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1 " . n. "ITS AIAj HLitt A. s Tonight and to rn o r r o w, fair; moderate west erly winds. Hu midity, 47. and rrs ALL TRUE i A PORTLAND, OREGON, TUESDAY EVENING, AUGUST 28, 1917. SIXTEEN PAGES. VOL. XVI. NO. 91. PRICE TWO CENTS. OK TRAINS AND STANDS FIVE CENTS v w v 1 m m m m mm m m m m I mt Wfc mt T je . M mm m- mm m m m w m m l I I CIVILIANS TRIESTE ARE TOLD 10 MAP OF THE GREAT ITALIAN OFFENSIVE and a photograph of Lieutenant General Luigi Cadorna, chief of the Italian general staff, who is directing, operations against the Austrians. The heavy black line from Plava to the sea follows approximately the coutse of the new Italian of fensive, including the Julian front, the Gorizia area and the Carso front, where the battle is now centering. The dotted line is the Italian front to Tolmino, where there is little activity. MESSAGE 1 Austrian High Command Is sues Warning to Residents as to Danger of Italian Of fensive Which Is Steadily Pushing Closer to City. TWO CONTINGENTS OF AUSTRIANS BESIEGED Fall of Mountain Forts of Monte Gabriel and Monte Daniel Regarded Only as Matter of Few Days; On slaught of Italians Winning Rome. Aug. 28. (I. N. S. ) The Italian advance continues on the Balnsizza plateau north of Gor izia, despite violent counter as saults by the Austro-Hungacians. the war office stated today. Washington. Aug! 2 8 (U. P.) Trieste is being evacuated. IU civil population is deserting the town, at the order of the Austrian high command, according to the Zurich correspondent of Corriere D'ltalia, whose dispatches were cabled to the Italian embassy here today. Most of the citizens left yesterday, taking with them all articles of value," tbe cable stated. They sought refuse In the interior of Austria. Hourly the Italian offensive becomes mnre certain of a military decision. cable messages fay. The Austrian j troops in the sector dominated by Monte Santo are reported so far ahead of the Italians in their retreat thai no them can be found except . i J- 1 JT ITl H 1- F U. S, AROUSES SPIRIT 0 Delegates at Russian Confer ence in Moscow Cheer Wildly When Kerensky Reads Wilson's Cablegram Epidemic Due To Poor Food Hits Germany Dysentery ani Tuberculosis Rav age People Death Statistics Are Suppressed. OPPOSITION TO GENERAL KORNILOFF URGES ARMY DISCIPLINE Reestablishment of Death Penalty Sought to Keep Men in Line. Vr Katraat Bafor Attack Petrograd. Aug. 28. (I. N. S.) Retirement of Russian In fantry in the Boyan (Pojan). district on the Bukowina-Bes-sarablan frontier, without wait ing to be attacked by the Ger mans was reported by the war office today. The Russians retreated eastward. aba.r.done-1 munitiona. guns GERMAN LOSSES OVER 50,000 IN FLANDERS BATTLE, IS ESTIMATE sions Engaged Since July 1 Are Withdrawn, trate of btacks of and food. Krom Monte Santo many square miles of territory can be raked by the Ital- I Ian artillery. No Austrian position in t t this zone can be held more than . few ply Qf 37 German DlVI- Monte Gabriel and Monte Daniel are till held by the Austrians, but are isolated. No food or munitions can reach the beleaguered troopa. The fall of these mountain forts Is a matter of days, the cables say. Emperor Charles pent the entire day of August 22 at tr front with he Austria hll com mand and General Borevlz. He saw Taroovo captured and one fort on the Carso destroyed by the Italian bom bardment. He l.ft while the Italian troops were charging to victory. Aus- . trlaU papers admit the precarious po- sltlon of their troops 1 Th I-okal Anze:ger correspondent i makta no effort to conceal the lm- I portfit advantages gained by the Ital ians. British and Krerich Assist I.oadon. auk. 28. (U. P. Italy's swee0 forward from Montr Santo acroet the plateau of Bains-liia is fast becoming a debacle of defeat for Aus tria. The Austrian staff has decreed retirement at several rlaces to save whole divisions from flanklr.g moves. The morale of the retreating troops, constantly battered by Italian. FYench and British long range runs and at tacked Incessantly by Italian filers, is steadily decreasing. New Austrian troops have been rushed to the places of the exhausted defenders and are aeperalely but vainly striving to stem the flood, of the Italian offensive, which burst through when Monte Santo's subjuga tion was completed. Swiss dispatches brought word that Austria Is seething with discontent. Italy's victories - are causing wide spread alarm. The public, which had regarded the 1'opes peace plea as certain of ac ceptance, is now realizing it Is fore doomed to fail-re. King to View Battle Scene Zurich. Auk. 2S. (I. N. S ) King Victor Emmanuel of Italy has gone (Cooeloded on I'ge Fourteen. Colnma 8ii Camera and Outfit 3 ROOMS-$2.75 Pox Bale, Miscellaneous 19 FOK SALX Gooj Seneca Duo camera with steel telescopic tripod, extra photograph lens complete developing, prilling and enlarging outfit, time watch, flashlight pistol, instruction bocks, some aoids. Jai k lantern, etc.. all in excellent shape, for 110. Housekeeping Booms 73 Furnished and Unfurxjsbed Pi-irate Family JI 75 3 room housekeeping suite In back, also single; conven- lent. Apartment 45 Furnished and Unfurnished. CLEAN, furnished, ruoUcrn apts. steam heat, private baths, clos ets, phones. leairable location. Reasonable. The above Want Ada can be found on pages and of to day's Journal. A Journal Want Ad 1s Inexpensive, and if it is not convenient for you to call at the office, just call Main 7173 or A-60&1 and ask for an Ad Taker. Our rates are IV1C per word for all classifications, excepting 'For Rent In Private Family " 'Room and Board In Private Family," "Situations Wanted" and "Want ed to Rent" ads. which are lvc per word. Ads must be :n by 7:30 p, m. Saturday in order to be properly classified in Sunday's IPr. By Heary Wood I With, the French Armies la the Field, Aug. 2S. (U. P) Germany has lost more than 50,000 men In the Flanders battle alone since July 1. The figures were .compiled today when the assembling of data obtained from prisoners was completed. : Prisoners said S7 German divisions (approximately 655.000 men) had been the fjrst of last month. Thirty of these (approximately 4 50. 000 men) have been withdrawn on ac count of IoKses. The German high command's usual practice Is to withdraw a division for reorganization after its losses have taken Trom 2000 to 2500 men. Takrng this as a basis, it can be as sumed' that If Germany has withdrawn 30 divisions, her losses must be any where from 60,000 to 75,000 men. A conservative estimate would put them 'considerably above 50.000. Seven German divisions which were on the Flanders front on July 1 are still there. These estimates of losses do not take Into account the huge casualties which the enemy has sustained of late around Verdun and the Chemin des Dames. - r Artillery Duel on French Front Paris, Aug. 28. ( L. P.) Violent ar tU'erying over half a dozen sectors of the French front, coupled with raids, were reported in today's official state ment. "A violent German bombardment of the Californle plateau and at Chev reaux was stopped by the French ar tillery," the war office said. If ssx II ' II Moscow, Aug. 28. (U. P.) Presi dent Wilson's message to. the Russian conference electrified that assembly today. His rromise that America would aid new Russia "with all moral and mate rial power" was greeted with thunder ous cheers. Ills entire statement pro duced a deep Impression, coming as it did after speeches by cabinet officials had bared Russia's grave need of finan cial, industrial and moral aid. The president's cable was received at midnight. The conference had la bored for long hours before that. The great hall of the meeting was stilled as the tired delegates prepared to leave. Storm of Cheering Breaks The message was read amid a si- Berne, Aug. 28. (U. P.) Germany Is suffering from an almost nation wide epidemic of dysentery. German mortality rates have jumped ficm 60 to 100 per cent since the first of the year. 'Tuberculosis lu ravaging the people, due to their weakened con clllon through lack of proper food. This information came to the United Press today from a source of highest authority. The (Verman government is makins: frantic efforts to conceal the dysen- j try epldeilc. AH German cities have flopped publication of mortality sta tistics. Tli tuberculosis rate is said to have nearly doubled In the last few months. Every effort is being made tp reassure the German public. Scores of reports have reached hers recently of local outbreaks of dysen tery in Germany. From Information obtained today these have been merely local outbreaks as compared with the present practically universal spread of the scourge. Dysentery comes in part from lack of proper diet. It Is in order to con ceal this lack of food that the German REVENUE BILL IS VICTORIOUS Provision to Increase Letter Postage to Three Cents Is Rejected by Senate by Vote of 39 to 29. FREE POSTAGE VOTED FOR SOLDIERS ABROAD Elimination of Increased Sec ond Class Rate Urged by Senator Weeks. MENACING LOSS government Is making such extraordi nary efforts to suppress all details of the epidemic. FOREST FIRES LESS TO GREEN TIMBER LIGHT After Desperate Fight Last ing Hours, Milton Creek Crew Saves Camp, lence that bespoke eager attention. ' COST PLUS PROFIT IS PLAN ON WHICH STATE WILL LET ROAD WORK Commission Putting Into Use System Practiced by Gov ernment in Shipyards, Berlin Admits "Indentation" Berlin, via London, Aug. 28. (L P.) "Except for a small indentation. British assaults between the Ia.nge marck. Roulers and Ypres railway iMtre 'sanguinarily defeated,'" today's official statement declared. "The attacks were In two general j moves, the second continuing Into th I night. The indentation in the German line wits norineasi 01 r rexenourg. An innovation In hlghwav construc tion in Orcpon is the adoption of the cost plus profit system on the same general linrs rut Into effect by the national government in ship construc tion. The outcome of the new depar ture will be awaited with considerable Interest. Being unable to get satisfactory bids on a two and one half mile grading contract in Clackamas county and ap proximately 15 m:les of macadamizing In Clatsop. WheeW-r and Gilliam coun ties, the state highway commission has entered Into a contract with tin W'ar- t ( ou ludel tin I'.jce Kuurteeu. ( Vlnain Threl Today Great War Should Really End X X X X X X X X Monk Who Lived in 1250 A. D.Said So Then came a storm of cheering. Every delegate in the hall arose to his feet. The bedlam of cound continued for several minutes. It waa the first time since the con ference assembled that there was any unanimity of action. Even the cadet party members Joined in the demon stration. Heretofore they have sat stolidly, almost glumly, applauding no speakers except those of their own Prty. All of Moscow Xs Guarded Th chasm between these quiet ca det forces and the workmen's and sol diers' representatives was Just as wide erly today when the session conclud ed as it was in preceding meetings. The single point oX unanimity- between the two forces developed in the reading of Wilson's message. All of Moscow is guarded In a fash ion reminiscent of the old days of au tocracy. Cossacks patrol the city hall where the conference meets. Admit tance is guarded strictly. Uniforms are sprinkled everywhere. Premier Kerensky read President Wilson's message. Xoroiloff Urges Discipline "L'nless Russia's army is regenerated and resists, the Riga road to Petrograd lis open." declared General Korniloff in I a vigorous demand Monday to the Rus sian conference for iron-hand disci pline. Korniloff urged Immediate reestab lishment of the death penalty in the Russian list of military punishments. He declared such a step was necessary to restore discipline. The Russian commander-in-chief likewise Insisted that there be strict curbing of the functions of regimental committees of soldiers. "The alternative," he added, "Is Rus sia's ruin. We must regenerate to sa veTtussia, -fdA Siberian regiment recently aban doned Its position on the Riga front," General Korniloff said, "and did not return until their extermination from enflanjjing German troops seemed Im minent. "The situation is bad," he concluded. "We have lost Galicla and Bukowlna. Our southern provinces ere threat ened." KaUways Are Ssmorallxsd Continuing his pessimistic picture of Russia's conditions. General Kornil off declared: "Our railways are demoralized. By November the. army will not be receiv ing supplies. "As I read the statistics of 'produc tion, munitions have failed 60 per cent in output in the last four months. Our southwestern commander has tele graphed there is a bread famine there. "With all thej-e grave situations, I believe the genius and the reason of the Russian people will save the coun try." General Kaladein, leader of the Cos sacks, spoke to the Russian conference Immediately following General Kornil off and urged that his commander-in-chief's suggestions be carried out. ' ; 4- Several Suspects Arrested , & Several firebug suspects have ft 1 been arrested by troops which have been detailed to the dif ferent counties of the state where forest fires are most flagrant, according to Adjutant General "White. No information has been received as to who they are" or where arrested. The suspects will face investi gation by the federal grand Jury. "Washington. Aug. 18. (I. N. S.) The opposition to the two billion dol lar revenue bill won another decisive victory today when by a vote of 39 to 129 the senate struck out the provision to increase letter postage to 3 'cents. The 3-ccnt letter postage provision would have raised $50,000,000, it was estimated. It had been agreed to by the house and bore the indorsement of the finance committee. The elimination of the provision Is In line with the determination of the opposition to strike out ail the so called miscellaneous consumption and stamp taxes. The vote was taken on motion of Senator lfardwick of Georgia. The motion was so framed that in reject ing the increased letter postage the senate at the same time agreed to the finance committee amendment allow ing American soldiers and sailors abroad to mail letters free of postage. Weeks Defends Publication Following the rejection of first class postage rate increases Senator Weeks of Massachusetts urged the elimina tion also of the second class postage rate increases, aimed at newspapers and magazines. "When we talk about giving a sub- U. S. Destroyer Sinks U-Boat Attacking Ship Four Germans Who Boarded Brit ish Vessel Are Killed in Fight. A Gulf Port. Aug. 28. (1. N. S.) William R. Brown, an American sea man, who arrived here on a British steamer, told today of the capture and destruction of a German subma rine by an American destroyer, th- saving of a British steamer which the U-boat was about to destroy and the killing of four of the U-boat's crew. Brown said the submarine emerged near the British boat and, after four of the Germans had boarded the Eng lish vessel, tho American destroyer sank the U-boat. The four Germans Were killed In hand-to-hand fighting. Brown said, and all but two members of the U boat crftw wore taken prisoners by the Vankee destroyer. II. S. A1S III IR ARE N. 1 Smoke Screen Saves Liner An American Port, Aug. 28. tl. S.) Passengers arriving here on French liner today reported an at tack upon the vessel by a U-boat while one day out from France, the liner being saved through the use of new smoke producing apparatus which rendered her Invisible to the subma rine crew. This was the first actual test of the apparatus. The U-boat appeared at 9:30 o'clock one morning, and five shots were fired by the liner's gunners. IDE PLAIN President Wilson Answers Pope's Proposal, Placing Matter of Peace Squarely. Before the German People for Future Action. i NOTE GOES BY WAY OF GREAT BRITAIN Full Text Will Be Made Pub lic Wednesday Morning, It Is Announced After Cabinet Meeting; Permanent Peace Is Desired. (Concluded on I'as Fle. Column Three) REFORM DEMAND AND "With slightly cooler weather pre vailing, and an absence of menacing winds, the forest fire situation in Oregon had a more reassuring aspect today than at any time since the sit uation became serious. A numM&?0f jew fires were re ported '0 the Oregon Forest Fire as sociation and the United States forest service, but the reports in nearly every instance were accompanied by PEACE -ISSUE WILL BE LINKED IN. REICHSTAG Growing Strength of Majority Party Alarms Kaiser and His Advisers. FEDERA AUTHORITIES L TRACE FOREST FIRES TO FINNISH RANCHER John Rian of Green Mountain District, Who Is Mentally Unsound, Is. Under Arrest, The Hague, Aug. 28. (I. N. S.) Members of the majority party In the the statement that the nre was being Qerman reichstag are to link up the . neace issue with their demand for The green timber loss In Oregon domestic reforms when tne reichstag so far nas been comparatively small convenes on September 2C, said a dis when the number of fires that are ' , . , ' , . ' pa It: 1 1 1 uiil a v j j nun . 1 1 . 1 i 1- iuuoj, ! Whether or not Dr. George Michaelis burning is considered. The fires in nearly every instance have been can fined tJ old burns or slashings In old works, and the commercial standing timber nas been damaged only where the fires swept across tha edges oT these logged off areas. Z. W. W. Firebugs Etuspexrted will be holding the post of imperial ; chancellor at that time will make no . difference to the Liberal coalition, it I was said. The majority party, which was re I sponsible for the passage of the peace I resolution in the reichstag last month, Hundreds or men are engaged in pa- 1 j8 already planning a series of meet trolling and fighting the fires, and lngs for the purpose of drawing up a the vigilance of the lookouts has re- 1 program and the leaders declare that suited in nearly all of the fires being I they will not be deflected from their discovered when they were yet in their early stages. The most serious fires in the statf. course by promises. That the Intimate advisers of the kaiser are taking alarm over the grow- outside the national forests, are those 1 lng strength of the majority party is in Columbia county In the Trenho.m j being indicated by telegrams from district. More favorable reports of 1 Berlin. these came today than at any time I since the situation became critical. Many of these fires, the state fire patrol officials insist, were started by fire bugs, and members of the I. W. W. are accused. Crew Saves Camp After a desperate fight that lasted I Hillsboro, Or.. Aug. 28. Paul C. until this morning, a force of 150 men. ' Long, a brother of L. A. Long of the Long to Build Up Field Ambulance Astoria, Or, Aug. 28. John Rian, a Finnish ranoher living in the Green Mountain district, 15 miles from As toria, was ar'ested Monday by Federal Fire Warden Relerson and Deputy Woodberry on the charge of starting forest fires. While It is believed Rian is mentally deficient an examination already rnad3 showed that he was cap able of knowing the harm he was doing, and therefore he was held. He will appear Tuesday morning in the Justice court and will be prosecuted by the state, althougn at nrsi ne was turned over 10 military authorities tor action. Clatsop county recently made a sur vey for a ror.d from the south fork of the Klatskanie river to the foot of Green mountain, and Rian said he was clearing the way for the highway when he started the fires. Had the fires gone beyond control, the camps of three logging companies would have been swept and much damage'resulted. All fires in the county are rapidly being brought under control, and while for a time last week conditions were serious, longer nights and heavy fogs set aside the fear of much more troublo. 'Washington, Aug. 28. (U, P.) President Wilson's answer to th pope's peace offer lias been forwarded, the state department announced this afternoon. The completed draft-was read to th members of the cabinet at th'" after noon's meeting and Immediately after wind ordered prepared for publication tomorrow morning. The answtr. was sent to London for transmission to the pope by" way of the British government, whlcr. was the original medium of transfer. The president's answer goes Into great detail in discussing the pope's proffer. The response a long one does not Kummarily dismiss the peace suggestion without careful review of Its fundamental Ideas advanced by-the pope and concurred In by the leading statesmen of the allied countries. ; The president deemed It necessary to exhaustively set forth the position of this country that there might be no mistaking Its intentions in the minds . of the world's liberals. Greatest secrecy surrounded all de tails, but it Is known that the Issue la .. left as from the start squarely up to the German people for a decision as to steps necessary for ending the world . struggle. The president took the opportunity to : clarify this government's purposes In the war and lift them out of the con fusion which endless discussion, both at home and abroad, has plunged them into. He tried to indicate the thought" and at the same time the resolution of the American people In its wllllnmesa to make sacrifices for an end that will injure future peace. It leaves no doubt as to the determt- nation of America and reassures the world that a safe peace Is the only ob- ; Jective of this country. Austria May Declare Washington. Ajg. 28. (I. New York, Aug. 28. (U. great war should end today ing to a prtaicuvo vi ou jamacm, an . wtn lrisn monK. wno uvea aooui usu a D. St. Malachl is said to have pre dicted the date of the start of the present wr and the date of Rou manla's entry Into the struggle. This is St. Malachi's prophecy as found on an original manuscript now in the clvlk museum at Como. Italy. "When the ffrst cumber shall meot the ninth and when the two shall be united with the first and sixth (1916). during the sixth month of the year (August, according to the old cal endar) and after two times four and two times ten days shall have passed (August 28) the new races, which drew their name from Romulus (Rou manian shall rise and shall ally them selves with powerful nations. "Then the fierce beast who for three P) The 1 years and one month has been filling , accord- , aji the earth with blood, with horror carnage, now surrounded. smitten from all sides and roaring In vain, will seek whom he may de vour and shall not find him. "There shall be new battles while new moons shall wax and wane 11 times. The rifth day aftT the sun leaves the sign of t.'ie lion, the beast shall die a fearful death. A virgin whose name contains two iotas, two alphas, a tau and a lambda (Italia) shall crush his head and. the Latin people shall share his spoils." Astronomers consider the prophecy particularly wonderful because it is based on astronomical facts unknown at the time Malachl lived. Italian Journals say Malachl predicted, with signs and symbols, the name of every pope since his time. 1 Bessarabia Again Threatened Geneva, Aug7 28. (L N. S.) The Austro-Hungarlan army in Bukowlna members of the crew of the Milton Creek Logging company, six miles west of St. Helens, succeeded in saving : their camp, which was threatened with ! destruction. This firg has not been , in the green timber at any time, and j practically all the fires of the Tren- ! holm section have been stopped at the ! Argus, started for American Lake Sunday night with a detachment of four men to build camp for B com pany, field ambulance. Mr. Long Is the third of the Long family in this big war, the two sons of L. A. Long being enlisted, one. L0.1- ald E., a lieutenant of Troop c. cav pdEikof the standing- ureen timber. ' alrv. D.strict of Columbia guard, ann Incidentally, the smoke from these Clifford Long in the wavy. Mr. Lon fires is causing the pall that has hung 'also has a brother-in-law. John Powell, oven Portland for over a week. The ' in the Utah National Guard, smoke Is being driven slowly up th j This gives the Argus a representa Columbia and Willamette rivers by : tlon of five In the service. W. V. Mc the north wind. j Kinney, a son of K. C. McKlnney r.f Fire Hear Sweet Home ' he publishing firm being enlisted in 'B company, iniru oirBvii. Pine Mountain Ablaze Bend, Or., Aug. 28. After a lull of nrarly two days in the forest fire sit uation, flames broko out In second growth timber on Pine mountain, 36 miles southeast of Bend, late Monday afternoon. Two hundred acres had been burned over when the report reached here, and the fire had reached the crowns of the trees, fanned by a hot wind. Valuable timber Is threatened, and In response to a call for assistance 10 men with provisions to last for sev eral days, were sent out in autos from here. The smoke nuisance is declared by foresters to be the worst in five years, and as an aid to lookouts who are hampered by the dense vapor, eight men were stationed at auxiliary ob servation points and two new hello graphs installed. Most of the smoke is believed to have drifted over from Che western side of the mountains. War N. S.) Evidences multiply here, It Is learned, to Indicate that Austria very shortly will officially dficlare . war on th- United States. It was learned that this question now Is under considers- (Continued on fgt !. Column Tirol TRUNKS UNLAWFULLY SEARCHED IS PLAINT OF THE BAGGAGEMAN Warrants Necessary Is Opin ion Expressed' by District Attorney. tinn County Fires Held Albany, Or., Aug. 28. The forest fire situation in Linn county Is re ported better, although there are sev eral menacing spots burning. The fire near Lake Pamelia, on Mount Jeffer son, the result of a careless camper in leaving his campfire burning, is said to be under control with 25 men working at trenching. A reversal of the wind, however, will turn the blaze back and threaten the destruction of millions of feet ban renewed its drive for Dossession w of the rich Russian grain districts in Bessarabia, Advices from Vienna to day reported the capture of Russian positions and numerous prisoners of the Eighth Russian army in the Bojan sector. Price of 1917 Wheat Will Be About $2.10 Washington, Aug. 28. (I. N. S.) Food Administrator Hoover's price fixing committee will report Tuesday on the price to be charged for the 1917 wheat crop. The figure is ex pected to be about $2.10 a bushel. Dr. Garfield next will take up rye prices, and then will turn his attention to the duties thrust upon him as coal controller. ' A large fire that may prove seriou nan itita iiivi iiiii 1J UII1 &OUU1 east of Lebanon In the Sweet Home country. The fire was supposed to be burning between Berlin and Sweet Home and was reported to have de- ' t rfivj.it the home nnrl r. r Vi o r- Kiflir.. ' i - - - - uuiiuuiga on the Bert w ney ranch. The Forest Fire association sent m Trrm Mnrf ann at nnnn t rA a , n i -. fight this fire. j numerous small rires, any one of hich may prove dangerous in case' of high wind, are reported to be burn-1 in in iioutheastern Clackamaa , ! noon and eat of Molalla. Th. ftr rt..: I thing (Concluded od Pige Fourteen, Column Four) ; City's Zoo Auction Comes a C ropper SnS! Howls a Plenty; But Bidders Are Few The public auction s le of animals In Washington park zoo Monday after- 1 i 11 ii ri l- J & T V was a nowims ikwu. ir the zoo. except the cages. The cages creaked ana the ... i r r tit icii x i r- - men are said to suspect that most ot ' ' . i..v, i,v tsn ?5. these fires were bf incendiary origin, j p' Kellaher. commissioner of and soldiers will probably be sent to ,e ar d peter Mcintosh, assistant inai region oiunu mc nexi t our. ' .haaine acent, l.owled for bidders. it was reported. u anri ,-ovotej howled because i iirr 1 1 j . ' they were not sold, old Nero the lion howled because Cliarlea Hermar.n, zoo Fire Blamed to Hunters Three new fires, supposed to be In cendiary, have also been reported frora Reliance in nasniniion county, near the summit of the P. R. & N. railroad. 1 going to lose their parents. tender, pulled nis tan, me howled when they thought tney were These fires were small when dlscov ered and are said to have given ta men fighting them no trouble. One or tne new nres reported o-i. Monday night trom Columbia countv was said to have been started by hunt ers, one of whom is supposed to have dropped a lighted cigarette while shoot ing at a target that had been placed against a tree In an old logging works. howled because tney. couiu uui uu, guinea pigs for 20 cents each, and the owls hooted the wnoie uusincs. Many animals were to have been sold. These included bears, elk, deer, buffalo, coyotes, guinea pigs and oth ers but all that were sold were five deer, 11 canary birds, four guinea pigs and 26 ducks. Commissioner Kellaher had planned to sell most of the surplus animals, exrecring that the circus would bid. The circus had more animals than it wanted, however, and did not submit any price. S.-aled bids may now be received on many of the animals re maining. The sale attracted . many children but few bidders. A hardened motion picture man was there and Dan Kel laler climbed in beside the lion's dtn. The picture may be entitled. "Danlei in the Lion's Den," even though he was not quite Inside the cage. Kella her did not like the lion any more than the lion Uked him. The deer were sold to breeders, the ducks to hunters for decoy ducks, the canary birds to women and the guinea pigs to boys. The guinea pigs sold for 50 cents each, which was much more than the boy bidders expected to pay for them! No one bid on the bears. coyotes, elk, Buffalo and othar ani mals. On the protest of William Oroh. '. baggage agent at the Union depot, the leenlltv' of patrolmen seizing an I. searching trunks at the depot believed f contain liquor has been brought t- the attention of the district attorney ' office. The district attorney give tt an his opinion such action is Illegal without a search warrant. I, According to Mr. Oroh, patrolmen ; seize trunks that they believe to con- r lain whiskey and take them to tha ' police station. This action has been ' taken at the orders of Chief -of Police ! ,. Johnson, who said he was under th i impression that the police were In vested with a "blanket authority" making the seizure without a search ' warrant legal. ' Instructions to the police department ; In a letter by District Attorney Evans t-t were to order the trunks held aside j until the officer could procure a war- j rant. Mr. Groh said this morning that hl '. protests were based on instructions from the railroad company to demand the Issuance of search warrant before , turning the trunks over to the police, . Secretary of War Of Russia Said To Have Been Spy ; Petrograd, Aug. 28. (I. N. S.) The sensational charge that General SoukhomllnOff was a German epy while acting as Russian secretary of war was made at goukhomnnoffa trial today by General Ivanoff. Tho witness swore that the than ftocretarv of war sent mil- itary secrets to Berlin from '. Petrograd, . ;! r 1 : -