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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.
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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. : .
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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."-
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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 :
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CHEERFUL II; WAIff
TOlGETATc KAISER
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Several Divisions2 From 'Cafe
f o rnia . Pass Th rough City
arid Receive. Greetings, V
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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
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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. ;-" .
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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
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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.
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'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.
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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
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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
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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 ;
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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-
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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
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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. ; ;
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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 "
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