W D HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Brent« o f Noted People, Government« and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. An embargo has Eieen proclaimed on Chinese as well as Siamese credits in German banks, according to a dispatch from Berlin. Count von Bernstorff. the former German ambassador to the United States, has been appointed, according to the Berlin Vossische Zeitung, to the post at Constantinople. An Amsterdam dispatch to Reuter’s Limited, London, states that Berlin newspapers announced the seizure o f all property in Germany belonging to the government o f Siam or to its c iti zens. Mobilization o f the second increment o f draft troops was changed Tuesday from September 15 to 19, and the third increment from September 30 to October 3. Mobilization o f the first increment w ill be as previously an nounced September 5. Sheriff James N. Taylor, a member o f the Logan county, Kentucky, ex emption board, and J. W. Edward, county judge, were arrested by a dep uty United States marshal on the charge o f conspiring to violate provis ions o f the selective draft law. Burma beans, found on analysis by the state laboratory at Bozeman, M ont, to contain strychnine, were or dered destroyed by the state board of health. Tons o f them had been ship ped into this state and sold to innocent dealers. German agencies are sus pected. In prinipcle the British government is o f the opinion. Lord Robert Cecil, minister o f blockade, told the house committee Tuesday, that neutral ship ping which has been persistently assisting Great Britain’s enemies should be treated after the war on the same footing as enemy shipping. It costs the United States just $156.30 to equip an infantryman for service in France. Figures just made public show that o f this total, clothing represents $101.21; fighting equip ment $47.36, and eating utensils $7.73. The soldier’s gas mask costs $12; his steel helmet $3 and his rifle $19.50. Hog prices, which have risen every day since July 21, reached a new high record in Chicago Tuesday when they soared to $19.75 per 100 pounds. In August, 1914, hogs sold fo r $8.90. The top price during August, 1915, was $7.85; during August, 1916, it was $11.50. On August 1, 1917, the price was $16.30. Warning against exploiters o f wo man labor was sent from Washington, D. C., to its state and local branches Saturday by the National American Woman Suffrage association. A cir cular letter urges every woman who does a man’s work to demand a man’s pay, “ as a matter E>oth o f justice to herself and duty to her fellow work ers.” A dispatch to the London Daily Mail from Vevey, Switzerland, says the barns o f the Zeppelin works at Fried- richshaven are being used for the building o f a new type o f airship from which much is expected. The body of the machine is serpentine in form and from both sides of it smoke clouds can t>e thrown out which w ill entirely con ceal the machine. Buckwheat cakes w ill t>e plentiful this winter, according to predictions made by state officials o f Pennsylvania. That state has led the nation in buck wheat production for years and this season there was an increase o f 15 per cent in acreage. Consequently, it is stated that last year’s crop o f 4,250,- 000 bushels may lie increased to 6,200,- 000 bushels in 1917. NOW WATCH AMERICA German Newspapers Beginning to Take Seriously Preparation« o f Uncle Sam for Prosecuting War. Amsterdam - The Cologne Gazette, which is the first German newspaper to take seriously the American war preparations, in a leading article warns the public that a fter all it might be worth while to watch the United State«. It is possible that the Cologne news paper is acting on instructions from Berlin, for it is felt in the German capital that it would be foolish to al low the newspapers to publish derisive reports o f Uncle Sam's war work when the authorities know that American aid w ill decide the war against Ger many. Two months ago fashionable Berlin considered the American war preparations little more than a circus affair. “ Am erica’s arm y,” says the Cologne Gazette, "becomes stronger daily. The country’s factories are doing all they can to turn out air machines and other material, ships are t>eing built at all the yards— everything is being done to increase the m ilitary value o f the army to the highest possible point. “ N o wonder a new hopefulness is noticeable in the souls o f our enemies, who are encouraged to hold out another winter, after which, with the new troops from America, they w ill defeat the central powers and bring the war to a triumphant end. “ The enemy countries know better than to try to bring about a decision this year, but their people have sweet hopes. Small detachments of Am eri can troops are paraded in the streets o f Paris and London, and are welcomed there as a symbol o f the E>etter days which w ill take place o f these sad present. “ We cannot doubt that the A m eri cans w ill fight, not only because the great financial and industrial powers in that country do not wish to drop the golden fruit o f war orders, but t>ecause they look forward to the days o f peace when lettered Europe w ill have to be rebuilt with American help. “ The American government does not know whether next year the en tente with the help o f American sol diers w ill win, but it knows that it w ill need an army to enforce its posi tion in Central and South America, in the Pacific and Far East. This is why Washington does not wish to do any thing at>out the pope’s peace appeal.” ADD MILLIONS TO INCOME TAX Senate Adopts Amendment Affecting Receipts o f $500.000 Yearly. Dealers and Middlemen To Be Regulated Next. MINE COST IS BASIS Washington State is Highest, Having Base Kate o f $3.25 Per Ton U. S. Divided Into 29>l>istricts. Washington, D. C.— Bituminous coal prices were fixed by President Wilson Tuesday night for every mine in the United States. The next step in coal control, a White House announcement said, w ill t>e to fix the prices to be charged by middlemen and retailers. Prices were set on cost o f produc tion estimates furnished by the Fed eral Trade commission after months of exhaustive investigation. The coun try is divided into 29 districts, and every producer in a district w ill mar ket his output at the same price. The President named no agency to carry out the provisions o f his order, but is expected to appoint soon a coal administrator, who will be given en tire control o f the coal industry. Ru mor here has named President H. A. Garfield, o f Williams college, as the man. Mr. Garfield now heads a com m ittee named by the President to fix a government price for wheat. His work w ill end by September 1, when the'wheat committee probably w ill be dissolved. The prices named for run of mine coal in the large producing districts average slightly more than $2. In a few districts they are below that fig ure. and in the Western territory they are higher. Washington state is high est, with $3.25 at the mine. The price for Washington state prepared sizes is $3.50 and for slack or screening $3. The President’s statement said: " T h e scale of prices is prescribed for bituminous coal at the mine in the several coal-producing districts. It is subject to reconsideration when the whole method o f administering the fuel supplies o f the country shall have been satisfactorily organized and put into operation. Subsequent measures w ill have as their object a fa ir and equitable con trol o f the distribution o f the supply and o f prices not only at the mines, but also at the hands o f the middlemen and retailers.” The prices fixed range from 20 to 35 per cent under the maximum price of $3 fixed by government officials and operators at a conference here more than a month ago. The $3 price agreement, however, did not hold, as many operator« refused to abide by it a fter Secretary Baker, as the presi dent o f the Council o f National De fense, repudiated it as too high. Prices recently have ranged far at>ove the $3 limit. The fixing o f prices was the “ second step in the direction o f coal control.” The first was taken Monday when the President named RoE)ert S. Lovett as director o f transportation and ap proved an order issued by Mr. Lovett directing that coal shipments to the Middle Northwest lie given preference over other goods. French at Verdun Berlin Claims Paris— A smashing French victory on the Verdun front is recorded In the official report issued by the War office Tuesday night. The French have cap tured the enemy defenses on both sides of the Meuse over a front o f more than 11 miles, penetrating the German Una st divers points to a depth of Soon for Call to Military Serv ice Evacuation as Planned. a mile and a quarter. ^ More than 5000 unwounded German prisoners have been taken. Berlin— Tuesday’« official report con tains the follow ing: “ The French occupied without light ing Talou ridge, east o f the Meuse, which since March o f this year had been given up as a line o f defense and had been occupied only by outposts. These were withdrawn Tuesday, in ac cordance with our plans and without disturbance from the enemy. A t all other places on the wide front fighting is in full sw in g.” The German official communication issued Tuesday evening follows: “ The battle before Verdun is going in our favor. On the western bank o f the Meuse the enemy only succeeded in penetrating our defensive zone at the Avocourt wood and on I.e Mort Hom me. Elsewhere his assaults were re pulsed. “ East o f the Meuse the enemy was either completely repulsed before our fighting positions or driven back in counter attacks. French loeses were exceedingly heavy.” All Must be Heady. I.W.W.LEADERSARE HEED AI S U E IFrum oUtae o f Adjutant Uafter*1 U. N. U.) Portland— Every drafted man who ha« boon certified by his local exemp tion board a« not exempted or dis charged should keep himself in Instant readiness to obey the summons from his local board, to be made in a few days, calling him to report at a de signated time and place for military service. The mobilization o f the men to be taken in the first draft w ill be handled in each county by the local exemption board o f that county. Each*board w ill be re«|ionaible for the mobilisation and entrainment for the American Lake camp, to which the Oregon men w ill be sent, o f its coun t y ’s full draft quota. The mobilization o f the entire quota w ill not be made all at once, however. It will take place in four Installments. The first installment o f 30 per rent o f the men comprising the draft quota o f each county w ill be called to mobil ize on September 5. A second installment o f 30 per cent o f the quota w ill be called to the col ors on September 19, according to la test orders o f the War department. The third installment w ill be called out on October 3. The remaining 10 per cent w ill lie m obilised as soon thereafter as possible. The dates,-of course, arc subject to change. The local exemption boards will se lect the men to be called up in each installment, and notify them when ami where they are to report. The notifi cations to those selected for the first installment o f 30 per cent w ill be sent out in a very few days. I f you are a drafted man, be on the alert to receive your instructions. Failure to receive the notification will not excuse you i f you do not appear, so take care also to see i f your name has been posted at the headquarters o f the board as one o f those ordered to re port. Make it a point o f honor to report at the exact time specified by the board and to follow instructions to the letter. And remember that from the hour designated by the board for you to ap pear, you are in the m ilitary service of the United States and subject to m ili tary regulations and discipline. In setting the time for you to re port, the board is acting on a definitely arranged schedule, with prompt en trainment o f the men in view. Do not disarrange this schedule by coming in late. The board w ill provide meals and quarters for you after you arrive at the place designated for entrainment. The board is instructed to see that you take on the train with you only light hand baggage, or better yet, only a bundle containing necessary toilet articles and changes o f underclothing. Don’ t bring a lot o f baggage with you when you report, for you will have to leave it behind. The success o f the mobilization de pends greatly on your patriotic co operation. A great deal is left to your honor. Prove yourself a true patriot, worthy o f the trust imposed upon you, and help your county and state make the good showing it should make in ac complishing the mobilization. Military Detain High Officials on Eve of Strike. CLOSE MEETING HALLS Idaho Guardsmen Hound Up 27 A g i tators. Who Are Being Held in Jail as M ilitary Prisoners. Paris— Major General Pershing, the American commander, told the Asso ciated Press Sunday that the war can be won only by hard and forceful blows delivered by a well-trained American army working in conjunction with the allied armies. Deploring the lukewarmness o f the American |>eople in regard to the war, General Pershing added: “ Every man, woman and child should support the administration in its determination to arm and equip the American army and to keep up its morale and that o f the allied armies. This war will not be won by talk nor by subscribing to the Red Cross. The American people must come to a full realization o f what the war means. It can be won only by striking hard and forceful blows, not otherw ise.” The general was very emphatic in the interview, which lasted but a few minutes. Austria Considers Peace. Copenhagen — A telegram from the official Corr Bureau o f Vienna seemB to indicate that Austria-Hungary will accept the Pope's peace proposals. A summary of Austro-Hungarian press opinion circulated by the Corr Bureau says: "T h e newspapers regard the concrete proposal as a suitable basis for beginning peace negotiations, but doubt whether the entente shares this hope.” In view o f the well-known practices o f the Corr Bureau, this may undoubtedly be regarded as the gov ernment’s voice. “ Service Handbook” Out. 80,000 Made Homeless. Washington, D. C.— A “ National Saloniki — The commercial quarter o f this city has been destroyed by fire. service handbook, ” designed to point It is believed the number o f fatalities the way to opportunities for serving the Nation during the war. was pub is small. lished Monday by the committee on The volume con London — More than half o f the public information. walled city o f Saloniki, In Greek Mace tains an exhaustive compilation o f data donia, which is under occupation by al>out the government, army and navy, the entente allied troops, was de and the many semi-official and inde stroyed by fire Saturday. Eighty pendent committees and organizations thousand persons who were rendered which are helping to fight the war. homeless are being removed to neigh Persons o f every occupation and trade boring villages, according to a dispatch are shown where they can best apply their abilities and energies. received in London. Japanese Seeking Steel. Tok io—Japanese shipbuilders have inaugurated a national movement to seek modification o f the Hteel embargo, and have formed a league for the pur pose o f bringing about a cancellation of the American embargo on Iron and steel. The shipbuilders have present ed lengthy memorials to the govern ment and to George Post Wheeler, the American Charge at Tokio, urging re lie f from the embargo, claiming that it would ruin the industry, close fac tories and bring about a discontinuance o f the construction o f ships. Jam Made for Soldiers. Tacoma, Wash.— The government’s first contract for blackberry jam, to be given to the Puyallup and Sumner Fruitgrowers’ associatin, was filled Wednesday. It consisted o f 3600 cans to be distributed among the forts of the Northwest. That the government w ill follow England’s example and supply jam to its soldiers is indicated by the fact that the cannery has just filed bids for 120,000 cans with the quartermaster department in Seattle. British Admiral Arrives. An Atlantic Port - Rear Admiral Hugh T. Hibbert, o#the British navy, arrived here Monday on a special mis sion for the British admiralty. As to the effectiveness o f submarine war fare, he said that while the situation called for unrelaxed vigilance and was undoubtedly serious, he did not believe it would be effectual. He believes the Germans are holding back their navy as a last resort and that they w ill not end the war without a great battle. Armour Plant is Burned. Chicago — Fire destroyed the ice houses o f Armour & Co., at Round Lake, in Lake county, early Sunday. According to estimates o f heads o f the company, the Urns will exceed $250,- 000. Freight cars valued at $50,000 also were burned, while the stock o f ice, 50,000 tons, was valued at »75.000. F. Senderson, the superin tendent, said the fire was o f incendiary origin, breaking out in a dozen places and gettin g beyond control. Pacifists Plan Meeting. Minneapolis— I/iuis P. Lochner, sec retary o f the People’s Council o f America, arrived here Saturday to take charge o f arrangements for the national meeting here September 1 to 6 In the interests of peare. Mr. I.ocli ner, who was In the Ford peace expe dition in 1915, declared the chief pur pose o f the organization is to "b rin g the boya out o f the trenches forthwith and let the warring nations settle their differences by other means.” COUNCIL DENOUNCES ARREST sumption o f strict training for all the m ilitary forces, the free time o f the soldiers to be devoted to gymnastics, drills and games, and for a cessation o f all discussions. “ Henceforth the only language in the army is command.” This is significant, in view o f abolition o f the use o f the word “ command” since the revolution. 5000 Uawounded Teutons Captured by Summon« From I .oral Hoard« lo Issue Spokane. Wash. James Rowan, dis trict »eeretary o f the I. W. W. and. 26 other alleged member« of the organiza tion, were arre«ted at locnl I. W. W. headquarters here Sunday by a com pany o f Idaho National GuariUmen and placed In the county jail as military prisonera. Rowan and W illiam Moran, secre tary o f the local I. W. W. organiza tion, were arrested at the local i. W. W. hall by Major Clement Wilkina, in command o f a battalion o f guardamen on (Mitrot duty here. The raid and arreata were made by Major Wilkins, fetin g under orders re ceived from the district commander st Portland. The immediate word for the action o f the m ilitary was from K. F. Blaine, chairman o f the State In dustrial Relatione commission, who came to Spokane Sunday morning as representative o f Governor l.iater. “ You men are military prisoner» and are not detained under civil law ,” Ma jor Wilkins told the men, after they had been lined up In the corridor of the jail, and were waiting to lie searched and booked. “ An inveatlgation o f your caaes will be begun at once, and if it ia found that any o f you are wrongfully held, you w ill he released. ” |.«ter Major Wilkins said the entire proceedings were under m ilitary or der«, and that no chargea hail been placed against the men. A deputy United Ststes marshal, who accom panied the soldiers, did so only to identify the men arrested, he said. Later the man who shouted from the sidewalk was arrested outside the jail. He gave his name as Jerome Baker. A t the Main avenue hall, two men, who insisted on mounting the stairs after the soldiers had been placed on guard, were arrested, bringing the to tal to 27. The arresta were made on the eve o f the day set for the strike o f the a gri cultural and construction men In Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Mon tana. Strike orders advising farm workers to “ let the fruit rot on the ground,” and calling on construction workers to lay.down their tools, had been signed by Rowan. Lumber workers in the four states already are on strike. "T h e only effect o f my arrest will be to intensify the s trik e ," said Row an, while he was awaiting his turn to be searched and booked. “ I think the strike w ill spread further now, and probably w ill affect Industries in which no strike has been railed. Even though all the officers or employes of the organization are put in jail, and all the halls closed, arrangements have been made to handle the movement.” Only a vote o f the members o f the organization can halt the strike. Row an said, as there is no one with au thority to take such action. The strike order was to become effective Monday, unless I. W. Ws., alleged to be illegally held in jail, are released by that time. Rowan’s arrest differs from those o f I. W. Ws. at Yakima and Wenatchee In that it Is a result o f his telegraphed threat to the governors o f the four Northwest ststes, o f a strike to lie effective Monday i f I. W. W. members held prisoners in those states tie not released. These prisonera, taken aa I. W. Ws., include a number o f in tern ») Germans and alleged or con vict»l slackers. The 27 prisoners taken were not lacking in money. Rowan had $207 In hills and silver and $18 in small checks. W illiam Moran had $181. The total o f the 27 was $1860. Washington, D. C.— A fte r protract ed debate in which many senators urged heavier levies on incomes and war profits in the war tax bill, the senate Thursday tentatively adpoted Senator G erry’s amendment which would add $40,375,000 by greatly in creasing surtaxes on incomes exceed ing $500,000. On a test vote for elimination o f the so-called Lenroot amendment made in the house providing 25 per cent in crease in surtax rates on incomes ex ceeding $60,000 and raising about $66,000,000 in revenue, the senate voted 35 to 32 against their elimina tion by the finance committee. Under the Gerry amendment the to tal tax levy on all m illionaires’ in comes, including the present law, would be 67 per cent. W ith the Gerry amendment the bill would aggregate $2,035,000,000, with several amend ments by Senator La Follette pending for further increases in the income tax rates. The Gerry amendment was adopted without a dissenting vote. A ll o f the Lenroot amendments as Spokane I-aborites Demand Release of adpoted by the house were retained by I. W. W. Prisoners. the Senate a fter reductions proposed by the finance committee were reject Spokane, Wash. — Declaring its be ed on two test votes. lie f that the Industrial Workers o f the World were justified in resorting to Germans Stir Mexican Hatred. the strike as the only weapon at their Mexico City — Friends o f Germany command, the Spokane central labor are conducting in Mexico a newspaper body has made the follow ing demand*: propadanga against the United States, That these men now in ja il be re but, up to the present time the efforts leased at once. have failed o f their purpose insofar as That Governor Lister be removed the better educated and influential from position o f public trust. classes o f Mexico are concerned. There That Major Wilkins be at once re is reason to believe that it has had no lieved from his command. effect on men prominent in public life, That all men representing latx>r re those associated with the government sign from the Council o f Defense. or the high officers o f the army, but it That a general strike o f all industry seems certain that the German cam be called until such time as may be paign has exerted a certain influence necessary to insure “ observation of over the uneducated. the la w .” The National Guard division to go to France, representing 26 states and the Swiss to Lim it Bread. D istrict o f Columbia, w ill t>e mobilized Berne, Switzerland — The Federal at Mineola, L. I., at a camp named A lbert L. Mills, a fter the late B riga Council has chosen October 1 as the dier General Mills. The Oregon troops definite date when the bread card sys are included in this division. tem w ill be introduced in Switzerland. The daily consumption w ill E>e limited Following a thwarted attempt to for the time E>eing to 250 grammes per rob the McCloud State bank Thursday, person, plus 500 grammes o f flour one o f tw o robbers killed his compan monthly. The council also took meas ion as they were making their escape, ures to reduce the coal consumption, because the latter could run no longer, especially through the conservation o f having been shot in the heel by a electrical energy. Each canton is or member o f the pursuing posse. dered to save coal by the early closing The insistent demand from abroad o f moving picture and public establish ments. fo r silver from the United States gov ernment fo r coinage and fo r domestic “ Command” is Used Again. purposes was reflected Thursday in Petrograd— Lieutenant General Kor- N ew York in a record jump in the niloff, commander-in-chief o f the Rus price. sian army, has issued orders for a re There is only enough wool being pro duced in the United States to provide e very man in the country with a bath ing suit annually, according to t tat is ti cs discussed at the National Sheep and W ool bureau conference in Chi cago. The bureau voted to put its services at the command o f H erbert C. Hoover, food administrator. PRESIDENT FIXES PRICES OF COAL GERMANS SURRENDER DRAFT MEN TO ARMS British Front in France and Bel- guim — British tanks scored another triumph in the capture o f important German positions Monday morning in the neighborhood o f the Ypres-Poelca- pelle road, north o f St. Julien. It was a tank show almost from start to finish, and the infantry in this case played the part o f supernumera ries in support o f the leading actors, while large numbers o f the enemy troops added a final melodramatic touch by surrendering abjectly or fleeing in terror as the heavy leads lumbered on to the stage and "reached for their shooting irons.” As recorded in the official communi cation, the British captured German defenses along a mile front to a depth o f 500 yards. Among the strongholds occupied were the famous triangle, Hibau and Cockcroft farms, the sites of ecxeedingly strong concrete and steel machine gun redoubts, that men aced the infantry advance. I. W. W. STRIKE FALLS FLAT General Tie-Up o f Northwest Indus tries Frustrated bv U. 8. The general strike o f the Industral Workers o f the World called for Mon day o f this week, failed to materalize according to reports from various sec tions o f the Northwest. Reports that 80 I. W. W. had gone on strike at St. John, Wash., is denied at Colfax, the county seat o f Whitman county. It developed at Spokane that James Rowan, district secretary o f the I. W. W., who signed the strike order which demanded the release o f men Eieing held in jails in Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana, may be court- martialed instead o f being tried in court. The federal government took steps to check any threatened trouble by placing troops at Lewiston, Idaho, and at Wallace. Troops at Lewiston will protect the orchards and harvest fields and the soldiers at Wallace were placed near the big lead mines. A t St. Maries, Idaho, 11 members o f the order are in ja il and none o f the 250 men employed in the lumber mills there quit work. A t Sandpoint, more than 500 men continued work in the lumber mills. Harvesting continued as usual in the Eastern Washington harvest fields, according to reports. So far as civil and m ilitary authori ties o f Oregon could learn not a single manotieyed the strike order. O f course a large number o f defections were re ported by employers everywhere, but the number was no greater than has been usual on any day for the last few months — since the abnormal demand for labor has prevailed. ONLY HARD BLOWS CAN WIN Pershing Deplores American People's Lukewarm Attitude Toward War.