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The sun., 1917-08-20
LEADER AND 25
|. ". ". JAILED
IN NORTHWEST
Rowan, Who Ordered the
Strike. Says Fight Is for
Eight Hour Day.
PREDICTS MORE TROUBLE
Arrests Made to Prevent Prop
erty Destruction and Ham,
pering Of Industry.
PREDICTS MORE TROUBLE

SPOKANE, Wash, Aug. 1a.-James
Rowan. district secretary of the Indus
trial Workers Of the World. and twenty
six other members OF the organisation
were arrested at local l. W. w. head
quarters here this afternoon by a COM
pany Of Idaho National Guardsmen and
placed In the county Jail as military
prisoners.
Rowan had ordered the general strike
Of I. w. w. labor in the Northwest to
begin tomorrow.
Strike orders advising farm workers
ito let the fruit rot on the ground" and
calling on construction workers to lay
down their tools have been signed by
Rowan.
Lumber workers In the four States
already are on strike" Rowan said
while he was awaiting his turn to he
searched and booked. "I think the strike
will spread further now and probably
will affect industries in which no strike
has been called. Even though all the
officers or employees Of the organization
are put in Jail and all the halls closed
arrangements have been made to han
die the movement"
Later Rowan dictated a statement and
signed 1t. He said:
THE principal object Of the strike OF
the lumber workers Is the eight hour
day and sanitary conditions In the
camps. We are not unpatriotic.
"The money which supports the ium
ber workers strike has been contributed
by the working class from all over thi!
country and some from workingmen o.
other countries, but we have not yet 60
any from the Kaiser"
Major Clement Wilkins. Idaho Ma
tional Guard. who directed the troops
said he did not have specific orders e
! act. but made the arrests under genera
orders empowering me to take sucl
steps as appeared necessary to preven
| destruction Of property and hamperint
| Of industry"
The sun., 1917-08-20
MUNITION MAKERS
DEMAND POTATOES
Threaten Strike in Germany II
Ration 10 Not Increased.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. ia serious strike
Of workers in the munition manufactur-
ing districts Of Essen and Dusseldorf
over the refusal Of the Government to in
crease the potato allowance two pounds
a week (worth in New York about two
cents) Ia threatened. The men demand
ten pounds a week. The War Food De-
partment at q meeting with labor dele
gates. declared It would be impossible
to give them more than eight pounds.
but offered elight increase in the bread
and meat rations The workers have
not replied.
The Berlin Lokalanssi0er says that
several hundred workmen employed In
the Krupps Magdeburg plant have gone
on strike owing to the arrest OF one
OF their leaders. Tho workmen con-
sidered this disciplinary measure and
sent q deputation headed by the Reichs-
tag Deputy Herr Brondes to the deputy
commander in chief asking him to re-
lease the leader. The deputy commander
IN chief informed the deputation that
the man under arrest was suspected OF
high treason because he had distributed
hand bills melting workers to a general
strike.
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sAMMIEs ABOUT TO FIGHT.
Returning Ambulance Driver Saw
Them At Work.

W. y. Wells. an American ambulance
iriver, who returned yesterday from
France to enter the Benjamin Harrison
Camp at indianapolis for the training Of
officers, was stationed recently only
about ten miles from the American
troops In France, and noted the fervor
with which the poilus greeted and took
care of the boys Of Uncle Sam. He said
the Americans we're then preparing to
enter the trenches on the firing line.
In a German gas attack at Verdun In
June MIR. Wells and nine other drivers
brought out 500 wounded In eighteen
hours. They were forced then to give up
although all wore gas masks. through
phy scal exhaustion. due In part to the
gas. which seeped through the masks,
Six Of his comrades received the war
cross for their work.
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I'Rcliists NOrI, Harm,

II H. understood to be because of : ia
that secretary Lansing virtually has
asked the American people To- suspend
! judgment until the President has spoken
/ The people do not ana cannot UNDER
stand what is going ON behind the diplo-
matte scenes The President and Sc,rc-
tary Lansing have every means of OBJ
tanning all Information Of this coundcr-
tidl charal ltcr which reaches the United
states Government directly ur Indirectly
/ through IL" Guverumvnls Of the Entente.
Secretary Lansing naturally believes
/ that persons wHo are inclined to rush in
and tell the Government what it ought
to do should appreciate the situation IN
its International and diplomatic aspact
: This applies, IL is explained. to persons
who demand nat refusal to nccotiai.
AS well As To the pacidsts. But it is the
paciiists Cularly who are likely 10
do the most harm to the cailsc Of prnue
at this critical juncture.
| For this reason every OH ial effort
Will he made to check paCihst propa-
gandn here. The same efforts win be
made in Entente countries and I'm Rus
/ sia. II the cope has information whIrl
/ leads him to believe he can obtain the
basis Of IA peace on the r. tcutc terms
! for example, and # lac has heon
/ prompted T." act by the fact that German
! miltdrism fOrcSces the CrumhIug OF its
power. the irresponsible raC.ust Ir.p.-
ganda here and I'm Entente couutlie'
! simply defeIs the day OF real poarc hv
giving Germany renewed hope of bong
! able 10 force unacceptable peace terms
/ President Wilson viii not listen 10
terms excepting along wei, defined linz.
cmbodyinR the complete defeat of ,i,.
/ man autocraCy As the guarantee Lcc,.
] sary for the future safety If democrat
nations No amount of pacIlst pro, -
Randa viii deter hm from this course,
is explained, and Will therefore only pru
long the war by encouraging the en-,
The sun., 1917-08-20
FINNISH TOWNS REVOLT.
Pspulace Plsnaers Foodstuas aad
Omcials seise Remainder.

LONDON, Aug. l9,--Great rsvolts have
taken place In the leading towns Of
Finland. according to advices received
At Copenhagen through channels opened
by the raising OF the Russian news en-
barge on the frontier of Sweden and
Finland and wired by the correspondent
Of the Exchange Telegraph Company
Foodstuffs were plundered by the Fin
nish populace and the authorities seized
whatever supplies remained.
Public order 10 being restored I'm Fin
land by the arrival OF fresh troops.
Throughout that country there has been
q series Of great forest fires which
destroyed large areas Of wooded lands.
The sun., 1917-08-20
LIEBERT'S PEACE IDEA.
General Says Germnny Must Have
Flanders Coast.

AMSTERDAM, Aug. l9,--Gen. Won Lie
bert In speech nj Rathenow. Prussia, is
quoted by the Demsche Tdgos .eitung as
saying
I'VE cannot sign peace before we
have the Flanders coast, n colonial em-
pire and maritime bases. Should we not
realize this now. we must prepare to
work for 1t after the war In view OF
the next war"
Gen. I.iebert's speech was loudly
cheered by his hearers. but it was crit
icised by the German press. vOrWdorts
declared
'"rhis may prulong the war untn Ger
many has been 50 beaten that even our
pan-Germans cannot think Of "A next
time
The sun., 1917-08-20
GERMANS MAY KILL
AMERICAN CAPTIVES
Campana's Captain, Gunner
and Crew in Peril.
Special cobis De.po,ch to Tnx St,

special Fdble Dcsp0rh 70 INK stN-
Boston, Aug. 1s.--James Delaney of
Maiden, Mass. an American gunner cap
tured by the German submarine which
sank the armed merchantmen Campana,
may be executed as a pirate, Capt.
Oliver and the entire crew of the Cam
pana, who were taken prisoners and are
now confined somewhere In Germany, 1t
Ia rumored, face the same fate.
The United states has made inquiry
as to the disposition OF the seamen, es-
pecially Delaney. The last word from
Delaney before he WAS captured was
written July 2S on n French postcard
and was mailed to hts aunt Mrs. Nc
vane OF l3 Blaine street. Maiden. On
this card he said: II am we'll Shall
leave soon for America
Delaney's grief-stricken wife, the
mother OF baby boy. awaits daily news
OF her husbands execution.
The sun., 1917-08-20
SEIZURE OF PAPER SCORED.
Swiss Onicials Condemn COurss
Toward O-WilsOn journal,

GENEvn Switzerland. Aug lie
ReruC LursoHnr says the Federal Gov
ernment OF Berne has received no ofYical
note from Washington concerning the
recent seizure BY the Swiss police OF the
Freie ZeifurD. \ newspaper published in
the German language, because OF its al
legged unncutral attitude in supporting
President Wilson and the American Gov
ernment in the war
Both President Schulthcss and Gus
tnve Adcr. chief Of the Swiss Political
Department condemn the attitude Of the
Swiss Attorney-ieneral In the case and
have ordered him to return manuscript
seized during the raid Of the newspaper
officc
The sun., 1917-08-20
GERMAN ATTITUDE UNCHANGED
ReicAstaE Member Diseases Pros
pects for stockholm Farley.

LONDON, Aug. 19.--Friedrich Ebert. a
member Of the Reichstag. in discussing
the prospects for the Stockholm peace
conference in view Of the refusal OF the
Entente Governments to issue passports
to delegates. said. according to a des-
patch to Reuters. Limited. from Am
sterdam. that the Observation-Disclosures
committee had not yet announced its at
titude toward the changed conditions and
that "even II for the present the confer
ence IN impossible this is no reason for
US to change our attitude toward It."
Continuing. Herr Ebert said: III the
Dutch Scandinavian committee believes
that the conference intended for Septem.
ber can still promote its peace work
without Entente representatives then the
German Socialists will come"
The sun., 1917-08-20
Soldier. wreck I. W. W. Omces.

PORT ANGELES, Wash. Aug. ia
number OF National Guardsmen. includ-
Ing men from the coast guard cutter
Snohomis. wrecked the I. W. w. head
quarters here to-day. throwing the furni-
ture and papers OF the organization into
the bay from which they were recovered
later. Corporal Egan. alleged leader OF
the raiders. was arrested. An investi.
cation Is being conducted.
The sun., 1917-08-20
Loew Theatre to Aid
Smoke Fund for Week
WARNING! THE SUN Tobacco
w Fund has no connection with
any other fund, organization or
publication. 1t employs no agents
or solicitors.

The following letter speaks for
itself. No embellishment or COM
ment could improve it. Here it is:
"SUN Tobacco Fund:
"Gentlemen-I have been fol-
lowing closely the progress you
have made with your fund to fur
nish smokes for our soldiers in
France, and have been delighted
with the splendid success you
have attained in securing contri-
buttons. now feel that it is
our turn to help this worthy
cause along.
1--WE would like to donate 10
per cent. of the total receipts of
of New York Theatre and Roof
for the week of August 27 to
THE SUN Tobacco Fund.
r. "During this week we have one
Of the finest programmes ever
shown at the New York and feel
sure that the share Of the re-
ceipts given to the fund will swell
it considerably.
"With best wishes for the sue
cess of your wonderful plan l re-
main, very sincerely,
MARCUS LOEW."
The sun., 1917-08-20
CR0WDER CUT AND BRUISED.
Provost Marshal General Dashed
Against Automobile Top.

FREDERICK CITY, Nd, Aug. 1s.-Pro-
vost Marshal General f. II. Crowder
this afternoon was cut and bruised about
the face when he was tossed against the
top Of his automobile as the machine
was swung abruptly to the side Of the
road In an effort to avoid an obstruc-
tion. The Generals eyeglasses were
shattered. the fragments decorating his
nose.
The injuries are not serious. Gen.
Crowder and his party were en- route to
Harper's Ferry.
The sun., 1917-08-20

Nothing could be further from the
truth. it is explained.
1t can be said on the highest authority
mat the President and Secretary
Lansing want peace the very moment
It can be obtained on terms which the
tnlted states and the Entente have
Already virtually agreed TO- Every En-
tehte government has the same view.
IL is not unlikely. therefore, thar tie
i'resideTt Will 20 to great lengths in
joining in the Pope's plea for peace and
VIII heartily inGorse the basic idea for :,
las'lhH peace--a guarantee against
repetition of wlr''-which tho por.
makes the foundation of his proposal,
But the President will then probably out
iine--and here will be the important fea-
ture OF the reply-the means by which
the United States conceives peace anI
iasting peace To be possible
Inc President is expected to define
What ne regards proper basis for peac.
III terms which cannot be misunderstood
in Germany. Furthermore, the prcsi-
deht IL likely To define this basis in such
manner as to make il evident 10 Cor
many and the Central Powers thar all
compromise OF vital principle will be out
of the question, whether the German
Government sues for peace on this basis
now or in the future. In other words
the Presidents reply will probably iu-
/ form the German Government and all
iac'fists at 'hc sam" time Of what tl,
| nations hamp; 3ning the cause of dc
| nocracy insist upon regarding as the
! only possible basis of real peace.
The sun., 1917-08-20

LoNo BEACH, Cal. Aug. -. = Eight
members Of the l. W. ". were arrested
as they stepped from a Los Angeles train
here to-day. The arrests were made by
the police assisted by severa! national
guardsmen.
Two we're released after examination
by Department OF Justice officials, who
said they traiied the men from an I.
w. ". meeting in Los Angeles last night.
The 6thA-s were held for investigation.
Some Of the men. II was said. came from
the mining districts Of Bisbee and
Jerome, Ariz.
The sun., 1917-08-20
BerustorR Goes to Turkey.

AMSTERDAM, Aug, l9.--Count Won
Bernstorff. the former German Amba ssa-
dor to the United States, has been ap-
pointed. according to the Berlin Vossischs
Zeitut0. to The post at Constantinol 10.
He wiiialeave Berlin Immediately.
The sun., 1917-08-20
ARRESTS A PRECAUTION
Government Directs Steps Neces-
sary to save Industries.

WASHINGTON, Aug. i9.-Officials here
were Interested In the news OF the arrest
Of tb.a l. w. w. leaders. but there was
no formal comment.
1t was suggested that the order for
the arrests probably was issued by the
Commander OF the Department Of the
West.
The Government has directed that any
necessary steps be taken to prevent in
reference with Industries essential to
the prosecution of the war.
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Receives Hearty support.

This organization wrote Charles b.
Thompson of the Bakers Review, sub
scrIbes most heartily to the sentiments
expressed in your circular"
"The people of German birth and
parentaee in this country Will stand by
II to tho last" SAYS Louis q. Fritz,
editor of the Deutsche zeitung of
Memphis. Tenn.
Louis n HammerlnS. president of
the American Association OF Foreign
Language Newspapers. wrote as fol-
laws:
az congratulate you upon the splendid
manner In which you addressed the edi-
tors OF the German language newspa'
pers printed in America. I believe that
thls should have heen done three years
axo. The Germans who came 10 this
country came here to make 1t their
home, and the Germans born here
should certainly make 1t their country
The sun., 1917-08-20
BRITISH IN 2 BIG
0FFENSIVES,NOW
GAINING IN WEST
Advance Line 500 Yards OH
Mile Front Near Ypres.
Poelcappelle Road.
BOILING OIL TRAPS FOES
New Attacks Begun by Allies
on SOmme FrOnt-Take
2.114 Prisoners.
BOILING OIL TRAPS FOES
Special Cn5i. Despatch 10 THE srS


LONDON. Aug 1s,-Actvity OF the
allied forces on the western from is in
creasing and is being extended over
much wider area. In FLANDERS the
British drove forward near the Ypres-
Poelcappelle road, east Of Langemarck,
advancing their LIE fully 500 yards on
a mile front. taking all their objectives.
At the same time they began new at
tacks on the Somme front which has
been comparatively quiet for some time
man trenches between LempIre and
Bony. Last night tney took German
positions southwest of Havrincourt The
number Of prisoners captured in the
fghting northeast of Ypres on Thursday
has risen to 2.1lI
Military experts here point out that
radical changes are taking place on the
battlefront in France and Flanders which
are likely to develop into an entirely new
phase OF the war. Not only are the
British for the first time conducting two
offensives of the first order at the same
time in the Ypres and Lens sectors but
they have such an abundance of troops
on the ground now that they can indulge
In important attacks on other parts OF
the front without detriment to the main
operations.
Airpiane activity on both sides has
been great In the last two days. Three
German machines were brought down by
the British to-day and four others
dropped out Of control. Eight British
aeros are missing. on the French front
eleven German planes were driven down
In flames on Saturday and six others
were forced to land in damaged con-
dit!on.
RaidinK German Trenches.
II is noted also that the British raid
Ing parties are apparently able to enter
the German trenches at any time or
place they desire and to bring back
prisoners and valuable information. OF
perhaps the greatest significance is the
| recent development that although the
Germans evidently know where an at.
, tack Ia to be delivered. as IL shown by
| their repeated frontal assaults in efforts
! to forestall the blow, every British oper.
alton in Flanders recently has been s-lc.
cessful and in general way the gains
! have been held
Furthermore. the British are using new
weapons and new methods to excellen
advantage. In the previous Somme of
| fensive the tanks threw terror into tn,
German ranks. In Flanders the presen,
drive has brought out even more horrible
! weapons OF destruction. These wer,
| first mentioned after the capture of Mes
sines ridge, but were rarely used after
ward until last week
/ Reports from the front describe tn,
! use OF O weapon which heaved grea
! quantities of boiling oil into the ad
vancing masses OF Germans. Thes'
special engines operate in Conjunctiog
with the heaviest and most skilful bar
RACES.
The sun., 1917-08-20
WILSON INSISTS ON
CRUSHING DEFEAT OF
GERMANAUTOCRACY
MICHAELIS TO
ANSWER POPE
Expected to Address Main
Committee of the Reichs-
tag Tomorrow.

BERLIN, via London. Aug. l9.-The
main committee of the Reichstag will
meet on Tuesday to deal with the mill
tary and economic situation in the en-
pire. which is said to he considerably
improved over conditions obtaining six
weeks ago. when the political crisis oc-
CURED.
In view OF the unparalleled economic
and military situation the opinion pre-
walls In many quarters that the Reichs-
Par-Germans, should unequivocally re-
iterate the principles OF its peace reso-
luton as adopted by two-thirds ma
jority at the close Of the recent stormy
session.
The Reichstag resolution provided for
peace without annexations or indemnl-
ties.
1t is not unlikely the Papal peace note
will be informally discussed early in the
session OF the main committee, which
will further occupy itself not only with
on active review OF military and eco
nomic affairs but with new legislation
relating to the reorganization Of the
food bureau and the division Of the De-
partment OF the Interior. This depart
ment will have a subdivision devoted to
legislation respecting commerce, labor
and social questions, in which fields far
reaching reforms and innovations are
forecast
The sun., 1917-08-20
Three Party COalitiOn.

The new Chancellor and his newly
appointed stan OF secretaries therefore
are permitted to enter into the initial
conferences with the Reichstag Main
Committee at a moment when the Cen
tral Powers are declared again ~ he in
military ascendency and the domestic
situation is shurn Of features which
embarrassed the Government on the eve
of the crisis.
When the Rr,chstag adjourned It's
plenary sessions to September 26, pro-
tests were not lacking which pointed
out the need of Parliament and the
Government keeping in active touch with
each other even while the new regime
was being inducteG into office. The de-
sire to give Chancellor Michaelis an OPP
portunity to select new aids, To inform
himself regarding the chief problems
confronting the nation and to formulate
his programme warranted the brief in-
termission which has now come to an
end with the summons Of the main com
mittee for Tuesday.
nterfactlonal conferences will take
place Monday. II ls generally believed
that the three party coalition, formed of
Social Democrats. Ceutrlsts and the
Progressive Peoples party, Is still unit
and that II is likely to be- augmented 10y
defec,lous from the National Liberals
The present acting chairman of the ma II
committee is Dr. Albert Sucdellum. n So
cial Democrat The successor to D-
Peter SPAIN, former leader of the Reichs-
tag Clerical party, who has been an-
pointed Minister OF Justice, will probably
also he chosen from the ranks of tho
Catholic Centre party
The sun., 1917-08-20

When the Germans moved out of Lens
in dense formation on Friday to attack
the Canadians terrific barrage fire
struck them on the flank and drove them
s6ewise into a sunken road British
artillery IRE that cut them off from re-
treat. Then began the horrible work of
ercircling them with liquid fire. The
new engines belched forth death: it is
estimated that 500 litres of boiling LIQUID
was spurtcd into the massed ranks.
practically roasting all of them alive.
Another development Of the Flanders
battle perhaps the most important of
ALL is that the trench system, so highly
developed In the last three years by the
Germans, Is being abandoned by them
at least in this section, as it has failed
to serve its purpose, I'nder the over
whelming superiority OF the British ar
tllcry fire the elaborate trenches are
quickly rendered untenah.c and the ia
nous dugouts connected with tho
trenches, sometimes twenty or thirty feet
under ground become Ghastly man traps
In which the Germans have perished by
the score.
The Germans are giving up the
trenches and employing In place OF then,
new scheme OF terrifying in con-
cealed way chains Of shell craters. OF
| which the number between the two bat.
tlefronts seems almost infinite, In man,
"f these craters small concealed forts
are built and they are often connected
with one another by shallow trenches.
The sun., 1917-08-20
Costs u. S. $156.71 to Equip Each
Soldier for the Campaign Abroad
Special DespdtcA to THs srS.


WASHINGTON Aug 19According a statement made public by
War Department tonight $1561 equip in
Clothing cost $O162 eating
utensils. &C., $778, and fighting equipment $47a6