
meeting. Page 12.
Trapshooters plan reorganization of clubs
and methods of handling sport. Page 12.
Pacific Coast league results: Sacramento
12, Portland 1: Oakland 7. San Francis
co 6; Vernon 6, Salt Lake 2. Page 13.
Pacltic swimming records may go by the
boards at Seattle. Page 13.
Portland and Vicinity.
Women employes of city protest against
salary proposals. Page 18.
Unusual grist of dlverces granted In Judge
Uaten'a court. Page 0.
Big stock U arriving for sruiy atore.
Page 10
'Meddling' by Uncle Sam
Held Dangerous.
MR. HUSTED WARNS HOUSE
New Yorker Against AnV Kind
of Interference.
LEAGUE DANGER FORESEEN
Let Kalian Poet-Soldier and Forces
Investing City Work Out Their
Own Salvation, Pica.
(Coryright by the New Tork World. Pub
lished by Arrangement.)
WASHINGTON. Sept. 24 (Special
cable.) The house foreign affairs
committee may Investigate the re
ported landing of marines near Fiume.
A meeting has been called for tomor
row to consider a resolution ofSered
by Representative Husted of New
York, who wants the house to go on
record in protest against interference.
This is a glaring case of officious
intermeddling and is absolutely op
posed to our well settled national
policy," declared Mr. Husted.
He said It was a concrete illustra
tion "of the kind of trouble we would
be involved in as a nation if we joined
the league of nations under the un
amended provision of the covenent,
and that it would not be many years.
if we Interfered in situations of this
kind, before we would have the un
friendly feeling of all the nations of
the earth which have been friendly to
us in the past."
His resolution provides that "it Is
the sense of tT.e house of representa
tives that the United States should not
participate in any military or naval
opinions against the Italian forces un
der the command of Gabriel d'An
nunzio njr "Vf-ting the city of
Fiume, &J "Viould not attempt
to y-Ji'jr of said forces
r by show or
wise."
ADVAXC1XG
Armored Motor Cars Cross Line
and Enter Dalmation Town.
PARIS. Sept. 24. (By the Associat
ed Press.) An Italian detachment,
with several armored motor cars, has
crossed the line of demarkation near
Toguire. Dalmatia, and penetrated
the town after having overcome the
resistance of a dozen Jugo-Slav sol
diers, according to a dispatch fro an
Belprrade received here.
The dispatch adds that two Ameri
can vessels have left Spalato for To
guire. TRIEST. Sept. 22. (By the Asso
ciated Press.) Additional reinforce
ments to D'Annumio's forces have
raised the military strength of his
contingent to more than 12,000 men,
according to the estimates of allied
officers returning from Fiume.
POLA. Sept." 22. (By the Associat
ed Press.) Four Italian warships, the
battleship Dante Aligheri and the
destroyers Mirabello, Nullo and Aba
are named as units of the "Fiuman
navy" in a proclamation written by
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ADMIHAI, SIMS' OWN STORY
OF TltU AMKKICAN" NAVY
IN THK WAR.
With the
Sunday is
sue, Septem
ber 28, Tire
Ore gon i an
will begin
publication
in serial
form of "The
Victory at
Sea," writ
ten by Ad-
Admiral Mm. rniral Sims,
commander of the America
fleet in the war zone a narra
tive that is declared by critics
to be the most engrossing tale
ever penned of warfare at sea.
Americans have waited for
the actual accounting of their
ships and their sailors in the
struggle which broke the might
of Germany. They knew that
their troops crossed the sub
marine lanes with- an astonish
ing minimum of loss, that "the
bridge of ships'" to Pershing
held In every floating joist and
timber. And they knew that
the Yankee fleet was function
ing through storm, peril and
Hardship.
From the moment that the
declaration of war set a thou
sand engines throbbing and
daubed the warships and de
stroyers with battle gray, to
the ultimate moment of victory,
Admiral Sims has written the
yarn of the navy's share in the
crusade against armed might
and menace.
Beginning in the Sunday is
sue, the first chapter, "Black
Days in the Spring of 1917."
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