WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. HOOVER IS SUSTAINED President Wilson Willi Fight In Con ference for Single Food Adminis trator During War Period. Washington, D. C Yielding to the urgent request of President Wilson, senate and house conferees on the food control bill Monday eliminated the provision for a food board of three members instead of a Bingle adminis trator and consented to make one more effnrt. tn airree regarding the section COMPILED FOR YOU creatingawarexpenditurecommitte The conferees had reached an lm- Dasse on the two proposals when the President intervened, and there had been indications that a final disagree ment might be reported. The war committee section, written into the bill by the senate and strenuously op posed by the President, was the only remaining problem. Before Monday s meeting the Presi dent conferred at the White House with Representative Lever, heading Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. REAI WESTERN IV French and British Hurl Teutons Back on 20-Mile Front. SECOND LINES TAKEN X ml mi 1 nil lltTfl X z Ditties vixuwa t I adoui idu delegates arrived in As toria Tuesday to attend the state con vention of the Women of Woodcraft. There was a banquet and musical and regular business sessions this week. Carl Swelgin, believed by Klamath Falls, authorities to be a dangerous 1. W. W. agitator, has been convicted of vagrancy. He was recently deported from Bend, and was captured in a box car' at Dorris, Cal.. on his way to Kla math Falls. FIRE ESCAPE IS HOME Robin Selects Spokane Chamber Commerce Building as Modern Domicile to Rear Brood. of Spokane. Wash. Emily Is a house wife who believes In Bafety first. Emllv Is a modern home builder who selected the fire escape of the Spokane Chamber of Commerce building as a mnat deslrab le site for a family domi cile. Probably it was the solidity of the iron platform which appealed to her, or perhaps she felt safer in tne esewhere. Anynow, tne Germans Throw in Great Masses of Fresh Troops - Allies Establish Superiority of Air Forces. p'tv than fact that below her roars the traffic of , ..l... .v i! u a busy street and three feet away DeCBUBe IIO IB WIUIIU w ( mmi .,. . h.... runeuritera for the draft, Dr. Dwight T.mner, """"": "", member of the Deschutes county draft sailors is pro- Repre- Free postage for all soldiers, and marines during the war Dosed in a bill introduced by sentative Lonergan, of Connecticut. Andrew Avery, a negro, was lynched on the main street of Garland Uty, Ark.. Wednesday nieht. It was charged that he had assaulted and roo- bed William Woods, a contractor, Vice Admiral Maximilian Njegovan, commander of the Austrian fleet, in an interview given to the Neue Freie Presse. declared he did not believe submarines would brine about a decis ion in the war. Deportations of civilians from Mons, Belgium, continue, tne uerman gov. ernment sending away 129 men on June 26 and 39 on June 28. It is prob able they will be to work on the Ger- man front in I ranee. British casualties in all theaters of military operations published in the newsoapres during the month of July total 71.832 officers and men. The officers killed, wounded or missing to tal 2503, while the men number b9,- 329. ITU XT... ilnnnvfmanf Via a nrAoraA Alio iinvy ucuai ihibuk iim? v w , , , , , B.100.000 pounds of canned peas, to be expert wnose appointment as national durlng the war. ,iii.,e,ed a. needed at tentative Drices rood Administrator is assured Dy victory oi tne president over senate Conferees. board, resigned his position rather than cancel his eligibility for conscrip tion. Dr. B. Ferrell is the new mem ber of the board. A meeting nf the Western Walnut British troops in conjunc- associBtion will be held at next Satur- YEAR'S WAR NEEDS MAYBE 1G BILLIONS Estimates of Expenses Mount As New Situations Arise. MORE BONDS LIKELY i HERBERT J. HOOVER London tion with the French forces on their left attacked the German positions lone a wide front north of the river Lys at 3:60 Tuesday morning. The text of the British statement announcing the ottensive in r lanoers savs: "In conjunction with the rrencn troops operating on our left, we at tacked at 3:50 o clock on a wide front north of the river Lys. 'The allied troops have captured their first objectives on the whole front attacked and are reported to be makine satisfactory proeress at all points. "Considerable numbers of prisoners already have been captured. and slams desks and chairs around makes no difference. Emily is thrifty. She believes tn nnaervatinn of material. Pieces of an old rooe twisted around the fire es- ? , . m I .! ... caDe and a lew strips oi Duniing ap nea ed tn her as va uaDle. so sne worked them into the foundation, weaving the loose ends of the rope through the bottom of her summer hnme and usine the bunting in tne side walls. Pavine no attention to the interested aud ence nearby, hmily collected ruo- bish and completed her nest. Then she settled down to housekeeping and motherhood. Three beautiful blue eggs soon appeared anu tnree weens later Emily had a family consisting mostly of vawnine mouths. The vounesters are now about ready to fly. The nest is located lust outsme a window of the Spokane Interstate Fair offices. President Thomas b. Griffith, of the Fair association, sees in the visit of the bird a good omen for the annual show to be held September 3-8. We have had mascots before," says Mr. Griffith, "but this is the first time any mother became so interested in our work that she made her home TTnnn roneint nf wnrrl at Raker, that where she could watch all of our " , . , Clinton Herolle, sheepherder, has not preparations. day at Dundee, Or. The subject for discussion will te "Cultivation and Fillers." An invitation has been ex tended to all those interested in walnut culture to attend the meeting, The third annual Siletz Indian Fair will be held at the agency August 29, 30 and 31. A three days' program has been arranged, consisting of livestock exhibits, farm produce, domestic arts, Indian needlework and curios, musical and literary numbers, games and rac ing. That State Fire Marshal Wells' in spections Btarted in the state by the initial inspections in balem, nmsneo last week, are to bear fruit is evi denced in the statement of Mayor E. Keys of Salem, that an ordinance is beine prepared to cover the salient features in the report. As Soon as Departmental Reports Are In, Congress Will Go to Work on Budget-Billions for Army. CROP OUTLOOK VERY BRIGHT Northwest Counties of State of Wash ington in Excellent Shape. of $1.15 to $1.50 a dozen cans, with all orders subject to revision so prices may be based on cost plus a reasonable profit. the house members, and Senator Cham- With President Wilson's indorse- ain. the administration's senate ,k. fn,ic ,Blatin, committee spokesman, and earnestly insisted upon has favorably reported Senator Mc Cumber's resolution opening the way bv treaty negotiations for drafting ally subjects in this country into the Aiiieru.nu ;. adopting the original house provision Dark days literally are coming for for appointment by the President of an Berlin. An order has been iBBued re- individual administrator, not subject Btrictine the lighting of stores, hotels, to senate confirmation restaurants and cafes. The order is The President's personal interven- to the old standard. due to the admittedly inevitable coal tion. the conferees declared British Front in France The entente allied forces which launched their offensive Tuesday morning have ad vanced well beyond the shell-shattered front line German trenches. In many places they have reached the second line defenses on a 20-mile front of at- been seen for several days, and that tack, according to early reports. his sheep are badly scattered, Charles British and French troops went Into Gardner has left for the vicinity of battle Under cover of what perhaps Cove. Forty sheepmen are on the was the greatest barrage fire yet seen range in the Minam reserve to investi- eate the disappearance, Ret ween Tliirmnde and Koeainehe the attackera rennrted thev had se- 1 our more cases oi poisoning were Olympia Some cheering news in cured the two first lines of trenches reported among Bend children Tues- regard to the food situation and forest after havine fourfit over the most day, believed to have been caused oy fireB came to Olympia this week. M. difficult terrain imaeinable. eating candy found in the ruins of a l. Dean of the agricutlural depart- Th Rritish acrain have caDtured La notei recently uesiruyeu vy nre. ii i ment reports mat tne noruiwesi coun- Rnnaevile whirh thev recentlv relin- thought that the canoy aosorDea 10x1c ties were never m better shape, ine control and elimination quished to the Germans. substances generated oy tne neat. condition and some of them will har- The British and French forces are -" u" UMU,i ul vest as nign as iou ouoneis ui unus iu facine- a larire concentration- of Ger- Henry Louiliaro, nas so iar Deen re- the acre, " "... ... . j i i I -L. t tk. i ri i oi .... man artillery and fresh troops which poneu, anu pnyoinouo uu ui ui lne wnaicom anu dkhbii, L-uumy have heen rushed nn. lives oi the otners may De saveo, farmers are all doing a Dig business, The entente allies have established - or tVlo nenitentiarv ana PuttlnK UP more veeelaDles ana .nmnleto air annerinrit.v. . . ..r fruit than ever before, in some ln- , r . . . wa ken awav irom ine nax neia nonor . , ,, iL The entente military officials say the t, -nd , stances aouDiing tne pacK oi mat year. morale of the Germans here is not up .,f . ,r Tu.rh..l Rr. chett, serving from three to 15 years charge one-man food of the clause creating the expenditures committee. Within an hour after re convening the senate conferees yielded on the food administration section, tion. the conferees declared was Mnltnnmah onnntv shortage and tranportation dimcuities largely instrumental in breaking their m par fACCC MANY DEATHS of assault and robbery: George Kemp, of the coming winter, lhe newspa- deadlock in the food administration ""'"' 1 serving from one to Beven years from pers complain nothing is being done to dispute. His course was criticised by Wasco county on a charee of larceny relieve the situation. some members and some sharp tuts in Chicago reports w raiamies in uay, from , huildine. and Herbert Meri Cleveland 14 Mercury 102. Chicaeo Eleven additional deaths in the congested districts. Of the Holi.,!n nK Si Wor nnaaeaaed nf tne conierence were reuuneu. iJl.v. . i . . 1 1 . .; il .nirit f.onrra .Tnhna. .lames Buccess oi me ioou aumiiuBwruuii, j.ff. l..n. .Tefferann and Rosev President Wilson told the conferees Wbmtuvnt - i. , 1 1 .. JJa nnnn ifa Wilder, Indians, beat Silester to death iurB, ib.bc.j, u.m- u., with clubs Tuesday afternoon and bur- management by one man. He said a ied his body in sand, according to an- larger board would seriously inter- .v.. Tii v,ronrted the mnrdor fere with successful conduct of the u",,pl l,,ulo"l k-p"vwM I ( mi . i. I 1. to Everett, Wash., officers Wednesday, war. - mere were persisienv oul All four are under arrest. unconfirmed reports that the President member board or the coneressional 'arge number prostrated many wi 1 die, dnllara waa dnne to erons in North- u oflRini- Cleveland, v.. reports maximum - r - i tiuimiii licd wuuiu LC Duuiviciiii vauoo i . . . . eaatern Smith Hakota bv a hail storm U f c.t. n,.,w,.i.in He. temperature of Wi and 14 deaths, in- cludine 11 babies. In Detroit the ...b..v. r ciareu pueitiveiy mux. mo iiraiucn. " , ... n. and tlirranh wires in the reeion are ti,nt (tt j. street thermometers show 103, with 94 down. It iB reported that one strip of ? the conference the mclal fiSure- There have farming land two mlies wide and ten In yielding on the food administra- nlne deaths m Detroit, mtsburg re miles long between Westport and Gro- tinn 'tinn the senate conferees se- Port the hottest day of the year and ton was devastated. Another strip, L--j ..intinn nf a nei ooctinn nrn- eight deaths, thew, alias Curtis, serving seven years from Marion county on a charge of at tempting to commit an unnatural crime. from the heat were reported to the po lice Wednesday evening, making a total OI au in t-nicagu in t. nouro. A fine of j300 gnd c08t8 and impn8. Seventeen of this number were men onment n jail for 30 days is the Ben and three were women. No account is t. imno9ed bv Justice of the Peace taken of the numerous deaths of babies E w oowen. 0f Klamath Falls, upon Fire Warden Papex received word that the Skykomish, the forest fire re ported in green timber, was under con trol as the result of a heavy rain. The fires in Pierce county that threatened the town of McKenna were brought under control by back firing, and all danger is past. The most serious loss was that in Skamania county, where the Wind River company lost $50,000 worth of logs, machinery and equip ment, including five donkey engines. Urges More Food Conservation. Spokane Care in investigation of facts before interference with normal channels of distribution, lest sudden readjustment might force prices even higher, was urged by Carl Vrooman, assistant secretary of the department The Umatilla county exemption oi Agriculture, m addresses nere wed- hnard has eniraired an attorney. Frank nesday. Mr. Vrooman also urged con- Davia. nf Pendleton, to take charee of servation of the food supply. The U- Washington, D. C The new war budget to carry the government through to next July and to cover ad ditional credits to the allies promises now to far exceed $8,000,000,000 and mayjimount to $10,000,000,000. War department estimates sent to congress Saturday call for new appre ciations of $5,278,636,000 for that branch of the military establishment alone. Estimates totaling another $1,000,000,000 or more are expected, when the other departments report their needs, and in addition Secreary McAdoo has indicated that before the year is out congress will be asked for $2,000,000,000 appropriation to in crease the lund avauaoie ior loans abroad. As soon as the departmental reports are in the appropriation committees of congress will go to work on an imme diate budget, which probably will total in the neighborhood of $7,000,000,000. Meantime the senate finance commit tee, which has the war tax bill in charge, will meet to consider what part of the new expenditures is to be provided by taxation and on what com modities the new levies are to fall. Congressional leaders do not expect to have to provide immediately for the additional credits to the ajlies, as treasury officials had indicated that no appropriation for that purpose will be requested until the next session. The gross estimates submitted by the War department totalled $5,917, 878,347, but that covered all existing and expected deficiencies in the de partment funds, including upwards of $640,000,000 already appropriated for the aviation program. This latter item will not be included in the bud get, but congress will have to provide revenues to meet it, since it was not on the ledger when the war tax bill was framed. How much of the new war expenses should be raised by taxation and how much by bonds or treasury indebted ness certificates is a warmly debated question. Committee sentiment seems to be in favor of increasing the $1, 670,670,000 war tax bill only to about $2,000,000,000, with authorization both for a new bond issue probably at a higher interest rate and in serial form and for issuance of treasury cer tificates of indebtendness. "Jitney Joe" Joseph for bootlegging. While the city and county jails are so full of I. W. W., Joseph is at liberty on his own recognizance PEACE PROPOSAL REJECTED near Warner, also was levelled pro- members, a new viding for a board of three Since the beginning of 366 persons have been killed and 1092 Injured hv a r ra ids n the London me- prices Daseu upon trnnnlitan area ai-enrdine to a state- scribed by congress for next year's ment made by Sir George Cave, the crop of not less than $2 per bushel for home secretary, in the house of com- No. 1 spring Northern. the legal part of its work and to advise the men who have been drafted of in New Jer- their duties and privileges under the the mons. During tne same period secretary noted 2412 persons were killed and 7863 injured in ordinary street accidents in the same territory The editor of the Polish Review, published in London, has received from A. R. Lednitsky, chairman of the com mittee appointed by the Russian pro visional government to settle affairs in Poland, a telegram saying that the eovernment has granted amnesty to Polish prisoners of war who are Rus sian subjects and who fought against Russia in the Polish legions and that they will not be treated as rebels. A strike of workmen in various trades in Rio Janeiro is growing. The bakers have joined the movement. The Belgian mission, headed by Baron Moncheur, has returned to Washington after a 9000-mile tour of the country. The British submarine C-S4 has been sunk by a submarine, it is officially an nounced from Berlin. The sole sur vivor was taken prisoner, The fire at the Atlantic Refining company, of Philadelphia, late Friday ni?ht, caused a loss estimated at $500,000. Nearly 400,000 gallons of gasoline were destroyed. Thirty-six American railroads have been ordered to remove immediately 68,814 empty freight cars to the lines of 64 other railroads, according to a statement issued in New York by Fairfax Harrison, chairman of the railroads' war boari Spain's wheat crop this year is fore cast at 141,008,000 bushels, in a cable- era m from the International Institute at Rome to the Agricultural depart ment That is 7.4 leas than last year's crop. The rye crop ia forecast at 27, 778,000 bushels, than last year. hostilities one of whom would be the president of fey report irom one to lour aea ns anu .aw. ' an agricultural college, to fix wheat Daseu upon tne scanaara pre- r - iL . . Harvest ncr is under way in some sections of Morrow county and the ertli uvci mo clime wuuoi ,aucjoj .... . , . . . xt r ij j w Afloat,,, yieiu is proving uiucn uencr lutiu wh ototeo The Inwer lake reorinn and the "F"- "" r-' - south 'and southwest are included in wheat belt yields of as high as 11 the spread of torridity. 8acKS or fpprox.maieiy o ou,e.B an Mile section harvesting will not corn- boat has been defeated, he declared, basing his assertion upon the fact that food is being transported in quantity in the and with regularity, lhe fuel prob lem of Italy is also being met, he said. The conferees also formally voted to abolish the rule establishing secrecy of their discussions. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT In striking contrast with the torrid ity of the rest of the country, points in Oregon and Washington report light untl1 next Zfl S Ariadne, 11,000 Tons, Torpedoed All But 38 of Crew Saved. London The British cruiser Ari adne, of 11,000 tons, has been torpe doed and sunk, according to an official statement issued Monday by the Brit ish admiralty. Thirty-eight members of the An- frost which is said to have damaged tender vegetation, temperatures there falling to 80 at night. On the Conti nental Divide, maximum temperature is 40 degrees. At Fort Riley, Kan, maximum temperature is 115 degrees and one death and numreous prostra tions resulted. There is a bright side to the situa tion, as the hot days and nights are mere are now expecting from 10 to 15 bushels. The Public Service commission has received word from the Interstate Commerce commission refusing to ac cept an advance of 20 cents a ton on the intrastate rate on coal between Marshfield and Klamath Falls, as pro vided in the Southern Pacific's new tariff. The State commission detected Portland Wheat Bluestem, $2:16 per bushel; fortyfoid, $.iz; club, $2.12; red Russian, $2.12. Millfeed Spot prices: Bran, $33.00 per ton; shorts, $36.00; middlings, $43.00; rolled barley, $49.00; rolled oats, $52. Hay Producers' prices: Timothy, Eastern Oregon, $26.00 per ton; alfal fa, $18.00; valley grain hay, $15.00. Vegetables Artichokes, 80c per dozen; tomatoes, $1.50 1.75 per crate; cabbage, l2c per pound; lettuce, 35c per dozen; cucumbers, adnewirew were killed by the explo- making the corn crop with remarkable the ch e provided in the tariff as al- 4085c ? iozen' c PePP?rs. 3040c .... . .. I 1 .1.. IJ :n 1 - l I r. 1 Tin nnnnH iudb amnoh Kln sion. saved. All the other sailors were rapidity and the world will need of corn. a lot British Air Raids Win. London Effective raids have been carried out by British naval airmen in various sectors behind the uerman lines in Belgium, according to an official announcement. The statement reads : "During the night of Saturday, bombing raids were made by the naval air servce on works at Bruges and in areas throughout Middlekerke and Four Out of 19 Exempt Seattle The machinery of the draft as set in motion here Wednesday when 19 men voluntarily appeared answer to a call from a local exemp tion board. Nine of the 19 were dis qualified as physically defective; three were exempt under present ruling as aliens: two were exempt because of persons dependent upon them, and lowed by the Interstate Commerce commission and reported it to Wash ington. No stock poisoning arrests have been made in Klamath Falls. J. M. Lundell, from the bureau of animal in dustry, who has been investigating stock poisoning cases, stated that he estimated a total loss of livestock amounting to $150,000 in Klamath county. He secured the range dis tricts and made a thorough investiga tion, but found the stock had been dead so long he was unable to ascer- Ghistelles. Several tons of bombs will probably be exempted because of what poison had been used. dropped with good results, nu merous explosions being caused. All machines and pilots returned safely, Paper Contract Made. New York The Editor and Publish er published Saturday an announce ment by the paper committee of the American Newspaper Publishers' asso ciation that through a contract made by the committee with Lord North- cliffe's Newfoundland mill, 80,000 tons of newsprint annually will be available employment as a shipfitter. Of the four remaining one claimed exemption because he "helps his father. Roumanian Morale Fine. London The Times correspondent at Roumanian headquarters, telegraph ing Saturday, speaks enthusiastically of the morale of the Roumanian sold- and their successful advance, Journeymen barbers in Eugene went on a strike Saturday morning because their demand to change the opening hour for shops from 7:30 to 8:00 a. m. was rejected by the proprietors. All union barber shops in the city are af fected by the strike. State Engineer Lewis returned to Salem this week from Prineville, where, with Superintendent of Banks Sargent and Assistant Attorney Gen- which resulted in the capture of 240 machine guns, 80 guns and 3000 pris oners on the Eastern front. Th cor- without contract for small newspaper respondent says, however, that, owing eral Bailey, he has been investigating nnhiiohem in the United State and oth- to the situation in Galicia. operations the Question of certifying to $900,000 4 R ru.p Mnt 1 ua. I ... whn hav heen navintr hiirh rjrices I on a ereat scale were unlikely in Rou- worth of Ochrea irrigation district for the r nr nt naner. mania. I oonua. per pound; peas, be; spinach, bjc; beans, 78c Green Fruits Cherries, 79c per pound; apricots, $1.251.60 per crate; cantaloupes, $1.253.50; peaches, 90c $1.15 per box; watermelons, 2Jc per pound; apples, $22.75; plums, $1.602; currants, $1.251.50; rasp berries, $1.902. Butter Cubes, extras, 40c per pound; prime firsts, 89c Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 42c. Eggs Ranch, current receipts, 35c per dozen; ranch, candled, 88c. Poultry Hens, 1617c per pound; broilers, 1921c; turkeys, 20c; ducks, old, 15c; young, 1820c; geese, 10 12c Veal Fancy, 1515ic per pound. Pork Fancy, 19i20c per pound. Cattle Steers, prime, $8.00(a9.00; good, $7.5O8.00; medium, $6.75 7.25; cows, choice, $6.256.50; me dium to good, $5.506.00; ordinary to fair, $4.505.50; heifers, $4.006.75; bulls, $5.OO7.00. Hogs Light and heavy packing, $15.40(515.60; pigs and skips, $12.50 13.50; stock hogs, $12.0013.00; rough heavies, $14.0(Kal4.50. Sheep Lambs, $6.0O11.50; year lings, $6.509.00; wethers, $7.00 8.00; awes, $3.00(37. 60. Socialist and Labor Member Resolu tion Loses by Vote of 148 to 19. London The house of commons, af ter employing the whole evening ses sion Friday in a discussion of a peace resolution moved by James Ramsay MacDonald, Socialist and Labor mem ber, defeated it by a vote of 148 to 19. The announcement of the figures was received with some cheers and much laughter. The smallness of the numbers in the house when division was taken iB an indication of the little interest shown by parliament in any hope of a useful peace movement at the present junc ture, and the conviction was voiced in an important statement by Herbert H. Asquith, the former premier, that nothing was to be hoped from the present temper of the German reich stag and people. Mr. MacDonald, as Bhown by the vote, found very few supporters. George James Wardle, in behalf of the ? labor party, declined to have anything to do with this pacifist resolution. The speech of Andrew Bonar Law, the government leader in the house, dealt largely with the Russian crisisJ) He was certain that if anything! could delay peace it would be any sigrj oi ianering. . . r Date for Dry Vote is Set. Washington, D. C National prohi-; bition will be voted on by the senate next Wednesday. By unanimous coht sent it was agreed Saturday to take Up Monday Senator Sheppard's resolution for a national prohibition amendment to the constitution and to dispose of it by Wednesday night i Foes of prohibition consented to the vote in order to clear the resolution from the calendar, transmit it to the house and perhaps shift further agita tion on the subject from congress to the states. Minister to be Interned. Omaha Rev. George William Kran-i leidis, a German Lutheran preacher1 Mwraiai aaiuruay at KiverdalcJ Neb., by the United States marshal i an alien enemy of the United State and will be interned until the close off the war. KranleidiB is charged with havinei made threats against members of his : congregation who hoisted an American, flag over the church and with having 4 firearms injiis possession.