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DAILY EDITION
GRAsTTf PAgeX, . MMBFBUni OOCJTTT, OREGON, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1M7
WHOLE HVMBEB S154).
LABOR'S AID ! JTflOOPS FUSUED ;
IS PLEDGED FETBp'SI
10 COUNTRY
HKW OIUUMZATION IH FORMED
AT MINNKAPOLIM WITH (MM.
I'KIW AT HEAD
W0rJ(MEII TO SUPPORT WAR
tJueaper aad WaUh Flay I'arlfUu
aa Traitura In America end IH
naaml Vnlite for Democracy
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. T.
8amuat UomiMtni, presUent or Ihe
American Federation of .Ubnr. w
today elected president or tha Am
erican Alliance for Ibor and Dcm
eracy. Resolution were adopted pledging
the aspport of labor to the CeilM
of democracy, deaouooing the pa
cifists and demanding thai all work
ra aupport the president. A com
lalltae was appointed to convey l
the RuMlaa democracy greetings of
good will with tha declaration that
Um saw organisation's purposes
were Identical with those of tha
Ituaalan rapubllc.
Mr. tiomiwr. la an addrea that
waa tha keynote or the gathering,
declared that a dlacuealon or peace
twrma at thla time waa tralloroua
to the I'nliad Slataa.
"To talk or Miara taraia," ha aald,
t Via to play Into tha handi of tha
aoemy, aa a ay peace at thla time
nuat be predicated o Carman eon
aala. . '
Aa ha concluded I ha statement
tha audlanra aroaa and ahoutad' ap
proval Funk P. Welsh, temporary chair
in ao ot tha convention, aroaad an
(himlaam when ha daclarad that no
political party, cult or propaganda
Would ba permitted to uaa tha or
Caalaatlon, but that behind "our
treat leadnr In Waahlmtton wa may
sweep our aruilee to, a vlolorlode
peace."
very delegate to lba convention
Mora being aeatad signed piedia
to atand while tha war laata loyally
and faithfully behind tha govern
ment. Kvery speaker ridiculed tha
pretensions of tha people's paac
counoll for tertua of aaoa of dem
ocracy. Kvery reference lo labor
giving Ita all In tha atruggt . for
democracy waa cheered oclfrualy.
, Twenty-two atataa ara rrpreafcuted
in tha convention. Tha one Idoa ex
pressed ao far la that llta war iuiihI
ba carried on and thai all time)
who aaak lo drag. In ouuiilo touts
to confine tha war Mtiiatloa .intuit
1m considered traitor o tha 1'uHod
Statea.
tmitam.L
MOVIK
I'LASNKIt U'AH
I'KTUIK 8t K.YtlllO
, tandnn, Aug. 14. t By mail)
Winston Churchill, minister of mu
nition, has, for the time bolng l
least, lost the chance of fame a a
aaovle scenario writer. He had a
contract to write the atory of the
origin of the war for a film produc
ing company, but hi appointment
to the cabinet forced him to aban
don the project
COAST ARTILLERY
Camp tjewls, Sept. 7. The aenr
'city of light field artillery tin In
duced the war diopnrtment to con
vert most of the cnaiit artillery Ittlo
fluid artillery, Thla change nioitn
(hat 1,1500 member of the new na
tional or my reporting here will ho
trained nt I'ugut Round fori, (IIh
Wiiclng an equal number of mem hers
of const nvllllnry companies who
will bn ulilfted to IIiIh ciimp ti"' l
lennlve training n field RptUloiy
tinlla, !,
Jluaalaiia Hrlngtag l p , Many Mvl
aMma to Drfrad Nation's Capital
Kroi Oncoming Teutons
ralrograd, Sept. 7. -Petrograd la
preparing for a Carman attack.
Troop, are being ruahad through tha
oily to meet tha advancing Germane.
Rad jilauarda ara acaUared every
where throughout tha city demand
ing (hat all Ruaalana do their duty.
Apparently the populace or tha dty
la not alarmed although reporu
from the front atate that the Ger
mane ara continuing thalr advance.
Official dlnpatche from tha front
reported the arrival In tha Gulf of
Klga or a fleat or German warahlne.
whoee guna preeiimahly were co
otMiratlng' with the Teutonic land
forcoaln the drive.
The war office anrouncad funner
ratlreinanta In thla lector today. No
mention waa made of actual fight
ing there.
London. 8ept. 7. It la thoughU
hare that Germany may he planning
a naval bombardment of Pairograd.
A targe fleet of etrbmarlnea, deetruy
era, mine aweeperg, erulenra and
warnhlpa are miorted In the eaitern
end or the Paltlc aea. Tha fleet li
today reported at the entrance or
the Oulf of Finland. 100 uil from
PvtroflBti.-
(jMMAMH ItOMII IIOHI'ITAI,
KILL AMI WOf .M AMKKICAXH
With the ItrUleh HeadquarUra in
Kranc, Bepl. 7. An American of
ficer waa killed and five luemtera of
bli itaff wounded in a deliberate
tierman bombardment Tueaday of
an American hoapltal along the
French front. Ten fallen ti were
alao Injured.
Tha dead officer waa a medical
man attached to the Harvard unit.
One of tha wounded waa a 8t. Loula
man.
MOS CO.-
ROAD TO BE BUILT
Rosehurg, Sept. 7. Members of
Ihe Douglas county court are hav
ing plana and specifications prepar
ed , for the Improvement or the
lloseburg-Odyrtle Point road, trvra
Camas valley to the Cooa oounty line.
Thla la a distance of eight mile.
With the completion of thla unit, tha
Roseburg-Myrtle Point road will be
available to traffic during 'all tlmee
of the year.,. The money needed for
the Improvement of thla road will
be taken rrom the county bond
which were voted by the .people at
an election held last June.
E
HELPS BEET GROWERS
Under the terms or the rood con
trol bill, Dlredtor Hoover recently
fixed the price of sugar at 17.2(1 per
hundred pounds. This meana about
17.75 nt Granta Pass.
The price, although a little lower
than that which, has prevailed for
the past few menth, insures good
prices to the growers of atignr beets.
With the profit sharing plan an
nounced 'by ..the' ' Utah-Idaho Sugar
company local beet growera will
obtain if or their next season's crop,
an average of about 19 per ton.
The . tjlnn calls ifor the company
paying The grower 17 per ton when
the beet are delivered to the rec
tory. After the cost of production
Is figured out, the profits nre dlvld
0(1, 'the, company, taking the flrat
dollar pnr 100 pounds end the bal
ance la divided GO-BO with the grow
er. ,Jhle.ecpnt,payiiient will come
In along In February or March. , ,
Var Deprtetst k&ml Tbt Gcrcssy is Gettrg Wed
4a l!ia Power. Largs Arc;, Wiii Aerobes,
Rcs&ed to Frct WEI Tern Tdt tt Wr
Waahlngton, Sept. 1. The war
dfpartment'e program, according to
reliable Information received today,
falla for 2,000,000 men In actual
eervke and training by the middle
of nexueummer. Another draft of
500,000 man la planned aomatlme
thla winter.
The dapartment ex pacta to have
1,500,000 men under arms fey Oc
tober 10, If aufllclent equipment and
accommodation can tie obtained by
that time. All of the departments
eatlmatea aaked of congreee by Sec
retary Baker have been granted by
the houae appropriation committee
on the aaau rapt Ion that the prealdent
will call out the number of men
provided' for In the above pre gram.
Thla meana two draft of about
687,000 each during tha neat ten
monlha. Today . tha total atrengtb
of the American land forcea la only
710,000. - . ' :
Aaauralng It will be ncjoeeary to
examine at laaat 1,000,000 men to
All each contingent of 087,000 re
eruita, It la certain the Brat 4.000,
000 man now atanding on Cncle
Sam'a aelectlve service register will
ItulliUJlO If
wroumiMTOOT
Washington, Sept. 7. Romance,
myatery and peril blend in tremen
doua teak or "the army ahead or
the army" which today la biasing a
trail to the French front for Amer-
ica'a million men.
It'a a job for the engineer; and
It meana that every etep of the bar
ren way from French port to French
front muat be modernised into an
elongated . American city. ,
First off, they muat macadamise
the highway, every foot or It. And
over an area of several milea in the
vicinity ot the port and behind the
front an Intricate ayatem of per
fectly paved atreete and avenues
must be 'built. '
Winding Its and around both these
term) nale the'englneera are fash
ioning a complicated ayatem ot rail
roads, both narrow and standard
gauge, for switching, transferring
and caring for troops and auppllea
Connecting these two web la a
ribbon of track paralelllng the ml lea
or paved road, with branches and
spurs shooting off here and there
on both aldea. ..
Every tie, every rail, every eplke,
every engine and every car for thla
ayatem of railroads, la being taken
from thla country. Not one bit ot
material, not a alngle man, Is be
ing supplied by France.
Great wooden camp cities are
rising at both ends of thla , line.
Power houses, permanent repair
gang camps, houses for maintenance
af way officials, water reservoirs will
he strung out along the line and at
the terminals. .
The lumber for these""atructures
la helnl hewen from the forests of
France by regiments of American
foresters. Other reglmenta are re
building and enlarging docks and
wharves at the port of arrival, and
dredging and opening new ap
proaches In the bay tor the big gray
transports,
Sawmills carried rrom America
are springing up In the FTonch for
est. . American-made well digging
machine dot the line of communi
cation. . Electric light plant , are
blossoming forth to supply the
trendies, dugouts, atorehouses and
cantonments with Illumination, In
cluding searchlights, trench llghte,
glare light apparatus and great piles
or Mar bombs and rifle grenades.'
But none ot thla complicate aya1-
have to undergo examination within
tha neat year.
Aa 10,000,000 reglateredl thla wHl
till leave aome (,000.000 for future
drafta., x '
The date for the eecond draft haa
not been fixed, aa It depend entire
ly upon the a peed with which the re
cruit of the flrat draft can fee
trained and the rapidity with which
the regular and the national guard
are aent to France. If troop are
aent to France aa rapidly aa now
aeema probable, leaving their caapa
and barracks vacant. It will not -be
nanaaaary to wait until ihe recrolta
of the flrat draft are out of the
canton menu before' the- eecond la
called. In that eaae, it la poaelble
examination of the eecond draft
will begin early In till..
It la algnlflcant of tha Increaaing
earneatneaa wtb which the admlole
traton la making Ita war plana that
while In April the war department
expected to have only 45,482 officer
and 1.072,908 men under arma be
fore June, 11(, during the laat
month the plana have been almost
doubled to provide for more than
2.000.000. t
)e vui Dime mine
ILL MIL nUrtlW
teut of communication and approach
muat be visible to the enemy. It
must all be dug In, buried or con
cealed by camouflage. The high
ways muat be neutralised In color
to blend with the landscape. The
railroad tracka muat not glisten.
All buildings must be half burled
In the ground and the above ground
portion disguised with buahea and
abruba and neutral colorings until
they are Invisible. '
Thla la where the American artist
doee bla bit. A number of. wef!
known American masters of eelor-
combinations are -employed to pre
cede the engineen- and study out
the problems of obscuring our opera
tions, our troops and artillery and
our lines of communication from
the enemy. The actual work will
be done by American sign painters
and soldiers trained In (he craft
RUSSIAN M. PUN
San Francisco, Sept7. Fifteen
thousand picked Chinese troops have
been mobilised for transfer through
Siberia to the Russian battlefront,
there to help the Russians etem the
German tide, according to censored
dlspatchee received by the Chinese
Dally World from Ita Shanghl cor
respondent. , According to the dla
patoh made public today, the troops
Include many engineers educated In
American universities.
V- .,
SPUING WHEAT CROP
SHOW IMPROVEMENT
. Washington, Sept. ,7 The condi
tion, ot the spring wheat crop on
September 1, as announced by re
ports to "the agricultural depart
ment waa-71.2, compared with 48.6
for. the ear previous and 74.0 for
a ten year average. The condition
on August 1 was 68.7.
Rome, Sept. 7. 'A successor la
shortly to auccoed Monstgnor Bon
xano ha papal delegate to the United
Statea, according to a report cur
rent here today. Xo reasons were
given.'. . , .' ,
NEVER DEFEAT
TOOTHS
Lloyd-George Aaaerta That Anaratl
cm Record Win Reanaln Perfect.
, ' Expect Rom la to Eaeerge
Birkenhead, Eng., 'Sept. 7. Pre
mier Uoyd-George, In an addreaa de
livered here today, declared that
America never knew defeat aad that
on thla oeoaaion aba will triumph
aa heretofore. The great crowd
llatenlng to him applauded bla aa-
aertlon thnnderoudy.
The premier admitted that the
Ruaatea situation waa disquieting.
but declared that he had complete
confidence In the ability of the Rus
sian leader to repair the damage
done. He spoke of the - Russian
revolution aa merely postponing the
all lea' victory. In re-He rating Brit
ain's defiance In tha Germen'e sub
marine campaign, be declared that
be waa abaolutely confident the tub-
marine would never be able to lea
sen the effective fighting strength of
the alllee.
SOLDIERS' HOmE ROAD
Soeeburg. Sept 7. The diOcul
ties Into wfcloh the atate blgbwy
commission bumped when It voted
to pave the road between the city
limits ot Roaeburg and the ; sol
diers' home seem .about to be dis
pelled by the action of the Douglaa
county court which yesterday ad-
rertiaed for bida for building thla
atretch of road at the county' ex
pense. The Improvement will coat
about l4.08vThe bida .will be, open
ed September 18. , ' '
AVIATOR WILL GIVE
1 FAIR VISITORS THRILL
Twin Falls, Ida., Sept 7. Fred
DeKor, an aviator, will give those
attending the South Idaho fair here
September 20 a real taste of war.
Flying high In the air, he will drop
Immftatloa bombs on the fair
grounda.
BUTTE vmmy
n;;Gs unsafe
Butte, Mont, Sept 7. The safety-
first devices installed in (he nilnea
in this district are a farce and the
shaft are now unaafe for the min
ers toat today la the charge of the
striking minora In their official pub
lication, the Strike Bulletin.
"The miners appreciate any move
that la made that would hare a ten
dency to make working conditions
safer for them, but the record of
the company can only show that a
greater loss of lite haa resulted
since some of their silly safety rules
have been established." the Bulletin
declares. , : s
"Any miner will tell you how the
foremen and shift-bosses exert them
selves to-have places fixed up only,
when the safety first man la going
to, visit the mine of which they have
charge."
Today's issue of the bulletin ex
presses renewed confidence of a
striker's victory.
The mining companies claim that
everything possible haa been done to
safeguard the Uvea ot the miners.
DEPENDENT PARENTS AUROAD
NO EXEMPTION CLAl'BE
.Portland, Sept. 7. Dependent
parents In foreign lands cannot he
used successfully In. dependency
claims by drafted men, the district
exemption board ' ruled here today.
Two Greeks filed formal notice
or dependent father to whom, they
said, they sent money regularly. The
parents, (he drafted mn explained,
were In Oreece. ' j .
The claims were refused and the
men certified Into the national army,
won
KB
IDS
STATE COMMISSION AUTHORIZES
SECOND ISSUE CALLING FOS
BtDt
pw.ii:eie:.::::ed
Ask Federal Aid oat Pacific Highway
Which Is Bom of
CowteUosv
Appeal Made to
Balem. Sept 7 .The aUU high
way eommiaaioB aad the local dis
trict engineer of the United Statea
office of public road are at logger
heads ovr an Interpretation of the
post road co-ope ration law. The)
atate commlasioa baa asked federal
co-operation oa two projects, botk
being parts of the Pacific -highway.
One la grading 10.8 miles betweea
Myrtle Creek and Ditlarsf Im Doug
las county. It will eliminate the)
Roberta Hill grade oa which several
fatalities have occurred this . year
The other la grading 4.s mile of
the Wolf Creek bin in Josephine
county. . '''"',. . '-
According to the estimate, the
Douglas county project will- cost
I17J.448, which is to M borne la
equal Share by the atate aad national
goveramentai. ','
The eattmate on the Josephine
county project Is 183,600, of which
the, government will ' be .aaked , to
contribute 41,800. . ' ', , '
Owlag; to these differeacea. It Is
probable- that the matter trRI hare
to go to the secretary of agriculture
for settlement and to bring the Blat
ter properly -before that official, state
highway commission today formally
asked .federal ' aid on ( ' theae two
pieces of construction. -V - '
It Is held by the atate highway
commission that If tha construction
put upon Jhe law by the local fed
eral engineer ahoqld obtain, the re
sult would 4e that there could be ao
co-operation with the national gov
ernment on the mala highways of
the state.' ('"''.;"'
The state highway ; commlasioa
will open bids September 12 for an
other Mock . of atate '. road - bonds
amounting to $500,000. Thla will
make a total Issue this year' of
000,000. the amount authorised 'by
the $6,000,000 "bond law adopted
laat June. Like the previous $500,
000 issue It Is not expected that 'a
par bid will,' be received for the
bonds which bear four per cent in
terest, but It la thought that a little
better price will be obtained than
waa bad on the other laaue which
netted approximately $470,000. ' '
The commission definitely locat-'
ed the route of the Columbia high
way between Hood River aad Sher
man county. In the former county.
the route la known as tha river loca
tion Instead of a route fire miles
longer which would run through tha
Hood Hiver valley proper. The short
er route was chosen on account ot
the aavlng In paving cost.
In Sherman county, It haa 'been .
decided that the highway ahall run
by way of Sherman, Wasco and. Mac- -Donald's
ferry to Arlington on con
dition that a bridge Ml erected by
the county at MaeDonald'a ferry.
TWENTY-1W0 JAILED
IN OKLAHOMA PLOT
Rngllng, Okltt.. Sept. 7. Twenty-
two men charged with conspiracy
against the government, are held In
the federal Jail at Chtckasha today,
having been transferred overnight
from the jail at Waurlka.
They are charged -with an attempt
to defeath the federal draft law.
Federal authorities said . they hatt
planned to do much damage. . In
cluding the proposed burning of the
Rock Island bridge. '