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Eight Men Are Under Arrest by Secret Service Men In Ten
nessee Planned to Gain Audience With President for
Purpose of Committing Murder Plot Was Worked Out
In Small Town Near Memphis Four Members of Gang
i Held to Grand Jury
Memphis, Tenn., Oct. 23. Eight men are under arrest
here on a charge of conspiring to kill President Wilson on
Thanksgiving day.
The plot, which is said to have been worked out in a
small town near here, was unearthed by secret service
agents. Federal officials refuse to- give the names of the
men involved.
Detectives say that three of "the men planned to go to
Washington and gain an audience, through political in
fluence. The crime was to be ' committed then. The
method was not given out.
Two of the men lived in Pickett county, two were ar
rested near Nashville, and one was arrested in Scott
county.
The others were arrested here.
Four of the men have "been bound over to await the
action of the grand jury.
Exact charges preferred against the
men are not given out by federal
agents. The men are being, held for
further orders from Washington. The
men at whose home the plot is said to
have been hatched has been bound
: over to the federal grand Jury and the
government has refused -him bail.
t Story Made Light Of.
Washington, Oct. 23. Secretary
Tumulty, shock absorber outside Pres
ident Wilson's office, smiled whon in
formed of the plot in Tennessee on the
president's life.
"How'd they get by me f" he asked,
disparaging the idea that anyone with
more political influence could gain an
Audience with the president.
Joe Murphy, guardian of tho pres
ident's person in public, regarded the
plot lightly.
W. H. Moran, head of the govern
ment secret service bureau, eaid they
had an agent stationed at Memphis,
but that no word of any plot had been
received by him. 1
ONLY LIVE ZEPPELIN
IN CAPTIVITY TAKEN
B Y LONE FRENCH FL YER
By J. W. Pegler
Bourbonno-les-Baincs, Prance, Oct
S3. A twenty one year old French air
man, single handed, forced the German
Zeppelin L-49 to descend on French
soil and at tho point of his revolver
captured the dirigible's crew of more
than a score of men before they could
destroy their ship. An American offi
cer, journeying to the Sammies camp
from a distant point in France, was
the first person to arrive on the seen1!.
The. full story of the French airman 's
feat was told today to the United
Press correspondent beside the prize
the great black and gray cigar that
kv .'motionless amid thw) pines and
beeches of tho Vosges foothills, the I
first Zeppelin ever driven down abso
lutely intact and uninjured.
The American officer, who was "in'
at the capture of the Zeppelin, told
me the story as it was told to him by
the French airman. The bird man took
to the air an hour and three quarters
previously, under instructions to watch
for Zeppelins. It was only a short time
later that he saw his prey. He forced
his speedy battle plane to its limit and
overtook the great Jumbering dread
nought of the skies. Around and
around its huge bulk he flew, like a
aparrow attacking a stork. Finally the
Zeppelin swerved Its planes were de
pressed. It glided down to earth in a
small valley. The forward gondola (or
compartment) rested in a small stream
and the two amidship gondolas were
twenty feet aloft, the stern impaling,
itself upon the hillside pines- The I
youthful French airman stopped his
plane at tne ea;e oi me vaiiey so sua-,
demy ana got out witn sucn aiaenty
that he gashed his own forehead by
striking a wooden strut. with the
inter yanked at his aotomatic as he
ran forward. He reached the Zeppelin
as her commander had finished
firing six revolver shots into his en-1
l PRESIDENT
DAY
OUTH
"I haven't heard of any plot being
hatched against the president," said
Moran.
French Cabinet Finally
- Re-adjusted by Premier
, (By W. 8. Torrest) .
(United Press Staff Correspondent)
Paris, Oct. 23. After 24 hours con
fusion, Premier Painleve had appar
ently readjusted his cabinet this af
ternoon by switching former Premier
Ribot from foreign minister to minis
ter of state and member of the war
council. Ribot will succeed M. Barthou.
Choice of the foreign minister was not
announced, but it was reported other
wise the cabinet would remain intact.
The ministers attempted twice to re
sign in a body. In making a place for
a new foreign minister, it was believed
Painleve would manage to survive the
shakeup, although several of the Paris
newspapers this afternoon thought he
would be forced to make room for social-
istist representation.
.Painleve later announced that M.
gine, attempting to cripple it. The.
Frenchman covered him with his own
full revolver and demanded that ha
stop. The German complied. Then with
his revolver covering the forward,
amidship and after compartments in
swinging sweeps, the Frenchman stood
back to await reinforcements.
The first man to arrive was the Am
erican officer. Then almost immediate
ly there arrived a group of poilus who
took charge of the prisoners and the
prize. The Zeppelin commander was
found to be suffering from an injured
arm- He expressed the utmost chagrin
over his failure 'to burn the airship
with anyone of the six incendiary
bombs which he had in his cabin, de-
signed for just that purpose. Many
American officers, including a number
of aviation experts, inspected the rare
prize today, poking their leads
through small tears in the monster's
glistening hide. They came hundreds
of kilometers to view the sight and
considered it well worth while. Hun
dreds of soldiers, villagers, women,
children, and farmers poured over the
country roads for a sight of the moa
ster. France has Another Hero
Paris, Oct 23. France found anoth
er hero to praise in the bringing down
of the Zeppelin L-49 today. He was an
ex-poilu, named Boiteux who with his
shotgun aided a French flyer in pre
venting the German erew of the air
ship from destroying it. French avia-
tion ' experts today were dismantling
this airship at Bourbonne-les-Baines.
The Zeppelin was said to be the latest
naval type.
Official advicea on to todav indicate
that at least five Zeppelins were de-l
stroyed or captured- One giant ob-
served over the Mediterranean coast)
and another, badly crippled, was re-
ported over Edam Martin- These two
later apparently escaped.
BULGARIA NEGOTIATES
FOR SEPARATE PEACE
TO ESCAPE DISASTER
'Envoys at Washington Are
oaid by Greece To Be
WorlangJoThatEnd
Washington, Oct. 23. Bulgaria is
frightened at the handwriting she sees
on the wall and hence is conducting a
separate peace propaganda through her
envoy here, according to Greek Minister
Rossos Georges today.
In an interview with the Unitod
Press he expressed the opinion that Bul
garia is already making plans for event
ualities that will come with a crushing
ixerman aereat. treorcres onenlv charo-ed I
that the Bulgarian envoy in Washing- j
ton, at the instigation of his government I
is trying to mnuence peace opinion in
the United States, through the Bulgar
claims to have no communication withl
"i9Trsei .v.w.. ,
to Bulgarian peace talk will tflmfl in
u & ittcu tuni. mu answer '
due time, while confidential advices in
dicate that the allied armies around
Saloniki will probably be ready for a
blow against the Austro-German-Bulgar-ian
forces sometime in April.
The allied conference in Paris will
settle the question of the date' when the
advance against Bulgaria shall occur.
Meantime, French officers are reorgan
izing the Greek army and are paving
tne way ror a cniash which shall cut
the Berlin-Constantinople railroad. Such
a maneuver would cut Turkey from
Mittleuropa the kaiser's not-to-be em
pire.
The Greek minister said Bulgaria en-
terea tne war in sympathy with the
German idea of world conquest and be
cause of a heavy German loan.
Allied diplomats are f ranklv displeas
ed at the Bulgar 's peace propaganda
auu Biui wonaer wny tne state ueparfr
ment permits him to remain hero. Gov
ernment officials explain, however, that
he will be useful as a means of com
munication when peace talk becomes a
reality.
Barthou, now a member of the war cab
inet, would sneceed Ribot as minister
of foreign afaf irs.
-The premier conferred with President
Poincare, Barthou, Albert Thomas, for
mer minister of munitions, and a social
ist, and M. Bourgeois, but it was un
derstood the cabinet would not be
changed except for the switch In of
fices affecting Ribot and Barthou.
MURPHY WANTS DAMAGES.
New York, Oct. 23. Charles F .Mur
phy, of Tammany hall, sued te New
York Evening World for alleged libel
today. The World is opposing John F.
Hylan, the democratic candidate in the
mayoralty campaign.
EXTRA DIVIDEND.
New York, Oct. 23. An extra one
per cent dividend payable in liberty
bonds was declared todav bv the Amr
'caB Exchange National bank.
S;lf V' ' iMfcflwf lif
TURN TO THE LIGHT
MILLION EVERY MOTE
KUSr BE SUBSCRIBED
TO COMPLETE LOAfl
Splendid Work Is Being Done
and Outlook Is Now
Encouraging
LIBERTY BOND "iiOMBS"
Mineola, L. I., Oct. 23. The
big Capreni warplane which
flew here frem Newport News,
will soar over New York and
Brooklyn tomorrow morning
dropping liberty bond "bombs."
Tho nlono whih .
company it, will also participate
in the, "raid," officials at the
government aviation field said
today.
Washington, Oct. 23. A liberty bond
Christmas, officially suggested through
the United Press, met with hearty and
instant response throughout the nation
today. The idea promised to develop into
one of the most successful bond selling
arguments of the closing drive toward
the $5,000,000,000 mark.
Bankers, employers, officials and
other labor leaders lent their enthusias
tic support to the plan of giving liberty
(Continued on page four.)
J ABE MARTIN I
Th saloon is about th' only institu
tion that haint doubled its prices, but
soldiers are not allowed t ' patronize
saloons. Cold feet won 't save you. They
111 JfX
've got to be flat.
Pacific Coast Grocers
Must Stop Speculating
San Franciscoi Qit. j!3---Pacif ie coast
grocers have been ordered out of the
speculative class by Herbert Hoover.
That ' was the word brought back
from Washington today by Frank B.
Connolly of the California Grocers' as
sociation, who has been directed to en
force the Hoover rules for grocers on
this coast-
Cost plus a reasonable profit must
be the grocers' business basis. 'If a
grocer buys sugar at seven cents- a
pound, he must sell on that basis as
long as his seven cent sugar lasts, sven
though sugar goes to 12 cents a pound
wholesale.
Soliciting orders will be stopped an 4
there will be but ono dolivery daily.
Germany Is Attempting to
Force Separate Russ Peace
By Carl D. Groat
(United Press staff correspondent)
.Washington, Oct. 23. Germany's
new Russian smashes mean chiefly that
she is aiming to gain a Russian peace
while at the same time trying to cheer
the flagging spirits of her own people.
That was the view today of Secreta
ry of War Baker and other high offi
cials. But 'Russian diplomats hore assure
there will be no separate peace while
Secretary Baker declared that as it
lengthens tho Teuton line of communi
cations tho Gcrmnns eastern drive aa-
vi.. ultimate allied victorv.
Tho allies' Flanders successes more
than offset the eastern progress of tho
Teutons and General Haig's typhoon
fire and attacks will continue all win
ter in an effort to shatter the German
line and shako tho German stamina.
This weakening morale is increasing
as evidenced by the growing nuniDer
of deserters who reach tho allied lines.
That Germany- fears western devel
opmcnts is proven by the fact that she
is now seeking some sort of armistice
in tho Balkans in order to free morej
troops for the west and Italian fronts.
Bean Crop Better In
Some Places In Valley
During this dry summer it seems that
the bean crop did much better in the
southern part of the valley than down in
this section of the country. Lebanon
growers are bring in a fine bean, al
though the erop may be estimated at
about half a crop. C. . Patterson of
the Oregon Fruit company says the
growers around Eugene and Medf ord are
sending in a fine quality, although the
erop was hardly 50 per cent of inormal.
The big proposition for those interest
ed in the buying of beans is aa to
whether Hoover will establish a market
priee. Beans are on the list that may
come under government supervision, but
the impression is that nothing definite
will be known until about Nov. 1. Prices
at present are from 8 to 12 cents according-to
quality. Buyers are of the opin
ion that if the government does estab
lish a price it will be close to ten cents
for the better grades. j
FRENCH DRIVING
FORWARD Oi 1 WIDE
FR01ITMAKEGAIIIS
Numerous Prisoners Taken
and ( Initial Objectives
Gained, Report Says
AMERICAN AIRMEN AID
IN WEST FRONT FIGHTING
Germans Pay Heavy Toll For
CI 1 . T
success Agamst Russians
at Riga
AID FOB ITALIANS
Washington, Oct. 23 French
and British reinforcements are
arriving daily at the Italian
front, officinl Rome cables atat
ed today. Tho troop movement
is being made by train from
France. Large quantities of
mutitions and (many artillery
battalions accompany the sol
diers. PariB, Oct. 23 French troops began
a big drive in the Aisno sector today
with initial victories.
'After several days' bombardment
we attacked powerful enemy lines be
tween Allcmant and Mnlmaison, " the
war office announced, "and prograss
ed satisfactorily on a wide front."
Numerous prisoners have alroady
been taken, the war office statement
said.
"Northeast of Bhoims the artillery
fire was active," the statement doelar
ed, referring to the fighting elsewhere
"On the right bank of the Mouse,
around hill 344 artillerying was vio
lent toward tho latter part of the
night."
The new French assault is the first
drive on the Chemin-des-Dames sector
that has been mado by General Petain
in more than a month. Allomant is
oight miles northeast of Soissoni and
about three miles southwest of Anizy-le-Chatcau,
where the battle line makes
a sharp curve northward around Coucy
and up to I f ore, juaimaison is sit
uated about two and a half miles to
(Continued on page three)
eantimo. Bulgaria is playing a
double edged game with her ally,
threatening a separate peace in order
to cet what Bulizaria wants or mill
tary spirit and coveted territory. Dip
lomats hero say tne wuigars are repeat
in if their pre-war dickering with both
sides "to raise the ante." Actually
thero is little prospect of a separato
Turk-Bulgar peace et the moment, of
ficials sav.
They agreed with Premier Lloyd
George's statement that only a lasting
peaco should be accomplished. While
optimistic over the outcome and more
lnan we,i l,ra.""u .luB
' ftithontiesi ncre )o inea
Lloyd Georgo in wnrnine that the conn
try must realize there is still hitter
work ahead before tho German is boat
en into submission.
KAISER MUST BUY
CASH DEPOSITED HERE
MiQions of Dollars of German
Owned Property Will
Be Seized
Washington, Oct. 23. The kaiser
will be a forced subscriber to some
future liberty bonds.
Seizure of hundreds of millions in
German owned cash and an estimated
billion of war material begins this
week with the assumption of office by
A. Mitchell Palmer, custodian of alien
property.
His duties call for taking over all
German property, whether owned by
the German government or by private
citizens. The cash he seizes he will in
vest in the liberty loan or other goo4
(Continued oa page four..
LIBERTY BONDS
FOR CHRISTMAS
PMMADOO
No More Appropriate Gift
Says Secretary of
Treasury
PRES. SAMUEL G0MPERS
LIKES SUGGESTION ALSO
New York financiers Fall
Quickly In Line and Bond
Buying Is Brisk
(By William Gibbs McAdoo)
(Secretary of the Treasury) -(Written
for the United Press)
There could be no more appropriate)
Christmas gife in 1917 than a United
States liberty bond.
Let every patriotic. American this
year determine not to waste money on
Christmas gifts of no value, gifts that
would morely indulge appetite or van
ity. Lot every patriotic American sub
stitute for such gifts the one present
which would be. of genuine value to
the recipient and at the same time help
to win this great war for freedom
against despotism, namely, a bond of
the United States government.
Every American who contemplates)
making a Christmas gift of jewelry or
other expensive things, should give
liberty bond instead.
Wives, children, sweethearts woula
rather have a liberty bond than any
thing that could be offered them.
Every liberty bond an American buys,
will help arm and equip our soldiers
and sailors; will hep to make them in
vincible in the fight. The more invin
cible we can make them, the mora
quickly the war .will be ended.
By the destruction of the kaiser's
brutalized rule of the bayonet, the more
quickly peace on earth, good will to
ward men will be restored.
Christmas day, 1917, should be a time)
of rededication and reconsecration to
the cause of freedom and humanity
throughout the world, to the ideals for
which Christ suffered crucifixion on
tho cross. We must be prepared to make
Indefinite sacrifices to secure this glor
ious result.
The loast we can do is to give ur
something of our pleasure, something of
our comfort, something of our conven
ience, something of our needs and to
employ all the Bavings wo may thereby
effect to strengthen the hands of our
government and to support our gallant
men on the battlefields.
Washiigton, Oct. 23. For the final
spurt in the fivo billion dollar cam
paign, the treasury department today
urged all patriotic Americans to buy
liberty bonds for Christmas presents.
And to buy them NOW, for only five
days remain.
uwn vmtii nhviatmn friinrmlnir earrr
by bnying liberty bonds," is the lat
est official slogan.
try must raise about 2,750,000,000 more
to make the second liuerty man a suc
cess.
Secretary McAdaa, Samuel Gompers,
labor leader, and other high officials tor
n n l,nn-4ilw Anrlnraod tliA llhartv bond
for Christmas presents movement.
"They will never wear out or chango
in style, and no one will evor grow tiTed
of tliom," said Captain Oscar Price na
tional director of publicity in the local
(Continued on page two.)
Corvallis Southern
Pacific Depot Moved
Corvallis, Or-, Oct. 23. The movng
if the Southern pacific depot from its
troaanl lnf.a4-i.tn Sin itlTlth street tO 6tuV
and Madison streets is of quite some)
interest to uorvams peopiu.
Th. ,l,.,,m in lfiii fef Inns anil
,..iv,. .,.rnTimAtjlv 400.000. The
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entire stone structure is to he moved
just as it is now- The new lo.p.tion will
be much better than the "resent, aa
6th and Madison is directly between
the college and tne town, me process
' digging out beneath the foundation
under way, and when it is possible)
to set jacks the entire building will
be raised three feet for the placing of
heavv timbers, skids and rollers. A
first class track will be laid and the
K.. . .;il Kn mnVHl hv mfUUM Of
capstan and a team. Ordinary jacks
will be used in raising tne Duuuing vv
gether with manpower.
While this tning seems a very ujiu
. r.(Tiiitnr Rarrv and his
foreman, J. A. Carlson and Frank Cur
tis, it holds a place of bo little inter
est for Corvallis residents, as moving
stone buildings is not a common fea-
re here. The moving is to oe jiu.bu
i .hit twn wneks. The Portland
West 8ide electric will have it lines
run into the depot in its new location.
This will bo an added convenience as
the 8. P. engines have hau to puu int.
..i,.t,i ,r. into the Ninth street da-
Pot from Corvallis junction,