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DAILY EDITION VOL. Vir., No. 'iii. Q RANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THtRSDAY, At'Ol'ST 90, II7. WHOLK NVMBEB tlU, s SOME EXPECT vM' MANY THINK GERMANY AP FROACHING 1IKHAK WHICH . NOTH MAY HASTEN ! SPIRIT OF REVOLT TO DEVELOP ' ProcnptuMa of Reply' la Mailer mi Important Surprise to Many I'ulf tk-Uu, Cimjwiur 'as l llon Washington, Aug. JO. Peace this winter or the spring following., or at least two more years of war a result of the , president's reply to Pop Benedict's proposals. Thle Is the prosiMtct officials hare believe to be ahead. 8ome military meo believe the president's not may bring peace ' They base the thought on lb belief that Germany la breaking under the train; una in runner oeiier mat the llburala of Germany will fore reconet ruction or the German gov ernment Discussion of President Wilson's rejection of the pope's propoaata In diplomatic circle today revealed that oven some of the entente gov emmeote wera unprepared for the prompt fsahlon In which the presi dent disposed of matter or auch tremendous Importance. U waa readied., however, by the entente repreeaatatlves la Washing . .ton, that President Wtlarui -nit have. had aonie good and sufficient re niton for acting ao quickly. Simulation ascribes the motive to a dnalre to Im press favorably the great Russian convention at -Moscow, while that ody atill It In a plsstle and recep- ' tire atata. It alao waa suggested that the president might have wish d to anticipate, fly hla remarkable ' alate paper, obatructlvt teflon by the pacifist elementa In and out of congress In the United States. While the Ofirmana may wage war ' with added deeperatlon, 'because of the sweeping Indictment of theli methods, It' Is confidently believed hero that the spirit of revolt will de- velop steadly and rapidly among the I' people In (lermsny, bringing nearer ' the day when they will saaert them- 1 selves to the point where. President Wilson may feel aafe In listening to peace overtures In' the' conviction , that they are from the German peo ple themaolvea, and not from the overlords and military despots. AMERICAN StUOONEE IH ' DESTROYED WY HOMB 1 London, Aug. 10. The admiralty today announeed the bombing of the , American schooner Laura Anderson. Th orew waa landed safely at Portsmouth.. SWEDE TELLS OF DISTRESSING CONDITIONS OF WORKERS tfERMAN MM FACTORY , .aw.- i ; Stockholm, Sweden, Aug. 8. (By tmall)-A Swede has juat returned i. , . . . yrom .1. week, work In a G.rm.o .munition factory at Torgan wlh .t' ' aoat distressing tare or the condlJ' tlnn or the workara there Including' ' M I . I 1 I . some rrcnen,, uieiRiao sub nuHiia a . - I - V. I. tUU hops. .. , ' ' . ' ''' The Swode was lured Into Oe , many Iby a German named Blltslng I who has been romiltlng labor In' wodcn and Denmark for German 'munition factories. ' ' J BIllKlng pronilnnd tho Swode tnn 'mnrks a tiny, with only two nmrku tlnilucteil for lionrd and room and ynllrond rare. ' ltfl ncceptod and on the two any' Jiln to Torpun, hl ontlro' footl wits' I wo siindwlchos. ' Tho monls and loilalnits were un ', bearable, the Swmlo anlil. For brenkfnst they had., two thin ullcej iof bread and Imitation coffne, MM- ITALY'S ADVANCE IS STILL RAPID In Spite of Stubborn Resistance 111 Uim Push Kin-ward Toward Tol mlno. Make I'ae of Airplanes Rome, Aug. SO. Uite dispatch A fierce counter-attack by the Aus trian In an attempt to drive the Italians from the recently conquered Malnslssa plateau was completely re pulsed, H was officially stAteif todsr. In today's lighting the Itsllana took SOI prisoners. London,' Aug. 8Q.Tus Italians, having obtained practically a dom Inance of the Balnslxxa plateau, have begun vast flanking move ment to the northwestward. Tol ml no Is the Immediate objec tive of this drive. Front dispatches Indicate that the Italians are stilt fo ruing ahead with the Anstrlana offering desperate re slut a nee. The main, army reached the advance lines of defense sur rounding the city, almost before a second, army, sent beyond Montecco for a coincidental drive eastward upon Tolnilno. hsd gotten Into ac tion. . The Italians are using large num bers of airplanes, which are bom barding enemy positions. About one thousand t additional prisoners and numerous machine gitua have ibeea taken by the Italians. Farther south, one the CBrao, the heavy righting of laat week baa given way to artillery duels and patrol encounters. E IERS New York. Aug. t0. This city to day hsd a real war thrill. Thirty thousand soldiers, com prising the twenty-seventh division msrrhed down Filth avenue In ' a (rest send-off parsde. The police estimated the crowds at over 2,000. 000 people along the streets adjoin ing the line of march. The parsde was over five hours In passing a given point. The principal stores, business houses. Including the stock exchange, were closed while the parade waa In progress. Blase New Yorkers state that this wa, the greatest patriotic demonstra tion the metropolis ever wltneaaed. VICTOIUA IS PKKIMIUNU FOR ADVENT PROHIBITION Victoria, B. C, Aug. SO. Victoria liquor dealers art preparing for pro hibition. 1 Large quantities of liquor are be ing shipped from this city to San Francisco, the value of the first ship ment alone being $10,000. Although many are expected to lay In a large stock for private use, liquor dealers believe they will not he able to un-i load thelt large stocks by October 1, when the law goes Into effect. j day dinner consisted of sauerkraut " potatoes and at supper they hid only sauerkraut whloh waa mostly M , ,h(kdi iA adt,on. lwo , mo;e alloea of (bread, without 'coffee. Their lodglnga were In the pit of an un- L .,r.A (k.,tM Hf h,u 1 ... Jh iiicim, a vi nmiu A ,A ItaMKAVM In iKiknka , t. ua tin high. The railroad rare was deducted from hla nrs 'weeks wages and he was told It would not 'be refunded or the return ticket paid for unless he worked three mbitthk lie was forc- al to work on Sundays and was treated as brutally as ,tho war prl: onors After six weoks the Swede and .two others pawnod tholr ire lottios, eHoupod by sloalth and Uisde tholr way back to 8wcdon,' 'Where limy nri wnrnlng thoir rollow wotlt. 'r-ra to ncoept no Oorman labor or tvr. . , G0THAT.1 FOR SOLD CLOTURE II BE NEEDED TO PASSTMU WEALTH fXINSClUITlONIHTH IN WAY OK PASSAGE EXCEIT I1Y 1HK or cixmitt; rile Tmm on War Proflta Will Protmbly lie Inrreaaed Fifty Per foot Over Provtoions of OHgiul HiU Washington, Aug. SO. Charging an attempt on the part of the admln latratlon leaders In the senate to gag the wealth conscription advocates, Senator Lafollette today refused to grant a unanimous consent to an agreement fixing a date for the sen ate's vote upon the war revenue bill. Senator Lafollette'a stand. If un changed, makes It practically, cer tain that the cloture will be applied Friday, bringing a vote by the fol lowing Wednesday. In the debate to day. Senator I'nderwood vehemently denounced all "money slackers," de claring that he bad ao patience with any men who hesitated in respond Ing with his dollars to the nation's urgent need. The senate spent most of the day debating the publishers' provisions. Senator Stone, chairman of the for eign relations committee, vigorously attacked critics who have charged him with being a pro-German sympa thiser and defended lifr'atfitude-oa" war measures. Petitlona for cloture atgned by StT senators to limit debate and force early passage of the bill were pre sented by Senator Simmons In charge ol the bill. A vote on cloture can not be taken under the rules before Friday. ; . Increase or the bill's levy on war proflU from 15.61.000.000 to tl. 060,000,000 waa proposed In amend ments presented by Senator Simmons for a majority of the finance com mittee, designed as a compromise to prevent more radical Increases. The senate made changes In the bill which, Including the almost double levy on war proflta proposed by the committee, would bring Its total to J, 511, 470,000. ' TO FIX PRICE FOR WHEAT Washington, Aug. SO. After an other long session today, .the com mlttoe appointed to fix the price for the 1917 wheat crop failed to reach an agreement, When the meeting adjourned to night, it was announced the commit tee would go In session again tomor row with the prospect of fixing a price before the dayn waa over. To thla brief announcement, Dr. H. A. Garfield, the chairman, added the statement , that the .committee, ,1a weighing every consideration , oare fully and that all questions are re ceiving serious study. Reports per sisted tonight that a wide difference or opinion haa developed aa to what Is a fair price. DEATH PENALTY AGAIN ' - W f BED IN RV8HIA London, Aug. , SO. -The Russian provisional government haa parttally reatored the death penalty as a means of restoring order In the army, according to a Central News dispatch received today, . Wll IOW OF TOM WAIMH DIE AT WASHINGTON Washington, auk. 80. Mrs, TholnAs WhImIi, widow of a former Montana Sonntor and ono or the Woitlthlimt men or the nation In hid Ony, tiled here this uiornlng. ATTACKS ON M mm NO STOPPING SECRETARY DANIELS PLEDGES CONTINfATlON OF WAB MAK ING TILL VICTORY Navy Itepartment Is Huildieg War Fleet Larger Thaa Nation 4 Ever Beforf) Expected or Hoped . Charleston, W. Va.. Aug. 10. Peace talk will not stay America's hand. Her sword will not be sheath ed until a real victory baa been won and the menace of an 'aggressive au tocracy baa been removed for all time. America Is fighting for the German people themselves and the American navy will do Ita part. This waa the message that Secre- :tary of the Navy Daniels delivered today at the ground-breaking for aa fu,uuu,uuu govenuneni armorpmia . and projectile plant. Secretary Dan iels, declared that the navy depart ment waa now building a fleet more I powerful than the country had ever dared hope. , w v, . Washington, Aug. SO. Preeldenj Wilson today approved the navy dej partment's estimates for new con struction. . Provisions will be sought to ex pend $225,000,000 of the total ap propriation en eonstroctree or pur chase and expansion of engine and shipbuilding plants to provide the fa cilities needed. The present destroy er building caapclty of the country la fully engaged on contracts al ready given. To reach new . labor centers, where the skilled, men can be found to do the work qulokly, it Is indicated that the 'new. engine building plant proposed wll) be placed In the Interior of the coun try. Navy designers already have work ed out a standard typa of destroyer on which the quantity production machinery proposed will be employ ed. . The new standardised designs Include recommendations, as to equipment made , by . Vlce-Admlral 31ms and his officers, 6'aaed on the actual experience of American des troyers In the North, aea. , TACOMA' VKKL9 ROOM FROM CANTONMENT CAMP Tacoma, Aug. SO. Tba American Lake cantonment Is bringing Increas ed prosperity and many men Jo Ta coma. r The city Is crowded," and all lines of business report an Improve ment In-trade., ; ; j,i The Commercial Club la endeavor ing to find accommodations for the families of officers who will come to American Lake.: A special commit tee haa compiled a long list of avail able bouses, apartments and rooms, but the Hat, aay olmh officials, Is far too snon. PEACE MEET SHIFTED TO WISCONSIN Minneapolis, Aug. SO. Louis Luohner, executive secretary of the Peoples council 1 announced today that the meeting which bad been scheduled for thla city and waa stop ped by an order of Governor Burn- qulst, and was later schedulod for Fargo, N. D would be held at Hud son, Wis., next Saturday afternoon PEOPLES COl'NClli CAXCKLH NORTH DAKOTA ' MEETING Ifnrgo, N. D., Aug. 80. The "Pidjlila's Council", has concolled Its convention schedulod to meet here Saturday, according; to the state uiont made todny 'by Mayer Steru. ON BAIICEBILL PROGRESS IIoum Committee Favorably Reports Important ' Measure Which Will StihNtltnte for Pensions Washington, Aug. 10. The ad ministration' Insurance bill design ed as a substitute' for the pension system, was favorably reported by the bouse committee today. The com mittee reduced the maximum insur ance a man eould take from $10,000 to $5,000, The optional insurance section of the bill, around which the bitterest fight will wage, contemplates the is suance to officers and men, without distinction, of policies ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 for. the duration of the war only, at an estimated cost of $8 per $1,000 to the. policyholder. Iasuranoe eompanlee recently are aald to hare declined to assume auch was risks for less than $$$ per $1,- 00. ' TKXA8 GOVERNOR IS - -:-t i - ON IMPEACHMENT TRIAL , Austin, Texaa, Aug, SO. The trial of Governor James E. Ferguson on 11 oharges contained in the bill of Impeachment adopted by the house last Friday began in the senate yes terday, la reported that several new wit-.. r tea will be called and new evidence adopted. . . : V - ' SIJFFPMI rc,iPifl;;iD Saratoga, N. Y., Aug. ' 30. New York state suffragettes met here to day for a two day eeaslon at which they will complete plans for a smash ing campaign for euffrage In' New York state at the next election. No vember, (. , In addition to the regular suffrage delegates, many prominent men and women whose Interest in the cause will lead them to give active sup port to the. suffrage campaign are attending. ; James Wv Gerard, former ambas sador to Germany and Mayor John Purroy Mitchell of New York City are to address the convention to night Governor Charles Whitman of New York, and Frank A. Vanderllp, president of the National City bank of New York City, are, to apeak to morrow night strike closes Wll at chehalis, wash. Chehalls, Wash.,, Aug. 80. De manding an eight-hour day, the em ployees of the Palmer Lumber and Manufacturing company went, , on strike this morning. . Tti mill was compelled to close down pending a settlement of the trouble. ' . ' Washington, Aug. SO. Here's "en couragement for ' "consc'rlptable youtha who have not 'been drafted yet, who have failed to get into of Ocers . reserve training camps . and ho still want to go to the front as Officers. Enlist In the regular, army. If you show that , you are officer ma terial, you'll get your commission. A case In point: An anxloua father wrote to Wash ington to get the release from the regular army, of his . on.who jran away and enllBtod .about nine months before, so he could go to an officers' reserve training csmp.'- ' '"Not much," came back' tho' an swer from the commamliir of tho company In which the son was serv ing, "The training camps won't got this young man, I saw htm first. He made good. He's now a non fflENffl(l:liM EXCEUfllTCIIAI mill is GRANTS PASS IRRIGATION DIS TRICT; DIRECTORS TASK MOST PROMISING ACTION II IS CJD Land Owmts t'nder Propoeed Dls trtot wm Decide Whether Bostde Shall Be Issawd for System . One of tbt moat Important steps looking toward local development was taken yesterday when the direc tors of the Grants t Pass Irrigation district decided to call an election upon' the question of voting bonds to tie amount of $20,000, for the purpose of constructing aa Irrigation system. The district, attorney, HD. Norton, is preparing the notice for publication which will begin r next week.' .' . '" 1 ', : ' ' ' The" amount voted will" 'average) $50 an acre for all the lands In the district. Including O. 4. iC lands, Which are expected to, be thrown open for entry and settlement In the near future. Thla sum. of nipaey, in connection twlth what may be ob tained from the Gold HIU irrigation district is sufficient to put a gravity water supply over many . thousands of acres In the vicinity .of Grants Thia action. Uken at the Urns when the Gold Hill IrrigaUonists are lacing a similar step, is an import ant move in the right direction.. By gong a abort distance above. Gold HIU and taking out, a water supply in a ditch high enough to serve the entire district near this city, the Ir rigable lands of both the ' Gold Hill and the Grants Paaa districts, including lands on , the. north side of n the river, near hia, city, can be watered front one system. f' This mesne that the co-operation anility of aU the several sections border ing . the river for 20 miles can be brought behind one system,, greatly Increasing the chances of success. v t ii.;.-;' ;!...' .11. r1 A CiGftKEITE. RRE-, Kill COMPLETE tOSS Spokane,, Wash., Aug. SO. A cig arette thrown Into a fuel box In the poller room of the Owen, Lumber company's , plant today set the mill afire. The plant was completely des troyed -before the Are ' department succeeded In getting the names un der control. u i!i ' "A . ,The loss to the property over and albove Insurance Is about (.$t0,0.00. Fifty men are thrown out; of work. E ia rixt."l,-H iCKfO.TCOmMiS ,:'v U. .v.i.": commissioned officer 1 have recom mended him for a commission in 'the .i "l assure,, yoo that, he will, part the examination, and, h wllj prob ably hold his commission and be' in France before the class now af'.tne training camps' bave even' graduated Into' the ofllcera' reierve."' : This la but one of ",000 commis sions which" will be luo(i to'non- vviiimiHiuum uiiiuviB wuu rvs-i iruiu privates In the regular amy, wtM'.ln the next four to six months; '. Upon .'tho recommendation "of t ! general Jtnft. tin "top srsvants'" some or hii.n..liavo lone dnty un der two generations ot-oontmlRBlonbi'.' West Pointers, and who had restst' e'd themselves to non-commissioned lives, are going to be given' (heir chances In this war as Commission ed officers. W J 1 . '