11,000 CATTLE BURN
Big Kansas City
Plant Kostrov «si in
Early Morning Fire
Vust Mords
Koam Downtown Streets.
Weekly War
Information
NATION WILL INSURE
Plana for Placing Policiea Into Effect
for Fighting
lined
Men W ill he Out
Ages Range 15 to 65.
GROUND IN BALTIC
B rief Stories Prepared I ’ mler the
Kansas City, M«>. Rc{>orta that the
Washington, D. C. - Samples o f the
Direction o f the Committee on
fire which early Tuesday destroyed a
insurance |H>licy which the government
Public Informili ion and the State
Council o f Defens«’.
large portion o f the Kansas City S tock-!
will write for its aoliliers and sailors
yards an«l resulted in the «leath o f ap
were made pubic Monday night by the
proximately 11,000 cattle and 8300 General Pershing Pruiaea Work o f Red war risk insurance bureau o f the
Croea in France.
hogs was o f an incendiary origin per-1
Treasury department. Plans for plac
The
Rod
Cr«««s commission to France ing the policies int«> effl’ct w ill be out
sisted, though discredited by officials '■
has received the following letter from lined here Siam at a conference of
of the corporation owning the yards.
Ailjutant General Henjamin Alvoril, o f Treasury officials with representatives
Insurance adjusters place the loss a t : General Pershing’s staff:
o f the Navy and officers and I’lilint«-«!
approximately $750,000,
o f which i *’ Our army is keeping a war diary men at the 82 cantonments.
$200,01*0 represents the buildings, pens which is t«> be the official record o f the
Details o f the policy disclose that Sea and Air Fleet» Us«d in Fighting
Events o f Noted P«s>ple, Governments and chutes destroyed and $550,000 the , war here. I have received an official
risks w ill be written upon the lives of
livestock yards.
for PoHscsaion o f Gulf Entrance
communication from the commander- nii’n and women between the age o f 15
and Pacific Northwest and Other
Heavy insurance was carried both in-chief o f the American Expedition and («5 in all branches o f the army,
That Loads to Petrograd.
Things W«*rth Knowing.
upon the buildings ami up«m the live ary Forces reading as follows:
navy, marine corps, coast guard, naval
stock.
“ ‘ It is well to place on record the reserve,
national naval volunteers,
George R. Collett, general manager attitude o f the management o f the nurses and “ any other branches o f the
o f the Stockyards company, believes American R« h I Cross in France.
From United Stat«>s forces serving with the
Petrograd German battleship* nir-
Several Minneapolis flour mills w ill the fire to have resulted from natural *
the beginning they have simply wante«l army and navy.”
Announcement was j planes ami troops are uniting in the
decline further orders until th«>se on causes and that the wind blew sparks
to know what they I'ould do to assist in made also that “ rates at ages higher attack u|n>n the outer defenses o f
hand have been filled. The action is from the first fire, starting the other
the great work before the army. The or lower will be given u|«on request.” Petrograil, Ht the entrain’«« to th«’ Gulf
in accordance with a request from the two blazes.
The work o f clearing gentlemen at the h«‘ad o f the American
Premiums, computed on a monthly
food administration.
away the debris for the reconstruction Red Cross in Franco are men o f greut basis, vary between 63 cents per $1000 l o f Riga.
Fighting for the |toaaesHion o f Oesel
Mata-Hari, the Dutch dancer and ad of the destroyed pens anil buildings be- | experience in hantiling large affairs in at age 15 to $8.35 | h t $100 at age 65.
Islanil continues. Arensburg. its cap-
venturess, who two months ago was , gan shortly after the fire had been ex- j the United States and they have e x Between 21 anil 31 years the following
........ »*«1 city, ha» been occupied by the
found guilty by a Paris courtmartial on tinguished.
hibited wonderful resources in accom premiums w ill be charged |x«r $100«. enemy
Receiving and selling were resumed plishing everything they have been o f insurance (the lim it being $10,000):
the charge o f espionage, was shot at
Naval ami air forces ari« energeti
in the stockyards in the morning in all
( 0 (j0_>
dawn Monday morning.
Twenty-one to 23, inclusive, 65 cally sup|sirting the land operations
classes o f livestock, exi’ept Stockers
A copy o f this letter has been fo r cents; 24 to 25, 66 cents; 26 to 27, 67
The London taxicab drivers at a j and fetnlers in the cattle class, accord -
, and are attacking the north and the
warded
to the W’ar department for cents; 28, 68 cents; 2'.* ami 80« 8®
meeting recently decided upon a strike i ing to Mr. Colltet.
| south o f the island. The south a«|uad-
transmission to the headquarters o f cents; 31, 70 cents.
next Monday, owing to the refusal of
! ron of enemy rruiaers, torpedo-boats
There were 47,000 cattle in the yards the American Red Cross, by command
During perusls o f total disability and trawlers attempted to force tho
the Home secretary to sanction a 50 I at the cliwse o f business Monday, it was
o f Major General Pershing.”
the insurance will be paiil, not in one | entrance to Iris* channel. Its further
per cent increase in fares.
said, and while it was possible to lib
lump sum, but monthly for 20 years,
Four banner carriers o f the woman’s erate most o f them, so rapidly did the Subscriptions to Liberty Bonds ( lose shoubi the disability continue for that movements into the Gulf o f Riga are
covered by Russian long-range artil
party were arrested Tuesday in front flames gain headway that many were
on OctolnT 27.
period. Should death occur before 20 lery from the ¡Hlanil of Oesel.
caught
and
burned.
o f the W hite House.
A ll four were
Subscriptions for the liberty bonds years, the remainder o f the policy will s The northern group o f German war
Hundreils o f freed cattle reache«! the
in the group arrested 10 days ago and
must
reach the Treasury department, be paid at once to the beneficary. At ships dispatched a squadron of tor|xxii»-
downtown sections o f both Kansas
dismissed without sentence.
Washington,
I). C., a Federal reserve the age o f 25 the monthly installment lioats between th*’ islands o f Oe»el anti
City, Mo., and Kansas City, Kan.
According to a Copenhagen dispatch,
bank
or
some
incorp«>rateil bank or for the 20-year period would be $5.75 Dago which pressed hack Russian pa
It was the third disastrous fire in
Germany has offered to supply a cer the history o f the Kansas City Stock- trust company in the Unittal States per $1000 o f insurance.
trol Ixmts in the direction o f the Moon-
Provision is made for family allow
tain quantity o f potatoes to Denmark. yards. The origin o f the fire has not (not including outlying territories anil
aumi. Russian naval forces, reinforc-
In exchange, however, Germany w ill been determine«!. The other two were possessions) on or before the close o f ances, for wounded and cripples, for j ing the patrol boats, accepted battle
expect Denmark to supply her with ar caused by carelessly thrown cigarette business October 27, 11*17. The appli- compensation in case o f death or in- and the enemy r«’tir«-d.
cations must be accompanied by a pay- j ur>' without cost anil for insurance at
ticles o f which she is in need.
A thir«l group o f enemy wnrshi|»i,
stubs.
little cost
consisting o f cruisers ami tor|«edo-
Cattle owners are having difficulty ment o f 2 per cent of the amount a|e veO'
Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt, presi
. ,
In cases o f partial «lisability, the .
aouth western
'
. b o a t s , approached th<
dent o f the National Woman Suffrage in identifying their animals from plied for, and subscijuent installments amount , o , f compensation
is determined
upon
bonds
allotte«!
will
be
due
as
fol
coast o f th«* Island o f Oi-sel an«) bom-
party, w ill lead the woman’s parade in 1 among the great herd which was liber
by a schedule to be based U|xm the ex
lows:
liarde«! part o f the coast.
German
New York City, planned for October ated when the fire destroyed more than
tent o f the impairment o f earning ca
18
per
cent
on
November
15,
1917.
subitiurinea were
observed seviTnl
27, under the auspices o f the New one-half o f the Kansas City Stock-
pacity. Total disability payments are
40 per cent on December 15, 1917.
times ut different places in the Baltic.
York state organization o f the party. yards. By 7 o’clock the fire had been
to be increased above the
figures
40
|>er
cent
on
January
15,
1918.
The exisius from Petrograil, which
extinguished.
An explosion in the nitro-starch dry-
On the latter date, accrued interest named in the policy where the insured has been noticeable since the fall of
has
dependents.
house at the Du Pont Powder Works 1
in the deferred installments will also
Riga, lias greatly increase«!. Since
“ Where the injury or disease is
at Gibbstown, N. J., resulted in the WAR COST $160.000.000 A DAY be payable.
Snturilny the ticket offices have been
caused
by
the
wilful
mise«»nduct
o
f
instant death o f two workmen. A
beseiged, many jiersons offering large
third man is missing and probably 53,000,000
To Clear Cp Misunderstanding in Re the man,” the policy reads,” compen premiums for tickets.
The situation
Men Are Now- Engaged in
sation will not be paid.”
dead. Another man was seriously in-
gard to Pay in the Navy.
is aggravated by rumors which are
World
Conflict.
The policies will !*• issued in multi
jured.
Starting at the very beginning it is ples o f $500, no policy, however, to be branded officially as unfounded, that
passenger traffic
will t>o stop|x’d
Germany and Turkey have made an 1 New Y ork— Fifty-three million men possible for a young man by work and
less than $1000.
shortly, in view o f the expected evacu
agreement whereby Turkey is to issue are engage«! in the war, which is cost- st uj y to have continuous and frequent
ation by the government.
paper money o f the equivalent value ing the belligerent nations o f the world advancement with increase o f pay. To
No extensive evacuation is lookeil
o f £50,000,000, against which t h e 1 at the rate o f $160,000,000 a day, his base pay there is always extra KERENSKY APPEALS TO NAVY
for, as no immediate ilangrr threatens
same amount o f German exchequer $6,500,000 an hour, and the United i pay for special duties and with each
the capital. The new front is still 300
bonds is to be deposited in Turkish States is paying at least one-ijuarter enlistment his pay also increases. As
staggering sum, according to j an instance o f this, a young man en Germans Mrnare| by Holding l ’art o f miles distant, and roads are impass
banks, according to the Frankfurter 1
Dead laic in Russia.
estimates made Tuesday by the Me- listing in the navy now receives the
able. It is not believe«! a landing in
Zeitung.
j chanics’ National bank o f New York. I following pay:
Apprentice seaman,
forces Finland will be attempted, owing to
I’etrograd
— The German
President W’ ilson saw
s°!" The estimated daily cost at the begin ; $32.60 a month; seaman second class, which lande«i on Oesel Island in the ! the scarcity o f supplies there, and to
diers go through all the thrilling work ning o f the war was $50,000,000 and a
i $35.90 a month; and seaman $38.4*1 a Gulf o f Riga, under the cover o f 90 the fact that provisonii.g would be
o f trench warfare, including “ going year ago it wras $100,000,000. This
I month. From this post he may be- war veasels, had occupied up to 10 render«’«l difficult, with winter ap
over the top,” cutting through wire country’s rate of expenditure is great
| come a petty officer, receiving a pres o ’clock Saturday morning tho whole proaching, by the sea’s freezing.
entanglements and using the bayonet er than any other nation, Great Britain
The central committee o f the fleet
ent war pay of $41.70 for third class, northern and eastern part o f the is
in the “ enemy trench” Monday. The being second and Germany next.
By
has addressed to the sailors an appeal
drill was carried out at the Washing- next August, according to the bank’s $46.50 for second class, and $52.00 land, were within 12 versts o f Arena-
which has caused cessation o f the
ton barracks by American engineers in figures, the total cost to the world w ill for first class. Rising to a chief fietty burg, on the southern Hhore, according
meetings at Helsingfors. The semi
officer,
his
present
war
pay
is
from
to
an
announcement
made
by
the
Rus
training there.
be $155,000,000,000.
Already ex $61.00 to $83.00, depending on his sian naval general staff.
The Rus- official news agency says the first
Two hundred and fifty lives were penditures have exceeded $100,000,- class o f skilled work.
! nians still occupy Serel Point and the naval engagements in the Oesel waters
lost when the steamer Media was tor 000,000, o f which but a fraction has
There are other and higher grades Svorb Peninsula, on the southwestern have shown that an appeal to the
pedoed September 23 in the Western been translated into permanent na-1 0 f pay also several avenues open for coast.
crews o f the fleet may be counted on
Mediterranean, says a Reuter dispatch tional indebtedness. Interest on the promotion to commission.
It now develops that the Germans with certainty.
from Paris. The explosion o f the tor public debt is now calculated to be
| did not occupy the I)ag«> Island, north
pedo detonated the munitions in the more than 10 per cent o f the normal Secretary Baker Speaks for American ' o f Oesel and at the head o f the Gulf of
CHICAGO WINS WORLD SERIES
ship’s cargo. There were more than income of the German people, as corn-
Boy on Field in France.
j Finland.
500 passengers on board the steamer pared with less than one-half o f 1 per
Premier Kerensky, in an urgent ap
“ I f you want to sell bonds,” said
including soldiers and prisoners o f war. | cent in the case o f the people o f this Secretary Baker, addressing the wo- p««al to the Baltic fleet to defend the Americans Capture Sixth and Deciding
I country.
Game at New York.
1 man’ s Liberty Loan committee, “ get fatherland “ in this hour o f tra il,” di
Shipment o f 5000 bags o f flour for
The developed national wealth of
into your mind the face o f some plain vulged the fact that the garrison of
Serbians in Austrian prison camps, the
New Y ork— Like Ixwhinvar o f old,
the allies is placed at $600,000,000,000 homely country boy — an ordinary Kronstadt, the chief fortress and m ili
first of a series o f food purchases
the Chicago Americans came out o f
; by the bank, while that o f the Teu-
American boy- standing on a field in tary port o f Russia an«l the station o f the west and won the world’s series
which the American Red Cross, in co
i tonic powers is given as $130,000,000,-
j France, with the noise o f battle going the Baltic fleet, 20 miles west o f Pet baseball championship Monday, «Je-
operation with the Serbian govern
I 000.
on about him like a perfect hell. I rograd, by its attitude alreaily has feating the New York Nationals, 4 to 2,
ment, is making in this country for
About 53,000,000 men are today en
Think o f him there as the boy to whom j weakened the defensive resources of in the sixth and deciding game o f tho
r e lie f o f prisoners was announced in 1
gaged in the war. To what extent the i you are bringing support and succor by the fortress.
1917 diamond classic.
Washington Tuesday.
The Serbian
entente allies have gained superiority
Eight dreadnoughts, a dozi’n light
' co-ordinating back o f him the financial
minister has deposited $500,000 to the
For the first tim«« in almost a decade
over Germany is shown by the bank in
strength of his country; and as he ad- I cruisers, 40 torpedo boat and 30 mine the world’s championship banner will
credit o f the Red Cross fo r the pur
striking fashion.
vances toward the front with his face j sweepers participated in the German flutter over the fans in th«« Middle
pose.
With no more than 2,000,000 o f
The people West metropolis next spring when the
high
in the air representing our na- landing in Oesel Island.
Returns late Monday night from the ! American manhood enlisted, the total
Iowa special election to decide t h e ! m ilitary strength of the allies is 33,- i tion, we feel way down in our hearts: o f Petrograd received the news o f the series pennnnt ¡ h raised at Comiskey
occupation calmly.
park as evidence o f the Hii|x>riority of
question o f prohibition by constitu- J 000,000, against a total for Germany, “ Yes, son; that is your part. The
The newspapers publish interviews j the W hite Sox in the great National
tional amendment in Iowa indicated a Austria, Hungary, Bulgaria and Tur success will be largely yours, but the
responsibility is common, and you will with Rome o f the cabinet ministers and game.
“ dry” victory o f 10,000 to 15,000. | key o f 20,000,000.
The population o f
A fte r winning the first two games
These figures, generally from districts 14 entente allies, from which the ranks ' not find that the men and women o f others who agree that while the oper
favorable to the drys, began to shrink o f their armies may be replenished, is the country at home are leaving you ation seriously affects Russia’s strate on their home field and losing the next
gic position, it does not c«mstitute an two at the Polo Grounds, the Chicago
as late reports came in from cities in altogether 1,300,000,000, against a unaided in that distant land.’
immediate menace to the Russian cap clan clinched the gonfalon with two
the eastern portion of the state and at population o f less than 150,000,000 in W ill
Keep Card Index Record o f Ev- ital.
straight victories, one at Comiskey
midnight prohibition leaders claimed the central European naitons.
Premier Kerensky sent a telegram Park and the other at the lair o f the
'jt r j Soldier.
victory by 15,000. Des Moines went
The most comprehensive card-index to the commander-in-chief o f the na Giants.
dry by 1410.
Germany Calls Old Men.
system will he inaugurate«) by the War tional armies in which he said:
The New York club did not go down
The Paris army medical service has
Copenhagen— Germany has extended department following passage o f the
“ Tell the redoubtable Baltic fleet to defeat Monday without desperate
awarded 11 silver-gilt, 50 silver and m ilitary service to men 47 years of general deficiency appropriation bill that the hour o f trial has arrived. resistance. The battle was surcharged
75 bronze medals to workers in the age, and is calling up those who here supplying the necessary funds. Flans Russia expects for her safety a valiant with sensational situations and thrill
American hospital in Neuilly.
The tofore have escaped service on account have practically been complete«! for effort by the navy and I, as generalis ing plays, but the invatling combina
recipients o f the medals are 37 men o f m ilitary unfitness.
the creation in the department o f a simo, demand that the sailors make tion with the edge o f a one-game lead
and 99 women.
The army already included a large “ statistical division” with a foreign sacrifices.”
waH not denied.
number above the legal lim it o f 45
Ban Johnson, president o f the Amer years on the ground that, although no branch in Paris.
Russians Plan to Fight.
This division will keep a card-index
Want Rabbit Far for Hata.
ican League and a member o f the N a body above that age could be mobil
Petrograd — A military conference
Washington, D. C.— Five hundre«l
tional Baseball commission, admits ized, yet no requirement existed for record o f every soldier o f the United
that he has volunteered for military the discharge o f a soldier reaching States, whether on duty in this coun was held at main headquarters Sunday, thousand Oregon jack rabbits are «loom
try or on the battlefields o f Europe. at which Premier
Kerensky
pre ed to slaughter, because the largest fe lt
service in France.
that age.
Every man in the army, whether officer sided.
hat manufacturer in the United States
The London Daily Telegraph says it
or private, will be indexed by name
A program was adopted providing after conducting a long series o f exper
U-Boat Menaces America.
learned the Sultan o f Egypt died at
and the records filed in alphabetical or for the systematic training o f soldiers iments covering a period o f more than
noon Tuesday.
Hussein Kemal was
London— According to news from der for imme<liate reference should the and the application on the whole Rus a year, has found that selected Oregon
chosen by Great Britain in 1914 to Berlin in an undated dispatch received names appear either in army orders or sian front o f the technical military rabbit fur is eminently adapted to his
succeed his uncle, Khedive Abbas Hil- by the admiralty by wireless press, casualty lists.
With the deseprition processes developed in the present war use. Representative Sinnott has been
mi, as ruler o f Egypt simultaneously Germany is expeteed shortly to declare o f each soldier will be given the name and the strict regulation o f the sol asked to procure and ship 500,000 jack-
with the proclamation o f a British the coasts o f the United States, Can o f his next o f kin with emergency ad diers’ daily life so as to prixluce maxi rabbit skins. The order has been for
protectorate.
ada and Cuba war zones.
dress.
mum efficiency.
warded to Mr. Sinnott at The Dalles.
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