ALLIES PATROL SEAS OF WORLD slve force of trawlers. Her neutrality would lie frequently violated by either side of tlie warring nations should she enforce lii any lax iiiiinuer the marine hiw of tlie three-mile limit. In the w stern Atlantic the repub­ lics of the Halted Stales and Brazil patrol with light vessels practically the entire American continent. Cnnu- Mightiest of Fighting Vessels dlnn cruisers have their part In this Maintain Closest Blockade work. Due to the naval |>ol|ry of the United States every merchant vessel in History. III United States registry forms n |»or- tlou of the naval forces In so far us blockade tind defense against the un­ dersea bouts are concerned. These vessels are armed by the United States navy anil nuvul gunner» sail on every ship. Submarine» of Central Power» Find The principal forces In the Pacific Their Most Profitable Hunting are Japanese cruisers and destroyers. Ground In the Mediterranean— They have taken over the former Her- — Italy Hit Heavily. I iiii li Islands of the Marshall and Mari­ anne groups und the east and west New York.— On the seas of tlie world Caroline archipelagoes. The rupture (lie lighting vessels of the allied na­ of Tslngtnu was assured through the tions maintain thu most gigantic and Japanese naval strategy. They lost effective b l o c k a d e ever enforced since by a mine the cruiser Takaebldo before tin* triremes o f Caesar overran the this fortress. Viilunhle service wus Mediterranean In the campaign that rendered to the British and Australian preceded Poiupey's annihilation. cruisers operating In this purt of the In tills sea (but bus swallowed the world In the shape of coal and muni­ bulks o f the navies of Carthage, tions. It Is a signal fuel thut of Jupan's (Jroece and Home the “ camouflagis!" 6,039 miles of coast no foreign enemy units o f the mightiest engines ever has succeeded In forcing an entry since set a float by man meet In n constant the I’eary Incident In 1S.VT und before test o f skill and daring. The Anglo- that since the attempted Mongol In­ French Greek Italian fleet maintain vasion In 1281 under Kuhlul Khun. n stringent blockade of every mile of The most recent entrant In this strug­ Mediterranean cossfline. Despite the gle Is the kingdom of Slam. The king's alertness of the allies In this sen the yacht und several antiquated motor- submarines o f the central empires And bouts form their “ navy," which block­ here their most profitable hunting ades In Its sniiill wuy a portion of ground. The kingdom of Italy Is suf­ const where no danger Is ever likely to fering the throes of u serious coal collie, typhoons excepted. shortage due to the severe losses of lirltlsh und Portuguese gunboats Italian shipping, supplemented by neu­ have the duty o i policing the rousts tral and lirltlsh shipping, In these of Oenunn East and Southwest Africa. waters. Indci-d, the sinkings nre so From Port Said to Alien the Ited sea numerous anil vital Hint a serious Is ipih-t under the control of Iliitlsh 1 1 iilln ii offensive may be always fore­ gunboats. stalled by the undersea power o f the In the Hlnck seu the upper hnnd Is Herman empire. Out o f one fleet of still a matter o f contest. Both con­ coal ships sailing from fiction to L iv­ tenders seem to tie Intent on preserving erpool and numbering twelve units, their “ fleets III being,” to quote u pet only live returned to their home port. phrase of naval strategists. Only un- In the eastern Atluntlr nnd the Eng­ liii|Mirtnnt brushes hnvo occurred, hut lish channel there Is In effect the most : the addition of the fugitive Oerninn extensive and Impenetrable blockade units, the Breslau und the Ooohen, of nny. I Miring the day, lirltlsh and have undoubtedly materially strength­ French scout ships nose their precnrl- i ened the Turkish forces. The Hermans oils ways among the shallows In close seem to tie more than uhle to defend proximity to the (¡ertiinti coastal wa­ their i«irts recently captured from the ters watching for u sign of enemy Itouinanlnna, and tlie Kusslnns ex­ forces. These waters nre thickly hibit u distasteful temerity about at­ strewn with mines, both nations mining tacking in force. Mines In great quan­ extensively to suit their program* of tities have been strewn In these wa­ nttuck or defense, Hporndlc raids by ters. flcrnian light units are occasionally In the Baltic the Itusslnn fleet has successful, blit these nre tiecoming thus far pursued a policy of shunning rarer and rarer. Sleet nets are also any action whatever. At least all at­ being use«I by the lirltlsh navy to com­ tempts of Herman strategists to lure bat tin- submerslldes. These, In spite the Russians from their blanket of o f all reports to the contrary, are still mine Helds have failed. True, they lost In an experimental stage nml nre of earlier In the war u number of small doubtful effectiveness, especially since units nnd at least one capita! ship a submarine tins been evolved with through Ill-considered HCtlons, hut since machinery for the destroying o f the the llrst few months of the war they most powerful nets now In use by the seem to have withdrawn nnd conceded admiralty. the Hermans tacit control o f the Ilnltic. Altered at Night. Some small raids are reported, hut the With tlie coming of night and dnrk- Oerninn admiralty tins failed to com­ ness, the schedule Is altered some- ment on them. They do not neglect, w but, nml merchant fleets which have however, to plant great numbers of been forming In sheltered ports during floating mines and thus make the Bal­ the day nre convoyed aeross the chan­ tic a dangerous hcii to nnvlgnte. Ob­ nel In well-defended routes. The con­ servers have reported sighting lurge voy consists o f no cnpltnl ships, but of Herman fleets protected by Innumer­ destroyers and scout bouts, which rush able trawlers as mine sweepers steam­ along In devious courses and at ter- ing through the Baltic. The Husslan rlflc speeds. With protecting units In evacuation of ltlga merely emphnslzes front, behind and surrounding them, the Herman control of this sea. A sea the licet usually gains the borders of attack on Petrograd Is a possibility of Dutch territorial waters In safety. the near future. Here the naval squadron stops short and the merchants go safely on Into their |sirts of destination. Shortly uft- DRAFT FINDS MODEL HUBBY erward a returning convoy which has been formed emerges, and, under tho Indiana Man Never Tasted Liquor, Home Every Night, Never protection furnished to It, tukes Its I Played Cards. way westward. Occasionally n atrag- j gler Is torpedoed, and mine victims ure at Intervals found. Rhclbyvllle, Ind.— Through the ex­ Holland, though a neutral, bus her amination of men to ohtnin Shelby place In the blockade o f the world’s ( county's quota for the first National waters. Eliminating Dutch waters of ; army. Dr. William W. Tindall and Dr. floating mines and anchored mines F. E. Bass, the examiners, believe they whleh have lost their anchorage forces . have found a model husband. the Netherlands to maintain an exten- j A young man from Jackson town- SCOUT SHIPS EVER ON MOVE BIRD BURNS FARM ER'S BARN I File» With Blazing Tw ig Into the Hay Loft and Blaze Cause» Consider- able Damage. Middle ILIvor, Minn. — Fire de­ stroyed the bnru o f William IlnlT, a farmer living nine miles south of here. Mr. IliifT declared that the tiro wns caused by a bird which carried a twin, one end of which was aglow, Into the hny loft. Not far from tho barn a brush llro was burning. The nesting bird car­ ried a twig which had been burning In the brush Are, but which wns thought to have blown away from tho Imme­ diate vicinity o f tho (Ire, to the barn. Mr. Huff, who wns working In the Immyard, snld he thought ho saw n slight frnll of smoke ns the bird (lew pnst him, but did not Investigate. In a few moments tho barn wns afire. Tw o valuable horses were bunted and the building destroyed. Whlte Birds a Peace Sign. Pottsvllle, I*n.— An Invasion o f white sparrows In this portion of the stnte Is the precursor of world ponce In the near future, county officials be­ lieve. Not since the ending of the Civil war In 1805 have these birds been seen here, but now they nre appearing In considerable numbers. Deputy I’ ro- thonotsry Samuel Delbert and Deputy Sheriff Thomas O’Donnell saw a flock of the birds at the courthouse recently. When O’Donnell opened a window one flew In, perched on Ills shoulder, chirp­ ed gnyly and tlew out again. Could Not Break W ife of 8moklng. Trenton, N. J.— Because he could not break Ills w ife o f smoking, Joseph Ma­ gee sued for n divorce, which was granted. Magee declared thnt his wife had also admitted that sho was a thief. Preparation for the larger Influence o f the United States in Latin America Is made by Emporia college In estab­ There nre 15 technical college# In lishing n three-years' course lu Span­ Queensland, with 8,000 students In at- ' ish. O f tills year’s freshmen, 40 have tendante. | eutered the course. LITANY OF THE TRENCHES When you're In the army two things ure certain. Either you’re mobilized or you're not mobilized. I f you're not mobilized, then there Is no use to worry. I f you arc mobilized two things ure certain. Either you’re ut the front, or you're behind the front. I f you’re behind the front, then there lu no use to worry. I f you’re nt tlie Trout, then two things are certain. Either you’re In a battle, or you're not In n battle. I f you’re not In a battle, then there Is no use to worry. I f you're In u battle, then two things are certain. Either you’re wounded or you’re not wounded. I f you’re not wounded, then there Is no uso to worry. I f you’re wounded, then two things are certain. Either you're wounded slight­ ly or you’re wounded severely. I f you’re wounded slightly, then there Is no use to worry. I f you’re wounded severely, then two things are certain. Either you will recover, or you will die. I f you will recover, then tiiere Is no use to worry. I f you die, you can't worry, no what's the use? ! unywny, un, i ' iw v % V V V V V V *V V V V V V V »\ % V V V V V »**V 1 ship wus unable to puss the physical examination, being under weight. TheD he volunteered the Information that he had never tasted beer or whlBky or any other intoxlcunt, that he had never uttered a "ctiss" word In his life, that he had never played with curds or dice und that he would rather he at home every night with his wife than any oth­ er place thnt he knew. The examiners have marked a red cross opposite his name, so that he may be looked up In the future. FOOD W ASTE IS LESS Thirty Per Cent Decrease During Au­ gust, Keeord» o f Hpokane City STATE N E W S IN BRIEF. Crematory Indicate. Spokane people* are* responding to the request o f Food Administrator Hoover to guard against throwing away surplus food after meals. City Crematory Superintendent Arthur E. Peterson, acting on orders from Com­ missioner Fred K. McBroom, is keep­ ing a record o f the amount o f table refuse gathered daily from backdoor garbage cans, as suggested in letters from the national food administration. “ Our first figures, covering the month o f August, show a 30 per cent decrease in the refuse colleted from kitchen garbage cans,’ ’ said Peterson. “ The total is 144.95 tons gathered last month as compared with 222.12 tons in the same month a year ago. While this plan o f economy may mean loss of business for the crematory, we are en­ couraging it as much as possible.’ ’ Reports are being sent monthly to the national food administration by the city crematory on the comparative amounts o f kitchen garbage handled. Fail to Agree on Potato Grades. North Yakima— A second futile e f ­ fort to agree on potato grades for Washington's crops was made here Friday. The committee adjourned un­ til October 8 without reaching a con­ clusion. A majority appeared to favor adoption o f the government standards, which make diameter the basis for ad­ mission to grades Nos. 1 and 2, but the minority, o f which the growers’ representative on the committee was one, strongly opposed this, preferring that grades be established by weighL Those present were: M. L. Dean, o f the State Department o f Agriculture, chairman; Ashur Hobson, director of the state office o f markets; Prof. O. M. Morris, of the State college; John Gorley, representing potato dealers and shippers o f Seattle, and W. B. Myers, secretary o f the Yakima Valley Potato Growers’ association. By a light vote, 27 to 6, the Gold Hill Irrigation district has decided to issue bonds amounting to $60,000 at a special election. E. G. Patterson, manager o f the au­ tomobile department in Secretary of State Olcott’s office, died Wednesday night after an illness o f several weeks. H. H. Rogers of Baker, represent­ ing Hatcher & Synder, o f Denver, re­ ceived 10,000 iambs Thursday from Adrian & Densley, who represent the Stanfield interests. Money available for the rural credits fund in Oregon is now virtually ex­ hausted, only a few hundred dollars be­ ing left, and it is probable that there w ill be no more money in that fund to loan to the farmers for some time. It is possible that the war will play a part in foreclosure proceedings brought by F. E. Judd, o f Pendleton, against Mayor James A. Best, in the course o f which Mayor Best’s ranch in Klamath county will be sold by the sheriff. A petition was filed with the County Court at La Grande asking for the formation o f a drainage district, the boundaries of which include 44,000 acres o f the richest land in the valley. Owners o f more than 25,000 acres signed it. The State Printing board has grant­ ed a 10 per cent increase in pay to the employes o f the State Printing office. This includes all employes with the ex­ ception o f the State Printer and the secretary o f the board. The salaries range from $5 to $2 per day under the present scale. An $8000 real estate deal was closed at Roseburg when the fine river bot­ tom farm o f Alfred J. Anderson, in the Melrose district west o f that city was sold to George A. Crane, o f Melrose, and John E. Bouquet, o f Oakland, Cal. The tract contains some o f the best land in this section o f the state. Greediness on the part o f his cattle caused the loss o f three milk cows val­ ued at $300 to E. L. Moody, a Baker British Aviation Officer T ell» How Ono dairyman. Mr. Moody’s herd o f 30 Reported A fter Mixup With Portland— Wheat— Bulk basis Port­ cattle broke onto an alfalfa field and a “ Fritz.’’ land for No. 1 grade: Hard White— three o f them had died from founder­ Bluestem, Early Bart, Allen, Galgalus, ing before they could be located. Oth­ London.— “ Those bally American fly­ ers were foundered but were saved. ing chaps are a eoollsh lot," said a Martin Amber, $2.05. Soft White— Palouse Bluestem, Fortyfold, White A 33-year-old horse, for many years lieutenant of the Royal Flying corps, j Valley, Gold Coin, W hite Russian, in the service o f the state o f at the back with about a pint of Oerman $2.03. White Club— L ittle Club, Jen­ Soldiers’ home at Roseburg, w ill not shrapnel In bis body. kins Club, W hite Hybrids, Sonora, be sold for $10, but w ill be humanely “The other day one of those La $2.01. Red Walla W alla— Red Rus­ disopsed of instead. So ruled the Fayette boys ran afoul of a Fritz sian, Red Hybrids, Jones F ife, Coppei, State board o f control when Command­ ‘archie* and had to get to the ground $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 3 ant Markee notified the board that the In a hurry. He dropped near our aero­ grade, 6c less; other grades handled horse was “ eating his head o ff,” and dromes nnd mussed things up a b it by sample. an offer of $10 had been made for him. A fter untangling himself from hi» ma­ Flour— Patents, $10.20. chine he limped up to our commanding L. E. McBee, prominent stockman Millfeed — Spot prices: Bran, $31 officer : per ton; shorts, $34; middlings, $41; o f the Heppner section, who recently " ‘Are you the big noise around this rolled barley, $55@57; rolled oats, sold his Willow Creek sheep ranch and Joint?’ he asked our brass hat herds, has become perhaps the most $55. “ ‘No, sir, but I am the commanding Corn— Whole, $81 ton; cracked, $82. extensive hay dealer in Eastern Ore­ officer here,’ our chief countered. Hay — Buying prices, f. o. b. Port­ gon. Mr. McBee recently bought 4000 “ ‘W ell,’ said the American, ‘I’ve Just land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $27 tons of alfalfa on Butter creek and has dropped In to tell you that I ’ve sprink­ per ton; valley timothy, $23(325; al­ already resold most o f it to Morrow led gasoline nil over your grass p lo t’ “ j falfa, $22.50(324; valley grain hay, county stockmen, who w ill drive their flocks to the hay ranches to be winter­ $20; clover, $20; straw, $8. Butter — Cubes, extras, 47c per ed. Mr. McBee has also engaged to CURFEW FOR YOUNG G IRLS pound; prime firsts, 45Jc. Jobbing superintend the feeding o f all the prices: Prints, extras, 48c; cartons, stock for which he furnishes hay. He Keeping Late Hour» With Soldier« is considered one o f the most careful lc extra. Butterfat, No. 1, 49c. Causes Pa&sage of Ordinance feeders in that county. Eggs — Oregon ranch, current re­ at Montgomery, Ala. ceipts, 44e per dozen; candled, 45(3, The new “ chlorinator” to be in­ stalled by the Roseburg W ater & Light Montgomery, Ala. — Uniformed 47c; selects, 50c. Poultry— Hens, 16J(318c per pound; company has arrived and is being put lovers nnd Mushing maidens will» no broilers, 20 @ 21c; ducks, 16 @ 20c; in place at the plant at Winchester. longer wend their way through the tree-lined streets of Montgomery after geese, 8(3,10c; turkeys, live, 2