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j, s, REGULARS ARE
HURRY|NG TO QUELL
!, ". W. DISORDERS
ON PACIFIC COAST
HINDUS IN ATTEMPT
TO FORCE MEN OUT
:Of Lumber Mills Who Are
Producing Material for
u. S. Airplanes.

PORTLAND. Oregon. Sept. IS
Colonel C.. f.. Dcntler. L. S. Army, an
nounced here today he would send a
special train load Of troops TO As
toria, Oregon, tonight. 10 prevent IN
dustrial Workers of the World from
endeaYoring to coerce employees Of the
Hammond lumber mill. there. TO strike
in sympathy with Seattle strikers,
against ten hour lumber. The Ham.
mond mill is working on aeroplane
spruce
Industrial Workers of the World
have recruited large number OF Hin
dus and were pckrting the Hammond
plant, according tn 4. B. Hammond,
president Of III" company. He said
the pickets were trying TO frighten the
workmen away. rs the mill men 90
moi want 10 sirike.
AS the Hammond mill furnishes
light and power for Astoria, the port
Of Astoria authorities communicated
with Governor Withycomb today re-
garding tho situation. Apparently the
governor transmitted tho complaints
10 Colonel Dentler, who ordered troops
TO leave tonight.
Approximately 100 more men In va
rious industries went on strike At AS
toria today, according 70 dispatches.
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Sir Eric Geddes, Head Of British Navy,
Former West Virginian, Declares the D. s.
Faces Long and Desperate Struggle

have never planned for hiG war. such
HS Great Rriiain and the United states
SuCHr from. that they rrnllIc SLOWLY
what war means. We r"alizrl ii slowly
even with the help of our heavy cAsl
ualticS in our small army in August.
1914: hut perhaps with the national i'm
HElnalinn /" help them. which is much
stronger with you than with u.s. America
may realize it more quickly"
Twenty years or murc ago. Sir Eric.
then - sturdy Scotch lad Of nin"!ccn or
twenty years. worked in a lumber camp
AT Nirolrtir. on tn" kannwha river, five
miles from this city. He first tailed
lumber and then became an inspector.
following such employment locally for
three years. Mr.. Ecker was then the
manager in West Virginia for the
Nicola RrnthcrS company, of Pittsburgh.
Tho rise Of Sir Eric has certainly been
one uf the most rrmarkHhla OF the war.
Elr has been porter. traffic manager
Of an Indian railway. IA lumber inspector
i'll West Virginia and Ohio. director
general of military railways. major
general Of the French army. vice
admiral and nuw the chief Of the great
est navy nf the world.
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IN DESPERATE EFFORT To END
STRIKE Of THE SHIPbU|LDERS

Daniels also has joined in the gov
ernment'S efforts. He conferred dur
ing the day with Mr. Hurley, con.
cerning The effect Of wage increases
on navy contracts.
Mr.. Hurley said tonight he believed
the strikes on the Pacific coast will
end shortly under an agreement by
which the mon will be granted higher
pay, the burden Of which would be
divided between the shipbuilders and
the government. with the governments S
proportion larger for builders making
small profits, He will suggest such
a plan at San Francisco, Seattle,
Portland and other coast cities. which
he plans TO visit next week.
Officials of the shipping board hold
that the WACO problem belongs pri-
marily to the workme1 and the com.
nanies. and that the governments in
tcrcst is only that Of the owner of
ships whose construction is held up
by the disputes. Some officials think
the ship companies should have made
more strenuous efforts 10 reach an
agreement with their workmen. with
out passing the responsibility to the
government. Special resentment Is
fclr over reports that few employ
crs told union leaders that the gov
~, % 1
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DELIBERATE INSULTS TO AMERICAN
OFFICERS WHO HAD Been SENT q.
TO THE FRONT AS OBSERVERS

land" and a picture Of sort Of Nep.,.
tune rising from the sea to blockade:
the distant English coast
Kaiser Refuses Audiences to Gerard
The Ambassador is supposed. TO.
have the right to demand an audienc0s
with the Kaiser at any time, and 1i'
there were matters connected with
the treatment Of prisoners as we'll as
this coming submarine warfare which
wished 10. take up with him, had
on various occasions asked for an
audience with him; on each occasion
my request had been refused on some
excuse or other, and I was not even
permitted to so 10 the philway sta;
ton TO bid him goodbye on one oc..
casion when be left for the front.
When our military attache. Ma1o.,..
Langhorne, left In March, 1915, hey
had a farewell audience with the Kat
ser, and then asked him to say to-
the Kaiser that 1 had not seen him5
for so long time that l had forgot:z
ten what he looked like. Langhorna2
reported TO me that he had given this:
message to the Kaiser and that the
Kaiser said, Il have nothing against
MIR. Gerard personally, but will not
see the Ambassador OF q countr
which furnishes arms and ammuniti
to the enemies OF Germany"
Before the departure Of LAAE
I had succeeded in getting 0erf
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~Hu -Four Years In Germany -Ambassador CetardS Book
Until the United States Into the Great War

I | believe that he earns his living by
the practice of law before one Of the
rinor courts Ii is hard 10 say just
what role he will play in the future.
II is probable. when tho Socialists
! settle down after the war and think
things over. that they will consider
the leadership Of Schridcmann has
| been too conservative. that he submit
ted too readily to the powers of auto
cracy and too easily abandoned the
program Of the Socialists. In that
case. Lipbnecht. perhaps, will be made
leader Of the Socialists, and it. is
within the bounds Of probability that
Scheidpmann and certain mnmhcrs or
bis party may become Liberals rather
than Socialists.
The rush Of getting the Americans
out Of Germany was over in the au-
tumn of 1914. The care Of the British
civilians WAS on Il business basis. and
there were comparatively few camps
Of prisoners of war Absolutely tired
BY working every day until l. al night
] went 10 Munich for TWO weeks
rest.
Germany announced on February 4,
1916, that on the coming February l8,
the blockade OF England through sub
marine would commence.
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American Ambassador N OisfaVor
With the Kaiser

The Kaiser irf, Berlin on August
IS. for III. front. | wrot" TO his mas
ter OF the household. saying thar |
wished an opportunity To he at the
railway station TO say Sood-bye 10
the Emperor. but WAS put off on va
rious excuses. Thereafter the En-
peror virtually abandoned Berlin and
lived either IN SileSia. at PleSs or
some place near the western front
\, first. following the precedent Of
the War Of 1STD. the more important
members Of the Government followed
the Kaiser 10 the front: even The
Chancellor and tho Minister Of For
eisn Affairs abandoned their Offices
in Berlin. Not long atterward. when
it became apparent that the war must
be carried on on several fronts and
that il was not going to be the mat
ter OF a few weeks which the Ger
mans had first supposed, these Off
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WASHINGTON. Sept. Is. - The
government today undertook to settle
the strike of iron workers at San Fran.
cisco shipbuilding plants working on
government contracts without await
ing a basic agreement on other strikes
in Seattle ship yards. Reports to the
shipping board from Captain y. F.
Pillsbury, the boards agent on the
Pacific coast. indicated more fav-
orable outlook on the situation which
is interfering with one eighth of the
governments ship construction.
Chairman Hurley, of the shipping
board expects to leave for San Fran
cisco, with William Blackmon, Il de-
partment of labor concilliator. Be-
fore departing he will confer further
with Samuel Gompers, president of
the American Federation of Labor,
and chairman Of the defense council 5
labor committee, to whom he applied
today. for aid. -
Secretary Wilson has ordered ". I.
Bovce, assistant commissioner OF i'm,
migration at San Francisco, to offer
his services as mediator. Secretary
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ernments there Of the overwhelming
strength OF the German armies and
OF their positions. which knowledge,
it was said, he had obtained by per-
sonally visiting both the fronts 1t
was further intimated that Won Tir'
pitt himself was anxious that peace
should be concluded. possibly because
of his fear that the proposed block
ade would not be successful.
or course. | informed the State De-
partment OF these mysterious maneu-
rers.
was taken by back stairways to
a meeting with Won Tirpitz at night
in the rooms in the Navy Department.
When ! was alone with Won TirpItz,
however, he had nothing definite to
say or TO offer; If there was any Of
fer at that time to make peace, moth
ing came Of 1t. II looked somewhat
10 Ile dS IL LIE "EOlc iued Hdu peeii
to get this American TO go to Paris
and Petrograd, certify from his per-
sonal observations 10 the strength OF
The German armies and position, and
thereby to assist in enticing one or
both OF these countries to desert the
Allied cause. All of this took place
about ten days before the eighteenth
Of February. the time named for the
announcement of the blockade OF
England
Medals were struck having the head
OF Tir1Hz on one side and on the
othe words, "Gott strafe Eng
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WELCOME FOR
JAPANESE IN BOSTON


BOSTON, Sept 1S.-The Japanese
mission headed by Viscount 1shii, was
welcomed 10 Boston today by q great
crowd. notwithstanding a disagreeaole
northeast raInstorIn. Troops lined UP
in the South station train shed stood al
present arms while q band hailed the
guests with the Japanese national an
then, as thry stepped from the train.
There was an informal parade IN au-
torohjlrs TO the state house, where the
rarity WINS greeted by Governor Mccall
After q brief reception the visitors went
into the convention which is sitting to
reviS, tho state constitution and where
v:scount 1shi expressed his delight at
being in New England.
Massachusetts and New England are
very close 10 Japan" he said. Many
OF our leading men owe 10 the surround
ings tho impressions and the education
which has enabled them to take their
rluccs in the varying walks OF life IN
their home land"
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MYSTERIOUS MOVES FOR PEACE WHICH
MEANT NOTHING AND CAME TO
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. FROM EMPEROR

Gals returned to their offices In Ber-
lin. In the meantime, however, much
confusion had been caused by this
rather ridiculous effort 10 follow the
customs of the War Of 1870.
When Won Jagow. Minister OF For
c!Sn Afafirs. was absent at the Great
General Headquarters the diplomats
remaining behind conducted their ne
Soliattons with Zimmerman, who in
turn had 10 transmit everything to
the Great General Headquarters.
In August there were apparently
rumors .afloat in countries outside Of
Germany that prominent Socialists at
the outbreak Of tho war had been
shot. The State Department cabled
mo TO find out whether there was
any truth in these rumors. with par.
ticular reference to Licbknecht and
Rosa Luxcnburg.
Liebkrecht is a lawyer practicing
in Berlin, and so | telephoned him,
asking him to come and scr ME. He
did SO. and. OF course. BY his presence
verified the fact that he had not been
executed. He told me that the ru-
'mors as 10 Tho treatment of the So
cialistS were entirely unfoundcd and
said that h. had no objection 10 my
cabling 4 statement that tho Social
lists were opposed 10 cZarism and that
he personally had confidence in tho
German army and the cause OF The
German people.
Many Persons confuse Liebnecht
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Quebec Bridge Span
Soon to Be in Place

QUEBEC. Sept. 1S.-The mug" central
span Of the Quchcr cantil"ver bridge
tonight. is so feet from the position
il is to occupy uv"r IN" 81. Lawrence
river. the 1000 ton mass .uf metal hay
inE been raised ~ feet during the day.
Those In charge ri tn" tremendous en-
ginrcring feat estimate that the span
will be truSScd into plac" between III"
cantilcvcrs not later than Thursday
noon.
The span now is we'll above tho point
from which another span broke from
It's moorinCs and killed II persons in it's
nluuCn into the river in 1906.
River craft today renturcd bcncat tn
tho dangling span. though IN ocean 60
ing vessels were permitted II pass the
point.
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PARkERSBURG. W. Va. Sept. is
George T.. Ecker Of This city. received
today Il letter from his friend and
former cnNlnyr. Sir Eric 'i"dd"S. iIrSt
lord of tho British admiralty. which
contained interesting r"mnl"nt on th"
war. The letter. stripped Of it's per-
sonal features reads rs follows:
IL hope If after ;hr war YOU visit
England you will certainly let IN" know
and come to SEQ me: hut l think We ar"
long way off the end IF the war yet.
think that America Is finding il Il It'll"
bit difficult tn r"n ni2"--JuSt ~ Great
Britain did in the early days of tho war.
that it is Il long way between declaring
war and putting your whole hack into
it; that both determination and sacrifice
are called for if the nation is going Ia
acquit itself with credit. hut l have no
doubt at all that eventually America
will do so.
.Prcsidcnt Wilson Is n great man. and
not only realizes what is wanted. and
when the nation understands. as il does
not yet understand: | have no doubt ii
will respond.
1t is IL disadvantage which all dem
ocratic and peace-loving people who
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Last Of West Virginia
Troops at Camp Shelby
All Companies Of First Regl-
ment to Be Reorganized as
Machine Gunners.

2ra.s!Ai
| CAN'T SHELBY. Miss. Sept. IN
! West Sfrsiua's full national guard
army is at Camp shelby. the last OF the
First regiment having arrived here DUR
ing Monday night. and five sections
: "a irving the Second regiment reaching
, here this afternoon and tonight. Inc
first section carrying the reEimenta!
theadouarters machine gun company
/ Company 3 and sanitary detachment
| of tho Second regiment REACHED here al
~ this morning The last TWO sections
! Of the First and the supply compan!
Of tho Second regiment reached mere al
| : tonight. and the third section came
| in half an hour later. The fourth ana
afth sections reached here just oe1ore
! midnight.
! The entire First regiment is to be
,co,nplctrly reorganized into machine
, gun and artillery companies. according
! to q we'll grounded rumor today. orders
to this effect having already been hand
crl to Col. r. l.. Osburne. Col. Oshnrne
confirmed the rumor tonight but was too
; busy 10 give out the details informa-
J ton.
: Stre mon were transferred from the
First today to the truck squad. driving
large motor cars.
! The most important event in camp to-
; day was the departure Of Major Generai
w. Fl. Sage commander of the thirty
eighth division. Camp Shelby. for
! Franco. Accompanying the commander
! was his chief Of staff. Col. J. 5. Gowen.
! his two aiscs. Carts. S. II. Houston ano
! Capt Jas. p. RailcE.
| l.rigadicr General T.. NJ. Lewis was
Ilctt in temporary command OF the
camp. Major General SaCe's orders
read for him To report Immediately ne
an Atlantic port. Just what signlh-
canoe is attached with his departure
and what effect ii will have on tn" early
dnnarturc Of all troops here remains to
be seen
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Bennett was aboard the first OF
five sections carrying the West
Virginia troops. and it is supposed
that he fell out OF a window Of
the tourist car, while he was sleep
ing
Al three this morning a roll
call was made of the section, and
it was discovered Bonnet was
missing, Capt. c. II. Bell, Of, Par
kersburg making the discovery.
Bonnetl's body was mangled al
most beyond recognition, and it is
supposed that he was struck by
fast passenger train after falling
from the train. Colonel Morrison
sent a detail to Woodstock tonight
to look after the remains.
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with his father, now dead. Itcb-
recht. the son, is man of perhaps
forty-three years. with dark. buShy
hair and mustache and wears eye
glasses; a man of medium height and
not at all strong build. In the num-
erous Interruptions made by him dur
ing the debates in the Rcichstag dur
ing the first year of the war his voice
sounded high and shrIn or course.
any one who defies tho heavy hand
OF autocracy must suffer from nrr-
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100000 DRAF TEES To BEGIN
MOVING To CAMPS, WEDNESDAY,
THEIR NEXT MOVE TO
THE FIGHTING FRONT
Deficiency Of Men May Be
Revealed When All the
Contingents Report.

WASHINGTON. Sept. 1S.-MAr.
shalled for the last time as civil.
ians and under civilian authority,
more than 100000 men Of the
national army will go forward to-,
morrow to the sixteen cantone:
ments to be trained for the battle
against German autocracy. Their
next move will be>as fighting men.
toward the battle fields Of France:
The whole nation will be astir.
with the movement of the selec:i
tive forces. The men represent
approximately As percent Of the
total quota under the first call
from each Of nearly 5000 local:
boards. Already at the camps Is.
the advance guard Of five percent!
OF the total, composed Of expo.
rienced men. including cooks. Out
Of this has been created skele-.
ton organization into which the
second increment will begin to be
absorbed tomorrow with little con-:
fusion. When the last men OF:
this increment arrive the camps
will house half Of the first call
forces. or. 343.500 men, and the
other half will follow as rapidly;
as quarters and equipment arc
made available.
In statement tonight the war,
department says the enormous
task OF obtaining equipment and
supplies for the army is moving
satisfactorily. Some OF the men
Of the national army may be only.
partially equipped for some time
after they are modified, and no:
attempt will be made to furnish:
them with full war equipment un-;
til the eve Of their departure for
Europe. Some civilian clothing
such as overcoats, will have to be
used for a time. as the clothing
industry has not as yet caught up
with its work. ~ ~ I,
With the mobilization OF oneJ
half Of the 6S7 900 men of the first
call under the selective service
law in progress, the question aris-:
es as to whether that number Of
men will be sufficient to fill all :
units Of the national guard and
national army. There are indica.
tions that a deficiency in men Will
be disclosed when official reports;
from all the thirty-two training;
camps are available. ~; ]: -; = 5
Seventeen divisions Of the nate
guard have been organized. but with q
exception Of the New York. Pensyivan
md q few others and the Forty-secor
division which soon will embarkfft
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German Crown Prince
Again Stubs His Toe
On the French Front

Raids continue on the northern
end of the western front, with
both The British and the Germans
as the asgressors. Berlin, how
ever, mentions no infantry activ-
itv on the front Of Crown Prince
Rupprecht of Bavaria. The artll-
lcry and aerial activity on the
western front remains intense.
From Nieport to near Arras and
especially in the Ipres sector, the
opposing guns are showing In
creased activity.
In TWO efforts against French
positions on the Aisne front the
German Crown Prince again has
met with failure. Near the Miette
river on the Nufchatel road, the
Germans reached the French ad-
vance lines, only to be throEn out
again. In Champagne and on the
right bank Of the Meuse the arul-
lcry fire has been more spirited.
The Italians are still withstand
Ing successfully Austro-fu unglan
efforts on the southeastern edgo
of the Bainsizza plateau. while
the big guns are hurling their
monster shells over the battle
torn area Of the Carso plateau.
France according TO her new
premier, Professor PainleVe, Will
continue the war until Alsace-
Lorraine Is restored and the Ger
mans have made payment for the
damages caused by their ruthless
ness in the occupied areas of the
republic. He urged that the allied
movers consolidate their strength
in the common effort. France, by
teh end Of 1917 will have eXpend-
I'd lU3, 900, 100000 francs for mill
tary operations and civil admins
tration since the beginning OF the
war. For the last quarter of the
year its expenditures will total
12,l5U, 1000, 900 francs.
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RUSSIA RECEIVERS
FROM HER Recent
IHTE ERNAL DISORDER
BUENoS AIRES, Sept. 1a.-
Argentina has recognized the
new republic OF Russia Presi-
dent 1r.goyen today signed a
decree to that eject.

Russia having recovered III
grcl; :lraS,Irr fr"u the effects nt,
recent Internal difficulties. is pre-
pariaE t. make a tirnIcr stand
against the common enemy. 1t was
announced that the leadership of
the Russian armies has been re-
or::u.iZcd and that tn" truitinn of
rct"r,;,atir" plans IN the armies
themselves iS expected shortly.
Prcn,i"r k"rvuSIsy and the war
and marin. ministers IN TN" cabinet
ha>r .,". t. Nnhil'N. Russian great
Headquarters. to confer with the
military leaders. They viii also Sec
General EurEiln:f and his leading
aides III thr recent revolt. Whether
knruilnit. the t.:,'i..r of the summer
.nli.nSt." IN t;"li,.i;. this year. is ~
suffer TN" $upr",u" r'.naltE for his
nc: pruhahly will depend upon the
result ~ ts.'. conferences at Mnhiler,
The l,US.fI;.n army which has
made Sn!'.' pr"Erc:sS toward driving
the G"rn,nnS h::Cl: /" thu pvl;la line
IN lhc RiLl gi"n. ou Sunday 'c"u-
pied several German positions h"-
tween P$kur and Riga. Que N"il-
{Coac.21ed on Page FoI<tccn.)
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Mysterious Negotiations

Some very peculiar and mysterious
negotiations thereafter ensued. An
American, who was very Intimate
with the members OF the general
staff. came TO me about February s.
with statement that Germany de-
sired peace and was ready 10 open
negotiations 10 that end. II was,
however to be made a condition OF
these peace negotiations that this par
ticular American should 90 to Paris
and to Petrograd and inform the Gov
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Deutschland DeSi gner }.
Ends Life in Prison

BALTIMORE. Sept. 1S.-Gottholda
Prusse one Of the designers OF the Ger
man merchant submarine Deutschland.sl: ]:
who came to Baltimore on the. first
voyage Of that craft. committed, suicide
in the city Jail today by hanging.
Prusse had been imprisoned ~ ahN
alien enemy. He was arrested By the
United States authorities on August 2oat
for leaving a restricted zone without
permission. He was II years old ana
born in Germany. s.;t.st
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 1e.-Foreoast
West virgiuia-Fair, somewhat warm
er Uednesday; Thursday fair.
Ohio, Western Fennsylva nia-Fair on
"Wednesday and Thursday; little change
in temperature.
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West Virqinia Soldier Meets Death
On Way TO Southern Training Camp
Private Dennis Bonnett, Of Ravenswood, Member OF
Company B, Second Regiment, Falls Through
Train Car Window While Asleep.

SpNlAD D>.uh t. tl
CAMP SHELBY Miss Sept lsWeS Virginia made the first
human sacrifice troops and their to camp
Shelby when the mauged remains private Dennis B"ne o
ompanv b. RavenSwnod the Second regiment was oun
along the Southern railroad tracks late Monday night at spot
five miles frum Woodstock Alabama.