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V 1 DAILY EDITION V(U VIII., N. GRANT I AM, iOffiPmXK COUNTY, ORKOON, TUESDAY, (KTOIlKIt, a, 1017 WHOIJO NUMBER Sill. I PLOT CARRIED INTO RANI'i.S OF NEW U.S. ARMY VOLUNTKKIIH KNOWN TO ItK GERMAN HYMI'ATHI.KUM AIIK rot sin is cami'h Arraala llotag Made In Eery Ht-" Hi m uf Nation of TImhm I 'HirriMl In Great Tint Chicago, ttl, I. Federal officials who have been eearchlng various army cantonment camps for allKt Industrial Workers of the World, who war named In Ilia Indli iimnita returned here Friday, have round a number of Indicted men who an swered the draft rail and claimed no exemption. Official are aatlsfted thiit a deei laid plan m In prores Of being worked out wherein German sympathisers were, to join the Ameri can army and work SKslimt the Unit d Slate from within the ranka, probably by endeavoring to create a feeling or disloyalty and aubordlna tlon anion tha enlUtnd men. A latter waa found by these o" lala which James Rowan nt t Seattle to Win. Haywood, dated Au gust 7, In which ha aald: "Wa have the good will of tha Herman people and wa feel they will sympathise' with our cauae. Wa Intend to carry our polnta If wa Jiava to atop every Industry nn tha I'aclflc coaat. "II waa not wa who declared war. We hava not ronneoted 'to the work luitmen giving up their liberty by be In drafted." WaahliiRton. Oct. 2. The harvest of Indictments at Chicago, It waa atated here today, la but a fraction Of what tha government expect to reap In tha natlun-wlde raid on In ditatrlal Worker of the World, Only thoaa regarded a leader In tha movement have been Indicted. Tona of document and tetter have been aelaed. and tha disclosure are tiding catalogued for future use. Contrary to tha general belief no direct connection ha been ahown thn far between the I. W. W. dis turbance and the Gorman corrup tion fund used In thl country lnce A merle entered the war. Akron. Ohio, Oct. 1. Fodoral operative canned the arrest hare to day of an I. W. W. organiser, de clared to be a chief aid of W. O. Haywood, secretary and treasurer of tha t. W. W. flattie. Oct. 2. Jame l Thorn p aon, one of the I. W. W. loader In dieted by a federal grand jury In Chicago, was arrested here today, lie I a national organiser for the I, W. W. ' Tacoma, Oct. 2. Henry J. Oohrlg, proprietor of the Staunton hotel, (Continual on page S.) WEATHER IN FRANCE Washington, Oct.. 2. Already the United States murines trailing In France are fcoglnnlnK to feci the effect or the cold and extremely damp autumn weather foi' which northern Franco la noted. To people. In the United Stater here touchos or Indlun aummor are common about this time of the year, 1t sounds strange to rend loiter from the marines over seas win thnt they are "already ililvorln? with, the cold." Such a letter line come to the comfort committee r.f the nnvy league requesting: a ntile! shipment of woolen garment" t')f ,np marine contingent. The nfpeul Is particularly for 5,000 palm of knit ted woolen sock. TROUBLE-MAKERS ROUNDED UP " 1 i CONGRESS HEAR Ell OF SESSION lloui Approve HiiKe Tat lllll. Op- poMtlon In Senate Will Not I May Ita I'aiuuiKit I Amu Waahlngton, Oct. I. The house hat panned tha con f erf not report on tha war lax bill. A flKht on It la In prospect In tha aenata though It la out probabla that the bill will lie aent bark to conference. Hinator Smoot and other have Indicated they will maka a fight on certain feature of tha report. Ko confident ara leadera that tha report wilt b adopted In Ita preaent form that Democratic leader Kltchln to night advised democrat that they wara at liberty to no to their homea. II expert tha session In a week or 10 day. Oplniona atlll differ a to the amount that tha bill will raina. .Mr. Kltchln estimated It at 12,571.000, 000, while treasury expert believe It will b $2.(15.000.000 during the cumin year when In full operation. During toduy'a debate Prealdent Wilson wa quoted by Congresainan Cooper aa an authority against tha lone rat In if of mull matter. - Cooper asked why innmbera placed a great er burden on tha newapari and maxatlne and atlll held on to their rural free doll very ayatema. Pub lisher' representatives here virtual ly have abandoned hope of seeing tha pew aacond-rluaa it' . .Mud, though Senator McKellar la expected to oppoae It on tha floor. 10 ONE REFORM PARTY IndlunapolU, Oct. 2., Tha prohl tilt Ion national committee will In augurate a movement thl week to amalgamate the political reform ele ments of the country Into one politi cal party. It wna announced today by Kdward O, Clark, Indiana atate sec retary. A meeting will be held In Chicago Wednesday, at which representa tives of the prohibition, progressive, orlullHt and women' parties are ex pected to be present. The confer ence will follow the meeting of the national commlttoe of the prohibi tion party which will be held at the Sherman house In Chicago tomor row. New York, Oct. 2,-Mayor John P. Mitchell, democrat, defeated In the republican primaries for re-nom- Inntlon, announced today that he would run for mayor a the Fusion candidate, The announcement . was made from the step of the city hall to a throng of 10,000 supporters who came before him to demand that he remain In the mayorlty race. Other speaker at the open air meeting, urging Mitchell to run and pledging tholr support, were Theodore Roose felt, Wm. H. Taft, Chartes Evan Hughe and Henry Morganthau. REFINERS WILL KEEP ICE Washington, Oct. 2 sugar refiners have agreed to refine tholr product for a net mnrgtn of approximately cents a pound, after trade (Us jonntH hnvo been' deducted, the food administration ha announced. it I believed that thin voluntary action on the part of the roftnors will be a long step In keeping the price down to the Individual consumer. Petrograd, Oct. 2. A revolution ary movement, Is In progress 'n Turkestan, General Cherkes. com mander of the district, ha boon at tacked and defeated. - . STILL MORE AIR ATTACKS UPON LONDON FOUR GROUPS OK (JKRMAK PM.M IHIMIIKII K.NGLA.M LAST NIGHT m BARRAGE STOPPED MANY Few Mfti'hliiea Get Through and Strike London, Killing Ten and Wounding Thirty-right Umdon, Oct. 2. German aero- planea raided England again last night, killing 10 and Injuring 38. Tha German bombed coast town a they painted over and proceeded toward London. Two of the group succeeded In getting a number of iiiaohlneM through-the aky barrage, Numerous boiuba were dropped on the southwestern district, wbk-h la thickly populated with the bomea of tha upper and middle clawic. , Field 'Marshal Lord French, com mander of tha home forces, Isjited the following report dealing with last night' air raid: "A group of hostile airplane crossed the Essex coast at 7 o'ciook last evening and proceeded across Essex toward Umdon. this group waa followed In about 15 minute toy a aecond group which punned the ante course. The first attack on tandon was delivered from the northeast about 7:46 p. ra. Most of the raider ware turned back, but one or more of tha machine pene trated the defenses and dropped bomb In the southwestern district. "About 8: IS p. m. the second group of raiders alteii,ced to cross the defense at various polnta In northeast and north London, but without success until shortly after 9 o'clock, when a few of the ma chines panned across Ixindon and bombs were again dropped In the southwestern district. "Meanwhile a third group of Ger man raiders grossed the Kentish coast and dropped bomb at various place. ThlB group did not penetrate very far westward. ' "A fourth group of enemy ma chines crossed the Essex coast at 8:50 p. m. snd proceeded toward THE CONSUMER: "KEEP SIFTIN', UNCLEI" THREE GREAT DUN ATTACKS MOWED DOWN WXPKIIATK ( ' )l XTK lt ATTAl'KH lV (iKlt.MA.NH HWK1T HACK IIV IIHITIHH K1HK ARTILLERY BUSY FRENCH LI German I'riNoners Indicate (Amnion Hulrilers Want I'rart. Ofllcrrs Are Ordered to Keep 8afe British Headquarter In Franca, Oct. 2. Once more tha Germans have attempted, In a serie of counter-attack, to break the British llnea between Polygon Wood and Tower Hamlets. Again they were repulsed with hesvy losses. Three separate bluer attacks were made Monday. In each case the Ger man ranka were ahattered by the tar riffle British lira. . In the first attack the enemy's In fantry advanced In three successive waves, each of which In turn was forred to retire before the British machine gun and artillery Ore. Pari. Oct. 1. Hesvy artillery fir ing la reported by tbe war office to night on the Alsne front. There al io Jias been Infantry righting of a stubborn character on tha right bank of the Meuae, where the Germans at tacked the French line, but eventu ally were repulsed. I . ' fierlln. Oct. 1. via ' London-In-tense artillery activity in Flanders Is reported in today's official state ment by the army headquarter staff ReconnoKerlng operations slong the French front resulted In the capture of prisoner by the German. Canadian Headquarters In France, Oct. 2. (By Canadian Press.) That the rank and file of the enemy troops have a great longing for peare Is confirmed by every prisoner (Continued on' page 4.) London which was approached short ly before 10 o'clock. They did not ptvnetrate further than the eastern outskirts of London, where some bombs were dropped." -Donnall in 8t. Leuia Globe-Democrat GOLD HILL VOTES FOR IRRIGATION I'p-Hver Irrigation Hjrstnm lionda Approved by Vot of Four to One. IMps Grants I'axa liUtrlct Tba land owner under tha Rogue River Irrigation district yesterday voted on a proposition of bonding the district at the rat of ISO per acre for a fund to complete their Irrigation project. The reault of tb vota was 27 In favor and all against Thl result means much to O rants Pas and especially tha land owner under the Grants Pss Irrigation district, because of tha fact that the two districts are planning to build practically one system to serve both section. It now remains only for the land owners under tha Grants Pass district to approve tha proposed bond Isaua snd tha mesns will be at hand to complete the entire system and put something like ,4,000 acres under Irrigation probably during next season. The vote at Oold Hill beinr four to one In favor of tha bond Issue I Indicative of the geneVal realisation which 1 coming to the land owner of southern Oregon, that bringing water to tbe lands of this section Is an Immensely desirable piece of Improvement. Talent recently form ed an Irrigation district and more land owners are asking for water than there Is wster to allot among them. The 25,000 acrea surround ing Medford was recently formed Into a district and now the men who were most opposed to the forming of the district are among the most active .In getting a comprehensive plan, for bringing water to their land, under way. TEUTONS r.TJVE TROOPS 10 Washington, Oct. 2. Alarmed by the successes of Italy's troops on the Balnslzza plateau, Germany is withdrawing large numbers of Aus trlan troop from France, Gallcla and Bukowlna and rushing them to the Italian front to meet tbe renew. ed offensive being begun by General Cadorna. Dispatches from Rome state that the second season of the great battle Is about to open. ATTEMPT MADE TO M IT Tl Seattle, Oct. 2. Railroad officials here say that there was a deliberate attempt made last night in the Se attle yards to wreck the out-going Portland Owl. a Great Nonirn train. . The wreckers pulled a switch while the train was passing. Two sleeping cars were torn from 4he tracks. The sleepers bumped along the ties for a hundred yards, over turned a switch engine tender and stopped when tho forward sleeper turned on its side. There were nine adults and a baby In the coach "but none were hurt. SKXATOH CHAMBERLAIN - tXJiTiyi'ES TO IMPROVE Portland, Oct 2. United States Senator Chamberlain of Oregon, who la suffering from appendicitis in Washington, D. C, continued today to Improve according to messages re celved here. A!. LI KM MAY BLIL1 SHIPS ' IX CHINA LABOR CHEAP Shanghai, Oct. 2. Chinese news papers have discussed very gener ally the suggestion that the allies may build wooden ships in China, using timber from the Philippines. The Wea has met with great favor. China has an unlimited supply of labor. MONEY GIVEN FREELY FOR WAR MAKING mi'CTKY'S HUM-OMSK TO 8 EC O.VD LIIIEUTY LOAX OFFER IS MOST EVOOI RIGIXO RICH HATIOKUS ITS JO Hates, Posters, Hpeechea, WhlstMS, Horns t'sber In t'ampaiga Fro at Coaaf tO Coast Indisnapolls. Oct. 2. "If, try any poesibl chance, tha second Liberty Loan offered by tha United States to tha American people, should fail. It would have a worse affect than tht loss of a great battle," aald Secre tary McAdoo at a Liberty Loan matt meeting. The aecretary said that AmerlcVa two objects In entering the wvr were to vindicate American rights aud to achieve those altruistic Ideals for which tha American people stan4. Washington, Oct. 2. Officials of the treasury department express themselves as elated at the return from all parts of the nation. Indi cating that the government's appeal for the raising of $3,000,000,000 lu the second Liberty Loan Is meeting with sn enthusiastic response front the people. It Is estimated that subscriptions must approximate $125,000,000 daily In order to at tain the minimum figure of $1,000, 000,000 within the time set for the bond campaign'"'"'; ' Telegraphic reports to tbe treas ury from every section indicate tre mendous enthusissm on tha part of tens of thousands of workers snd a fair first-day volume of subscriptions toward the $3,000,000,000 minimum which hss been set as the goal of the four weeks' campaign. Flags were flown, whistle were blown, acres of billboards blossomed Into red, white and blue posters and thousands of workers . started the campaign with enthusiasm from New England to California. Everywhere In postofflces, bank and store win dows, railway stations, street cars and scores of other public places, liberty posters with various slogans were pasted up snd workers began the task of finding buyers. Towns and cities from coast to coast welcomed the beginning of the campaign with distinctive demon strations. Here In the capital, street cars were stopped for two minutes at noon and . automobile horns and sirens let loose a bedlam of noise as the Held force began Its work. Boston reported a chorus of steam whistles greeting the opening of the campaign. Mayor iMitchel of New York, stsrt ed It there with an address. Philadelphia let loose her factory whistles at 10 o'clock and two hours later gased skyward at a -o.i'dron of six airplanes that circled ' the tower of the city hall, dropping loan literature while 8,000 Boy Scouts started collecting contributions. , San Francisco, Oct. 2. Announce ment of a subscription of $5,000,000 to the second Liberty Loan bond Is sue by the Southern Pacific company was made here today by Wm. Sproule, president of the company. FREIGHT SLOOP SUNK OFF NEWPORT COAST Newport, Ore., Oct. 2. The gaso line sloop Jack Burnam, carrying a cargo of merchandise from Portland to Yaqulna Bay, went aground on the jetty last night but later drifted off and sank. " Three members or the crew Jump ed overboard and a coast guard pa- trol crew picked .them . upland brought them safely to this city. M