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COMPILED FOR YOU B renta of N oted People, Governmenta and Pacific N orth» eat and Other Things W orth Knowing. A $1,000,000.000 governm ent plant to m anufacture aircraft is being plan ned. Secretary Daniels has announced. King George has called a special m eeting of the privy council for the purpose of proclaiming a change in the title of th e royal house. Bo Sweeney, assistant secretary of the Interior, died suddenly a t his home in W ashington Monday from angina pectoris. He had suffered from the disease for some tim e. Quentin Rooeevelt, a son of the for mer president, was among 40 aviators who received commissions as lieuten ants in the aviation section of the Army Signal Reserve corps. King George has conferred the m ili tary medal for bravery on three mem bers of the American Legion of the Canadian forces. The men are Lance Corporal Dick, Sergeant H arlan and P rivate Porter. The te x tile shortage now deprives Germany of napkins and tablecloths, the use of which in hotels and restau ran ts in th a t country has been forbid den. H otels are prohibited changing bed linens more often than once a week for guests. I t is reported in a London Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Lausanne th a t no more Zeppelins are being con structed. Thousands of workmen who h itherto have been employed in build ing dirigible airships are now said to be engaged in the construction of a large num ber of airplanes. A rgentina has instructed her minis te r in Berlin to demand of th e German governm ent an answ er to the A rgen tin e note calling for satisfaction for the torpedoing of the A rgentine steam er Toro and the promise to cease attacks on A rgentine ships. A rupture in relations is considered imminent. A speedy passage by the senate of the $640,000,000 aviation bill, passed by the house Saturday, was predicted by Senator Chamberlain, chairm an of the m ilitary com m ittee. He had little doubt, he said, th a t the measure, pro viding for a fleet of 22,000 airplanes, would become a law before A ugust 1. Mrs. E sther Birdsall Darling, of Nome, Alaska, who sold many racing dogs to th e French government, has received the Cross of W ar won by A laska dogs for service a t the fro n t in transporting 90 tons of shells to an isolated post under Are through a bliz zard th a t raged four days and nights. F our of the largest and most modern German subm arines were destroyed by American warships which were con voying the first installm ent of A m eri can troops to France, according to a report from German sources. A Berne dispatch to a Rome news agency and forw arded from Rome by the Central News carried th e inform ation. The Swedish governm ent has in structed its m inister a t Berlin to pro te st against the torpedoing of Swedish fishing boats by German submarines. A Danish inventor, i t is announced, has discovered a process for m aking news p rin t paper from seaweed. The new process is said to entail half the cost of m aking paper from wood pulp. Bar silver w ent to 80 cents an ounce in New York Thursday a new high rec ord since the war and for many years before. Heavy coinage demand by European countries is believed the cause. W ith 1600 street railw ay employes on strik e for higher wages and shorter hours, traffic in Toronto, Canada, is al most paralyzed. Trucks and automo biles had much trouble in moving the crowds. are increasing the damage. Portland grain men, who are keep ing in daily touch w ith the situ atio n in the interior, fear th a t the N orthw est will not have more than half a crop this year. One of the leading authorities esti m ates a yield of 36,000,000 to 40,000,- 000 bushels in the three states as against 65,000,000 bushels produced last year. Another dealer here makes an estim ate of 10,000,000 bushels for Oregon, 17,000,000 bushels for W ash ington and 3,000,000 bushels for N orthern Idaho, a total of only 30.- 000,000 bushels for this territory. It is the early spring sown grain th a t is being hurt in the dry sections of W ashington, b ut in the dry sections of Oregon th e late spring-sown w heat is suffering most. W’in ter wheat is generally in good condition, but the winter-sown acreage is not heavy. Rains throughout the w heat belt this week would, of course, be of benefit, but the g rea ter p art of the dam age al ready done cannot be repaired, in the opinion of crop experts. The oats and barley crops are aleo needing moisture, but they have not been affected as seriously as wheat. The acreage of both these cereals is larger than usual this year, and in spite of the drouth a crop above the normal is expected. F I R E AND POI SON F L O U R I S H K lam ath County Livestock Killed by H undreds -A ttem p t Incendiarism. K lam ath Falls, Ore. — A ttem pts to s ta rt fires in K lam ath Falls and on a stock ranch in the vicinity as well as the poisoning of large num bers of live stock led to more active steps Tuesday to round up the I. W. W. elem ent in this county. Some of those arrested Monday were released upon exam ina tion, while several new a rrests were made. The number of armed deputies is being increased by Sheriff Humphrey and guards a t all m anufacturing plants are being strengthened. The local fire departm ent answered an alarm Monday night a t 11 o ’clock a t the home of C. A. Bunting, for merly president of the K lam ath Falls W ater U sers’ association here, where a fire was set w ith kindlings under the north side of the barn near the house. A north wind was blowing, and if the fire had not been discovered before it had gained headway the barn and resi dence undoubtedly would have been destroyed. Mr. Bunting lives in one of the m ost exclusive residence dis tric ts about a mile from th e center of the city, and it is thought th a t the ob je ct was to g e t the departm ent far away so th a t fires could be se t else where and be destructive. G reat numbers of livestock have been poisoned in the lava bed country on the Oregon-Califom ia line south of here. J . Frank Adams, one of the most prom inent and extensive ranchers in K lam ath county, last Saturday discov ered 25 head of his horses and 200 cat tle dead. F ifty head of cattle from the “ P ” and “ P itch fo rk ” ranches, and belonging to various farm ers in South ern K lam ath county, w ere also found dead, besides about 40 sheep belonging to Cox Bros., of th is county. No clew has been obtained as to how the poison came to be placed. Mr. Adams also reports th a t about 11 o’clock Monday m orning he discov ered an attem p t to brun his big barns and other outbuildings on his home ranch near M errill, south of here. Two small sticks had been set a t the south side of the barn, and to them was attached a powerful m agnifying glass so placed as to have produced fire and a blaze when the sun arrived a t a certain position in the sky. The glass later was proved to have been of suffi cient stren g th alone for the purpose. Mr. Adams says he has no reason to suspect any of the many laborers he employs for these actions. Mr. Adams has furnished great numbers of horses for the aliles since th e w ar began, and raises g rea t herds of beef cattle every year. R epresentative Rankin, of Montana, Calum et Is A gainst I. W. W. announces she would ask the house la Calumet, Mich. — Several thousand bor com m ittee for a general investiga tion of the hours of labor for all wo copper country citizens participated in men in government employ throughout a dem onstration against the I. W. W. th e country. here Tuesday. Following a m assm eet S ergeant Major Antoine Paillard, ing at which the alleged attem p ts of one of the French aviators who p artic the I. W. W. to cause dissension among ipated in th e bombardment last Friday the miners w ere denounced as “ acts The people marched of th e K rupp factory a t Essen, Ger of treaso n .” through the streets of Calum et and many, and who failed to return, has, it is now learned, landed safely in Hol Redjacket carrying banners inscribed w ith patriotic slogans. C itizens’ Al land. liance pledges, the signers of which March earnings of express compan agree to rid the copper country of ies, which w ere $1,202,848 in 1916, strik e ag itato rs, were signed by many. dropped to $995,044 in March, 1917, re- Plan for M aking N itrate Changed. porta to th e In te rsta te Commerce com m ission show. W ashington, D. C.—Secretary Baker announced Tuesday th a t plants for the F ree lunch and large glasR of beer production of in trate from atm ospheric have been abolished in New York City nitrogen would be constructed imm edi by th e R etail Liquor D ealers’ associa ately a t a cost of about $4,000,000, and tion. P re sen t high prices were given th a t w ater power would not be used. as th e reason. Sites have not been selected. F u rth er A proclam ation summ oning the leg discussion by localities desiring to be isla tu re in e x tra session on July 31 to considered as possible sites is closed enact food-control legislation for the tem porarily, th e announcement says, s ta te waa issued Thursday by Gover while th e site com m ittee of cabinet officers is m aking fu rth er studies. nor W hitm an, o f New York. (By U R. JO HNSON.) Farm er» who have never te»te«l the I cow or »took pea should by ull meaua | try a crop of th a t legume this spring. Originally grown only In the South, It has spread n o rth « aid anil become a llrad q u artera of D isturbers Raided and Senator McNary. A fter Conference. 1‘risoners Assigned to Sewing Room value«! crop throughout tlm central states. f Members of O rganization I’lacrd for Several H ours' Work Daily Requests G overnors to Co-operate Belonging to the saiuo family us re«l clover, It Is natural to compare the in Jail Damage» $150,000. In Quandary Uver Appeal. in Official Investigations. quulltU'a of the two, although In many respects they are entirely unlike. Clover n spilres two yeurs for m a K lam ath Fall», Oro.— Klam ath Kalla W ashington, D. C.—Sixteen woman turity. cowpeas only thr«*> month». A W ashington, D. C.— If the sta te of la practically under m atial law. stand of the clover 1» by no menus suffragists, arrested while p articip a t Oregon will co-operate w ith the Feder ing in the w om an's party bastilc day certulu and In some section» has b«>- Arnusl guar«)» patrol the »treeta. ln- al Trade commission, and if like co dem onstration in front of the W hite come so precarious th at farm ers are operation can be obtained from the House, w ere sentenced in police court casting around for some other fertllla- duatric» of the city are pr«ite«’te<l by special deputy sheriff* and I. W. W. sta te of W ashington, a prompt and j Wednesday to serve 60 days in the | Ing crop to replace It. are being round«’«! up like ca ttls aa the ! D istrict of Columbia workhouse for Again, clover harvest cornea In June thorough Federal investigation will be S when showers are naturally frequent result of a fire Sumlay morning which made of the fuel situation in the I obstructing the sidewalks. The women were allowed the a lte r ¡and when the farm er 1» l»u»y with the destroyed the grain elevat«>r an«l mill N orthw est to ascertain the causes for prevailing high prices and for existing native of paying $26 fines, but they Icon» and with other w ork; on the «>th- of M artin Brothers ami 26,00(1 bushels or threatened shortages. Inform ation promptly refused the offer and were er hand, p«‘ns nre cut In August or of grain. The loaa 1« placet! at $150,- will be gathered at the same tim e to I taken to the workhouse at Oceoquan, September when the rush of work 1» 000. Incendiarism is »us pec led enable congress or the Federal govern | Va., and turned over to a matron, who r — — High wiroi fanned the flames toward - ■- — saw th a t each got a shower bath and m ent to deal w ith the situation. the factorie« an«l cant of the Kwauna This assurance was received by Sen exchanged her clothes for a heavy one- Box company, the Big Lakes Box com ator McNary Thursday from the Trade piece prison dress. They were assigned pany, the Standard OH company ami commission in reply to his recent rec ! to the sew ing room of the prison, the Klam ath Iron Works, hut heroic ommendation th a t the commission ex where they will work several hours efforts of the fire d e t r i m e n t »aved tend its coal and oil investigation into [ daily. these properties. At th e p a rty 's headquarters there the N orthw est, where the fuel situ a Imme«liBtely a fte r the fire Sheriff was a flurry of uncertainty over the tion is critical and growing worse. Humphrey communicate«! w ith Gover Because of th e P resident’s orders to question w hether the women should be nor Withycombe, swore in 200 depu inv estig ate food prices, and on account perm itted to serve th eir sentences ties and raid«*! the headquarter» of the of the other investigations already or w ithout protest or w hether th eir cases ; I. W. W., seizing |Mt|iera and books dered into the cost of government sup should be appealed. I and arrestin g 39, some of whom sre Although no one a t the headquarters plies, the commission says it is over ! thought to be local leaders of the o r would confirm it, there were indica burdened w ith work and short of men, ganization. Every imlustry in the city but it is ready and w illing to send tions th a t the course of the women’s i is umler guard and arme«l guar«!* are three of its fuel specialists to the friends m ight be determine«) finally by («trolling every road leading out of N orthw est to work with and direct the the a ttitu d e of Dudley Field Malone, the city. The sheriff intrm ls to arrest activ ities of sta te experts if the gov collector of customs at New York, who every I. W. W. f«>uml In the cou/ity. Mowing Cowpea Crop. ernors of Oregon and W ashington will came here to te stify for the women, Henry J. Weeks, of the Weeks Ab detail a sufficient number of competent and later asked the court to be per- strac t company, was one of 1 hi m«j*t ; m itted to act as their «-ounscl. The over and when there Is gencrully a dry prominent of those arrested by the men to conduct th is inquiry. Finally, cowpeas combine In sheriff. He is accuse«! of tr«’a*»nable This plan recently was followed in request was granted, but instead of I spell. Indiana w ith good results. T hat state tak in g any legal steps on behalf of the themselves not only a hay crop but a 1 rem arks before a large crowd aaem- detailed 18 accountants from the sta te women, Mr. Malone went to the W hite grain crop a» well. ; Idi*l a t the city hall. All these liniHirtnnt advantages has board, paying th eir salaries, while house for a long conference w ith Pres Carloads of provisions, farm ma the pea over the clover; and against chinery and rannetl gusts, destined fo« they received a statu s as Federal ident Wilson. W hat happened a t the conference them I can only think of the (mints I the M artin Brothers' store at Merrill, agents by being carried on the Trade was not revealed, but Mr. Malone th at the peu-vIncM require a longer ' 23 miles south of here, were burned. Commission roll a t $1 per year. In th eir tem porary capacity as Fed came away visibly perturb«*! and there lim e to cure, depending on th e ran k ; The firm suffer«*! a disastrous fire sev eral investigators they had the same were many rumors th a t he had re ness of th e vines, and art« a little eral y«'am ago. The fire Sumlay whij ^ rig h t to exam ine books, etc., as do the signed his collectorship anil would take harder to handle with the fork than j discovered at the north corner of the regular experts of the Trade commis up actively the fight of the suffragists, clover. - building, on the wimly side ami at a On my fruit farm p«-ns have e n tire point farth est removed from the office. sion in the gath erin g of such inform a who repeatedly have been in Police tion. They gathered complete data on Court during recent weeks for th eir | ly displaced clover because their sea- I It was under g reat heatlway when the cost of production and distribution dem onstrations a t President W ilson’s I son Is so much shorter. With Urn In first seen. of coal form th e mine to the consumer. doorstep. These rumors Mr. Malone \ tensive system of fruit-growing I can- Senator McNary telegraphed Gover him self would neither deny nor affirm. I not afford to give the Innil to clover The collector spent nearly an hour i for Its long season of growth. At the D E P O R T E D M E N ASK D A M A G E nor W ithycombe inquiring if he can detail sta te accountants or other ex w ith Mr. Wilson. When he departed | some timt!—and I should have men perts to co-operate w ith the represen from the executive offices his fare and tioned this In making the comparison— Arizona I. W. W. Refugees to Demand tativ es of th e Trade commission in manner showed evidence of g reat emo ■ I believe that a h e n v y crop of clover Is Reparation for Exile. making a thorough investigation of tion, and he walked rapidly away. 1 superior as a fertilizer to a crop of Columbus, N. M — Mining compan the Oregon fuel situation, and has ! peas. asked Senators Jones and Poindexter Before cowpens were Introduced ies, officials and bUMiness men in the to make a sim ilar request of the gov P L A N S A R E AGAIN D E L A Y E D j there was no fertilizing crop with W arren copper d istric t of Arizona may ernor of W ashington. which to follow early potatoes and lie sut*l for damages by the men who Goethals-Denman Breach Over Ship j struw berrles. In southern Missouri, on were deporte«! from Bisbee July 12. At the camp of the Arizona exilea building P rogram Widens. a low sandy soli, they will m ature If ONE CENT CARRIES MAGAZINE here Sunday the men discussed plans sown afte r the w heat Is cut and can W ashington, D. C. — Differences * be for filing a blanket su it against the be turned In tim e for the sowing of the operators, officials ami others who, Easy and Cheap Plan Offered to Send tw een Chairm an Denman, of the ship ping board, and Major General Goeth- fall wheat. the men assert, were res|»msible for Reading M atter to Front. F u rth er north In th e latitude of St. als, m anager of the board's fleet cor the wholesale deportution from A ri Louis, they cannot he depend«*! on to W ashington, D. C.—Magazines and poration, which have halted the gov zona of those allege«] to tie m i u Wk newspapers bearing 1-cent stam ps ern m en t’s ship building program, ap do this but they will make growth or sym pathizers w ith the I. J h ere after may be posted, unwrapped parently were fa r from a settlem en t enough to be of great value to turn A blanket prayer for th e irt^ R .)* -. under. and unaddressed, by persons other than Wednesday night. through w rit of habeas corpus was also They should not he sown until the discussed, but the leaders disapproved publisher, and will be forwarded by General Goethals, who Monday post postal authorities to American soldiers poned his plans for constructing two ground Is thoroughly wnrm and no of such an action on the ground th a t and sailors in Europe. g reat governm ent shipbuilding plants more cold w eather Is to he fen red, and it would em barrass the fede - J govern* In announcing plans for gathering and for requisitioning ships now build not Inter than the first of July. merit, which is trying to fim iv solution* reading m a tte r conveying home news ing, has made no move tow ard going T he Whippoorwill variety Is the of the problem involved in the deporta- and fiction to th e boys abroad. Post ahead]w ith his program. most generally planted when the set*l j tion of the men. The exiles are anx m aster G eneral Burleson suggests th at Nor would he add anyhing to his Is wanted, and the Clay for vine. 1 ious to know w hat Washington will do m agazines p rin t the following in the statem en t th a t Mr. Denman had asked have noticed th a t late-sown peas al in th eir cases, and messages urging upper right-hand corner of th eir front for delay to give the shipping board ways make the best and the most se«*l im m ediate action have been sent to covers: for the reason th a t they do not mukc ailim nistration officials. tim e to go over his plans. “ N otice to th e reader: When you Chairm an Denman put th e whole re so much vine. The belief is becoming general have finished reading th is magazine sponsibility for the delay on General Simply as a money crop and w ith among the exiles th at they will be place a one-cent stam p on th is notice, Goethals, who, he charged, was slow out reference to th eir fertilizing value, sent back to Bisbee under heavy mili hand same to any postal employe and in furnishing inform ation asked of him cowpeas rank among the most profit tary guard and will be protected in it will be placed in the hands of our concerning his plans. At the same able of crops and It Is rath e r surpris w hat they claim as th eir rights, even soldiers and sailors a t the front. No tim e he made it clear th a t the ship ing th a t farm ers nro not more alive to if it becomes necessary to declare m ar w rapping—no address.” ping board, as holder of the stock in this point. R egular pea hullers have tial law in the W arren d istric t to a t the fleet corporation, will study the been of very slow Introduction In this tain this end. Liquor Drawn From Bond. g en eral’s program carefully before p art of the country. The men say they will not be sent Washington, D. C.— Liquor dealers, giving it approval. Peas are still hulled In w heal elsewhere, will not consent to remain As soon as complete inform ation is threshers and in consequence are bad here in a sw eltering hot camp, and as alarmed at the prospect of the govern they have not been charged w ith ment seizing, under the term s of the a t hand a meeting of the board mem ly split nn«l shattered. bers and General Goethals will be They will yield ten and fifteen bush breaking any I hws , they say they will food bill, the vast quanities of distilled Re els to the acre In fuvoruhle conditions. stand on their rights an«l are pinning sp irits in bond, are w ithdraw ing whis called to go over the situation. Hulling, Instead of damaging their th eir hopes of returning to Bisbee ky from Jionded warehouses a t a rate ports th a t General Goethals had been never before equaled, approxim ately refuse«! an imm ediate conference he re- value, actually seems to Increase It, u(x>n the federal government. quested w ith Mr. Denman to go over for It breaks up the coarse stem s and Sunday passed quietly in "C am p 1,000,000 gallons a day. The whisky thus w ithdraw n is placed largely, reve all questions involved were not con shreds them Into a soft m ass th a t Is W obblev,” as the men have named the firmed by the board. refugee camp. eaten up «’lean by the stock. nue officials state, in retail establish Unhulled pea hay makes a forage j m ents. Internal revenue receipts have Russians Capture 37,000. th at Is unsurpassed and calls for lit P otatoes and Onions Rot in Ground. risen th is month higher than ever be Petrograd — The Russians Tuesday tle or no grain to aupplement It when Sacramento, Cal.—Several carloads fore, the to tal for the first 17 days be ing $7,500,000 more than in last July. captured 16 officers and 900 Austro- the team s are Idle. of C alifornia surplus pots toes and on It Is a line ration for the milk cow ions, large «(uantities of which are re Germans in the battle in E astern Ga Man Blown Through Roof. licia, the W ar departm ent announces. and In fact Is relished by all kinds ported to he ro ttin g in the ground in Moscow, Idaho — Joe Blalock, of The Russians also took a number of of stock though sometimes a few days many parts of the sta te because of the Cornwall, east of Moscow, is in a Mos machine guns. From July 1 to July are required for them to get accus inability of the grow ers to dispose of cow hospital a t the point of death. He 13, the statem en t says, 834 officers tomed to It. them a t a price equal to the cost of - * was blown through the roof of his and 35,809 men were captured by the production, may he sold to Arizona store W ednesday night by the explo Russians. General Brussiloff’s forces IN CR EAS ED NUMBER O F EGGS consumers through Governor Campbell, sion of a charge of powder or dyna also captured 93 heavy and light guns, of th a t state. The stat«* council of «le- mite, and officers are hot on the trail 28 trench m ortars, 43 machine guns, Use of Milk Is Recommended to Bring fense has receiveil inquiry from Gover of the perpetrators of the crime. The 43 mine throw ers, 45 bomb m ortars, nor Campbell asking the price a t which About Desired Result—Protein store building was completely demol three fire throw ers, tw o airplanes and a largo supply of both potatoes and Is Necessary. ished. The officers are silent, but sen much equipment. onions could be secure«! in California. sational developments are expected. The use of milk In feeding chickens Blalock can make no statem ent. I. W. W. Held as Slackers. W ar to Rule Hotel Menu. will greatly Increase egg production. Hoquiam, Wash. — T hree men were The hen never lays an egg until all Philadelphia — Philadelphia hotela Tesla’s Tower Dynamited. arrested in Hoquiam Tuesday and the Ingredients necessary for the com and restaurants will follow New R iver Head, N. Y .— D estruction of lodged in the county jail a t Montesano plete development of a chick are pres Y ork's lead in om itting beef from a w ireless tow er erected here several on charges of in te rfe rin g w ith con ent. Since the egg contains protein ns th eir menus «*n at least one day a week years ago by Nicola Tesla, the inven scription. They are John and Victor well as cnrbohydrntes, nny amount In the near future. In addition, there tor, for experim ental purposes, has Suhonen, brothers, and Eli Hill. All of carbohydrates fed In the form of will be no w heat rolls for breakfast T been completed by governm ent order th ree are Finns. They are said to be and w heat bread will be baked from to prevent it being used by German Industrial W orkers of th e World strik grain will not offset the necessity of flour containing 10 per cent of rye, po protein. spies to tran sm it inform ation, it be ers, and had been doing a good deal of Milk given to the birds, either as a tato, banana or rice flour. Calves* came known Thursday. Charges of talk in g in the logging ram p against liver, brains or sweetbreads, young dynam ite w ere placed under the foun the d raft. Officers found neither of drink or In the form of w et mash, will chickens, spring lambs and suckling dations and the tow er was blown over. the th ree men had a reg istratio n card. greatly increase egg production. pigs also will be barred. EXP ERTS MAY COME GIVEN PRISON GARB GUARD PATROLS CITY