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Things Worth Knowing.
General Haig began another drive
on the Germans' west front Monday
and captured many strong positions,
including some fortified farms.
The city of Rawlins, Wyo., is facing
a coal famine and unable to secure any
relief, according to a telegraphic ap-
peal from Mayor E. W. Emler, of
Rawlins.
The French cabinet resigned Mon
day. President Poincaire, however,
refused to accept the resignations on
the ground that the chamber on Friday
had voted confidence in the ministry.
One case of pneumonia and scores of
tonsilitis developed among the stu
dents of the officers' reserve camp and
the soldiers at Fort Snelling, Minne
Bota, as a result of continued cold
weather.
Negotiations under which the United
States had agreed to purchase 6,000,
000 Mexican silver pesos from the
Mexican government, to be melted and
coined into subsidiary silver, were de
clared off Tuesday.
Ed Drowns, an employe of a cattle
company at Dubois, near Idaho Falls,
Idaho, was instantly killed by Bob
Bogus, foreman of the company, in
gun battle on the company's ranch
Monday, and Bogus died as a result of
wounds inflicted by Drowns.
Sixty-seven lives were lost when the
army transport Antilles went down
last Wednesday by the torpedo of a
German submarine. The official list
of casualties, cabled by General Persh'
Ing, shows 67 lost, total survivors
170, and one unaccounted for.
The Interstate Commerce commis
sion has responded to the plea of East
ern roads for financial assistance by
reopening the 15 per cent rate advance
cases so far as these carriers are con'
cerned. The first hearing was set
for November 5, in Washington,
Bread priceB in Portland took their
first tumble Tuesday since the cost of
living began striving for an altitude
record simultaneously with the declar
ation of war. The announcement
came from one of the largest com
panies ttiHt the present standard loaf
of 13 ounces will go on sale at 8 cents,
Ten cents has been the charge up to
this time. This applies to unwrapped
bread only.
Threats to poison or dynamite the
600 guests at the banquet to be ten-
dered Representative Julius Kahn at
the Palace Hotel, San Francisco, Wed'
nesday night, were received by scores
of the speakers and guests, which
caused secret service operatives and
city detectives to begin a thorough
search for the plotters, who represent
ed themselves on the anonymous cards
sent out us being members of the I
W. W.
The first train Thursday crossed the
recently completed Quebec bridge. It
was a special containing guests of the
builders.
Major Stone, constructing quarter
master at Camp Lewis, has received
word from Washington to build a $27,
000 theater at the camp.
Snow fell for 40 minutes at Salt
Lake City Thursday. This is the first
iuw of the season in the city, but
there was a fall about three weeks ago
on the mountains.
Two arrests were made Thursday in
Kansas City by detectives and govern'
ment agents following Intimations that
the (750,000 fire which partially de
stroyed the Kansas City stockyards
Wednesday morning was of incendiary
origin, A discharged employe of the
yards was taken into custody by detec-
tives in the city and a second man was
arrested by government agent in Ok'
lahoma City.
Eight thousand tobacco workers and
cigar makers returned to work in San
Juan, Porto Rico, Friday, after four
weeks of idleness. There has been
general increase in the wages of these
workers.
The police courts swung back to the
workhouse sentence policy Friday i
dealing with militants of the Woman
Party picketing the White House.
Four arrested were given Bix months.
the heaviest sentence yet imposed on
any.
Eleven million dollars' worth of Lib
erty Bonds were subscribed for Thurs
day in Chirago, and reports from other
pointa in the Seventh Federal Reserve
district were equally encouraging. The
German Press Club, of Chicago, decid-
ed to invest all its surplus in bonds.
"Have you bought your Liberty
Loan bond?" asked a robber who ap
proached Tony Obad, of Salt Lake
City. Tuny admitted that he had not.
"Well, you ought to have money,
aaid the robber as he searched him
with one hand while the other hand
held revolver. Tony lost $18.
RENCH SMASH LINES
Attack Made Before Dawn, Preceded
by Terrific Barrage 7500 Prison
ers and 25 Big Guns Taken.
Paris In one of the swiftest and
most dashing blows of the war, the
French troops Wednesday smashed
throught the German lines north of the
Aisne to a depth of more than two
miles at one point, inflicted heavy los
ses on the enemy and captured more
than 7500 prisoners and 25 heavy guns
and field guns.
Several important villages also fell
into the hands of the French, according
to the French War office announce
ment. The advantage is along a front
of from eight to ten kilometers.
The text reads:
"North of the Aisne the attack
which we lanuched Wednesday morn
ing at 5:15 developed under extremely
brilliant conditions. Notwithstanding
mist and rain, our troops attacked with
admirable enthusiasm formidable
ganizations of the enemy which were
defended by the best troops of Ger
many, supported by heavy artillery,
"In their first daBh our soldiers cap
tured the line indicated by the quarries
of Fruty and Doherey. A little later
Malmaison fort, in the center, fell into
our hands.
"Pushing their advance still further,
our troops, alter a desperate engage
ment, In which they gave proof of
their irrestible snap, drove the enemy
from the quarries of Montparnesse,
which had been partly crushed by our
big shells.
4 On the left our progress was con-
tinued with the same success, the vil
lages of Alternant and Vaudesson re
maining in our power, while on the
right our troops carried the line onto
the heights dominating Fargny-Filain,
"Finally, in the center, our troops
drove fresh enemy reserves helter-
skelter and captured in a violent strug
gle the village of Chavignon. At this
point our advance reached a depth of
three and one-half kilometers (about
two and one-fifth miles).
The enemy losses in the course of
the day were large, in addition to those
inflicted on him by our artillery prep
aration. The number oi prisoners
counted up to the present exceeds
7500. In the enormous amount of ma
terial captured we have counted 25
heavy field cannon.
"Notwithstanding the unfavorable
weather, our aviators carried out with
audacity the missions imposed upon
them, their machines flying 50 meters
above the lines.
The attack was made in the morning
at 6:15 o'clock. After artillery prep
arations for several hours our troops
assaulted the powerful German post
tions in the region of Alternant and
La Malmaison, northeast of Soissons.
NO WOODEN SHIPS WANTED
French and British Serve Notice On
Builders in United States.
Washington,!). C The French and
British governments, through their
high commissions now in Washington
Wednesday sent word to represents
tives of various Pacific Coast shipyard
to the effect that they are no longer in
the market for wooden ships. The
British announcement conveyed no ex
planation. The French mission ex
plained that it would contract for no
more wooden ships because of the gov
ernment policy of commandeering, and
because the Shipping board has forbid
den wooden Bhips to navigate through
the war zone.
At the Shipping board rooms the
explanation was offered that the
French mission has misinterpreted a re
cent ruling, which bars sailing vessels
from the war zone. There has been
no order barring wooden steamers
from the war zone. It is true, how
ever, that the Shipping board declines
to waive its right to commandeer any
and all ships built in the United States
for foreign order, and this policy of
the board seems to have put an end to
the awarding of contracts by foreign
buyers, and especially by the allied
governments.
Representatives of Pacific Coast
yards are hopeful of Inducing the Ship
ping board to modify its ruling so that
yards having no government contracts
may take contracts from foreign gov
ernments, provided such work will not
interfere with work on United States
government contracts.
Former Senator Indicted.
New York An indictment was
turned Wednesday against Former
State Senator W. H. Reynolds by the
extraordinary grand jury investigating
real estate sales to the city, which
have been made an issue in the present
mayoralty campaign. The indictment
charges Reynolds with conspiring to
obtain from the city an excessive prio
for the Seaside Park site by procuring
the presentation of alleged false testi-
mony before condemnation commis
sioners. The city paid $1,250,000 and
interest for the property.
Child Thrown Into Fire.
East St Louis, III. Testimony that
during the race riots here on the night
of July 2, a mob threw a negro child
into a burning house, was given at the
congressional inquiry into the riots by
Edwin Popkess, reporter for a St
Louis newspaper. He said he also
saw four or five National Guardsmen
shoot and kill two negroes who ran
from a burning house. Inquiry into
political conditions in East St Louis
wai continued.
GERMANS LOSE
VARSHIPS AT RIGA
wo Dreadnoughts Are Victims
of Russian Navy.
OTHER BOATS SUNK
Ultimate Fate of Kaiser's Naval Force
Unknown, but at Least Six Tor
pedo Boats Sink in View.
Petrograd Two German dread
noughts, one cruiser, 12 torpedo boats
and one transport were put out of ac
ton by the Russians in the fighting
around the islands in the Gulf of Riga
laBt week, but their ultimate fate is
unknown, says an' official statement
issued Tuesday by the Russian ad
miralty. It has been established that at least
six German torpedo boats were sunk
in the fighting. The Russians lost the
battleship Slava and a torpedo boat.
The admiralty staff, in its review of
the fighting, says that the Russian
units fought excellently against the
superiority of the Germans. The
statement reads :
"During October 21 important en
emy naval forces, together with trans
ports, were sighted by our outposts in
the Gulf of Riga. In Moon Sound the
enemy seemed to be clearing the wa
ter of obstructions which we laid
down. There was no naval action dur
ing the day, but enemy submarines
were discovered in the Gulf of Finland.
"As the naval operations in the Bal
tic isles have now ended, it is possible
to review them. The task of our fleet
in this region was, with the organized
position of Moon Sound as a base, to
prevent enemy attempts to seize the
Gulf of Riga and Moon Sound. So
long as the German fleet only em
ployed in Buch an operation elements
of minor importance, as in 1915, name
ly, two dreadnoughts, our naval forces
could cope with them.
In 1915, although our position in
Moon Sound was organized incomplete
ly, we repulsed successfully all attacks
and the enemy during three days pos
session of the Gulf of Riga suffered
losses so grave that he was obliged to
depart. A similar attempt in 1916
with unimportant Torces failed com
pletely. In the recent operations the enemy
employed the major part of his fleet
and his overwhelming superiority en
abled him to carry out debarkation
rapidly and successfully. Our fleet
only was able to do its best to hinder
these efforts and to inflict maximum
losses. With this object we delivered
a series of attacks, using all the naval
resources in our possession.
TIME FOR SELF-DENIAL HERE
Sugar Famine Reported in East While
West is Scantily Supplied.
Chicago Formal warning was is
sued here Monday on instructions from
the office of Food Administrator Hoo
ver that a sugar famine is upon the
country and that the moment of Amer
ica's first self-denial in the matter of
food has arrived.
Announcement that this "condition
is Berious enough in the West and Mid
dle West, but in the East it has de
veloped into a famine" was made by
Henry H. Rolapp, president of the
United States Sugar Manufacturers'
association and treasurer of the sugar
distributing committee of the food ad
ministration, on receipt of a telegram
from George Rolapp, chief of the
sugar division of the food administra
tion at Washington. The telegram re
quests that the situation be made clear
to all citizens of the United States and
that the need for rigid economy for
several weeks be explained.
Four Indicted as Smugglers.
San Francisco Four men indicted
Monday in connection with the activi
ties of an alleged international smug
gling ring, declared to have effected
the illegal entrance into this country
of hundreds of Chinese, surrendered to
Federal authorities. The men were
Attorneys H. E. Kennah and Robert
J. Riley and Julius S. McClymont, for
mer interpreter at the Angel Island
immigration station, where activities
of the Alleged ring were said to have
been centered, and Clarence E. Ebey,
former immigration nispector.
Guard Officers Warned.
Washington, D. C A sharp order
has gone out to all National Guard
officers, forbidding them to communi
cate to state authorities any informa
tion ai to movements of their own or
other units of the Federal armies. Two
recent instances where messages of
this character have come from Europe,
revealing facts which the government
wished to be withheld from publica
tion, prompted the action of the War
department.
$100,000,000 Not Enough.
St Louis Henry P. Davison of New
York, chairman of the war council of
the American Red Cross, said here
Tuesday that the $100,000,000 raised
for the Red Cross last summer would
not last longer than the early spring of
1918. The people, he said, should be
prepared to make another large contri
bution within few months.
STATE NEWS J
IN BRIEF. !
Mrs. Sarah Anne McKinney Cald
well, of Yoncalla, celebrated her 90th
birthday anniversary Wednesday. She
was born in Booneville, Mo., in 1827.
The Port of Toledo elected Wiley
Parrish as port commissioner to fill a
vacancy due to the resignation of C.
E. Hawkins, now cashier of the bank
at Newport.
The evergreen berry harvest ended
at Toledo Saturday. Sixty-eight tons
were received and shipped to Portland
during the season. About $5000 was
paid to pickers.
The $50 reward which Deputy Sher
iff Joseph R. Frum, of Albany, re
ceived for capturing Jeff Baldwin, no
torious escaped convict from the Ore
gon penitentiary, has gone into a Lib
erty Bond.
D. F. Everett the druggist at Rid
dle, while out hunting last week with
George W. Murphy, the School super
visor in that district, killed a 300-
pound black bear. The bear was
killed in the Elk creek district.
The duck hunting season is now in
full swing in Klamath county, which
is known as a mecca for this popular
sport, is keeping up its reputation
this year is indicated by the number of
birds that are being brought in by
sportsmen.
George H. Brainard and F. L. Evans
of Cottage Grove, have purchased the
Joslyn-Griswold sawmill at Drain and
will take immediate possession. Mr.
Evans will take charge of the opera
tion of the mill, which has a capacity
of 15,000 to 20,000 feet a day.
It is understood that Governor
Withycombe will further delay sound
ing the sentiment of legislators on the
Bubject of compulsory arbitration of
labor disputes in connection with a
possible special session of the legisla
ture until he has time for further in
vestigation. The Gardiner school district will
hold a special election soon for the
purpose of considering the proposed
budget for the school year, electing
one director, and deciding upon the
policy of furnishing transportation for
scholars who live outside the city and
along the Umpqua.
The $100 cash prize offered for the
best five-bushels of potatoes exhibited
at the Seventh Annual Potato Show at
Redmond was awarded to S. D. Mus
tard, of Powell Butte, Or. Mr. Mus
tard took the sweepstakes prize at the
Portland Land Products Exhibit held
in Portland two years ago.
Tagged like an express package, lit
tle Christy Stigmaier, grandson of
Postmaster Malone, of Langell Valley
postoffice, in Eastern Klamath county,
started Friday on a long journey to
New York City, where his father re
sides. The little fellow was here with
his mother until her death a short time
ago.
James O'Brien, who escaped from
the State penitentiary during Warden
Minto's administration by Bcaling
wall, is under arrest in Pueblo, Colo.,
on a burglarly charge, acccording to
word received by the prison authori
ties. O'Brien was serving a term on
a similar charge in Oregon, being sen
tenced from Coos county.
The district exemption board, sitting
at Eugene, for the Second District of
Oregon, has ruled that a rich man's
son who had taken up farming since
the passage of the selective conscrip
tion act is not entitled to exemption
on individual grounds. The ruling
was on individual grounds. The ruling
was in the case of L. L. Knapp, of
Port Orford, Curry county, who had
been exempted, but whose case was
reopened.
Chester A. Moores of Portland is in
Salem to familiarize himself with his
new duties as private secretary to Gov
ernor Withycombe, which will start
November 1.
Mrs. Harriet Callison, pioneer resi
dent of Lane county, died Friday morn
ing at the family residence near Pleas
ant Hill, where Bhe had made her home
for more than half a century.
Mrs. Leslie Bailey, of Bend, charged
with kidnaping and robbing L. A.
Rawlings, an aged rancher living
near her homestead, went on trial Fri
day in the Circuit court Mr. Rawl
ings testified that Mrs. Bailey and her
14-year-old son had tied him, searched
him for valuable papers and threatened
him with death before releasing him.
Over 350 men are said to be at work
in the McEachem shipyards on Youngs
Bay, an addition of 53 employes who
went to Astoria, Saturday to fill posi
tions in various parts of the industry.
Several Prairie City school children
narrowly escaped death when a bridge
under which they had taken refuge
from a herd of passing cattle broke
with the weight of the animals and
plunged some of the stock into the
John Day river. All the children es
caped serious injury.
The Multnomah Circuit court, Judge
Kavanaugh lifting, waa affirmed by
the Supreme court Thursday in the
case of the State vs. Dr. A. A. Aus
plund, convicted of manslaughter in
connection with a criminal operation.
Justice Burnett wrote the opinion.
v ork was resumed on the ship in
the Sommarstrom yard at Columbia
City, Friday, about 120 men being em
ployed. Work is progressing rapidly
on the ways and buildings for the In
ternational Shipbuilding company and
they will soon be ablejto lay down a
it eel
Weekly War
Information
Brief Stories Prepared Under the
Direction of the Committee on
Public Information and the State
Council of Defense.
German Food Experts Equal Their
Diplomats in Mistakes.
It is to avoid a condition such as has
beep experienced by Germany that the
department of Agriculture has sug
gested "save the sow" as both a slo
gan and a working plan for those who
wish to prevent the threatened meat
shortage.
When the lack of meats and fats be
came felt by the central powers, Ger
man food economy experts advised
that the hogs be killed, assuming the
feed and labor required to raise swine
could profitably be diverted to other
uses. Only a short time elapsed be
fore the meat and fat situation became
worse than before, and the food ex
perts were forced to make a complete
switch of policy and lay down Btrin-
gent rules for the protection of what
hoes remained.
Hogs furnish meat more quickly and
more cheaply than any other stock ; a
shortage can therefore be met most
readily by intensive swine production,
As breeding stocks are now being
depleted throughout the United States
and the situation will become very ser
ious if the country continues to be
drained of its meats, the department
of Agriculture is suggesting that
swine production be increased.
Food Administration Plans Canvass of
22,000,000 Homes.
A house-to-house canvass of the 22,-
000,000 families in the United States
and the enrollment of every man and
woman in the nation in a mighty food
conservation army, will be conducted
by the food administration from Oc
tober 21 to 28.
On the success of this canvass, "
says Herbert Hoover, tood adminis
trator, "will largely depend the issue
of the war. 'Food will win the war,' is
the battle cry.
"Nearly 2,000,000 women have
taken the pledge to furnish the food
our allies and armies require. The
small amount each individual is asked
to save through substitution and avoid
ance of waste, when multiplied by mil
lions, becomes an effective total.
The foods that must be saved are
wheat, beef, pork, dairy products and
sugar; those that should be used gen
erously are fish, poultry, fruit, vege
tables, and all cereals except wheat.
Place for Small Investor in Second
Liberty Loan.
The man of limited. means has been
considered in plans for the second Lib
erty Loan, subscriptions to which are
now being received. The allotment is
for $3,000,000,000, and may be in
creased by one-half that amount in
case of over-subscription.
Both coupon and registered bonds as
low as $50 will be issued. Payment
may be made in full or in installments.
Bankers and employes throughout the
country have arranged plans whereby
bonds may be purchased on easy pay
ment terms. Particulars may be se
cured by applying to banks.
Bonds of $5000 and under are sub
ject to no taxes so long as the owners
live. They may be sold or placed as
security on short notice. They bear
interest at 4 per cent, and the owners
have the privilege of exchanging these
bonds for those of the succeeding issue
if the latter should allow a higher rate.
War Information Booklets Printed in
German Language.
Two of the booklets bearing on the
war issued by the committee on public
information have been reprinted in the
German language: "How the War
Came to America," and "German Loy
alty."
Booklets in English now being dis
tributed are " How the War Came to
America," "The War Message and
Facts Behind It," "The Nation in
Arms," "The Government of Ger
many," "The Great War" and "Amer
ican Loyalty."
Any of these publications may be
secured free of charge by application
to Committee on Public Information,
10 Jackson Place, Washington, D. C.
Successful Candidates In Reserve
Campa Exceed Expectations.
Of the 44,000 candidates attencWg
the first series of officers' reserve
camps, 27,000, or 70 per cent won
commissions. ' The first estimates
placed the successful proportion at 25
per cent
The French government has desig
nated a sufficient number of experi
enced omeers to supply at least one
for each of the 16 cantonments camps
and has already furnished specialists
in aviation and artillery who are now
doing instruction work at Washington,
u. c.
Han Bankers Interned.
New York Frits Kuhn, prior to the
outbreak of the war London represent
ative of the Deutsche Bank of Berlin,
and George von Seebeck, also formerly
connected with a German bank in Lon
don, were taken into custody here
Wednesday by the intelligence bureau
of the Navy department and sent to
Ellis Island for internment as danger
ous enemy aliens.
Von Seebeck is believed to be the
son of General Baron von Seebeck,
commander of the German Tenth army
corps at Liege.
E
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Grandmother's Recipe
Restore Color, Gloss and
Attractiveness.
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Almost everyone knows that Sage
Tea and Sulphur, properly compound
ed, brings back the natural color and
lustre to the hair when faded, streak
ed or gray. Years ago the only way
to get this mixture was to make It at
home, which is mussy and trouble
some. Nowadays, by asking at any
drug store for "Wyeth's Sage and Sul
phur Compound," you will get a large
bottle of this famous old recipe, im
proved by the addition of other In
gredients, for about 50 cents.
Don't stay gray! Try it! wo one
can possibly tell that you aarsenea
your hair, as it does it so naturally
and evenly. You dampen a sponge or
soft brush with it and draw this
through your hair, -taking one small
strand at a time; by morning the gray
hair disappears, and after another ap
plication or two, your hair becomes
beautifully dark, glossy and attractive.
Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Com
pound is a delightful toilet requisite
for those who desire dark hair and a
youthful appearance. It Is not Intend
ed for the cure, mitigation or preven
tion of disease.
An Adamless Eden.
The Seated Lady The great charm
of this place is its absolute loneliness.
Day after day one has these lovely
sands and sea and rocks and sky all
to oneself.
The Other Really. And have you
been here long?
Seated Lady Since the beginning
of the week.
The Other And are you going to
stay in this delightful place much long
er? Seated Lady Another ten days
unless my landlady will let me oft the
last week. Punch.
A Forward Guest
Hostess to Her Husband How inat
tentive you are, John. You must real
ly look after Mr. Blank better he's
helping himself to everything. Boston
Transcript.
Repartee See-Saw.
The needle had been making pierc
ing remarks to the shirt.
"I know your fell purpose," said" the
latter. "It is to see the seamy side of
life." Exchange.
Just a Suggestion.
My boy," said Mr. Grabcoin, seri
ously, "I want you to acquire a com
petency." "Well, dad, if you treat me right in
your will, your dream will come true."
Birmingham Age-Herald.
A WOMAN'S BURDENS
IN THIS WAR
Every woman's burdens are lightened
when she turns to the right medicine. It
her existence Is made gloomy by the
chronic weakness, delicate derange
ments, and painful disorders that afflict
her sex, she will find relief and emanci
pation from her trouble In Dr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription. If she's over
worked, nervous, or "run-down." she
finds new life and strength. It's a power
ful, Invigorating tonic and nervine which
was discovered and used by an eminent
physician for many years In all cases of
"female complaints" and weakness. For
young girls just entering womanhood;
for women at the critical "change of life:"
In bearing-down sensations, periodical
pains, ulceration, inflammation, and every
kindred ailment, the "Favorite Prescrip
tion" will benefit or cure.
The "PrescrlDtlon" contatnn nn alrnhnl.
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Ought to Know.
A recently commissioned second
lieutenant was drilling his command
in an Indianapolis street
Something went wrong and the sol
diers found themselves trying to
march over a six-foot fence.
The lieutenant halted the company
and said:
'Men, why don't you do what I want
you to do Instead of what I tell you
to do?" Indianapolis News.
NERVOUSNESS
AND BLUES
Symptoms of More Serious
Sickness.
Washington Park, 111 "I am the
mother of four children and have suf
fered with female
trouble, backache,
nervous spells and
the blues. My chil
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and romping would
make me so nervous
I could just tear
everything to pieces
and I would ache all
over and feel so sick
that I would not
want anyone to talk
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to the Lydia E. Pinkham remedies."
Mrs. Robt. r-TOPTEL, Sage Avenue,
Washington Park, Illinois.
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