THE MORNING OREGONIAN. THURSDAY. OCTOBER 23, 1917.
TERRORISTS WOULD
LI
Kerensky Grimly Struggles to
Keep Territory of Old
Empire Intact.
GERMAN AGENTS ARE BUSY
Finland Insists on Complete Incle
pen d e nee a n d Rich V k r a n i a Is
Able to Force Practical Rec
ognition of Autonomy.
BY RHETA CHIL.DE DORR.
( Seventeenth of a series of articles telling
thfi inside Etory of Russia's revolt. Copy
right, 1917, by the New York Evening Ma.il.
Published by arrangement.)
One of the main contentions of the
extremists of the Russian revolution
concerns the self-poverningr rights of
the states, large and small, which make
up the empire. I met no one in Russia
who did not agree that each one of the
states had a right to local autonomy,
but I met many who feared greatly lest
the empire should be dismembered and
should fall apart into a number of
small, weak states. Kspecially disas
trous would this be, both to Russia antj
to the allies, if it happened during the
war.
That Germany is doing everything in
her power to bring about this end, is
proof enough that it would be disas
trous to the allies. Germany's army
and navy and Germany's diplomacy are
working overtime to separate the Rus
sian states. The fighting forces are
working now to isolate the Baltic
states and Finland, and the German
agents are busy all over the empire
Vpreadi ng the propoganda of secession.
"The right of small peoples to gov
ern them.selvee' is one of the easiest
gospels in the world to preach. As a
principle it is not even debatable. In
practice, however, it very often is far
from expedient or practicable. But
the recently liberated Russians, each
separate language and racial group,
smarting from remembered wrongs in
flicted by the old government, took
fire with the idea of self-government,
and in every corner of Russia are found
provinces, governments, even cities, re
pudiating the central government and
setting up republics of their own.
Provisional governments were cre
ated last Summer in provinces of Si
beria, in the rich province of Ukrania,
in the town of Cronstadt, in the Si
berian towns of Tomsk and Tsaritsine,
and in a number of other localities.
Finland very early started an agita
tion for a separate government, and
only the closing of the JDiet and the
prevention by armed force of the con
vening of a new Diet stood in the way
of a Socialist manifesto of separation.
The Socialists are the majority party
in the Diet, and they counted on the
support of enough people in the three
"bourgeois" parties the Swedish, old
Finnish and young Finnish parties
to carry their measure through.
Every one of these attempts at se
cession was marked by riots, murders
and excesses of every kind. A report
from Kisanoff. a city that wanted last
June to be a republic all by itself, told
of a garrison of soldiers who broke
loose, fell on the inhabitants of the
town, robbed and murdered them, out
raged women, burned houses, looted
chops and generally behaved like mad
dened animals.
Cronstadt Seen Butchery.
It was the same thing in Cronstadt,
only in Cronstadt they developed a
drug habit, so to speak. This forti
fied town of some 60,000 inhabitants is
situated at the mouth of the Neva, on
the Gulf of Finland. The fortress of
Cronstadt, which dominates the town,
in normal times constitutes one of the
chief defenses of 1'etrograd, a few
miles up the river. The Gulf of Cron
stadt, on which the fortress stands. Is
the chief station of the Baltic fleet.
With a strong garrison, a fleet of bat
tleships and a well-organized Bolshe
viki. Cronstadt was able for many
weeks to defy the provisional govern
ment, to maintain what it called a
government of its own, and to commit
more horrible crimes and more stupid
excesses than almost any other place
in Russia.
Murder on a wholesale scale marked
the progress of the revolution in the
fortress and on the battleships. More
than a score of young officers in train
ing were killed in the fortress in one
day last Spring. They were not even
arrested and tried on any charges.
They were just butchered. A number
of other officers were killed, including
the commandant and vice-commandant
of the fortress, and other officers were
thrown into cells and kept there for
months without even the farce of a
trial.
Cronstadt set up a republic in late
May and by mid-June the orgy was in
full swing. The civil population loot
ed and robbed and the soldiers and ma
rines aided and abetted them heartily.
Once a band of looters sacking a
warehouse were arrested by the militia
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Why Colds Are Dangerous.
It is not only the serious diseases
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make a cold the most dangerous of the
minor ailments, but the fact that when
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D S EMBER
RUSSIA
COUN
police after a lively shooting match
and put in jail.
Cases where the militia actually ar
rested thieves were so rare in Russia
last Summer that this one received
considerable newspaper publicity. The
papers were obliged to record that, a
few hours after the men were arrested,
a crowd of armed soldiers and sailors
demanded the liberation of the prison
ers. Of course their demands were
honored.
Demon Mt rat ion at Tomsk
Tomsk was another city where the
right of small peoples to govern them
selves was demonstrated last Summer.
In the newspapers of June 8, old style,
appeared a telegram from Tomsk to
Minister-President Kerensky, the Min
ister of Justice and the all-Russian
Council of Deputies, Soldiers and
Workmen, then in session in Petrograd.
The telegram was sent by the com
manding General of loyal regiments
and it read in part thus:
"Criminal and mutinous soldiers In
company with other criminal elements
of the population have organized them
selves into bands and have set them
selves systematically to pillage and
assassination. Under the flag of an
archy they have looted the banks, the
shops, business houses of all kinds.
They were prepared to murder all
heads of public organizations and de
clared that they would next move on
to other towns and cities and continue
their robberies there."
The telegram went into more par
ticulars of these outrages and closed
by saying that martial law had been
established in Tomsk on the 3d of June,
2300 persons had been arrested and the
city, thanks to the presence there 'of
a few brave and loyal troops, was now
in order.
Thus the tale could be continued.
Finland, usually a peaceful, orderly,
law-abiding and intelligent country,
by far the most enlightened in Russia,
lost its head completely over the right
of small peoples' idea. "
Officer Murdered In Streets.
Most of this, it is true, came from
soldiers and sailors of Sveaborg, the
island fortress of Helsingfors. Murder
of officers went on there and in the
town also. Marines pursued their hap
less officers through the streets, cut
thing them down with - swords and
knives, shooting them and killing them
by torture before the eyes of women
and children.
The townspeople did no such shock
ing deeds as that, but there were
bloody strikes and many riots, and
finally the attempt to open an illegal
diet and to force a separation from
the empire. Kerensky handled that sit
uation very well, sending the best me.i
in the government to Helsingfors,
where some kind of a truce, temporary
perhaps, but a truce, was patched up.
Kerensky's real battle last Summer
was with Ukrania, where a real gov
ernment was established. It was real
enough at all events to force a kind of
recognition from the central provi
sional goverrunent. Ukrania is an enor
mous territory in the south of Russia.
It extends into Southwestern Siberia
and southward to the Black Sea. Odes
sa is its principal port, and within its
borders are many important cities. Kiev
is one of the largest of these. About
35,000,000 people inhabit the Ukraine,
as it is called in Russia.
The people are not Russian, strictly
speaking. They are Slavs, but they
have a language of their own, a litera
ture, a culture. They have been Rus
sian subjects for nearly 300 years.
The Ukraine is a self-contained coun
try and could be made a very rich one.
It is rich now in agricultural resources,
the "black earth" of certain regions
producing the most splendid harvest
of wheat and other grains. The fruits
of the Ukraine are the best In Russia,
and the vineyards furnish grapes for
excellent wines. Russia would be poor
Indeed without this country.
Federation RusNia's Tank.
The greatest task ahead of Russia is
federation, and she probably will in
the end learn how to give autonomy
to her states and establish a central
government which will bind all the
states together in happy union. But she
has years of strife and monumental
effort ahead of her before the task is
done. The wisest men in Russia
even Professor Miliukoff, who lived
for years in the United States appear
to be in a complete fog on the subject
of federation. Half the wise men want
an empire like Great Britain or Ger
many, with practically all the power
in one central governing body. The
other half see nothing ahead but dis
memberment of the empire. Nobody ap
parently can see Russia as another
United States.
I believe that part of our responsi
bility, after the war perhaps before
that time comes will be to teach Rus
sia how to establish a peaceful federa
tion on republican lines. Russia does
not need to be taught democracy. When
she emerges from this present anarchy
she can be trusted to establish a safely
democratic civilization.
Tomorrow I shall tell something of
my own impressions of the man who
is trying to lead Russia out of an
archy, Alexander Feodorovitch Ke
rensky.
(To be continued tomorrow.)
TRAIN GRINDS LAD OF 3
LEW IS SQVIER KILLED OX TRESTLE
EAR SALEM.
Ad venture of Four Little Boys Ends In
Tragedy Mother Is In Portland
Hospital.
SALEM, Or., Oct. 24. (Special.)
Lewis Squier, 3-year-old on of W. C.
Squier, advertising manager of the
Salem Statesman, was ground to
death by a Southern Pacific train on a
trestle two miles south of Salem late
today.
Four little adventurers, none of them
over 5 years old, left their homes un
known to their parents today and wan
dered along the track. The three older
lads had crossed the trestle, but Lewis,
alarmed at the space below him, was
crawling across on his hands and knees
to join his companions when the train
rushed over his tiny body.
The only witnesses to the accident
were his companions. Rex and Ray
Rhoten, twins, the children of E. A.
Rhoten, advertising manager of the Pa
cific Homestead, and Edward Squier.
his brother.
Train officials hurried back to the
scene of the accident and found no one
but the three babies standing near. The
body of little Lewis was lying on the
track. The boy's mother has been ill
in a Portland hospital for several
weeks.
Spokane Trust Company Deposits.
SALEM. Or., Oct. 24. (Special.) The
Lincoln Trust Company, of Spokane,
today deposited with Superintendent of
Banks Sargent $50,000 worth of securi
ties as the first trust company outside
of the state to comply with the provi
sions of the new trust company act.
The company contemplates selling se
curities in this state and will have no
branch office, but will have an agent
in Portland. Under the act the com
pany is to be examined by the state
superintendent and comply generally
with all the terms of the law.
Movie Houses Raise Price.
EUGENE. Or. Oct. 24. (Special.)
Eugene motion picture houses tonight
announced an advance in prices as a
result of the war tax, to be effective
Monday. Five cents will be added for
all classes of admission.
Phone your want ads to The Ore-
gonlan. Main 7070, A 609s.
s
VICTORY OF FRENCH
IS SWEEPING DRIVE
Over 8000 Prisoners, 70 Big
Guns, 30 Mine Thowers, 80
Machine Guns Captured.
BATTERIES ARE ABANDONED
General Pershingr Observes Attack
and Goes Into Trenches Im
perturbable Attitude Talk
of French Army.
PARIS, Oct. 24. The sweeping na
ture of the French victory yesterday
north of the Aisne is indicated by the
official announcements from the war
office tonight, which report the cap
ture of prisoners exceeding 8000, heavy
guns exceeding 70, 30 mine throwers
and 80 machine guns.
Several squadrons of tanks partici
pated in the battle and did excellent
work in company with the advancing
infantry. It was by means of these
most modern war implements that the
Filain farm was captured.
WITH THE FRENCH ARMIES IN
FRANCE, Oct. 24. (By the Associated
Press.) Several American intelligence
officers watched the successful attack
and saw crowds of German prisoners
passing to the rear.
Orenadler GnardH Captured,
The garrison of Malmaison fort,
captured by the French, was composed
of First Grenadier Guards.
At the village of Allemant it is re
ported that 1400 prisoners, most of
them belonging to the youngest classes,
were taken.
BERLIN, via London. Oct. 24. In
their attack on the Aisne front the
French at first pressed forward quick
ly, but later their thrust was arrested
by the German reserves, the war office
announces today.
The French troops in their attack
drove forward to the villages of Alle
mant and Chavignon, and the positions
lying between these points became un
tenable. In the withdrawal, the German ad
vanced batteries had to be blown up
and left to the French.
PERSHISG
WINS
PRAISE
During Progress of Battle American
General Goes Into Trenches.
(By the Associated Press.)
AMERICAN TRAINING CAMP IN
FRANCE. Oct. 24. General Pershing
accompanied one of the French Gener
als yesterday as far as the second Ger
man line in the French attack on the
Aisne front.
General Pershing was with General
Franchet d'Esperey at first, observing
the attack from a favorable post some
distance in the rear of the French
front line. General Pershing suggested
going into the French trenches. This
they did, but General Pershing was not
satisfied and went on through the shell
fire into the first line of the captured
German trenches and then into the sec
ond line. General Pershing's impertur
able attitude during this time is the
talk of the French army. ,
OFFICER SHOT BY HIS 3IEX
British Troops Find Evidence of Ex
ecution in Captured Redoubt.
(By the Associated Press.)
BRITISH FRONT IN FRANCE AND
BELGIUM. Oct. 24. In one of the re
doubts captured from the Germans
Monday northeast of Ypres. according
to reliable information, British troops
found a German officer who had been
executed by his own men. His hands
had been bound behind him and he had
been shot.
Many tales are going the rounds
among the British soldiers. Indicating
much dissatisfaction among the vari
ous bodies of the German troops.
Very often soldiers charged with de
sertion and other violations of military
law escape with slight punishment. Ac
cording to prisohers this Is something
new for Prussian militarism.
NORWEGIAN STEAMER SUNK
Leander Torpedoed by German
Diver; Ramfos Is Wrecked.
CHRISTIANIA, Oct. 24. The Norwe
gian steamer Leander has been sunk
by a German submarine, according to
Announcement made today by the Nor
wegian Foreign Office. One man on
board was killed.
The Norwegian steamer Ramfos is
stranded on the Norwegian coast. The
steamer is a total wreck. She had a
cargo of six thousand tons of corn
for the Belgian Relief Committee.
The Leander was a vessel of 2968
tons. The Ramfos registered 3726 tons.
VALUABLE NUGGETS FOUND
Eureka Prospector Uncovers Pocket
in Trinity Hills.
EUREKA, Cal.. Oct. 24. (Special.)
Two huge nuggets, worth J600 each.
and a smaller one worth 400, form the
nucleus of a small fortune discovered
in the Trinity Hills recently by Pat
rick Holland, a well-known prospector.
The nuggets were taken from one
pocket, and with other smaller finds
made during the Summer months has
created considerable excitement in
mining circles.
Trinity Hills are rich with pocket
deposits of gold, though the larger
nuggets found by Mr. Holland set a
precedent.
Dallas Boy Promoted.
DALLAS. Or.. Oct. 24. (Special.)
James E. French, of this city, a mem
ber of Company L. Third Oregon, re
ceived a Second Lieutenant's commis
sion Saturday. Lieutenant French was
at the first offiers' training camp at
San Francisco.
Progress of the War.
GENERAL PETAIN'S troops, who
made a brilliant dash against the
German lines northeast of Soissons
Tuesday morning, at last accounts
were holding all their gains and were
meeting with no resistance from the
forces of the German Crown Prince, ex
cept by means of bombardments. In
addition to the great gains in terrain,
more than 8000 prisoners and numer
ous guns were taken by the French.
iLikewlse the British and French
armies in Flanders are maintaining all
the positions won northeast of Ypres
Monday. Here the Germans have de
livered several counter-attacks in the
region south of the Houtholst forest,
but have been unable to recoup any of
their losses. 0
Extremely heavy bombardments con
tinued in the Verdun sector and in the
region of Hill 344 the army of the Ger
man Crown Prince delivered a violent
attack against the French. The enemy
succeeded in capturing a French ad
vanced position, but later a counter
attack forced him to relinquish it.
In the Austro-Italian theater large
German forces have reinforced the Aus
trian line and apparently a big battle
is imminent over the 23-mile front from
Monte Rombon. southeastward through
Flitch and Tolmino and thence south
ward to the Balnsizza plateau, which
lies about 10 miles northeast of Gorizio.
The Berlin War Office reports the
capture on the northern section of this
front position near Flitch and Tol
mino and also points in the northern
part of the Bainsizza plateau. The
Germans began their offensive after
an intensive artillery fire, in which
specially constructed gas shells were
thrown at various places. According
to the Italian War Office, bad weather
intervened with the attack and the
fighting died down to some extent. The
official communication adds that the
Italians are unafraid of the attacks of
the Germans and Austrians and the en
emy will find them "steady and pre
pared." Where the Germans obtained large
numbers of reinforcements for the Aus
trians in this region has not yet be
come apparent, but it is not improbable
that some of them were sent post
haste from the Northern Russian front,
where between the Dvina River and
Gulf of Riga, there has been a with
drawal by the Germans over a wide
front. If these troops were not re
moved from the campaign in the Austro-Italian
theater they possibly have
been sent to the western front from
which signals of distress by the army
commanders necessarily have been sent
up as a result of the terrific poundings
Field Marshal Haig and General Petain
have given Crown Prince Rupprecht of
Bavaria and the German Crown Prince
in Flanders and along the Aisne and
before Verdun.
Emperor William has returned to
Berlin from visits to Constantinople
and Sofia and is now engaged) in an
attempt to straighten out the muddled
political situation in. Germany. It is
stated that Chancellor Michaelis al
ready has tendered his resignation to
the Emperor.
British shipping -losses last week as
the result of submarines or mines ag
gregated 25 vessels, as against 18 the
previous week.
RELICS IN NEW PLAGE
OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY HAS
MOVED TO AUDITORIUM.
Organisation Will Hear Reports of
Committees and Klect Officers
Krxt Saturday.
The 19th annual meeting of the Ore
gon Historical Society will be held in
room E, balcony of the Auditorium,
facing Third street, next Saturday, at
2 o'clock. After the formal business is
disposed of, such as communications,
reports of officers and committees, elec
tion of officers and new business, the
annual address will be given by Binger
Hermann, of Roseburg, whose subject
will' be "Southern Oregon, With Inci
dents and Actors in Its History."
After adjournment all who desire
will be conducted through the new
home of the society in room C, where
its collections are partially arranged.
This room is on the Market-street side
of the Auditorium, extending from
Third to Second street. The relics of
the society relating to pioneer days,
when Anally adjusted, will show to
much better advantage than at any
time in former days.
Among other things, the hand print
ing press upon which the first daily
newspaper in Portland was printed in
April, 1859, and a number of dishes and
door plate of Captain Robert Gray when
he entered the Columbia River, May 11,
1792, will be on exhibition. These relics
of Captain Gray were recently present
ed to the society by Mrs. Gertrude Pea
body, of Boston, Mass., his great-granddaughter.
The public generally will be
welcome to attend this meeting.
KOSCIUSKO IS HONORED
CENTENARY OF DEATH OP PA
TRIOT CELEBRATED AT MOSCOW.
Poles From Many Nations Participate
in Great Demonstration -President
Wilson Cheered.
MOSCOW, Russia, Oct. 24. Represen
tatives of 40 Polish organizations took
part today in a celebration here of the
100th anniversary of the death of
Kosciusko, the Polish patriot. The
delegates represented Poles of Russia,
America, France, England, Japan,
Belgium, Serbia and Roumania, as well
as Lithuanians. Czechs. Slovaks and
Ukrainians. The celebration assumed
a Polish-American character. Maddin
Summers, American Consul-General at
Moscow, took part in the ceremonies.
The statue of Kosciosko was sur
rounded by American flags.
A dispatch from Petrograd was read
announcing that Mr. Terestchenko, For
eign Minister, and the Ambassadors of
the United States, Great Britain, France
and Italy, assembled in honor of
Kosciusko s memory, had made a dec
laration in favor of the reunion and
independence of Poland as a condition
of peace. M. Terestchenko announced
on October 16 that it was the con
viction of the entente allies that any
Peace should recognize the indepen
ence of an indivisible Poland.
Eight thousand Poles cheered Presi
dent Wilson for his pronouncement in
favor of the rights of nations.
Hold-Up Men Apologize.
HILLSBORO, Or., Oct. 24. (Special.)
Stewart Tucker, employed by the
Hilsboro Power & Investment Com
pany, reported to the police last night
that he had been held up by a maskea
man within a block of the business
district. He said the hold-up man sud
denly presented a pistol and asked if
he had any money, but on receiving a
negative reply made no attempt to
search him. After asking his name.
Tucker says the man apologized and
said a mistake had been made.
Embargo to Hawaii Modified.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24. The Santa
Fe Railroad Company today announced
that the recent embargo declared on
freight to Honolulu and the Orient had
been modified to admit immediate ac
ceptance of freight to the Hawaiian
! Islands.
Car Ditched; Four Hurt.
PHILADELPHIA. Oct. 24. Three or
four persons were killed, according to
the police, when a trolley car went into
a creek on the outskirts of the city
late today following a collision with
a trolley freight car Four persons are
in a hospital.
H
inventory easy
"1LTAVE you got the inventory fig
ured yet?" asked the, manager.
"Not yet, but we are planning to
work nights and finish it up."
That's what you commonly hear in
offices where the inventory is figured
mentally but you never hear it where
they use the Comptometer.
The reason's simple enough. The
Comptometer makes a rapid-fire ma
chine job of figuring and proving all
the extensions and additions, too.
Besides that, mistakes due to mis
placed decimal points are avoided by
working over a fixed decimal point,
which automatically brings the point
Felt & Tarrant
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Russian Government Protests
Contracts at High Bid.
LAW VIOLATION APPARENT
Two of Committee Making Awards
Are Members of Corporations
to Whom Contracts
Are Given.
OREGONIAN NEWS BUREAU, Wash
ington, Oct. 24. Out of a contract for
30,000 steel freight cars about to be
awarded by the Russian government,
2000 will be built by the Seattle Car &
Foundry Company. 20,000 by the Amer
ican Car & Foundry Company and 8000
by the Pressed Steel Car Company, all
at average price of $1600.
The apportionment of this contract
was made by the car committee of the
Council of National Defense, in appar
ent violation of law, as Charles S.
Gawthrup. vice-president of the Amer
ican Car & Foundry, and A. S. Reeder,
office president of the Pressed Steel
Car Company, are members of that
committee and are forbidden by the
Lever act from participating' in the
award of such contracts.
But this is not the only ugly phase
of this award. A Canadian car com
pany submitted a bid through the car
committee at 965 per car less than that
at which the award was made.
Notwithstanding its bid and notwith
standing the company has heretofore
built cars for the Russian government,
it got no part of the award.
Rather, the entire contract was al
lotted at a price so much higher than
the Canadian company's bid as to en
tail an additional cost upon the Rus
sian government of $1,300,000.
. The Russian mission has protested
against the action of the car commit
tee, because of the price fixed arbi
trarily, and has insisted that it should
have the benefit of the low bid.
This protest has gone to Secretary
Baker as chairman of the Council of
National Defense.
OREGON WILL GET COAL
FIEL ADMINISTRATOR TO HAVE
CLEAIUXG-HOISE.
Western Mine Operators o w Declare
Foci Question Purely One of
Transportation Facilities.
LA GRANDE. Or.. Oct. 24. (Special.)
Oregon will be organized to conform
with the National fuel regulation re
quirements at once.
F. J. Holmes, state fuel administra
tor, left tonight for Portland, where he
rill immediately establish an advisory
committee that will in a measure be a
local clearing house for coal orders.
Similar committees will be appointed
throughout the state.
Mr. Holmes has been advised by
Western mine operators that the fuel
question is purely one of lack of trans
portation facilities. One way to com
bat this,. according to a plan proposed
is to station a man at the gateways of
Oregon to superintend and expedidte
movement of coal and prevent side
tracking. The administrator antici
pates orders to railroads to make coal
prior right in shipment to everything
except food and munitions.
Western fuel administrators are ask
ing for a director at every mine to pro
rata the allotments, to each, state upon
GAR AWARD SCAfinA
ere's what makes
Manufacturing - Co., 1713-35 N.
CONTROLLED
ADDING AND CALCULATING MACHINE
the basis of actual shipments in the
past and present needs each day as the
orders are telegraphed in by adminis
trators, and further to see the ship
ments are moved through on the pri
ority clause with greatest rapidity. The
actual needs of Oregon for the next
six months will be estimated at once.
J. E. SHADE FOUND DEAD
Funeral of Airlie Farmer Awaiting
Arrival of Relatives.
CORVALLIS, Or., Oct. 24. (Special.)
Jeremiah E. Shade, who with his
family had resided on the old A. J.
Johnson farm between Airlie and
Kings Valley in recent years, dropped
dead some time yesterday while at
work around the barn at the farm
home.
When found by members of the fam
ily Mr. Shade had probably been dead
several hours. Mr. Shade was aged 62
years and 19 days, and leaves a wife
and several children. Funeral arrange
ments will not be completed until the
arrival of relatives from Seattle.
LOGGER KILLED BY BLOW
Frank Geelan Struck in Head . by
Trip Line Block.
ASTORIA. Or., Oct. 24. (Special.)
While at work in the Big Creek Log
ging Company's camp yesterday after
noon Frank Geelan was struck in the
head by a trip-line block and so badly
njured that he died during the nlgnt.
He was a native of St. Paul. Or.. 30
years of age. and left three brothers
and five sisters.
Fisherman's Body Recovered.
ASTORIA. Or.. Oct. 24. (Special.)
The body of Frank Povero. of llwaco.
a fisherman, who was drowned Mon
day evening by falling from a seining
kiff near Tenas Illlhee Island, was
recovered today. It was found In the
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river a short distance from where the
accident occurred.
Schoolchildren to Help Save Food.
SAN FRANCISCO. Oct 24. School
children numbering 150,000 have en
rolled themselves as members of the
United States Food Commission to aid
in the campaign for pledging 500.000
families in California to practice food
saving, Ralph P. Merritt, Federal Food
Commissioner for the state, announced
tonight.
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