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M D HAPPENINGS OF C U ! WEH BAGS IN BIG DEM AND Washington Applicants Ask for 8,748,- 875. While But 850.000 Are Avail able at Penitentiary Mill. Walla W alla — Applications for 3 ,- 748,676 grain bags were received at the penitentiary Thursday, with but 860,000 available. A few counties did not take all their apportionment, and this le ft 70,000, which were distributed among other counties. The heaviest demand came from W alla W alla county, where, with an allotment o f 112,200 bags, applications asked 1,662,130. A pro rata increase from other counties not taking bags gave Walla Walla 148,648 for distribu tion. This means that Walla Walla gets but 9 per cent o f its demands, or one bag out o f every 15 sought. Whitman county got 24 per cent. Her allotment was 916,700, and this waa increase«I to 212,930, while appli cations totaled 876,616. Columbia county obtained 12 fa r cent. The allotmr it was 28,000 and war increased to 1 ,827, while applica tions totaled 269.650. Garfield county had 27,700 allotted, and this waa Increased to 29,720, while applications were for 112,624,. This was 26 per cent. Prison b y(s were sold for 19 cents, while t h e ; me grade bag Is bringing in the open market from 26 to 26 cents. I f more bags are made than were contracted for they w ill be sold later. Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events o f Noted People, Governments sad Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Kao win*. The house o f the Nebrskan legisla ture has voted in favor o f ratifyin g the national prohibition amedment. The ratification measure now goes to the senate. Naval ordnance experts have sub mitted to Secretary Daniels plans for a heavy gun which they say will throw a shell 105 miles. They question the military value o f the weapon. A number o f Americans who had suffered from the effects o f gas at the front have arrived at the American Red Cross m ilitary hospital No. 2 in Paris. Most o f the men w ill recover. Women Petition for Bridge. Yakim a- Four women o f the Nachea district bearing petitions for the con struction o f a bridge across the Naches river at a point half way between N el son’s bridge and the South Nachee bridge appears«! before the county commissioners Thursday. Those head ing the petitioners were Mrs. Irene Kschbach, Mrs. M. E. Burge, Mrs. Ida Handle and Mrs. Claude Smith. A ll are residents o f the south side o f the Naches and were backed by (tetitions containing the names o f all the resi dents in that section. Federal license o f the N ew Orleans branch o f Morris & Co., was ordered revoked by the Food Administration for a period o f seven days, beginning A p ril 8. The branch was found guilty o f charging excess profits on corn pro ducts. A lex Paalis, a Greek poolroom pro prietor. was the first person arrested in Seattle by Federal authorities for failure to pay the 1917 income tax. Paalis is said to owe the government an income levy of $17 on the profits of his poolroom. The steamship Celtic, one o f the big W hite Star liners, was attacked and torpedoed by a German submarine, ac cording to reliable information re ceived in marine circles in New York, during a voyage from England to America. Efforts are being made to save the vessel. M erging o f the express companies under a new corporation to operate them as a unit and work out a basis o f distribution o f profits, is under con sideration between the railroad admin istration and representatives o f the companies. Some announcement is expected within a week. A report to the State department from American Consul General Mur phy, at Sofia, declared that no Bulgar ian troops were moved to the Western front fo r the big German offensive. It had been stated that Bulgarians were fighting in the West alongside Germans and Austrians. An airplane route w ill soon be estab lished between Chicago and St. Louis, Postmaster Carlisle announced Tues day. He and Colin M. Selph, post master at St. Louis, w ill hold a con ference next week to complete details o f the plan. The service w ill be simi lar to that between N ew York and Washington. The London official report on aerial operations says: “ Great concentra tions o f our airplanes were carried out Thursday over points threatened by enemy and masses o f our machines attacked with machine gun fl ¡5 and bombs the enemy's infantry and cav alry. New Law Proposed by Congress for That Purpose. 4 M EASURE NEC ESSITY All Vessels, Bates, Docks snd Term inals Are Controlled by Wilson German Capital Is Foiled. Wsshmtgon, D. C. — Vast extsnaion o f Federal powers over shipbuilding, ships, shipping rates, «locks and tsrml- nals has been sake«! o f cnnrgeaa by the Shipping Hoard and is proposed in two bills introduce«! Thursday by Senator Fletcher, o f Florida, chairman of the commerce committee, after confer ences with Chairman liurley. The President would be authorized by the legiaation to prescribe, through the Shipping Hoard, charter and fretj-M rates and to make over ships, jR*™ wharves and terminal facilities bill, and the second measure, , *“ ing the law creating fh --^ / »I Boanl, would extend Its a^y/* w $ ownership and transfer ok « isting or unde- ronsiatisna bills have been re( , •rials? mere# committee. In explaining the • jp v r Jg ¿Tr Senator Fletcher sa£I twi* HTe Shipptnj Shipping Board had discovered hid thwarted at tempts o f German capital to secure control o f vessels owne«i or under con struction in the United States for present profit as well as to provide Germany with a merchant fleet after the war. To enlarge the (towers o f the board to deal with such attempts is one o f the chief purposes of the pro|xised laws. Besides authorizing the President to prescribe “ rates, terms and condi tions” under which American vessels may be chartered, one o f the bills would authorize him to disapprove ex isting charters and prohibit chartering o f any specified class o f vessels. I'sc Road Funds to Huy Bonds. Hoquiam— No road work is to be done In Grays Harbor county this year, except what is absolutely ne«*es- This la Oregon's official slogan— T la Freedom's Call; Land Your All. Defend yourself. I f you can’t go aoroaa to fight, you oan do the next beat thing by Investing In Liberty Bonds sary, and any money the county can spare is to be invested in bonds o f the ts keep your boy— your neighbor's boy—on the tiring line Third Liberty Ix>an, according to an To Protect Your Country nouncement o f the board o f county To Perpetuate American Freedom To Keep the Demon Hun From Your Door. commissioners. It is expected from W e can't act too quickly. The danger Is Imminent. W e will be tardy at best Don’t stop to think, any more $190,000 to $200,000 o f the county’s S OC IA LIS T IS V O T ED DOWN you would stop to think whether to strike baok If you were threatened by an assassin. funds w ill be invested in Liberty WU1 you Jeopardise your liberty by falling to do your dutyT He who hesitates Is most assuredly lost. Bonds. All that your forefathers fought and died for la lo s t A il that the patriots of '(6 fought for la lost I .enroot. Republican. Wins Senatorial This Is your great opportunity. Use It and Toga in Wisconsin. VM» I « » I Take your plaoe aa a real Amerioan. II. 5. ums START FOR BAFFLE FRONE Americans in Streams Advance Toward Scene of Action. W ASHINGTON IS GLAD Government war work in the Hamp ton Roads, Va., district was interrupt Quick Movement o f Troops Follows ed Tuesday by a strike o f several Pershing’ s Offer o f A ll Men and thousand carpenters and other workers. Plants involved are the Hamption Material toJFrench Leader. Roads naval base, the Arm y depot at Bush Bluff and the ordnance depot at P ig ’s Point, all near Norfolk and the Langley Aviation Field at Hampton. W ith the American Arm y in France, Saturday — A ll the American troops Leaders and organizers o f the Indus trial Workers o f the World, more than have been tuurned over to the allies 100 in number, entered pleas o f not for such use as they see fit to make o f guilty Tuesday in Chicago, at the them. American troops may soon be opening o f the trial in which the gov fighting side by side with their British ernment w ill attempt to prove that the defendants violated the espionage act, and French allies in the battle which plotted to destroy industries and con is raging in Northern France. The acceptance by France o f Gen spired to hamper prosecution o f the eral Pershing’s offer o f all American war. men and material for the present When the new curfew rings in Lon emergency has in effect virtually re don at night every place o f public sulted in a unified army command, so amusement must put out its lights and far as the French army and American remain closed from 10:30 p. m. to 1 forces are concerned. p. m. the follow ing day. The order This is shown by the fact that the applies to hotels, clubsand restau orders issued to the American troops rants. N o food w ill be served from are o f French origin. 9 :30 p. m. until 5 a. m. Ligh t in Great activity o f many sorts is in shop windows also are forbidden. The progress in the entire American zone. order is designed to economize in coal, Miles o f motor trucks loaded with gas and electricity. Americans have passed through the In view o f the critical situation at towns, some going in one direction, Through a driving the front, the London Amalgamated some in another. Society o f Engineers has abandoned rain the motor trucks ploughed their the strike movement it long has been way along muddy roads, the Americans Many o f the trucks bore threatening as a protest against the singing. American flags. government’s man-power measure. On other roads mile after mile o f Legislation to prohibit use on Indian marching Americans splashed through reservations o f “ peyote,” said to be a the mud. which came over their an habit-forming intoxicant and used in kles. The horses were steaming from tribal ceremonials, was stricken from the work they had to do. the Indian appropriation bill Thursday Out on the open roads the men in in the senate without discussion on a the camions sang everything from point o f order. “ The Battle Hymn o f the Republic” Two thousand houses for shipyard workers, to be built within walking distance o f the Staten Island, N. Y., shipyards and to be ready fo r occupa tion before fail, is the program sub mitted to the government by the Staten Island Civic League, it is announced. A IM E R SHIPPING Autoist Frozen in Snow. Trinidad, Colo.— Caught in a bizzard on the state highway between Raton, N. M., and this city on Thursday, Roe McMulllin, o f Auburn, Wash., an auto mobile tourist, was frozen to death 12 miles from Wootton, Colo., sometime Sunday. His body was found in a snow bank near where his automobile was blocked by drifts. His w ife, who started out to find shelter, was rescued from a frozen creek, snow blind and delirious from exposure and fright. Mr. and Mrs. McMullin were making a trip overland to Aledo, III. to “ Tipperary. ” They exhibited the greatest enthusiasm for the work they have in hand and seemed to be anxious to g e t it started. Frequently during the day heavy motor trucks skidded from the muddy roads into ditches, but] they were quickly and literally picked up by as many Americans as could get a hand on them, set back on the road and started again. A little thing like liftin g the end of a five-on motor truck from a ditch means nothing to Americans who are in a hurry to get into the flght. TWO HUN D IV ER S A R E SUNK lADT i NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT Wheat— Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: Depth Charges From Yankee Destroy Hard white, $2.05. Soft white, $2.03. ers Hit Submerged Mark. W hite club. $2.01. Red Walla Walla. London— Encounters in which Am er $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c leas; No. 3 ican destroyers sank German submar grade, 6c less. Other grades handled ines are thus desicribed in accounts of by samples. Flour — Patents, $10; whole wheat, successful submarine battles published $9.60; graham, $9.20; barley Hour, Monday: $13oi 13.25 per barrel; rye flour, $10.60 “ The first American destroyer sight- @12.75 per barrel; cornmeal, $5.76 I ed the enemy submarine on the port per barrel. M illfeed— N et mill prices, car lots: bow and proceeded at full speed in the direction o f the enemy, who sub Bran, $30 per ton; ahorta, $32; mid Washington, D. C. — Washington merged. The American forces could dlings, $39; mixed cars and lesa than was thrilled Sunday by the news that see the enemy’s wake, which showed carloads, 60c more; rolled barley, $77 American soldiers actually are on their he was running underneath the surface @ 79; rolled oats. $76. Corn— Whole, $77; cracked, $78 ton. As the Ger way to the fighting lines to take places from starboard to port. Hay— Buying prices, delivered, East beside their hard-pressed British and man passed under the stem o f the American boat the latter dropped a ern Oreogn timothy, $27 per ton; val French allies. dept charge. The wake, which had ley timothy, $246/25; alfalfa, $246' | been plainly visible on the starboard, 24.50; valley grain hay, $22; clover, I never appeared on the port side o f the $18; straw, $8. Butter— Cubes, extras, 47c pound; destroyer. In stead, large quantities prime firsts, 46c; prints, extras, 49c; j o f oil came to the surface. Big German Drive Arouses America to “ The second American destroyer, cartons, 1c extra; butterfst. No. 1, engaged in night convoy duty, sighted 61c delivered. Make A ll Speed Possible — W ar Eggs--Ranch, current receipts, 35c an object a mile away by the light of Plans Suddenly Quickened. the moon. Full speed was ordered, per dozen; candled, 366/ 37c. Poultry— Roosters, old. 206/22c per hut the submarine dived while the Washington, D. C. — That the Ger American was still a few hundred pound; stags, 246/.26c; springs. 276/ Tw o depth charges 28c; broilers, 86c; ducks, 326/ 35c; man drive in France and the appoint yafds distant. were dropped and oil came to the sur geese, 206f21c; turkeys, live, 26/«/27c; ment o f General Foch as generalissimo dressed, 356/.37c. face. o f the allied armies, together with the V eal— Fancy, 206/20c per pound. “ This submarine was apparently Pork— Fancy, 216(21c. offer o f General Pershing to place i lying in wait for another convoy Vegetables — Tomatoes, $2.76 per American troops at the disposal of the which was approaching from an oppo- crate; cabbage, 86/.4c per pound; let , site direction.” allies, have had tremendous and far- tuce, $2612.25; cucumbers, $1.256/ reaching effect on American war plans, extreme importance in this «.ountry 1.76 per dozen; cauliflower, $1.506/ was made evident Monday at the meet are to be expected in a few days. 1.75 per crate; artichokes, 85c6/.$l per These developments, it is said, refer dozen; garlic, 7c; celery, $3.75 per ing o f the war council with members 40c per pound; to a newly-made decision to answer crate; peppers, o f the senate military committee. the appeal o f the allies for men and sprouts, 21c; rhubarb, 106(12c; aspar Reports given to members of the to rush National army and National agus, 156/, 17c; peas, 17c per pound; committee were said to be the most guard troops to the front st once, dia-* ' inach, $1.26 per crate. Sack Vegetables — Carrots, $1.2561) satisfactory in many respects that regarding for the time being the ship have been received since this country ping situation so far as it relates to 1.50 per sack; turnips, $1.60; pars entered the war. Members returned the transportation o f food. The ratio nips, $1.25. Potatoes — Oregon Burbanks, 90c@ to the capitol visibly impressed with o f food and munitions ships to trans what they had heard and seen at the ports is to be reduced materially, it is 1.10 per hundred; Yakimaa, 11.256/ meeting o f the council. They an understood, and with the approval o f 1.36; sweet potatoes, 8c per pound. Onions— Jobbing price«, 16/ Ifc per nounced that full steps are being taken French and English authorities, the to put the entire resources o f the Am- sending o f troops is to be the most pound. Wool— Eastern Oregon, 446/ 66c per eircan people into the war and that it important function o f the government pound; valley, 60@66c; valley lamb, seemed that the old “ 3000 miles in the next few weeks. While, of course, no details are 456£50c.; mohair, long staple, full away” attitude had been abandoned for a feverish haste to rush’ troops to available aa to the number o f troops year, 50c; six months, 40@60c; burry, ______ France. that are to be sent, or in regard to the 35@40c. W hile complete details o f the meet identity o f the divisions which are to Cattle— April 3, 1918. ing were not given out by senators, go, it can be said that a large propor even in confidence, it was asserted tion o f the 900,000 troops now in train Med. to choice steers. . . . $ 11.00@12.00 Good to med. steers........ 10.506/511.60 that i f the plans o f the military au ing in this country are involved in the Com. to good steers........ 9.006/10.00 thorities go through, developments o f plana that have been made. Choice cows and heifers. 9,756(10.75 Com. to good cows and hf 8.00@ 9.60 Youth is Held Embezzler. Siam to Send 500 Aviators. Cannera........................... 4.25@ 6.26 San Francisco— Louis Beck, 19 years Bulla................................ San Francisco— An aviation corps of 5.006// 9.00 500 members w ill be Siam ’s contribu old, was arrested here Monday on a C a lv e s ..................... f e . . 7.506/. 12.00 tion to the entente alies, according to charge o f embezzling $86,000 from the Stockers and Feeders . . . 5.506/ 9.50 Hogs- Frank D. Arnold, former chargs Adams Express company in Pittsburg, d’affaires at Bangkok, who arrivsd where he was employed by the express Prim e light h o g i..............$17.006(17.26 here Monday from Siam en route to company in a confidential rapacity. Prime heavy h o g s ......... 16.766//16.90 Washington. Beck admitted hia identity and con P i g s ................................ 14.756il8.7B 1 «-»° “ The Siamese army has developed fessed the theft, according to the po B u lk ................................ Sheep— some spendid aviators under the in lice. He disappeared from F’ittaburg struction o f French and Italians,” Mr. with the money last February. Ac Western lambs................$15.006/15.60 Arnold said. “ When I le ft they were cording to the statement the police Valley lambs................... 14.506/15.00 preparing to send over 500 men with a ■aid he gave them, all the money except Y e a r lin g s ....................... 18.006(13.50 complete quota o f airplanes, all of for $300 was taken from him by pick Wethers ......................... 12.506/13.00 9.006/12.00 eign construction.” pockets in a Chicago passenger station. E w e s .............................. U. S. TO RUSH TROOPS Milwaukee, Wis. Congressman Ir- vine L. Lenroot, Republican, of Super ior, W is., has been elected United States senator to succeed the late Paul O. Huating. He defeated Joseph K. Davies, Dem ocrat, in Tuesday's election, according to incomplete returns, by a majority estimate«! at more than 10,000. Vic tor 1« Berger, Socialist, ran third, ap proximately 35,0C0 behind Davies, from the figures at hand. Similar returns indicate the election o f Marvin B. Rose/iberry, incumbent. Justice o f the Supreme court over Charles H. Crownheart, a La Follctte leader, by more than 40,000. Both ran as non-partisans. The precincts ■till to report will, It is expected, in- caese all the winners’ leads. In the Republican counties, where the La Follette following is strong, the Republicans who voted for Husting in 1916 appear to have given their sup port to I .enroot this year. One o f the reasons for decreases in the Davies vote, it was believed, waa that in German counties, normally Democratic, voters switched to Berger, and in some cases to l .enroot. The approixmate vote indicate«! by the returns receive«! give [.enroot 148,- 000; Davies, 133,000, and Berger, 97,- 000. Complete returns may swell each total considerably. In 1914, when Husting, Democrat, waa elected, he received 134,925; Mc Govern, Republican, 133,969, and Sei del. Socialist. 29,774. It will be several days before the official vote can be announced from the Secretary of State's office. May Take Charge o f Spokane. Spokane — Announcement that he probably will take charge o f the police powers o f the city and county o f Spo kane within a few days, and send rep resentatives here to supplement the presnt members o f the sheriff and po lice forces in dealing with the I. W. W. situation, was made here Thursday by Governor Lister shortly before his departure for Olympia. Unlesa he re ceivea won! from city and county offi cials withdrawing a request that he take such action, he will act upon his return to the capital, he said. Part Contract is Executed. Vancouver, Wash. The contract and lease covering 54 acres o f lind bought by the Port o f Vancouver, on which the G. M. Standifer Construction cor- (»•ration is building s great steel ship yard in this city, was signed by attor neys for both parties here. The Port of Vancouver vote«! bonds for $166,000, which was sufficient to buy the land and make some improvements. This was leased to the shipbuilding com pany for a period o f years. New I,oan Bill Passed. Washington, D. C.— In recordbreak ing time, the senate Thursday passed the new Liberty loan hill authorizing $4,500,000,000 more war bohds, addi tional loans o f $1,500,000,000 to the allies artd increases o f treasur/indebt- edness certificates from $4,000,000,000 to-$ 8 , 00 ( 1 , 000,000