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Newspaper Page TextIIOHT PAGES PAGE THREE THE INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON. 24,000,000 MEN AT VAR, SAYS EXPERT ,n Sir William Robertson Gives h Graphic Facts About Pres ent Struggle. DEATH TOLL IS APPALLING Brltlih In Fne Fired 2OO.000 Tom 0f Ammunlllon In Flv or 61 Week How Trnporttlgn Difficulties Are Overcome. ltrnJ-n.-Hlr William Hubert ,o In i"!1'"1'1''1 recently Kv n graph l,. imi'r.'-i" 'f ut th" 'lr,l,,r dinury npcot of tlio present wnr. It hM merely iHio lo oMerve lW Hi.' ttr Iimh iv completely over-,,...wi-.l every other occupation and l,,!,.,,..! In Hi" wrll. 1'i't ' '""'t to ilcb It h"' iMft u "u,'',,,4,, ln mint fordldo iy I.y ".mil tlgureH l,ll ;tlTltl lt..l.TlHnll flltpli '!, In tlu- nrinlf of nil the belligerent, bo hM. there are now 2l.um.WHi in.-it. whlrti ."i.luil.- Uio grout civilian arml.it (.. hind Mi.' front ; In Iho Iran o, I'ruxlitn wnr I toliil of till enmiiil- M WB tlllltl ,VH),UK, Whlllf In ihn wnr the killed nh.no ouu b count ed jr tho milium. "Inirlng tl" l"11 rivf r MX week ,mt-. I HIIIUM-N.'." miUI Oenortll Itob- .......... U.1IIIH '.IJtl.tMKl toll Of nminimltlnil. Wlllrll hill 1 1 till t t niovl by roH.I. mil und n.-n from the f.clirle In KiiKlniid to U.e KUti i" Frown nml mini handled protmbly uot Imi tlmn tut 1 T n ilo. ii time." Great Transportation Task. Two hundred ttiowmnd ton of '" niuulllim iiifiimt rather mor Hum 1V 0H)rrlo(l 11 uieumir.d by tin- mlnln- mr. frrlL'tit Clir Yolllinouly loading ilmiit twelve tii Hint nrtf u.-l In Enclniul. ti.mrnl Hubert oii lllu"t usti'iit. l.iit liny railroad manager with Mtwm on.- talk will promptly make kk1 tlm omiImIiui. tliut tho mere tniiiH- ixiriHtl.ni of tliln one Item f wnr Mip plNnt n Hun- when freight cam hm l.-.-n M-iit to I'niw'o Uy tho tliouanl nuniltutoM 11 t-rrl fir drain on tin- ooiin trj' ritpii.ity to move thing. To tnincport ammunition In R pur- tlnilnrly uVlinito and dangerous IhiiI n'wt iui'1 It l only Im'ciiu! of KjiU'ii'lbl ormiiiUiitUiii inn! hi uli fl!U-lcin'y miuntf rnllruuil riniiloyiTtt tlmt there have lici'ii Ho vi-ry fi'w nrrl.lriiM nml Tnc tlmlly no r. iil iIIhumUth iih Inrldt'iit! to thl wrvU c. (ii ncrnl Holmrtnoii jml.l Irlul trllmtti to tin' limn who huve flrmmlj;.'.! iiinl curried 011 thin branch uf.war work. CoiiinirliiK Hi" iw'iile nml neope ot the prcKcnt wnr with former ntruKKl', (jcmriil Hobi-rtHon wit purtlculnrly In tirmtliiL' mid Iniiiri'Hjdve. He iibncrved fiat tlif KrcnfHt )icullnrlty of tin iinwnt wnr Ik In the eolimnal iiUintuT f men etiniloviMl nt tlm front. An n limll.T of fact, lit; omlltrtl to cmphi". nlw IiIh n-iiri s by obitcrvlritf tbut th.' Kivui proportion of tlm rivll populn tl'iii liiiiiu-illiiirly ensiiKi'd In work for tin.-support of :inny 1 quite ns lm J'l'i'K.slvi' 11 pri ullnrliy of thlM utruBKl. A Warfare of Machinery. It In 11 win-rum of iiinrhliirry nrul im-clmiilMiis, iniiny of them new nn.l hen-tofore iiliimst untried. TIicko huve r-iuir.-il lo be pro . :red, to be tented nml to huve Ki'eiit limlU's of men truliicil fur usIiik them. ('uinpm ln the prenent wnr with tlmt of into between (ierninny mid rrntnv, Crneriil Kohertsoti observed tlmt "In the 1S70 wnr iiniiteu were romitcd by the hundred thoiisniid, iind t the buttle of Cravelotte, where the liiiuie.il lushes were Incurred, the to tal disunities were only about .'IH.tMM) iiii'ii mi both shies, w hile for the whole wnr the tot ill riiHimllies of both sides wi're less tlmn Imlf 11 inllllon. "In the present wnr the killed nlono fun bo counted by tho million, while the tutnl nuniber of men eiiioted 'iiiinutitH to nenrly 24,0(K),iMl). In fact, litis war Is not, 11s In tin! puHt, u war mwly of opposing nrniUm, but 11 wur if tiittioiiH, nnd there In not today a twin or woman In the empire who Is not doltiu HiitnethlnK either to help or t" hinder the winning of the war. A nmn of Kt-eut distinction told mo the oilier dny that he estimated tho weight f purely military effort ut only 12f per cnt of the whole, tho reinninln 75 cent helm,', strictly speiiklnt,', t mmiiillltnry nature, nnd made up of many elements agriculture, food, "I'lpplng. iliiilomncy, etc. I think he 1 I'i'iibuliiy not fur wrong, and when peo ple ask tno, us they sometlmon do, how I'm wur is Retting on, I feel Inclined to reply, 'Why ask 1110? Why uot nsk yourself nnd tho remainder of the 75 Pr cent?' " Allies Outnumber Enemy. General Itobortson's figure of 24.- '"10,000 ns tho number of men actually KnKed in tho military operations Is probuhfy bused on ns good Information UH any mnn ln tli woi-lil tiossossea, Tl0 nrltlsh cenernl Htnff knoWB all nlmt tho armies of the cntento coun trl(w, and knows nil that anybody out side Berlin nnd Vienna knows about ""wo of the contrnl nowors He didn't suggest how the numbers nre now divided liftf.pn fhn two sides. but It is very certain that the entente " nations decidedly outweigh their ene Ules In mere numbers. The Germanic Powers on the other hand, have the great advantage of shorter lines and - easier communications. With Russia comparatively Inactive, It is not at nil Ccrtaln that the weight of numbers Is nw very decidedly In favor of the en- peoples. But the weight of ma- om,. lull,,,,,!),,,, ,,, p(troKniiI r. ntly "Mb.' poMblllty (hut inltht be ."iie.i upon in , fiiMlilou to tiikB u mom iictlvo piirt Iti the MrtiKttU'. 'lli.t HiHt miKU.-Mlon of thin sort lib h caiii from KiisHln whh In u brief dUpui.-h miyliiK . Kovermnent hud 'llt'-Korlrnlly denied pei-KlHtent riHIIOIH Uilll Jupnu nitiiht be employeil to hrllig pn-HHuri. nnuluMt KiD.:mi with the mir- poho of roi,vlueluK' ;iiksIu tlmt It would ' biKlily uinleNiiul.il. for Iht to re- ptldliitB her ol-lltjiitloim to her llllleM. Much a Htiggi.min of eoiirso would be liumt unfortunate, mid the denl.il from I'rtroKrud In umiiieMiumihly ulmolutely correct, uiTordiiig to tho b.-ht uutliorl- tied here. WoiIU'i Creatent Reiervo. Hut while the employment of Jiitm- iii-m f..mt mt 1111 in k'liinent with Itun- xlii U unite uiitlilukiibli' th.-ru Ihin been renewal of the NiiggeNtloii that Jupuu'n limi:nllli-iit army might yet reijulrc to be employed 1 11 koiiio w ny In the Kuropeuti Held, ll r.'preseutH the gri-utet rcx.-ne of completely pre- inri.l mllitnry forci that ever Ktood behind mi urtlve inllltury cuiiipiilgn In the world. If lln-ie were only menu of mov ng It Jupnu could r.-adlly and ipibkly put i,iHHl,(MM), or If necessary 4.0OO.IMI0, nolillers Into the Held. To move any eoiiKlderiible propor tion of sui li u force even Into the near lighting itr.-im by water U 11 ridicu lous ImpoHsll.lllty ut this time, lint there him been sertoUH discussion, I 11111 told, ut some of the recent confer ence umong allied leaderit of the poit nihility of bringing Japanese Holdlcrs to Kurope by way of tlio Trunsslberlnn riillwiiy. Today thU would tieceHsItiito mi ImuieiiKi' evpuiislon of the currying capacity of that route. A very large purt of It lias now been double -trucked, uml If It shall be recognised by the end of this yeur that the war Is likely to continue Kcvrrul years the further development of TrutiMslberlan tonnage capacity might be found feasible uml wen neccsHury. One thing lit certain, mid that Is that on neither side I there at present any such prejudice ns formerly existed uguint Introducing Asiatics nml Afri cans upon the Kiiropeun lmttletlelds. The conception of this wur ns a wnr of the whole world has been strength ciuhI very greatly since tho beginning of the present year. It Is looked upon by tho western powers now ns every body's wur, a war in which everybody has not only an Interest but u duty to perform. Tliut conception bus uffeet ed the nttltude of remote and detached oeotiles to n striking extent. For ex- nml... ninoni tribes In Africa which would not be presumed to know any thing about what Is happening In Eu rope It Is said tlmt there Is a very con siderable Interest and 11 desire to help the western tuitions. JACK BINNS TO FLY ' I " 1 1 - 1- i 1 yfc4fc i(f, , x -es3t y t & - Iff', I '".3 a I v ! t 1, v -1 f K i !. 1 ' i I ", ' i. ' f ft ti. LIVE STOCK FAVORED Better Soil and Greater Profits Assured to Farmer. Cattlo and Diversification Are Essen tlal to Success In Farming Busi nessRaise What You Need for FeedinQ. To Huceoed ln the fanning business, wo miiHt huve cuttle, hogs and chick ns, grow corn, clover, alfulfa nnd other legume crops udupled to -our soil. If wo grow Heveral crops and one rulls, we will have another to depend upon, hut If we grow a single crop and for some reason It falls, our entire yeur's work Is gone. Live stock nnd llvorslflcatlon mean the building up if the soil, nnd ns tho soil Improves, nrollts increase. Diversification means that we have more land, ln pasture. Pastures prevent soil from washing. Pastures should he maintained to keep tho soil from washing during the heavy pring rains. Fields should not be al lowed to Rtund from year to year, ex- nosed to the weuther. Live stock and diversification win keep people on the farms. A man will put up better buildings If he Uvea on Ids farm than he will if It is occupieu ' .WMVMVMW! BOY MAKES BOMB OF PENCIL; LOSES HAND I.rain. O. Aspirations to be 11 real munition worker Just llko some of his grown-up compan ion, cost fourteen-year-old John Katonak his right hand and bicenited his knee. Johnny took the lead from a pencil, tilled tho hollow tube with powder and plugged It with a dynamite cap In ouch end. lie attached elec tric wires to set off the charge and when the wires became d the explosion followed. , .luck IllniiH, wireless hero of the steamer Itepubllc may gather fresh he roic Inurels In the nlr. He has Just enrolled for the Hrltlsh flying corps ln tho now British recruiting office opened In New York, under the direction of Urlg. Gen. W. A. White. Hluns will be remembered ns the first wireless operator to effect a res cue at sea through persistent cnlls for help. Iilnns wns the wireless man aboard the Itepubllc when she wns ruinmed by tho Floridu off Nantucket. Jiinuury 2.'l. ltnil. He stuck to his post whllo the ship was sinking nnd sent out the fumoiis 8. O. S. until the IJaltlC re sounded uml rescued all of the 80O persons ubourd the ruinmed xhlp. Since then he has resided ln America. lunch hour will miss the stocky, white-haired figure who preached the Gospel In the heart of what the ma jor piirt of the nation has come to regard us a den of wickedness. Ho has enjoyed the reputation of helne the highest paid street preach er ln tho world. From Trinity he re ceived a salary of $5,000 0 year. No one will ever know how much of this "the bishop" expended on himself, but tho poor will tell that he has ulways been open-handed nnd has never with held his old when money was needed to keep a homo together. Ho wns a close friend of the lute J. I'lerpotit Kurgan. ho often went to his house. ! J erosMeii WALL STREET BISHOP QUITS Famous Street Preacher Placed on Re tired List by tne 1 rinny Corporation. New York. "Tho bishop of Wall 8 reef has held ins nisi -.. ... his npon-alr cuthedrul at the corner of Hrond and Wall streets, w . u, ment of asphalt and Us celling of sky. .......i- 11.0 Uev. Dr. William Wilkinson, friend of millionaires and 0,Uce boys in the financial district and holder of noon-dny services me- llltlny years, bus been retired by J". In i,y corporation, whose n.Issloncr ho has been. . The crowds of rich men and poor fin the canyon of Wall street nt SMOKE MORE AND EAT LESS Latest Advice Given to British People In the Food Shortage Situation. Tnn.ion. "Smoke more nnd ent 1UU I" This Is the latest ndvlce Riven to the British people in tho food sliort- situation. It comes from Sir John i.'.w.u who sii vs : "It is to be' hoped that the increased tobacco duty will not reduce the quan tity The less people smoke the more , I,..," n,-.. liable to cat. It Is well known Hint the grossest eaters are non-drink ers and non smokers. mi.u, ...K-leo refers to women well as men, for the smoking "habit has spread widely among women since tho war started. Formerly women smoked only In their homes or In res taurants. Now they can he seen n the streets nnd in factories putting away at pipe n or ca' rettes. . . . n Arrests of women 101 s munition factories became o com Ilum t,mt tho magistrates had to lm pose severe penalties to break It up. ' X y ' 1 fc' - w i " . V ? CTATT? TJRWS ! .A as The weather's about the only thing some married couples huve in com mon. Chicago Kxumlner. PAY OF ARMY AND NAVY ON FOR N SERVICE Good Farm Essentials. by a tenant. Live stock and diversifi cation mean "Raise what you feed, and feed what you raise on your own farm." When you grow your crops, nnd ship them away you are shipping the fertility from the soil mining It, making it poor. By having live stock there will be returned to the land in the form of manure 70 to 80 per cent of the soil fertility taken out by the crops. Ilumus, one of the things essential to a fertile soil, can be placed in the soil by diversifying the crops and do ing mixed farming. Live stock means tnnrfl mnnill'e on the farm nnd less commercial fertilizer. The corn belt states pay out mil- linns of dollars for commercial fer tilizers every yeur. Live on the farm. Build a home, have good schools, good roads and pro ductive soils. Don't Just have s "piece of land" or n "farm" have a home ou the land and mate it worm living in. . SULPHUR TO CONTROL SCAB According to Investigations Spring Ap plication Is Far More Satisfac tory Than Is Fall. Investigation as to the value of sul phur for controlling potato scab so far seems to indicate that spring applica tions are more satisfactory than those made In the fall. In experiments the benefits secured were greater when sulphur was applied to land on which no cover crop had been grown the pre ceding season than on land where one had been grown. Formaldehyde ap plied to the seed tubers and sulphur applied to the soil gnve better results than when the two treatments were used separately. Sulphur broadcasted on the soil after planting appears the hpst- method of nnnlicatlon : when used with fertilizers It gave greater effi ciency when npplted in connection with ammonium sulphate than with sodium nitrate, with acid phosphate than with stenmed bone and with muriate of potash than with sulphate. of nil ,,,-mv nnd navy .... n tier cent peoples. But the weight of ma- pay equw i mPBJftJK JaflBSg Is decldoly to their nvnntflge. I of PauJiDK''8- Men of -the . . -..! 11 wntfll I'll 11 raiiKS win " -,,, K1,rvlce. crease in pay white on i - - Tho Increase Is figured on tho schedules. . ntniv ington, is as follows: Monthly. ..$!I0.1( .. coc.tn .. B00.00 . 833.33 .. 891.67 .. 850.00 ,. 200.00 .. 166.67 .. HUT .. 61.00 48.00 ships are to receive a .$30 a mouth In crease. T'hv ln the navy schedule will be ns follows: under the new Lieutenant gonoral Major general " nrtsadier general Colonel '"'.'., Lieutenant colonel Major Captain , First lieutenant Second llouteant tarsi noifs--' Battalion aergeani - 44.00 Kaval'aVimeVy. Infantry 3,00 Ktreasrat '8'eC 3,00 private will receive a? advance of . moniu. ormv officer p"-' v EOO.OO Tin 11k. Admirals Itenr admirals (1st t ....,l,-ola f2d 9) ro,ifa of bureaus Captains Commanders Lieutenant commanders Lieutenants Monthly Shore. Sea. $1,1:5.00 $1,237.60 606.67 733.33 650.00 333.33 291.67 2&0.0O 200.00 166.67 Lieutenants, Junior grau" .-. Midshipmen - at acade- my Chief boatswains, ro raroenters, makers, machinists pharmacists Medical directors .... Medical Inspectors .. Surgeons pay directors Pay inspeciu." gun-sall- and 141.67 333.33 29tf?" 250.00 WJ.SS 291.67-. SIPU..W 366.67 320.83 275.00 220.00 191.67 148.33 wo? DIIS.67 1(1.1.83 ; $20. S3 276.00 IN BRIEF, nttTimn. an"employe"in a logging camp at London, near Cottage Grove, was killed Monday when a snag fell on him. He leaves a wife and four children. More than 40 visitors already have in tn the uretron vnve 1101 Grants Pass this month, although the season has not regularly opened. ire camp at the head of Williams Creek, where autos are left and the forestry trail taken, is in operation. The Jensen shingle mill at Wheeler was destroyed by fire Monday morn- loss $10,000, no insurance im mill was of three-macmne capacity .nd was shiorjine two to four cars of shincrles each week. An adjoining lumber mill plant was saveo. Paroled prisoners from the peniten tiary earned $165,102.24 since July, iqik nd S14.879.50 during May, 91 fi rpnorted. according to the report of Parole Officer Keller, just i tuith r.nvpmfir Withvcombe. The average monthly earning was $52.03. The stock of Mrs. Charles Greogry's ' furnishinirs store at Dallas, oro tntallv destroved by fire Monday night. The fire was discovered at 11 :45, and immediately reported to the night watchman, who was using the fire hose to flush the street, but upon breaking in the whole room was found to be a mass of flames and none of the $10,000 stock was saved. On their return from an inspection of the Payette-Oregon slope irrigation nmlwt on the Snake river. Attorney General Brown and Superintendent of Banks Sargent were enthusiastic ahout the Droiect. They went as members of the state bonding board to investi gate the land relative to the certifica tion of $225,000 worth of bonds the district proposes to issue. With wood prices soaring at Salem, the wood famine that contronts rort land nromises to take hold in the val lev. Excent in a few isolated in stances wood has not been purchased f- iniiph less than $6 a cord, even nr beinff out of sight. Wood dealers de clare that but little "wood has been cut and with the draft in sight there ap pears little chance of finding large crews for wood cutting purposes, Determined that there shall be no repetition of disaster like that wrought by the breaking of the Killimaque Lake dam, in Eastern uregon, wnen the town of Rock Creek was wiped out and thousands of acres of crops flooded, ranchers along the streams that flow down the sides of the Elkhorn moun tains, where irrigation reservoirs have been built at the sources, have started a movement toward protecting them selves. County Judge R. W. Warsters of Roseburg, says the first roads to be improved in Douglas county under the state road bonding act will be those in Pass Creek and Canyon creek canyons. Besides $350,000 to be obtained from the state and federal government, about $200,000 realized from the county bond issue will be expended in the Pacific Highway in Douglas county. Work will begin this summer. Opening bids on the $41S,000 port honds was indefinitely postponed Mon day by the Port Commissions of Toledo and Newport. With 24 applications on file before the Public Service commission for in creases in rates in the 15 per cent intra-state rate cases, it is expected that the commission will require at least 20 hearings before all of the tes timony and arguments are in. These hearings will start July 9 in Portland. A committee of farmers along the route of the Great Southern railway has filed a petition' with the Public Service commission at Salem against suspending the 15 per cent increase of rates asked by that railroad, and de elarine that suspension of such rates is liable to cause withdrawal of the line on account of the low rate and light traffic. The question of what disposition Ja son Moore intends to make of his lease on Summer and Albert lakes will arise atrain at the next meeting of the State Land board. Secretary of State Olcott received an inquiry from the City Saftey Deposit company, of Omaha, asking what has happened to the Jason Moore proposition and what steps must be taken to obtain a lease on the Sum mer and Albert lakes for its potassium salts. CHICAGO WHEAT PIT IS ORDERED CLOSED Speculation in That Cereal To Cease, Says Government. HOOVER TO CONTROL President Griffin, of Chicago Board of Trade, Announces Plans Agreed Upon for Control of Food. Chicago Government plans for food control, according to a statement given out here Saturday by President Griffin, of the Board of Trade, includes abso lute control of the wheat trade in all its commercial aspects. There can be no speculation in it. Buying and sell ing of other grains for present or fu ture delivery will be unrestricted. Mr. Griffin said the plan was formu lated at a meeting this week of repre sentatives of the grain exchanges and government representatives at Wash ington. He said complete details of the agreement would not be given out until the food control bill had been en acted into law, when the formal an nouncement would come from Herbert C. Hoover, food administrator. "The plan decided on, however," he said, 4'will permit unrestricted com petitive buying and selling of all com modities, for present and future de livery, with the exception of wheat. The United States government, through its food administration, will completely dominate distribution of wheat for domestic and export pur poses. Not only will they purchase wheat for this government, but for the allies and neutrals as welL "The millers likewise will come un der control of the food administration and their wheat will be purchased and flour distributed under the same con trol. As must be apparent, the oper ation of this plan will preclude possi bility of trading in wheat for future delivery. However, commission mer chants, receivers and others acting as agents in the purchase and sale of sample grain will be permitted to handle sample wheat on the same basis as all other commodities." PRICE OF COAL IS REDUCED $10 Paymasters .j 7 ,. 1 ' - Thief petty oncers Mill lM-ftP S4?00 to $A W ft jnpnthj Wi class $47.uut' .- . seamen, unrv jneore wyi TEST EACH COW EVERY YEAR Animal May Be Suffering From Tu berculosis Unknown to Owner Inspection Is Essential. A cow may be suffering from tuber culosis, the worst disease to which she Is subject, and still show no signs of It to the proud owner. For the sake of the children ,who drink the milk, a qualified veterinarian should be called upon to Inspect and test each wv every year. PROTEIN REQUIRED' BY HENS Ne'eded for Bone, Muscle and Eggs and : l Scarcest in Vegetable World Corn Is Carbohydrate. Protein is needed for bone, muscle and eggs. This is the element that is scarcest in the vegetable world. Wheat Is rich In protein, clover has a fair share of it mingled with a variety of nthar oifments: oats has some, but corn Is 1rgelja fnt-mnkJnfcfTtjp; Operators Agree to Action at Once on Request of Defense Council Washington, D. C The sweeping reductions in the price of bituminous coal at all mines east of the Mississip pi river, ranging from $1 to $5 a ton to the public, with a further cut ' of 50 cents for the government, were agreed on Saturday at conferences between the operators and government officials. The new prices become effective July 1. Four hundred operators who gath ered here at a call from Secretary Lane and pledged themselves to furn ish their product at a reasonable price, were represented in the final conferen ces by committee from each field. Earlier in the day they had agreed to place the price fixing in the hands of the government through the De fense Council production committee, Secretary Lane and Commissioner Fort, of the Federal Trade commis sion, thus avoiding the possibility of ; violating the anti-trust laws. Director Smith, of the geologicnl survey, estimated that the reduced prices would mean that the operators would get $180,000,000 less annually for their output and that the saving to the government and the coal-consum ing public would be even greater. In addition to placing prices upon coal at the mines, it was announced that jobbers, brokers, retailers and commission men would be permitted to charge commissions of not more than 25 cents a ton and that no more than one commission should be charered. In other words, the consum er would get his coal at the mine .price plus transportation charges and lit cents per ton. The agreement does not attect an thracite, and the coal production com mittee announced that action on that problem had been postponed until after July 1 by agreement with the opera W. D. Clark was Monday named railroad engineer by the Public Service mmmission. to succeed K W. More- land, who recently resigned. The Federal Lumber Trade commis- , l T T 1IT 1 1 sion. consisting 01 jonn n,. vvamer, Nelson C. Brown, A. A. Oxholm and R. E. Simmons, accompanied by George M. Cornwall, of Portland, and A. W, Cooper, secretary of the Western Pine Manufacturers association, ot bpokane, spent Monday instecting Bend lumber plants. A. T. Donovan, of Wagontire, near Bend, has gone to Portland to obtain Pasteur treatment for rabies, which he fears he may be subject to as the result of the bite of a wildcat. Robert Banks, of the firm of Kruse & Banks, shipbuilders, of North Bend, announces the firm has been awarded six vessels by the governmnet shipping board. The ships are to be of the Hough type, 281 feet in length, 46-foot beam and 26-foot depth of bold. These vessels are the first awarded to coos JNW nii it Hint IIiwiii"' American Aviator Killed. Paris Corporal James Hall, of Col fax, la.-, a member of the Lafayette Escadrille, composed principally of American aviators, is reported killed in an encounter with seven German airplanes. He was shot through the lung. His machine fell within the French lines. Corporal Hall, who was the author of "Kitchener's Mob," joined the American squadron a short time ago, after being wounded in the British army and discharged. He brought down a German airplane four days ago. Labor Discredits Session. Washington, D. C. The American Federation of Labor has declined to participate in the international confer ence of trades unions called by the recent Stockholm conference to meet September 17 in Switzerland. President Gompers has telegraphed to President Lindquist, of the Stock holm conference, that the - American Federation "regards all such confer- n. 1- f