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4- -i DAILY EDITION VOL,' VII., No. lit' a rant pam, josepuinb cournr, Oregon, Tuesday, august 21, ion. WHOLE NUMBER SIM. "i CM . . at. MA mm m. ATTORNEY GKN'EltAL NOTIFIES KXWJOVKHNOU WEST SUGGEST. KD PLAN IS AGREEABLE GRANT LANDS MAY OPEN SOON "Erly Payment of llwk Tun U Now Expected With Way Ofwa for Settlement of Vacant Lands Portland, Ore., Aug. II County authorise of the 18 land grant untie of the itate may accept the taxea due on the grant land at the time of the passage of the Chamber-latn-Ferrla act without waiving any tight they may have to (he accumu lated penalties and Intercut, accord ing to an agreement of the attorney Keneral (f the United States. Junt received by Oiwald Weet. The latter part of July the county oftlclala of the land grant co untie held a meeting to map out come uni ted course to pursue In an attempt to aecure not only the accrued taxe. but the accrued Intercut and penalty a well. At that time ex4,overnor Weit wa diilcgalod to wire the department of the Interior In order to determine whether the government would stipu late with ttie counties tbut they could accept the accrued taxes due on June I, 1916. the date of the pMge of the Chaliiberlnln-Fwrrl act, under the rnnat ruction placed upon the act by the attorney reneral' office, without waiving their right to fur ther action toward serurlng the inn altlos and Interest then accrued and Inre accruing. Went received the answer of the attorney wnnral thin morning, It having licen for 'rtllil ' y t,-e con mlssloncr of the general lnnd nhVe. The attorney general says: "Thla depart ment aoea no objection to the course suggested, provided, however, that It be made plain that by entering Into inch atlpulatlon the government In no way rocognlae that the counties have any further rights In the promises. In other! word, while It l entlrnly sntlsfnc tory that the countlea may expressly rcMerve such rlghta aa they have, by j agreeing to that, the gnvoinmenti anei nm cnnreui nisi sr ' r....n exist." This position of the attorney gener al would seem to open the way for; the early payment of accrued taxes! and the probable early opening of the grant land to entry and settle ment, Jn o far ns thny have now been classified. FOREST FIRE DANGER IS RELIEVED PAST sswissWaSHssssssse Seattle, Wash.. Aug. 21 After fires which at times endangered aome of the most valuoblo timber In the Pacific, northwest, the fire danger now la probaibly over for the rest of the seuson, tlmbermon said here to day. Cloudy sklea over western Washington and Oregon and rain In moat districts have put out nearly all fires and greatly relieved condi tions, Patrolling will not be lessened, however, until all danger of fire 1 past a tlmbermen admit the wood might become dry enough this year for more serlou flrei. Hnlum, Aug. 21 The Plttahnrg Oregon Mining and IMlling company, with a capital stock of $2,000,000 wna Incorporated today. The com pany' principal office will be at Ornnt Pas. The Incorporator In clude eight Pittsburg men and Let ter A. Brown of Joiophlne. V,!T I I, 4 Tht automobile dealer of Portland nd their friend, to the number of about 80, art to arrive In Roaeburg tonight and will be 1a Grants Pass tomorrow afternoon at about 4 o'clock. In tha evening they wilt tie entertained at the Rlveralda park with a picnic supper In charge of the Olrla' Honor Guard, with other en tertainment for the evening. On Thursday many of them will make the trfp to the eavea, while tome will remain In the city to vUlt business associate. The trip of the auto dealer la in tended primarily to five the partici pant an Intimate peraona knowledge of the varlou aeotlon visited and a cloaer peraonal relation with the In terior dealer. "Hog Mill nimtilnil Chicago; Aug. tl Hog told to day at 820 per hundredweight, an advance of ft. 75 over yeiterday' price. " ' v"' NO TIMK TO IMHOt Mi POPirH PEACH I'M SI Waahlngton. Aug. 21 President Wilson ha postponed the discussion of the Pope' peace proposal In order to give hla undivided attention to weighty war matter. CONDUCTS ATTACT Washington, Aug. 21 Russian table report that Field Marshal Von lllndenburg personally conducted the Austro-Gerniun drive agalnat the Rusao-Roumanlan troops at Juy, a city of fto.oon on the custom Roumanian frontier, MOTHKIMX-LAW W XtrT CAt'HK'rXMt K.XKMITIOX Suoknne, Wash., Aug. 21 A mnther-lh-law will not exempt a man from the national army. That wa established here today by a dlntrlct exemption board. Guy Acuff Jack aon'a claim tor exemption waa that beside a wife he had dependant up on him a mother-ln-lnw with three dependent children. The board de nied hi clnlm. Plnn In Eml Strike Ban Francleco. Aug. 21 Mayor If it ti it n hah nnurl ti let a f I nrnnnll thai . . . . - ,,. ,,. ,, I car strike linenul lately. Ho docllnod ! however to divulge the plan until he had conferred with certain parties. WOUNDED SIX TIMES WANTS TO GO BACK Uiiidon, Aug. 2 (By Mall) Lance Corporal Ernoat Grimes I wounded again, his sixth ttmo, but ho says: "I'll soon fco rondy to go buck and do another bit." Grimes enlisted In tlio regular army In 1910 and was drawn from 'nulla when the llttlo army settled down to the first winter of trench warfare Hi first wound came at Hill (10 when he wn hit, by a hand gren ade fragment, Five months In a hospital. 1 The second, a bullet wound In (he aim, took six weeks to repair. Last summer, on the Sommo, a shrapnel ball bit Grimes In the leg and put him away for two months, and an other grenado wound In the back suffered In' the fighting nt Moo.net Farm, sent him to the hospital for fourth time. A man, with tour wound stripes Is usually retired Into Home non-com batant Job, out of danger, If he In still of sumo use to the army, Hut Grimes thought he could do more damage th the trenches so he went up again and was wounded In the foot by a she! at Leebomifa, Ills latest Wound came In the lilM push at Messlnes, An explosive bul let hit him In the loft leg. ALUEO raRCES IN Greatest Artillery Action ol - Battle Line Extending For More Than Four fUred Miles With the French Arinlea, Aug. 21 The world' greateat battle I be ing fought today from the seeeoaet to the Swiss frontier. For more than 4S5 mllea the allied force are fighting In a practically contlnuou offensive. The French aaaault at Verdun completed a chain of battle welded Into one gigantic action, un precedented In extent and power. The combined French atid German Artillery la probably the greatest . W. W. LEADERS MAY I Spokane, Aug. 21 The prelimin ary hearing of the I. W. W. leaders of the colony In this city la being held thla afternoon to determine tbe Individual reaponsrbllliy.N. . It developed here today that James Rowan, district secretary of the I. W. W. who signed the order demand ing the release of the men In jails In Oregon, Washlnton, Idaho and Mon tana, may be courtmartlaled, Instead.1 of being-tried In court. The men he wanted released from Jails were being held by the military authorities, and an Investigator said it had developed that some of the) men were alien enemies and other are men who had failed to register. Major Clement Wilkin, who ar rested Rowan and 26 other Indus trial Workers, did not examine his prisoners today, as he hsd expected. They are being held In the county jail with state guardsmen patrolling the corridors. The situation throughout eastern Washington la quiet today. LABOR PARTY RECOGNIZES STOCKHOLM CONFERENCE London, Aug. 21 By a vote of 1.23t.00d to 1,231.000 the labor party has decided to participate In the Stockholm peace conference. RINGING UP the War Now Io Progress concentration of heavy weapon for tingle attack during the entire war. German soldier are reported by hundred deserting the German army daily ibecause of the pressure of the allied artillery. Picked German troops were flung violently but vainly Into attack against four polpts In the French front last night All French posi tion are being held firmly. ITALIAN DRIVE NETS 10,000 PRISONERS Rome, Aug. 21 Italy's prisoners In the greateat Italian drive have reached a total of more than 10,000. The semi-official estimate of the Austrian losses in killed and wound ed Is 10,000. Italian airmen have reported des perate attempt of the enemy to re inforce the breaches In the line. Prisoner taken In today's fighting declare that urgent appeals have 'been sent, to Prussia for reinforce ments. Il.tGGAGE OF SOLDIERS IS TO BE LIMITED Washington, Aug. 21 Loving mothers sweethearts and friends must not load down drarted men with clothes, novelties and comforts when they start for camp Septem ber 5 is the warning sent out by the provost marshal. Trunks are for bidden and suitcases and hand bags frowned upon. The war department recommends that the men bring only necessary toilet articles, one change of linen and under clothing, wrapped in a neat, small bundle. Washngton, Aug. 21 The treas ury department has made another loan of $50,000,000 to Great Brit ain, making the total allied loans $1, 966,400,000. HIS NUMBER. Evan In Baltimore Amsrloan, PEACE CONFERENCE TO BE BY CABLE London, Aug. 21 England I the first of the belligerent nations to make answer to- the pope' peace suggestion, the note sent to the Vatican declaring the note would be examined In benevolent and serl ou spirit. Cardinal Gasparrl. papal secretary, has expressed gratifica tion at the response. Washington, Aug. 21 Lord Cecil' statement In tbe British parliament that the entente governments would hold a conference before replying to Pope Benedict' peace proposal, I understood at the state department aa meaning that the government will exchange view, not that there la to be a gathering of premier or foreign minister for a formal con ference. It I believed that the necessary measure of co-operation between tbe nations at war with Oman can be secured through cabled exchangee of diplomatic representatives and the foreign secretaries at the different capitals. It was said today that these ex change would begin very ' soon. Strong objection lsmade at prevent by official of the administration to forecast the nature of the reply that will be made fey President Wilson. But it la not denied that nothing has been presented by the Pope to war rant the expectation that there will be any change in the attitude taken by the president In his peace ut terances on the subject of peace and the conditions that must be met to secure It "RIDING THE GOAT XEW LIBERTY FOR RUSSIAN MEN Petrograd, Aug. 2. (By Mail) -Under the regime of the Czar no secret societies of any sort were per mitted to exist and lodge night was a pleasure unknown to Russian males. It has developed that there are some 10,000 Masons In Russia, who during tbe old days, held lodge meetings 'behind guarded doors. Steps are now being taken to form a national organization. BUTTE MINERS BE LIEVE STRIKE IN Butte, Mont., Aug. 21 The strik ers will win. The companies now have less than 20 per cent of the men needed, and this 20 per cent is not composed of miners, only shovel era, This, summarized, is the hopeful outlook of the 12,000 striking Butte miners today, as expressed in the Strike Bulletin, the' official publica tion of the strikers. "We are out to win, and we are bound to win," the Bulletin declares In (blackface type. "We have shown that' we can withstand any assault, owing to our thorough organization, as well as to our refusal to be side tracked by false Issues. "We are asking only for those things to which we, as free men, are entitled. "We demand the unconditional abolition of the "rustling card.' 'We demand that our wages be fix ed In proportion to the cost of liv ing, regardless of the price of cop per, which the companies can, and do manipulate to suit themselves. "LAgtly, we demand that the mines be more safe." The Metal Mine Workers' union, which was organized Immediately after the Speculator hill disaster on June 6, went out on strike July IS. The "rustling card" Is a system used by the companies to keep check on the men. The miners say It enabled the companies to "blacklist" a man at will, preventing him from getting a job In the camp. The Metal Mine Workers' union, which I not connected with the Am erican Federation of 'Labor, or the Industrial Workers of the World, de clared that It Is opposed to violence, doos not picket the mines nor, ac cording to It leaders, attempt to promote trouble. ' , CMHD OPERATIONS SUCCESSFUL BRITISH FIRE REPULSES GER MAN COUNTER ATTACK BOCTH . EAST OF EPKHY ' Kill Fnuaee, Fnglsod and Belgian Join tm WeR Timed Offensive Against ; London Aug. 11 Field Hsnbal Haig reported thl morning that tb British fire had repulsed the tklrd and moat powerful of German evu li ter attacks to regain captured ter ritory southeast of Epehy. Tho assault waa made after heavy artillery preparation and behind vast . beets of flame. ' The lighting was of a most violent character. France, England and Belgium' to day are joined in the greatest ualted offensive yet directed against their common enemy. Every move was strategically timed and co-ordinated, and operations were carried on with clocklike precision. - ' - . REIKI OF GAR. L PA E Boston, Aug. 21 The "soldiery of yesterday" veterans of the G. A. R., more than 7,000 strong, marched In a huge parade here today the sec ond of the national reunion, - With the veterans marched other allied organizations, among which was the Navy Medal Honor League, which is holding Its annual conven tion in conjunction with the G. A. R. encampment.' ' "; " c ? Members of the Ladles Auxiliary, tbe Sons of Veterans, Daughters of Veterans and the- Women's Relief Corps of the G. A. R., also took part lb the parade. In front of the State House the veterans were reviewed by Governor McCall; Commander-in-Chief of the G. A. R. William J Patterson of Pittsburg, Pa., and city officials. . Many a young soldier just begin ning the game of war watched with a thrill tbe veterans march by with a swing that might be envied by many a regiment of today." v In the evening the veterans will attend a camp-fire when prominent officers of the organization will be heard. ... 0.-W. 11 A N. COMPANY . ! GIVES PICNIC AT BONNEVILLE Portland, Ore., Aug. 21 As guest of the Oregon-Washington Railroad ft Navigation company, several hun dred members of poof families today are holding a big all-day picnic at Bonneville park. PUBLIC MEETINGS IN Miami, Ariz., Aug. 21. The Miami Copper company's mills will resume operations on Wednesday morning, It is authentically reported. Lieutenant-Colonel George White, commanding, announced that the government Is anxious that work In J the' mining districts be resumed. Ho declared that the holding of public meetings Is considered detrimental to law and order and that such meet ings would hereafter not be permit- ' ted.