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DAILY EDITION ORAMTa PASS, MMBPHUnB OOCVrr, O&EOOV, THl'IWDAr, SEPTEMBER , 1917 WHOLE NUMBER Mi. r. , . , vou vii., So. auo. . , ' . , r x ITALIAN DRIVE MISTS 1 DRAWING NEAR W TRIESTE ; ITALIAN FOIU'Kn ARK ITHHIMJ STEADILY AHEAD TOWARD THEIR GREAT GOAL ilLLIED FLEET French mi4 llrlU Mlilpn Jitln Hal- Una In Attack la Austrian Port on Adriatic Ha , V " Home, Rtit. . A Um dUpntoh from the front abUo that 700 antra Aastriaas it iiukIc prisoners this artct-nooa and that the lullans, flr re Dublin: M tartar attack, con- UniuMl Ihetr MlvMarw. Itopt. Sept, 8.H Is llmatd by careful ettentlo la facts com lag lo tli knowledge of Italian army headquarters, that ihe Aus trlana hav lout. In prisoners, 17,- 000 men nine Italy began her gnat -driva Aufuit 19. and ttiat the nam br of killed and wounded exceed this number by about 10,000. The main flirhtlni today on th Italian front was south of Ocroglo en th nalnslua plateau. Th Ital lana ar driving toward Trlet and . Lai bach. tondon. Sept. I. Brltlh and French warships and Italian monl tor ar ahalling Pol, Austria' great Adriatic naval b. , It t bs llvd till scllon I a psrt of n rl campaign Id which th alll Intend helping Italy gain th city of Trlest. Ih rU of which would be a sever blow to Austria. ' EXPOSES SPy PLOT San Frsnclsco, Bpt. 6. Revela tions of national nmy py y 4in, backed by a fund of llSO.olO, war promised Tuesday -by United 8tats District Attorney John : W. .Preston In his statement to th Jury 'at th trial of Laurence D Ucv, O. J. Harnedy and Wllllsm Mullein for conspiracy to fr from military prison Fran Bopp and K. II, von Shack, former Oermsn consul here. who are held as alien enemlo. Preston ald that th accused told Patrick Farrally, federal agent, who acted as a tool to break up th con aplrscy, that they ' "had bigger thing In hand" than th freeing of Bopp and von Shack and that they wer backed by a fund of $150,000 and had headquarters In Laredo, 'Tza. iCAMP POSTOFFICE ; IS BUSIEST PLACE Camp Lawlt, Amarieaa lk. Wah Spt. 6. Th camp potof : Ac I probably the busiest place In this part of th state of Washlng ' ton. ; The very Drat thought of every man who reaches th camp Is to writ homo and friends at home write bnck, 'W know whenever a new de- taohniont arrives and whero It comes from," Herbert K, (Inmboll, In charge of tho camp pout ofllco said today, "liocaiiB we Immedlatoly got a pllo of mall nil dlrectod to one ; plnce. . "They got lots of letters, too, and the Incoming mall Is 'heavier than the outgoing, hut that seems to be booausn there are so many pack ages in II. All their .folks must bo sending them things." ; Although tho amount of mall handled now Is luigo, irouratlona are being nindo to handle several times the prosent volume of mall. Many Menshrrs of Party AmN Gov ernment In Investigating- Alleged Seditious Action of lOtuler Chicago, Sept. Th soclsllst party I actively assisting th fdrsl government In th conducting of a thorough Investigation of th affair of th party leader. It la declared that thy want to show th govern ment that th ocillt ar doing nohlng Mdltlou. , Th grand Jury I ludylng th llteratur slsd yetrdy. and Industrialists Yeadquarter wa conducted today." . United State authorltl at Wash ington lata today liid Instruction for th procntlon , of Haywood, Rowan and Sheridan, together with other leader bf Ih Industrialists, If th etxd document prove to b seditious as th government bellevea, 10 Berne, Sept. I. In Russian cir cles In Berne and Oeneva th fall of Riga waa predicted a week ago. when th archive and treasure wer removad to PkoK, whll moat of th ships left Riga for Reval. Riga waa known as a hotbed of lnln pacifists and also of, German agents. Th Munich Neust NacbrUhten y that a larg Japane (forc I concentrated on '"the Manohurlan frontier ready to com to th ! tanee of Ui Russians. MTIHOXT AVIATOR VAlAA WHKN KXGINIC OOKH IKAI 8an Mateo, Cel., Sept. . Fred Ochsner a student aviator fell when hi engine (tailed high In the air. It may dl. JklKTHOIMNTH OF STATIC , , MKKT I,V tHTOHER . Springfield, Ore., 'Sept. . Th annual conference of th Methodist church In this itat will b held In th Springfield churoh beginning Oc tober 1. Preparations for th big meeting ar now under way. PORTLAND PAPER FOR CRESCENT CITY ROAD X suggestion of th Medford Sun that some philanthropist might win undying fame by financing th pave ment of a road from. Medford to Urant Pass to Creicent City, Ku reka, Redding and back to Medford, I taken up by th Portland Orr gonlan with th remark: It I indeed a fin opportunity for a philanthropist; but whether h ma- ,terllliea or not, torn day, not, far distant, th highway will b built, for it I needed,, and th develop ment of th country call for It. Suoh a road would b an asset of tncal cutabl value, Tber ar ral and Immediate return for auoh ntr- prlie. i It cannot be long befor that Cra ter Iiak-Medford-Crecent City highway la something more than a iVlnlon, for th people there well Know what others hav been doing with similar projects elsewhere, or projects of less merit, and they Vlll not be content until th dreatg haa come true. Portland Oregnnlan, . ' " FHKNCH (X.M.MIHHI() ' VINITING NAN FHAN'dHtX) San Franclco, Sept. t. The Frenoh high commlsslnn to th Unit ed States arrived' here tbdtiy. The r.ic'.'ilioril of (ho onnvtiilnslon were greeted by a committee Of 200 rep resentative San Francleolans and were escorted -d their hotel by H. 8. .1, Nell nor, consul general for Franco here, and Postmaster Chas. V Fay. ,' , . RUSSIAN PLOT E IS MA.NV AlUtHHTKI) IX WIPK- HI'ltKAII MOVK TO ItKTUlN TO Kt'HNIAN MONAJttWY inn we those jailed Premier Kerensky Annuuncc That Ho I fully Informed of Vh and Will Mfvt It With Vlffor Petrograd, 8ept. t. Thousand of Russian civilians wer captured In Riga, It waa announced her to day.' Th Germans surrounded th ctiy tofor all could escape. 'It 1 thought, however, that all Anieri can In th city mad good their can. Scores of arrests of royalist plot ters hav been mad throughout Russia during th laat two day. Th government announce that It ha full knowledge of the royalist plot. Th chief conspirator were Mile. Margaret Hltrovo of Tobolsk and Mm. Uubov Hltrovo of Talasurg. members of a well known bureaucra tic family, both of whom wer ar rested. In the home of Grand Duke Paul, when' he was arrested, was found a mistress of the court. Mme. E. A. Naryrhaln. confidante of tha for- mer Dowacer-Empre 'Alexandra. Mm. Narychaln waa not arrested. but a earcb of' her home -to Petro grad waa mad and her corresuon dno seised. According to tn Birxbeviya, a number of officer hav been arrest' ed and other grand ' duke hav been taken Into custody. The state attorney refuse to divulge their name. A special council wa held yester day by Premier Kerensky and the chief ministers at which plans for future action against conspirator of th left and right war drawn up. TWELVE PiCKETERS JAILED SIXTY DAYS Washington, 8ept. 8. A fine of 25 or (0 daya In th workhou and with th admonition of to court that other offender would r celv heavier sentence was Imposed upon 11 suffragists today by Judge Pugh. v Th thirteenth defendant, Julia A. Emory, of Baltimore, . waa rarold In th oustody of her mother, a wealthy widow, who glv a bond of 1 100, that bar daughter would not repeat the offense within six months. Th 11 declined to pay their fine and will spend th next 60 day In Ui workhou at Oooaquan. LONDONER THINKS . AMERICA IS NOISY London, Aug. 15. (By mall) Here la the Ixuidoner conception of America as set forth In on of the nownpaper. It la aubmltted without comment. ' "Kvorybody who haa vr been to ra LIZAR DFFFATFn America know that delectable land to be the noisiest, most uproarious and clamorous spot tn the whole unlversj. It Is a country of hustle and bustle and confusion, a land of sickening thuds, of banging street cars and ear-splitting overhead rail ways, of clanging bell and broker shrieking through their noses. H the lynch-pln dropped out of the ooamlc system and the stars came tumbling about ua, they wouldn't hear It In New York." I CM WITS HEAVY TAX ON VM PROFITS SI'KAKKK (XAItK DKMAXD6 MTCAITHV SHALL PAY FAIR SHARK WAR EXPENSE SEHJUE mm TAXATION Increanc Income Tax la Effort to CompromlM With Real . Wealth , CVnMCripUoa Movement Washington, Sept. Speaker Champ Clark, taking th floor In th house thl afternoon, r-opened th wealth conacrlption battle, -demanding that th great war profits be heavily taxed. Th bouse gave Clark' appeal a tremendous round of applaus. HI declaration that an 10 per cent tax on war profit wa not too great aroused a great demonstration. In th senate, the eonaervatlv lament continued the fight to pre vent th conscription forces from Increasing th Incom tax. Th senate's bitter fight over war profit taxation virtually ended late yesterday with adoption of the fin ance committee' compromise provi sions for a total levy of f 1,286.000, 000, or about one-third of this yetr's ' war and normal excess pro fits. This Is an Increa of f 1.060,000, 000 over prant taxe. Th high tag advocate taMad to aecur adop tion of a Unfit amendment" The rot oa adoption of th fin ance. committee' draft was 71 to even. Th seven were Bankhead, Borah. Gronna, Jobnaon of Califor nia, Lafollette, Underwood and Var daman. , .7 ' ' t " TIUHTDALK WOMAN HAS FOl'R SON'S IX ARMY Troutdale, Ore., Sept. 6. A ser vice flag with four etars in It blu Held bang In th window of Mr. L. M. Rull her today. It algnlft that four from her Immediate family bar gone to war. On on already i la (France; an other at American Lake; a third I an officer at Port 8nUlng. ' MlnnT, and her aon-la-Vaw, Vera Starter; la a member of an aviation oorp star tloned In Texas. ' "... KBIT TO AID SETTU!i60:&C.LAflD Washington. Sept. 6. Homeseak ers desiring location on th land of th 'Oregon ft California grant probably will b given unusual fa cilities for gaining Information con cerning the tract that ar ottered for ettlmnt through plan that are being worked out In the general land office under the direction of Commissioner Clay Tailman. As a result of tb Inspection of of the lands, made In classlfyln them, a description reaches th land office of each tract Mr. Taflman believea thl Information will not have reached It full possibilities if it remain In the files of th land of fice, or Is merely plaoed in one big volume in a land office tor inspec tion. He, therefor, plana to have printed, in good time before the opening, a little book which might be called the "bomeseeker's guide." This will contain a concise state ment of the character of each tract that Is offored, The Information will be In tabloid form, but It will tell the prospective settler what he most want to know, and enable him to pick out tihe lands of which he may want to make a personal In spection. Attached to the books will be a map ahowlng the location of the land. AFRICA YAHTS HO PEACE TALK gut DeparUncat Annoamres 1'alted State Wm Welcome . Ho Hore Proposal TID Aim Reached Washington, Sept 7. Th state department announced today tthat tbi country was through' talking pe'ae until Germany waa ready to meet America's pac requirement. Th stat department ba opened a discussion with th Japan mis sion concerning a greater co-opera tion between Japan and th TJnlUd State In th conduct of th allied war purpoe."s IMS IB 1E Washington, Sept . A confer ence of tb Horn Service directors of th American Red Crow 1 batag bald In Washington today to plan a campaign for training; volunteer workers for borne service during the war. ' Following th Washington con ference, Institute o train 'Volun teer In horn service will be estab lished throughout th country. Course of instruction wil last six weeks and Include lecture and prac tical field work. ' Membership in Institutes will be limited to 25 in order to assure adequate personal attention to eacb pupil. Course of Instruction for horn servke workers will be held in prac tically every large city In the coun try. Extanaioa coarse will b gives for' smaller cities and towns. CHICAGO COUNCIL PRAISES GOVERNOR Chicago, Sept 6. Praise for Gov rnor Lowden for stopping the Con vention of the People's Council here wa voted by the city council, alt ting as a committee of the whole. The vote to adopt the resolution of prals stood 41 to 6. Debates at th meeting were bitter abd the mayor was scathingly condemned bome aldermanlc, members. t Followlng4he city council session. there waa a meeting of th federal grand jury. Federal Judge Evan' Instructions o th jury wr in sub atanc to "indict th traitor." He aid: ( , . ...... t ,!". "Th people look to you to re turn Indictment against person who ar traitorous to th govern ment or who are untrue or false to their country." ' .' GERMAN REPLY WILL ' ' DISCLAIM WAR OA 1X8 Berlin, Sept. 6. Germany will re ply to the pope's peace appeal with ! the statement that her people want no gain from the war, only a dur able peace guaranteed by Interna tional treaties, according to authorl tl ve forecasts publlshSd by the Vor waerta. EARBI Redding, Cal., Sept, 6. Twelve hundred striking copper miners, through their committees today re jected th offer of th companies to submit th wage question to arbi tration. . , ' No Investigation of working con ditions, such aa auggested, Is de sired, say the miners nothing less than an Increase of $1 4 day In wages. Th atrik continued peaceably to day. Th smelter at Kentptt la run nlng unimpeded. , , ALSACE II . PfME FRENCH PREMIER DECLARE REAL I88CK DEMOCRACY AGAINST AITOCRACT BEPMIOHIEECftTJ Qaeatloa of Ajaoant aad of Gorwiaa-pala Raparatloa tkm for Peace DiscaairfoB Fere Cham penols. Franc, ' Sept, 7. -France Insist that Alsaca Lor raine 1 not a subject for diplomat diacusston, declared Premier Rlbat today la speaking her at a ' cala braUon of tb battl of tb ICaraa. France' only claims are eoncfa Ing th cbaracter of reparation Ger many must maka for Injuries do, be declared. flV.; . "; ',-,.( Premier Rfbot' speech was tk flrt official utterance la Franca asr swerlng tb pope' peace appeal. Ha discuMed fully tb Issue of dem ocracy t autocracy. He declare that unless Germany separates bar economic from her military- ambi tion, she face a league, of dessw cratlc nations that would unit to fight her economic ally . as well aa by arms. .- GBRMAXTS CAPTXRE8 AT RIGA ARB IMPORTANT ' ' '- ' "" ' Berlin, Sept 6. It was OfflotaOr r announced that 120 Russia smears. and 7,500 mea were made 1 ISO guns wtth 300 machine and several armored cars ware tured when Riga fell. The Osrnsssj army baa advanced a far aa FrieeV aricbstadt ' ROMB FOVSD IX RAID OX DETROIT IXPTSTRIAUSW -,.'..-:. - , Detroit Sept. 6. A bomb was found among tb ctuff confiscated when federal anthorttles raided the headquarter of Industrialists bare yesterday. Federal authorities are preparing Indictments and arrests jars expected to follow shortly. DOT Gi.rlS CHI F03 SOLDiEIS GRA"B ' London, Aug. IS. (By mail) Twenty pretty young English girls. clad In the khaki of the womeaa army, are In France working on th purely-sentimental - assignment of kaeping Midlers' graves green. Tbey are the Brat batch of a much larger force to be sent over tn time to ssa . that th resting place of Emsland's ion are kept covered with a blanket of gras and flower. t .'Among tb force will be slater of soldiers, likely a scattering of girls whoa brother or sweethearts H burled behind the battlefields of to day. Kew Garden Is furnishing moat of th recruits. CHICAGO MAYOR SUES NEWSPAPER FOR LIBKL Chicago. Sept 6. William Hal Thomnson, mayor, haa sued th Chi cago Herald and Jams Keeney. publisher, for 1250.000 libel and at the same time Issued a statement denying the charge of antl-Amerl-eanlsm. ' LINER SUNK OFF IRISH COAST BY SUBMARINE Boston, Sept. 6. The Johnston They wanUtner Kenmore, bound from Liver-. pool to Boston with a mixed cargo, haa been sunk off theIrish coast by a German submarine', according to cabled dispatches received by Bos ton Importer today. I
