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TUESDAY, JULY 24, 1917
HINDUS ARRESTED
FOE INDIAN PLOT
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24—Six
Hindus were arrested in a raid on
the offices of the Hindustan Gadar, a
vernacular newspaper, today by a
posse of deputy marshals led by Uni
ted States Marshal James B. Holo
han. Four of the men were among
those named in more than 100 in
dictments returned last week against
San Francisco business and shipping
men, German consular agents and
Hindus, charging world-wide con
spiracy to foment in America an up
rising against British rule in India.
The other two have not been indict
ed.
The officers searched the $10,000
residence of Ram Chandra, editor of
the Gadar, who is under indictment
as one of the ringleaders of the alleg
ed conspiracy, and now at liberty on
bail, without discovering new evi
dence, according to their report to
Marshal Holohan.
United States District Attorney J.
VV. Preston, who presented the evi
dence to the federal grand jury after
inonthB of investigation, expected
that many of those Indicted would
voluntarily surrender today and se
cure release on heavy bail, which,
it is believed will be $10,000 in each
case.
In addition to the indictments of
conspiracy to overthrow British gov
ernment in India, true bills were re
turned against more than two score
others throughout America and for
eign countries charging plots to vio
late American neutrality during the
first two years of the war by sup
plying German warships in Pacific
waters with food and ammunition
from San Francisco.
GETTING THE KAISER'S GOAT
The members of the Belgian dip
lomatic commission which is in the
United States has learned the value
and expressiveness of American slang
and is, in street parlance, making a
hit with the people of the United
States by employing slang phrases in
describing certain phases of the war.
In Seattle a few days ago Baron Mon
chier, head of the mission, broke the
ice of formality by saying that Uncle
Sam had “got the kaiser’s goat.”
We all hope that the imperial nan
ny has been tagged and numbered,
and have no doubt that by the time
Uncle Sam "sees it through—in the
words of H. G. Wells—all the Uni
ted States has set out to do will have
been accomplished.
It is indisputable that much of the
internal dissension which is causing
the kaiser to burn the midnight elec
tricity is due to America’s participa
tion in the war. Even Germany, in
spite of the censorship, must realize
the United States has been actuated
solely by moral considerations and
not by a sordid desire for territorial
or momentary advantage in entering.
The attitude of the reichstag on the
submarine issue, which directly brot
this country into the conflict, shows
that in spite of the studied effort of
the Hohenzollerns to ignore our part
in the struggle, the weight of our
moral and material strength is hav
ing its effect.
There is undoubtedly a growing
feeling in Germany that the unre
stricted submarine program was a
fatal mistake—for it is that which
enlisted the richest and potentially
the most powerful nation in the war.
If there was any delusion as to how
fully America would throw her en
tire resources into the fray, it no
longer exists, and that probably is a
consideration which is causing con
siderable worry in Germany.
Von Falkenhayn, the former war
minister, once said at a war council
at the kaiser’s headquarters, in re
ply to a question as to what effect
submarine war would have upon the
non-belligerents: “Damn the neu
trals; win the war.” His policy was
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TUESDAY EAGLE HALL 8 SHARP
Introductory Picture—Pathe News
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Mabel Taliaferro
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Prue Mason, The “Sunbeam” . Mabel Taliaferro
Danny O’ Maddigan, a product of the reformatory Raymond McKee
Stephan Rutherford, candy manufacturer .. Gerald Griffin
Stephan Rutherford, Jr. David Thompson
Ellen Rutherford ... Helen Alexandria
Mrs. Helen Van Tuyl . Lillian Shaffner
Launcelot Van Tuyl . A1 Lee
Granny ... Mrs. Breyer
“Bobby” Rutherford . Warner Anderson
“Biff the Brute” . Louis Wolheim
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later adopted—and Germany is re
gretting it.
PLAINT OK DENMARK
Of the three Scandinavian coun
tries which, at the outset of the war,
decided to co-operate in establishing
a common policy toward questions
arising out of the war, Denmark has
been regarded as the most Pro-Ger
man. It is the belief of the observers
however, that the majority of the
people are against the German war
program, just as the common people
are in all other countries outside the
central group of powers, but probab
ly the percentage of people who have
been brought under the German in
fluence there is greater than in either
Norway or Sweden.
It is not entirely surprising that
the Danish royalty is cheek by jowl
with the kaiser as royalty is in Swe
den and Spain—and this notwith
standing a comparatively recent ser
ious difference between Denmark and
Prussia. It is a fact not entirely pec
uliar that dynasties have much in
common.
There is some argument on Den
mark's side in explaining the difficul
ties of maintaining neutrality. The
government organ points out that if
the country joins the entente allies
it will suffer the fate of Belgium and
if it throws its lot with the kaiser it
is placed in imminent danger of
starving to death—for which it is in
clined to blame the United States
more than any of the other allies.
But in its plaint against this country
it does not take into consideration
that America desires only that any
foodstuffs shipped from here to Den
mark or other neutrals, shall not
reach Germany, as they have been
doing in the past. British statistics
show that Germany is receiving enuf
fats from neutrals to maintain a big
army. It is not surprising that the
Danish people, who are tempted by
high prices if not by sympathetic
conditions, drive a bargain when the
opportunity offers.
In connection with Denmark’s as
sertion that the United States has
never been neutral, one wonders whe
ther the policy of that country, in
permitting German U-boats to use its
territorial waters, is neutral. Its
minister at Washington defended this
practice by saying it was not prohib
ited by The Hague convention. If the
practice is not in violation of neu
trality certainly the allies have the
right to use Danish waters in their
search for enemy submarines—and
the test may come soon.
We have the profoundest sympathy
in this country for the small neu
trals which are at Germany's door
step but the United States govern
ment cannot permit them to aid and
abet its enemy. For that reason its
embargo program, which is not in
tended to starve them but to guard
its own interests, is warranted by the
dictates of war and justice.
Dynamite on Danish Ship
HAVANA, July 24.—In unloading
coal from the Danish steamship Newa
which arrived yesterday from New
port News, dock laborers this morn
ing found a package of dynamite
with a fuse attached. On examination
the dynamite was found to have been
made up in the form of a cartridge
Such as used in the coal mines. A
few weeks ago an explosion in coal
which was being unloaded from the
American steamer Lackawanna was
the cause of two deaths.
Fort Snelling Locks Opened
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., July 24.—
Minneapolis today became the head
of navigation on the Mississippi riv
er when the steamer Dandelion pas
sed through the new government
locks in the high dam near Fort
Snellirig and tied up at the munici
pal dock. The dam and locks, just
completed after ten years’ work by
the government, back up the waters
in the Mississippi for six miles, form
ing a huge lake and making it pos
sible for steamboats to come to Min
neapolis for the first time in fifty
years. _
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Woman’s Body Found
EUGENE, Ore., July 3.—The body
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shaving soaps.
Special values in yard goods
■ This store offers you exceptional advantages in the way of staple
wash goods—a clean new line of everyday staples have recently
been placed in stock.
Piedmont Zephyrs and < ling
hams, plain colors, pink and
blue stripes and checks^
27 inches wide, yard.| j(j
Toweling, guaranteed all lin
en huck and damask, glass
cloths, 15 and 18 in. QA A.m
wide, yard_ZUuU»,
Silkolene, neat patt e r n s
light grounds, 36 in., QAa
wide, a yard- ZUv
Curtain material — Scrims,
Etamines, Voiles, fancy bor
ders and plain white and ec
.20cto35c
Outing Flannels—pink, plain
white and light blue, fancy
stripes on white ground 1 r*
27 inches wide, vard. ■ vu
Towels—Turkish, buck and
damask in differ Qcpincnp
ent sizes, each - •■wwlUwUu
House linings, sheets, be cl spreads, mosquito bar.
S. BLUM & CO., Inc.
Good Goods
of Mrs. Lilly May Marietta, wife of a
farmer residing near Creswell, was
found in the North Fork of the Will
amette river two miles below the
Marietta home at noon today. Mrs.
Marietta fired three shots through a
window at her lyisband Saturday
night, after making the trip from Eu
gene, where a settlement of proper
ty rights in connection with divorce
proceedings had just been completed,
to Creswell. Her disappearance had
been a mystery until today, although
there was some evidence of drown
ing.
Ike Evans was a thru passenger
from Seward on the Northwestern.
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Miss Zola F. Le Roux returned on
the Northwestern from a trip to An
chorage and Seward.
Gus Lindquist, who was recently
arrested on a charge of selling liquor
to natives, was released today on his
own recognizance, and returned to
Cordova on the Northwestern.
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Rev. Kashevaroff, who has been to,
the westward compiling statistics for!
the territory, was a passenger from
Kodiak on the Northwestern.
The bewitching star Mabel Talia- j
feno will appear at the Empress to
night in ‘‘the Sunbeam.” This is a
sparkling Metro play in five acts. It
will be preceeded by Pathe News.
B. G. Eaton, one of the operators
of the Hermann-Eaton property at
Betties Bay, left on the Northwest
ern for Cordova, where he will join
his wife and go on out to the States.
United States Marshal Brenneman
and wife left onthe steamer North
western for Seattle, where Marshal
Brenneman goes in charge of some
prisoners.
Lieutenant Koehler, in charge of
the Post at this place, returned on
the steamer Northwestern to Cordova
whence he will go to Kennecott to
take charge of his detachment of
troops at that place.
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liras*. $18 per ton.
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