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r VOL. XVI." NO. 112. PORTLAND-, - OREGON; FRIDAY ; EVENING, - SEPTEMBER 3 21; s 1917. EIGHTEEN PAGES ' PRICE TWO CENTS ownuw Aire vrvr tavds rrn tcuxs- DIFFERENTIA ON GRAIN WILL HINGEOIl SHIPS Growers' Committee-Holds a Conference With Food Ad ministrator c Hoover, Who i if Considers Question. r AVAILABILITY OF CRAFT WILL BE ASCERTAINED Shipping. Board Expected to ' Return Answer Saturday, :.flt Is 'Announced. Washington. Sept. 21. (WASHING TON BUREAU OF THE JOURNALS) Relief for the northwest from the J cent wheat dirrerentiai rau com through the shipping board, if at an. Thia is the general opinion tooay. 101- , lowing the conference of the growers committee w.itn tooo. arainirwt Hoover. to whom the question .was re ferred py President Wilson yesterday. ;. floorer soon came to uie tonnage Question In the discussion and agreed to tke the matter-under considera tion with the United States shipping board; with the expectation mat tne board on Saturday will return an an swer as to whether or not it is in ' position to allow, the. use of bottoms to carry wheat from tne raciric coasi. Aaother Meeting Scheduled : Another meeting will be held with Hoover, Saturday, when the availa bility of tonnage can be definitely known and when Julius Barnes; presi dent of the United States Oraln cor poration, who has been summoned from New York, win be nere. Max Houser of Portland, who , at tended the conference with Hoover but' took no part in discussion, after ward stated that he views the matter Just as'vthe committee does, au de pendingupon the question of using tonnage for wheat. This, he believes, will decide whether or not the differ ential. can be modified . fllllftMlll, fled IftdlfutAW ' - Members of the committee said that the talk with Hoover was satisfactory; that he displayed no hostility to their views, but at -the same time . gave no indication that a change will be. made unless favorable word pomes from the hipping board. At. the meeting RturflHT "f -diaalWas- Last Surviving Member cussion is upNiwioa u aiiegauon that differentials . in fether markets are not equivalent to the freight rates. The argument 'will, be advanced thst part of th. freight differential mar well be absorbed between Portland and Chicago it absorbed In part elsewhere. BRITISH DRIVE HARD AGAINST GERMANS' UNES IN FLANDERS Terrific Artillery, Fire Precedes ; Advance of Infantry Near .ILangemarcke. ' - By . William Philip 8tmms With the British Armies In the , neld. Sept. 11. IU. . P.) Behind an Inferno of bursting steel. British troops "carried , on still farther today . Into - German positlons along ' the Ypres- jaemn roaa. Probably the greatest artillery duel ' of. the whole war raged last night over -the eight miles on which Field Mas . ahal Halg's troops struck early yester day morning. 'The "Germans poured a terrific barrage 1 to cover their ooun ter attacks and the British Imposed a wall of shells before the enemy's ad' vanoe or ahead of their own troops. Shaken German prisoners examined today after- the first sweep of. the great offensive declare the British barrage fire heralding the Infantry as- I aault was the moat deadly in .the his tory of the war. The first push car ; rted .the British forward nearly a mile. Xlve Shan -Wans Art Used .The British were not content with. a single wall Of bursting shells ahead of their troops. Not even two. or three. or four walls were enough but' actu ally five distinct, lines of fire wera thrown to pulverise resistance. With almost superhuman Ingenuity the five lines of fire were made to-merge in forward and backward and'sldeway - sweeps, r . - ' .' It was a veritable "loom of death, weaving .its terrors further - and fur ther into the enemy-lines. Barrage passed through - barrage - until seemed, the- alr, waa. clogged - with shells. . :Sf-'- , , The Germans everywhere - put . up stubborq-jresistance, especially , f roiu dugouts and machine gun ; emplace ments of concrete which had survived : the terrlf 16 barrage fire.- The enemy's guns retaliated heavily In spots, es pecially on the '.Ansacs, to the right '.';, .' Tew Taaka Jola la Aotloa ( ' Iverneas 1 copse.' GlencorsO Nonne Bosscher wood and Dumbarton (Cooetodad -ctt Pat Hlmm, Oolama roir) on on Consult sicians Urn Aageles," Sept. Jl (!. N.' S.J En route 8an Francisco for medl-jal treatment. ' General 4 Alvaro Obregon. former Mexican secretary of war, often spoken of as the . next president Mexico, arrived In Los Angeles todav. In Ms private car over tne southern Pacific from Jfogaies, Aris. Way Bomb Hidden In Cargo Kills Two, 10 Hurt Preacher Says Five . Other Bombs .Were Found Hidden in titrates on Ship. A Pad f Jo Port, Sept. 21. (L N. 8.) Two. men were killed and 10 others injured by a bomb in i Urate cargo Mara in. a South American port, ac cording to the Rev. John L,.; Reeder of South - Pasadena, a. passenger on the vessel which arrived' here today. Following the explosion the vcsel was searched and five ..more bomb, were round maaen in tne cargo, air. Reeder's story is vouched for by others of the 200 ; passengers aboard tne vessel. - The bomb explosion occurred on the Bodera, the wharf at Iauique, a nl- j irate port or south America, accoru ing to passengers. The largo of 2000 tons of nitrate was being loaded by means of small vessels, carrying the sacks from the whsrf to the boat Soldiers were as sisting In tne -stevedoring and light ering. " During the loading, said Mr. Reeder. j uivra -was m, Buuucn explosion ui b. . soldier carrying a sack of nitrate waaj blown to atoms. One bystander walUght clouds having not a little threat killed and 10 others Injured. i of rain; In them have made the day The police arrested Henry Korne-j cony cooL itAvv vi. v in Iquique the police said they found i twooxes of dyYmmlte and five bombs. The passengers said the vessel was ; searched and In the cargo, hidden In fruit shipments and boxes, five bombs were found. All the unexplored bombs were found to be sulphuric acid bombs. sTv ZVl-u .ZZZS ?T An7Ar.- oeiyo Maru stopped at Antorogasta, i .klr. . -.,11,- . and other trades was' in progress, re ported to have been Inspired by Ger mans, the passengers said. All the nitrate mines at . Antofogasta were closed. : . 11 II ANSWERS HNAL CALL of Oregon Territorial Leg islature! Lost Leg Recently Baker. - Or Sept. SI. William H. Paek wood, last surviving member of tha- OMrnn- torrltorial leaHslatureJ' died this afternoon. ' Mr. : Pack wood had been suffering v from gangrene and complications and ; recently underwent ' an operation, ; his ; lower limb "being amputated below the knee. , Relatives : residing : elsewhere were at his bedside. Ad : Club to i Supply V Fish at Low Price -federal - Tood Adminlslsaitor Ayer Appatada Plan to Purnlsh Beep Sea Product to the ; Oeaerat public W n ' 1vm IMirAn i-jknri Ant n t i va 1 of Food Administrator Herbert Hoover, applauded the plan of the Ad club and; the city administration to furnish deep sea - fish at a low price 1 to Portland housewives, in a statement thia morning."- '. - ' ' - The Ad club committee, consisting of A. G. - Clark,- G. W. Stubblebine, Fred L. Kelly and one other, was busy this morning concluding arrangements for tha use of a storeroom near the publio market as a temporary f lab market. The fish will be sold only to those who carry them away at the actual cost of offering them for sale. Not less than half a fish - will be sold to any one person, but It was suggested that when the Jlng cod sable fish and groupers are of largo else, several neighbors can arrange to secure . their supply to- getner. . - General Bliss Named ' Army Staff Chief Wkahinrton. Sent - tl. 'TJ. ?. Major General Tasker H. -Bliss was named chief of staff of the army late today-to succeed Major General Hugh L,-Scott, who reaches the retirement age limit' tomorrow, x ' . 4 ' 12 DAY SPLENDID y2 ACRf: ' - : , Piaaaelal 61 . FIRST and s2d mortgages " pur chased, also sellers' interest in contracts. Oregon and Waahingtoa. v . "". - - - - Tow Sals Houses 61 SPLENDID 'for 'cows, chickens and ' garden. k acre. New 7 room house, 25 minutes - to -west side. "jie carfare; water, sras, electricity; about H mile to school; ideal fam ily home. $1625; terms easy as rent. Business Opportnnltlss M WILL gaarantee SIS a dayr rural - . express route, ; S-ton - truck and equipment; xood condition,. cheap. . ,-. ' . Buy, sell and trade with Journal Want Ada 8tart your business on the upgrade by persistent use ;of ' The Jourpal . WANT AD. column. Each day we find that more of Portland's Business Men -are -using - Journal' WANT ADS. The Hotel man and the woman with the spare - room to Tent know that a Journal WANT AD WILL oon fill them. Large .circulation, glvlngquick -results, make The Journal WANT AD the favorite of Portland's buying and selling public " WILLIAM H Hi NOTED STATE PION ER BURS, WITH BOUND-UP PEP, TOSS COWBOYS Eighth Annual - Show of -All- Western - Fiesta Opens in Pendleton ! Before - Record- Breaking Crowds. SOME HARD FALLS MARK EARLY RIDES Broncho Bob Hall Walks From Hospital on Crutches and J! Rides: a Bad One. Pendleton; Or., Sept. 51. With the crowd of yesterday augmented by.th arrivals on - The Journal special, tne i Spokane business men's special, and A rf iriAnir HnnrirMta mA whn hv nmi 1 in on Very railway, highway and by- The new arrivals this morning hail time enough to ; breakfast before wers the stadium to watchthe four bucking horses and riders were performers and they managed to keep the crowd entertained in lively fashion. While" the best buckers were re served for this afternoon, there was enough wicked horseflesh in , ,..n o causo a variety of spills. the arena I Some Hopes Blasted . Silver Harr's hopes of winning were dispelled by Okanogan. Paul v enable was i unable to Btraie rne Kaiser ana bit tho dunt for sttemntlns: It. Wil liam Brown- got a bad fail from putter Creek. E. Bouchard did an aerial flip from th back . of. Lookout, in .Just . seconds. Sundance made , B. wlng pull leather. Sam Luton and P. Ship pen tower, Indians, were disqualified by Bango and Dimple. . One of the best rides of the morning was .made by Broncho Bob HalL wjn ner of third place lastyear. ' He was put tn the hospital during the try-outs and hobbled to his horse on crutches, In spite of his handicap, he rode Aragon, a wicked twister; in -masterly rasnion, ana was " given an ovation. Bill Baker of Cheyenne, George Fleteh er. whowon . second. . i&:.X9 11; J rrr B6b Anderson v And P. Bymer were among- the. cowboys who made sen sational, rides -this . morning. J?- Thirty Seoonds ts Baeord tvwatoh wa held on? huckers Ihia morning and so seconds was the long- (Oonctaded a Page Two, Obttuna Two) STRIKE SETTLEMENT Fl 1R.W00DEN PLANTS HANGING N DALANC EI Word From. Washington Is Awaited f Yards May Re sume Work. Monday. Delay in settlement of certain strike problems At Washington, among the chief of whien is tha ; policy on the ployers and', the strikers on the Wll-I laraette - and Columbia rivers undeter-1 mined today as to what Immediate ac-1 tion shall be taken. The yards affect-1 ed have made no attempt to put on nonunion men. : -v :. i It is the -general impression that if afaflrs fall to take a deMnlte turn by tne end or tnis week the yards will open up Monaay tne best way they ca. nes oeen ine ciaim oi tne om- "- .'uu" """" " ".o uV iuiwuvii. iOli, whn the "Berlin or Bust" fur- bosses, - however, do not want to put new men to work unless they are com pelled to. Union heads are confident thev sav. that the yards cannot operate without - uow oui on bili-4mak?.: ? txptl:t cul,1-e .0.r nl- uimiu.iver ..igiii ana aaa tnat there is no available source from which to obtain these mer.. - ? . , Delay in the shipbuilding program may . be the means. of useless loss v: life, in the opinion of Ed Wright, man ager o;f the McEachern shipyard at As toria. - who was .' a -t Portland visitor Thursday. - , "The government .needs - ships. ho said, -"for transportation of food sua- - . Ill M . . . plies 'to our allies. At the rate ships are being sunn,: every - vessel of any carrying capacity- is needed. - One ship. j lot. 4 Failure of that ship to reach its i destination and with no other ship to take its place mignt mean loss of lite by starvation-- inis applies to sol diers as well as others." - BarW May Have "'v'Been.Muiered' Seattle. Sept . Jl. (I.. N. .) Pos sible murder is seen by .the police to day In tha" death of Louis McCarreL from a window of the Westlake hotel M a Tl TJ - A T0 K 1 1 1 Pfl ' fWT here to tha sidewalk below, dying al""f-U'J 1-LC IVlllPU UJ rew . moments - taier in m nospitai. ! His . body v was discovered i early, thia morning. ' - a - ' - - -- The police ara h'oldihg for Investi gation - Mrs. ' Claudia . Boyd, 25 : years old, occupant of room 37 in tha hotel, and Mrs. Teddy Martin, It, of room Us in the aame hoteL and WE. Welborne, an- electrician who. was in the hotel at the tine. " , . - k GAIN THEY'RE ;OFF, FIGURATIVELYand, in some instances as indicated in the top left snapshot, literally, at the annual. Round-Up at Pendleton.! The Indians as usual , are there "with belli," paint and feathers, and received a share of applause, at the open- ing: festivities Thursday. c The genUemanwith his hands 'up, and apparently, kissing the bull, ' - is George Frances, in the gentle art'of bulldoggin'g. fHahds up, hi' deed, seems ai popular 'attitude, old west stuff, too, but Sara Garrett, in the next picture, has got 'em high because heV just roped and thrown a steer, and he wants everyonesto see that he has nothing up his" sleeve, t to deceive them. .. At the bottom' is Brownell on, "Sandy," though. 4t doesn't look as though he was there very long. But one never can" tell about those cowboys. .;- ; . "K : '-'w II " r"i """ .imiiiiiwiiii - -1 1"" II IHs?:Kl?: 'J ii ' si:;- In S " ' a,. CHEERFUL II; WAIff TOlGETATc KAISER i 4 Several Divisions2 From 'Cafe f o rnia . Pass Th rough City arid Receive. Greetings, V - . . . : - " Clerics to Address Soldiers -' While soldiers are being en- tertained at the Multnomah ho- tel Saturday prominent Port- - - land clerics will speak to them briefly. i The addresses have : been arranged -.for by Mrs. R, - B. Bondurant with- the aanc- : tion of i the' mayor ana under tha auspices ; of ; . the Army-. & Navy Auxiliary and the GIHs' Honor Guard. At 8:80 o'clock . Saturday morning tha address x will be delivered by Archblshopv A. -Christie, at u o'ciock, : oyi Dr. John H. Boyd, and 7 o'clock la the evening, by Rabbi Jonah'- R. Wise. tr-From,: Mo'S p. m. the police band will play in the . lobby, of the hoteL Adjutant ' m General White has .been asked : to furnish -a military band as ; escort from the depot to the ho- ; tel. -- - - . ,, v ; m I isai Seven divisions of men from around San Francisco: bsy made' up the first special train - which, paksed through Portland1 Thursday night bound for I Camp Lewis. Nearly. 800 men were I aboard. I : Red Cross canteen representatives J were at-the station, with two trucks 1 of lunches for the men. 1 Zager, Oheerlag Tonng Men , people who wer at the station knew that no ordinary team was com cregauottf got near enougn to maxe - , . itself: hearcL v From ... every car .window leaned an eager, cheering Calif ornian J r,. -We'll get the, kaiser. Hello, -'Red . Th. mlMill- physical appearance the passing new troops was commented I Mi .rr hanrt in upon at every hand in the depot They came in all snaoes ana colors ana sixes. ' All were . in high . spirits and eager to arrive at Camp Lewis. " , f Pallcaolaa in "Boxes "-Better grab a lunch while you can.' shouted. "We 11 get beans tomor row Early in the morning another train from California passed through Port- !nd- ' The . -e xni1ilud,1h : buoyant-spirit even if a little mors sleepy. v, All of the-cars were "highly marked with inscriptions such as "Down. With the Kaiser." "Berlin or Bust" "We Don't Get Much Money, But We Can Flgit Like the -DeviL- "Wa Want to Go 'to France." - - . - -.,: -c , More trains irora - calirornia are passing thrqugh . the . city today and others are expected from .Utah. - - "Last' Special Coming Bamday The last special is expected to pass through Portland Sunday. ; Most of Oregon's men arrived at -AmeVlcan Lake by noon, today, and. all .of them (Cooehuled oa Pate Sixteen. Cola ma six) Floodsirf Mexico Mexico, City, Sept. JL (I. NS. Many persons ' have r beetle killed by floods in the cotton belt of the state of Coahulla. ' Hundreds of houses have been washed away and much- damage done to crops. fir G0VERN0RV1LLAVATT I II ?: i I II " ,T i BEFORE ROTARY' CLUB 1 Meeting Wjll Be Open One. as It - Is - Only' iTime .Speaker Will 'Appear In City. 2 ; , eBBasSMBaasSBBBaswa '-;,. James W. Gerard, former ambassa dor to Germany, will visit Portland October l.; w .' ,-'"v-'-';rV5?,""'V" This information is . contained; In. a telegram, received this afternoon b President Cochran of ; tha Rotary-club. A similar : telegram : was received - at the Chamber. of Commerce. ' ' ; In his : telegram to . tha Rotary- dub, Mr.. Gerard says he will address the members at the noon luncheon Monday and. that this will- be the only, address he will have time to make -while here. Mr Cochran saya that the meeting wui be an- open one and that members of other clubs -will be. Invited. . ;-, ; It had- been hoped . to have a big public meeting in the .Auditorium. The Arlington club arranged today to hold a complimentary dinner lor Mr., Ger ard the evening of .October. 80. ;-" . . i 1 " : -uj ' Bay City Drafted ;, , Men Attack Gars San Francisco. . Sept 21. (Ul P.) Forty members v of - San - Francisco, of the draft army, en route' to Join those going to Camp Lewis, opened thelr war career this afternoon - with , an attack on united Railroads cars. , Riding in an auto truck loaded, with rock ' and cement the men attacked every car they passed on Market street Windows were broken. Several persons were, cut by flying gUss..- Tha entire 40 were cornered by a. posse of; police and hurried to the? city prison, later be ing liberated and hurried to the city hall. " . ' The " state "''railroad :- commission Thursday announced that ' an -imme diate investigation of the United Rail roads', books will do started. . . . The commission stands ready to use its good " offices to bring about the purchase of ' the-' United - Railroads by the city. - ''" " BiismessMeii Ure " k -Fixing of; All Prices AUantio City. N.'jT. Sept. iL (C. P.) Price fixing by the United SUtea government of all essential products, both in ' sales- to - the government -. and to the public,'- was recommended in resolatlons adopted' here ' today, at the closing session-of the .war convention of American businessmen. ';,' .-'J . ? The convention advocated, legislative creation of a general government pur chasing department, which, in addition MONDAY OCTOBER to fixing prices, would have power to distribute the output of industries in accord with meeds in- the conduct of the war.- . -f . .. -j V- ACTION BY CONGRESS ; 0 N i DEPENDENTS v BILL UhrferstanohffeachedWIth' - Special Committee Regard- 5 A I . intr ,rsk nn riT i p- c nr rp. i "O . "vq.v.v, I ing or refusing to make appropriation . a..L .,n.. va snsw ws-s w va v' wa vsauoaav aavaa W I . m m m. .... ,m. . . . . B . r .mi.M ... rin filling to ,$16O,0Oo,ooo. in this vicinity. 7. . . legislative session In- Oregon. Such' was tha understanding reached Thursday by - Governor Wlthycombe and William F, Woodward, . chairman of a special committee of - tha Port land - Chamber of Commerce, if con gress takes -satisfactory action, the governor will decide .that' a special session of the Oregon legislature is unnecessary. Barly Aetiom Zxpectad The members council of the Cham bar: of Commerce adopted a resolution last . Monday callinr upon the sover nor Immediately to convene a aoeclal session to make an appropriation for tne care or me aepenaents of enlisted men. that he had Just received a telegram from Senator, McNary nredlctlnc- that do in nouse ana senate win nave acted cvf nbjM ' - r "The governor expressed the oolnlon that it would be wise to wait and see what congress will do before making any further plans for action in Ore- gon.-vaata; nr. woodward, "i think th. rnumn. M rlrhr Tf ment falls to make an appropriation. T - . . I . T r " "'"""" then -most certainly the matter is put up to tne state. . v . j Ara Ooasortpts Proteotedt i-l toina we snouia , be concerned about' whether the ' moratorium passed by. the last legislature covers the con scripted soldiers. 'Apparently the measure does not : cover conscripted men1 and some steps should be taken to correct tha omission. . . . Tha measure ; referred -f to ; by Mr. Woodward : llmiUsults - to foreclose mortgages on lands of enlisted men and it reads as follows: - - A "No suit : or v action snaii d com menced or v maintained " (during the war) - to ' foreclose any mortgage upon real property,-. or : to collect the.- debt secured " thereby if the - land -covered by the mortgage be owned, wholly or in -part by an. enlisted man Via the army or navy or tne Ufflted -States, flng in an errort to reacn an adjust who1 1 shair have: enlisted "therein I ment was regarded . as : a favorable in the volunteer forces. .. or , who shall have :. oeen enustea m tha na tional - guard of , the United States and of . the . state of Oregon, and his organisation called into the service of the .United States.- Three Men Killed By Runaway Engine 1 Lexington,: Ky.I Sept' !L L M. i.) -John Alptif. fireman, and two negro passengers were killed and 25 persons were Injured . today ; wnen -a runaway engine crashed into a Louisville A NasUviUe passenger, train: near Neon, Ky. . .. " ; c' . .--' ' :T. -Aji4SBSBBBassBSSsissaMSBBesaaBsssBSMasBB Miimtionsillilbsionj 'In Ireland Kills Nine v London. Sept. 21 I. . N." S.) Xins persons were killed and many were in jured in - an explosion . in an ammuni tion factory - in Ireland,:' it was --. of ficially announced- today, -i - 4 , - Alexieff Has. ' ResighecJ as Chief, Report differences With Kerenskv Said to Be Trouble-l-New Command. , : : erg yarned. ----- - , i ' - . Petrograd. Sept.. tL (U. P.) Gen eral ' Alexleff, commander in chief - ot the army, , was reported today to have resigned, owing, to -. differences: with Premfer Kerensky.' The whole supreme command of the Russian army' is being replaced with "men whom the. soldiers can trust." Minister Verhofsky announced' today. He also declared that the number of soldiers on duty behind the front was being reduced, p s : ; . j' Presumably- Premier kerensky has approved of this decision. Ha Is now at grand array neadauarters. Word from there thia afternoon said that, with Kerensky concsrrlng, it had been determined not to give army com mands to General' Russky, who is ill. nor to General ' Dragomiroff. who I is related to Lukhomsky, now tinder ar rest because he refused ' to assume command wnen &orniiorT Decame a rebel. . ' - Aiutri Expects RnssiAn Drive Geneva, 8ept tl (t N. 84 Aus trla is getting ready to meet a vigor ous thrust . from the Russian? arml on the Eastern front, said advices from Vienna today. It added that .the feel Ing is growing In Austrian:- military circles that the Russian morale Is strengthening' and that - the Russiau armies are still serious factors to be reckoned with. Sari Francisco ; Empioyersf Shipbuilders ' and ; Fed era Officials Fail, to Agree. San Fcanclsco, Sept. 81. U. P.) Gavin McNab) local attorney. - today received a telegram from Washington appointing him official United States mediator in the strike of ironworkers Which baa tied , up San- FranclacsJaay v Heretofore, w. T.. Boyce. assistant immigrauoti inspector, has beea rv- ing -. aa-: mediator it is "not known whether, he will be t replaced by ; Mc- Nah or Win continue to work ln con mm m mk . mi Mmw - mmt oan rxancisco. mpu 11. a h. &) Although lt.was resorted aartler in the day -that prospects of a settle - - my iv. a m. . . TflTln PPretr J8.000 men and I stopping shipbuildings work amount- I ....!. lV.. .k. Joint conference of employers, . em ployes, and government oflclals was deadlocked when it adjourned at 2:1 1 o'clock this, morning. Tha committees are to meet again this afternoon. - A S. Gunn. Edward J. Fowler and A. H. Fischer, representing the Metal Trades association at . the conference. who left early in "the afternoon to hold a meeting among themselves, on returning, at night said- tha situation had not changed much so far as they rere concerned. . ; ; ,- Ooverameat Shows Anxiety It became known - soon after tha committee convened that tha . govern ment officials ara making every effort to reach an. agreement, f Just what has erson'ot the shipping board said the situation wqa very . hopeful. ,- Before he went into cohf erence, Ackerson had a long talk wltb .Ad: miral E. B. Rodgers of Seattle, an of ficial of the Emergency Fleet corpora tion. Admiral Rodgers declared that his visit to this city bad nothing to do with the strike, land that ha was nffi-ioii int.rtd in it i- ZZZ 1 " - 1 way. Private Contracts Perplex It was increasingly -apparent Thurs day afternoon that- one of the most important obstacles to a strike settle ment Is the fact that a, number of the shipbuilding plants affected are occu pied wit a private contracts, and wouU not receive the benefit of a government offer to pay half of the increase in the wagea demanded. Boyce Reports No rTOeas Washington. SepL' J1.(U. P.) Me diator W. T. Boyce wired the labor de partment today that conferences, day and night have so far -failed to pro duce a "satisfactory common, ground for settlemenr. in , the: Pacif to coast I shipyards atrike. - - . I At the United States shipping board t the fact that both aides are still meet- I omea, nowever; Kaispr Visits Sofia, Mission Is Unknown Zurich, Sept 1 1. L K. 8.) The kaiser has gone to Sofia, 'capital : of Bulgaria, said a telegram from Vienna today. It did not explain the kaiser's mission. . . ' ' ALL-DAY CONFERENCE TO END IRON TRADES STRIKE DEADLOCKED -GERMAN, INTRIGUE IN ' AMERICA ; ' ;An official xpbse of the German intrigue in America as un earthed by the department of justice will be published in THE SUNDAY JOURNAL next Sunday.;.;;;v;.V,;V - Startiing: disclosures reveal that while the Imperial German" : firovernment'was distlaiminsr all knowlcdee of any illegal. acts in,America er agents, such as performance. . :; -)' ' The Sunday Journal-Next Sunday ; mm STOBi liii mm &iimL ormer . German Ambassador f Cabled HdmelJariuaiyt 22i: . ;f or $50,OOOttol3Use: iri?l fuencino;Congress to Pre-: ' vent . War. Declarations v TEXT OF MESSAGE-IN C0DE1NHANDSOFU;s. State Department 1 Exposes Method Used by; Adent of ; Kaiser to Mold Public Opin- - f . ' ? m '""-'-- -aT' al -' ' ion in America dux waices ft' ' XaTsatlgatlom Is Semaaded ; Washington. , Sept 1 (U. ; . P.) Demanding an Investlga- s tion -- to. show ; whether Bera - m ;; ' storffs IS0.000 actually-reached : ' congressmen's pockets, Repre- i m ; aentatlve Heflln, Alabam, - de - ; m dared on the bouse floor thla'r-ja- si . afternoon ; that- he could -otni4 ' "11. or 14 members who have r - acted suspiciously.? He de- . s manded expulsion of congress- 4t men found to. "have been lack-? sr ing In wholehearted support": of - m ' -.thsrwar." .., -.- ... ; - ; . : Waanlngton, Carman gold Jias been nsed ,to-lnrihi ence 'ebosress if Count von Bernstorff, ' former;-, German 'awassador lo the Dnitad States, is' lo ba balleved. On Jaansrytt 4eatt" wfcwn seamed- ap -parent that President 4 WUsoa would act, to bring the Vnlted SUtes into the war as an enemy- of tha German em- : r Ire. Bernstorif cabled to tha German foreign off ice for permission to spend up to f&O.OOO additional to influence congress and prevent this country entering tha war. , jZ-;- -f. - 1 . Z: Highly significant 'In thW cable- gram, made publio by tha state depart ment ? today, : was ? the explanation in -asking authority to. spend ' the money of the then ambassador.' He frankly states that.he want to use this gold -in oraer as on rorraer occasions, to influence congress through the nrranl- saioB you kow of.-. - ... .: ... . anuomi oossiflerad oraated 'Accepting tha : authority as already grsnted. the ambassador added: -I am beginning in tha meantime to act so- : cordlngg7v--?i4wtf-!;:,;: -Eernstorff considered that tha agi tation of that element of Irlsh-Amerl- -cans who had been demanding a free 1 rlsh"- republic was open to influence. . He concluded his cablegram by de clarjng that an official German decla ration in favor of Ireland 'is. highly' desirable In Order! to gain the support -of Irish influence here, , -: ; - Tha stats department made no com ment, in banding out the copy. of the cablegram.- . Officials5 said- that- it spoke for itself. It had all of the effect; of - a bombshell on congress, ' however, where tha members at once began - a campaign for additional - in formation There f seemed -,': general sentiment among leaders of . both t ha senate and tha house to ask for addi tional facta andft, is entirely probable that a completfe Investigation of the allegation that congress already " has been Influenced will ba made. ,- ' The complete text of tha cablegram (Oeaeloded ea Page Twelve, Cetsata Oae.) Eire Breaks Out on Big; Freight Vessel - M t 1 . ' - An American Port, Sept" iL L""N. S.) Fire, believed to be of -incendiary origin, was discovered in the big freight steamship Tasmania at her, dock here shortly, before noon. . . . , ' Firemen ' expect to have, the blase under control soon. The freighter ar rived Sunday1 with ;1 0,400 balsa of jute from a port in. India. ; ; mn ..I. - t v Testimony Ended rt,'-: , . TByt Gov.!Ferguson Austln Texas,' Sept 21WL K. S.r After being 21 hours on the witness stand Governor Ferguson, today fin ished his testimony in impeachment " proceedings against him." - Governor Ferguson testified today that he had spent 111,000 In his first, campaign and . $34,000 in his second A ota is, expected tomorrow,-, -r, I - von Igel,-were engaged in their " - ,
