DAILY EDITION
ORAMTa PASS, MMBPHUnB OOCVrr, O&EOOV, THl'IWDAr, SEPTEMBER , 1917
WHOLE NUMBER Mi.
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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.
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