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VOL. XVI. NO. 59.
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ORMT. LISTS TO
REACH BOARDS
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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."
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"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.
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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
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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.