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VOL,' VII., No. lit'
a rant pam, josepuinb cournr, Oregon, Tuesday, august 21, ion.
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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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. ' ,
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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.
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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.