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CONGRESS EXPECTS
TO ADJOURN AUG. 20
Waterpower, Suffrage and Dry
Bills Likely to be
Shelved.
Washington.-Adjournment of con
gress by August 20 was ducldud upon
by tlu democratic caucus.
Tlio stuerlng committee win In
structed to bring measures before tha
Semite In thU orilcr:
Appropriations, ship purchases, rev
enue, workmen's compensation, cor
rupt practice, Philippine self-govern-inent,
Spanish H tul Civil war questions
nd reorganization of tlm lnlerluta
commerce commission bill.
Clillil labor and Immigration restric
tions are to be voted upon next Do
retnber If tlm steering committee f IiiiIh
they cannot be completed before An
gUHt 20.
C'oiiMplonoiiii among the bllti shelve
by this agreement are the conaervu
tliui, Hlileliln wutcrpower, prolilblUim
ml suffrage amendment.
Houst Ends Work; Ready to Adjourn.
Tlia house arranged to Adjourn
three days'ul lime after Mouduy un
til mu ll time as tlm Semite Ih redely
for fliml adjournment of thin session
of congress, tukliiK up only conference
reportN and affalra which run be pass--d
by unanimous consent nd without
content,
Thu Itucker o railed corrupt prac
tices bill amending tho political cam
paign publicity luw and extending It
to cuitdldutt' for president and vice
president waa passed by the house. It
now goes to the senate where alml
lur bill by Senator Owen la pending.
Thls marks the closing of the ad
mlulHtratlon legislative proKram ao far
a the hoiiHO la concerned.
The bill fixe the mount which
may bn apent for campaign expenses
of presidential candidate at $40,000
nd vice presidential at K'&.Uoo. All
candidates for prenldent and vice
prenldent would be required to make
report to the clerk of the bouae Ihn
auuie uk candidates for other offices.
It would peiml lx.i violations of the law
with maximum flue of $10,000,
Probe of Railway Problems Favored,
Tho Ncwlumla Joint resolution pass
ed by the senate last February creat
ing Joint aulH-iitiiiulttev from the
membership of the aeuatu and Iioiino
commerce committees to investigate
varlnua railroad problems, IncluiltnK
government ownership and reRiilntlon
and necessity of further legislation,
was adopted by the bouse without rec
ord vote. Tbe study of the situation
was one of the things recommended
by I'resldent Wilson In his message to
the opening of congress.
Mexico's Proposal May Be Aecsptsd.
Solution of difficulties between the
United Stales and Mexico appeared
to trend more and more towards set
tlement through an International Joint
commission. Informal conferences be
tween Acting Secretary of Bute I'olk
nd Kllseo Arredondo, Mexican ambassador-designate,
It was indicated,
were developing questions for prob
able submission to such body.
General Carranza Is said to approve
the commission plan of settling differ
enres as provided In the treaty of
3fU8 and state department officials
re believed to be willing to let nego
tiations take their course, though pre
feting that the adjustment be made
through the presont coi.ference. I'res
ldent Wilson, It Is understood, la not
dissatisfied with the direction nego
tiations are taking.
Foreign Trade In Year $6,525,000,000.
The country's foreign trade during
the fiscal year ending with last month
reached a total of $6,536,000,000, ex
ceeding by many millions all previous
records, according to preliminary fig
ures announced by the commerce de
partment Exports were valued at $4,
345,000,000 and Imports at $2,180,000,
. 000.
The war munitions trade was the
predominating factor in establishing
the new exports record. Iron and steel
exports Jumped 'from $228,000,000 In
tlm previous flHCjil year to $li 18,000,
000, ami explosives from $41,000,000 to
$473,000,000.
Rivers and Harbors Bill Wins.
Republican senators who fought the
rivers and harbors bill refrained from
obstructing ratification of tho confer
ence report of the measure and It was
passed as approved by tho house, car
rying $42,880,085.
It Is the first general river and har
bor bill In four years.
Psclflo Coast Baptist Officers Chosen.
Spokane. With tho exception of
treasurer, all officers of tho Pacific
Coast Ilnptlst Young People's Union
conventfon were re-elocted. John M.
Glenn, of Spokane, was elected treas
urer and San Jose, Cal., was chosen
as the place for the 1917 convention.
Orpet Acquitted of Murder Charge,
Waukogan, 111. William Orpct, the
university studont charged with mur
dering Maron Lambert, a high school
girl and his formor sweetheart, was
found not guilty by a Jury after ,e
hours' deliberation.
OREGON NEWS NOTES I
OF GENERAL INTEREST
Important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Our Readers.
A fresh outbreak of rabies In east
ern Oregon stock districts Is feared.
A new lodge of Knights of Pythias
was Instituted at Halfway, In Maker,
county. I
John Day Is to have new, modern
uoHlofflce building In the very near
future,
A petition for the recall of Council
man Fred Myers, of Florence, baS
been filed.
Grangers and allied farmers' clubs
HI hold an all day picnic at Central
olnt July 22. 1
A flue one-story apartment house Is
uinlempluted for Pendleton by P, D.
full, of Hpoknno.
Steps are being taken to make the
Roundup feature a permanent annual
event at Ashland,
Alfalfa seven feet high grown with
out Irrigation Is a product of Wasco
county this year.
An aviation section of the Oregon
naval mllltla has been formed, with
I,. T. Horln commanding.
t'lnutllls county probubly will be
represented this year with an exhibit
at the Oregon state fair. v
The fourth annual Kpworth League
Institute of Oregon opened on tho
university rumpus Monday.
More than one quart of liquor for
every man, woman and child In The
Dalles was shipped In during June.
One hundred und fifty Presbyterian
ministers and laymen attended the
session of the Synod of Oregon In Eu
gene. A new schedule that will cut 40 min
utes from the running time of the Ku
gene Murshlfeld train Is being pre
pared. Albany's postofflce receipts for the
past quarter show a gain of 13 per
cent over those of the same quarter
yenr ago.
The state public service commission
spent lust Saturday st Dayton and
vicinity to look up alleged hazardous
conditions.
It Is reliably reported that the West
Coast properties In the Bohemia min
ing district have been sold to Spokane
mining men.
Information hia reached officials of
Portlund that L. it. Alderman, city su
perintendent of schools, is ill Id Wash
ington, U, C.
Governor Wlthycombe bas issued s
commission to Louis T. Darin, Port
land, as ensign, aviation duties only,
Oregon naval mllltla.
Cherry stems are being shipped to
Europe from The Dalles to make the
poisonous gas that Is used by tbe op
posing armies in Frsnce.
Company A of McMinnvllle, which
at present is at. Palm City, near tbe
Mexican border, has nine sets of broth
ers In Its membership of 83.
After service of more than 46
years as a volunteer fireman and, 16
years on The Dalles police force, John
Crate has been retired by tbe city.
The state public service commission
has fixed August 2, at Portland, as the
date for hearing the Pacific and Home
physical telephone connection case.
The demand for loganberry Juice Is
increasing at rapid rate, according
to J. O. Holt, manager of the Eugene
Fruit Growers' Association cannery.
Mrs. Pay ton T. Boone, wife of
prominent Ilermlston farmer, and her
two-year-old daughter, Jane, were fa
tally burned In fire at their home.
Notwithstanding the -fact that the
school was out more than a month
ago, Monmouth Training School pupils
are working diligently on their school
gardens.
Henry S. Westbrook, grand master,
and E. E. Sharon, grand secretary of
the grand lodge of Oddfellows of Ore
gon, officially visited Albany lodge
last week.
The supreme court holds that the
1915 amendment to the primary law
which makes It possible for a candi
date, to get on the ballot by paying
fee Is valid.
Tho Coos and Curry Hardware Deal
ers' semi annual meeting was held at
Port Orford and representatives were
present from every hardware firm In
both counties,
Portland jobbers and manufacturers
are exhibiting the greatest confidence
In tho outcome of the Fourth Annual
Muyors' Week, which Is to bo held
August 7 to 12.
Hilly Sunday, the famous evangelist
arrived In Hood River, accompanied
by Mrs. Sunday and their two boys,
and will spend the summer on their
ranch at Qiloll.
Mora than 1400 more residents of
Multnomah county ordered liquor dur
ing the month of June than during the
preceding month, according to the rec
ord of affidavits.
The annual tournament of the Wil
lamette Valley Firemen's association
will bo hold this year In Corvallls Sep
tember 4 and 5. Elaborate prepara
tions . have been made for the moet.
Cash prizes of $500 and trophies have
already been arranged for.
Tits flmithem Pacific railroad noti
fied the state public service commis
sion that It would shortly begin the
work of replacing 50 pound rails on
the Corvallls k Eastern line.
Sunday closing, the sale of alcohol
and the sending of poisons through
tho mulls are among the subjects .dis
cussed by the druggists at their 27th
annual convention at Seaside.
Wasco county farmers have deter
mined to cease paying out their good
money for grain sacks and many of
them are erecting granaries on tbelr
ranches to handle grain In bulk.
II. 11. Wlnslow, veteran of the Civil
War, serving In Company V, 89tn In
diana, and for three years mayor of
Sheridan, and his wife celebrated their
golden wedding anniversary Monday.
The Kugene chamber of commerce
special tO the Coos Hay railroad Jubi
lee will carry looo Lane' county resi
dents to the southern terminus of the
Willamette Pacific railroad August 24.
Whllo the Oregon naval mllltla Is
taking Its annual cruise in Alaskan
waters, the eight companies of Coast
Artillery will bo at Fort Stevens,
where they will be In annual exercise
until July 29
"I never sow a finer fish hatchery
than the Oregon state hatchery at
Bonneville," declared Kdwln FV Sweet,
assistant secretary of the department
of commerce, on his arrival In Port
land from Ilonneville,
Ministers of Orcgon,representlog
all the loading denominations, will
gather at Eugene Monday, July 24, for
the four days' sessions of the fourth
annual Oregon Interdenominational
Conference of Ministers.
Seven subordinate I. O. O. F. lodges
cf Union county and as many Rebekah
lodges sent (urge representations to
La Grande, when the first annual con
vention of the Union County Oddfel
lows' association was held.
Captain George A. White denied the
story printed by a Portland evening
newspaper to the effect that he had
been responsible for the proposed re
lief of Colonel McLaughlin from com
mand of the third regiment.
Five hundred poor children of Port
land will enjoy a holiday at the state
fair grounds at Sulem Thursday, July
27. Arrangements for use of the
grounds have been made by the Asso
ciated Charities of Portland.
Hy vote of 1009 for to 336 against,
the people of .Mcdford voted accept
ance of the Hullls contract for con
struction of the tllue Ledge railroad,
$300,000 having been voted three
weeks ago for that purpose.
Whether the city of Roseburg bas
legal right to collect license tor the
operation of an automobile carrying
the U ul toy States mall is question
that Is to be submitted to the federal
authorities for determination.
City Attorney Fee of Pendleton has
served upon the managements of the
Pacific Telephone ft Telegraph and
the Pacific Power A Light companies
formal request to remove poles and
overhead wires from Main street
Mrs. Cora M. Davis, of Union, su
preme chief of the Pythian Sisters,
has Issued program for the national
convention of the supreme temple of
that order to be held In Portland Aug
ust 1 to 10, which calls for the begin
ning of social events on Monday, July
31.
The Portland chamber of commerce
Is launching strong campaign to se
cure the next annual convention of
the National Educational association
for Portland. A straw vote, taken at
the convention In New York, gave
Portland second choice as the meeting
place. '
In dismissing the case against the
proprietor of rooming-house who
was held on charge of bootlegging,
Circuit Judge McGinn of Portland de
clared that it-Is wrong for the state
through one of its agents to entrap
any man Into the commission of
crime.
The Equal Rights to Oregon Indus
try committee filed with the secretary
of state Its argument in favor of Its
proposed constitutional amendment,
permitting the manufacture of beer
and its sale within the state under the
restrictions and regulations now In
force.
The announcement that Richard
Carrlck Babbitt, a Polk county boy and
a junior at the Oregon agricultural col
lege, entered West Point as a cadet
on July 10 has been made. He was
appointed by Congressman W. C. Haw
ley and passed the examinations with
an unusually good record.
. Thirty-three of about 60 enlisted
members In tho machine gun company
of the Third Oregon, now at Palm
Beach, Cal., on the Mexican border,
have written to Portland newspapers
to refute any impression that might
exist that they are, so to speak, tied
to their mothers' apron strings.
After a period of considerable tur
moil and agitation in and- out of the
ranks of the Oregon national guard
over the proposed removal of Colonel
Clenard McLaughlin as commanding
officer of the Third Oregon regiment
at the border, the war department has
rescinded Its order assigning Mc
Laughlin to tho command of a com
pany in the Thlrtloth Infantry; United
States army, and will leave him with
the Oregon troops.
GERMANS FORGED TO
THIRD IINETRENCHES
Four Heavy British Assault?
Repelled on Western
Front.
Iomlon. General Halg's troops, but
terlng at the third German Hue In Pi
curdy, are forcing a breach through
which Hapaume can be won.
Stubborn fighting won for the Brlb
Ish High wood and Delvllle wood,
north of tbe Mazentine-Longuevllle
Hue. Thus Pozleres and Martlnpulch
and through them Hapaume are
seriously menaced.
The war office announced that at
one point the Germans were forced
back to their third line positions.
The British are consolidating their
new positions north of the Bazentln
Longuevllle line aud are bringing up
their heavy artillery preparatory to
resuming tbe great drive toward Per
on no.
After four assaults hurled In rapid
succession at the German lines In the
region of Ovlllers and Iluzentin, le
Petit bad failed to dislodge the ene
my, operations on both sides coming
to an abrupt bait.
On the French side of the Somme
line the Germans took General Foch
by surprise. Powerful attacks enabled
them to capture la Maisonette and
lilaches, but they were ejected before
they had time to rally against the
French counter attack. The rapidity
with which the Germans were rolled
back from these two positions is hail
ed by military experts as an indica
tion of the firm grip the French have
obtained on the newly-won ground.
ARMIES STRUGGLE
AT CLOSEJUARTERS
Hrltlt!: Front In France, via London.
Continuing their offensive, the Brit
ish, who broke the German second
line of defense, now have taken all of
Delvllle wood, which was stormed by
the South Africans, and the high wood,
establishing themselves beyond Ba-sentlne-le-Petlt,
advanced parties hav
ing been to the outskirts of Martln
pulch and Pozleres and some other
points close to tbe third German line
of defense.
The operations were more in the na
ture of open fighting, the Germans us
ing strong points on favorable ground
which were good machine gun posi
tions to gain time in rallying reinforce
ments, and dig new trenches while
the British dig in opposite them with
each stage of the advance. Frequent
ly they are so near each other that
neither side dares use Its guns.
Both the British and the French are
confronted with almost Insuperable
difficulties in moving their systems of
communication with the advancing
troops. The biggest guns of the allies
re too huge to be handled either by
horses or motors, but require freight
trucks for their transportation.
GERMAN POSITION CAPTURED
Territory Gained Extends Over Front
of 1500 Yards.
London. German second-line posi
tions northwest of Bezantln-le-Petit
wood have been stormed and captured
by the British, the war office bas an
nounced. ' The positions captured, in
what the statement characterizes ts
"further Important Buccess," extend
ed over a front of 1500 yards.
A strongly held position at Water
lot farm, east of Longueville, also was
captured by the British, while the re
maining strongholds of the Germans
in Ovlllers and La Botselle also were
taken.
Germans Admit Withdrawal.
Berlin, via London. A withdrawal
of German troops under General von
Llnsingen southwest of Lutsk to a
point behind the river Llpa, is offi
cially announced by the war office.
Noted Scientist Dead.
Paris. Professor Elie Metchnikoff,
the famous bacteriologist, Is dead.
Professor Metchnikoff was world fa
mous as an exponent of theories for
the prolongation of human life.
Russians Continue Advance.
Petrograd, via London. The Rus
sians are continuing their successful
advance In the region of the lower
Ljpa, the war office announced.
Strike Results In Bloodshed.
Tacoma, Wash. Rangvab Delnann,
a strikebreaker, was shot and killed
and Sam James, a union longshore
man, sustained a probably fatal gun
shot wound in a pitched battle, when
union mwn attacked an automobile
carrying nonunion workors to the Mil
waukee docks.
$10,000,000 Damage Wrought by Flood
Atlanta, Ga. Serious floods in
North Carolina, South Carolina, and
Virginia, caused five known deaths,
rendered hundreds homeless and dam
aged property and crops to the extent
of $10,000,000.
At -8i -touch
of a match
All the convenien
ces of gas better
cooking nd
cleaner
cooler
kitchen
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Coca Cola and red
cherry; icecream sold in
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Lowney's Candies
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Prineville, Oregon
Hello ! Say, do you know
the Pilot Butte Telephone
Company has more mile
of line and a larger num
ber of subscribers than any
other telephone company
in Crcok county and 'a
cheaper grates ? Telegraph
connection is made at Red
mond with all outside
points. Main office Prine
ville, Oregon.
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