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INTERCEPTED
HUN NOTES
ARE BARED
German Diplomatic Corres
pondence Show$ Lavish Fi
nancing of Hindus in Stir
y ring Up Revolution
MESSAGE IS SENT BY
COUNT BERNSTORFF
Tagore, Famous Philosopher,
Was Accused of Sympathy
for England
SAX FRANCISCO, Feb. 27. The
United States government made pub
lic here today Intercepted German
i diplomatic correspondence intended
to show ; how German machinations
carried band of Hindu plotters Into
the private audiences of ministers
and statesmen, and financed lavishly
their aims toward revolution in Brit
ish India.
Like the climax of a master drama
' hitherto ' secret papers naming
Counts Okiima and Terauehl, for
mer premier and premier, respective
ly, Wu Ting.Fang of China: Sir Ra
bindra. Nath Tagore, Britl&h knight
. and winner of the Nobel prize for
poetry, and others of world fame,
vith whom the plotters claimed -fa-.......i-torable
connection,-were offered in
the prosecution of thirty-one men
charged with fomenting the revolu
tion against a friendly power. It
was the final evidence of ttfe gov
ernment which formally closed its
case yesterday and reopened it today
for its crowning strode
Interviews Are Recounted.
The correspondence, which was
sent from Washington for presenta
tion here,- was dated for the most
- -part at Rye, X. Y at one time the
. summer headquarters of the German
V embassy.. ;,lt , recounted alleged fa
vorable irlerviews that Tagore had
with Terauchi and Okuma,,the diffi
culties Wu Ting-Fang found in mov
ing favorably because of the influ
ence of Dr. Sun Yat-Send, former
president of China, ( and revealed
the hitherto hidden source of Hindu
' : foods. . i
Most of the messages were in
I cryptic phrases. Mystery surfound3
Ni the Identity of the authors, as only
one of them was signed, that one
by Count Von Bernstorff, former
V German ambassador to the United
States, and was addressed to Alfred
Immermann, former . GermanNr
elgn secretary. It is known that this
message, as well as others which
were alleged to have passed between
Von Bernstorff ; and Zimmermann.
went through the hands of Count
Von Luxburg, former German am
bassador to Argentine.
: . Identity I Unknown.
The Identity of the. addresses are
unknown likewise. Most of the mes
sages were ' addressed to H. Elsen
huth. Copenhagen; R. Sachse, Rot
terdam; and Z. Nv G. pilfers at Am
sterdam. The names cf these per
sons have never appeared in previ
ous published reports of diplomatic
messages. '
' The documents were decoded by
means of a special diplomatic code
prepared by the German foreign of
fice,, the key to' which was given the
state department by the German em
bassy before America's declaration
of war. Th defense stipulated, that
the translation of the -documents
was correct.
In addition to bringing Into the
conspiracy the names of the world
renowned men, the: document
showed, the prosecution contended,
that the conspiracy had ramified to
x abortions of the world, into India,
VaPan, China, Mexico, British Gul-
... Sea. the West Indies, Africa, Su-
matra, Canada, South America, Bur
sas and other places.
T Propaganda I Spread.
Among the actiivities which grew
it of the conspiracy, as recorded
la the documents, was the organiza
tion of the Pan-Asiatic league and
other associations; the secret publl-
. cation and distribution of thousands
id thousands of pamphlets and
books to further the ends of tho
Proposed conspiracy; the proposed
purchase of two Japanese daily news
papers to. spread propaganda in the
delivery f arms to India; the re
cruiting of hands of men throughout
the world to engage In the proposed
revolution and enlistment of; the
ympathles of the Gongodes party,
represented to be a strong body or
colored fighting men In South
America, j . ;
'.Throughout the documents runs a
thread of mystery. "Very secret"
M the heading on one ' message.
Others referred to persons as "K."
K.r. and "Sister." One message
elated details of an attack made on
ne writer in Washington. He was
, struck on the head under "the blow
torned parts of my body completely
vhite." her wrote.
. Publication or the letters, which
orew the name of Sir Kabindra Nath
to the conspiracy for ttho first
y me, ' recalled t he reported attack
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BROWNING RIFLE
1 INTRODUCED TO
CONGRESSMEN
Senators and Representatives
S Try Out Guns in Valley
Near City
GUNS WORK PERFECTLY
Scores ni Allied Officers
Watch Demonstration With
Keen Interest
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. the
latest American contribution to war
fare, the Browning automatic rifle,
was officially introduced to congress
today at a demonstration stagfed in a
remote valley in the hills that sur
round this city. For more than'two
hours the air was filled with the
vound of the firing. Senators and
representatives operating the new
weapons under the direction of sold
iers from the machine gun school at
Springfield, Mass.
High army officials Including As
sistant Secretary Crowell, Major Gen
eral BIddle, acting chief of staff, and
a score of officers from the British,
Fiench, Italian and Belgian missions
watched the demonstration with
keen interest.
There was no target practice, al
though a line of figures shaped like
men was battered to pieces by the
squad of ten gunners. Members of
ongress also scored repeated hits.
As to the performances of the ten
guns used, there was not a malfunc
tion, despite the fact that hundreds
of rounds were fired and the squad
from the school had never seen the
guns before last Saturday.
When firing with the automatic
rifles was completed, two Browning
heavy machine guns were put In ac
tion.. Thousands of bullets were sent
streaming across the valley to set the
dust leaping on the far hillside.
Again there was no malfunction and
the demonstration was completed
with an exhibition of the simplicity
of construction, one of the guns be
ing dismounted, taken apart and re
assembled repeatedly In a few min
utes. i These two guns have been selected
by the ordnance bureau of the war
department as the weapons with
which the army Is soon to be equip
ped. The automatic rifles used
came from factories where the actual
production on a quantity scale has al
ready started. Within a matter of
weeks, hundreds will be delivered
every day and thousands every week.
They are to be the ''over the top"
guns of tomorrow as the French
chauchat is used by French and
American troops today. A'nOn-cora-missioned
offlceof the demonstra
ting detaehment.vwho. , with his as
sociates, has been ja rilled with every
type of weapon used by the' allied
troops. Including the French chau
chat, spoke for the whole squad when
he said: "That's the finest gun in the
world',
! When the invited guests arrived at
the range they found twenty men
from the school, commanded by
Major J. S. Hatcher, busy filling
magazines and belts. The ten rifles
were unpacked and the visitors were
astonished at their lightness. They
weighed 15 pounds, loaded with 20
rounds all of which can be fired In
breath.
"Fall In," came the order, and ten
f the men stepped Into the front
rank, each parrying his rifle an!
about his waist a heavy web belt,
the pockets of which bulged with
magazines carrying twenty rounds
each. Itch'nd htm stood hi ammu
nition carrier, also belted, and with
two- cross belts swinging from his
shoulders. A
! Aslthe little column swung away
toward the range, the riflemen
swung their guns up to shoulder as
easily as they would an ordinary sin
gle shot weapon. At first glance
there was nothing to show the extra
ordinarily deadly character of their
equipment. .
; The first firinsr was semi-automatic,
a feature first developed by
the Vrench In the Chauchat and
which has gone far, it Is said, to
wards revolutionizing trench war
fare. Set for this action, the gunner
pulls the trigger for each shot; but
he has twenty charges ready to send
at an individual enemy without
dropping the fun from his shoulder.
The targets flew into splinters as
the squad got to wrk. '
A second maeazlne was fired also
from the shoulder, with the auto
matic action set. The ten guns de
livered twenty shots earb in a flare
or a sound, almost a single report,
the firing was so fast. The targets
and the earth around them were torn
by 200 bullets, no one of which was,
far off its mark.
! Advancing fire followed, both au
tomatic and semi-automatic. The
line moved across the field, firing
from the hip this time, with gun
butt relin? in metal nips on their
belts. The first twenty rounds were
delivered r.s the men were taking
three paces. A new magazine,
handed forward by the nmrauniton
carrier, was slipped In and firing re
sumed as they took the next two
steps. The change took little more
jjian a second of time.
MBM MMI ' ........ ' ' I'lUUHl flfU -JAi. '
ALLIES MAY'
TAKE ACTION
IN SIBERIA
Japan Queries Entente on
Step to Prevent Military
Supplies From Falling Into
Hands of Germany
MOVE IS RESULT OF
CRITICISM AT HOME
Proper Procedure to Be De
bated Russian Represen
tative Not Afraid
WASHINGTON Feb. 2",
-Japan
has directed inquiries to the entente
rowers and the United States gov
ernment to test their feeling to
wards a proposal to institute Joint
military operations in Siberia to save
the vast quantities of war supplle-t
stored at Vladivostok and along th-j
Siberian railroad. Criticism at home
of the failure of Japanese to play
a larger part In the war Is said to
have been influential in bringing
about the negotiations.
Officials here refuse to discuss
this subject for publication but It is
understood that so far as America
Ih concerned the proposition when
first broached was not wholly ac
ceptable, though the exchanges on
the subject, . which are still In prog
ress, may result in modifying the
governments' attitude.
Military Supplier Kept.
Accumulated at Vladivostok ar
military supplies of all kinds, much
of American manufacture, and even
greater quantities of Japanese or
igin. The. Stevens commission of
American -engineers made extraor
dinary efforts to improve the facil
ities of the Siberian railroad so that
these stores could be transported
westward for the use of the Russian
army on the Gtrman and Austrian
fronts, but great 'quantities remain
cn the docks and In warehouses; and
even In the. open, both at Vladivos
tok and at points "westerly on the
railroad.
The material suffers greatly from
exposure, but the principal concern
of the allies Is the danger that the
stores may fall into the bands of the
Germans, who may make their df
liverv a condition of any peace trea
ty which they may compel the Ilol-
fcheviki to sign.
This situation is regarded by the
Japanese as Warranting military ac
tion on their part. They are quite
willing to have the cooperation of
the ententand American forces an 1
the problem now before the co-bel-lirerents
i whetbtr Japan Khali be
nllowed to proceed single-handed !f
such a campaign Is begun, or wheth
er there shall be joint operations.
It has been argued that there should
be a combination movement to avoid
an question of the ultimate dispo
sition of occup.'ed territory In Si
beria. While the American force would
be insignificant compared with Ja
pan's, the participation of the Am-
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29 MEN LOST
ON CHEROKEE
Ten Survivors and Bodies of
Eight Brought to Phil
i adelphia
PHILADELPHIA, 'Feb. 27.
Twenty-nine men are believed to
have lost their lives yesterday' morn
ing when the sea-going tug Chero
kee foundered in a severe gale lo
miles ort the Maryland coast.
Ten survivors and the bodies of
eight other members of the crew of
thirty nine were brough here today
on two Hritish rescue ships and land
ed at the Philadelphia navy yard.
No trace of the remaining members
of the crew was found.
Among those missing is Junior
Lieutenant Kdward D. Newell, the
commander of the tug. Ordinarily
the Cherokee carried srew of forty
but one maw was not aboard
According to the captain of one
the rescue j whips, the primary cause
of the disaster was the breaking of
the steering gear. A fifty-mile gale
was blowing at the time and the
little vessel was at the mercy of
mountainous seas.
Freieht Twin Wrecked
By An Unknown Person
The Oregon nubile jwrvice eommisi
gion was inforrtnd yesterday that
freight train No. 6 on the Sumptcr
Valley railroad in Daker county wts
wrecked Tuesday l.lght by the pla-
ing Oi lIIIHlrr "bviviu ii": ..
clew has been oltalned to the pof-
-1 lt. rrwlr Tht. Wrpllt
son chubiiia .
took place eleven miles west ,l
Baker.. Three cans were totally de
stroyed and ten others damaged.
till I'll Mlf L'tJIIV TIII'IICIll V XItlVIV .- .... ......
BRITISH SHIP IS
TORPEDOED; 164
STILL MISSING
Vessel Carrying Hospital Cew
Is Victim of German
Frightfulness
SURVIVOR TELLS STORY
Many Jumped Into Sea With
Lifebelts but Few Are
Able to Survive
SWANSKA, Feb27. The British
hospital ship GleflaiT Castle, which
went down yesterday in the Hristol
channel, was torpedoed, according to
survivors, thirty-four of whom were
landed here. Nothing . has been
learned of the fate of the others,
including Ited Cross doctors, nurse3
and orderlies. There were approxi
mately 200 persons aboard the ship.
150 of whom were inembers of tho
crew. One hundred sixty-four still
are missing.
Quartermaster Shitler. who was
the l?jt man to leave the ship, de
scribing the disaster, satd:
"I was on deck at the time. A
few minutes befort the torpedoing,
the helmsman called attention to the
dim light flickering on the surface
of the. water some distance off. It
appeared an instant 'ater, but the
officet of the deck was instantly sus
picious and ordered the course
changed. He then ordered the alarm
sounded Tor lifeboat drill as a pre
cautionary measure.
"The order wan scarcely given
when came the muffled sound of an
exploding torpedo fr below the wa
ter line, followed by a shock, which
told Us that the boat was done for.
"Our action in changing the course
of the vessel availed little, because
sll of our Red Cross lights were
burning brightly and we were as
pliin a tsrket In the Hack rght as
tht Germans could wish for.
"Almost everbody aboard was
asleep at the tim and most of the
men tumbled to the .look In the
scantiets attire. Few saved more
than trouseis and s.'iirt, ,tnd prob
ably nine ovt of erery fen were
barefooted. Th- men assi;r-d to the
starboard lifeboats found them use
less, either the Toats or the davits
being smashed by the shock of the
explosion.
"In seven, ruinates we launched
Beven boats soioe with. only a few
persons aboard, others overcrowded.
"A large number of men were
compelled to jump Into the sea with
lifebelts, and few of these survived.
for the sea was so rough that it was
Impossible to rescue them from the
lifeboat. Nor was it possible even
to keep the lifeboats together.
"Waves twenty feet high 'churned
up by the nasty cross current,
dashed over the boat continuously,
and we bailed for our lives. We
made the best course we could for a
large Island which we knew was
aboiit fifteen miles off. but had made
only. slight progress when the French
schooner, seven hours afterwards,
picked us up. We would all have
perished from exposure had not our
rescuer appeared."
The survivors said that no subma
rine was sighted at any time except
for the light seen by the helmsman.
The Glenart Castle' was on her way
to France 'for wounded.
Oregon Lumber Mills Pat
on Eight-Hour Basis
PORTLAND, Feb. 27. Beginning
March 1, the logging camps and
lumber-mills of Washington and Ore
gon will go on a basic eight-hour
day by an order of the government,
which is taken to indicate a move
for ultimate control of the industry
in these states by the government,
because of the announcement from
Washington today that the govern
ment would assume control of the
spruce production.
Alaska Eight Hour Law
:1s Unconstitutional
FAIRBANKS. Alaska. Feb. 27.
On the ground that the Alaska eight
hour law violated the fourteenth
amendment to the constitution as
well as the Alaska organic act, the
measure was held unconstitutional
today in the United States district
court for this division. The find
ings were Immediately reported to
the' attorney general of the United
Staes, and will be appealed nnlcjfe
auhorization otherwise is received.
Building Owners Seeking
to Increase -Membership
CHICAGO, Feb. 2".. The Nation
al association of building owners
and managers today starts a conntry
wide campaign to increase its ment
bership. The chief aim of the move
metn is to bring about a closer co-
koperation of all building owners in
an effort to solve some of the im
portant new problems with wbi?h
they are now confronted as a result
of conditions arising from the war.
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WAR UNTIL
TERMS ARE
SIGNED-HUNS
General Hoffman Command
ing Invading Armies Or
ders Fighting to Continue
. Until Signatures Are Fixed
GERMAN HORDES WILL
STRIKE AT PETROGRAD
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Teutons Within 50 Miles of
Kiev; Russians Still Hold
irg Pskov
PF.TItOGRAU. Feb. 21
Jeneral
Hoffman, commander of the German
army invading Russia, has replied to
a communication from Knsign Kry
lenko, inquiring if an armistice
would be declared, by saying that
the Teuton advance would be con
tinued ; until a treaty of peace is
signed ; and carried out along lines
laid down in the German peaco
terms.
PETROGRAD, Feb. 27. (British
Admiralty, per Wireless Press.) -Novo
Tcherkask, capital of the terri
tory of the Ion Cossacks, has been
captured by the revolutionary troops.
This announcement was made offi
cially today. V
IX)NDON, Feb. 27. A dispatch
to the Exchange Telegraph from Pet
rograd says:
"The reports that Pskox has been
reoccupied by the Russians came
Lupga (eighty-five miles southwes
of Petrograd) which apparently Is
still in Russian hands.
"Events seem to show that the
Germans have decided to attack Pet
rograd. r
"An attempt by the Germans to
take Vitebsk met with strong resl3t
ance and the enemy was forced to
retire. Teh supplies at Orsa and
other stations near that place were
successfully removed. The railway
bridge across the River Beresina has
been destroyed.
(By The Ab'H.iated Prcga)
While the German imperial gov
ernment is trying to convince the
world of its disinterestedness in the
future of Russia, the advance of the
Teuton armies towards Petrograd
continues. It appear a that there
will be no armlsf.iee on the Russian
front until jeace is finally consum
mated. In Bpite o the claim by the
Bolshevikl government that the
Russians were vigorously fighting
for Pskov, the flernans have pushed
rar to the eastwaro of that town.
The Teutons are sild to have reached
Luga. midway between Pskov and
Petrograd. Berlsoff, sixty miles
northwest of Minsk, has been cap
tured by the Germans. Teuton troops
In Ukraine by reached Corostisbeff,
east of Zhitomir, within fifty miles
of iKev. The Russian troous have
refused to fight and those who have
not surrendered are fleelong In a dis
orderly mob. -
Aerial Activity Reported. '
Aerial activity . on the western
front of great intensity Is reported
by the Germans, who claim to have
brought down fifteen entente air
planes. At the same time the Infan
try is not Idle and raids have been
attempted at widely separated points
in the past twenty-fouri hours. One
of thewe attacks was in ' considerable
force by the Germans against French
positions near the Butte dn Mesnil,
which the American artillery assisted
in capturing recently. The other was
north of the Chemln-des-Dames,
where American troops are under
stood to be In the trenches. Both
ar.sfnlts were rboken up by the
prompt action of the allied aritllery.
British forces have repulsed a hos
tile attack near St. Quentin.
Plane Kills 19-Year-Old
Lieutenant on Texas Field
HOUSTON. Texas. Feb. 27.--
Second Lieutenant Sammitt K. Elliott
19 years old, was killed and Cadet
J. H. Geisse was slightly Injured to
day at Ellington field when the air.
plane In which they were flying fell
into a tail spin and crashed about 350
feet to' the ground. Lieutenant
Elliott who tnlistcd at Haddou
Heights. N. J., October 5, 1317. was
commissioned yesterday. Cadet
Geisse's home wan not announced.
Officers termer Geisse s escape
from death miraculous. Heavy gusts
of wind had cause! the airmen to
lose control of the machine.
Banquet CivenVeteran
Pittsburg Infielder
PITTSBURG, Feb. 27. J. II.
(Honus) Wagner, veteran infilder of
the Pittsburg Nationals, was the
central figure here tonight at a ban
quet tendere by Pittsburg baseball
enthusiasts, in honor of the former
Pirate's 44th birthday. Prominent
baseball men of the country were
present for the celebration.
60 AMERICANS '
ARE VICTIMS OF
ATTACKS BY GAS
Five Soldiers Die in Hospitals
From Effects pi Surprise
Assault
HUNS SHELL TRENCHES
Twenty-seven Airplanes Cross
U. S. Sector; Yanks
Shoct Down One
WITH THE AMERICAN ARMY IN
FRANCE, Feb. 27. Two more
American soldiers died in hospitals
tpday from the ei'feets of the Ger
man gas shells, making five dead In
ail.
Throughout the day groups of men
were discovered who jmffered from
the effects of t.ie poisonous gases
and by tonight tht. victims numbered
about 60, most of whom are not
badly affected. ,
Some of the men belong to
trench mortar battery.
The gas effects resulted from the
fact that the men were not able to
adjust their gna 'masks quickly
enough, or in some cases to- make
themr secure.
The enemy today heavily shelled
the American battery positions with
gas and high explosive shells, -vhile
tho American artillerists secured
direct hit on a large enemy dugout,
where many Germans probably were
sheltered. The American shells also
reached numerous working parties.
In one two-hour period last even
ing 27 enemy airplanes crossed the
American lines. One of a group ot
seven was shot down by anti-aircraft
guns."
The infantry activity was confined
to patrols but there was no engage
ment. . ;':
Chairman Hays Begin
Series of Conferences
.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Chair.
man Hays of the Republican nation
al committee, began a series of con
ferences here today with party lead
ers at national : headquarters. "
During the day Chairman Haye
Called on Senators Borah of Idaho,
and Poindexter of Washington, and
others. Tonight he wu the guest of
Washington newspaper men at a din
ner. In a speech he reiterated his
poller of conducting party affairs on
a ''Ariii " K(f - Gam m
Poindexter was also one of the
speakers.
British Shipping Loss
Shows Slight Increase
LONDON. Feb. 27. Eighteen Brit
ish merchantmen were sunk by
mine or submarine in the past week;
according; to the British admiralty
report tonight. Of these fourteen
were vessels of 1600 tons or over,
and four were jinder that tonnage.
Seven fishing vessels also were
sunk. ). '.
The losses to British shipping In
the past week ahoy a considerable
Increase ovef the' previous week,
when the vessels destroyed number
ed fifteen, twelve oif them over 1600
tons. In thje preceding week, nine
teen British merchantmen were sent
to the bottom. , "
Six-Cent Car fart Hearing
Is Begun at Portland
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PORTLAND FebT27. Before the
six Judges vf tho state circuit court
for Multnomah nunty. sitting en
banc, attorneys .n the city of Port
land and the Port. and Railway, Light
Sc. Power company, respectively, to
day presented arguments In the ap
peal of the city from an order of
the state public service 'commission
whereby- the company was granted
permission to charge six cents car
fare on its lines in Portland. The
city contends that the order conflicts
with the company's franchise agree
ment, which provides that the car
fare shall be; "five cents - and no
more." .
Chinese Stand Qoliipses;
100 Women Are Killed
LONDON, Feb. 27. Li the col
lapse o the Chinese public stands at
the Hong "Kong Jockey Hub races
Tuesday. 100 women and children
were trampled o death, according ta
a Renter dlspatch'front Hong Kong.
Fire broke out and several hundred
others were burned to death.
Peace Negotictions Are
Foolish, Says Cecil
LONDON. Feb. 27 Lord Robert
Cecil, minister of blockade, referring
to the von Hertling rpeech, said:
"It would be foolish to enter Into
negotiations unless there was a rea
sonable prospect of suc-css. We do
not desire to repeate tho experiment
of Brest-Litvoslc ne&otiai'ous.'
Premier Announces Country
Will Take No Further Llili
tary Action Against Runii
or Rumania; Interview
Held With Kaiser
VIENNA AND BERLIN
IN SERIOUS CONFLICT
Germany Risking .Loss cf
Chief Ally and Later Bul
garia and Turkey, Dispatch
. From Trance Asserts.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. Further
evidence of the strained relations be
tween Germany and Austria over the
refusal or the latter to participate In
the new, attack on Russia, was con
tained 'in an official dispatch receiv
ed today from France. It quotes the
Austrian premier as reiterating bn
February 22 that Austria will take
no further part in military actlor
against Rumania or Russia.
The dispatch says:
"Charles I paTd a visit to William,
II, the 22nd of February. Luden
dorf was pronent at the Interview.
If we are to iudge fro the tone of
the interview it must have been lack
ing In cordiality. There seems1 to be
little doubt but what a, serious Con
flict has broken out during the week
between the courts of Vienna and
Berlin and which Germany is de.
termlned to settle if need be, by vio
lent measures.
"An official note of the lEth had
announced that Austria for her part
would continue to consider the war
as terminated with Russia and would
abstain from taking part In the op
erations planned by the German com
mand. A scond note of ,the4 lth
repeated the canto statement, whea
asked to give further particulars it
the sitting of the 'chamber on the
22 nd the Austiian premier formally
stated: -
"'The words uttered by different
deputies have p.'oved that the ex
planation which has been furnished
up to the present by me, has not
been sufficiently explicit. I repeat,
therefore, that Austro-Hungary will
participate In no way in the military
action which is now. being carried
on by Germany against Russia. I
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STARCH FACTORY
SURE FOR SAEL1
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Promoters Declare More TKn
Required Acrea ge Will .
Be Signed Up
Members of the Salem Commercial
club who are back of the move to
induce the Pacific Potato Starch
company to establish a factory In
Salem declate that' the - thousand
acres required by the company as
an Inducement will bo more than
subscribed and that the factory Is
assured. ,
The local promoters have made ar
rangements whereby the factory will
handle the culls of the 1917 crop on
condition that the growers iurnlkh
ing them sign contracts to furnibh
their culls to the factory for a prelod
of five years. The company will
guarantee a price of SO cents a hund
red pounds or as much more as th
finished product. will warrant when
sold.
Acreage Is being signed np' daily
and the first farmers to take fid vant
age of the opportunity will be tho
first to receive the benefits,
Commissioner Charges
Profiteering in Grain
, SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 25
Wholesale profiteering In coarso
tyns was charged by Ralph P.
ritt; federal food commissioner
f California, in a conference with
m6rp than thirty of the state's larg
cst. wholesalers, warehousemen,
crttmission men and grain dealers
in his offices today. Mr. Merritt,
addressing himself to the audienca
at large, declared the entire conser
vation and production . program nf
the food administration- in Califor
nia had been i placed In jeopardy iy
the present-Jexorbitant and unwar
ranted prices of mllo maise, corn,
Egyptian, and kaflir corn, f eterita,
barley and oats."
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