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', DAILY EDITION r VOI VIII.. So. T. V, Q RANT! f AM, JOMEPHINI OOCMTT, OHIiOOX, TIKHDAY, BKPTKMIIKK V, 1DI7. WHOLE Xl'MDER SIM. HARD EFFORT ' IS TO MAVOIt, (JOVr'.ll.N'Olt, tC.X-UOVKIt NOIl JOIN IS TltVINU To MKT' TI.K KIIIPYAItl) THOI III.K APPEAL l WOE TO GOMPERS ItNlior IrfNwior KtiNMiit rWrrnl Ncgo. llallon Will KffrH HHtlemml for All iilpyarri nn imm rortUnd, Sept. 15. S p, ni. The shipyard strlk stands at dead lock. Mayor llaker and Governor Wlthycnmba hive conferred and de cided that tint antl-plcketlng law hnuld be enforced at th yard. Ex-Governor Oswald Went iiJh i consented to help toward a aettla tnent. Tha strikers assure Mayor Maker that they are ready lo roofrr) with tha yard owner, tint tha owners say tha matter la In tha lianda of Ihe federal novel nment. Portland. Sept. 25. In aniwer to a telegram sent by Mayor George Maker In Samuel Ooni)era, president of tha American Federation of Ijl hor. a reply was rerelved today clo suring that all strikes In Pad Mr count shipyard would he settled on the haftl of the agreement being worked out In Ann Francisco, and under which the striking ahlpyard employee there were, preparing to raturn to their position. While no nnVlui word had In en received tonight either by uhlpyunl owner or t rikrn confirming Mr Goinpor' telegram, It receipt by (he mayor khv a moia hopeful outlook to the wit mil Ion. In (lie view of nil conri'rned, thiin any development of the tiny. In the hbucnco of (I ft a I In concern Inn the terms of tho Han Krnnrlsi o iiKrei'iueiil, klrll.e lender di'dlncd lo any whether or not It would bo ac cepted here. They relteruted that tho cloned union Hhop Ik among the chief of their demuuda and that nuy propoxnl for settlement which did not Include provision for this would not ho accepted. HIGH VALUE IS PUT rtpokane. Wash., Sept. 25. The slain board of education, in hchhIuii hero yoHlerday, districted , the stale nn to tho spheres over which each of WiiHhliiKlon'H three normal schools should have Jurisdiction. Seattle will be In the district of tho HnlllnKbaiii normal, the Klelns burg normal will takn care of 13 countloM In the southern purl of tho stato. nnd tho northeastern coun ties will he In the Cheney normal district. Reports from every section of tho stale show a strong sentiment In favor of ample support of nil the normal bcIioiiIh, the friends of t'.ie grade, nnd rural schools unltlim in working for the normals as the means of maintaining high stand ards In tho common schools through the furnishing of a sufficient supply of well-trained tonchera. T Washington, Sept. 25. The pres ident has nsked Attorney Genera1 Gregory to Investigate the enso o' Thomaa Moonoy nf.Snn FrnnMnen convicted of murdor In connection with a preparedness day bomb plot, liftbor leaders gay that Moonoy Is toning; imrsectited. MADE BHD, ; coil m mm Unorg VaniVtllp of National lily Itank tor lfol K.nllrp TIhik to American War Kflor, Waahlngton. Bept.-15. Frank A. Vanderllp who, a president of tha National City Itank of New York, head tha large! financial lnlllu llon . Jn 'America, haa aaverad hla ronnerllnn with that Institution and all otheia with which ha la connect ed for lha period of tha war. to aaalat Secretary McAdoo In financing the liberty bond laaue, 'Vanderllp haa alaned on a 10-hour-a-day schedule with the dutlea pf rhalrmanr of the war aavlng cer tificate commlmilon which will virt ually handle the detalla of floating tha 11,000.000,000 war aavlng cer tificate! latum whleh was recently au thorised by congreaa. Ha la to receive a aalary of one dollar per annum. Four of the man aees pf the National City bank are to perforin the dutlea Vanderllp laya down during hla abeence. . FORK! FIRE FIGHT Mou Fall. S. I)., Kept. 25. Fifty men fought a forest fire 10 mlloa caul of Dvadwood all laat night. It la believed the fire haa been brought under control. Help waa niHhed by a apeclul train from Nemo. It la reported that the fire Waa started by lightning. m A valuable land o'f 1 1 oilier waa endangered had tho fire not been controlled. El F Richmond. Cal.. Sept. 25. An explosion tore out the forward works and aupcratructure of the Standard till tanker, J. A. Moltlt. ns it lay ut Its pier here. The explosion killed two men: Krnesi Itiiticr, a iiiartermater, nnd A. R. Julllerat, n sailor. According to J. F. Urooka, super luteudi'iit for the Standard Oil com pany of this city, tho explosion was ,'iriuin'ily aovlilt'lital, and caused by the Ignition of i:as while tiieit were cleaning the hold, possibly through snmeono carelessly llnhllnn a match. Over tiO.ooo K'alloiiH of oil In the hold of the vessel escaped. Windows wero 'broken unil houses rocked throughout tho city of Richmond. ARGENTINE IS ON THE EDGE OF Uiienos Aires, Kopl. 1!A.- (Lute IHnmuIi) The cliaiubor of deputies vol ml (Jil to 18 lu favor of n rapturo with Goiiiinny. Argentine Is mobilizing her navy and, there Ib much military activity in the republic. Ostensibly this ac tion Is dijo to the general strike of Argontine railroad men, but It Is re ported the general staff Is prepar ing for other probable eventualities. The legislative bodies of Argentine do not eonHUIer the quostlon of dip lomatic reliitlona with Germany ns belns closed, hut no action haa jet been taken. The authorities have been ndvlaed that tho strike tit Snnta Fo for the past month hns boon fomented by German propaganda. It la ronrotl that tho strike may assume mitlonn' proportions, hence the government Is wlthahnldlng tho formation or o policy until four hundred mossasoi; sent vby tho Swedish legation here hnvo been translated. LARGE QUOTA TO TRAIN AT P LEWIS WAIl ItHI'AllT.MKXT I.VfUKASKH M MIIKK TO TltAIX AT CAV I TO.VMKMT KKAIt TACOMA STADIUM FOR SOLDIERS' USE Athletic foatmta Art) Arrwnged, Mitre KHrlHMia and Hiwpltnla Are Ordered Camp Lewie, Taroma, Sept. 25. Tha big Tacoma aladlum la to be placed at the dlapoaal of the recrnlta of 'thla camp without coat. Army oRlcera are already making plana for an Inter-reglment relay race from 'amr 1w!s to the stadium on Thanksgiving day. On November 17 football teama representing the army and the navy will probably play. ' A medical aid atatlon la to be es tablished at Tacoma for the tine of aelerted men. Fifteen field ovena are to be built In addition to the poa bakery. Ordera received from the war de partment today raised the number of troopa to he trained at Camp Lewis the coming winter to approximately 50.000 men and cancela recent or dera to move a considerable number of men from Camp Lewis to Camp Fremont, at Palo Alto, Cal. There are now 18,604 men In camp here. The full aecond draft will have arrived by Thursday, making a total of 21,874. FAMOl'H r'HK.VOI A I KM AN IK IIKI.Ii:Vi:i) TO ItK MIST I'arls, Sept. 25. Captain George Ouynomer, the famous French avln tor la believed to have been lost In an air battle. Salem, Sept. 25. Paid admissions to the stato fair yesterday, the open Iiik day, were $1,193, nearly double those of the first day Inst year. Rain fell during part of the day. AM FIREWORKS EXPECTED WHEN GERMAN REICHSTAG MEETS AGAIN TOMORROW "'ew York, Sept. 25. There may be some fireworks of the German brand, when tho relchstag meets In Merlin tomorrow. It will be the (irst B.'sslon of the Gorman parliament slnoo Chancellor George Mlcluielis was Inducted into office. In July. The centerists and members of the loft party combined at that time in demands that the government state Its position on the relclistag formula of pence "without annexations" nnd also that equal auffrugo he granted. The upshot wns the tumbling from power of Chancellor von Rethmnnn llollweg. Mlchaolls wns appointed, mude n non-committal address to the relch Bt3 outlining his policies, and tho relchstng sitting adjourned. Since that time considerable oi posltlon has developed against Ml chaells according to word which hns Just loaked out of Germany. Cer tuln of the extreme radical elements In Germany have not hesitated to declare that Mlchaolls Is even more representative of the militarists than llollweg. His refusal to date clear ly to outline hla policies have made even the near-radicals distrustful of him. Dr. Matthias EiiberRer, the clerical (Catholic) leader who ns auiiind leadership of the "revolters" In the July session of the relchattiK, has been quoted recently as severely critical of Mlchaolls. ErberKor, a Catholic, Is un doubdtoly anxious that Germany go the limit In voicing acceptance of Popo Benedict's recent peace sug gestions. He may seek to force Mlchnelta' hand on this matter. SCORE KILLED UPON LONDON MOM KM OK POOIIKR PEOPLE AT TACK Kl WITH PIRT08B Or WANTON HLAl'QIITEn THE IT CALMLY l nilei-ground Railway- Station Are t'rovriled With People All OaaaM Reeking Place of Baety - London, Sept. 20. German air planes and Zeppelins raided England laat night. The alrplanea succeeded In dropping bombs on the cltyt of London, killing 15 and Injuring 70. Only two of the planea aucceeded In penetrating a far aa Luudou, ac cording to an official atatement, be came of the gun fire from British airplane defense atatlona. The Zeppelini . eroaaed the Lin colnshire and - York ah I re coasts. Their bomha Injured three women, but the British gun fire prevented them from penetrating any further Inland.- The Dally Mall aaya that the Brit ish would view these air attack with Indifference if they knew that, for every attack, British airplanes would drop twice the weight of bombs dropped here, In bombs dropped on German towns. The purpose of the Germans ap parently waa the Indiscriminate slaughter of the clvllion population. The Germans did not attack any 'point of military lmiortane, but dropped their bombs on the real dentlal districts, mostly on the dwellings of the poorer classes. The German planes appeared over the southeastern district of London soon after S o'clock and the , en gagement lasted until nearly 9:30 o'clock. The raiders were scattered nnd did not come In compact forma tion. Many star sheila were used by the defense guns, giving the ap pearance n spectacular fireworks. The scream of the torpedoes used by (Continued on page 1.) Over all, however? It appears that the "revolters" may be beginning to realize that sweeping "reforms" promised by the kaisor are still empty promises, and that Hollweg has been replaced by an even stronger militarist taskmaster, from whom there is not the slightest hope of obtaining any concessions towards democratization. The September session of the relchstag will at once fuce the ques tion of financing Germany, for the next year of the war. Approval of the budget Is virtually the only power which the relchstag exercises. The budget should, In the ordinary courso of events, have been approved at the July Bitting, but its considera tion was postponed In view of the radical revolt. The radicals, If they are truly In earnest, have it' in their power beginning tomorrow serious ly to embarrass the autocratic gov ernment 1y withholding approval of the money measure. According to word from Holland and Switzerland the relchstag mem bers are likely also to attempt ex planation from the ehnncellor of tho Luxburg Incident, at Buenos '.Vires, wherein the United States discover ed that the German charge was sending messages to hia home office through the Swedish embassy. Relch stag members will probably he more concerned In why Count Luxburg was untactful enough to send the opinions he did In the fashion dis covered by the United States. Germany's food administration ap pears likely also to come in for con siderable criticism. CONGRESS ACTS FOR SUFFRAGE ConarttMlonal t'ommluee on ' Rnf frugo Created. Which Mean Ques tion Will Come I'p for Action Washington, Sept. 25. By a vote of 111 to 107 the house of repre sentatives today created a commltte on woman suffrage, tha personnel of which Is to be named by tha way and meant commltte. Creation of th commute for which th auffraglats long hav con tended, assure a ght oa th fluaan B. Anthony suffrage amendment at th next session of eongrea. Both suffragist and antl-tuffraglsta ' say they ar anxious that th bill be re ported as they ar confident of vic tory on th floor, , Mlsa Rankin and Representative Pou, chairman of th role commit tee who reported - the resolution, mad the principal speech for It. Mr. Pon declared that President Wilson had written him urging the naming of th commute and when Mr. Webb said he did not think the president ever had mad inch a statement. Mr. Puo produced th let ter. It was not read. I XNATl RALIZKI ALIKN8 CAltiHT SALMON FISHING Astoria, Sept. 25. Federal au thorities have discovered - that a number of salmon fishers In the Columbia have not been naturalized. a violation of a state law. Steps will be taken to put a stop to the practice. AIL STEEL PRICES Washington, Sept. 25. Pursuant to a voluntary agreement made be tween producers of steel and the war department, President .Wilson today approved a scale of steel prices, ma terially reducing the present cost. The general public, as well as the American and allied governments, will share in the reductions, which go into Immediate effect and the agreement provides that producers shall not reduce wages. The prices will obtain until Jan uary 1. 1918, to be revised then if investigation shows they are inequit able. The entire output of American steel plants will be distributed un der supervision of the war board. AS Washington, Sept. 25. Senator Lewis called the attention of the senate today to the fact that Admi ral Dewey predicted 20 years ago that "aoout 15 years hence Germany will- make a war for the conquest of the world." Senator Lewis quot ed a report from Admiral Dewey to the navy department of a conserva tion between the admiral and Cap tain von Goetz of the German navy. which took place in Manila bay. LVOFF FOR REVOLT Washington, Sept. 25. The Rus sian embassy here last night issued an official explanation of the Kornl loff revolution. The explanation puts most of the blame for the re volt upon ex-Premier Lvoff. .Since the revolt was put down, ac cording to the embassy, a thorough reorganization has become neces sary, because the troops lacked con fidence In; their -Commanders . and changes are being made In admin istrative and army positions, which will result in the greatest benefit. AHOffl LOT OF HOYS) OP NORTHER CAU TOR- MA ARB GIVEN BREAKFAST BT REII CROH8 THE AFFAIR IS WELL HANDLED Heavy '. Troop Moremeat Traffic KoHered, Plan Paysaeat for Meade Simple and Prompt What waa probably th laat oav tingent of recruit to paa Uuvuga this city for sow Urn, wero break fasted at :45 thla morning. Th aame arrangement aa had prevailed th first two morning war carried out and everything moved 'of ilk clockwork. Th.,. local ' commltt waa complimented by officials of th Southern Pacific with th atatement that th organization waa all that could be desired and the beat of any point along the line. - Prior to the arrival of th trains, th recruit had been aaaigned to squads and each squad . numbered. Groupa of uniformed Boy Scout with placards bearing th respec tive numbers, were ready at th sta tion and marched their respective companies to tha seven dining room promptly and without a suspicion of confusion. Th contingent this morning waa from Shasta and Siskiyou .counties, Cal., and numbered 384. r.- The nertsthank8.otth com munity, and particularly of the Red Cross chapter, are due th women who have so willingly and capsbly handled this affair. They hav worked hard, early and late, and st considerable personal sacrifice. Aa a result of that work. Grants Pass has an added mark to Its credit and a splendid reputation among the sev eral thousand army boys who bsve passed through. The Boy Scouts, too, deserve word of praise. They did what waa asked of them in first class manner. The heavy movement of drafted troops through the city for 'Ameri can Lake, is practically at an end, and by tonight It is thought that the last of the special military trains will have passed. These manv mili tary trains have greatly disorganized the passenger and freight service of the Southern Pacific for several days. Nearly all passenger trains have been delayed. Several long trainloads of drafted men from California and ' Nevada passed through the city yesterday. Every coach bearing the soldiers was chalked with humerous allusions of various kinds pertaining to the war and the kaiser. Many people wonder Just how Uncle Sam had arranged to pay for the meals served to his men here at the various eating houses whether it was a cash proposition or had (Continued on page 2.) NATION-WIDE REVOLT Enid, Okla., Sept. 25. Witnesses in tbe anti-draft hearing before the federal court here today testified that a general uprising in all states of the union had been planned for the same time that the anti-draft riots occurred ip Oklahoma. Forty-eight organizations, the 'Wit nesses testified, they were told to ;Joln under the head of the I. W. W in a nation-wide revolution, in which was Included plans to seize small towns, attack cities, loot banks, burn 'bridges and cut telegraph wires. . The uprising was set for July 27, witnesses declared. The anti-draft rioters in Seminole, Hughes t and ' Pontotoc counties 'began their raids August 2nd. SOLDERS PASS THROUGH