j, . ... , - T' V;:- 'PORTLAND OREGON, 1 SATURDAY EVENING, V SEPTEMBER' 8, 19i7.TVLVE,PAGESf. 1 ' - .PRICE TWOCENTS--g&FhtPjgZl . , . - . ...... ... 1 1 1 TTT TZ 5-1 1 I T , ' . . - 1 ; - - " i . I - - . c I 1 - - - f .a rrs all jiEitB r - " V , '. ' - and. , - . :otclock 1 ; g'tfl ATT.. Tit 1 1 BTrfir.t 'VOL. XVI. ,NO. 101. FOUR KILLED First vUeutenant William T. Fitzimmons, Adjutant to UOionei uommanumy nai- .-- vara uin.i 111 rittiiucf.miiwiia . . . in.i! - mt.jlx viciims OT uerman HiiauN. BOMB AIMED AT THE ." : CHICAGO UNIT MISSES Institutions Declared Easily Distinguishable and InMSKS dition .Landmarks Could ReadilHave Been Mapped by Aviators, It Is Said. By William PhlUp Slmms 1 Scene of the Bombardment of I ! American Hospitals In France, Bept 8. (U. P.) Four Ameri .can were killed when German V airmen deliberately bombed Amer- 7 lean hospitals on the French coast. ' The men killed were: v FIRST LIEUTEANT WILLIAM T. FITZIMMONS, Kanaas City, adjutant 'lo the colonel commanding the Har :';vard unit hoapltaL V PRIVATE LESLIE O. WOODS, of i Btreator, 111. -IlUDOLPH RUBINOF JR.. of New Tork. OSCAR LETUOO of Boston. Iti addition to those killed, three ftrat lieutenants were wounded as well 'aa six prlvatea and one nurse. , - Boxasaramen'i Appears viuwn - a visit to the scene of this ruthless Ictlon-that' the bombardment of the . . . " - r I ... hospitals was. deliberate. . Gnmv aeroplanes flew over the t.osptuls more than once during the ' daylight hours. The hospitals were Vi clearly distinguishable ana m oawn the landmarks . are ouch that ''they ; could be easy mapped by an aviator. H . - In addition to .the, bombs whlcja were dropped on the hospitals served by ' ' th Harvard and St. Louis units, one . large bomb was apparently aimed at the Chicago hoapltal. This bomb struck across the road If rem the hospital, but it failed to ex ' plode. ritalmmoas Keard war&lag - Mgnal - 11 Fltslmmons was Inatantly killed. He .heard the algnal warning of the raid -, (Coocludcd on ri4 TbrM, Column Foor) T ' ilacoma Man Kills V Himself in the East Indianapolis, InU Sept. 8. L K ,g.)-C W. Greene, a wealthy, stock holder In the Rogers company, import era at Tacoma, Wash., committed sul- elde today by shooting himself through "" the mouth while atandlng on the side - ,( walk in the northern section of- the .- city. - He was here on a visit with his two children. IU health is blamed. Tacoma, Wash., Bjept. 8,- (I. N. S.) C. W. Greene, who is an uncle of . R. Rogers., president or the Rogers ' eompany, left Tacoma for Indianapolis , about two months .ago. Mr. Rogers said this morning "Mr.' Greene, while, not a stockholder in the company, had been in our em - ploy and left for the east a short time sgo. i naa wnuen mm a lew cays , ago that he better stay east If he wanted to visit longer witn his chil- n dren, a boy and. glrL and return here in the spring. 'He ha been in ill , health and despondent" French Commission Departs for Denver . . - n. a " 'ft m V . Al" -SlZ: .T sion to the United States bid farewell -tiATri'Z. I'ZI. r.Vv.n Zll r tT""" "f . v "il- T.!'""- , lieutenant uoionei juaouara i iuiy, . I deoutr high commissioner, will be entertained tonight at Burlingame and -'will Join the other membera of the cfmmlaalon ln Denver a day late. f -Hunting Season Is II : Opened' Again as S;Eain Drowns Fires Salem, Or Sept. t. Gover-' le 'nor Withycombe today issued a z proclamation reopening ,the . hunting season, which has been ' closed since August 21. for the protection of the 'forests: from fires. ! The . general rain over the. western part of the state has removed the fire hazard It la believed. - - v.- s ; .Xa WMhlaa-toa, oo ' SeatUe, Wash," Sept. f. U. P.) - Governor- Lister today rescinded his order suspending the. upland bird gam season and hunters may sally .forth in search of the elusive pheaaant today. The heavy rains 'in all parte of the state nave minim ised forest fire hazard -and for thia reason ' the -: governor de clared the season open.- It wiU . ; ; - sV cios sepiemoer it. The sea-' son -should-have opened -Sep- laoiocr . v . : -1 : - m W. E. Fihzer Is Made Major in' trie U. S.-Army Ex-Adjutant General of Oregon National Guard Will Report at , American Lake. . W. js. Flnser, for nearly U years adjutant general f the Oregon . Na tional guard, has been appointed a major In the United States army, and ordered to report at once to Camp Lewis. Amerjcan Lake, for service with the new national army. News of hla appointment reached the renerai this morning and he Is expected to . report at the lake early next week. Flnser has been in the office supply business since leaving the adjutant general's office, March 27. 1U&. Flnxer's first service was with Com-, pany H, Second infantry, O. N. G. He was appointed first lieutenant of that company in October, 1995, and served until he was honorably discharged &&S2S ivieu vui.-oi inai organisation in AU- ix months later he was SpregatrnS!n rank when he was appointed adjutant general September 1. 1903. As adjutant general, Flnser was na tionally recognised. He waa detailed bv tha Mcrkturv nf wa r a a momhAv of the national militia board of five adjutant generals during 1912-13-14. He was also executive officer for the national divisional competition rifle matches In 1914. Major Finzer waa born In Zanes ville. Ohio, in 1867. E CAN CARRY ALL FLOUR 1ST COULD EXPORT Secretary Dodson Sends Fig- , , i O ! A I uiB&.iu oenaiors m Mppeai on Basic Wheat Price. CenatoM ot Hopeful . " m.ts . : Wshingtoiw..DC,-pV 8..J-4S4 (WASHINGTON BUREAU OF - THE JOURNAL.) An appoint- i ment for "the northwest delega- , tlon of the White House on the grain situation has not yet been arranged, but if is ex- pected to be early next week. - The northwest senators do not look with hopefulness upon the effort to change prices and con- ditlons as the food administra- tlon appears adamant and the president will naturally ap- ' proach the suggestion of n change with, caution when his , food advisors are strongly op- posed to the northwest view. " Every barrel ef flour which the Pa- eif io coast has for export can be car ried in. the steel vessels which the government Is having built for it at I Portland. Seattle and San Frahclaco, I declared W. D. B. Dodson. executive secretary of the Portland Chamber of I Commerce, before the committee of seven elected by the Northwest grain conference in Portland-Friday. ' Capacity 370,000 Tons The committee as a "petition ia boots" was elected by the grainmen to go to Washington and appeal In person to the president for, relief from the discrimination against the North- I west involved in nam in- rhiun 1 baslo price, for wheat. Mr. Dodson told the committee that careful Inves- l tigatlon shows ships which the gov- I eminent can make use of ha. v. an area-ate carrying caoacitr of Iio.ooa tons, which is much more than will I be required for all the flour to be ex ported. Appeal JKad to Senators In a 1200 word telegram to the six northwest senatora at Washington, rtX C, Friday night, this and other ar guments were set forth In favor of adjustment of the - discrimination which. It has. been , estimated, will make the northwest wheat crop . this I year worth $12,000,000 less to Its Dro- T T.Z.T.' :t.rT? "77- VJrT resentatives from Oregon. Idaho and Waahlnrton would .Mt th i . ,V. wl- ,v 7 ln conference today. Now that the I k.. " Vw- . committee may hurry to Washington to participate in it. The members of the committee are Ct E. Spence and' W W-Harrah from Oregon. C. W. Nelson from Idaho and R. J. Stephens, S. C. Armstrong, R. Insinger and C. L. Mackenzie from Washington, - ri-TLrea Cot 30 Cents With a basic price of 1220 a bushel for No. 1 northern for Chicago de liveries, and with 80 cents a bushel freight rate irom- the northwest to Chicago, the price received for wheat produced in the northwest this year will be 30 cents less than the Chicago price, no matter wnere it may. be disposed of. , unless an adjustment l made. i- -' ' Auto Pluhges Into i Biver; Two Are Dead - Chicago, SepC 8. Drivinr his fian cee,' lUss violet XHrks, and a friend. ueorge jo.aon, noma irom a farewell party in celebration of hi departure xor uunp uranc at-Kockrord, Victor Metzick. sent his ' machine hurtlina- through an open draw into the Chicago rtTur.ciriT todT. - L Mason jumped clear and saved him 1 self because ha wa a. hi t lm . Tt,. I ear carried Matzlck. and his fiancee io their deaths. SUPS BUILDING HER russimis slow fuhds missiiig, bloff reform sis; v m mm B01 RETREAT; SAYS AHORHEY Kr ic llitl ITV flinrn III niflft III lllin ll A ll r I Corporal Bnckler.. Chlcajtoan. Vic I n HI I Hill III llini I Attack by Squadron on Atm, UU II1IILI I I ShK K iU HJ HI Jh I.Uhrl of Inceadlarv Bullet In II I J f I J 1 1 I 1 1 U J M 11 liniMI II 111 llllin III I1II1M I1I1MI I . . Battle in Air. Illl I s w , w 1 .,, m si.., m w m m w . , w w Kuropatkin Denies Reports That Dvlnsk Has Been Bombarded and Says For ' tress Will Hold Out. . GERMANS HAMPERED BY ROUGH, MARSHY GROUND General ; Situation .. Has Im proved, According to Rus sian Reports. Kaiser ZSTames Governor la Biff The Hague, Sept. 8. (I. N. S.) The kaiser has entered Riga in military state, accord ing to advices from Petrograd today. After reviewing the troops and bestowing decora tions the kaiser appointed -General Von Alten as governor of rthe city. The emperor's ad dress was circulated among the German soldiers at the front. PetrogTad. Sept. 8. (I. N. S.)The Russian retirement from Riga is Blow ing down, Colonel Kropotkin reported to the government today from his headquarters on the northern front. The fortress of Dvinsk. on the Dvlna river, will be defended to the last man. it was declared. -Colonel Kropotkln denied reports that the fortress Jiad been bombarded. (Press reports that Dvinsk had been shelled . by the. Germans were pub lished In Berlin and other European cities as' well as In America.) Reports as to Dvinsk and the slowing down of the Russian retreat were re ceived by .Colonel Podgousky; commis sioner of the army. Colonel Kropot kln made his .report verbally over the long distance telephone. The Russians are occupying new po sitions that.' had been fortified in ad vance. The Germans are hampered by the difficult marshy ground they are compelled to traverse and by the fact that their infantry -ahd.-cavalry Jave outdistanced their (artillery. , ' , ? , "The rgeneral situation --has im rovd-' declared J Colonel Kropotktn,- at the conclusion of his report. "The Germans are encountering Increasing Clfficulties." ! In addition to the natural obstacles the Russian rear 1 guards are sturdily resisting the German attacks. The situation at Dvlnskv the great fort ress that checked the German drive in 1915. is causing no alarm. There are no heavy bodies of German troops (Continued tm. Tt Three, Cdhttna Two) AUSTRIAN LOSSES IN E NOW TOTAL 120,000 Of These 30.000 Have Been Taken Prisoner; Fighting Continues Violently, . London, Sept. 8. (U. P.) Austria has lost. 120,000 killed, wounded and taken prisoner by Italian forces since August 9, when General Cadorna as sumed his great offensive. ' Prisoners alone total more than 50.000. The figures were contained in semi official dispatches received today. They Indicated the tremendous drain on the dual monarchy's manpower which has forced Vienna ' to demand reenforeements of Berlin., Fighting was continuing violently at two points on the battlefront around Monts SC Gabriel and south of Hermada. St. Gabriel was: still a .. stumbling block ln the Italian ad vance. It had been In the hands of General Cadorna's , troops at least five times now, but on each occasion Austrian counter attacks, -made regard less of staggering casualties, have t wrested "It from them. i'': The fighting on the Hermada sec tor was In a series . ot : desperate, counter ' attacks byA the 4 Austrian. New and picked troops were engaged. It is here, that Austria ' evidently feels the menace of. Trieste Is strongest and has massed-her great est forces to repel the advance. ..Rome' described the situation as entirely satisfactory' today for the Italian troops. 1 ' Over 80,000 Captured y Borne, Sept . (U. P.) Since Aug ust 19, when General Cadorna's offen sive started. S0.871 prisoners have been taken by the Italians, - including 853 officers, according to -official statis tics today. - More Indictments For Eiqting to Come Belleville, IIU Sept. t.--(L N, 8.) Before final adjournment this after noon the grand jury her Is expected to- return several more indictments in connection 'with the Cast St. v Louis race riots. 'A ew weeks ago 8 in dictments against-105 peraona -were" Tt turned. ' The number today "is not ex pected to. ba as large but it Is -hinted politicians, and officials "wUl.be. in volved. -U ' v" f The 5 Tptember grand jury convenes Monday. . ' . ' -, - . , ITALIANS OFFENSIV Fortune of Chicago Widow, Amounting to From $500, 000 to $2,000,000, Is Said to Be Mostly Gone. KILLING AN ACCIDENT, SAYS BUSINESS AGENT She Picked Up His Gun While His Back Was: Turned, According to Story. Chloaro. Sent. 8. (TJ. ft)nvestl ration of the mysterious death of Mrs. James C. King, wealthy Chicago widow, who was shot while with an automobile narty near Concord. North Carolina, August 29. today was being conducted in Chicago. New York and North Carolina. P, McDuffle. attorney of Atlanta, Ga.. representing Mrs. King's mother. Mrs. Anna u. Robinson or Asnevtue. N. C, Is here to trace the dead woman's missing fortune.' estimated at $00,000 to i2.000.ooo. . lie declared mat im portant documents carried by Mrs; King when she was shot have disap peared. McDuffle discovered that the $200. 000 trust fund Mrs. King had on de posit with the Merchants' Loan and Trust eompany a few years ago had dwindled to 190,000. Her brothers, W. G. Robinson of Morrison, 111., and Paul Robinson of Muskogee. Okla., who are here to assit'ln the investigation received small incomes from this fund Securities Are Being Bought Certain of Mrs. King's secur. e are believed to be on deposit in New Tork banks and. these are being sought. "Word was received here today; that North Carolina authorities iTave or dered the inquiry in- Mrs. King's death reopened. The coroner's Jury in Con cord originally returned a verdict ot suicide. An autopsy performed, on the body after its arrival here early yes terday, however, led Coroner. Hoffman to announce that Mrs. King had been murdered. -State's Attorney 4oyje promptly wired this information to f the attorneys general of North Caro- Una.' asking that, the. Investigation be renewed.-, ji. .' ' n A - ' 5 At the same' time new evidence waa I uncovered in North Carolina; Charles J o. Jjay, mi uici, jKius nwnwv.- well Bprings, wnere me irageay oc-1 curred, declared ' he heard - two shots I fired. He said he and his wife were sitting on the porch wen they saw the automobile stop at the spring about 8 o'clock. "Someone In Machine Tired' Mrs. King and Gaston B. Means, her business adviser, went to tne spring alone, Day said, while Af ton; Means and Captain A. s. uingnam remained behind. . Day said he heard one shot near the spring. Mrs. King was placed in the automobile, which started in the direction or voncoro. Alter 11 1 considering various names for mar had gone a few hundred yards, some- J ehal, and after looking over the field one in tne macnine urea anoiaer nuot, according to uay. Gaston Means, who arrived ln Ashe- vljle late yesterday, upon learning of uoroner nouman a aeciarauon, emu tnat -certain v;nicago innuences axei Denina nouman s expressea opinion. Gaston B. Means Explains AsheviUe. N. C. Sept. 8. (L N. S.I Gaston B. Means, the central figure in the mystery surrounding the shoot- inar of Mrs. James C. King on a lonely roaa near w-oncoro, last wees, lotiajr reiterated in emphatic fashion his be - lief that , Mrs. King accidentally shot irersen. tvieeuiB, wng axrivca hwo u night, said he did not see the actual! shooting, although he was only l&ieetithe appointment of William M. Moore away, I was stooping down to drink rrom for district No. 9 of Oregon, succeed ing spring and my back was to her,wjtep Thomas Carrick Burke he said. "I did not look around till I t Mr. Alexander is a member of tK. uiaiauoi iirai. Means explained that he had left tne revolver m tne iora or a tree wnen he went to drJnk He said he t,ucu ' 7 . "u.. u wv ... nmiran vn nsr v n mir 1 r nsric m aain r;i: r kI- L : . Z, 7 Z , " - - C)t.to,.?t .t Mtnl1 eXprell?2 his belief that Mrs. King stumbled with the gun in her hand and that it was discharged by accident. - Finnish Miners Are Feared at Hibbing SC Paul. Minn., Sept.. 8.-r-(U. P.) A rush call for arms and ammunition was seht to the capitol today from Captain Romanskl of the home guards j at Hibbing, Minn., who reported that! 200 Finnish miners, mostly I. W. W. members, were, drilling. Special Trains "Are To Take Crowds to . " , . rti ; Kfin n ftrnn n n mxr Mi muvh ft From St. Paul comes the news that Louis W. Hill, preei- . dent," of the Great Northern . railway, is bringing a speciat v train to the Round-Up. 1 From ;Cqos Bay, itouls J; . Simpson, Southern Oregon cap- ltaust, 1 Bringing a special car, t bound for th Bound-Up. From Pendleton, word comes t that . th crowd this year will be A record-breaker,, and .seats ' ... at a pfemiomf1. Tickets for The Journal. Let" .Er Buck .Special, Including , transportation. Pull-J man accommodations,: meala t and graadstand, seats;, are sell t ing rapidly, and those who have ' not yet secured . accommodations e , should call at -once at, The ' Journal bn sin ess office w tele- . phone Ajain f 7173 or A-605I. Corporal Bncklej, Chlcacoaa, Vic tim of Incendiary Bullet in , .. Battle in Air. Paris. Sept. 8. (U. P.) Corporal Everett Buckley of the LaFayette EscadriUe. a resident of Chicago, was icuiea Thursday morning in an attack with two fellow - American ' flyers against five German planes, according to wora received here today. Buckley fell with his machine, which had been ignited by an incendiary bul let. The young Chicagoan. with two other LaFayette filers, waa attacked suddenly at a great height by five German aviators. A -lively fight en sued, the seven great battleplanes cir cling over miles, the American lighting gallantly despite the odds. Buckley was one of the most son- ular members of the American flying squaaron, He was 2 years old and was a graduate of the Avord Flying school, having only recently attained his ambition to b a member of the LaFayette escadrille. Lufbeiry Downs Another Plane With the French " Armies AfielJ, Sept. 8. (U. P.) Lieutenant Raout Lufberry of the LaFayette escadrille downed another German plane yester day. According to official citation it was his twelfth victim. ' French citations take into account only enemy machines which fall within the French lines. United Press dls patches on Thursday unofficially cred ited Lufberry with a twelfth victim on Tuesday, but presumably this, did not fall within the French lines and was, therefore, not credited to the American yflyer. US. t IS President. Wilson Appoints Montag's Successor? Sen ate- Expected to Confirm. Washtna-ton. . Srt. fWAJTHTwri TON ; BUREAU OF THE JOURNAL.? .-president . Wilson" -nast sent - to'" the senate. h followlilar nomlnatloTrsl Collector of customs, district No 19, Portland. Will Moore of Pendleton." Or. uniiea eiaies marshal,' district of Oregon, George P. Alexander of Port land, The nominations are expected to re ceive prompt - confirmation. It is believed here Thomas C. Burke. retiring collector, will be given an other berth by the administration in some place not requiring confirmation iny the senate, where Senator Cham inerlain's opposition would defeat it. Alexander came to Washington about two weeks agOwKh recommen- dattons for a place invthe department of justice. Senator Chamberlain was 1 asked Alexander to take this annolnt. 1 ment, to which he agreed. He left J Washington several days ago. He ts I a BOn of Congressman Alexander of 1 missowL ' Ralph McN. Wilcox and Albert O. Ekelton of Oregon were today nomi nated by the president for temporary service as second lieutenants ln the marine corps. The appointment of George F. Alex ander by President Wilson to be United States marshal for, Oregon was 1 announced from Wanhlnrtnn tnta 1 Alexander will succeed Jhn Vmt who has been holding office since his t iour-year term expired last June. The senate Is also osked to confirm I of Pendleton to be collector of custom I law Hirm OI Vautrnn. Aiming., . I Mulkev with office in th- xinv, . 1 rn Bank buUdlne. M or th Democratic central committee j0r uuiinomaa county during the last campaign, n is tne son of J. W 1 w . M"r. a wmocmic representa- iiive - to congress rrom Misouri. ? Mr. Alexander wa. born in Gallatin, t- isso ! . " T tJ, . . 7 - " public schools of Missouri entered the university ox Missouri and was grad uated in 190S. He was admitted to the bar of Missouri the same year and to the Oregon nar in roe practice in both district ana circuit courts. Judge Burke's term as collector x- plred in June. That Mr. Moore waa in I line to succeed him was indicated in I a report from Washington of Auauat 121 that Senator Chamberlain favored Mr. Moore and would recommend his appointment Mr. Moors had previ ously been indorsed by tha Or eon Democratic state central committee. The appointee is a Pendleton wheat i buyer and is chairman of the Umatilla county .Democratic central committee. Yakima Land Office I vvasningion, oept. a. 1 WASHING- ton bukisau of the - journal,) I The president nominated Perrv James Lyon of . Walla Walla as regis ter of the land of f tea at North Taki- ma. Wash." Wilson Will Accept Malone ilesignation Washington. Sept.- t g. fTj. y : p.l-. President -Wilson , will accept the res ignation of Dudley Field Malone, New York port collector, who -resigned be cause ns disagreed with .the execu tive's -suirrage position. Aiaione : pomtea 'out mac in cam palgnlng the West last fall he -in formed1 the women that he would work to the utmost for suffrage and con tended - that the pr- jent Democratic program of letting t. - states decide is 4KliBsuffident. ALEXANDER IS NAMED mARSHA AND MORE COLLECTOR Semi-Official Explanation of ; Government's . 'Position- as l to Pope's Peace Statement Is Made. H0HENZOLLERNS MUST BE ELIMINATED, VIEW Entire World Must Judge In ternal Reforms M Ger many, Say Officials. By Robert J. Bender Washington. Sept (U. P. -Tull suirrage ror a uermany na oi non- sollernism. right of disputed territories f iu gpcu ior ineir own iuiuh uu tlutlon and restoration for those coun tries trodden under foot during the war, means peace. Nothing short of this can terminate the war. To clear up the confusion created by the state department's recent an nouncement ln apparent conflict with President Wilson's reply to the pope, the United Press sought and obtained I today a semi-official interpretation or I the administration s actual attitude, n hit.mnt.H.. n,w.h Kw ti I highest authorities. Dynasty murk Oo The allies cannot talk peace with the I Hohensollerns ln the opinion of admin- WDO j, cow visiting the American 1 German of fleial ; telegrams were for lstratlon of f Icials. The German people I c-mo. u.l that the brilliant successes 1 warded to Berlin through the Swedish should aet promptly to eliminate, en- Urely this dynasty and abandon all mllltarlstlc rule, if the war is not to go on ' lndeflntely. Bluff reform, such as merely mak-1 ing the chancellor subject to the will Hutchinson. -The Italian-people are! foreign office at Stockholm wan re of tha relchstag, is not sufficient. I enthusiastio and are confident that J vealed In an of fleial statement 1 by There must be a clear ; knowledge i General Cadorna wUl soon cut his way! the state department this afternoon. among the allies of full responsibility through to Trieste. At the outbreak! Tha messages concerned the dip n of the Germanic powers to their people, of the war Italy was unprepared in- J matlo situation In Argentina, and , dealt Acceptability of Germany's internal 1 reforms will not depend upon the clslon of the United States or England I or France, but must be such as 'the German machinations, out now iiaiy 1 other peoples of the world would bells splendidly equipped and the whole J justified in accepting." World to Judge Beforms This point, It is stated, is one of i,. .Mf imnArf.r n h. Mnf. reply to the pope. It means, in fact, that the United states believes all the al lies and the rest of the world shall sit as a court of Judgment on Ger many s Internal reforms. The United States will be guided ln its peace opinions largely by nations which have had the most experience It th Germany France, for eximcle. France believes it would be madness to enter peace negotiations with the kaiser. . Bo does, the United States. When President Wilson said peace (Conctoded ea Pas Three. Column Threa) Lieutenant Bobbins Relieved From Duty Portland Officer Ordered Koms Prom Signal corp. Training- Camp, to Be - ut wkji jt iwuiw wamy, o ate Honorably Discharged on Arrival. San Francisco.' Sept. 8. (I. N. S.) Army orders issued from western de- nP to. xa " , . J - partment headquarfers today relieve tlnued until completed. No nnfs First Lieutenant Albert J. Bobbins ry delays wlU be permitted Ths from duty at the Monterey signal corps training camp and direct him to proceed to his home ln Portland, where upon arrival he will stand honorably discharged-from the service, Lieutenant - Karl H. Kellogg, Los Gatos, Cal., is ordered to Clackamas for duty with the Oregon field artil lery, national guard. Lieutenant Earl F. Ristine. Coupe vine, wmb, is ordered to American Lake for duty with the Second infan try, Washington National Guard. , Lieutenant William M. O Shea, Spo kane, Is ordered to American Lake for duty with the; signal corps battalion. Captain Thomas w. Bath, Reno, is ordered to Clackamas for duty with the Third Infantry, Oregon' National Guard. . 4 These four officers are of the med ical reserve corps. Editor Proud to Aid Germany, He Says XAnremos de Xacey, sad of 9snoml - national Paper in Bay City, Seflaat " at Conspiracy TrlaL San Francisco,' Sept. S.-(L N. S.) 1 have helped Germany ever since the war started, .am still helping her and wl help loVoVrow;-"d.claVed for conspiracy, to bring-about the es- cape of former German Consul Fran Ttfinn nrt ' orhr Internet! flirmin, Fort McDowell. Shortly ; before the startling state ment was made, united states District! Attorney Preston had expressed re gret that he could not hang De Lacey, The remark was made when, in answer to a -question as: to why jm -Laceyhad attacked the federal - attorney; in his paper. De Lacey, replied? I don t give a damn about you. It's ! the conduct of your office X attacked, and I am going to tell th truth about It If you hang me for it." 1 , . - - Freight Embareo Is ;Annoiinced by.S.! P. y San Francisco. Sept.; (TJ. P.)An embargo on all Bast bound freight-over, the " Sunset routev 'with - the exception of copper bullion, lamber' and govera ment freight v,i announced by the Southern : Pacific ;iOday::-rri;vf.fc:i, Oovernment "requisitions on the com panys steamer service caused the em bargo which. Is expected to be of short duration. Attack by Squadron on Karal Bases Defending Petrograd la Expected, Stockholm. Bent . 8. It. N. . 8.) A ttawv m ninnin winhlDL SC- company by ubmrtn"';j;?? l JvtS a7 aav vaaessiSje rsa.a aaeaeet v e m& m - jsJLJKSi BPJ sauadron is said to consist of part of the German high seas fleet. An attack upon the naval bases defend ing Petrograd is expected. . - ITALIANS ARE UNITED, WOODS HUTCHINSON ASSERTS AFTER VISIT . , - , t -r. P(Jrjjgf Portland rnySlCian Tells of Splendid Morale of the Italian Army. Field Headquarters of he American Armv ln Prance. Sept. 8.-(L N. .) Ati th Bii)i of Italy are just as I united in support of the government's war program as m pew- . 1 Kngland or any otner or nations, according to a declaration maae ioaay oy ur. son, famous American physician, who h.. 4. MtnniMi rrom a visit to Italy I an ,v, Ttaitan front. Dr. Hutchinson, 1 0f th Italians on the Isonzo front in the .present burst of fighting had been a severe setback to the Socialists. "They have been a setback for the pacifists as well." continued Dr. i dustrlally to supply a large , army de-lwitb munitions, clothing and other I supplies. That resulted partly from war machine la moving witn tne pre-1 clslon of clock-work, ' . ,r,;"c'r ",,7i;nt da ha vV been m . wo magnitieent roads nave neen "There are -large stores of prons-J built for t. transportation of men and supplies. Tbrauoning -or tne Swedish legation; lor BaenO Aires se men is exeellent and so are tha sanl- ti,aiiy reached Hhs furelgn- offie ,ln tatlon and meaicai arrangements, in 1 Stockholm. Dafinit soldiers and dvUlans are 1 weU lea and the morals ;s splendid." . 1 - 1 - Dr. J. Woods Hutchinson Is a for - mer Portland man, having practiced here for several years. Distillers Grind Out Last : Spirits An rsrmentatlom Iras Stop a 11 To night 600 Are Closed 8000 Men &os Theix Jobs. Washington. Sept. I. (TJ. P.) America's, distilleries, ordered "closed to save grain, were turning out their laBt I,ts today At 11 o ciocit to - 1 igtxt ait fermentation must cease by Lrdr of Herbert Hoovar. I DisUllatlon of the spirits fermented government pcii Trj oiauuery, not duly authorized to continue work for government purposes, to complete the distillation , on hand by next Tues day. From one end of the country to the other men are affected by the drastic order. Over 600. distilleries and SO 00 men will be out of business. There r 20J. r?g!UJC!f .f116. en - tucky. 165 in California. 6S in Penn - sylvanla, 44 in Ohio, 28 in Maryland and Missouri, and 20 In New Tork tbe states naraest nit. Frequent Showers For N-W. Promised: -cr.vinfAm s.nt -t.: -w v The weather bureau today Issued 'the followinr forecast for the week ha - ginninr Sunday. September tf Plains states and upper ana middls Mississippi- valley Generally ,fair temperatures first hslf of, week will lbo followed by somewhat warmer dur, ing tne eecona- amu. , Rocky mountain ana plateau regfm showers during early days of the week In the southern and extreme northern mountain districts. - Slowly rising S SSSt "d Faclfio otates Fair weather except fr.ea.uenA' h?w?! OT!.no.!h' hrtct- 1,0 dld4 In tempera- I liuw. Local Boards to Fix AU Prices for Coal San Francisco, Sept. 8. (L N.' S.) Immediate ate pa will be taken by the' coal, administration to - nrevent I high retail " prices throughout the country. Dr. H. A Garfield, fuel ad ministrator, will name state, county -y-,bWH,irst4: gate local conditions and prices and I fix reasonable prices .. accordingly. . giars are Drouth : Marlon. IndJiept STi P.VPr paringfor th closing ;f distilleries at t rii o clock tonight, under govern - l ment order, burglars backed , a- truck t Business has .been .practically sus up toi the door of the G lackey saloon j pended in Carbonado today wine the here and made away with 1 4 "barrel I town Joined posses searchlnar tie wcolj -of -whisky.-4:C''-it.-';-i search of. th jirL Legation at Buenos Aires Ac- cused of Having Forward ed; German Official. Tele grams to Berlin as Its Own Through Stockholm... - h SECRETARY LANSING , ; MAKES COPIES PUBLIC Discovery Uads to Strained Relating : Rotten ns iviwtiviiw ts vii wvir ..... w 9 w and ' Scandinavian Nation; Trunk Mystery of Several Months. Ago Recalled. , Washington. Sept. 8. (L N. S.V Diplomatic relations between i the United States and-Sweden are strained today as the result of a discovery that leratlon at Buenos Aires, v ) - The fact that messages from Oer- man Charge d'Aftalres Luxburg at Buenos Aires to the German, foreign. office had been ferwarded through the iwj in tne metnoa to ne pursued by suo- marines in sinking of Argentina taiips, The text of the messages jforwarded wenin Dy way. or etocaneim is' wi the hands of the state department. now tne messages were obtained is I not made known In the of ficiattate- ment given out this afternoon . . .'XKassarea sttaMiAtil. j Tne dispatches forwarded - by the h - th haiui f r th,.T ,.f,.f I ft . n-r.,;7. T"-w mm a h W Wt , V 1 the dispatches were ! forwarded from Stockholm Ao the Berlin foreign office was not known. 1 It is regarded as sig nificant that no steps ever have been taken by the Swedish government, so far as the state, department knows.' to (Ooaloded n hit Two, Column Ooei NEW LABOR PARTY IS PLEDGED TO SUPPORT ANTi-AUTOCRACY WAR Convention of American: 'Al liance of Labor and; Dem ocracy Ends Session t r Minnea noils. Minn., Sent. S.- U. P.) J Pledged to support the, war ; against 1 autocracy, delegates to tha-American 1 Alliance of Labor and Democracy were I sceedlne? back to their homes on the j red. . whits and; blue labor special to- I day. ? .' . -. . .1 .. . ; President Gempers of the alliance ' sent a message to President Wilson assuring blm t hat American J labor woald give every aid to the govern ment. The declaration of . principles adopted at the closing session Ust night Includes; ' ' ' :. - .1 indorsement !r r-resideni viisons Ucislon not to permit the wart Vbs ! or kwerlnshvbor ; l':J.t i- I. - ,''"" l, lnlJnl must be represented in councils con ducting the was and at peace aegotla- ticna. v. . . ' ; ' , . 1 - r -t - r Suppression of disloyalists and pro- Solidification of ' labor behind the 1 I0nh Conscription itof wealth as well -; as roen. ;x,'i it.T. 1 ' i - j Heavy . taxes on Incomes, ; sxcess profits and land values. cas of labor disputes Government control of industries In Action against speculative Interests which enhance prices of necessities' o life.- i ' Insurance for soldiers and sailors. Equal suffrage. Child Found in a ;' :. . Serious-Condition Tacoma.' Wash., Sept . -CL?N. S.) Practically unconscious - and .half hV 5ee mlaslng alnce Wdn7.d.y starved, s-year-old Mamie Torkko, who night, was found this noon as 12:16, under a log in the woods last north of Carbonadd, her boms,. and! within a few feet of the cemetery where, her father and little brother are buried.- " The child was found by a miner named "Crooked Joe" 'and hfs blood- bound who were aiding In the sear t h. 1 know whe did it,- thi child was able fc mumbla as ' she was -carried into town' And 'gvs first' aid ; treat - - 1 ment. -. . , s s - -