I
PEACE OEFER
•olilltn only but the blood of Innocent
I women and children also. and of the
helpless poor, and no*' stand* balked
l but not defeated, the enemy of four*
| fifths of the world.
"This power Is not the Herman peo-
i ¡ le
It Is no business o f ours how
| that great peiple came under Its con *
trol. or submitted with temporary (est
to the domination of Its purpose, but
j it la our buslnesa to aee to It that the
h »tor) of the res! of the w o ^ i is no
| longer left to Ita handling
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WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CUHRENT WEEK
ONE YEAR S COST HIGH
War Kapenar Will Krach 20 Millions.
Ktlra Two Itillloa Asked as .Mar*
(in Allie« Get 7 Millions.
Washington. D. 0. Two billion dol
lar* may lw added to the total of bond
l i e t a i i ' a II o r * D o u b le d .
Brief Resume Most Important to be authorized at the present, *«■»• 1 President Wilson Favors Relief
"T o deal with such a power by way
*ion of congre**, making a total of ap
| of |>eace upon the plan proposed by His
of Married Men.
proximately $21,000,000,000 available
Daily
News
Items.
] Holiness the l ’ope would, so far as we
to the government during the fiscal
lea n see. involve a recuperation of Its
j year ending June 30, 1918.
! strength and a renewal of Its policy;
would make It necessary to .r e a l s a
Ihrmocratic leader Kitrhin said
hostile combination of nations against
Tuesday night that estimate* submit
| the Herman people, who are Its instru-
ted to him by the Treasury depart me it 1
; merits, and would result In abandoning
made it ap|war that the additional ml
| the new-born Kussla to the intrigue,
i the manifold subtle interference and
thurization probably would be neces
| the certain counter-revolution which
sary.
I would be attempted by all the malign Evrnts o f Noted People, (¡o ' era mm la
Present indications, according to Mr. Five'IVr Cent of (fuota Instead o f 20
I influences to which the Herman gov*
Kitchin, are that $19,000,000.000 will
j err.ment has of late accustomed the
and Pacific North« est and Other
Will Make First Increment o f
world
Can peace be based upon a
meet the expenses of the fiscal year,
| restitution of its power or upon any
Things Worth Knowing.
Army Camp« to Ite Ready,
but it is thought best to have a $2,-
word of honor It could pledge In a
000,000,000
margin
for
emergencies.
! tre-aty of settlement and accommoda
” lt now seems probable,” he said, j
n'
Object of War Is to Deliver tio Uesponslbie
statesmen must now . I
I "that the total amount o f money need
The Dutch minister o f agriculture
Washingtn, D. C.
At the direct
I everywhere see. If they never »aw be-1
for the fiscal year will lie about
World From Power Now j fore, that no peace can rest »ecurely j ha* decided that the bread ration of ed
suggestion
of
President
Wilson, Pro
$19,000,000,000.
This
estimate
covers
I upon political or economic restrlc* 1 2800 grams per head must suffice for
al»out $7,000,006,000 for louts to Hit- vost Marshal General Crowd« r tele-
, tion* meant to benefit *ome nations and
Balked But Not Beaten
cripple or embarrass others; upon vln-| 11 days after September 2.
allies, $6,000,000,000 o f w hich already graphed to all governors Saturday
|
dtetive
action of any sort, or any ktnd|
Permanent Peace
Eight
slackers
from
Tacoma
and
ha* lieen provided; $ 1 . 300 , 000,000 for
i of revenge or deliberate Injury.
night a supplemental explanation of
other Southwest Washington town* Current expenses, exclusive of war,
A m erica « « t ie r « W r o n g « .
Only Is Desire.
Federal leaving about $10,000,006,000 for war regulations governing the status of
"Th e American people have suffered 1 were sentenced to jail by
Cushman, and one was re expense*. Included in the war esti married men under th«1 sele«*tive scr-
ntolerable wrongs at the hand* of the Judge
imperial Herman government, but they manded for trial.
mate is $176,000,000 for the new in vice law. No change in regulations is
desire no reprisal upon the German J
surance bill and $1,000,000,000 for the made and the purfsise of the new state
An
order
for
1,000,000
khaki
pocket
people,
who
have
themselves
suffered
Washington, D. C. -President Wil
shipping board. ”
ment is to clear up misunderstanding*
I all things in this war which they did j
son has rejected the Pope's peace pro not choose. They believe that peace testamenta for American soldiers ar.d
Approximately $11,000,000,000 of which have arisen in what General
sailors
has
been
placed
by
the
National
posals.
| should rest upon the right* of peoples, j
the foregoing amounts are included in Crowder desrritied a* “ a few in
In a note dispatched Monday night not the rights of governments— the 1 War Work Council of the Y. M. C. A. the bond and certificate bill which the stances.”
I rights of peoples great or small, w >-ak ! with the American Bible society.
and made public here Tuesday night lo
ways and means committee has begun
In a letter to Secretary Raker,
r powerful: their equal right to free-
the President says that, while every , dom and security ar.d self-government
Choice beeves sold in Chicago at the to consider. The bill would authorize quoted by General Crowder, President
heart not blinded and hardened by the | and to a participation upon fair terms ! Union Stockyards Tuesday at $16.30, $7.000,000,000 for allied loans. $3.- Wilson state* his opinion that the reg
terrible war must be touched by the in the economic 0(>;-ortun!!!es of the j a new high-price record for cattle on 000,000,000 to be used in refunding 3J ulations directing local boards “ to es
world — the Herman people, of course, I
moving appeal of his holiness, it would | Included,
The new figure was 80 jwr cent bonds already authorized; $2,- tablish the fact of depend<M>ta in addi
if they will accept equality j the hoof.
be folly to take the path o f peace he and not seek domination.
cents higher than the record price es- 000,000,000 in war certificates and $2,- tion to the fact of marriage ought not
points out if it does not in fact lead to
T h e test, t •
of every plan I tablished last w . <
000,000,000 in war savings certifi to be abrogated.”
This leaves the
f peace is this.
the goal he proposes.
cates.
regulatoin*
as
they
ar<-
and the supple
Sheriff Boone Gosney, o f Campbell
T e a ts o f P r a e e l l»«rd .
To deal with such a power as the
No attempt will be made. Mr. Kitch mental statement is designed merely
county,
anti
Mayor
A.
J.
Livingston,
"
I
s
it
based
upon
the
faith
of
all
the
present rulers of Germany upon Pope
in believes, to add the newly suggested to make the application o f the rule un
people involved or merely upon the
Benedict’s plan, declares the Presi word of an ambitious and Intriguing o f Newport, Ky., were indicted Wed $2,000.000,000 issue to the bill now lie- iform among all Isiards.
nesday,
charged
with
non-feasance
in
dent, would involve a recuperation of government on the or.« hard and of a
It will come in
While the statement regard.ng mar-
w 1people* on the other’ office. The indictments followed a cru fore the committee.
the strength and renewal of the world . group of fr«
as a separate measure, if at all.
ri«*«i men was in preparation new or
Thi* is a tes t wh..~h so»» to th<* ro^t sade against gambling.
dominition of that power, now balked, ¡ '»f th c ma 11 e r a:r.d it Is the test which
Several members have indicated that der* were issued changing entirely the
but not defeated, after sweeping a must be appi .ed.
The Argentine minister to Germany, they would op|**se Secretary McAdoo’s mobilization arrangements previously
•T>
purpo ses Of • he United States in a cablegram received at the foreign
continent with the blood o f innocent
plan of taxing the bond*. There was made. Under the new orders 5 j>er
are known to the whole
women and children and the helpless in th is to war ev<^ry
office, says he expects within a short no indication, however, o f op|xisition cent o f the drafted men, preferably
world[—
people to wh ni the
poor, as well as of soldiers.
truth has beeiR P'ermitted to come. They time to receive Germany's reply to to the general terms of the bill, and those with military experience, from
Permanent peace must be based do n< • •
to be stated aKain.
We Argentina's demands regarding attack* l>oth Democratic and Republican com each heal area will be started forward
upon the faith of all the peoples and sock no ma!:erl al advantage of any on Argentine vessels by submarines.
mitteemen are expected to supjiort it to the camp* September 5, instead of
kind- We be lieve that the Intolerable
upon justice and fairness a.nd the com »■ronzi done by this war by f . n o u i i
30 |*-r cent. They will go in five daily
Results o f the heavy fighting on the once it reaches the floor.
mon rights of mar.-iind, he adds, and and brutal po ’•'er of the Imperial Ger-
detachments e.f equal size and form
Canadian
front
are
reflected
at
Ot
“ we cannot take the word of the pres man governm ent ought to be repaired. 1
tawa. Ont., in the casualty lists, total SETTLERS FLEE FROM FIRES skeleton company organizations and
ent rulers of Germany as a guarantee but not at the expense of the sover-
set up a going concern into which the
♦•ignt y of a t í ) 1 People— rather a vindl- ing over 1000 for the week-end.
The
of anything that is to endure, unless cation of the sov ereignty both of those j
remainder of the total quota can !>c
noon
list
Tuesday
numbered
327,
of
explicity supported by such conclusive that are weak and those that are
\Va»hington and Montana To* nr« Are absorbed without ronfusion as they
whom
19
were
killed
in
action
and
33
evidence of the will and purpose o f the stroni?.
Menaced by Flamen.
reach the cantonments.
died o f wounds.
D a m a g e « ><>f I i e r a a a d e d .
German people themselves as the other
The next 40 |* t cent o f th«' quota
“Punitive damages. the dismember- I Trial o f Frank C. Osman, of Dur-
Forset fires were threatening Wa»h
peoples of the world would be justified
will go forward Scptemher 19, when
ment of empire*, the establishment of ;
ington
towns
and
sweeping
through
in accepting.”
the second 30 per cent originally was
»elfish and exclusive economic leagues. . kee, Or., accused o f attempted subor
The text of the President’s note to we deem inexpedient and In the end nation o f perjury in connection with the woods o f Montana at a tremendous scheduled to go; a second 40 jht cent
rate,
driving
homesteaders
and
crews
worse than futile and no proper basis the Ex>mE> murder trial o f Thomas J.
the Pope follows:
will go forward October 3 instead of
for a peace of any kind, least of all for j Mooney, was -et by Superior Judge o f fighters before them, according to
To Hi* Hotiness. Benedicts* XV'.. Pope:
the third 30 p«-r cent, and the remain
an enduring peace.
That must be ,
reports
that
reached
the
outside
Tues
In acknowledgment of the communi
based upon justice and fairness and Frank H. Dunne, o f San Francisco,
ing 15 jht cent will will b* called up
cation of Your Holiness to the belliger the common rights of mankind.
day from the fire-infested districts.
for September 5.
as Siam thereafter as practicable.
ent peoples, dated August 1. 1S>17, the
" W e cannot take the word of the
Wind
that
suddenly
came
up
Monday
President of th - United States requests present rulers of Germany as a guaran
laical hoards are dir«*cte«l to dis
Ten American regiments will carry threatened to fan 100 Montana fires
me to transmit the following reply:
regard order o f liability numbers to
tee of anything that is to endure un- \ in France flags presented by descend
"Every heart that has not been blind less explicitly supported by such con- !
into Edazing fury proved not to be gen some extent in selecting tEie first 5 |ier
ed and hardened by this terrible war elusive evidence o f the will and pur ants o f French officers who fought in eral jmd Summer resorts probaLily will
cent, as men of experience, such as
must be touched by this moving appeal pose of the German people themselves the American war o f independence.
Settlers in many districts, cooks and former soldiers are desired
of His Holiness the Pope, must feel as the other peoples of the world would Ambassador Jusserand has transmitted l>e saved.
however,
were driven from their at that time.
the dignity an“4 force of the humane be justified In accepting.
this offer to the secretary o f war, who homes by the onrushing flames.
and £ren^rous m t jtiveg which prompted
“ Without such guarantees, treaties
Warning is given, however, against
*
must fer\. erently wish that we of settlement, ag.eement* for disarma -aid it would be accepted gladly.
lone. Wash., which Sunday night getting into this levy by reason o f his
might t:ake th e path of peace he so per- ment. covenants to set up arbitration In
One hundred and fifty-two cadets of seemed to be on the verge o f destruc experience any man who might not
suasive
its out. But It would be the place of force, territorial adjust
folly t / t a k e it if it does not in fact ments, restitutions of small nations. If the class o f 1918 will be graduated at tion, is reported reasonably safe unless
otherwise have been included in the
b ad to the g o
he proposes.
West Point military academy a high wind arises and drives the fires first increment o f the district at all.
made with the German government, no the
man, no nation could now depend upon Thursday morning. This is the second across the river onto the town.
Stern I ’a e u fjovers.
Bay-
-Our respo:
must be based upon W e must await some n-w evidence of time within five months that West view, however, is in the path of the
the ste m facits ard upon nothing else. the purpo.es of the great peoples of
fires and crews are working diligently WATCH FORMER SECRETARY
It in r. j \ a rr e re cessation of arms he the central powers. God grant It may Point has sent out a class o f newly-
More men were
The class to save the town.
den 1res ; it is a stable ar.d enduring be given soon and In a way to restore made officers for the army.
peace. This iago ny must not be gone the confidence of all peoples every o f 1917 was graduated in April last.
called to fight the flames.
thron lì with ag ain and it must be a where In the faith of nations and the
Crews were helpless before fires Isaac Mrliridc is Being Shadow c l by
Seventeen Mexicans, captured E,y
matter of ve ry sober Judgment what possibility o f a covenanted peace.
Department o f Justice.
that swept through the holdings o f the
"ItOBEItT LANSING,
will ir;;sure us ag air.st it.
General Pershing’s punitive exf>edition
West
Side
lagging
company
in
East
"Secretary
of
State
of
the
United
“ His Ho! <
ir. -tubstarce, propose«
Washington, D. C. Isaac McBride,
in Mexico and accused o f participation
States of America.”
that w e retui*n t o the »'atus quo ante
ern Lewis county, Washington, and son-in-law o f thr late Senator Lane
iri
the
Villa
raid
on
Columbus,
S'.
M.,
be
rre b'* a ;
burned several sections. The govern and for several years his private se»*-
eral
pleaded guilty to second degree murder
ament an d a
ment may E>e asked to postpone the retary, is being shadowed by agents o f
ADD
MILLIONS
TO
INCOME
TAX
~rt
upon an ac-
e R. R. i
ojiening o f the hunting season as a re the department of Jusitce because o f
'* of arb! Era-
Doming, N. M., Wednesday arid were
tion; 1
f rc
Washington, D. C. — After protract -entenced to serve from 17 to 80 years sult o f the fires.
his activity as an agent of the the
of the
it the ed debate in which many senators
People's Peace Council, scheduled to
territc rial
in the New Mexico penitentiary.
in<l Italy.
BIG FIRE AT COTTAGE GROVE hold a [icace convention at Minneapolis
the per^l-j
Of the lîel- urged heavier levies on incomes and
kar. .St at'
Word from Paris says Walter Ixjvell,
ition of Po- war profits in the war tax bill, the
September 2 to 5.
J a r .'J b I f t
itory adjust- senate Thursday tentatively adpoted o f the Lafayette flying squadron, has
McBride has been actively working
Sawmill
is
Burned,
Roundhouse
I,ost
menta an rr
in the new Senator Gerry'«
amendment which shot down a German airplane. He
t*rnp* r /,t
for this association in Washington for
and City Menaced Loss $150.000.
'• r e g a r d b< -
i n g p a id to
several weeks, and it was for this so-
of the peo* would add $40,375,604 by greatly in probably will receive the war cross.
Itlhf whose
il f<.
es an-J affil- creasing surtaxes on incomes exceed
Cottage Grove, Ore. — Fire, which ciety that he arranged the recent
iatior. s w ill
1 vol ved.
Bohemian
papers
announce
that
Aus-
ing $500,000,
for a time threatened to sweep through meeting o f senators in Senator Cham-
A « t « e r a e y 1 « < » « d e n m e , | .
On
a
test
vote
for
elimination
o
f
the
L
iur,
bes
h*ve
been
notified
that
the
city, Monday night, destroyed the lierlain’s room at the Capitol, during
" i t ¡s rr.ariifet*. that no part, of this
so-called Lenroot amendment made in a11 "rgan pip. « in all churches o f the plant
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• Brown
-
o f - the
LumEicr company, which the administration and its war
programme ean he successfully car-
the house providing 25 per cent in- "anarchy will soon be requisitioned to the roundhouse of the Oregon, I'acific policy were severely denounced.
the restitution of the status
fill the needs o f war industries.
rluo a rite furniHh^H
& Eastern railroad, burned much lum
firm and satis- crease in surtax rates on incomes ex
McBride is planning to leave for
factory ba»U for it. The object of thiH ceeding $60,000 and raising
about
ber
in
the
yards
and
endangered
a
Minnea|>olis
Wednesday, unless the de
The relief sailing steamer Neptune,
war J« to deliver the free peoples 'if $66,000,000 in revenue, the senate
commanded by Captain Rol>ert Bart large number o f surrounding plants. partment o f Justice interferes, and at
the world from the menace and th<
a'l ual power of a va»t military «•»- voted 35 to 32 against their elimina- lett, bringing some o f the members of The loss is placed at more than $150,- the convention expects to take an ac
taliliahrr >-nt controlled t,y „ „ .rre>;on- Don by the finance committee,
tive part. He says the people will in
the McMillan Arctic exploring party: 000.
slide government which, having secret
Lnder the Gerry amendment the to- from Greenland, ia off the coast o f | Incendiarism was suspected by the sist that the administration set forth
ly planned to dominate the world, pro- tal tax levy on all millionaires' in
fire chief because of the sudden de fully and convincingly why the United
Labrador.
ceeded to carry the plan out without
law,
struction of . the company’s property, States is in the Kunqiean war and that
regard either to the sacred obliga comes, including the present
With the Gerry
tions of treaty or the long-established would E>e 67 per cent.
The San Francisco Iron Trades coun the entire plant being in flames in two his society will not desist in its de
practices and long-cherished principle» amendment the hill would aggregate cil, representing 25,000 men, voted to J minutes after the blaze was discovered mands until its questions are
an-
of International honor; which chose $2,035,000,000, with several amend* call a strike Labor day in sympathy at 7 o ’clock.
swered. McBride in the past has had
Its own time for the war; delivered
Feed lines running into the city I. W. W. and Socialistic affiliations,
it» blow fiercely and suddenly; »topped tj menta by Senator La Follette pending with striking car men o f the United
at no harrier either of law or of ^or fa th e r increases in the income tax Railroads unless the differences be were melted by the fire and the city and before entering Senator Lane’s
rnercy; »wept a whole continent within rates.
The Gerry amendment was tween men and the company are for a long time was in darkness, ex- employ, was a public speaker in the
the tide o f blood— not the blood of adopted without a dissenting vote.
cept for the light of the flames.
cause to which he is committed.
settled before that date.
German Empire Not Now to
Be Trusted, Says Wilson.
COMPILED
FOR YOU
FEW MEN GO SEPT. 5
AM ERICA DECLARES
FOR A REAL PEACE
“ Command” is Used Again.
Petrograd— Lieutenant General Kor-
niloff, commander-in-chief of the Rus
sian army, has issued orders for a re
sumption o f strict training for all the
military forces, the free time o f the
soldiers to be devoted to gymnastics,
drills and games, and for a cessation of
all discussions. “ Henceforth the only
language in the army is command.”
This is significant, in view of af>olition
o f the use o f the word “ command”
since the revolution.
Jam Made for Soldiers.
Tacoma, WasEi.--The government’s
first contract for blackberry jam, to
be given to the Puyallup and Sumner
Fruitgrowers’ associatin, was filled
Wednesday. It consisted o f 3600 cans
to he distributed among the forts of
the Northwest. That the government
will follow England’s example and
supply jam to its soldiers is indicated
by the fact that the cannery has just
filed bids for 120,000 cans with the
quartermaster department in Seattle.
According to Die Morgen Post, of
Airplane Cost Cut in Half.
Berlin, the police in Germany intend
Washington, I). C.— Manufacture of
to prohibit smoking in the streets, in
aircraft in great numbers under the
view o f the decline o f tobacco stocks.
aircraft production board, it was learn
The prohibition will be extended to the
ed Tuesday, has reduced the cost o f air
whole of Germany.
planes one-half, with the probability
Instructions to intern Karl Arm- that the cost price to the government
gaard Graves, self-styled international eventually will be about one-third of
spy, were received at Kansas City Sat the normal cost. In addition, it was
urday from Washington. Graves was announced authoritatively that satis
arrested last week as an enemy alien factory progress was being made with
whose freedom threatened the security actual construction, insuring a contin
uous supply.
o f the country.
Corvallis Has Firebug.
Corvallis, Ore.—Corvallis is con
vinced that the city is infested with a
firebug, and want the city officials to
offer a reward for his capture. In the
past year there have been 15 fires
which the fire chief is convinced were
o f incendiary origin.
Nearly all o f them have been in va
cant houses, and the smell o f coal oil
has been a prominent feature.
The
15th one occurred Saturday night,
making th* second in on* week.