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Newspaper Page Texturn. " '" "" " C ' ' fl ' esVasV ' , , ' THE WSATHER , Tonight and to morrow, fair; moderate west erly winds. Hu midity. 81. OXXOCK VOL. XVI. NO. 59. PORTLAND, OREGON, SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 21, 1917. FOURTEEN PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. OK T1AUI A YD TrrWti tauds rnrx cum ORMT. LISTS TO REACH BOARDS S Offteial Tally Sheets Being Checked and Proof Sheets .Gone Over; Will Be For warded Early Next Week. NATIONAL ARMY WILL BE CALLED IN SEPTEMBER Washington Greatly Pleased With Smoothness With Which Draft Worked. Washington, July II. (U. P.) With the location today of a mlsnlriK number in the great draft lottery, Provost Marshal (Jcneral Crowder notified Sec- retary of War ISaker that the firFt step toward organizing America's armies is complete. The missing number 4664 was assigned to the 10,004th place in the drawing the point at which a blank had been picked from the- urn. Crowder's report to Secretary Baker fellows: "'We closed the drawing be- tween 'i and 3 o'clock this morning. We found precisely 10,500 capsules in the urn and the only mishap was that one of the capsules contained no number. When the fact was discovered, I threw the capsule bark into the urn to await de- velopmcnts. We drew It out last and assigned it the last number on the list." . j i j I i Si 1 ! Washington, July 21. (I. N. S.) "Within five days they can beln making soldiers." Provost Marshal General Enoch H. I Crowder made this statement today, speaking of the work of the local boards. "1 am glad the stress is nearly over," the general said, "but we still have a big task before us getting the official lists out to the local district boards. They will be sent out very soon. "We will expedite the work and within five days they can begin mat ing soldiers, at least in most of tha eastern districts. i Sleepless for more than 30 hours, General Crowder was busy today doing i everything to expedite the final slops I of the national work with the draft. in connection j Sheets Bel&r Checked Official tally sheets are being checked by expert clerks. Already proof sheets of the early numbers drawn have been returned, and Gen- (ConrliHled rn rg-e Twelve, Column One.) IS IN FLAMES: PART OF T S Planing Mill Fire Climbs Hill IntO BUSineSS DiStriCt; Al Communication Cut Off. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, July II. (U P.) The town of Harrison, Idaho, with j a population of 1000, is being destroyed by a fire which started early this morning in the planing mill of the Grant Lumber company. - The origin is not reported. The mill lies on the lake shore below . the city, and the flames climbed the hill into the business and residence dis trict. The entire business district was burned and the reeidence part is now in flames. An estimate of the damage has not been made. The telephone office was burned and telegraph communication is crippled. An appeal was wired to Mayor Potts of Coe,ur d'Alene to send bedding for 500 who are expected to be homeless tonight. Coeur d'Alene is forming relief par ties and preparing to rush aid. The flames are visible within four miles of Coeur d'Alene, 20 miles dis tant. Governor Alexander and Secretary of State Dougherty arrived at 9 o'clock and left Immediately on a boat for the unfortunate city. Forest flrea have thrown the I. W. W Into fhft back ernund Wnrwl or a like tinder and- It is almost impossible to control the conflagrations. The forest fire In Fourth of July canyon menaced a great body of white pine timber. Forty volunteer fire fighters from Spokane were rushed there last night by special train and automobile cortege. The fire is be lieved to have been started by careless campers at Rose Lake lumber camp, 14 miles east of Coeur d'Alene. A strip of white pine 12 miles long, con talning 1500 acres, has already been razed. Cut timber of the Rose Lake com pany was devastated. Spokane, Wash., July 21. (I. N. S.) The entire business district of Har rison, Idaho, has been wiped out by fire, according to a message received by Mayor Fleming this afternoon. "The fire Is still raging and the city is out of food and 500 people are homeless," J. W. Cook, chairman of the Harrison city council, wired. ; Harrison is tha key to the . Coeur d'Alene section a large lead produc ing district.. ' . WITHIN HARRISON AH 1 NOW ROIN Noted Names In Athletics On Draft List Maurice Mclxmghlin, Famous Ten nis Player, and Larry Cowing, Golfer, are Selected. Los Angeles, Cal.. July 21. (U. P.) The name of Maurice E. McLoughlin, world famous tennis player, heads the list of amateur and professional ath letes of the city called Into service Friday. McLoughlin believes he Is practical ly certain to go with the first army. Scores of Los Angeles athletes who have achieved national fame In the sporting world, found their names among the first 3000 numbers. Gus Kervaris, one cf the foremost Greek wrestlers in America, was chosen. Frank Verbeck, automobile racer, who has appeared on many tracks, has been summoned. Verbeck won the Los Angeles to San Fran Cisco race several years ago. Several others on the list are: Law rence Cowing, formerly of Portland End golf champion of California; Carl Sawyer, former Washington American league infielder and now with the Min neapolis American association team; Len Livernash, former football cap tain of U. S. C; Harold Landreth, for mer tackle and captain of an Occi- Hpntal rTi 1 1 er . f nAfhall too m TTranlr Toban, ex-U. S. C. gridiron star; Tony Jcnnette, who has competed in many California automobile races: Lewis Cass, sx-Rugby star of Stanford uni versity; Herbert Hahn, tennis cham pion of Stanford university, and Omar Toft, automobile race driver. Stanford Athletes Selected Riverside, Cal., July 21. (U. P.) Meredith (Jud) House, noted Stanford track man, was among the first of the prominent young Riverside men se lected by the draft. Eric Pedley, also of Riverside, another Stanford athlete and well known young polo player, and David Brubaker of Hemet, who holds the title of champion '.nterschol- astic discus thrower of the state, were other prominent athletes drafted. I TURN TO BE EXAMINED BY THE ARMY BOARDS Actual Draft Will Not Take Place for Week or Ten Days, Says Gen. White, Now that the numbers showine the order in which each registered man should report have been drawn, the next step is the actual draft, and this will not take place until a week or 18 days, unless orders to the contrary are received, according to Adjutant General White. Nothing further can be done until the numbers announced In the press dispatches Friday are officially certi- fied from Washington. The certifica- I tion will be in the form of photo- graphs of the blackboards used in the room where the drawing was held. These photographs are to be mailed to the various districts. Delays Mast Be Encountered It takes four days at the least to receive mail from Washington in Portland, and It will take four days more to mail such records to the I boards in the most remote counties ! of the state. I The adjutant general's office Satur day morning sent Instructions to each exemption board in the state to com- clal numbers arrive. Notices wlli be I i. -v. vj v n waiu, mm c;u mAii will be mailed a notice; but failure to receive It will not be accepted as an excuse. The candidate for service in the army will then report for physical examination. Evftry man will undergo this test. Then each will have seven days to file exemption claims. If the decision on the claim is adverse, the candidate will have 10 days for an appeal to the appellate board. Blanks Supplied ny Board Necessary blanks in information will be supplied by the board. During the patt few days Adjutant General White has had a corps of enltsted men at work sending out four or five tons of blank forms to every board in the state, and even now about 100 differ ent forms are lacking. They are ex pected most any time from Washing ton. However, boards are instructed to consult the book on forms In cases where the proper form has not been received. In making out affidavits and other statements in connection with the draft, men are warned that severe penalty is provided for giving false statements. Portland xa Must Baport Though Portland and Multnomah county men and those registered in 14 other counties in tha state are ex empt from the first call by virtue of j their counties having filled their ! quotas with voluntary cmisunenu, every man will have to report In his turn to be examined and have his claims for exemption acted upon, that all should be in -readiness wh,en the second draft Is announced. Another publicity campaign to edu cate the public as to the details of the draft was inaugurated today by General White, and from now until 'h dr " ' T 7 W?,pap?r ln the state will receive a daily letter dealing with the various phases of the system. The unofficial list of the first 3800 serial draft num bers logether with the order in which they were drawn ap pears in today's Journal on page 2, - - MEN REPORT IN LLOYD GEORGE ANSWERS YS DIVER MUST GO , Germany's answer to the American Prpmipr nf firpnt Rritnin Dp- draft 18 t0 cal1 her younger classes riemier or ureal amain ue-;to tne colora confidential informa- clares Position Taken WrJ&S&iSZ New German, Chancellor Is ; IIJhwV,? : in Behalf of Junker Party. DECLARES U-BOAT MENACE DECREASING "Food Supply This Year and Next Year Is Already Secured," He Says. Policy of Beprirals Planned London, July 21. (U. P.) Samuel Samuels. M. P., an nounced in a speech today that the British government intends to adopt a policy of reprisals for German air raids. London, July 21. (IT. P.) "X pre dict tt will not be long- until the Ger man chancellor delivers a different speech one for which wo aro waiting," assarted Premier Xdoyd Oeorge in a speech aero today, commenting on Sr. Klchaells' address to the reichstag Thursday. London, July 21. (U. P.) "Those injan efforts to extinguish Is doing thou charge of German affairs have elected sands of dollars' worth of damage in for war," declared Premier Lloyd George, in a speech this afternoon in the Queen's hall, answering German Chancellor Michaells' address to the reichstag. "The chancellor's statement," he added, "contained phrases which the German military autocracy stood. under- ! "The junkers have thrown the old chancellor into the waste basket with his 'scrap of paper,'" Lloyd George continued, "and it will not be long before Junkerdom follows him there. "The German chancellor held out no hope for Belgium," he continued. "She was not mentioned by him. "It is the determination of tha. al lies that Belgium must be restored free and independent and her people not be placed under a protectorate." The premier declared that if the U boat is not eliminated. Europe will again be plunged into a welter of blood sometime after the present war is concluded. The meeting was in celebration of Belgium's independence, Lloyd George presiding. "I am sorry to disagree with the German chancellor regarding German submarines," the premier continued, "but gradually, though surely, we are increasing our protection and dimin ishing our losses. "This year we are building four t.mes as many ships as the preceding Vear Next year we shall build six times as many, The rood supply mis year ana nxt is already secured. Our program of cultivation makes the supply of 1913 secure, eve.i if our losses are in creased. "Significant is the announcement of the accession of the brilliant states man. Kerensky, to the leadership of the Russian democracy." British Papers Comment London. July 21. (I. N. S.) Brit ish newspapers. In commenting today upon the speech of the new German chancellor in the Reichstag on Thurs day, declare that it is "a triumoh for pan-Germanism." It Is accepted i a foregone conclusion that the chan cellor has destroyed all hope for an early peace and that trie war will con tinue indefinitely. Germany Reports On Vessels Sunk London, July 21. (V. P.) Since the first of February Germany claims to have sunk close to 4,750,000 tons of neutral and allied shipping, according to German official figures received In German newspapers today. The figures given were: February 781,500 tons; March, 885, 000 tons; April 191,000 tons; May, 869,000 tons; June "over a million. with a number of commanders' reports as yet not received." June, the German newspapers de clared, "gives Indications of being a record breaker.'" When Germany Inaugurated the sub marinewarfare, her officials pre dicted sinkings totaling 1,000,000 tons a month. Recent estimates here have placed the actual figures at about 600.000 tons. Test on Guinea Pig Shows No Poison in The Court Plasters Tests made on a court He plaster Inoculated guinea pig by City Bacteriologist Pernot He brought a negative result today He when the 48 hours incubation period had elapsed. H He Samples of court plaster be- 4fc ing disposed of by peddlers H over the city were brought in H He and a serum was made of the He adhesive. He The pigs showed no ill ef- - Ht fects whatsoever and the ped- He dlers were cleared of all He suspicion as a result. Following the stories from He Kansas that Germans disguised as peddlers were disposing of Ht poisoned court plaster, a sim- Hi Ht liar fear was entertained here. yf GermanyCalls 2,000,000 Men To the Colors Younger Classes Called to Report Next March, as Answer to U. S. Draft. Wasnlngton. July 21. (I. N. S.) 2,000.000 German youths. They will be called to report to the colors next March, or about the time that the national army of the United States can be expected to be about ready to be transferred to France. Officials decline to say what classes are to be called up, but it is believed they ' will be well below 21 years of age. FIDE RAGES IN MS E SONOMA COUNTY DOING MUCH DAMAG Home Guards of HealdsburgiprestVe.' May Be Called Out to Fight Flames. Santa Rosa. Cal., July 21. (U. P.) Sweeping over six miles of forest, with its eastern edge five miles from liealdsburg and the western extrem- i ity licking at the outskirts of Guerne ville. a forest fire which is baffling Sonoma county today- Deputy Sheriff James Petray arrived in Santa Rosa from the scene of the fire early this morning, returning im mediately with more fire fighters. One hundred and fifty men, under Forest SuDervisor George Spauldlng. are en- eared in tha battle. Petray declared that unless the flames were checked ; at noon the Kealdsburg home guards i DUl directs tne president to comraan would be called out. deer all liquor in bond and pay a Ij.t. FrMav the Swt.l Rnr-l- resort was reported surrounded oy fire. No word has been received frc.n there today, but" it is believed the own ers and guests escaped, although it is possible the resort has been destroyed Other wll known Sonoma resorts are threatened and ' numerous rancher have been forced to abandon their houses. It is believed several dwell ings have been destroyed. Exemption Officials' Numbers Are Drawn Si ram W. Johnson, Jr and Angeio J. Perrogglaro, Called for Draft, Members of Exemption Boards. San Francisco. July 21. (I. N. S.) Puzzling situations have arisen in two San Francisco exemption districts through the drafting of members of; the exemption boards. Hiram W. "John-i son, Jr., son of United States Senator Johnson, was among the first 1500 drawn. He is chairman of the thirtv second exemption board. Angelo J Ferroggiaro, chairman of the thir teenth district board and a prominent clubman, also was drawn. William Gregory Parrott, society man and polo player, son of John Pa. rott. San M.iteo millionaire, appeared at the country clerk's office In Red wood City yesterday and asked to reg ister while the numbers were bein-i drawn in Washington. He explains 1 that he sailed for Colon on May 2 and did not return until yesterday. Kenneth Monteagle, son of a mil lionaire family, whose number was among the early ones, is now ln New York with an ambulance unit. Oregonians Named Assistant Surgeons Washington, July 21. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL). Secretary of Navy Daniels has recom mended for appointment as assistant surgeons ln the navy the following from Oregon. William J. Corcoran, Herbert V. Thatcher, James F. Bell Jr.. and John F. Hart. Hart is from Medford, the others from Portland. Federal Reserve Statement Saa Franclaco. Jnly 2t. I. N. S.) BUte-mt-nt of condition at close of business nJVy 20: RESOURCES Gold coin and cold certificate In own vanlts $ 21.1&4.OO0 Gold with federal reeerre agent... 26.112.000 In gold settlement fund ltf.8B9.O00 In gold redemption fond . 25.ouo Gold beld with foreign agencies. 2,868,ooo Total gold refwrre $ 70,078.000 Legal tendvr notea, silTer. etc $ 157,000 Total reeerre $ 70.235.000 Bills discounted, members f 10.090.000 Acceptances bought 4.800,000 Total bills on hand $ 14.899.000 I United Ktatea bonds owned I 2.429.000 L 8. certifica tea of indebtedness. 1.948,000 Treasury notes 1,500,000 Municipal warrants 203,000 Total earning assets $ 20.979.O0O Federal reserve note on hand.. . . .( 2.218,000 National bank notes and notea of other Federal Reserve banks 807.000 Net doe from other Federal Re serve banks (collected funda) B.564.000 Doe from branches and officers 500.000 Exchanges for clearing house 1.610.000 Transfers bought 8.000.000 Other uncollected items 5,753,000 All other resources 191,000 Total resources 8115.947,000 LIABILITIES Capital paid In $ S.968.000 United States government deposits. 24,270.000 Due to member banks &6,4)5,O00 Cashier and other checks outstand ing 54.000 Other collection Items 5,753. 0O0 federal reserve notes (net liabil ity) 62,112.000 All orber liabilities 374.000 Total UsbQIUes ............... .111047,000 SENATE PASSES BILL GOVERNING PRICES OF FOOD Measure Will Control Food, Feed and Fuel for Duration of War; Only Six Vote Against Regulation. WHEAT MINIMUM FIXED AT $2 FOR HIGH GRADE Coal Output to Be Sold at Prices Established by the Authorities. Waiting-ton, July 21. (X. X. .) Immediately after the pas sag- of tha ! food oontrol sill tha senate moved to ! take up and passed tha $640,000,000 , aviation bill. By a Tote of 66 to 12 It was decided to retain the provision authorizing tha ort to tha draft to re cruit the flying corps. Washington, July 11. (U. P.) ; America's first food control bill passed '. the senate at 4 p. m. today by a vote ! of 87 to 6. , Governmental control of food, f?d and fuel was established for the dura tion of the war. The vote marked the culmination of weeks of debate. Senatois who voted against the bill wore: Frances, Maryland; Hardwick. ' Georgia; Penrose, Pennsylvania; Reed, Missouri; Sherman, Illinois, and Suth erland, West Virginia. Sutherland and Warwick are Demo- 1 crats. Whiskey Manufacturing' Doomed As passed by the senate, the bill marks the death of the whiskey busi ness, at least during the war. It per mlls manuiaciure or wine ana Deer, reasonable price lor 11. 11 estaD ushes a food administration board of. three-members, one of them to be a J practical farmer, to undertake the di rection of fuel, food and feed control. Included along with fuel are kerosene and gasoline. - It establishes a minimum price of $2 a bushel on wheat until July 1. 1919, in order to encourage production of wheat and guarantee the farmer a SXriVwna.?CtfS. other grades in proportion. I Mine Output to Begmlated The bill establishes government con trol of coal from mine to consumer and fixes prices for it. It authorises the president to license wholesale dealers in enforcing the act. At the last moment the senate re jected an amendment by Senator La (Concluded on Pxe Tbree, Coloma Five) FOR DELAY BILL VOTE Advice uiven at Conference of State and County Agri cultural Agents in City. Sharp criticism of congress for leav ing the subject of food control to the last as a war measure was voiced by Carl S. Vrooman, assistant secretary of agriculture, while ln Portland, Fri day. "Mobilization of agriculture and con trol of food should have been accom plished first, before the mobilization of the army and the navy, before the sale of Liberty bonds," he declared. because more than our amry and I navy, and more than our money, this nation and our allies need our food." Survey Must Be Bushed. The remark was made at the con ference of state agricultural leaders and county agricultural agents and was followed by a statement from Ralph D. HetzeL director of the ex- tension division of Oregon Agrlcul- YROOMAN GRITICIZES CONGRESS FOOD tural college, who said: when rioters pelted rocks and eggs "We should have started the rork through th windows of a car that of food survey and control In Oregon ' was being run by strikebreakers, at least three weeks ago. Every day Motorman F. S. Slater was struck on that passes makes it more difficult the head by a stone to handle the situation." I Ten policemen were in the car. Dr. Hector MacPherson, marketing ! Motorcycle officers and automobiles expert of the college, took the floor, i carrying police escorted the car and "There have been recently sharp ad vances ln the prices of eggs and other products," he stated. "From two sources I am informed that these ad vances were due to the excessive ac tivity of cold storage interests." Dr. MacPherson said that Oregon lacks any law which will permit its (Concluded on Page Twelvs, Column. Twoi Necklace of 375 Diamonds Said to Be on Way Home H New York. July 21. (U. P.) Ht He The necklace of 375 dia- He He monds. presented to the em- Ht He press of Germany by the late He He J. P- Morgan is reported today H He to have been sold. The pur- He Ht chasers are understood to be He He agents for American Jewelers who may bring the diamonds to Hi H this country and sell them He separately. . Kerensky Is Russian Premier Succeeds Lvoff, Who Resigned Other Cabinet Changes Made Alexander F. Kerensky, who has loomed up suddenly as the greatest individual force in the biggest democracy of the world and to whora more credit Is due for successc s of new Russia's armies than to any other one man. 1 f?tV''T'.'"t "sy''WXJi- "Wwwwk mwiBiiii(w te t -v A. " s - i - ' - , 1 rstM7st Ar Young Russian Minister, One y . j n fl t yU,r- YMJSUi i 4 V- li ! mM Y V.--1, :4r-1 i r fr.&V 1 -'f - ,ftvr -l TTTffaBBffllfliri,",wl!'ifflr' ffffr Wj jifcBTTIinS5BSBtS?Ta?L in vvona war anu nussian nevoiuiion, 10 neiain Portfolio of War and London, July 11. (U. P.) Minister of War and Marine Kerensky of Rus- - ta h" temporarily named premier of Russia, succeeding Prince Lvoff, resigned, according t o an nouncement ln the Bourse Gazette at Petrograd today. Kerensky. it was stated in the Petrograd advices. Is to retain his place as military and naval chlet Tseretelli, formerly minister of com munications, was named minister of the Interior ln addition to bis previous cabinet post. Minister of Railways Nekrasoff Is temporarily filling the post of minister of Justice, Arrests Are Be! as; Kade The new government in Petrogard is arresting on the charge of treason all of the organizations which partook in the armed rebellion and all instiga tors of the revolters. To Alexander F. Kerensky, the young war minister, more than to any other one man is due the credit for 1 the first victory of the Russian revo ! lutionary armies over the foreign foe. difficult post given up by ouckkoff. whom the army would not obey, Ker- BLOOD IS SHED WHEN SEATTLE CAR IS BY STRIKE Thirteen Police Dismissed for Refusing to Do Strike Duty; Are Organizing Union, j Seattle, July SI. (IT. P.) First ! blood was shed in the street car strike i here at 12:30 o'clock this afternoon. kept a lane open through the crowds. ICore Trouble reared With blood trickling down his face Slater stuck to his post. Further trou ble is feared this afternoon If more cars are brought out. Fifteen thousand workers are threatening to strike here immedi ately if the Puget Sound Traction, Light A Power company does not give in to its 1600 employes who walked out Tuesday morning. In addition to the shipyard em ployes, the Building Trades Council !s on record today with a strike vote of 32 unions which are affiliated with it ! s on the question of supporting the reetcar men. Follcemea Are Discharged Thirteen policemen who refused to ride on streetcars with strikebreakers yesterday afternoon on the first cars sent out by the traction ocmpany, were discharged today by Mayor GUI. and charges of malfeasance in office will be filed against them Monday. 'The striking policemen are organising a policemen's union. Reliable Information reached Seat tle this afternoon that seven carloads of strikebreakers left Chicago Thurs RUN BREAKERS day zor Beatue. of Most Dramatic Figures pi i p Marine Ministry. fiery eloquence the necessity of re suming the war ln order to preserve the liberties won by revolution. He undertook with tremendous energy the staggering task of convincing the mil lions of peasant soldiers that It was their patriotic duty to attack the en emy. He won the soldiers' confidence. Introduced an iron discipline and ac complished what at one time seemed impossible completely reorganizing the army on a democratic basis and filling it with his own burning zeal. A slight, moderately tall young man of about 86 years, who looked more like an Englishman than a Russian. Kerensky suddenly looms up as the greatest individual force ln biggest democracy of the world. He has been minister of Justice and has sat ln the duma. He is the man who Issued the edict at the birthing of the Rus sian revolution that unshackled thou sands of Siberian exiles. He is also the man who defied the czar and the Black Hundred, even be fore the rumblings of the revolution had reached Petrograd Just prior to the dethronement. Kerensky is one of the best public speakers that Russia has ever known. He was born in Tashkent, a Russian town ln Middle Asia, and became a lawyer despite limited education im possible for him. ZU With Tuberculosis As a defender of workmen and Peas ants he achieved considerable distinc tion, which grew to fame when he represented 0 strikers accused of shooting police ln the gold fields along me Kiver Lent ln 1112. His friendship for persecuted Jews, connected witn (socialist movements and general revolutionary attitude has caused him to be under constant sur veillance by the czar's agents, who. it is understood, were on the verge of seising him at the outbreak of the revolution. Kerensky, despite the astonishing vitality he has displayed since he as sumed the national leadership, is not expected to live more than a few years at most, as he is a sufferer from an advanced case of tuberculosis. SPECIAL ASSISTANT ATTORNEY GENERAL TO BE LOCATED HERE S. W, Williams, Appointee, Is Expected to Work on 0. & C. Land Grant Questions. Washington. July 21 (WASHING TON BUREAU OF' THE JOURNAL) S. W. Williams has been appointed a special assistant attorney general with headquarters at Portland at -a salary of $7000 a year. No announcement has been authorized of his work, but It is believed he will be largely occu pied with details of the settlement of Oregon & California land grant ques tions. Williams has for. several years been connected with the department of Jus tice ana made personal investigation of grant lands prior to the passage of the Chamberlain-Ferris act. He has been friendly to. Oregon Interests and favored liberal treatment lor lani grant counuea. - - O S s HE WILL RESIGN 10 SETTLE ROW fcr General Manager of Emerg-. ency Fleet Corporation In Letter to Wilson Offers to -Retire if It Will Help. PRESIDENT WILL TAKE -QUICK ACTION, BELIEF Goethals Tells Wilson Con stant Bickering Makes Success Impossible. Washington, July 21. (U. T.) Qen- ' eral Goethals has offered to resign as . general manager of the Emergency fleet corporation. As a climax to a long-drawn argu -ment between himself and Chairman Denman of the ohlpping board. Goethals wrote a letter to President-" Wilson, Kuggest-ing, if it will help matters, he will resign. That the president will take quick : action in the case was indicated to day. Those close to the president ln tlmated that he w ilk 'out of patience with the Goethals-l'nman. row. What : the president will do, however, will not be known until Monday. He Is on a, week-end cruise today. Goethals' only comment today WM ; that ho had not resigned yet, but that he could not tell "what will develop. Goethals letter, spnt yesterday, if tailed his relations with Denman. and declared the constant bickering wss no longer possible. I'p to the present, the president has held aloof iom the shipping row. tell ing bo tli men to go ahead with trwlr plans to build ships. He expected them to reach a de cision on a definite program, his chief concern botng in prompt action. Now. However, thu provident Is need with the delicate position of de eding between the claims of the twt inon ' . I 11 I I C I I M n t ' 1 .1 f t V. 1 - a .1 n i idcflnl,e iram h himself evolves I out of tno,e uomltted by both. . . uoemau nas naimea mat snips : not u9 uuin oy long discussions. ln man holds that he must know definite- . ly about all contracts before they are ret andorigtexs. ia In on the trcar with a demand to know the same de tailed information that Denman asks; '. Congress, however, has asked the president for information and hence' the presiednt Is forced Into It any how. Congress Is divided on the subject. The Republican ami manv Dcrnucrsta' have stood stoutly by Goethals. If he quits there is bound to be a violent outbreak both ln houe and senate. MINERS IN LEADVILLE DECIDE 10 WALK -OUT; 2000 REFUSE TO WORK Officials of Properties Pre pare for Long Struggle Zinc Principal Output, Leadville. Colo.. July II. (I. N". 8.J The long threatened strike of mine workers ln this district was called to day, and operations were practically at a standstill when nearly 2000 men in 37 mines refused to start work this morning. A few volunteers are man nlng the pumps to prevent serious damage to the workings. Mine owners declare they will close down the properties indefinitely rather than meet the men's modified demands an Increase of &0 cents per day and recogntfion of tne union. , Officials of the Mine, Mill & Smel-1 fermen's union are preparing for ' long struggle. Committee on Expenditure, Plan' Washington. July 21. (I. N. 8.) An amendment by Senator Owen t create a Joint congressional commit tee on war expenditures was adopted by the senate this afternoon by vote of S3 to 31. Grandma Wants Watch V-Bottom Boat lVost and round 41 THE party who found Grand mother Munra's watch and onyx chain, ln June. Wanted atlacellaneons 9 Fruit Jars and Bottles Wanted- Also everything. Tor sale Miscellaneous 19 EXCELLENT Pullman baby car-' rlage. almost new, upholstered, rubber tired, for cash, $18. Cost $40. launches, and Boats t4 V-BOTTOM niotorboat. H h. p., 2 cycle. 3 cylinder, IS miles; mag neto, lights, horn, cedar hull, oak ribs. 2 air tanks. Also 16 ft, V bottom, cedar hull, oak ribs, t h. p., outboard motor, new boat" house, all in A-l condition. Cash or trade for light car. s Livestock -- tfl FOR SALE Three fresh dairy or family cows. Xtog-s, Birds, Pets. Ztc COLLIE puppies, beauties, from registered parents. $10; worttt double. Bitches bred or open, also stud dogs at a sacrifice. The Journal's "Lost and Found" Want Ads are read carefully by finders of lost articles, and have been the means of aulckiv mtm.: ing many an artiele- of value to lis ngnuui owner.