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ARGENTINE TO BREAK Severance With Germany Indicated by Vote o f 23 to I in Senate Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Brents o f Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things W orth Knowing. K ing George, in the course o f a visit Tuesday to the river Clyde, in Scot land, went on board an American pa trol ship. The crew lined the decks and cheered him lustily. Labor’s Loyal Legion, recently or ganized in Minneapolis, w ill pay $1000 to the American soldier who may suc ceed in capturing, dead or alive, the kaiser or the crown prince. Dr. Gratz, minister o f finance in the Hungarian cabinet, formed by Premier W ekerle last month, has retired from the ministry. Dr. W ekerle has tem porarily taken over the portfolio of finance. The Pan-German Tages Zeitung, chafing under the persistent rumors that Germany has decided to yield up Belgium, calls on the government to make an unequivocal declaration o f its purposes. Japan w ill send to the United States next month an official commission composed o f financiers and business men who w ill study wartim e finance and promote business and economic relations between Japan and America. Diplomatic relations between Costa Rica and Germany are considered sev ered, as the result o f steps taken by General Tinoco, the president, who has discovered that German residents there had joined with some o f the followers o f ex-President Gonzales in conspiring against the government. Several congressmen probably w ill visit Europe and the western battle- front, if congress adjourns next month. Members are already planning a trip, either with or without official status. Should none o f the official in vitations be accepted some members plan to go in a body at their own ex pense. It is planned to ask Speaker Clark to head the delegation. Queen Eleanore, o f Bulgaria, died at Sofia, Bulgaria, Thursday She had been ill some time, and recently King Ferdinand and Crown Prince Boris and Prince Cyril were summoned to her bedside. The government Thursday advanced Ita ly another credit o f $55,000,000, bringing the total advanced that gov ernment up to $255,000,000, and the total advanced the allies up to $2,321,- 400,000. department’s purpose in making public copies o f the cablegrams was only to expose the German government's world-wide system o f duplicity and in trigue, it is no secret that Argentine’s participation in the war would be wel come. Even the breaking off o f relations, it is pointed out, would have a power ful effect on public opinion in all South American countries where Ger man influences are known to be strong. That action also probably would re sult in considerable material benefit to the allies by restricting Argentine grain and meat exported to neutral countries through which they might find their way to Germany. Argentina is now the only great neutral food pro ducing country. CHICAGO M AYO R PAT RIOTIC Much-Criticized Executive Appeals to Citizens in Soldiers’ Behalf. Chicago — Mayor W illiam Hale Thompson, whose opposition to sending troops abroad aroused comment all ov er the country, apparently climbed in to the patriotic band wagon Thursday with a proclamation occasioned by the departure o f selected men from Chi cago to the Rorkford cantonment. In the course o f the preamble he says: “ Whereas, it is the duty o f all pa triotic citizens to stand by our country in times o f controversy with any other country and to show in an unmistaka ble way that the American people stand behind the Arm y and the Navy, which represent the majesty o f our government.’ ’ He calls upon citizens o f Chicago “ to show soldiers and sailors we are united in a common love fo r the bless ings o f our free government.” Rich Man's Son Evades. Bisbee, A riz.— Warner A. Shattuck, son o f L. C. Shattuck, millionaire cop per mine owner and banker o f Bisbee, has been reported to department o f Justice officials as one o f 49 men who failed to appear for transportation to Camp Funston to enter training for the National army. The crime is punish able by death. According to the boy’s father, he is somewhere in the state o f Sonora, presumably at Guaymas where he was last heard from. C. L. Shattuck is reputed one o f the Giuseppe Canepa, the Italian food controller, has ordered the introduc Southwest’s richest men. tion o f bread and flour cards through Dewey’ s Collier Sold. out Ita ly a fter October 11. Seattle, Wash.— The sale o f Admiral A bill proposing prohibition in the Hawaiian Islands was introduced by Dewey’s former collier, the Zafiro, now Senator Shaffroth Thursday. The the British auxiliaried power ship Bowler, was confirmed here Thursday measure was referred to committee. by the receipt o f a telegram from New Proclamation by the President of a York announcing that the French in day o f prayer fo r American success in terests purchasing the craft had rati the war is proposed in a bill by Sen fied the deal and paid over the pur ator Myers, o f Montana, passed Wed chase price. The Bowler is now be nesday by the senate. ing reconstructed into a twin screw A fte r a chase o f several hundred motorship at a British Columbia yard and w ill be ready for commission soon. yards, which took her pellmell through a house, Police Matron Ada Todd, of 600 Chinese Are Killed. Tacoma, Wash., single handed cap Amoy, China, Monday— More than tured J. W. W alters, a husky young 600 natives were killed by the typhoon prisoner who had escaped from Jailer which struck Amoy at the end o f last Rivard near the courthouse. week. Eighty-five per cent o f the w a A ll wheat on track in the nine states under the control o f the St. Louis office o f the Federal Grain Control was seized Monday, it was announced by Edward M. Flesh. The amount seized was more than 100 carloads. It was apportioned among m illers according to their needs. Brief Stories Prepared Under the Direction o f the Comniilte on Publie Information and the State Council o f Defense, and Published W ith out Charge by This Paper to Impart Knowledge Essential for the Common Good. Buenos A ires - - The Argentine sen ate, by a vote o f 23 to 1, Thursday de clared for the breaking off o f relations Warning Against Irresponsible Opera Potatoes on American Table with Germany. tors Given by Markets Bureau. Wheat for Men in France. The resolution now goes to the The more potatoes you eat tho leaa Farmers or others shipping grain, Chamber o f Deputies. There is strong hay or feed are advised by the bureau bread you need at the same meal. On public feeling in favor o f its final paa- o f markets to deal with no person of an average, one medium-size«! potato *«Ke. ______ unknown responsibility. Some buyers w ill supply about as much starch as w ill order products under a transac two medium-sized slices o f bread. Washington, D. C.— News that the tion known as the "shippers order bill Therefore those who make potatoes Argentine senate had voted over o f lading. ” Some o f these buyers or an important dish can safely cut down whelmingly to sever diplomatic rela der products shipped in the hope that on the amount o f light or hot bread, tions with Germany was received in the price will go up in the meantime wheat mushes or macaroni. Wherever potatoes are plentiful lo and enable them to sell at a profit to a Washington Thursday night with Grat local dealer. Some o f theae operators cally, especially in the case o f the ification and no little surprise. have insufficient capital and the goods early summer varieties which do not Officials had recognized that recent may fall back on the shipper. store well, housewives are urge«) to In one case a man without financial use them plentifully as a substitute for disclosures concerning cablegrams sent to Berlin by the German minister at standing succeeded in purchasing large bread and thereby funriah wheat for Buenos Aires through the Swedish for shipments o f hay and mill feed. As the men in khaki in France. eign office had aggravated the situa there was no advance in price and as New 1 a w W ill Make Aliens Subject to tion caused by Germany’s sinking o f he had no cash to meet the drafts, he American Draft. held the goods several weeks in the Argentine ships, but it had been as sumed that, with the German minister cars. Some were on the track 20 days British m rruiting offices in the The day the de United States are authority for the handed his passports, no further offi before unloading. cial action would be taken pending re partment investigator was on the following: ceipt o f Berlin's explanation o f the ground this man had 22 cars on the British and Canadian subjects in the track, papers for 17 more to be , United States w ill be unable to evade message. shipped. Although it is understood the State i the conscription acts o f their native Rumanian Property damage reaching several hundred thousand dollars, heavy dam age to crops and drowning o f three negroes resulted from the heavy rains o f the last few days in Eastern North Carolina. A t Wallace, a dam burst, driving approximately 300 people from their homes. Information A AAAAAA A A A A A A A AA A A . W . A . A W W W W W W W W ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ! ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ ▼ N E W S STRIKE BLAMED TO V STATE IN BRIEF. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAi Jear. Baldwin, sent to the peniten- I tiary from Clataop county In 1915 for I seven year« for larceny from a dwel- ling, and John Ryan, sent from Mutt- nomah in 1916 for five year« for burg Save lary, escaped Wednesday night. Both were tru«tie«. Destruction o f the American Consu lar Agency at Dunkirk, France, by a German bomb on September 7 was re ported to the State department. The A M E R I C A N S H I P S I N K S D I V E R consular agent, Benjamin Morel, was not injured. The archives o f the con U-Boat Destroyed While Shelling Neu sulate were saved. tral Vessel- British Bag Two. The Buenos Aires railroad strike dis Copenhagen— Two German subma orders are spreading. A bridge 50 yards long has been wrecked, tying up rines have been sunk by British naval two lines and preventing the move forces, reports the Bergen correspon Six men ment o f troop trains. Heavy rein dent o f the Tides Tegna. forcements o f national troops have from the U-boats were taken prison ers. been sent to Rosario. An armed British steamer in the Austro-Hungarian troops by four North Sea sank a German submarine successive counter-attacks attempted which was shelling a neutral sailing on Saturday night to reconquer the vessel. The second submarine was ground they had lost on Friday to the sunk by a British torpedo-boat destroy Italians on the Bainsizza Plateau. er while attacking an armed steamer. General Cadorna reports that all the assaults were repulsed. Christiania— The Bergen correspon Stubborn fighting is in progress on dent o f the Aftonsladet says that the the northern end o f the front in Rus armed steamer which sank a German sia. Wednesday’s official statement submarine in the North Sea while the says the Russian troops are fighting U-boat was shelling a neutral sailing with determination, repelling German ship was an American steamer. assaults. Attacks on the front were beaten back. War Wash ington Agreeably Surprised. Brief Resume Most Important Weekly r tercraft in the harbors nearby was de stroyed. No foreigners have been re ported lost. The Japanese steamhsip Amakusa Mam, 2356 tons, is on the rocks opposite Kulangsu. The form er German steamship Keong W ai, 1777 tons gross, is in a hopeless position on the Kulangsu rocks. lands and this country. Reciprocal Plans for Economical Meals Suggested legislation will make such aliens sub by Food Bureau. ject to the American draft. I f a Canadian or Briton declines to For housewives who wish accurate information on the relative costs in serve in the American army, he may planning economical and at the same be deport«*! to his native land where time nutritious meals, the food admin he automatically becomes available for istration has issued a statement show service. The British recruiting sta ing the comparative costs and values tions in the United States are now o f 50 foods. asking enlistment o f men who become Bread is taken as the standard o f available under this legislation. comparison, and the cost per pound Chautauqua entertainers and even and the relative cost per hundred cal ories o f the other material is shown. complete light opera companies w ill be The table shows 12 articles are cheap sent to cantonment camps for the en er than bread on the basis o f calories tertainment o f troops. obtained for the money, two are of The fuel administratoin will make equal value, and 36 higher. Corn public through a local committee in meal, notwithstanding its present high each community, data to enable every price, continues to give the most food consumer o f coal to ascertain for him value for the money. self its established price. Second Liberty Loan Campaign Last One Month. to It is contemplated that the second liberty loan campaign w ill close on the first o f November, and the active cam paign w ill begin not later than Octob er 1. No subscriptions can be received un til the bill now pending before con gress has been acted upon. W illiam G. McAdoo, secretary o f the treasury, urges all liberty loan organi zations already existing to get them selves in readiness for the coming campaign. As in the previous cam paign, the general direction in each federal reserve district will be under the direction o f the federal reserve bank o f that district. The use o f canned vegetable is pro hibited in Canada. U-BOAT OFF NEW YORK Enemy Diver Reported Near Nantucket Light - Passing Steamers Refuse to Succor Alleged Victim. A second forest regiment o f ten bat talions to go to France has been au thorized. Two battalions w ill be raised at once, by volunteer enlist ment. Information may be obtanied from recruiting officers. Women farmers o f the country are making plans already for the 1918 har vest. To the woman's committee of the council o f national defense have come several letters asking the names o f women w illin g to take the places of men in orchards, running tractors, and on threshing machines. A mile and a half o f logging railroad is to he built by the W. l>. Hull Shin gle Mill i*om|>any near its Si It coos Lake plant. Lane county, according to Mr. Hull, who was in Eugene on his way home from Portland, where he placed an order for rails. The Public Service Commission, through Chairman Miller, has tele graphed the Interstate Commerce rom- mission asking that tho propose«! sup plemental tariffs governing minimum carloads for lumber and lumber prod ucts shipments he su«pende«l. Surveyors have been at Silverton for a few «lays making another survey for the propositi railroad from Molalia to Silvert«>n, an extension o f the South ern Pacific system They will com plete the survey south to Sayton, it is said, where the road w ill be extend«1«). Dr. A. F. Sether, a prominent Rose- burg physician, was taken to a hos pital Tuestlay suffering from typhoid fever. This is the sixth case report«'*! in the past 10 days to the city health officer, who has onlor««! «irinking water boilrol and other precautions taken to prevent an epidemic o f typhoid. Secretary of State Olcott has certi- fie«l to the $900,000 worth o f the $1,- 000,000 bond issue o f the ()ch«K'o Irri gation district approved by the Irrig a tion Securities commission. Fe«'S go ing to the state from the «'edification amount to $2200, a charge o f $2 being imp«)eed for the certification o f each bon«i. James Slevin, the promoter o f Bel gian colonies in Oregon, after his sec ond visit to Coos Buy, sai«i that under his present plans 40 fam ilies would be nil he would recommend to that ««H-tion at first. He has made combination ar rangements there with several d iffer ent parties, wherein horn«» w ill be built for the families and work sup plied for the men until they can get a start. Three brothers in Lake county will have a chance to decide in any manner they may choose which one w ill stay at home and care for the farms and 5000 head of sheep while the other two go to war, according to a decision by the appeal board o f the Second Oregon district, announced Wednesday. None of the three brothers is marri«Kl or has «iependent relatives; all three asked Young men who are regarding en exemption on industrial grounds. listment as a death sentence are mak L. J. Stanton, a young farmer o f the ing a mistake, according to reports from France. During two years where Gopher Valley, six mil«'« north of the fighting was the most disastrous, Sheridan, was gored by a bull he was only one man out o f 12 engaged was leading Wednesday morning, the horns killed, wounded, missing or taken ripping open his abdomen for seven in ches. The bull rushed him when be prisoner. ing led into the «tail. Mr. Stanton's back was turned and he was pushetl to o f the submarine’s victim. the floor. Before he could get up the The captain o f the American tanker, bull's horn had caught him. He rolled interviewed by a naval lieutenant, con to one side and a neighbor came to his firmed the statement, it was learned, assistance. that his ship also heard the distress The evergreen berry harvest is en calls. His vessel, he said, was less gaging many women and children in than 20 miles from the ship that was Lincoln county, and even men are being Bhelled, but he, likewise follow picking. Many fam ilies have gone to ing the new rule o f the sea, did not go the large patches on Depoe and Olalla to her aid. sloughs, where the berries are abund ant. A Mr. White, who is taking the P E A C E M E E T E N D S IN RIOT crop at 3 cents a piiund, says he ex pects to get five tons a day. Esti Speaker and Chairman o f Gathering at mating that the berries will last for three weeks more, at thia daily aver Hartford, Conn., Arrested. age about $10,000 should be «lisbursed Hartford, Conn. — Riotous scenes in the community. School children are marked a meeting here Sunday o f the making good wages. Hartford branch o f the People’s Coun The special course for the prepar cil o f America for Democracy and ation of young men for work In tho Peace, culminating in the arrest o f the ordnance department of the United speaker, Mrs. Annie R. Hale, o f New States army to be given at the uni Y ork; the chairman, A lfred E. White- versity of Oregon has been limited head, o f this city, and the abrupt end to GO students. An Atlantic Port— Evidence that an enemy submarine has begun depreda tions in American waters was brought here Saturday by two steamships which during the morning picked up wireless S. O. S. calls indicating that a ship was being shelled by a U-boat in the vicinity o f Nantucket lightship. One ship receiving the distress calls was a British freigh ter and the other an American tanker. Both reported the scene o f the attack as about 60 miles east o f Nantucket and the time about 8 o’clock Saturday morning. The identity o f the submarine’s victim was not learned by either vessel, as far as is publicly known. According to the commander o f the British vessel, the messages received by his wireless operator from the ship said she was being shelled and report ed her position, but only a part o f her name could be heard — the word “ A b b y,” which is the last name of several ships in Atlantic trade. The American tanker's captain con firmed the British skipper’s report, but added no details. Following the new rule o f the sea, established since German submarine w arfare began, neither vessel went to the assistance ing o f the meeting by the police. Police action was taken after Mrs. Hale had cirticise«! a high government official and the war, condemned con scription and declared the United States had no right to go abroad to fight Germany because o f a belief that “ 50 years hence” Germany might make war on this country. When Mrs. Hale was ordered to stop there was an excited rush by the audi ence to the platform. One man, shak ing his fist at the speaker, declared she had insulted the President. Mrs. Hale and Whitehead were tak en to police headquarters, charged with breach o f the peace. Arbitration is Refused. Phoenix, Ariz. — Managers o f the mines in the Clifton-Morenci district have filed with the governor their answer to the citizens’ committee of Clifton, which requested the mine managers to arbitrate the differences, looking to a termination o f the strike, which has kept 5800 men out o f work for several months. In their reply the mine managers say it is impossible for them to accept arbitration which, in view o f the past experience, would be binding on the mining companies only. $5000 No Army Sesame. St. Paul— Grant I a Moine, had trav eled nearly 700 miles to St. Paul to en list in a railroad regiment, offered $5000 for the privilege o f going to France, after being refused for physi cal reasons. I a Moine’s last railroad ing was in Mexico, a fter which he en tered business at Froid, Mont. His age, coupled with slight deafness, proved insurmountable barriers. “ You let me go and I ’ ll give you $5000,” IA Moine urged George McCree, in charge o f recruiting. McCree could do noth ing. Diver Designer a Suicide. Baltimre — Gotthold Prusse, one of the designers o f the German merchant submarine Deutschland, who came to Baltimore on the first voyage, o f that craft, committed suicide in the city ja il Wednesday by hanging. Prusse had been imprisoned as an alien enemy. He was arrested by the United States authorities on August 20 for leaving a restricted zone without permission. He was 41 years old and born in Ger many, Austrians Take 535 Men. Vienna — “ Heavy artillery fighting continues against our positions on Monte San Gabriele and east o f Go- rizia ,” says Monday’s war office state ment. “ While clearing our trenches on the northwest slope o f Monte San Gabriele we brought in Sunday during desperate engagements 23 officers, 536 men and 12 machine guns. .In the Tyrol and in the Carina district torrential rains are hamDering the a ctivity.’ ’ State Agent Paul V. Marls and W hit ney L. Boise met with tho Polk county court this week, asking that Polk county take advantage of federal aid offered and give a county agent a trial. Although no decision was reached. It is believed the court will act favorably and that J. D. Cootcr would be appointed. The Pacific Telephone and T ele graph company has filed a request with the public service commission to close Its long distance office In St. Paul, Marion county, statin-’ that St. Paul now la adequately served via Au rora, Hubbard and Newberg, and that there Is no necessity for maintaining the present office there. Washington Cannot Understand Shipbuilders’ Walkout. H U R LE Y T O VISIT WEST Nation Must Have Ships i f Our Army Abroad as Well aa A lii«* Are to Have F imm I amt Munitions. Washintgon, I). C. In the Pacific Coast Ironworkers' strike the l)nite«l States is up «gainst the moat serious emergency it has has mot since it went to war. Wo must have shipa; all tho ship« that can he built, regardless o f price. There must be no interruption o f the program to supply the deficiency in the word's shipping caused by the submar ine destruction. Our army abroad, ss well ns our allies, must be kept in front an<l nnmiunition. The allies are satisfied that they have the measure o f the U-boats and can keep them relatively harmless by the defensive armament o f the mer chant ships ami the convoys o f destroy ers. I f our shipbuilding program is not interrupt««! the German submarine campaign will be en ataailute failure and the end o f the war w ill come in a comparatively short time, for on land the Germans are steadily failing. Naturally there is deep suspicion that the sudden outbreak o f labor trouble In San Francisco, just when the government was congratulating itself that a way had been found to satisfy the Puget Sound shipyards o|>«rative«, is due to German intrigue, rather than to desire to enforce wage demands, for the government hss made provision for settling every latxir diffi culty by arbitrstion, ami it was the understanding that (wilding an agree ment the men were to continue at work. The navy yards have just increaaed the wage scale approximately 10 per cent. The San Franciaco demand for 50 per cent increase conies out o f a clear aky. So grave Is the situation that E*I- ward N. Hurley, chairman of the Ship ping B«iard ami head o f our whole mer chant marine program, ia to start for San Franciaco at once to make an effort to straighten out mattera. MAY H A V E S O L V E D T O R P E D O Ediaon'a New Device Claimed to Have Prevented I a *» o f Big Liner. Washington, D. C. - I f America has not aolvroi the submarine problem, it has cut down the danger from it to a tremendous extent, it was declared here W e lnesday, through the torpedo deflecting device invented by Thomaa1 A. Edison. Thia is said to have been tried out effectively with torpedo boata and to have been installed on several liners. The moat spectacular test o f the device so far, it is declared, resulted in saving a big American steamship, which arrived in an Atlantic port Tuesday. The passengers arriving on the ship, including mime army officers, who were not in the secret, asserted that the mechanism o f the torpedo went wrong just before it should have struck the vessel. The torpedo was described as having leaped into the air and gone off on a tangent when it rc-entcrod the water, passing to the stern o f the ship. This torpedo, it is confidently assert ed here, was deflected by Mr. Ediaon’a device which had been installed on that ship and a few others. The work o f installing the devices, which are declared to be inex|wnsive, when the service is taken into consideration, will proceed with great rapidity. Secretary o f the Navy Daniels de clined to discuss the situation at all when asked about it. Since arming o f merchantmen it has been nect'ssary for the submarine to expend a much larger percentage o f torpedoes In proportion to sinkings by shell fire than previous ly- It is hoped herp that the new Edison invention w ill result in msking the tt>rpe«lo a useless weapon and compel submarines to fight with their guns al together. ____ ___ The Irrigation Securities Commis Italians to Fly in U. 8. sion, created by the last legislature, Washington, D. C.— Fifteen Italian has formally promulgated a set of rules and regulations which w ill gov aeroplanes are to fly from Langley ern its work. Field, at Hampton Roads, to Washing Union county claims a new dis ton, just as soon as the weather clears tinction, that of growing the biggest from the recent coastal gale. A t the bean pod In the world. County A gri culturist Spillman now has on display declaration o f war between Italy and a pod. badly shrivelled since it was Austria there were about 80 machines, picked, that even now measures 37 all o f a French type, in Italy. Now inches. He reports several Instances the Italians have 3000 machines. of similar sizes found In and about Several more Italian planes are ex- Island City. pecte«l to arrive soon, Including one The appeal board at Eugene has capable o f a speed o f 157 miles an granted exemption to Crawford W ill hour. iam Smith, son o f "Buckskin Bob’’ Interests to Combine. Smith, famous Indian fighter, that he Atlsntic City, N. J. - Plans for the may remain on his father's farm near co-operation o f virtually the entire in Port Orford, Curry county and care for his parents and three sisters under dustrial and commercial interests o f the country in the conduct o f the war 12 years of age. are to be discussed by high govern James W yre and Carl Smith, buyers ment officials and prominent business for the Caldwell Horse and Mule com men from all sections o f the county at pany of Caldwell, Idaho, bought two a special war convention o f the Cham cars of horses and mules at Heppncr this week and will ship out at once. ber o f Commerce o f the United States, The animals are Intended for the gov preliminary sessions o f which opened ernment and will be sent L the front here Tuesday. The convention form ality opened Wednesday. for cavalry and artillery purposes.