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,XI THB WEATHER' '- TT8 ALL HERE A1 . ;orxocK . 4 ; . TonlshtUDd 'to OCLOCK : and rn o r r o w, lair; , moderate north westerly' wind. ' Humidity, 68. rra all true 7 V' VOL. XVI. NO. 83. PORTLAND, OREGON, THURSDAY EVENING, AUGUST 30, 1917. TWENTY PAGES. PRICE TWO CENTS. 2AxZuirP ewml tt FOLLETIE'S ST, CLOTURE BULE Vote on War Revenue Bill .Will Probably Come Not Later Than Next Wednes day if Cloture Is Imposed. AN AGREEMENT TO FIX DAY FOR VOTE BLOCKED Wisconsin Senator Prevents Simmons' Agreement From Carrying. Washington. Aug. 30. (U. P.) Charging an attempt to gag wealth conscription advocates. Senator La Toilette today prevented unanimous e.greement by the senate to fix a data for voting on the revenue bill. "If debate on the bill Is to be ihoked off. let It be through applica tion of the ig rule lately written into the rules of the senate." La Toi lette said. Senator Slmmcms. who late yester day Introduced a cloture petition, to day sought the agreement, ao as to make unnecessary tho use of the clo . ture. - "lt Is preposterous. said La Fol lette, "to make such request just after the finance committee had Introduced an amendment to' the war profits tax section of the bill, which totally i nances It.i aspect. I object strenu ously to any agreement for a vote un til after the war profits and income tax sections have been disposed of." Cloture Mad Certain La Follette's stand, if persisted In. makes practically certain application of cloture on Krldsy. This would bring a vote on the bill not lster than next Wednesday. Opening the fight of southern Dem ocrats on war profits taxes. Senator Underwood. Alabama, denounced "money slackers. "I have no patience with the money slacker,' be said. "The man who at this hour hesitates to respond with his dollars to his country's need is entitled to no place In this republic except one that will bring on him the contempt and scorn of the Amer ican people. Plata Clttxeas la Distress "It Is equitable and Just that a great share of the-garden of paying for tns war should ran n ta great wealth of the! nation. On the other hand, witn war Umt costs pyramiding, with the pries, af big dally bread going higher every hour. It Is mors and more dif ficult for the plain citizen of the United States to raise money to sup port his family. Therefore, every dollar of consump tion taxes you put into the bill falU on a family already In distress.'- Underwood - compared tmscs to be I'sid by numerous companies under the committee plan to show "inequalities' in the bUL Sim moss Tavokea Cloture Senator Simmons Wednesday invoked Russia Takes Drastic Steps To Save Nation Partial Reeatabllahment of Death I'enaJty Decided on to Main tain Discipline. London. Aug. JO. (U. P.) The Russian provisional government has decided on psrtlal re-establish merit of the death penalty to restore discipline in the army, according to a Central News dispatch received today from Moscow. The cable quoted Premier Kerensky as making the announcement to the Russian conference, concluding: "This hurts to the very soul, but for the salvation of the country we will km with all our soul." Two Regiment-. Deaert Petrograd. Aug. 30. ( U. P.i Two more Russian regiments ignominiously deserted the front lines east of Ireshtl (Roumanian front), today's official statement reported. The Teutonic armies gained there. "The enemy dislodged us Tuesday and In the course of the battle yes terday, which continued, two of our regiments abandoned their positions." the statement said. "One afterwards dispersed." "Measures have been taken to re store the positions taken from us at Ireshtl." the war office explained, "and the battle is still progressing. "South of Radauts, north of Grose stichl and northeast of Soveia, enemy attacks were epulsed. "On the Caucasian front, in the dl- J rectlon of Pendjvln, we occupied two villages southeast of Lake Zertbir, capturing prisoners." CHICAGO POLIC E IN BUTTLE WITH AUTO BANDITS Three Detectives Are Brought Down by First Vfllley From Surrounded and Barricaded House Occupied by Men. AMERICAN troops, in campehind the lines in France, comparing the American and French equipment. A friendly little argument is always interesting, especially when it is hard to drive; one's point for lack of proper expression. They hobnob together, see the sights, take walks and swap tobacco and conversation as best they can. s The American troops are now in training camp and may go forward soon. They are getting many pointers from the Frenchmen, who place themselves at the dis posal of the Americans at any time. The men are quickly picking up French. CROWDS CHEER COTTAGE TO BE BLOWN UP WITH DYNAMITE Round-Up of Thugs Made as Result of Robbery and Murder. Chicaco. Auc. 30 (I. N. S.) One of the bandits, who barricaded in a cot tage on Thomas street and fought off the police for more than an hour this afternoon, was captured shortly be fore 6 o'clock. E PARATIONS TO PROCEED WITH UTMOST the senate's new cloture rule to abu off debata on the war revenue bill. He presented a petition signed by 67 sen ators asking limitation of debate l.nder the rule the petition will bo acted on Friday morning without de bate if two thirds of the senators present favor cloture, debate th after will be limited to one speech of one hour to each senator on the bill: Senator Simmons, chairman of the senate finance committee Wednesday Introduced its amendment to the war revenue bill to increase war profits taxes 1411.000.000 by imposing a 60 par cent tax upon war profits of 300 par cent or over, and by providing thai not mora than 10 per cent and not less than ix on actual Invested capital shall ba exempted from war profits tax. all cation Tax Kemovd Tbe senate Wednesday struck from the revenue bill the provision for a o per cent profits tax on the Income of newspapers and magazines earning mora than $4000 a year. . This was dona by viva voce vote upon recommendation of three mem bers of the finance committee Jones, New Mexico; Braoot. Utah, and Smith, ceorgla. Smoot said earlier adoption of. the McKellar amendment, - which largely Increases postal rates, woull make the profits tax an "absolute la Justice" to publishers. Jones urged tho provision go oa tha grounds that it doubled the bur dsn on publishers, which, ha said, tha committee did not wish to do. -If Senator Simmons succeeds in shutting off debate and forcing a vote tha test of strength between the Sim-mona-Penrose and the Borah-Johnson groups will come on a vote to appro SPED, SAYS DANIELS Secretary of Navy Makes Statement at Ground- Breaking Ceremonies. Additional Appropsiatloaa Soaght Washington. Aug. 30. (U. P.) The shipping board today 4 requested congress to approprl- ata 1. 000,000 additional for tho building and requisitioning program af this year. If -this 4 . 4a-. arm ted- the board's -total - for tha year will ba pw,VJL T15.000. X""- vf Edward N. Hurley. chaTrmil of the shipping board ald. ak-I his communication thL-Jaisf-''.,' 000.000 would be used to re- quisltlon ships and $400,000.- 000 to build them. Chlesco. Aug. 30. (1. N. S.) Armed bandits barricaded In a cottage a 233 Thomas street, late this after noon fought a desperate bsttle with a hundred or more police officers who closed In on them. The first volley from the barricaded men brought down three detectlvea or the North Avenue station. The men were reported seriously wounded. The men are believed to .be member of be gang which robbed the Winslow Brothers' company of nearly $9000 and killed two bank messengers. More than a score of arrests had been made by the police In running down the gang. m ToUey After Yolley red The police poured volley after volley into the cottage and were preparing. after some of their compsnlons fell, to dynamite the building. The first call for aid from the small bedy of detectives who were sfter the robbers came to Chief of Detectives Mooncy by telephone. "For Ood's sake. Jim. send us 10 men." Captain Russell- telephoned. "Three of our fellows have been shot. We've got the place surrounded." Money sent the 10, then more, as later calls for help came In. A throng of several hundred person watched the battlefield from a safe distance Police posted themselves in neighboring buildings and on roofs Dotting shots at their quarry when var one appeared at winaow. Rifle Bemads dartad from citv hall. be arid for the: barricaded cottar in wMcn tha men wr hiding while bun dreds watched. There was a veritable mobilization under way within a few minutes. Evidence Polnta to Bandits An automobile load of detective .-wooped'de wn on the house this after noon aftsrTwltnesses had given much additio!Ui' testimony regarding isnaaaasaassssBamaeiaasaesaMSMMMSMssss n 25,000 TROOPS IN N. K. PARADE 2,000,000 Persons Vlewc All s Branches of U. S. ; Fighting Army Move Through City Fully Equipped. FLAGS WAVE WHILE GIRLS THROW FLOWERS Greatest Demonstration Ever Experienced by Metrop olis, It Is Declared. AM TDLMINO IS NEW ITALIAN OF DRIVE AUSTRIAN FRON T Bainsizza Plateau Becomes Scene of Intensely Bloody Battle, Rome. Aug. 30. (V. r Italian troops on the Bainsizza. . plateau drove back In bloody repulse counter-attacking Austrians, - today's official report declared. All , anemy attfempta to re car ture 'positions wars fruitless. ItaJ latf forces took. f CI prtaonera. 1 "On ihe. Carso front," tha aUtetnent DossofsJtt aneray-aUaeks of Tuesday ware broken up. - - .Op tha . Tre fl.tlno,fron JBtClvlo' to Cain I a. we carried out reconnolterin ralda. In tha fofano region three violent attacks at the mouth of the Travenanea valley were " repulsed." P.) Italy's the -rt- v. ,n -ril I drina; Ilight "Winslow robbery A 4 7 v sa- a iaa ai av uvn vi iuv v ua. oirkfl. heavily armed, and two Th navy believes that in preparing for a terrible war it Is taking the surest I ten l a reported la the house. (Concluded cm Pate Sixteen. Golan. Twe) WOOD-WOOD-WOOD -AUTOS FOR SALE Automobile Aocessotlaa 44 CHEVROLET. Ford roadster. - Ford touring. Coal and Wood -Baalaesa Slrae. WOOD WO&D W OOD SAVE money, buy now. Manoe, Oxgana and Xaelcal In. strtun eats 34 PHONOGRAPHS, records, bought, sold, exchanged. The above Want Ada can be found on pagea If and IT of to day's Journal A Journal Want Ad is inexpensive, and if it is not convenient for you to call at tho office. Just call Main 7171 or A-4051 and aak for an Ad Taker, or rates are lHo per word for ' all classifications, excepting "For i item in irtvate ramny." Koora . and Board In Private Family." 'Situations Wanted" and "Want- i -ad to Rent" ads. which are l4e 1 p.- m. Saturday in - order to be t property ciaasii x paper. means to bring about an early and ef fective peace. "Let there be no fear t?iat rumors of a peace, or. possibilities of a cessa tion of the struggle, will cauae us to remit one moment our activitlea on aea and shore, in increaaing our armament, in strengthening our fleet and In every way preparing for the conflict. "Not until the peace treaty la ac tually signed will we remit one single item from our program of prepara tion.' dAectlvaa-'had -Wat alighted from their Car when shots biased from the win dows. k Throe men fell and help was quickly called. A (aw hours earlier officers had found 5000 cartridges hidden by mem bers of the gang. The barricaded men seemed to have ammunition by the case and they sent volley after -olley after the officers as they dropped back and were reinforced by fresh au tomobile loads The auto bandits have made, the po- Thls message of a greater navy was 1,c of Chicago the brunt of attack for weeiks ana me aiiacamg parry were only too anxious to rush the cottage ana wipe out the stain which one dar brought to Charleston today by Sec retary of the Navy Daniels In break ing ground for the new $2,000,000 naval projectile factory, which Is to ln robbery after another has glvsn be built here as the first unit of lB oepariment naval construction which will ulti mately cost fle.000.00d. Secretary Daniels was emphatic ln his advocacy of government-owned naval plants. Delaj Declared Expeaslvs He said If the congressional ap propriation for navy construction had been expended In 1907. when it was passed, this country would have aaved millions of dollars. He declared the United States has been compelled to pay excessive prices to private manu facturers, because the government lacked the Judgment to go into the business. Outlining other naval construction Captain Russell was forced to or der his men back. "Don't take any chances." ha shout ed. "We'll get these men." Eight automobile patrols dumped bluecoats into the street and proved Russell's caution. The bandits met the ' reinforcements with a -volley that sent them to cover. Chief of Detectives Mooney, In charge of the reserves, carried a Win chester. His first set waa to order all his men under cover arM concentrate the crack shots of the department on the task of nipping the barricaded men if they showed themselves. Detectives Payne and Bauder, two work, including the huiMlnr t h- I of the sharpshooters, were posted be dreds. of formidable dee troy ers, char- nlna cornice on an adjoining duuu London, Aug. 10. (U. victorious offensive reached its sec ond and most Important atage today. Having attained practical dominance of tha Balnslssa plateau. General Cad orna'e troop began a vast flanklrig movement northward. Tolmlno la the Immediate object of thla drive Front dispatches today indicated the Italian troops were forging ahead and had arrived almost before the pre liminary line defenses of this Aus trian city. At the same time another Italian army reached out beyond Mon tecco for a coincidental drive eastward on the same city. Rome cables told of further prog ress gained east on the plateau to ward the Chlapovano valley. Through this gap runa one of the main arteries of Austrian communication between the northern aiffi southern armies tha latter , guarding Trieste. A victory h,ere will be of vaat strategic import ance. All dispatches today emphasised the ferocity, of the fighting ln the Bain- slrza sector. The Austriana are offer lng desperate resistance. Violent Fighting at San Gabriel Rome. Aug. 20. (I. N. S.) The en tire group of Austro-Hungarlan mil itary works defending Tolmlno. on the sonso front, are threatened today as result of the Italian successes at Monte Santo and on the Bainsizza plateau. ' The second Italian army. . which forced crossings of the isonso river between Tolmlno and Pleva has fought way t across the plateau and tha (Concluded on face Foor. Comma Twet acterixed as the "terror of the sub marine," Secretary Daniels said the navy has no illusions about the mean ing of thla war. The Increase in our navy and the creation or a vast army.- ha said have brought the war home to us all. Every bogy Zs Interested lng. The firing became incessant and It waa necessary for policemen with drawn revolvers to hold back thw crowds ln neighboring streets. Sight of Hand Draws Yolley Payne signaled that one of the men waa going to the basement. A hand appeared at a basement win Ifled in Sunday's 'It is your war as It Is mine. Each Lduw and a half hundred shots roared one of us has a personal interest in into the basement. it. not only as cltixens of the United Two gallons of formaldehyde were States whose rights were invaded, brought up by the police shortly sfter whose ships beat on peaceful missions o'clock and they prepared te suf- were sunk without warning, whose focate the men by the fumes, or force cltixens were killed or drowned by a them into the open. nation which waged -war on us without Thla failing the police were securing declaring war; but as cltixens of dynamite from a nearby quarry. the world, with an lntarest la preaerv- 11 was reported that one of the men lng the tights of humanity and aaaur. in the cottage was Edward Wheed. a lng a permanent peace by removing counterfeiter, a suspect in the Winslow the menace of aggressive autocracy. case. His "pal." Edward Taylor, had "Unmoved by possibility of material been arrested earlier in the day. advantage or conquest, patient against While the battle waa at ita height, aggravation and aggression, hoping State's Attorney Hoyne sent word that against hope until tha laat moment ne nad cut short his vacation and waa mat mis maaness or toe imperial Ger- I nurrying to nicago to taae personal man government would pass away, America has, at last, drawn her sword! not only for her own rights, not only for her own existence, but for the -very existence of freedom Itself upon the earth. And it will not be sheathed un til victory la won. nat o Be Seady In April Secretary Daniels waa accompanied by Admiral Fletcher, head of the Atlantis- fleet; Captain George Clark and Reuben Bakenhus. civil engineer of tha navy, who formed the board which planned ' tha extensive naval program tor t-naneatoa.- xna projectile plant will ba In operation next April, and within IS or 2o months tha armor plate piant win oe completed. charge of the payroll bandit investiga tion and prosecution. Bandits Identified by Police -Chicago. Aug. , 10. (1. N. S.) "Charlie, the Cadet- Carroa. and Tony Coaetino, . ex -convict, released a week ago from the Indiana penitentiary, were Identified, the police announced today, as two of the bandits who shot and killed Barton O. Miller and Louis Osenberg while robbing tha Winslow Brothers foundry of an SS77 payroll. Elala Griepks, "the - woman In the case." produced a marriage certificate today, when told that Carroa already was married, showing that she was married to Carroa, September If last. Judges Take Oath Of Office Today G. W. Stapleton and L. V. Lit tie field took their oatha of office as circuit Judges at 2:30 this afternoon and took their places on the bench besides Presiding Judge Kavanaugh and Circuit Judge Tucker. Stapleton and Llttlefield are tak ing the - places vacated by Judges Gantenbeln and Davia. House Adjourns After Brief Session Washington. Aug. JO. (I. N. 8.) In stead of getting to work orv- the big bond and certificate bill or the sol diers' and sailors' Insurance measure, the house today adjourned until Satur day, after a half hour's wrangle, with the bond bill still, tied up ln tha ways and means committee. v - GermanDivers 'Play Dead' if Hard Pressed Xavy Department Makes Known Method Used in Protecting U. S. Vessel. Washington, Aug. 30. (I. N. S.) American merchant ships operating between this country and Europe art being convoyed by ships of war, ths navy department permitted It to be come known late this afternoon. For a long time the department was silent on methods devised to protect- these ships but today officials admitted that groups of merchantmen haya bsen aispatenea unaer convoys m suc ceeded In warding off hostile subma rines. i The rdepartmentajao revealed, meth nm .iliiniirti .'vhlcli ,OtrninT bu al lowed the world to believe, submarines have ..been sunk when-such .waa . not the case. The newest U-boats, accord lng to Information reaching the de partment, carry elaborate equipment for staging fake sinkings. This con sists of oil that la allowed to come to rhe surface when the submarine Is hard pressed by a foe! and ln many cases manufacture wreckage which when It floats to the surface convinces the enemy he has struck home. Upon the enemy going on its way Che U-boat succeeds in making its escape.. OREGON IS ASKED TO PRODUCE 50 PER CENT MORE WHEAT IN 1918 State Grain Committee Holds Initial - Meeting to Organize for Increased Production. New York. Aug. 80. (U. P.) Two million New Yorkers ln a whirlwind I of patriotic frenxy, shouted farewell today to 25,000 khaki-clad men of the j Twenty-Seventh division, comprising..- national guard units from all over the state marching down Fifth avenue. The historic avenue was a riotous blaze of color. The standards of the allies Stars and Stripes predominat ing waved from every window. And bunked on both sides of the broad street, hanging from building ledges, massing atop roofs, clustering in over crowded grandstands, the greatest out pouring of people New York bad ever seen greeted the marching, columns with thunderous acclaim. . People Pack Bubwaya Long before the parade started from the upper end of Central Park at 1 a. m. the thousands ware assembling. Old and young men, women, and chil packed subways to suffocation. taxed every artery of transporta- i) a mad rush to Claim points of vantuEH alon Fifth averra rjfren Great Northern Head to Bring St. was paid to relatives of the marching ssaiHiisWtf iey ww.uw' at L. W. Hill Takes Sixteen Boxes ForRound-Up b I lion I AIMS OF JAPAN ARE IDENTICAL TO THOSE OF U. S., SAYS IS! Did Not Enter. War to Pro mote Selfish Interest but Make World Safe, Washington, Aug. 30. U. P.) Th Japanese war mission .to America was greeted with cheers in the United States senate today Viscount Ishii, head of the Japanese party, charac terized America's mere entrance into the war as a great moral victory for the allies. Senator Sauls-bury, introducing the visitors, referred to "the yellow peril" as a made-ln-Germany phantom. IshJi harked back to the democracy of Jefferson, contrasting his "great principles of personal freedom" with those of Germany's rulers. 'America and Japan are one, Ishii declared, not only; In their Invincible determination .to crush kalserism, but in their national alms, which he de clared to be "passion for loyalty and passion for liberty." We did not enter this war because we have any selfish interest to pro mote." said Ishii. "or any ill conceive 1 ambition to gratify. We are in the war because we believed ln tiie righteousness of the cauae for which we stand, that this world may be made safe for all men to live in." American Schooner Bandages and Limp ; Fail as an Bzouse Swathe 1 in bandages and appearing with a limp which Dr. Henry McKay diagnosed oa greatly exaggerated. Pat rick Ward, age 27. of 311 Myrtle street, waa unable to prove a claim for ex emption - for physical disability when ha appeared before the exemption board today. '.--.-- Sunk; Crew Saved London. Aug. .10. (U. P.) Sinking of the American schooner Laura C Anderson by bombs yesterday ,wa announced by the admiralty today. The crew was landed at Portsmouth. ' The Laura C. Anderson .was a wooden four-masted, schooner, of. 85 1 tons, owned by A. D. Cummins AO. and registered at Philadelphia. Francis McLaren " : Killed at Montrose London. .Aug. JO. (I. N. S.) Lieu tenant the Honorable Francis McLar en, a member of parliament, waa killed in : an airplane accident at Jdontroee today. - ' The nation wants Oregon to produce 3.500.000 bushels, of wheat and 200.000 bushels of rye more next year than this. To help win the war and to feed the armies of the United states and the' allies.'' Oregon mast' Increase ths acreage of wheat next year it percent or 236,000 acres, and the acreage of rye. 41 per cent, or 13,000 acres: " : What. tha. nation expects of Oregon waa - announced by Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of the Oregon Agricultural college, to the state grain committee at its. Initial meeting In the Imperial hotel this morning. The committee, named by Dr. Kerr at the Instance of tho government. Is to conduct the campaign .for the in creased production. It organised im mediately by electing as chairman O. D. Center, who is soon to assume his duties ' as dfrector of the extension division at the Agricultural college, and as secretary. George . R. Hyslon, proiessor or larm crops at o. A. C. Seed Grain aCay Be Stored The most Important initial an nouncement by Dr. Kerr, as he called the conference to order this morning. was the authorized statement of Max Houser. federal grain commissioner. that storage of seed grain will be per mitted and that the food administra tion order roroiaaing storage for more than SO days except by producers will be suspended Insofar as it relatea to seed grain Storage. The next announcement was less en couraglng. The bill. aDDrooriatinr ? buo.uuv to neip provide ror aeed a-raln waa passed by the senate in auch amended form, said Dr. Kerr, that no part of the fund win be available for financing Oregon grain farmers. Ore gon will have to take care of the mat ter of nnancing gram farmers but it is positively assured that the price tar gram win warrant tne increased acre. age. v atnst affobUlsa workers Dr. Kerr said that as the committee organises Its campaign for increased production, it win probably prove ad vantageous to lay stress on the . im portance of the best tillage methods and the selection of cod seed to in crease the yield per acre, also it will be necessary to mobilise all available man. machinery and horse power to get the work done. County agricultural agents will aid Paul Party to Pendleton in Private Cars. Pendleton, Or., Aug. 30. Louis W. Hill, president of the Great North ern, wired from St. Paul, asking that 16 boxes at the 1917 Round-UD be reserved for him and the party of St. men, who were supplied with special identifying badges. . , Major General O'Ryan led the march through a broad lane, walled with cheering humanity. The roar of hun dreds of thousands, shouting snd ex citedly waving flags, at times almost drowned -out-the bands. Here and there Paul people he will bring to. the show!" Phf .u", V"' in pmate cars. boy in the ranks. Gronns of littl Hill was at the 1916 show and be- girls threw flowers at the feet of the troops. Vive Honrs to Pass Point It took five hours for the grand re view to pass a given point. Every branch of the service, except aviation; : was represented. Infantrymen, awunf steadily along, rank on rank, wearing their blanket-rolls and all their field paraphernalia. Governor Whitman,' Mayor Mltchel (Cooclpded on Page Sixteen. Column Two) Russia Is Grateful For Kind Message Answer Xs Bant President WUson Prom Moscow , Council, Thaagjay Kim for . Zls Wishes. ' Washington, Aug. 30. (L N. S.) The minister of foreign affairs of Russia today cabled the Russian am bassador the following message to, transmit to ' Secretary Lansing: "The message of greeting of the president of the United States to the council of Moscow, being read 'In con ference August 27, the council mani fested by unanimous and enthusiastic cheera its gratitude for the wishes formulated by the president empha sizing the feciing of the great Ameri can people and its faith in the com mon trlumpa of the allies for the sake of Justice and liberty la shared by all the peoples of Kusala." . , Many Delegates Leave. .Moscow. Aug. 30. (L N. S.) Ex pressions of dissatisfaction over the outcome- of the extraordinary national council were heard hare today. Many of - the' delegates are - leaving - for noma.. Tha program of Premier Kerensky.' as outlined to the con vention, calls for a continuation of th -war, the establishment of stricter discipline 1n the army and rejuvena tion ox4: the: national 'industries and railways. - came so enthusiastic over it that he has been one of its chief boosters ever since. Last winter Pendleton sent a special car of Round-Up boosters to the St. Paul Midwinter carnival, where they ware Hill's guests and were feted ae-sno other excursion part?( had ever beeri feted; At the expense of the Great Northern, the party was sent on to New TorkT'and Kept at the Waldorf Astoria while seeing the city under the guidance of the company's agents. The Round-Up party was able to enliven things at the St. Paul carnival in a way that. Hill appreciated, for he Is also, the chief booster for that event. Awning Checks Fall From a Third Story (Continued on Pigs Four, Colstna flvr) PRESIDEN WILSON'S T REPLY TO POPE'S NOTE ADMIRED BY ENGLAND Kennan Hay Drops SO. Peer, SCnoeks Over Woman and Escapes with Only j a Scalp Wound. A window awning on the Morrison atreet side of the Olds, Wortman a!iL,.... k King store probably saved the life of I NeWSpapeFS Hail AfTieriCan nerman aiay, ao years old, window cleaner, when he fell from a third story window of the building at noon today. Although he dropped E0 feet, ths awning acted as a net. The canvas broke under his weight and he landed on the sidewalk below, knocking down a woman who was passing. The woman was uninjured and hurried away. May . Executive as New Leader 1 of Allied Cause, . London. Aug. 20. (U. P.) London was again moved to admiration of America and of President Wilson to day after reading the president's note waa taken to the cltv emenencJt hoa- i to Pope Benedict. More than on Dital and a scaiD wound in the left aid ! newspsper hailed the American execu- of his head drawn, together with seven . as the new leader of the allied. and afterwards went to his home ' In the Netherlands hotel. The accident occurred when May at tempted to step from one window to another on the outside, a tray of china ware keeping him from going inside. He was Just, fastening his life belt on the hook of the second Window when he lost his balance and dropped. May Is employed by the American Window Cleaning company. He was taken to the hospital in' the police ambulance by Patrolman Shaffer. "At the end-of. three years of un speakable strain and anxiety," declared the Morning Post, "it is an lnestimab'e service to the allied armies to find such leadership as this strong, clear sighted, inflexible inspiring new cour age , and faith, shaming the faint hearted and silencing tse perverse and disaffected." . Amerloa Stands Unfettered The ChronlcH polnUf out that ths president haa reminded the world that America waa unfettered by alUances in "subjecting the Parts resolution of tha allies; tc unqualified condemnation." (This was the resolution banding ths , allies' to commercial reprisals against Germany after the war.) 'rThe resounding proclamation which comes from the Whit House, of the reality of right snd ths reality of wrong and of the Impossibility of rec onciling them or shading them Into mr hv mwf -n ttta.4 and cross-bones, with, the warning. 'Sib 7 VL ' r..r.t- ; ..-" .. ; issued irom tne Vatican, toe ancient Uncle Sam and Flag Replace Death Sign Lewiston. Idaho. Aug. 80. (I. N. S.) Federal officers, stationed here. found drawn on the cabin door, a skull at the mountain abode of the young Jess boyn, brothers of Henry A. Jess, proprietor of a bakery and confection ery establishment. Government agents working ln this vicinity learned the Jess boys failed to register for tho repository of Christian . veritiea,; -Answer of Statesman" "It . is the answer of a practical statesman to tha peace dreaming lean and It may be to other eourti selective draft, and that Honry A. Jess! Tel!'" JR A .. LZTtrT his two brothers!1"" ' ."V " ,,.; ..y haa been supplying with food each week-' by auto. leaving the empty cabin one of the soldiers erased the crude dealgn and artistically drew over the door an out line of Uncle Sam with Old Glory. Henry A. Jess is being held ae a federal prisoner for examination ln the sum of $16,000 bonds, pending the finding of his two young - brothers. Jess has been unable to furnish bonds. Four French Shipsi Sunk During Wee uoon I frm In which all other sta as ed govern e coin- other allied power must peace note. ':f Speaking- of the Ger ceptance of tne oi - .v. w..tm4fsv People man u, i.uv " - maul- mented: , y"" res1duads tjs O-rm fully :-ATjt war-aW-tt- endeasfavoid the most,' apparen-- ilwly o take " 4 . aa 1 Am. 1. tfht ' -it believe, "-- , t , hZialZL iii the allies . .cg were Witb tha pr? lift- Parla, Aug., .10. (I. N. fi.) French snips . or mors than and one or less than that sunk by r German t aubmarfjralty an-1 per. TnhV reply Pt Fr .lw the past week, the Either Frencn L feature of the rep .r Gnaa peo-. noanced today. . Fotafully attacked i -wilson s u" . During tha 1 01 J; ships feneh porta )- -f J. t-i.. , : i