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EADER : VOLUME 41 WESTON, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUG. 5). 1918 ESTON OREGON NEWS NOTES Principal Events of the Wink Briefly Sketched for Infor mation of Our Readers. Temporary organliatlon of a Salem nranrh of lh Insurance Federation of Oregon hw Wn effected. l.an county growers sre contracting lo nil their hop on bosrd cars It local nation for JO rrnla pr pound. A detail of Oregon military police will b stationed In I .a Grand" lo help protect the rapidly ripening train riolda. Construction nf a cement drydm-k costing l&n.oiio will be ronimnrd In Portland January 1, next, by Joseph Hupplr. A loaa of $40,000 la estimated aa the reeult of a fire which destroyed a srrhoue at Wacouda, nloa mllea north of Halrm. For tha month of July thrra pasasd through tha Pendleton office of tha federal employment aerrlca epproxl mately too handa. Bulletin for July lodlrate Inrreaaed Induatrlal artlvlty, good bualneaa con dlllnna and an unuaual period of proa perlty In rortland. Oregon again took the lead In ahlp launching for July, 26 vessel having left the ware having a combined dead weight rapacity of J 10.900 tona. Edward llarrle, of the department of agriculture, of New South Wales, la In Pendleton for tha purpoee of itudylng methoda of bulking wheat. In tha laat five yeara tha amount of revenue collected by the Internal rev enue office In Portland baa Increaaed from 11,000,000 to mora than $12,000.- 000. The disappearance of Law Birr, a merchant at tha Modoc Lumber com pany'a mill on upper Klamath lake, la raualng eome excitement In Klamath Fall. A convention of detegatea from all the local of the Loyal Legion of log ger and Lumbermen weat of the Cas rada mountains waa held In Portland Monday. Fruit cannerlea In the Drownavllle aectlon are prepared to pay t cent a pound for evergreen blackberries thl aeaaon and to take all the fruit they can get. 81 women lookout are now em ployed In tha Caacade national foreat and they have been making good, ac cording to Supervisor C. II. 8eltl of that foreat. ' Seventy-seven per cent of tha 1918 class of aelectlvea In Umatilla county are fitted for full military service, ac cording to a statement by tha county draft board. Imurance cterks ara not Included In tha work-or-flght order, according to an sdvlee received by Inauranca Com missioner Harvey Wells from Provost Marshal Crowder. A total of S3?.401.42 will be divided among the conn tie for tha school chil dren of the state, according to flgurea prepared by Superintendent Churchill. The per capita will be $1.83. The public service commission haa Issued an order denying tha applica tion of the American Railway Express company for blanket 'Increaae of 10 par cent In Its Intrastate rates. McMlnnvllle college has juat received draft for IS0.000 In payment of tha pledge of tha educational board of the Northern Baptist convention made In tha endowment campaign of two years sgo. Tha rainfall in the forest region around Waldport has been so great that It will require 80 days for the bruab to dry, according to 8upervlaor R. 8 Shelley, of tha Slualtw national foreat. .Owing to too much automobile speeding and danger of accidents, and the damage to the gravel road, t motor cycle officer la to be appointed to police the road between Newbert end Mc Mlnnvllle. Unleee there Is more rstn In Oregon between now and August 18, the open ing date for the bunting aeaaon, 8tate Foreater Elliott wilt be In favor of keeping the aeaaon closed until there la further rainfall The salmon egg take at the upper Wlll'-i-tie. MrKenile and Ratitlam alatloti nf Iha Orrnn flah nt am IT HEMPRA! IMTFRFT r-"mi"l ' jrrcalrr thla year Ul ULilLnHL 111 I LlllAJ I than ever before, according to Carl D, Bhonmaknr, atale game warden. A dlaeaee or poison la killing hun dred of aheep In Grant county, ac cording to word received at llaker. Grower going to I'ralrls lo ihlp aheep found many dead In loading pen. Tha ran of their death haa not yet been determined, but Indication point to poison. Wheat harvest la In full blaat in Morrow county and farmer report very aalUfarlory yields and excellent quality. No aerloua complaint are beard about scarcity of latmr. although every available man la at work. Trout raising to lncrcs the food aupply of Oregon la being urged by State HloloKlst William L. Kin ley. who aaya that the propagation of thl game fish la easier than raising rhlrkena, and If put on a commercial baele. more profitable. IL H. Shelley, supervisor of the. ttlu law national foreat, haa announced the employment of the Aral woman look out In that foreat, Mlsa Jennie Walk r, a .school teacher, haa been aaalgned to a post on Dean'a mountain, aoutb of the L'mpqua, A carload of mobalr containing more than SO.OOO pounda and valued at 121.000, waa shipped from Albany by M. Bonder Co. It Included the Leb anon and Sclo pool and waa one of the largest shipments of mohair ever mads from that city. According to atatlitlca compiled, ! 703.124 feet of lumber and loga were shipped from the lower Columbia riv er district during the month of July. In the aame period the up-river mllla shipped 4,224,450 feat, making a grand total of 30.K9.874 feet Oregon mohair growers will be af fected by sn order soon to be made fixing a price on their product Coder normal conditions mohair sells at a little leaa than wool, but alnce the price of wool waa fixed the price of mohair baa been booming. A number of dairymen of Ctackamaa county met at Oregon City for the pur pose of considering a method for co operative buying of feed. The extreme shortage of hay and mill feed haa made It advisable to form an association to look after the dalrymen'a Intereat The fifth annual reunion of the de scendant of Kben Blachly and Alex ander Scarry waa held on the bid Seavey donation claim on tie McKeu xla river alx mllea from Eugene. About 60 persons, many of them descendant of the Lane county pioneers, wers present Attorney General Brown has advlaed W. II. Bennett, auperlntendent of banks, that under the Isws of Oregon state banks are not permitted to bor row money In excess of their paid-in capital and aurplua. Irrespective of the collateral which may be deposited aa security. Ae a reanlt of an Increaae of SO per cent In labor costs since April 1 of thla year and the government' freight rate elevation of 25 per cent, Fuel Ad mlnlatrstor llolmea baa allowed wood dealers of Portland a straight Increase of 50 cents a cord on alabwood, and an Increass of fl a cord for cord wood. If a person borrows money from the stale rursl credits fund, giving a mort gsgs fa his farm property, that does not prevent such borrower from less Ing or selling the place which Is mort gaged to the etste, according to an opinion given by the attorney general to the clerk of the state land board. Receipts of the motor vehicle regis tration department of Secretary of State Olcott'a office from January 1 to July 81 of thla year total H39.480.S0, which Is considered more then twice ss much as wss received during ti. entire yesr of 1917. Tbs total receipts of the department for laat year wss 8194.787.60. Out of a total of 695 accidents re ported to the stste Industrial accident commission tor the week ending Au guat 1, three were fatal. The "persons Injured fatally were: Arthur Bennett Corvallls.gwnstructlon; Darius Bright, Salem, traveling on highway and atruck by etreet car; Erwln McNulJy, Aatorla, trespaaaer. ' That the average .yield per cre of fall wheat In the Willamette valley will be about 15 buabels la the estimate DOCTOR RUMELY MAJOR CLARK HOSPITAL SHIPJ0RPED0ED lfj jg JQ 45 ARE t-w. - nrr r VI C i ' tajn iiss.laa'fjaglsBi. .feftaNaw-f- V V... ... nil, INCLUDED l!l DRAFT: partment Many Sick and Wounded en loard 01 In Trap. London The torpedoing of the Brit ish ahlp Warilda was one of the moat harrowing dlsaiter In the hl.tory of Increase Of Manpower Of U. S. submarine warfare. The number of . ui n dead la variously estimated from 105 '$ Planned B War US to 130 and upward and Includea av eral women nurses. Tbe ship csrrled 400 sick and wounded. Among them were seven American two officers and five en listed men sll of whom have been accounted (or. The torpedo struck the sfter part of" tba engine room, killing the third engineer sod two other members of tbe engine room force. Tbe dynsmo waa deatroyed, plunging tbe vessel Into darknesa. Just over the dynamo waa the ward room, which contained more than 100 patients. Most of these were killed outright by the explosion, and the other, many of whom bad been fresh- Injured by the torpedo, found themselves trspped. Dr. Edsrd A. Rumsly, publisher ef the New York Evening Mall, arreated In eonnaetion with alleged Oerman ownership ef the paper. 300,000 AMERICANS; CROSS DURING JULY Washington. Major General Hun ter Liggett commanding tbe flrat American army corps, Is in sctlve chsrge of thst corps on the center of the silled drive In tbe AUne-Maras sslient General Msrch, chief of staff, told newspaper correspondents at the semi-weekly conference at the war de partment The American divisions forming this corps sro serving contiguously on this sector, the control of which fa n tbe hand of Major General Liggett as commander of the first msjor American unit to get into sctlon In France. General Pershing, as a result of re cent transfers of American divisions which had been brigaded with the British, now haa 1,000.000 men under hie direct command, the chief of staff stated. Tbe number of American division actively engaged on thla sector haa been Increased to eight now Includ ing the 1st 3d. 3d and 4th regulars and the 26th, 28th, 3 2d and 42d na tional guard. General March an nounced that It waa tbe 4 2d division which met and dofeated the Prussian guards during the present week. Total embarkation of American troop during July broke all record, It waa announced officially, more than 800.000 men having been shipped. The grand total embarked to the end of July haa pasaed tha 1,300,000 mark. Tbe previous high monthly record wss tor Juns when 278,000 men were sent overseas. Major Bennett Clark of the National Army, who la a aen of Speaker Champ Clark of the houee of representative. ALLIES PREPARE FOR ANOTHER BATTLE With the American Army on tbe Alne-Merne Front From Rbelme to Eolnson. and far back toward the Marne, the Americana, French and Brlttah were being concentrated for the battle of Veale. All the indications were that the great cbaae of tbe Ger mans which began on July 18 la Hear ing an end. Beyond tbe Veale the enemy has plsnted bis artillery and at different points has challenged the allies to pursue him. Along tbe southern bank General Foch'a armies have alowed down to give an opportunity to those outdistanced to catch up. It Is regard ed probsble thst It Is the German plsn to offer a stiff resistance In order to gain more time for a withdrawal to the Alane. Near Flsmea there are a few German machine gunners, but no serloua resistance la expected. The American and French guna are In posi tion and a great quantity of shells is being hurled onto the tablo land which the Oermana are holding. Can, March Wants 6.000,000 Soldiers. Wsshlngton. In urging enactment of the administration man power bill extending draft agea to from 18 to 45 years, General March told the senate military committee thst the war de partment plana an army of 5,000,000 men to be raised a aoon as possible. Wsshlngton and Oregon Ovsr the Top. San Francisco. According to an official atatement by the twelfth fed eral reserve bsnk here Washington and Oregon were the only states In the twelfth federal reserve district to over-subscribe their allotments In United Ststes certlficatea of Indebted ncsa. Washington' oversubscription was $2,840,500 and Oregon'a 11,814,- too. Washington- Drift age) of fro as 14 to 45 years will be recommended to congress In tbe bill embodying the war department's new manpower pro gramme. . Secretary Baker said all the possible combinations of age limits were care fully atudled and It was found that la order to get tbe men Into class 1 for the programme proposed It to 45 was necessary. . He aald the bill, as recommended to congress, will contain a provision as thorixlng the president to call men out of class 1 by clsasea according to aces, so thst If It is found possible tbe men between It and It will be called out later than tbe older men who are found eligible to class L In recommending this extension of tbe age limits, Mr. Baker aald. the de partment had It In mind almply to get the army tbe number of men which it believed necessary to defeat Germany. Tbe secretary was not prepared ts say how many that would be, nor to give any estimate aa to the proportion of males between the ages ef It to 45 Inclusive, which would be found eli gible. In making np the list and classes), tbe same rules would be followed that had governed In the first draft, with the ssme exceptions from the first call of married men with dependents sad those engaged In essential industries. He aald so far about 1.400,000 had been taken from class L. BRIEF NEWS OF THE WAR FRENCH TROOPS ADVANCE German Attaeki at Veals Fall to Sreak Allies' Hold. Perl. The French troops have reschsd the west bank of the Arre betweon Braches and Morisel, north of Montdldter, aaya the official state ment from the war office. North of the Veale the Germans have been repulsed in efforts to dls lodgs French and American units which crossed from the south bank. Much Importance Is attached to on orations north between Braches and Marisel, north of Montdldter. These ars pointed to as a direct menace to the Junction point of the armies of General Von Hutier and Crown Prince Rupprecht . The determined attacks which the Oermana have been dealing against the allied advanced guards north of the Veale have failed to disturb the temporary stabilisation of the Veale front The allied command Is retain ing the Initiative In these operations. Ths Pacific highway between Euf in Albany grain dealer. This Is said (ens and Junction City has. been' or dered closed tor 80 dsys. Tola order waa made to prevent Interference with construction work at a point about six miles north of Eugene. The railroad administration's order requiring soft fruit shippers to furnish bond guaranteeing payment of freight chargea will not affect larger ahlp pera materially, It is ssld, but may work fcarqeaip on iml)er eaeg. to be about 85 per cent under the nor mal yield but ' this year's aggregate fall wheat crop will be much above the average because of the large In crease In the acreage. Secretory Baker wants the American people to stop guessing about the num ber of American troops In France. That tort of guessing should be left exclusively tq ths German, people, China Will Send Troops to Siberia. Pekln, China. The Chinese govern ment appropriated $100,000 to finance the sending of a Chinese regiment to Vladivostok. Tbe Germans have been thoroughly vanquished on tbe Solssons-Rhelms salient. Allied troops have pushed forward until they have cleared the enemy out of the entire region south of a line drawn from Solssons to Rhelms. French troops captured the city of Solssons snd Americans aided by the French have taken tbe Import ant German supply depot of Fismes. The German armies have retreated across the Vesle and they are evident ly headed (or the Aiane river, across which they stormed their way on May 17 In their plunge toward the Marne. The fact that the enemy has de atroyed bridges across the Vesle and Is burning villages north of that river make plain that no effort will be mads to hold that line, and that the next atand will be made at the Alane, or even farther north, along the Chemlu dea Damea high ground. Beyond the AUne, which In Itself la a strong defensive line, is the Chcmln dea Dames plateau, then the great for eat of St Gobaln, and the Important center of Laon. From the southeast of Amlena near Montdldter northward to the region around Tpres the German front seems all a-tremble with expectancy. In addition to a retreat near Mont dldter to the west bank of the Avre river, retrograde movements In the face of attacks around Albert and an evacuation of territory over a front of half a mile north of La Bassee canal, the Germane are nervously bombard ing British and French positions at various points, possibly with the Idea of ascertaining their strength. The Bethune, La Bassee, Haxe brouck and Vpres sectors are being particularly chosen for the attention of the German artillerymen. Pershing Honored by French. Paris. General John J. Pershing, commander-in-chief of the American expeditionary forces in Franco, waa awarded the grand cross of the Legioa of Honor by the French government THE MARKETS Portland. Oats No. 2 white feed, $59 per ton. Barley Standard feed, $54 per ton. Corn Whole, $75; cracked, $7$. Hay Timothy. $34 per ton; alfalfa, $27. Butter Creamery, 48c per lb. Egga Ranch, 44c per doxen. Potatoes New, $3 3.25 per cwt Poultry Hens, 23 24c; broilers. 2627c. Seattle. Butter Cresmery, 54c per lb. Eggs Ranch, 62o per doxen. Poultry Hens, heavy, dressed, 36c; light, "35c: broilers, 36c: roosters, dressed, 27c; ducks, live 30c, dressed 85c; geese, live, 27c, dressed 35c. Submarine Sinks U. S. Light Ship Washington. The Diamond Shoals lightship off Cspe Hatteras. N. C, was shelled and sunk by an enemy subma rine, the navy department waa In formed. The crew has reached shore safely. The submarine came within a hajf mile of shore, according to the report which reached the navy department U. S, AND JAPAN TO ENTER SIBERIA Washington. Official statements by the American and Japanese govern ments, msde public here, announce) that the plan for extending military aid to Russia in Siberia will be aadet taken by the United States and Japaa alone, with the other allied co-belligerents assenting in principle. The United States and Japan will each send "a few thousand men" to Vladivostok to act as a common force) In occupying and safeguarding the) city and protecting the rear of tha. westward moving Cxecho-Slovak army.' The only present objects of the Jsp-anese-American forces will be to give such aid and protection ss Is possible to the Cxecho-Slovak forces against the armed body of German and Aus trian prisoners of war and to steady any efforts at self-government and self-defense in which the Russians themselves may he willing to accept assistance. . ' . . ; Later the United States will send av commission of merchants, agricultural experts, labor advisors. Red Cross rep resentatives and agents of the T. M. C. A. BIG FLOUR MILLS ARE SOLD Max Idaho Mine Owners Ask For Troops. Boise, Idaho. A request for troops In the Coeur d'Aleno mining district was made in a telegram to Governor Alexander from six of the biggest lead and sine producing mines in the north ern part of the atate. AU of the miners at the Morning and Gold Hunter mines have quit work and the strike threat ens to spresd to the other producing properties which furnish nearly 40 per cent of the lead output of the XT. B. July W. 8. S. Salea Smash Records. Washington. Total July salea of war savings and thrift stamps was $211,417,942.61. the largest on record, the treasury announced. This repre sents over $2 per capita for the entire country. Some cf the fellows who enlisted In the army to fight Germans may be pretty much disappointed with digging ditches, peeling potatoes snd picking up clgnrette stubs. But when they nre turned li'xuie on the Germans they will be ready to fight. The field setting of broccoli in Ore gon Is nearly finished and the planta are making a good it art In spite of dry westher. Practically all of the crop Is grown without Irrigation, and the production la dependent on the rainfall. Present indications are that the acreage has been reduced, $0 per cwt I tha Rosebuxg district. Germans Admit Albert Retreat Berlin, via London. The Germane on both aidea of Albert have retreated from the western to the eastern bank of the Ancre river, according to the German official communication. The atatement aaya the withdrawal was made without opposition. If the height of shoes is to be limit ed what is going to he done about lengthening skirts, or will that natural ly follow without official regulation? And If It does, will the extra cloth heeded offset tba shoe tops saved? H. Houaer Secures Control ef Largs Milling Companion. Portland, Ore. Financial control of the Portland Flouring Mills company. one of the largest and oldest milling compantes on the coast has passed from the Wilcox estate to Max H. Houser, vice president of the grain corporation, and several associates. It was announced by Mr. Houser. While' the consideration waa not announced,! it is believed to have been close to. $10,000,000. The deal involves complete control! of the Portland Flouring Mills com pany, Puget Sound Flouring Millsj company, Puget Sound Warehouse company, Paciflo 'Coast Elevator com-! pany and subsidiary corpora tiona.l The company owna and operates 111 mills In the northwest having an ag gregate cspaclty of more than 11,000 barrels of flour dally. The principal mill is in Portland, having a cspaclty, of 4000 barrels. Wilson' Urges' Suffrage. Washington. Enactment of the Su san B. Anthony suffrage amendment to the federal constitution is charae terlxed as a "great and now critical re form' in a letter written by President' Wilson to David Balrd, the new sen ator from New Jersey, asking the sen ator to vote tor the amendment Waste noUiingsot even time.