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EADER VOLUME 40 WKSTON. OREGON, FRIDAY. JULY 6, 1917 NUMBER 4 5STON OREGON NEWS NOTES OF GENERAMNTEREST Principal Events of the Week Briefly Stretched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Th Speaker district of Dougt ounly haa Miit evry mn of military age Into tit army. The Oregon State Killiuril a.oele lion will convene In rendition on July 13. 14, and IS. far tliln yar condition have been good as far a forest flrn iluiiwr bus been concerned, ulilnitir.li a few fire hav been reported from Inviting ramp. These tire were small, how ever, and did lut llllle dninaan. Hwrdary Olcolt liaa iii'iil out hollies to all of tlin bank In th state full ing, their attention to the new law relative to hank deposit that esrhrat lo the ilalK, Under tho new law, Hav ing! deposit do lint rat-heat lo tin) lata until after th expiration of II yrara. The coming session of the Wil lamette valley chautauqua. which 0iiia July 10 at Gladstone- ark. will Fill In Picture Puzzle No. 11 EUROPEAN WAR NEWS Th Oregon Bute Chiropractic aaao- mark th passing of one of Oregon a elation will hold Ita tenth annual con vention at Portland on July t, I, 7. Th annual mllng of the patrol wen of th Douglas County Kir Pa trol association waa beld at Ho barg. f)ve Cottrell waa (hot and almost famoua landmark. The old audi torium, erected 14 yt-ara ago, la lo be abandoned, and the big progrumruie re to be held Id a new itiooo edifice. Mis lUIrn Mrig.T, ag M. died at i'ortland from Injurle received when an electric train hit an auto alio Inalanily killed by Um WtUiid. iKth wa learning to drive near Urr-aham. of th Meadow dlMriet, Jackson Mlaa Mltgr wa the llilrd of th or- ooupty. cupanta of the niarhlne to die. H, K, Hoy McCrary.' I year old aon of Llndsey, her grandfather, having been Jamea McCrary, of Alliany, wa arcl- killed Inatanlly and hi wife having dentally ahot and killed by t urn died two houra later. Odenbolg. In view of the fact that nearly 640 Itaker County' total output of wool, Oregon men have voluntarily entered bout 100.000 pound, for thla year the national guard and the regular ha practically all bwm aold, accord- army, Oregon will feel the effect of Ing to th grower. the eectlve draft but lir.hily. It I At th Cherry dy celebration at probable on the hl of prevent entl- Treewaler a largo crowd waa In at- mate that not more thnn jwiti Or tm tendance from all parte of Umatilla men of military age out of the 6.0 county and Walla Walla. who registered will be dialled. Several crew of men employed on Damage running Into the hundred Marlon county road hav Indicated of Utouaanda ut dollar wa caused their Intention of going on atrlk un- when the rraervotr of th Kllmanuo lea lb county ral their wage. Irrigation company, near llnlue. went Tb annual convention of th R- out and the released water rushed .r M 1 rx IP i if 1 .11' - 3'Z T4H m s aw i, i id .pi . . 26 & wr 44 .W1 With lrreltibl force, British force arc cloU'g around lna. Gain ing a mile of front oo a four mile Una waa reported by General llalg, belde NEGROES SHOT AND BURNED BY MOBS capturea in prlaonera and machine Many Killed and Big Property Damage In East St Louis guna. KuMaian troop have broken forward acroaa tb height on the wealera bank of the Strip in Uallcla and uc bdd In eiU'tidlng northward th gap they mad In tb teutonic Una the prevlou day, German army head quarter baa announced. The ItuMlana alo made night at- Race Riots. Kaat St. Louia, III Fire burning la flv ectlon of Eait SL Loo la and at leaat 20 dead negro bodle and crowded boapltal tetlfled to th ler- tack, on both aldea of Breaexany and r'n'1 her Mo,m1' 'hl near Zwyiyn and Berlin report, a- moo .wepi m. iireei. ault between ZIota Lypa and the fk,n er wll" '" rayuvka. The artillery arm of th liuaaiao forcea haa been acUvt and ,,Y? negro aettion ot " c,tjr wer from the Berlin report it la learned DJr ,error1M1 roM that an intense duel baa been in prog- fled from their burning borne only to re, from the region ol Breiexany to meet bolleU from Ue ttn " " riuwre. a far northward a the roiddl 8tok bod In Volbynla, a dlatance of about 176 mile The orgy of butchery and Incendlar iam. which acemed to have exhausted Mathieu while on her way from Dakar, Africa, to Brest. She waa destroyed by a mine, with the loss of 38 men. RI'IHT, children, the hint picture you drew was that of the American eagle. It tin a bnlit heft'1. harn't It? And It I one of the most powerful and swiftest blrda U ll not? Now, heien a new ono for j-ou. Hurt with a rift pencil nt No. 1 aim wj the result. You'll find that you'll Ivive a useful do menitu bird. It wl'.l remind you of a fable. The feathers are used In many things. The eggs of this bird make flno cullutf. Now Hurt j our pencil. (any. granted to David t. Kcelc-a, head pcnetratiiiK the t rench lirt line ...... .1... . t .1..... I I.... .. . t...., u. 1r.l..n n-tA n fruit ,if all drugglsta of Orgon. Washington. In a wild torrent through the village - " ". vmul. ..... "t - ..4 M.hn ... helrf In IWtland. More of Itock Creek, destroying It and do- l"r- o .Uo nesriy . mm- .. - ...... -v.. than 12& professional men attended. vacating thuusanda of acres of farm V. T. Cobb. . pioneer ranrher of Ing territory In the adjacent valley. th Bkr district, drowned near hla Purchase of the flml Installment of horn at New Biidg while attempt- a cottalgnment ot fir lumber to build Ing to rros Eagle creek on horeeback. 30 wooden ahlp. obluined by the Robert Bank, of th firm of Krus Kmergeucy fleet corporation, obtained 4 Bank, shipbuilder of Coo Nay. at 130 a thousand, wna announced by announce the firm ba been awarded Chairman Dviunan, of the shipping all l by tho gornnnt btp. board. Th lumber waa buughl from ping board. Hf1 1' I"' IMwlcr company of Ore Eight wooden temr. rpreent. gon and the contract call for delivery log combined contract prlc of about at aeaboard. The old military hlguway, ueiween given out by President Griffin, of the return of John Duboia, head of the mediately driven out gelling company, from the east Fearful losses were luflieted on the Official notice that the optiou. which attackers, and the net gain was a expire J July 1. aa lo bo concluded by small bit of ground beld on the west board of trrde. Include absolute con- purchase was given by Charles T. elope of Headman' hill, according to trol of the wheat trade In all ita com- Karly, of Portland, manager of the the official report. mercial aspect. There can be no Eccle timber Interests In Oregon, to "On Friday evening, west of Dead- speculation in it Buying and celling J. K. Gamble, secretary of the Dubois man's hill, 1 he 'Gormaua powerfully 0( 0iaer grains for preaent or future Lumber company. ' a'tiiomeil tb affeJt wa m troat-ol dU7 ltt be iiirirta4k. Attorney General George M. Brown, about a mile and a half," the tato- : State Knglneer John H. l-ewl and Sit- meul said. "The assault wa by pick- perliiteiident of Hunk B. U. 8-rKnt. ! troops In a furlou attack, but en- the commission created by the Irrlga- crgetic counterattacks drove them tlon securities law of the 1HI7 Icglsla- out everywhere with the exception of The French armored cruiser Kleber. ,Ulf ,hortl3r Mmigbt. brok 7578 tone, ha. been unk off Point St, i " Tuday forenoon. r unner snooiing wa reported ny the police, while aereral fires burst out again In the block of blackened ruin left by the mob. Tuesday morning. 24 bod to. Inclod- Socialitt Parade PrecipiUU Riot th0M whjle me(, M Boston. Riotous cene attended a been recovered. The deatb Hat Is socialist parade here, which was an- placed at all the way from 30 to 250. nounced as a peace demonstration. .nd H j, e,tim,ted that tbe injured The ranka of the marchers were bro- number 100. More than 500 white ken by elf orKanlied squads of on- mPn were arrested and disarmed dur- iformed soldiers and sailor, red flag ng the night and banners bear.ng socialist mottoes Eleven companies of the Illinois were trampled on. and literature arid national guard, numbering about 1500 furnishings in the socialist headquar- men, patrolled the afreet at daylight ters in Park aquare were thrown Into with fixed bayonets, with ordera to the treeta and burned. prevent any assembly of people on the streets. Wheat Pit Will B Closed. The property Iocs due to the riot Chicago. Government plan for Ing was heavy and will amount to as food control, according to a statement high as $500,000. RAILROADS LOSE IN RATE DECISION Washington. The interstate coin Relations Cut By Creek Government merce commission bas denied the plea I4.ft00.000, will be built at I'ortland by a a r. - 1 1 1 - - . k. - 1 full.... a , . , ... fc-..., l?tM,alh I-'hIIm HOW of. ZpVn, board ficTaliy designed .. the WUIamctte !. .... J-t returned from a trip the western atop, ot IHadman'. hi... ,nnn nnH A.m men. mad bee.u.e It follow, the river of lnccll..n preparatory to putting member of tb Relief Corp. and lb th.t name for a great part of th dl.- c securities statute Into effect for Cerm.n. Hot to Wreck Lak. Ship. sderg ,hat , , tf Udle of th Orand Army of th Unce. will bo opened for the flr.t Umo h i ''- TrlMHon securi- Washington. - Secret investigation- Athens Tbe Greek government has broken diplomatic relation with Ger many, Austria-Hungary. Bulgaria and Turkey. Though war bas not yet been declared, the Greek government con- war exists. any designated and agreed boundar- lakes, tes. It uIho provides that district may Ihhuc bonds, the sumo a school or port districts, to brlug water to lb land. Republic wer attendee at th an- to automobile travel the latter part of ' provides for the funmiiou o hy government aent8 has disclosed nual reunion at Koreal Grove. August according to an announcement imitation dmtrlcts by agreement and ,h0 existence of a conspiracy to de- Two hundred and fifty Oregon phy- mad by Clyd. R. Belt., .upervlsor ' ' VWriy wnrr within 8ln,y or hinder shipping on thu creat alclans are needed at one for th ot the Cascade national forest, msdlcal rerve corpa, a the stale A contract for 10 mile of hard aur- quota of th 80,000 doctor who will face pavement, the first to be let tin- be astlgned to the new army. dor tb road boudltig measure, ap- The formal opening of the Tllla- proved at the Juno election, wa mook highway d dedicating the new awarded, by the stato highway coni- roadway Just completed at the psss pilslon and tbe Umatilla county court In tb mountains, known aa the Hour to tho Warren Construction company Or cutoff, w beld Saturday. for $119,10.42. The acctlon ot the Wong Wen Tueng, Hop 8lng tong road to be surfaced la the first 10 gunman and slayer of Joseph One, miles between Pendleton and th Chinese fish merchant, wa sentenced state lino. to life Imprisonment In tho penlten- A a result ot the decision of the in DRY LAW NOW EFFECTIVE Rted Amendment Prohibiting Ship ment of Liquor Is in Fore.. Washington. Twenty-three states became "bone dry" at midnight Sat urday, the hour at which the Reed AMERICAN TROOPS LANDED IN FRANCE Summer Dlsejso In Missouri Fatil. St. Louis. SIxty-ciRht children hav .l!.wl r,nm n lAi-orA fnrm nf ciiminur complaint in southern Missouri during mendment prohibiting the shipment of M,ended hearing8, th.t the camera the past few weeks. ot the railroad of tbe United State for a borlxontal increase of la per cent In freight rates. In its decision the commission In dicated its willingness to Increase class rates in the eastern district ap proximately 14 per cent Since about one-fourth of tbe freight handled is moved under class rates, the decision virtually allows th eastern lines about 4 per cent increase In gross freight revenue. Increases sought In rates on coal, coke and Iron ore will be granted. The commission found, aa a result Brazil Oecldea to Join With Allies. Los Alleles. Itraxil has revoked her decree of neutrality in the war be tween the entente allies and Germany. Of liquor into any territory where its llv show a substantial and in manufacture or sale is prohibited be- n.,.,,,1 roDerit. and that comes effective. These are the states they nare n)ple nBOUnea wttB whiCB wholly affected by the act: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colo- to conduct transportation. Tbe opinion intimated that a Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, North ... . . ...ft. ........ ...... r.l ,,r . . (-..nil., K'nrth nnlrnta HltlahAinA lisry by Circuit Judg Oaten, at Port- tcr.tate commerce commission In tb ..""" iy , am sir Hubert Beerbohm Tree is Dead. Oregon. Rhode Island. South Carolina. '" . . . L. P.?r CPntJro'Kni .rl" ..rfoariuLr'to send aKai.ist Germany Is London. - Sir Herbert Beerboum South Dakota. Tennessee, Vermont, Canneries operated py me uugen inatrman rrana j. aiuvr i tree, the actor, died here, rrultgrowera' association in Eugene gon public .erv.ee commission expects J J :iltllll!rI1,g of Amor. Junction City and Crc.well began ... th railroad, in Oregon which have 'A ....nn' run this week, with nro.- asked for 15 Per ctmt increase on all "' " rado, Georgia. Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, hejiring would of 0 iue at this w r . Wei. . t a x . ki " i i u, t.v....,n nniv iiu.rti'op nnrninniT inniirn pect. for contlnuou. operation until Intrastate freight rate, to abandon """SZtZn alliu 0 lULfl I OOUCd late fall their general applications and emlcav who cnmiuunds . t . . , - .n ,1.m ...( ...It l.Vr.l. VI V . 1. . V ' " - " -' Announcement naa nren maun ny gniiiKnwiuni.....v. ..,. rri-rv Ha- th. division of nav.l militia affairs, tain cla.se. and commodities, which, -e. ha e ns l,rw'' Washington U. C that the Oregon might be able to .taud liighor rales, kor A pre f lee o naval militia will be mobilized at Nino fatal accident., out of a total H 1 ,h Au': 'l. " "J? ARMY DRAFT RULES Washlnston.-Uegulations to gov- Beattle for lnten.lv training about of 4S. were reported to the slate in- -" wn ,ha pxt st(,p toward selecting a commission una . . . - mtlonal war arniv from the millions in RhtieMt r gtiting snipa oi uns ;nn-ic - " . reKlstercd for service on June 5. were Aueuat 1. dustrlal accident Btate Labor Comml.lotir Iloff haa week. Tbo fatal accident were us started to a.som ble data on a tate- follow.: John Unto. A.torla, sawmill; ca" uafv'frn nouncement of tho wued at the direction ot President n0U8M wld censu. of crop po...bl.ltle.. with Kay B. Same., Gaston, .awmlll; Frit. No torn a ";;;,r JJ Wil3()11. th. end In view of assisting In bar- Miller rower, logging; Charles R J",,, w,a com0 I)robal)ly nn, Upon organizing the local boards strMtc Virginia, Washington and West Vir ginia. Those partly affected are California, Connecticut, Delaware. Louisiana, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, Ohio and Texas. The law bars from prohibition areas, whether states or smaller cor poraUons, all mail matter containing advertisements or solicitations for or ders of intoxicants, in order to sup press the activities ot malt order time, but said that relief will be grant ed within the next tew months tf th carriers meet adverse conditions. Tbe commission finds that th gloomy forecasts ot Jeopardised In comes, seen by railroad official early in 1917, have not been borne out by tb figures available for later months. The proceedings were brought in March, when the returns from Febru ary were just being made. February was one ot the worst months In rail road history. The subsequent month have shown Increasing revenues, while expenses hare In many cases tailed to mount to the extent tbe can rlers' officials feared. vesting the crop when th hrvet pica, Sheridan, sawmill; Marlon. L. season comes. Slnnott, Bend,. logging, Carl Carlson, The biggest wool deal ever mud In Flrwood. lugging; lmiinu Georgo, aiiurinn nnstnnmatl when Hood River, railroad trespasser c Bllverton wa. consummates, wnrn noou mvr, ..... ..v......... . ...n,.-,..,.., 0 tho advance Ruard. Putins to putmt Earl Wood and Frank Decker disposed Corrcll. Pendleton, railroad treana "J. ? Zi73 u t having been adv of their lot co.npr.aln. 65.000 pound, .or; Ch.rle. Walker. Coqullle. rail- ,I",rw"d",'l?l and the men by which the o at 72 V cent, a pound Brown ft Co., lnc to William road trespasser. , .... t,i,id, ..rricinl re- win uikc over irom me resisirauou WBjuruviiv.o. .... ... , , , port haa been received. Then thero board.-; all relish ntiou cards uhich hn . statement as to tho numbers they will number serially and list for - r,..l.li.. .-l... TI..M. uftkW lt f u id it irw. I in ii, cat ix.- vised of thy method rder of liability for service Rhnll be dt'Hirimned and ot nrri hii in exi iitui u.uitii w On their relurn from an inspection - . . llHS floUl l(, be drawn Irom its terrl- warm u ..h..R , .. Pendleton will put on the market of the Payette Oregon alopo Irrigation wpr? ji.i.i.. - a nAt i--..- n, n;ni ah ih Hnnkn river. Attornev LT ..a -... .nrf ..nnn ,i.,nufni iirnwn Mii.l Suuerlutenc en! ol usually smoo. DUIIUV TVftm t J vfi n aeu i.fwM - - " - .....f.,uhi.. uhlln the sea was UU- uu"," i" '!' w ;viiiu mvi - - - - list Verv few cases of persons designated for service in ftm nnlA, it llmlr lil.hililv l.r.sl thfft easlckness or other illness was re- r -- their ial will cotnmenc the con- Bank Sargent wer c.iinu.iaeuo l8t, gve it to the press and within iructlon of a septic tank to take car about th project. They went a mem- po"J . m,,e on BCheluie three days send notice to each desig- ot all the city .ew.g. ber. of tbo state bonding board to In, y " gerlml8 ml8hap8 t0 natcd person by mail. Traveling auditors of th Industrial vestlgate the land rolatlve to tho ccr h Th0 port ot ar. As the men so notified appear, the accident commission cannot com tlflcatlon of $225,000 worth of bond, won Jnown by less than a cor boarda first will make a physical ex- under th provision of the workmen' the dltrlct proi ose to Usue. Kind- " " . wcre aiW08t amlnatlon In accordance with special ... k. tvlll nnt h drawn ud for a few " outers uuui "lv , . .,.,.,.,., ,,., . Streetcar Dive in Niagara Rapid. Niagara Falls, N. Y. Nine persons are knowu to be dead, two persons known to have been on the car have not been seen since the accident and probably are dead, an indefinite num ber, estimated at from two to ten, are reported missing and more than a score are in hospitals, suffering from Injuries, when a belt-line car on the Grent Gorge route left the rails, plunged down a 20-foot embankment and turned over in 10 feet of water on the edge ot the Whirlpool rapids. Compensation act, in cuuuumiun w mi. i w r - ...... .,.,, n inj advised, becaui the commission can- days, but the board. It I understood. " - not contract with Itself. will Indorse the proposed Usue. Th ncccT rCPMaN A record breaking sal of regltred project Include 54,000 acre, all wate FRENCH U tr tA I UtHWlAro Jr.y cattl wa. held at the farm ot ed by pumping, the pumping power be n,.0.r,t. Attack MoArthur ft St.uff, ou mile et ot Ing electricity generated from tho Crown Prlne Make. Deap.r.te Attack Rickrcall. when 32 head of cow., helf- watr of the Bnake river. rs, and young bulls aold for an aver- ' The culmination ot Oregon's largest mind that all persons accepted them will bo re-examined by by CHINA HAS NEW MONARCH Military Chief Place Bey Emperor on Throne. Pekln. Early Sunday Hsun Tung, the boy emperor, was taken Into th imperial palace under the protection of General Chang Hsun and placed on the throne. The legation quarter of the city is under a heavy guard and the troops of General Chang Hsun are intermingling freely with the Pekin soldiery. General Chang Hsun is maintaining the strictest order and no troubl ia Pekin is feared. It is expected that President LI Yuan Hung will resign. According to an edict issued in the nam of the young emperor. President at Verdun, rarla. Picked troops, driven for age prlc of $240.47, or a total of timber land deal of recent year, grow- ward in perhaps the most savage at- ay lnvcstii.aU,,i ,(ie , Rsc. 7995, Ing out of th option on the X4,000,uuu tarK me ucrana i-nnu imnw n Battleship Idaho I Launched. Camden, N. J. Another monster fighting machine for the navy took the water from the yards of the New army York Shipbuilding company when the - L, Yuan Hung nM gbmitted to th surgeons, superdreadnougni wano. sister snip to monarchy. Claims for exemption because of "e Pennsylvania, flagship of the At dependents may be made by the man 'Iect- successfully launched. tiiinsclf. his wife or other dependents . . Father's Part Or OJ B Uliru pariy oo . .... . 4v llftU h.rtnnr ha .h.r . T Dismal. "History ia interesting," remarked 4 girl lie niurrted Is n bird." "Yes ; but think It is very sad, father. Do yon " . , v . . . i. .I,- ...n..,io,l in unuorsiuuu ner miner is lUXmsniQS "vw vncryuuu v oiuuieu auuui jv gut iQtuin ElUottrtPOM Uifctit) toWlon tb Cupolg mmbr w tematea la U tfiouUi, ucceedea la JmU cel,bMte(itn, F()urth July mXMf-TifvvL Xovic bu died.-