WORLD HAPPENINGS Of CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume. Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Event! of Noted People, Government! and Pacific Northwest, and Other Things Worth Knowing. Three hundred soldiers, jelonglng to Warwick, Berkshire ani Gloucester regiments were arrested Sunday at Southhampton, England for refusing to obey orders to mbark for France. A Toklo cable to the Hawaii Shlnpo says an epidemic of cholera la threat ening Toklo. Several cases have been reported. 1 lie lniecuon, we cume saiu, was brought to Toklo from Shanghai. Investigation of about 50 complaints, mainly made by concerns legitimately interested in oil developments, of sales of alleged "wildcat" oil stocks in Texas, will be made by the federal trade commission, that body announc ed Monday. The decorations awarded in con nection with the trans-Atlantic flight of the R-34 have been gazetted. Major O. H. Scott, commander of the dirig ible, is given a commandershlp in the military division of the Order of the British Empire. The American relief administration closed its Paris office Saturday, ending Its work in Europe. Herbert Hoover, who has supervised the distribution of supplies valued at hundreds of mil lions, will sail for the United States within 10 days. 1 The Munich correspondent of the Journal de Geneve states that Ger many intends to found a' league of nations, hoping for the adherence of Russia, Austria and Hungary and later of Italy, Japan and the "smaller na tions dlssatlsflod with the Paris con ference." The high cost of everything else has hit politics, too, acordlng to a state ment issued in New York by former Representative William D. Jamieson of Iowa, director of finance of the demo cratic national committee, In announc ing plans to raise a f 5,000,000 war cheBt for the coming presidential elec tion. The Chamberlaln-Kahn bill propos ing six months' compulsory military training for all youths between the ages of 18 and 26 was characterized as "crude and Incomplete" and patterned after the "PniBlan system" in a state ment issued Saturday by the organiza tion committee of the National Guard Association of the United States. Theodore Roosevelt of New York, one of the founders of the American Legion at both the Paris and St. Louis caucuses and now a member of the joint national executive committee, has started on a four weeks' speaking tour through the middle west and far west undor the direction of the legion's national speakers' bureau. He will open the first state convention of the American Legion in Oregon at Portland September 17. King Victor Emmanuel has confer red on General Pershing the grand cross of the military ordor of Savoy, the highest Italian military honor. Repeal of the daylight-saving law was passed Tuesday over President Wilson's veto by the house on a vote of 223 to 101, seven more than the necessary two-thirds. The repeal now goes to the senate, where its support ers claim victory. A trans-Pacific flight is to be at tempted soon by D. Isobe, a Japanese army aviator, according to a cable re ceived from Japan by the Japanese American News of San Francisco. This will be the first attempt at the aerlui conquest of the Pacific. Crown Prince Charles of Roumanla has written a letter to his father, King Ferdinand, renouncing for himself and his heirs his rights and privileges as heir-apparent to the Roumanian throne. The news was contained in a dispatch to the Journal from Bucharest Reports from Budapest state that the Roumanians have presented new armistice conditions to the Hungarian government, which has forwarded thera to the allies. Plans for a transcontinental aerial derby from New York to San Francis co with more than 1100.000 in priies, including a first prize of $20,000, were announced Tuesday in New York by Captain Charles J. Glldden, chairman nt the aerial touring league committee of the Aero Club of America. MILITARY COURTS UPHELD Only Minor Changes Are Needed, Sayi General'! Report. Washington, D. C In approving the report submitted to him by Major General Francis J. Kernan, head of the special war department board on courts martial and their procedure, Secretary Baker Sunday took the of ficial stand that the present system should not be changed except in minor details. Inferentlally, the secretary upheld General Kernan's view that "courts martial have always been agencies for creating and maintaining the disci pline of armies" rather than agencies for the "nice interpretation of techni cal rules of law." The war board's report reflected the opinion of 225 officers who were cir cularized. More than half of these gave hearty approval to the present system, 43 condemned It as basically wrong and the remainder, a total of 07, pointed out specific weaknesses, which they thought should be remedied. The most serious defect in the exist ing system, the report assorts, arises from "the lack of competent trial advocates and counsel," and as a rem edy it Is recommended that defense counsel be appointed for each general and special court-martial and that spe cial inducements be offered young of ficers to study law in order that they may be fitted. "It is noticeable," the report said, that officers who served with fight ing units are as a class favorable to the present articles; on the other hand officers whose duties kept them re mote from the scenes of battle, view the system with a more critical eye." Declaring that the "sovereign" rem edy proposed by the most pronounced critics Is to transfer administration to those who are lawyers first and sol diers by courtesy only, General Ker nan expressed the opinion that this would make ; t impossible for the com mander to obtain among his troops the necessary discipline to military suc cess which is the "first purpose of an army." ERUPTION KILLS FISH IN KLAMATH WATERS Klamath Falls. Or.- Residents of Klamath county are at a loss to ac count for the unprecedented eruption which occurred last week in Diamond lake; Thousands of fish were killed and waters of the entire lake were discolored. Diamond lake is located about nine miles from Crater lake and is a favorite haunt of fishermen. News of the disturbance was brought to Klamath Falls by R. E. Clanton, state master fish warden, and H. D. Stqjit, deputy game warden, who were at the lake early in the week in com pany with four other Klamath Falls sportsmen. Mr. Clanton and Mr. Stout were unable to explain the cause of the eruption, as it occurred prior to. their arrival. Though puzzled, they said perhaps the destruction of the fish was caused by an under-water eruption that was general over the entire like. PACKING INDUSTRY BILL FRIENDLESS Washington, D. C Federal regula tion of the packing Industry, proposed In the Kenyon and Kendrick bills now on hearing before the senate agricul ture committee, found neither friends nor advocates in the long list of wit nesses who aired their views Satur day. Though those testifying came from points all the way between Mis sourl and Georgia and their occupa tions ran the gamut from farmers, througlrfeeders, stockers, retail butch ers and dealers in produce, and while their opinions as to the reason and responsibility of high costs of living were diverse and occasionally most forcefully put, all insisted that the packers should be let alone. Inter ference with them, the tenor of the statements ran, would be dangerous to the consumer and everybody else. Ukraine Troops Advance. Copenhagen. A dispatch received here from Bereslna, in the govern ment of Minsk, says an airplane has reached there bringing advices from Kamenete-Podolsky to the effect that General Petlura's Ukraine troops have occupied Kiev, taken the whole of Po dulla and larger parts of Volhynla and the government of Kiev. The advices add that Ukrainian ar mies are approaching the Dnieper riv er along the entire line. Two Flier Fall to Death. San Antonio. Lieutenant Rled Has lan, of Westwood, Mass., and Bernard Hlggtns, machinist, of Shamokln, were Instantly killed near Kelly Field Saturday when a new airplane they were testing fell in a tail spin from a height of 300 feet Lieutenant Haslan was pinned under the machine .while Hlggtns was thrown 20 feet PRESIDENT Tl Delay of Wage Advance to Nor mal Times Sought. TRUCE IS REQUESTED Government Policy Announced Is De lay for Restoration of Stability. Lower Prices Expected. Washington, D. C Postponement of the settlement of wage demands until normal economic conditions are re stored, was announced Monday by President Wilson as the policy which the administration will pursue In deal ing which such questions, particularly those affecting railroad workers. The president announced also that It was neither wise nor feasible at this time, when the most important question before the country is a re turn to a normal price level, to at tempt to Increase freight rates to provide funds for higher wages. "We ought to postpone questions of this sort until we have the oppor tunity for certain calculation as 'to the relation between wages and the cost of living," the president declared in a statement to the public explain ing his decisions as to wages. "It Is the duty of every citizen to insist upon a truce in such contests until intelligent settlements can be made and made by peace and effective com mon counsel. I appeal to my fellow citizens of every employment to co operate in insisting upon and main taining such a truce." Mr. Wilson's statement was issued in connection with the decision of himself and Director General Hines on demands by railroad shopmen for a 25-per cent advance in wages, but the general policy pronounced covers also the wage demands of other hun dreds of thousands of railroad work ers, which- are pending before the director-general or about to be pre sented. It is to be expected that other unions trying to obtain more pay will be asked, as the shopmen, to play their part with other citizens in reducing the cost of living by foregoinjg a temporary advantage which would add to transportation costs. The decision of the president and the director-general was announced to a committee of 100, representing the shopmen. In reply to their demands for a 25 per cent Increase, the shop men were asked to accept an adjust ment of their pay to the basis of 10 hours'ay for eight hours' work which they contended was given other em ployes and denied them When the Adamson law became effective. This means an advance of the basic pay from 68 to 72 cents an hour, whereas an increase of 17 cents to 85 cents an hour was demanded. Higher Railroad Rates Predicted. Washington, D. C Increase of at least 25 per cent In railroad rates, provided there are no more wage in creases or higher material costs, will be necessary when the carriers are re turned to private operation, the house interstate commerce committee was told Monday by Howard Elliott, presi dent of the Northern Pacific. "Would 25 per cent increase solve the problem for the whole country?" asked Representative Sims, democrat, Tennessee. "I think It would," responded Mr. El liott, adding that he preferred the rate Increase to the continued payment of the government guaranteed compensa tion. New England roads, he asserted, Were in bad shape and were not earn ing the government guaranteed com pensation. In advocating wage legislation, Mr. Elliott said: "Let the wives of the men vote on the strike; they are the most affected.1 The great majority of railroad em ployes, he said, do not want to strike, and he urged some legislation for the adjustment of disputes. - He suggested that labor unions be required to incorporate and file re ports like business corporations, and that employes be compelled to serve notice before quitting work. Second Comet Picked Up. Cambridge, Mass. Discovery of second comet in three days by the Rev. Joel H. Metcalf was announced Mon day by Harvard college observatory. After picking ap In the eastern sky on August 20 the first of the year's new stray atari, he reported that on the night of the 22d at 11 o'clock he found in Bootes constellation in the western sky, another uncharted body more con spicuous than the first It can be seen with a small telescope. LABOR 1 9 T STATE NEWS I . IN BRIEF. J I Salem. Track No. 3, located be tween the old passenger depot and the hop warehouse in East Portland, haB been selected as a hay inspection track by J. W. Church, head of the grain inspection department of the Oregon public service commission. Roseburg. W. C. Harding, a fruit grower of this county, who consigned several carloads of pears to the North western Fruit Distributors, C. A. Mai- beouf, sales agent, in 1917, has just received word that a decision of the Washington state supreme court has awarded him payment for the fruit. Salem, The open-air sanitarium in connection with the state tuberculosis hospital and the boys' and hospital dormitories now building at the home for the feeble-minded will be complet ed and In readiness for occupancy about October 1, according to R. H. Goodln, secretary of the state board of control. . Medford. All records for sale of Rogue river pears were broken In New York Thursday when one car of Bear creek orchard Bartletts brought an average of $4.05 a box, and another car load from the same orchard brought $4. Another carload from the Palmer Investment company orchard brought the attractive price of $3.90. Salem. Robert E. Strahorn, presi dent and general manager of the Ore gon, California & Eastern railroad, has filed application in the offices of the state corporation commissioner for permission to issue and float bonds in the sum of $550,000 with which to resume construction work on the line extending from Klamath Falls to Bend. Salem. Under the law enacted at the last session of the state legisla ture, and which became effective Feb ruary 26, 1919, imposing a tax of 1 cent a gallon on gasoline and cent on distillate sold In Oregon by dealers in motor vehicle fuel, there has been paid to the state by these vendors to July 31, 1919, a total of $165,420.18. Banks. The directors have set Oc tober 10 and 11 as dates for the Banks hog and dairy show. At the show the excellent breeds of cows and hogs produced in Washington county will be exhibited and a convention of farm ers will be held to talk "better stock," exchange ideas and buy and sell ani mals. Stockmen from various parts of the state are expected. Marshfield. Rogue river" salmon canneries belonging to the Macleay es tate and the Seaborg company were swamped with salmon Tuesday and were obliged to discontinue buying until the glut in the canneries was taken care of. The flood of Chinook came at the end of a very lean season and was a surprise to the fishermen, who had given up hope of any great run. Portland. H. W. Prettyman, , 112 East Fifty-fifth street, has solved the high cost of living problem in one re spect, as he is the fortunate owner of an apple tree bearing luscious fruit of the Red Blttlnger variety, each one being from 14 to 16 inches in circum ference, and weighing from one and one-half to two pounds. The tree was Imported from Europe and planted about 20 years ago. Pendleton. Seven allotments on the Umatilla reservation went into the hands of white men as the result of the public sale here. Thomas Thomp son paid $20,051 for 160 acres; D. C. Bowman, 40 acres for $4790; Harvey Horn, 40 acres, $3215; 40 acres, $3115; Ben F. Marlin, 40 acres, $5265; Mi chael F. Unbarger, 40 acres, $4411; J. D. Owen, 40 acres, $850. Other al lotments of choice Indian land are to be offered at auction this month. Salem. State highway work under contract in Oregon August 18, Includ ing all post and forest projects, totaled $16,903,361.08, according to a report completed recently by the state high way department There are Included in the contracts approximately 370 miles of paving, 193 miles of macadam and 528 miles of grading. Ten per cent additional allowed for contingen cies amounts to $1,408,613.42 and 10 per cent for engineering .totals $1,408, 613.42. The Improvements Include the Columbia River highway, at a cost of $3,407,678.21; Pacifio highway, $4,39, 775.75; west side Pacifio highway, $1, 314,669.40; Salem - Dallas highway, $320,742.60; Yamhill-Nestucca high way, $426,682.11; Coast highway, $601,054; Dalles-California highway, $46,188.70; Portland-Forest Grove-Mc-Minnville highway, $817,502.50; Ashland-Klamath Falls. $177,957.50; Cra ter Lake highway, $246,000; John Day highway, $399,913.65; LaGrande-Enter-prise Highway, $42,370; McKenzle riv er highway, $136,145; Old Oregon Trail, $475,866.97; Oregon-Washington highway, $536,076.25; Baker-Cornucopia highway, $178,431.75; Flora-Enterprise highway, $73,560; Mount Hood Loop highway, $227,667.60; Grants Pass-Crescent City highway, $62,985.35, and Burns-Lawen highway, $197,967. PRESIDENT PE1 LEAGUE PACT Interpretations Welcomed if Not in Formal Act. MEET AT WHITE HOUSE President Tells Committee He Expects Japan to Give Up Shantung Other Questions Clarified. Washington, D. C President Wil son, Interpreting the league of nations covenant Tuesday for the senate for eign relations committee, declared it imposed no legal obligations for the use of American military force in pro tecting the territory or independence of any other nation. But he added that the covenant might involve, in certain circum stances "an absolutely compelling moral obligation" which might be even stronger than a legal promise. Pressed for a more exact definition by committee members who insisted that the whole arrangement was "a rope of sand," he asserted that on the contrary he considered it as placing the nations in "an attitude of comrade ship and protection," which would compel respect for the principles of justice and liberty. The president, in a prepared state ment which he read to the senators, said he had no objection to interpre tations, provided they are not a part of the formal act of ratification. Meeting the committee in a round table discussion In the East room of the White house in .eontradictiqn to the precedents of more than a cen tury, and with the whole nation listen ing through the medium of a relay of public stenographers, the president went into many of the details of the peace negotiations and touched on all the hotly-debated questions which have divided the senate in its con sideration of the peace treaty. Article Ten of the covenant, guar anteeing the integrity of league mem bers against aggression, he declared, would leave to each nation "complete freedom of choice as to the application of force." i Even if the American representa tives on the council joined in a rec ommendation for military action, final declaration for peace or war muBt rest, so far as concerned the United States, with congress, he said. Whatever advice the council gave under its authority to take such ac tion as Is "deemed appropriate" must also be deemed appropriate by the United States to be binding on this government, he argued, though in the background would be such a potential moral force that he doubted if the nation would decline to act. The president revealed that Japan's promise to return Shantung province to China was reduced to written form in the minutes of the peace confer ence. He asserted he had "every con fidence" that the promise would be carried out, and told the senators it was the best "that could be got" out of the negotiations, Japan having given notice she would withdraw from the conference if her demands were re fused. The American delegates, he said. had tried to keep the nation free from obligations in European affairs ' "so far as it was honorably possible to do so," but he asserted that it might be necessary to keep some American troops on the Rhine district under the treaty for the next 15 years. He declared the nation would be its own sole judge whether its obligations had been fulfilled under the disputed withdrawal clause of the league cov enant; that purely domestic questions were safe from the league s interfer ence, and that the Monroe doctrine was clearly preserved. The league, the president explained, as built on the plan of General Smuts of South Africa. Mr. Wilson revealed that he had suggested the United States take no part of the German reparation but had asked that the conference reserve dis position of the German Pacific island of Yap on a suggestion that it was needed for an American naval station. Some of the senators' questions the president declined to answer on the ground of international policy. How the American delegates voted on Ja pan's proposal for a racial equality clause in the league covenant he said he could not disclose "in the interest of international good understanding," and for the same reason he said he could not go into the negotiations over the French frontier or give the com mittee a copy of the record of Japan's Shantung promise. Early action on the treaty was urged in a statement by the president at the outset of the conference. This was necessary, he held, so that a peace basis might be reached, and the other treaties under negotiation now at Ver sailles were being delayed until the world learned what would happen to tne treaty with Germany. He said he saw no reasonable objection to sen ate reservations, but thought it unwise to Incorporate them in the ratification itself. Newt Writer on Strike. Omaha, Neb. Twenty members of the staff of the7 Omaha Bee went on strike late Tuesday, demanding an in crease in pay and shorter working hours. After walking out the report ers met at the labor temple and organ ized the American News Writers' un ion, affiliating themselves with the American Federation of Labor. They have applied for a charter and are go ing to attempt to call out the other crafts on the paper In sympathy. IF KIDNEYS AND BLADDER BOTHER Take Sails to flush Kidneys and neutralize irritating . '. acids. ' Kidney and Bladder weakness result from uric acid, says a noted authority, The kidneys filter this acid from the blood and pass It on to the bladder, where it often remains to irritate and inflame, causing a burning, scalding sensation, or setting up an irritation at the neck of the bladder, obliging you to seek relief two or three times during the night The sufferer is in . constant dread, the water passes sometimes with a scalding sensation and is very profuse; again, there Is, difficulty in avoiding It Bladder weakness, most folk! call it, because they can't control urina tion. While it Is extremely annoying and sometimes very painful, this is really one of the most simple ailments to overcome. Get about four ounces of Jad Salts from your pharmacist and take a tablespoonful in a glass of water before breakfast, continue this for two or three days. This will neu tralize the acids in the urine so it no longer Is a source of irritation to the bladder and urinary organs which then act normally again. Jad Salts is Inexpensive, harmless, and is made from the acid of grapes and lemon juice, combined with lltbla, and is used by thousands of folks who are subject to urinary disorders caused by uric acid Irritation. Jad Salts is splendid for kidneys and causes no bad effects whatever. Here you have a pleasant efferves cent llthla-water drink, which quickly relieves bladder' trouble. Submarine Coal Mines. There are many submarine coal de posits off the British isles, but so far they are not much worked. The tun nels of the mine at Whitehaven ex tend some four miles from shore under the Irish sea, however, and there also is some submarine coal mining at Bolness near the Firth of Forth and at Monkwearmanth in Durham. Cuticura for Sore Hands. retlrlnff in the hot SUd8 of Cuticura Soup, dry and rub in cu ticura Ointment. Remove surplus Ointment with tissue paper. This Is only one of the things Cuticura will do If Sonp, Ointment and Talcum are used for all toilet purposes. Adv. . Deaf and Dumb Language. . The Encyclopedia Britannica says: We have conversed by signs with deaf people from all. parts of the Brit ish Isles, from France, from Norway and Sweden, Poland, Finland, Italy, Russia, Turkey, the United States and found that they are indeed a world wide means of communication . . . Deaf people in America converse with Red Indians with ease, thereby show ing how natural the generality of even del Epee Bigns are." Optimistic Thought. The principal foundations of all states are eood laws and eood arms. Dally Thought Write to the mind and heart and let the ear glean after what it can. Bailey. Daily Thought Whatever is, is in its -cause just- Dryden. Dally Thought. Cookery is become an art, a noble science; cooks are betleman. Burton. Optimistic Thought. 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