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RUSSIANS QUIT RIGA
OF
WEEK
Big Gulfport Kalla Into llanda o f Teu­
tona. but Winter
May
Prevent
Brewing Their Advantage.
ID E
MADE ON I. » . » .
reco vers po w er
or
speech
GOVERNMENT ATTACKS ON BIG SCALE
TASK OF MAINTAINING FOOD SUPPLY
Riga, Russia's big port on the Gulf
o f Raig, is in the hands o f the Ger­
S11.346.400 to Be Spent in Stimulating Production and Protec­
mans and its garrison and the civilian
tion and Conserving of Crops— Farm Help Activities to Be
population are in retreat eastward
Following up rapidly the advantage
Extended— Marketing Assistance to Be Ex-*
they gained in driving the Russians
tended to the Producers.
across the Dvina river on both sides of
Uxkrull last Saturday, the Germans
threw bridges across this stream and
soon were on the heels o f the former
Washington.- The task of maintain- Mtore* and the normal consumption in
defenders, some o f whom offered re­
fng during the war nu ample supply order that such action ** may tie nec­
sistance, but others o f whom showed
o f fluid will he uttuckcd oti u still essary to Insure a sufficient supply
the white feather, g ivin g the invaders
larger scale by the United States de­ may be taken Intelligently.
Farm
Brenta o f Noted People, Government! no trouble in marvhing up the eastern Action Against Agitators on Eve o f
partment o f agriculture through a stocks and *upplle* In retail stores and
bank o f the Dvina toward Riga, 16
score or more o f projects, under the In the hands o f consumers will be es­
and Pacifie N o r th »eat and Other
Report o f President's Investiga­
miles distant.
! provisions of the food productlou hill timated, and stock* held hy wholesale
Things Worth Knowing.
tor o f Western Troubles.
W ith the fallin g back o f the Rus­
Just enacted hy congress.
jobbing, storing, manufacturing and
sians from the city proper and the ad
While most o f the projects will he other commercial establishment* will
vance o f the Germans northward along
! extensions o f present activities, some be enumerated.
It I* contemplated
both sides o f the stream, the Russians
o f them will represent new undertak
that the survey will be followed by
The Christiania Social Demokraten still defending
Washington.
D.
C.
The
government
the western bank
j Ings. The task will tie to tlnd Just monthly report* on several o f the more
asserts that Norway has provisions for around Dahlen seemingly are in danger Wednesday took drastic measures to
where the country stunds In so far Important commodities, and If the
only one month. Import prospects are o f being caught between the two fast-
end the anti-war propaganda conduct­
j as the adequacy o f the present fo<l|l emergency require* It, by another sur­
also gloomy, it is said.
moving bodies o f the enemy and made ed in the name o f the Industrial Work
Joseph Getxelowlts. dumb from \ supply Is concerned, to speed up the vey after an Interval of perhaps six
The State department was advised prisoner. Behind them the Russians,
era
o
f
the
World,
the
Socialist
party
birth,
suddenly recovered his power | production o f food crop* wherever this month*.
Sunday o f the sinking August 23 o f in their retreat from Riga, are laying
can he done, and to stop ns many ns
Production W ill B* Stimulated.
the American schooner Carl F. C re say, the country in waste, burning villages and organizations throughout the Uni of speech la Bellevue hospital. New j possltde o f the leak* through which
In addition to the activities under
York,
while
recovering
from
a
fall.
and
farms.
Whether
the
city
itself
o f Bath, Me., by a submarine. The
ted States.
Several boys hud teen tormenting j hundreds of millions of dollar*’ worth the three project* mentioned, special
remains intact has not yet been made
crew o f seven was saved.
On orders from Attorney General
(■etzelowltz
In Henry street, near the j o f edible product* annuully I* wasted. work will he undertaken h.v many of
known, but doubtless the guns in the
According to information from Mad­
Gregory, United States marshals in home o f his sister, where he lived. In I Eleven million three hundred and for- the bureau* and offices o f the depart­
fortress and the ammunition stores
j ty six thousund four hundred dollars ment o f agriculture In the Interest of
rid, the Portuguese government em­
either were moved or destroyed to pre­ many towns and cities descended at 2 chasing the hoys, he stumbled and
| are made available for the work In Increased production and for the con­
ployes in the postal and telegraph
fell.
A
policeman
picked
him
up
and
vent them fallin g into the hands o f the p. m., central time, upon local head'
service have gone on strike. Suspen­
| the fiuid production Mil, This tuoucy servation, protection uud Improved
had
turn
seat
to
Bellevue.
There
the
Germans.
quarters o f the Industrial Workers o f
sion o f all communication has resulted.
! Is for emergency use In addition to the bundling and marketing of crops nod
Aside from the strategic value o f the World, seized books, checks, cor' phyalcluns examiued the young Rus­
1 funds appropriated In the regulnr ag- live iitock. The bureau o f animal In­
Conscientious objectors accepted for controlling the Gulf o f Riga and o f a respondence and other documents, ami sian and found that his vocal chords
| riculttirul appropriation hill for the dustry will seek to hrtug about In­
m ilitary service were advised by Sec­ base nearer the mouth o f the Gulf o f in some instances arrested officials o f had all the appearances o f being uor-
mal and In their opinion simply lacked i Usual activities of the department. The creased pnulucttun of hogs and poul­
retary Baker Tuesday to make no pro­ Finland, at the head o f which Petro­ the organizations.
While rvudtug S hill a ls o Is distinct from the food con- try, the two live stock products capa­
test until assigned in training camp to grad is situated, fo r the moment it is
In Chicago federal agents took pos­ (lie will to talk.
; trol hill, a measure having to do chlef- ble o f most rapid Increase.
The
some task particularly violating their mpoesible to see the importance of session o f the national headquarters o f prayer book he suddenly began speak­
j ly with the regulation o f the dlstrthu- agents o f thl* bureau also will locate
scruples.
the German gain, especialy with the the Socialist party, and a warrant au­ ing Yiddish with euse uud perfect pro­
j Hon of fiuul.
surpluses o f hog* In heavy producing
nunciation.
According to the Cologne Gazette, near approach o f winter, when milli- thorizing the seizure o f its documents
T o Increase County AQent Force.
nreas and farmer* In other sectlous of
lie now speaks a few words o f Eng­
tary
operations
in
this
northern
region
was
served
upon
its
counsel.
the first step toward the self-govern­
One of the most Important steps to the country with good facilities for
lish.
are
almost
impossible.
A
statement
issued
by
the
depart­
ment o f Poland has been taken. From
, he taken In the emergency agricultural hog raising. In the e ff o rt to bring
ment o f Justice announced that the
now on justice w ill be administered in
work will he the extension o f the ex- about more economical distribution of
Washington, D. C. — Abandonment seizure o f the papers was made in con­
the name o f the Polish crown and by
i Istlng force o f county agents, the Joint j hog*. Effort* alrni will be made Indi­
o f Riga in the face o f the new German nection with a federal grand jury in­ GUIDES FOR IT’S SOLDIERS
Polish judges.
field employees o f the department ami rectly to Increase animal production
drive into Russia, and even the evacua­ vestigation o f the I. W. W., now pro­
German airplanes visited the South­ tion o f Petrograd itself, have been ceeding at Chicago.
Great Britain Carefully Provides for the states, who come Into most direct j hy combating animal diseases and
I contact with farmers. With the uddt i |H-sta, especially hog cholera, tubercu­
east coast o f England Monday night, forecast as possibilities in confidential
the Men Home on Leave
The department’s action was taken
| lion of the new county agents, an losis, and the cattle tick, which cause
dropping bombs at various places, ac­ advices to the American government on the eve o f a report to President
From the Front
| agent will he situated In practically losses aggregating millions o f dollars
cording to an official statement.
Wilson by Chief Justice Covington, o f
during the last two weeks.
Such
{ every agricultural county tn the Unit- unnually. The bureau also will en­
London.—
Soldiers
on
leave
from
the
the
Supreme
court
o
f
the
District
of
development
is
not
regarded
with
so
The Petrograd Council o f Work­
i ed States »hut will cooperate to advise deavor to stimulate the Increased pro
front
In
the
early
days
o
f
the
war
had
Columbia,
who
was
designated
recently
men’s and Soldiers’ Deputies Tuesday much alarm as might be supposed.
! and assist farmers tn every way po»- durtlon uud utilization o f dulry food;
the
greatest
difficulty
In
finding
their
W ith R iga abandoned and German by the President to investigate the la­
adopted a resolution o f protest against
way about London and across It to ! slide on mutters of production, conser- and will carry on u campaign for the
the re-establishment o f the death pen­ occupation o f Petrograd in prospect, bor situation in the West.
vat Ion and marketing. The number more general production o f Infertile
Judge Covington has completed his main line centers leading to their pro­
alty at the front. They demanded that the seat o f the Russian provisional
of woman county agents In rural coun- eggs.
vincial
homes,
but
thla
has
all
beea
investigation,
which
lasted
several
government
undoubtedly
w
ill
be
moved
the measure be revoked.
| ties will he considerably Increased nml
The bureau o f entomology will ex­
to Moscow. Much as they regret see­ weeks, and took him to the Pacific altered, and what was once chaos at I other woman agent* will be placed In
H. W . Griesbach, o f Sweet Grass,
tend Its activities In the field to pro­
Victoria
station
now
works
like
any
ing the Russian captial occupied by a Coast.
| a number o f the larger towns and clt
Mont., and J. R. Brennan, o f Tacoma,
tect crops and live stock. It will as­
Whether the concerted action o f purt o f the military machine.
German army, the forceful thinking
| lea. These women will Htlmulnte the sist In organizing communities for com­
Wash., were listed as killed in action
This has been made ixmslble by the
men o f Russia, working to set up a marshals throughout the country w h s
production o f garden truck, poultry bating Insect pests, both o f crops und
in the Canadian casualty list issued
government, may regard it as a bless­ in any way related to Judge Coving­ help of the volunteers o f the National
1 and other products by women und dill- live stock.
Monday. Am ong the gased is named
ton’s investigation was not disclosed. Guard and by members o f the Wom­
ing in disguise.
! dren, and will advise and Instruct In
R. J. McAdam, Butte, Mont.
Marketing Assistance.
There are many advantages in mov­ It is known, however, that Judge Cov­ an’s Reserve Ainbulauce company, who
regard to the most efficient method*
Producers will be given advice by
Practically one-third o f the small ing the Russian capital to Moscow. It ington made a special study o f the ac­ take chnrge of the men on arrival,
o f food utilization and conservation.
the bureau o f market* regarding Im­
It was change their French money into Eng­
arms ammunition supplied to General is the center o f the Conservative group tivities o f the I. W. W.
Labor and Food Problems.
proved method* of packing and hand­
Pershing’s troops in France has been and commands the sentimental, almost shortly after he reached the Northwest lish, grunt them loans and personally
Under the food production bill the ling fisKl products. The bureau also
found defetcive from chemical reaction religious— regard o f the Russian popu­ that 27 leaders o f the organization conduct them to the various stations
| office o f furm management of the do- will extend Its market new* service to
set up in the powder after manufac­ lace as the ancient capital o f the old were arrested in Spokane by Idaho they mny require to travel from. The
! partment. In co-operation with the Include grain, bay uud weed*, dairy
empire, surrounded with the tradition National guardsmen, the day before same tiling Is dune when leave la up.
ture at the Frankfort arsenal.
j United State* department of labor. and poultry products, and to cover
o f Russia’s greatness, the triumphs o f the time set for a general strike in The soldier, used to discipline, llkee
German troops appeared for the first
I will extend the farm-help activities more fully vegetables and fruit* and
Montana and being handed on from one to another
Alexander, Catherine and Peter the Washington, Oregon,
time on the Carso (Ita ly ) front Thurs­
I
through which furm laborer* and the meats and »neat products, and will as­
Idaho.
rather than being left In a atrango
Great.
day morning, according to Austrian
farmer* who roost uoed them huve sist In solving local truck marketing
The charges against 'leaders o f the place to his own devices.
Furthermore, some
Russians of
prisoners. The Austrians are rushing
been brought together during the pres­ problems. These services will makn
the
new government are said to organization under arrest or whose ar­
reinforcements from the Russo-Rou-
ent season.
public facts as to supply, demand and
think that a German occupation o f rest is contemplated were not made
manian front, the prisoners say.
The third o f the more Important of movement o f fixxl products. Intended
R iga and even Petrograd, might be a public here.
the emergency project* to be curried to help In the elimination o f the lost
IN KAISER’S ROOM. TAR
Snow has put out a serious fire near wholesome object lesson for the Radi­
It was said at the department of
out by the department o f agriculture motion and economic waste existing
Gordon Pass, in the Flathead country, cal element which has been hampering Justice that these would have to be de­
SAYS, NO KICK COMING
is u quick survey o f the food situation.
In the marketing machinery o f the
according to reports received at forest the new government, and that an ex ­ termined by the grand jury investigat­
This activity will he for the purixi*«
service
headquarters
at Missoula, perience under the m ilitary heel o f ing the organization.
country. The bureau also will help
Lorain, O.— W illiam Kelsner,
| of ascertaining as accurately ns possl- producers and consumers to form di­
Mont. A ll fires were abating and con­ Germany might convince them o f the
Officials also declined to state i f in­
who Joined the navy
four
j i>le the condition o f the country’s food
trol line have been established every­ need o f supporting the government as dictments had been found by grand
rect business relations through the
months ago, has written Ids par­
where.
parcel post.
now constituted to save their father- juries in Chicago or elesewhere against
ents that he U well treated. Ho
I. W. W. leaders. It was intimated,
With the extra funds furnished hy
la evidently on one o f the In­
ONLY FEMALE ARMY SURGEON
The National W ar Committee an­ land for Russia.
however, that the investigation had
the bull the bureau o f plant Industry
terned Germnn ships seized by
nounces a prize essay contest fo r chil­
only begun. Indications are that fed­
will greatly Increase Its war against
tbe United States.
dren between the ages o f 8 and 18 on
eral grand juries in other cities will
destructive plant diseases which annu­
the topic, “ Why Am erica Entered the
“The walls are covered with
be called upon also to investigate the
ally bring about the loss o f considera­
W a r.”
The prizes include a $50 Lib­ Illinois Guardsmen Disperse Rioting
silk and Inlaid with silver. The
activities o f the organization.
ble proportions of the crops o f the
erty Bond and gold coins o f $25, $15
room to which I was assigned
Mob— Bricks Hurled Freely.
country. The hurcuu also will seek
and $10 respectively.
was reserved fo r the kaiser
to bring about Increased conservation
when the ship was German,"
Springfield, 111.— Charging with fixed CHINA TO SEND PICKED ARMY
From a concealed position on a
of fixxl products hy encouraging natur­
says
his
letter.
bayonets,
Ilinois
Guardsmen
Monday
mountainside near Middlesboro, Ky.,
al storage and drying of the products
night
dispersed
a
mob
o
f
more
than
15,000 Troops Are to Entrain to Aid
200 shots were fired across the valley
best suited to these methods o f preser­
Retreating Russians.
early Monday at a party o f repair 1000 streetcar sympathizers who half
vation.
an
hour
before
had
wrecked
four
men, proceeding to the mines o f the
TO DO HIS
Farm Products and Animals.
San Francisco — The 24th Chinese SCULPTOR
streetcars
and
were
then
attacking
the
L o w er Lign ite Coal company, where a
Under the food production bill the
army corps, composed o f 15,000 picked
strike o f union coal miners is in prog­ headquarters o f the railway company
department’s work for the conserva­
intent on wrecking and ransacking the troops from the northern provinces, is W ill T u r n Talents From Modeling In
ress.
Clay to Remaking Faces of the
tion o f fnrm products, Including live
being mobilized in a Chinese city for
building.
The Swiss sanitary authorities at
Wounded.
stock, will be greutly extended. The
Dispersed by the soldiers from the immediate departure to Europe, ac­
Basel and all along the German fron­ corner in the main business section, cording to a cablegram received here
states’ relation service will add to Its
tie r are taking measures to prevent where the cars had been attacked, the Thursday night by the Chinese Daily
staff many county and city agents, who
Cleveland, O.— Max Kallsh, C leve­
dysentery,
typhus
and scarlatina, mob headed for the offices o f the rail­ World, venacular newspaper, from its land sculptor. Is going to do his bit
will give Instructions und demonstra­
which prevail in Rhine towns, from road company and the Springfield Gas correspondent in Shanghai.
tions to all parts o f the country In
and It’s a strange bit, too. Kallsh Is
entering Switzerland.
A ll travelers & Electric company, subsidiary.
cunning, drying and the preparation o f
The dispatch, censored and deleted, turning his talents from creating face*
coming from Germany are required to
food products In other forms which
Six soldiers on guard at the building indicated that the troops w ill lie taken In clay to remaking those o f human,
undergo medical examination.
held the crowd in check for some time, through Siberia to the eastern front, beings. Kallsh Is odo o f u small army
will protect them against spoilage.
The bureau of markets will seek to re­
F ive Italian aviators have returned but bolder ones in the mob finally where the Russians are being pushed of American sculptors who uro going
duce losses due to fuulty handling,
from a successful flight to Vienna. started hurling bricks at the plateglass back towards Petrograd. The message I to the battle front to help b a ttle
packing, shipping and marketing. The
Leaving the Italian front the machines windows, riddling the front o f the hinted that gaps in the Russian armies scarred veterans. They propose to r ^
bureau of plant Industry will endenv-
passed over the Austrian lines unob­ building. As reinforcements arrived w ill be filled by these troops, and pos­ make the inangled features o f the sol­
or to urouse Interest In the uaturul
diers Injured tn battle.
served and flew straight to the Aus­ and charged them with the butts o f sibly by Japanese.
The 24th corps was said to include
storage during the foil and winter
They call these fellow s plastic
trian
capital, where the
aviators their guns, the rioters fled in confu­
mouths o f aemlporishable products.
They replace the missing
dropped pamphlets inform ing the peo­ sion, a few o f them being trampled, several companies o f engineers, com­ sculptors.
Forces making for the conservation of
ple o f the city o f the great Italian vic­ but none seriously injured. No shots manded by Chinese graduates from parts o f the face with copper or
live stock and animal products will bo
American colleges.
were fired by the soldiers.
papier mache and then graft skin over
tory.
put Into operation by the bureau o f
It. L ittle Is known o f the science In
The certificate o f death o f Kiolegn,
animal Industry. This work will In­
Holland Fears Misery.
Japanese Ready to Move.
America and the sculptors are going
an Indian, who died July 7, near Ro-
clude, as already mentioned, cam­
Berne- In Russian circles in Berne to France shortly to learn the flna
A m sterdam — Representing 150,000
nan, Mont., on the Flathead Indian
paign for the reduction o f losses o f
points
o
f
the
art.
workers,
a
trades
union
congress
that
and
Geneva
the
fall
o
f
R
iga
was
pre­
reservation at the age o f 110, has been
live stock from animal diseases, losses
filed with the state board o f health. met here Tuesday discussed food prob­ dicted a week ago, when the archives
of eggs through faulty handling and
He was an Oregon Indian.
lems in connection with the stoppage and treasures were removed to Pskoff, ACCLAIMED
BRITAIN’S HERO
from failure to produce Infertile eggs,
o f imports from America and the un­ while most o f the ships le ft R iga for
Doctor Markland is (he only female
and movements to assist In the more
Membership o f the American Red favorable outlook for the home crops,
Reval.
London Schoolteacher, Wounded lit surgeon In fhe British army. Doctor economical distribution o f hogs. In
Cross has reached the 3,500,000 mark which have been greatly damaged by
Riga was known as a hotbed of
Markland Is a most unusual miss, and
Battle
In
France,
Attains
the latter work field agents o f the bu­
and is increasing at the rate o f 25,000 the continuous rain storms. The meet­ Lenine pacifists and also o f German
the distinction which she holds has
High Fame.
’
reau o f aulinal Industry will bring to­
to 100,000 a day, according to a head­ ing adopted a resolution calling upon agents.
j
been won by her great skill a* a sur-
gether owners of surplus hogs and
quarters announcement.
A t the be­
the government to reduce the maxi­
The Munich Neuste
Nachrichten
London.— A London schoolmaster ; geoa.
farmers having facilities for raising
ginning o f the year the total was 275,- mum prices on food, fuel and shoe says that a large Japanese force is
She bolds n reputation In her pri­
named Wlman, who enlisted and lost
more hogs. This should result In the
leather, and to take other measures to concentrated on the Manchurian fron­ an arm and a leg In France,, returned vate practice which makes her one of
distribution o f the surplus stock from
Federal authorities
at St. Paul, prevent misery an I want among the tier ready to come to the assistance of to teaching after his recovery and be­ the foremost women surgeons In the regions o f heavy animal production
working classes during winter.
the Russians.
world.
came the Idol o f his students»
a fte r exam ining John Shoap, who told
and expensive feed to parts o f the
Doctor Markland will render service
The discipline among mem hern o f hljs
country where anlmnl Industry Is not
Fort Snelling officers that 'h e'w as a
169 Whales Are Captured.
Two-Platoon Fight is Won.
very
probably
In
one
o
f
the
hospitals
class was perfect, the boys enforcing
well developed and where pasturage
German spy, announced that the man
Aberdeen, Wash. — A total o f 169
Tacoma, Wash.— A two-platoon sys­ It among themselves. Finally, a fter the behind the filing lines In France. She and feed are relatively abundant and
was mentally deranged and that he had
whales has been brought in this season tem for the Tacoma fire department authorities discovered him t o bp a bet­ has won the commendation o f many cheap. The bill also makes provision
been treated at b hospital fo r the in­
by the four whaling ships o f the Bay was authorized by the C ity council ter teacher than ever, the school ar­ physicians In Great Britain, and when
for the extension of other lines o f tbe
sane in Washington state.
C ity station, fifteen miles west of Thursday.
ranged for an exhibition hearing o f one she offered her services to the nrmy, work o f the department.
here,
with
five
weeks
o
f
whale-hunting
The present force o f 105 men in the o f his history lessons. At t’tkle exhibi­ she was accepted after some delibera­
Eleven men pleaded gu ilty in the
tion ns to whether a woman doctor
United States district court in Spo­ remaining. The year’s catch w ill ap­ fire department w ill be divided into tion Wlman asked:
Berries Keep 21 Years.
two shifts. Although the efficiency o f
kane Thursday to having failed to reg­ proximate 250.
"Now, boys, who is the gr la te s t out­ could eerve In the army ranks.
Montlcello, Ind.— Mrs. Ida Foss, n
Seven
tons,
14,000
pounds,
o
f
whale
the
fire
department
will
be
seriously
There
Is
little
question,
hut
that
ister under the selective d raft law and
standing British military lie ro o f an
Doctor Markland will prove that wom­ farmer’s wife living near this place,
w ere sentenced to from one day to meat, was taken recently from one impaired, all councilmen agreed, the t im e r
,
recently opened a can o f huckleberries
six months in ja il.
Three other men finback, which is the largest amount division o f shifts was decided as the
The boys Instantly sto<sl, cheered en doctors In the field can be o f con­
indicted fo r having failed to register o f meat furnished by any whale taken only present solution o f a threatened thrice and shouted in chor .us "M r. W l- siderable service, and soon many more that had been put up 21 years before
und found them In perfect condition.
strike o f all firemen.
this season.
of her sex will be seen In the ranks.
m sn I"
pleaded not gu ilty.
Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
Department of Justice Orders
Records of Order Seized.
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