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IIOHT PAGES PAQE THREE I1G III MAY WHEAT STOPPED rhiraflo Board of Trade Calls Halt in Futures. i PATRIOTISM PROMPTS gffl Member I'mtoualy Called by federal DUlrlct Attorney-Hpe. ulatorn FreWl from f)Um. CbicK,1'f",,in'? Wheat was onlrred dUionlinued at meeting of the brtl f tlir-tom of the Chicago itotrd of Trad Saturday night. Tho director ti decided that txisting contract cliuul-l ho adjudicated either by drUvrry f tho projwrty or kt ellinif J"t' " I! ,''t ji (piHiintwl for the purjn. It w ruinorwl that action by tho Fe.li.riil authorities in tho Isst few days---und pnrtlculnrly curlkr in tho d,yhd hBtoncd tho action of the boinl of dim-lor. None of those lit th meeting would confirm or deny that it had been intimated some action to curb mmrintf prices of wheat should bd taken or government officials would Ai the board. "The board of directors were prunistnl in reaching their conclusion by what tluy deemed to be their pa triotic duly to the country in thin hour of national itires," said Joseph P. Grillln, prmident of tho board of trade. "True, this union in without precedent in the hintory of thin rxrrmngo, al though othi r rxchsiigrs in thin country have taken nimilar action. It should be understood that tho board of trade it iwitht r a buyer wr a seller It in merely market place whore meet daily the million of producers and foruumrr throughout the country. "I should like to emphasise that peculation ha nothing whatever to do with tho action of the dim-tor In do tiding to abandon trading in May wheat, nr i sjwculntion In any sense rwjxinaiblo fr tho high prices prevail ing for May wh'nt or tho cah article. Generally Hpcakint?, the speculator is not interested in May wheat, hli oper ation being confined to the future. Practically the entire Interest In May wheat is restricted to farmer, grain dealers, miller and foreign govern menU. "The mcnt hyterln over tho food litualion m caused a. stampede of tonaumers In every direction, and while it in regrettable It i nevcrthe Ich a fact that even the leading gov ernment of Kurupe eem to have be come fearful a to their future re quirements, Tho largest buyer of wheat for present and future delivery at this time in the market are the gov ernments of Kurojw, not speculators. "We arc but a market place and o long an there are no restriction such m we have just adopted, there i no limit to the umount of wheat those governments might purchase. There fore the action of the director doe not interfere with the fretnlom of con tract on the part of cither the individ ual or government, but compels those requiring wheat for immediate coa umptiiin to make purchase from farm em and Krain rfeulur rather than through tho medium of a contract for future delivery on the floor of our ex change. ' ' U. S. Knvoy e to RuNsla Named. Washington, D. C The State de partment. Saturday announced the per sonnel of tho American commission to RusHia iih follows : Klihu Root, of New York, chairman. Charles H, Crane, of Illinois, Chica p mnnufaetiirer and business man. John R. Mott, of New York, general "wretary international committee of Y. M. C, A. Cyrus McCormiek, president of the International Harvester company. Samuel R. Bertron, banker, of New York. Jatiics Duncan, vice president Amer ican federation of Labor. Charles Edward, RubhoII, of New York, author find Socialist. Major General Hugh L. Scott, chief of Rtttir, u. p. a. Rear Ad mi nil James S. Glennon, U. S. N. Farmers Plow at Night. lone, Or. A. Lieber and Arch CogB Well end) unlonded a caterpillar engine this week. This makes six of these engines that have been brought here this spring. Laxton McMurray, Smith SmmiHo, Davidson & Blake and Louis l'adlnirf,' are the other purchasers. Jhese m'x, uh well hs one from near Condon, are all plowing near lone. The engines have electric lights and are run day and night. The high cost f feed and tho scarcity and high price f horses and mules has had much to do w'th the purchase of so many engines. Japanese Tars Reach IT. S. San Francisco Two Japanese naval training Hhips arrived Monday at a lacific Coast port in the course of a training cruise, according to reports received here by the Marine Exchange. While on their visit in this country, the several hundred naval cadets and ofRoers will be entertained by Japanese-Americans and by army and navy officiate. The body of George W. Guthrie, late ambassador to Japan, U 8Pcted on a later cruiser. STATE NEWS t Jacob Trot t, of Ill(), who was s,.r m.dy burned Wednesday while start ig a gnMoIim, eiiKi,lt. t!, totill i gaHoiiim eiijjiiin, ti, from th burn at i'endleton honpltal. Damago fro,,, the cloudburst at lieppnrr probably will reach J0) 000 rep road, bridge and fence are tlllj.il ...... I .. F . Mi.....,, ,U Wr,. Hru ,j down. lin'li wa killed. anco, Thurrn ('oulncn, a renidnt of Ilhiine in llilarmatk county, wuh arrested by the BhenlT for manufacturing and sell- a M.i..Miiuing nipior. i;ouien at iMtnl'iiil in tli.. t . i : .... .1 i i guilty to a violation of tho liquor law Mini u.Md fu,...l cir.n . t . . . Lieutenant W. M. For, Uuited Xltttra arfnv r...-ri,il ..ill..... ...i. "-j k wiiii (i(.urii l to Klamath Fall Thursday from a trip to Lakeview, Or. He and hi host had the unique oxfcrleneu of nearly Wim their aututnnliitn in u l.i.r now drift in the mountain about 60 milccvaitt. ClirrV l-OUIlt V nttii.lutll i.,t..iwl t. m-L.. a tlt'tofflillUttl ftr1 ... ............. .rv,.v nitlRV nm IIIHII daintl f.roeeedini' Imtlituted hv Hov. emor Withycombo in lht Suireme court recently, at the recommendation of Attorney General Brown, to com(el uch otltrial to hold the eciid dec- lion in mat county tn June. Though the weather ha been show ery, the majority of the farmer of the (inNtjiti MwUun huvi. tjtLtm Nitvunt. age of every available moment to get ineir plowing uone anu gel meir grain crop in. There i no 'rcitv of heln far, and plan for a larger acreage than usual are going forward. More than 500 men, employe of tho C. A. Smith mill at Hay City and Hunker Hill, were at their uliices after a general strike which lasted just one ween. 1 ne men uemiirxitu more pay, Inimimf thev were unable to meet current exjietme on the minimum wage if tZ.'M) in force wnen trie waiKoui oc curred. Thn Rlicma of "deserter" will be removed from the National Guard rec ord of Carl von der Ahe and Arthur IjfU, the Hood River young men who rrintk wont fMuttud a deserter when they left the Twelfth company, Oregon Coast Artillery, and enlisted in the navy without first having obtained their discharge from the Twelfth com pany. Crumbling liko tinder when the abut ment gave way, the county bridge at lalxt. I Citv thrvu mile from La Grande, dropped into the Grand Rondo river Monday, and now rests on me bottom of the turbulent stream. Some estimate place the total land under water in the Grand Rondo valley fol lowim? the recent high flood and pres ent inundation at 20,000 acres. A box factory Bnd sawmill located on Neil creek, seven miles south of Ash land, formerly oersted by the Ashland Manufacturing company, but which have been in the hands or me r irsi National Bank of Ashland tor tne pasi year, have been sold to a group of Lxs Angeles capitalists, who expect to have 100 men at work in the woods and at the mills inside of 30 days. Tho Southern Pacific company has filed application with the Public Serv ice commission asking that the opera tion of the fencing law be suspended -nrtMin iHirtions of its line be- tween Eugene and Marshfield. I arts of the country are sparsely seuieu, t..v application says, and parts of it form natural barriers. Plowing of a six-acre tract adjacent to the city limits of Grants Pass, which will be used by the boy scouts for gardens, has been "".she. Each of the 32 boys will have a lot 80 by 100 feet. Planting and care wo; under the direction of County Agricul tural Agent C. D. Tmp80v,?tu?k corn and potatoes will cover the bulk of tho planting. Arrangements to purchase 160 acres of alfalfa land near Herrmston have been completed by a yndt !f lamook dairymen. Despite the fact Emost of the agricultural lands of the Tillamook country are seeded to grass the farmers expect their hje to bo a profitable one. Many carloads of hay are shipped into the county each year to support local cattle dur ing the winter months. All'the railroad companies operating in the state now have filed with the Public Service commission tariffs pro viding for a general 15 per cent in K Z intrastate rates to become S&v-SBjS Bon eight-hour law cause y creased operating expenses on .the grt of the railroad companies. No tlttinice action has been taken on the new tariffs by the commission so tar. The fire bells of Lane county are to be used in connection with the regis- scnption act on the u .g Eway hourly where poss.ble. The first completed tition to be nieu ,-Monday by State Olcott was f AVI T V 1918, election. Urn liamlHm,i residence beloftuing to Jack Morrtll, of Medford, one of the how place f tho valley, hurried to the ground Monday afternoon at a Iokd of tan.OOO, largely covered bv insur. BRITISH U-BOAT IN Vessel, Disabled, Captures Mine Laying Trawler and Sets a Trap. SINKS 6 ENEMY DESTROYERS fitrow 6ca With Seoro of Mine Then Call Prussian Vestel in Ger man Code nd They Rush to Their Destruction. New York. How a British subma rine, disabled ami forced to come to the surface in Prussian waters In tho North Ke, captured on enemy mine layer and sank sli I'ruKsInu destroyer was told lu gruphlc lunguuge by on of- fleer of a BrlUsli vessel that arrived at an American port. According to the narrative tho olllcer commanding the mihmnrluH forced tho mine-layer to tow him out to sea and then, repair being completed, Bowed the sea with inlncH oiid In (Jcrinan code sent out a full by wlroles that brought six Prus- lun di-Klj'oyers dowa on them. Four at the destroyer strurk mines and the ri'inalnloj two wero sunk by tho sub marine, which then inu.de her way boino la safety. "We wero cruising off tho mouth of !he Weser at night," the officer told a New York Herald reporter, "when lomefhlng went wrong with our uia- diluery mid wo came to a stop. Setting the Trap. "We had passed close by to several Prussian vessels earlier In th eve- alng, but hud not touched them, for iiirs wa a mission of observation. So we considered thut we would fall in svlth one very soon. Sure enough, In in hour's time we caught slht of a lark shape coming down and which sould apparently run nfoul of us If we lept on. Through the ulght glasses )iir Itetitcnunt maile Iter out to be a irawler. At once lie decided on a des ecrate eipedlent. lie sent off the o'kuii nml sis men, nil the avnltahle aien we hud. In our collapsible boat, ind us the truwler bore down on us he balled her tn German and reported jlmsflf a U-29. with machinery dls ibled. "It wasn't till 8hg was right on top it us that they smelted a rot. Some mo shouted out nn alarm as her over Ming grazed us. And as the cry went ip our collapsible, which hod pulled iround, boarded her from the other tide. The lieutenant and I went over Jio trawler's side and shot two of jiem before they rushed us, for our xrnt'e crew had kept the remainder of 3ie watch On deck busy. "Once lu possession of the deck It was easy to do for the engine-room lorce of thre and the boat was ours. (Ve innde sure that there was no corn nunlcatlon from the fo'c'slo except by locked hatch. Then the lieutenant jnased a Una to our own submarine ind with her engine-room crew work ,ng like mad the rest of us on the xowler got under way. It was almost Inwn before tho engineer on the sub Marine hailed us and announced that SNAPS BIRDS FOR MOVIES 3 - r-2.xy fe-j i. nt iitfslmrch. 1,11 .......n. nml ornitholo- Brell-known n - - cist, Is shown nere who . era an set to photograph birds at close era nu .,,. his tent near the reTand .Vy. there for liours Inside it in all sorts of weather, lo aetp um It in au frnm scar- nUrfc of the came : , ,Hnt ""J1;- t j.ung top Z. tto dick M It, and 118 " the camera. r A CLEVER RUSE ho hud cleared away the broken stuff and replaced the rods. "Tim lieutenant then cast loose from our submarine und the trawler made a wide semicircle, dropping oversldo all the surface tnlnen she hud on board 20 of thorn. Then we stmt a radio In German the lieutenant had found the Hun's secret cotle book In tho wheel house calling for help and announcing that the truwler had fullen in with a flotilla of fast nrltlsh cruisers, evi dently bent on a raiding expedition. With that we wrecked the wlrelena, abandoned tho trawler with her crew still locked on tho fo'c'sle and sub merged behind our barrier of mines. Destroying the Destroyers, "We didn't have long to wait The dawn was Jutit breaking when up from the eust came four destroyers In col umn. We hud hardly sighted them when they saw the truwler and spread out funwlse. An they shot Into the mine Held the leading destroyer went leaping out of the wuter with her bow torn off. The others sheered and the second and third, thus running up the mine trail, both struck, each one being HAPPY TO BE ALLIES IN THE WAR e' i. t '4. f- fV M 1 i V , t K i I V 'A i - Jean Mltchelle. private In the Ooe Hundred and Twelfth regiment of t.ie French army, reflecting the smile of n United States naval officer, both happy in the relationship of their respective nations In the upholding of Justice and humnn rights. The French soldier is in and Is Fpendlng part of that precious In its recruiting campaign. Former Premier of Greece Says Democratic Nations Will At tain Peace Ideals. CHANGE 1:1 RUSSIA PLEASES Attempt to Establish "Divine Right" in Greece "Doomed to Failure," Says Famous Statesman Sympathies With Entente. Bv ELEUTHERIOS VENIZELOS. (President of the Greek Provisional Gov ernment.) Snlonica. The change that bas taken place In the ltusslan govern- nipnr 1ms been hailed by tne new Greece with sincere joy, because the abolition of despotism and the triumph of democratic principles lu Russia nroves in the most conclusive manner that the struggle now going on lu the world Is essentially a contest oetween democracy and uutocracy. Tim entrance into the war or tne urcnt American republic is the most emphatic confirmation possible of the uature of the world connict. .me Rtrmr-He of the Greek liberal forces against King Constantlne's clique has never been a fight between people ia vorlng war and those who favor peace, but It is a struggle of democracy against autrocrncy. No party wisnea for a prolonged period of pence more than the Liberals, especially after the exhaustion resulting from the two re cent Balkan wars. Sympathies With the Entente. Because of the democratic senti ments of the country, however, as well as on account of the bonds of grati tude and common Interest existing between the powers thut guaranteed Greek safety and constitution In the eastern Mediterranean, and also be cause of our alliance with Serbia, all our sympathies were from the begin ning of the war with the entente pow ,.ro Moreover, we were firmly con vinced thut the developments of the great struggle would, sooner or later, make our Intervention inevitable on uccount of our treaty with Serbia. In this conviction we wero strength ened after Turkey, which never recog nized our sovereignty over the Isles of the archipelago und which never censed to proclaim plainly that she would go ns far as a war declaration In order to take possession of them, had entered Into the war on the side of the central powers. There never was any doubt In our minds that the world war was our owe war and that it was Incumbent upon us to enter Into It at the first opportunity. Opposed to this policy was that of tie klne. who claimed that we should fairly torn to pieces. The fourth de stroyer, her engines reversing at top speed and huullng her back on her haunches, took a pot shot at the traw ler for luck, realizing that tney nan run Into a trap. As she was firing we crept slowly up and let her have a tor pedo amidships. "The roar of the explosion had hard ly died away when another detonation shook us and we found that two more destroors had come tip from the southward and had fallen afoul of the mines. The lending one was untouched, but the second had struck another mine. As the one remaining destroyer turned to run we mode for her ut en ongle and got her. She went up with an appalling roar. "We hud no chance to breathe, how ever, for something dropped Into the sea close by and exploded. Swlnjrfng our periscope upward we found three Tuubes circling ahove us. We turned and cut for home, with the trio hang ing over us for more than half an hour, dropping bombs all around us. and after running with the fear of death In our hearts for more than an hour we got within our cruising area and the Taubes were driven away by s couple of our own seo planes. "The lieutenant got the Victoria cross for his work and we all got the Military cross." Or f .V -X CM -Tsr 1 a f 1 OS? : W p, r y ft WS! ' this country on a four months' furlough time In helping the United States nary maintain our neutrality until the mo ment Bulgaria attacked Serbia. Had this policy of the king been sincere It would have been entirely honorable. But, as events afterward demonstrat ed, his policy lacked sincerity. Under the veneer of pacifism that policy at tempted to exploit the lassitude which seized Greece after the two Balkan wars. But In reality his policy was due to a secret pact with Germany and had no other purpose than promoting the victory of Germany, because the tri umph of Prusslanism, In the king's opinion, was the only possible oppor tunity for him to Impose on Greece an absolute monarchy. We have proof of this. When Bul garia attacked Serbia the crown im mediately took a position conflicting with that of the majority of the new parliament, refusing to fulfill the obli gations contracted by our ullinnce with Serbia, and thus opposing the will of the entire .country as expressed through the recent election. The king told me at thut time that he did not consider himself bound to abide by the wishes of the Reople. He said that whenever nn Important International matter came up for decision he re served the right to impose upon the nation his personal viewpoint, claim ing that he was responsible to God only. "Divine Right" Doomed to Failure. ,It is quite obvious that such an at tempt to establish in Greece the prin ciple of monarchy by divine right is doomed to failure at a time when that very principle Is abolished In Russia. Furthermore, the victory over Prus sian absolutism and militarism, which will be more decisive and more com plete now, owing to the Immense mate rial and moral resources thrown In the balance by the great American repub lic, will not only result In the miser able failure of the attempt made by King Constantine, but, we believe and hope, will also demolish lu Germany, to Its very foundations, the antiquated Institution of autocracy, which is in compatible with modern civilization and with the ideals that gave birth to the great North American republic. Allow me to ndd that the entrance of the United States into the wnr against the central powers and the noble words uttered by the president In congress make It certain for us that the peace that will follow the victory will give birth to a new political world, in which the right of self-government will be guaranteed to every people. The league of democratic nations will attain the Ideal of universal peace and eradicate forever the destructive agen cy now ravaging humanity. The melting point of ductile tung sten Is higher than that of any other known metal and Its tensile strength exceeds that of Iron and nickel. MADE PROPOSAL BY PROXY His Task Was Similar to John Alden'a, but Fortunately It Had a Dif ferent Result, One dny while Ilev. J. nines, a well known retired Canadlnn missionary, was residing near Kundy lake an In dian came to hlrn and after much pre liminary conversation said: "Well it is about six months since my wife died,' unit Just before she left me she said In the presence of witnesses that if I remained single until the follow ing spring I wits to get married again, and, as the leaves are already big on the trees, I huve come to see you anl hoar what you huve to sny about It." When I told hlrn that there was no law to prohibit his taking another wif ; so soon, he went on, "I went you t select a wife for me." "Why," I said, "1 should not care to undertake such a responsibility, for, if I named a woman and you married !K-r and afterward she did not please you, you would be most likely to blame ma for your unhapplnoss." "No, I should not," he said. Then I said, "In the first place I do not know whether you want to marry nn old or a young woman, and I must have something to guide me in making a selection." "Well," he said, "I do not want to be troubled with an old woman, and I do not suppose a young woman would care to be troubled with me; I want a woman about my own age." I was much pleased with his words, for they seemed to me to be sensible and thoughtful; so I mentioned a wid ow about his own age, whom I had no ticed taking great interest in his be reaved children. "Ah!" he said. "I knew you were guided by the great spirit in all you undertake. That Is the very woman I huve been thinking about, and how could you have known this unless tho great spirit had guided , your Judg ment?" "Well," I replied, "I am glad that you look at It in that way; now you had better go and propose to her." "No," said he, "I cennot do that. If I knew she would say 'yes,' I should go; but she might say 'no,' and In dians never like to have their petitions rejected when they go on business of that nature." Then I asked him what he intended to do. "Why, sir,", he said, "I want you to propose for me !" Well, I was In a fix; . but having yielded so far to his request, I felt bound In some way to go on to the end. So, having obtained my wife'a permission, I called on the widow at my earliest convenience and explained matters to her, taking great pains to make her understand I was proposing for the other fellow and not for my self. My mission was successful, and in due course they were lawfully mar ried, and the union proved a happy one. "The Red Indians of the Plains." Profit In High Wages. Whprever rubber crows, there In iquity flourishes. Tropical ffults are mnne chean because human life where they grow is cheap. The spirit of hu manity is just beginning to creep into the relations between those who have ranch and those who have little. But a rare discovery has been made. Strange ns It may seem, it has heen nroved bv exDeriment that it pays to be reckless of expense when service Is sought and rendered. That which has come to pass in the higher ranges of emniovment. where salaries have been increased tenfold and even more, Is happening all along the line where labor and capital meet. Five dollars paid In wages to one competent man brings a larger return than $5 paid to five incomnetent men and women ; ana the larger wage brings the greater fit ness for the work. Better wages stir ambition and cause the horizon to ex pand. Christian Register. Chimney Comparatively New. The chimney Is something that Is relatively new in architecture. Many of the old costles and other buildings of Europe which were constructed be fore- the fifteenth century have no chimneys. In some of them a flue- leads from the back and above the fire place through the wall to the outer air. It was somewhere about the thir teenth century that In certain build ings the masons began to run the flue to the tori of the building, but tne chimneys of that period had openings in the side, the top being roofed over. It was about the fifteenth century that masons began to build chimneys that extended above the roof of the house and to leave the top of the chimney uncovered. Washington Star. Rich Graphite Mines. Important graphite deposits near Turkushansk are now being worked, and it is expected that the mines will supply sufficient mineral to fill the de mands of the country and leave a lit tle for export purposes. Tests have ,: shown that this mineral is to be had j at this point lu very large quantities, ; but the most important feature of the mines is the purity of the yield, which i Is said to average 9S'per cent pure carbon. The graphite supply has here- -! tofore come mainly from Austria and , Ceylon, but the Russian mines prom- ' ise to equal tnese sources oi suppiy. i Second Thought. Mrs. Fidgettes I wish you'd call Willie la the house and punish him severely. He's been out in the yard whistling the same thing all afternoon . and it annoys me dreadfully. " , Her Husband That's not Willie , Whistling. It's a bird.. ' . Mrs, Fidgettes A bird? ' How I love the dear little feathered songsters 1