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WORLD
HAPPENINGS
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Brief Resume Most Important
Daily News Items.
COMPILED FOR YO
Events of Noted People, Government!
and Pacific Northwest and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
. A $1,000,000,000 government plant
to manufacture aircraft is being plan
ned, Secretary Daniels has announced.
King George has called a special
meeting of the privy council for the
purpose of proclaiming a change in the
title of the royal house.
' Bo Sweeney, assistant secretary of
the Interior, died suddenly at his home
in Washington Monday from angina
pectoris. He had suffered from the
disease for some time.
Quentin Roosevelt, a son of the f or-
ner president, was among 40 aviators
who received commissions as heuten
ants in the aviation section of the
Army Signal Reserve corps.
King George has conferred the mill
;ary medal for bravery on three mem
sers of the American Legion of the
Canadian forces. The men are Lance
Oorooral Dick. Sergeant Harlan and
v?rivate Porter.
The textile shortage' now deprives
Germany of napkins and tablecloths,
he use of which in hotels and restau-
ants in that country has been forbid
ien. Hotels are prohibited changing
ied linens more often than once
veek for guests.
It is reported in a London Exchange
telegraph dispatch from Lausanne
hat io more Zeppelins are being con
tructed. Thousands of workmen who
itherto have been employed in build
ng dirigible airships are now said to
e engaged in the construction of
arge number of airplanes.
Argentina has instructed her minis
er in Berlin to demand of the German
overnment an answer to the Argen
tne note calling for satisfaction for
ne torpedoing of the Argentine
teamer Toro and the promise to cease
ttacks on Argentine ships. A rupture
1 relations is considered imminent.
j A speedy passage by the senate of
le $640,000,000 aviation bill, passed
y the house Saturday, was predicted
y Senator Chamberlain, chairman of
le military committee. He had little
ubt, he said, that 'the measure, pro-
iding for a fleet of 22,000 airplanes,
ould become a law before August 1
Mrs. Esther . Birdsall Darling, of
ome, Alaska, who sold many racing
ygs to the French government, has
-ceived the Cross of War won by
laska dogs for service at the front in
ansporting 90 tons of shells to an
olated post under fire through a bliz-
trd that raged four days and nights.
' Four of the largest and most modern
erman submarines were destroyed by
merican warships which were con-
ying the first installment of Ameri
.n troops to trance, according to a
i port from German sources. A Berne
.spatch to a Rome news agency and
! rwarded from Rome by the Central
ews carried the information.
. A ne Swedish government nas ln
ructed its minister at Berlin to pro
fit against the torpedoing of Swedish
hing boats by German submarines.
' A Danish inventor, it is announced,
i a discovered a process for making
ws print paper from seaweed. The
, w process is said to entail half the
st of making paper from wood pulp.
Y
Bar silver went to 80 cents an ounce
New York Thursday a new high rec
1 since the war and for many years
fore. Heavy coinage demand by
ropean countries is believed the
jse.
With 1600 street railway employes
strike for higher wages and shorter
ijrs, traffic in Toronto, Canada, is al
ist paralyzed. Trucks and automo
ea had much trouble in moving the
, wds.
Representative Rankin, of Montana,
nounces she would ask the house la
" committee for a general investiga
;n of the hours of labor for all wo
' n in government employ throughout
) country.
Sergeant ' Major Antoine Paillard,
i of the French aviators who partic
: ted in the bombardment last Friday
j the Krupp factory at Essen, Ger
I ny, and who failed to return, has,
s now learned, landed safely in Hoi-
d-. , ,; ' ' , .
Jarch earnings of express compan
which were $1,202,848 in 1916,
pped to $995,044 in March,1917, re
ts to the Interstate Commerce com
ision show. ,
ree lunch and large glass of beer
e been abolished in New York City
the Retail Liquor Dealers' associa
l. Present high prices were , given
:;he reason. ' '
i proclamation summoning the leg
ture in extra session on July 31 to
ct food-control legislation for the
;e was issued Thursday by Gover
Whitman, of New York. j
CURRENT
WEEK
GRAIN CROP IS SHORT
Northwest Wheat Cut Almost Half by
Drouth Spring Cereal Hit Hard
estOats and Barlev Suffer.
Portland The wheat crop of the
Pacific Northwest is passing through a
critical period this week. The pro
longed dry spell has caused much loss
and hot winds in the Inland Empire
are increasing the damage.
Portland grain men, who are keep
ing in daily touch with the situation in
the interior, fear that the Northwest
will not have more than half a crop
this year.
One of the leading authorities esti
mates a yield of 85,000,000 to 40,000,
00O bushels in the three states as
against 65,000,000 bushels produced
last year. Another dealer here makes
an estimate or iu,uuu,uuu ousneis ior
Oregon, 17,000,000 bushels for Wash
ington and 3,000,000 bushels for
Northern Idaho, a total of only 30,
000,000 bushels for this territory.
It is the early spring sown grain
that is being hurt in the dry sections
of Washington, but in the dry sections
of Oregon the late spring-sown wheat
is suffering most. Winter wheat is
generally in good condition, but the
winter-sown acreage is not heavy.
Rains throughout the wheat belt this
week would, of course, be of benefit,
but the greater part of the damage al
ready done cannot be repaired, in the
opinion of crop experts.
The oats and barley crops are also
needing moisture, but they have not
been affected as seriously as wheat.'
The acreage of both these cereals is
larger than usual this year, and in
spite of the drouth a crop above the
normal is expected.
FIRE AND POISON FLOURISH
Klamath County Livestock Killed by
Hundreds Attempt Incendiarism.
Klamath Falls, Ore. Attempts to
start fires in Klamath Falls and on a
stock ranch in the vicinity as well as
the poisoning of large numbers of live
stock led to more active steps Tuesday
to round up the I. W. W. element in
this county. Some of those arrested
Monday were released upon examina
tion, while several new arrests were
made.
The number of armed deputies is
being increased by Sheriff Humphrey
and guards at all manufacturing plants
are being strengthened.
The local fire department answered
an alarm Monday night at 11 o'clock
at the home of C. A. Bunting, for
merly president of the Klamath Falls
Water Users' association here, where
a fioe was set with kindlings tnder the
north side of the barn near the house.
A north wind was blowing, and if the
fire had not been discovered before it
had gained headway the barn and resi
dence undoubtedly would have been
destroyed. Mr. Bunting lives in one
of the most exclusive residence dis
tricts about a mile from the center of
the city, and it is thought that the ob
ject was to get the department far
away so that fires could be set else
where and be destructive.
Great numbers of livestock have
been poisoned in the lava bed country
on the Oregon-California line south of
here.
J. Frank Adams, one of the most
prominent and extensive ranchers in
Klamath county, last Saturday discov
ered 25 head of his horses and 200 cat
tle dead. Fifty head of cattle from
the"P" and "Pitchfork" ranches, and
belonging to various farmers in South
ern Klamath county, were also found
dead, besides about 40 sheep belonging
to Cox Bros., of this county.
No clew has been obtained as to how
the poison came to be placed.
Mr. Adams also reports that about
11 o'clock Monday morning he discov
ered an attempt to brun his big barns
and other outbuildings on his home
ranch near Merrill, south of here.
Two small sticks had been set at the
south side of the barn, and to them
was attached a powerful magnifying
glass so placed as to have produced fire
and a blaze when the sun arrived at a
certain position in the sky. The glass
later was proved to have been of suffi
cient strength alone for the purpose.
Mr. Adams says he has no reason to
suspect any of the many laborers he
employs for these actions.
Mr. Adams has furnished great
numbers of horses for the aliles since
the war began, and raises great herds
of beef cattle every year.
Calumet Is Against I. W. W.
Calumet, Mich. Several thousand
copper country citizens participated in
demonstration against the I. W. W.
here Tuesday. Following a massmeet-
ng at which the alleged attempts of
the I. W. W. to cause dissension among
the miners were denounced as "acts
of treason." The people marched
through the streets of Calumet and
Redjacket carrying banners inscribed
with patriotic slogans. Citizens' Al
liance pledges, the signers of which
agree to rid the copper country of
strike agitators, were signed by many.
Plan for Making Nitrate Changed.
Washington, D. C. Secretary Baker
announced Tuesday that plants for the
production of intrate from atmospheric
nitrogen would be constructed immedi
ately at a cost of about $4,000, 000, and
that water power would not be used.
Sites have not been selected. ' Further
discussion by localities desiring , to, be
considered as possible sites is closed
temporarily, the announcement says,
while the site committee of cabinet
officers is making further studies.
E INDEPENDENCE ENTERPRISE, INDEPENDENCE, OREGON.
TH
SUFFRAGISTS B RAW
SIXTYDAYSI II JAIL
Option of $25 Fine Declined by
Washington Women.
GIVEN PRISON GARB
Prisoners Assigned to Sewing Room
for Several Hours' Work Daily
In Quandary Over Appeal
Washington. D. C Sixteen woman
suffrasfists, arrested while participat
ing in the woman's party bastile day
demonstration in front of the White
House, were sentenced in police court
Wednesday to serve 60 days in the
District of Columbia workhouse for
obstructing the sidewalks.
The women were allowed the alter
native of .paying $25 fines, but they
Dromotlv refused the offer and were
taken to the workhouse at Occoquan,
Va., and turned over to a matron, who
saw that each got a shower bath and
exchanged her clothes for a heavy one-
piece prison dress.- They were assigned
to the sewing room of the prison,
where thev will work several hours
daily.
At the party '8 headquarters there
was a flurry of uncertainty over the
question whether the women should be
permitted to serve their sentences
without protest or whether their cases
should be appealed.
Although no one at the headquarters
would confirm it, there were indica
tions that the course of the women s
friends might be determined finally by
the attitude of Dudley Field Malone,
collector of customs" at New York, who
came here to testify for the women,
and later asked the court to be per
mitted to act as their counsel. The
request was granted, but instead of
taking any legal steps on behalf of the
women, Mr. Malone went to the White
house for a long conference with Pres-
ident Wilson.
What happened at the conference
was not revealed, but Mr. Malone
came away visibly perturbed and there
were many rumors that he had re-
signed his collectorship and would take
up actively the fight of the suffragists,
who repeatedly have been in Police
Court during recent weeks for their
demonstrations at President Wilson's
doorstep. These rumors Mr. Malone
himself would neither deny nor affirm,
The collector spent nearly an hour
with Mr. Wilson. When he departed
from the executive offices his face and
manner showed evidence of great erao
tion, and he walked rapidly away.
PLANS ARE AGAIN DELAYED
Goethals-Denman Breach Over Ship
building Program Widens.
Washington, D. C. Differences be
tween Chairman Denman, of the ship
ping board, and Major General Goeth
als, manager of the board's fleet cor
poration, which have halted the gov-
ernment s ship building program, ap
parently were far from a settlement
Wednesday night.
General Goethals, who Monday post
poned his plans for constructing two
great government shipbuilding plants
and for requisitioning ships now build-
ing, has made no move toward going
ahead .with his program.
Nor would he add anyhing to his
statement that Mr. Denman had asked
for delay to give the shipping board
time to go over his plans.
Chairman Denman put the whole re
sponsibility for the delay on General
Goethals, who, he charged, was slow
in furnishing information asked of him
concerning his plans. At the same
time he made it clear that the ship
ping board, as holder of the stock in
the fleet corporation, will study the
general's program carefully before
giving it approval.
As soon as complete information is
at hand a meeting of the board mem
bers and General Goethals will be
called to go over the situation. Re
ports that General Goethals had been
refused an immediate conference he re
quested with Mr. Denman to go over
all questions involved were not con
firmed by the board.
Russians Capture 37,000.
Petrograd The Russians Tuesday
captured 16 officers and 900 Austro
Germans in the battle in Eastern Ga
licia, the War department announces.
The Russians also took a number of
machine guns. From July 1 to July
13, the statement says, 834 officers
and 35,809 men were captured by the
Russians. , General Brussiloff 's forces
also captured 93 heavy and light guns,
28 trench mortars, 43 machine guns,
43 mine throwers, 45 bomb mortars,
three fire throwers, two airplanes and
much equipment.
LW.W, Held as Slackers.
Hoquiam, Wash. Three men were
arrested in Hoquiam Tuesday and
lodged in the county jail at Montesano
on charges of interfering with con
scription. . They are John and Victor
buhonen,brothers, andEh. Hill. . All
three are Finns. They are said to be
Industrial. Workers ,of , .the, .World strik
ers, and had been doing a good deal of
talking in the logging camp against
the draft. Officers found neither of
the three men had a registration card.
FEW NEED BE CALLED
Only 717 Men (o Be Drafted to Color,
in Oregon; 729G in Washington
and 2287 from Idaho.
Washington, P. C Because Ore
gon, in proportion to population, fur
nished niore volunteers for tho Na
tional guard and regular army than
any other state in tho Union, its quota,
under the selective draft, is tho small
est assigned any of the 48 states.
The fact only 717 out of the 62,t-18
young men of Oregon who registered
June 5 will be drafted for the Ameri
can army is, on its face, tho highest
official testimonial that can be paid
the manhood and patriotism of tho
sons of Webfoot state
On the basis of her population, Ure-
trnn was reuuired. under tho law, to
ormfrlhlltA fij of 1 VVT COtlt Of the
total army of more than a million men.
The cross ouota of the state was com-
puted to be 7387 men, but on pni i
ft I
Oregon had in her National guard 2423
men. between April 1 and Juno 30 she
recruited 2259 more for her National
e-uard and in that same time 1974 Ore
gon men enlisted in tho regular army.
The total number of men Oregon con
tributed to the army since April 1,
therefore, is 6657, and this number is
deducted from the gross quota of the
RttB in determining the number of
men to be drafted.
In the adjustment, however, Oregon
s credited with 13 additional men and
this number, added to the total number
of volunteers deducted from the gross
ouota. leaves but 717 men subject to
draft.
The state of Washington, with a
larger population, was asked to raise
1 per cent of the total army, or a
gross quota of 12,768.
Washington had in her National
guard, April 1, 2240, and from April 1
to June 30, recruited 1764 additional,
and also recruited 1446 men for the
regular army, a total of 5450. Wash
ington got, on adjustment, 22 more,
leaving 7296 to be drafted out of 108,
330 who registered June 5.
Out of 41,150 men who registered in
Idaho, 2287 will be drafted. Idaho had
National guard of 962, recruited 865
more, ana recruited ai men ior me
regular army, a total of 2538 to be de
ducted from her quota, along with an
adjustment of eight Idaho's gross
quota was 4833.
Following are the net and gross to
tals for the Western states :
State Net.
Grona
710
4.K33
W.iZt
1.4 .5
7.737
7.3K7
6.X54
4.946
12. 713
2.683
Alaska 6:
California Z3.0M
Idaho 2.2X1
Montana 7.872
Nevada 1.051
North Dakota B.i
Oregon 717
South Dakota 2.717
Utah 2.370
Washington 7.25)6
Wyoming 810
ON IE OF ALLIES
Washington, D. C. Uncertainty as
to Greece's status in the world war
was cleared away Tuesday with the re
ceipt of official information that the
Greek government not only has severed
relations with all four of the central
powers, but is actually in a state of
war with them.
Information has reached the State
department that the Greek minister in
Paris has notified the French govern
ment Greece considers herself . a full
belligerent and will act accordingly.
He said it was not only necessary to
issue a formal declaration of war, as
the government feels itself bound by
the declarations previously issued at
Saloniki by Premier Venzelos, who
took with him to Athens all the re
sponsibilities and commitments of the
temporary Saloniki government.
As a belligerent Greece is expected
to lose no time mobilizing her war re
sources and joining effectively in the
allies' operations in the Balkans.
The strength of the Venizelos army
is placed at about 60,000 men, and the
remnants of the former regular army,
while not over 30,000 now. has at
mes been mobilized to a total of
200,000 men, and is capable of reach
ing 300,000 if munitions are provided.
The regulars practically were demo
bilized by the allies when former King
Constantine held the organization as a
threat to the allies' rear, but can
quickly be called to the colore again.
Commissioner Jonnart, whom the al
es entrusted with enforcing Constan-
ne's abdication, has reported that a
Greek army of 250,000 will be raised
to add to the 700,000 allied soldiers al-
eady in the Balkans.
Bride in Khaki Sent Home.
An Atlantic Port Somewhere in
France is a sergeant in the American
army who was married just before he
left the United States and ventured to
take his bride with him on the trans.
port which carried his regiment over
seas, bhe went with him as a soldier
dressed in regulation khaki and with
her hair cut short. Tuesday the young
woman returned from France, her
effort to pose as a "Sammy" having
failed. Her husband, it was said
aboard the ship, was a member of a
regiment stationed in Arizona.
Police .Chiefs Suspended.
East' St. Louis, 111. The board of
fire and! police commissioners, after a
meeting Sunday night, announced that
Chief of Police Ranson Payne and
Night Cljief Cori; Hickey had been sua-
f""' 1(iciiuuis;.iiiwuon oi tne
police department. According to W.
G..Wfttkiris,.Qbairmi(i,ot,the, board, the
suspension of the two officials is due to
the recent race riots, and is the first
step in an investigation that is expect
ed to shake up the entire department.
GREECE ENTERS WAR
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STATE NEWS
IN BRIEF.
District Fire Ward..,, ,f
h,Ih. reports that tho lire in he
o i.. Lumber company lnr
Crock camp
nn nun v r" " '
..... I I,.,,,
(10-
over
Htruyod property
amounting to
$25,000.
Tho chamber of commerce of Grunt
Vm has arranged, subject to the ap
proval of State Fire Commissioner
llarvey Wells, for the conducting of
closes in lire. flghtinir method to teach
constables of rural towns and village
modern method of handling Urea.
pr. W. II. Lytic, atato veterinarian,
WedncHday telegraphe.l to Mama in
Falls for apeeimens to investigate hi
nature of H)ioiiing which hn killed
many head of stock in Klamath county
the past few days, and which ha been
suspected as work of tho I. W. VS.
Allotment of 10 emergency licet ves
sels to Coos Bay shipbuilders neeenl
tates the employment of at least 400
additional men in tho two yards at
North Bond. The officer of tho com
panies expect dilliculty in obtaining
the labor. They are assured, however,
of government aid in filling their com
plements. Unless there is a rain in the Lake
view section in a short time tho farm
ers are going to suffer a large lotw.
Following a cold, severe winter, the
weather has changed to a hot dry sum
mer and the grain is burning up. The
fall-sown grain Is looking fine and a
good crop would be assured if a heavy
rainfall came soon.
The public service commission and
Genreal Manager Dyer, of the South
ern Pacific, still fuil to reach a con
clusion as to whether tho mad or the
commission is right in checking up car
shortages, another letter having been
received by the commission from Mr.
Dyer, in which he docs not agree with
the commission's ideas on tho subject.
Figures gleaned from the forthcom
ing Oregon Blue Book, which will be
isaed by Secretary Olcott in a week or
ten daya, show that in tho eight regu
lar and two special election since
1902, at which initiative or referen
dum measures have been voted on, a
total of 155 measures have lren aub
mitted to the people. Of this number
56 have passed and 99 have been de
feated.
The empolyes of the Kratz Shingle
company at Llatakanie went out on
strike Monday. They demanded 10
hours' pay for an eight-hour day.
Thomas Doyle was suspected by the
manager of being an agitator. The
authorities were notified and the man
was requested to leave the state. Sun
day afternoon the shingle weavers
held a meeting and decided to strike.
Most of them are still in the city wait
ing for a decision of the company.
"Made in Germany," stamped on
pocket scissors being placed in 75
duffle-bags which women of tho Salem
Patriotic League are preparing for
members of Company M, Third Oregon
regiment, "somewhere in Oregon,"
was discovered by a husband of one of
the women and caused a furore among
the men. The women were ignorant
of the fact that the little scissors bore
such a stamp, it is stated, but they are
being informed.
corporation. So far as is known eight
have been let on the Coast, two more
being awarded to J. F. Duthie & Co.,
of Seattle.
Mr. Green, representing the Port
land oflico of the United States De
partment of Labor, was in conference
at Dallas this week with Ditrict Ag
ricultural Agent Cooter relative to the
lubor needs of Polk and Marion coun
ties. Mr. Green expressed the desire
of his office to give every assistance
to the farmers in the way of getting
the necessary help during tho harvest
season.
Albert Tozier, fr many years
Mayor" of the tented city at the Ore
gon State Fair, has again been named
superintendent of the camp grounds
according to an annoucement made by
A. II Lea, secretary of the State fair
board. Demand for snace on tl,
grounds is greater than ever before
Judges already named are: Carlos w'
Hall, Denver, to judge Ilol.steins, Red
Polls, Brown Swiss and Dairy Short
horn cattle; T. A. Saunders, Manilla,
Iowa, beef cattle; Harry Jenkins
Downers . Grove, 111., Jerseys and
Guernseys; Thomas Brunk, Salem
sw.ne; Oscar Nelson, Coeur d'Alenc
pou try, and Mrs. Alice Weister, Von
land, on exhibits.
Following a confreence at Salem be
tween Governor Withycombe, Adju
tant General Whit .i n. , ...
re
maiBuai wens as to tho
menacing I.
w. w. situation n P
the adjutant general made the
rn OroTOn.
mport-
"miuuMcement that. tw i
cesss of formation a battalion o ' Ij
diers, to be mad
BiiHtat,.:.;..;, " "penenced
e up of
mnnontl,, !. A. ' - "ww
10 oe stationed
per-
. wregon lor home defuriH,.
Jl8t UCh Kituli a the L
Fires
lining in the brush ubovP
Mabel,
near a rich timh
i ,-isi",i. nave
been causng some concern a
cloud of smoke was So fni T
Pone. AtelephnemepiaS fro'
ling stated that. m 0: m Wend"
eonsidered dangerous. WaS "ot
Brdv which inclucS?MttenB0ninK
eral Drown Stat 2, '.Attorney Gen
BankSupinfewisana tity to sgno.nnn ,..u 10 "i-
L -i
?UOO,000
!BSUe or the Ochoco
Project near Prineville.
'rrigation
tlQHT PAQli
WIG FORCED
TO resign n
German Chancellor Steps Down
and Out Through Pressure, '
MICHAELIS APPOINTED
Conference Indlcste Utt! Chwichj
Koform Ordrrrd bv KUrr
Au-tria Would Ak Bruce,
Iuidon Dr. von ltothmaim-Hollwr
tho (icrinan imKril chancellor, k
resigned, according to nit'itsage clrrV
In titl through the wlrilea lUtion
Saturday night by tho German govtrj.
ment.
Pr. Georgo Mlchaotla, Trussim)
dcr-eerctry of flnanco nnd food wn,
minaioner, ban been apiioiiitcd to tue.
ci-U Dr. von Bethmann-Hollwcg.
Uutnor of the abtlicntion of th
kaiser are atill unconfirmed.
A Berne dispatch aaya an officii)
telegram linn bcm recol vnl there frwi
Berlin announcing th reaignatiunof
General von Stoln, the Prussian mini,
ter of war. Tho lmKrtanco of hn
resignation lies In tho fact that U
Prusaian war miniatry ia in reality Uw
war ministry for tho German empire,
and that General von Stein Uastaunrh
uporter of tho fan-Gorman, h
are the bitterest oponeiit of pen
without annexation or indemnitim,
General vn Stein recently aroused Um
ire of tho Soeialiata by taking partis
tho distribution of Pan-German propa
ganda against pence effort.
The political turmoil which ha m
convulsing Germany ainco Kuiuiii'i
first startling ucce on the renump
tion of her offensive ha culminated
for the present in tho resignation of
the irnia rial chancellor, Dr. von fttUv
mann-Uollweg, but all indication
serve to show that hi resignation, far
from being the last act in the drama,
is but the beginning of far-reachlnf
development which are bound to
affect tho fnbirc of tho German empir
and have mumentou eonHcquenccf on
the nrogrcs.i of the European struggle.
nUSTiWl!
AT PEAGEPROPOSAL
Zurich -The Auatrian rricharathwu
thrown into an uproar on Saturdny
when the former Czech minister, Heir
'Praachekj declared the hate of the en
tire world waa not directed againit
Austria, but against Germany, and
that Austria should detach herself
from her ally, aaya Vienna dispatch.
"How are we to obtain peace?" de
manded Hcrr Praschek, "if we cling to
the German aide?
"Must we continue to sacrifice our
interests to the expansion of Germany?
Must we continue to submit to the
German militariam that has drawn ui
into this war?" ,
The speaker declared that Czech dep
uties had been imprisoned for attempt
ing to bring about an alliance of Au
tria with Russia nnd France, and ad
ded that if they were to be stigmatized
as traitors then all. Czechs who be-
K'V "imilnrlv hl,,,i,!,t 1, an Nliilim-
tized.
London The Rerlin newspapers
furccHHt tho appointment of Count Ul
rich K. von HrockdorMtantzau, Ger
man minister at Copenhagen, as buc
censor to Dr. Alfred Zimmerman
imperial foreign secretary, according
to the Exchange Telegraph's Copenha
gen correspondent.
Paris Tho Paris press hails the re
tirement of Dr. von Bethmann-Holl-wegfrorn
the German chancellorship
with varying degress of satisfaction.
Some of tho comment is in a jubilant
tone, while other editors treat the
event Koberly. All, however, are
"greed that it indicates a crisis in
Germany of unprecedented importance.
Hoover Explains Plan.
Washington, D. C. Herbebrt C.
Hoover, replying to a letter of inquiry
from Senator Norn's, wrote that the
federal government has no intention of
taking over immediately the big indus
tries, such as packing plants and large
Kuin elevators, when the food control
"'11 is enacted. He added, however,
that "a national emergency might
rise in tho next five years when H
would be necessary. ". He denied that
there is any purpose to eliminate any
claas of commission merchants, pro
vided they will accept regulation.
Brazil Agrees in Part.
Rio Janeiro Tho British govern-'
ment has nronnsorl n,.Qii through
the minintry at London, a plan under
which expo.rtati.on of Brazilian coffee
to England may be resumed on condi
tion that the coffee be transported in
Merman ships confiseated "by Brazil,
and that these ships also carry other
food products.' Brazil, although wil
ling to ship food products, cannot agree
that the coffee shall be carried exclu
sively in the confiscated German ships-