DAILY EDITION
VOL. Vir., No. 'iii.
Q RANTS PASS, JOSEPHINE COUNTY, OREGON, THtRSDAY, At'Ol'ST 90, II7.
WHOLK NVMBEB tlU,
s
SOME EXPECT
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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)
$50 an acre for all the lands In the
district. Including O. 4. iC lands,
Which are expected to, be thrown
open for entry and settlement In
the near future. Thla sum. of nipaey,
in connection twlth what may be ob
tained from the Gold HIU irrigation
district is sufficient to put a gravity
water supply over many . thousands
of acres In the vicinity .of Grants
Thia action. Uken at the Urns
when the Gold Hill IrrigaUonists are
lacing a similar step, is an import
ant move in the right direction.. By
gong a abort distance above. Gold
HIU and taking out, a water supply
in a ditch high enough to serve the
entire district near this city, the Ir
rigable lands of both the ' Gold
Hill and the Grants Paaa districts,
including lands on , the. north side
of n the river, near hia, city, can be
watered front one system. f' This
mesne that the co-operation anility
of aU the several sections border
ing . the river for 20 miles can be
brought behind one system,, greatly
Increasing the chances of success.
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A CiGftKEITE. RRE-,
Kill COMPLETE tOSS
Spokane,, Wash., Aug. SO. A cig
arette thrown Into a fuel box In the
poller room of the Owen, Lumber
company's , plant today set the mill
afire. The plant was completely des
troyed -before the Are ' department
succeeded In getting the names un
der control. u i!i ' "A .
,The loss to the property over and
albove Insurance Is about (.$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.
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