•ear the cross— to suffer that the world might he re­ lieved from the harden on the should* ers of all humans, from Ilerod down to Wilhelm. w ill win the wa 8 ÿ BROTHERS KNIT FOR g BROTHER IN FRANCE g H e w h o wastes a c ru s t o f brea d prolongs the w ar • it STIRS HATRED IN ALSACE-LORRAINE German Misrule on Conquered Provinces Fosters Pro- French Spirit. DRASTIC MEASURES ADOPTED N e w s p a p e r s H e ld to M o st S e v e rs C o d e ‘ o f L a w s — C a r to o n is ts A ro u se F u r y o f B e rlin O ffic ials and A re T K ow n In to P riso n . . WnnhlUKton.—Observers are study­ ing with Increased Interest the politi­ cal history of Alsace-Lorraine. The course of this Ilelchlund's history Is recognized as one of the most signifi­ cant In the story of the world. Through a multitude of other causes of the hol­ ocaust In Europe, the case of Alsace- Lorraine presents Itself with a grow­ ing significance. It Is here that Prus­ sia Initiated her grand mistake uud. through the forcible cession o f this state, engineered the hatreds and “ Welt I'olltlk” for which she Is pay tng now with all that humankind hold most dear and precious. • In 1872, when the (Jerinnn confeder­ ation was formed, this booty land was considered ns a prize o f the confeder­ ation ns a whole, with the regulative powers vested In the king of Prussia. The stnte was permitted to send dele­ gates to the relchstag. but could not he represented In the bundrsrnt, the real power In governmental Germany. With the usual aslnlnlty of German officialdom, the assimilation of the peo­ ple was hurried, and hurried by most unwise ntld Impossible meas­ ures. The Idea seems to have been that an nsslmllntlon could take place In one, or. at the most, two genera­ tions, and that It could be effected while the people paid Prussian taxes and were not granted representation In the laying of suld taxes. As n necessary vent to human nature, the result was the failure o f Prussian po­ lice methods all during the first thirty years o f the occupation. What hap­ pened after that In Metz, Colmer, Strassboiirg and Mulhousc we shall see. P r u s s ia n M isru le . I The year 1K10 marks the new pe­ riod o f Prussian misrule. The use of French was stringently forbidden on tombstones. In courts o f Justice, In the schools and In public gatherings. In­ deed, severe punishment hns been meted out for the use of the French GROW FAT ON WAR BREAD M en, W o m e n an d C h ild re n Seen on S tre e ts Seem to Be B e tte r N o u r- Ish e d T h a n Eve r. London.— The English nppear to be growing fat on war bread. An English newspaper publishes the following: “ Although I hate It,” writes a cor­ respondent In Surrey, “ war bread seems to fatten me, and my weight has Increased by several pounds. Yet 1 nm entlng not much more than half the bread I used to eat before the war, and also less o f other foods. A doctor explained thnt this may he quite true. "Anyone who keeps Ids eyes open In the streets will notlee that men, women and children are elenrly better nourished than ever. No doubt," he said, “ there Is n good ileal of Indigestion from hnd hrend, but even people who digest It badly, and dislike It, too, grow fatter and phys­ ically stronger. This Is especially no­ ticeable In spare men o f middle age. Possibly the explanation Is thnt we were eating more hrend before than we could digest. Perhnps, too, the mlx- langunge In certain private and semi- private gatherings. German Immigrants shipped Into the Itelchslund bred children, only to have them take sides with the Indigenous population In their clamor for nnnexn- tIon to Germany on an equal basis with the other German states. This latter |s)1nt. contrary to general belief, was actually Just what the Alsatians ngltat«sl for. French culture and Ideals began to have I heir effect when nil Importunities and pleadings for a relaxation of Prussian oppressive methods and a representation In the government failed. Prussian rule remained Inflexible. Guarantees and alterations were promised and seemingly compiled with, only to have the people discover, when the smoke of Prussian bland duplicity cleared away, thnt they were bound more helplessly than ever. In the spring of 1012 the Prussians further showed their disapproval of the agitation engendered by attempt­ ing to ruin the Alsatian factories at Grnfcnstaden, near Strassbourg. by withdrawing all orders for locomo­ tives for the Prussian railways. In the month of May, In this same year, the popular Imllgnntlon, already Inflamed, was fanned to fever heat by the remarks of the Germnn emperor I to the mayor of Strassbourg, during an | Imperial visit to the city. He Is re­ ported to have said: “ Listen. Up to here you have only known the gogcl able of me. Things cannot continue ns they are. I f this situation lasts, we will suppress your ‘constitution’ and uiinex you to Prus­ sia.” Alsatian newspapers were held to a narrow course by u most severe code of laws, but suspensions were taking plnce every day. To be profitable, a journal muld do nnught else but sup- j port the Berlin policies. A school of I cartoonists cnine to the fore, and, by I n series of cnustlc nml meaning car- 1 toons. Indicted Berlin till the officials In their fury, hegnn placing prison sentences Indiscriminately among enr- I toonlsts nnd Journalists. And so. France, who had represent­ ed to the heroes of 1793 the beau-ideal of democracy, came gradually to the fore ns the Influence In Alsace-Lor­ raine. Her culture, her Ideals nnd tier citizenship became valued dreams of loyal Alsatians. But fnr off dreams they seemed; nnd the Alsatians, In their growing love for the republic, could not harbor the thought that France should suffer the throes o f a war with remorseless Prussia for their turo of grains In bread Is proving more nourishing than the pure whenten loa f; the stomach likes variety, nnd the people who do the best Intellectual work are those who feed on all avail­ able foodstuffs. BEAT HIGH FOOD PRICES A d C lu b at P o rtla n d , Ore., I s C o n d u c t­ in g F re sh F is h M a rk e t, S e ll­ in g at Cost. Portland, Ore.— Cutting the high cost of living In n practical manner Is the task essayed by the Portland Ad club, which Is conducting n fresh fish mar- ket here and selling sen food nt cost. So popular Is the market that the first day It opened three tons o f fish were sold. Sable fish, groupers, ling, cod nnd smelt are sold for live to seven cents a pound, while other fish mnrkets are asking twelve to twenty cents for the same kinds of fish. On the opening day n crowd o f wom­ en. with mnrket baskets, stood before the doors watting for the first fish to be placed on sale. From thnt time on sales continued brisk, nnd the Ad ¡8 X A X X *5 A X .*« X ij X ►$ X *5 V Columbus. O. — Lieut. Col. Chari«* Ontes Dawes, the Chi­ cago hanker who Is serving with the United --States engineers somewhere In Frnnee, Is going to hnve a sweater and also a scarf provided Ids brothers do not drop to many stitches. For several weeks tales have been drifting around of n man seen knitting Industriously. In Pullmnn smoking compartments, on Atlnntlc City hotel verandas. In taxicabs, etc. In a train go­ ing out o f Columbus one night recently he was Identified as former Congressman Reman Gatea Dawes o f Ohio, a brother of the Chicago banker. Beman knits and knits the while he discusses oil and elec­ tric railways, In which he Is In­ terested, with his fellow passen- gers In the smoking compnrt- ment. “ Darn It, there I’ve dropped another stitch," Beman ex- A claimed, ns he pointed nn argu- |*J meat on oil prices. “ Well, broth i j er ( ’barley won’t mind nnother X hole In this sweater. If I can i ' keep out or arguments on the state of the union I reckon I £ ought to finish my knitting In ,J about nine months.” Beman also contributed the A Information that Rufus Dawes ,,f Chicago Is knitting u scarf for >$ brother Chnrley. M “ Mother taught all of us boys *$ to knit," Beman said, "and this X Is certainly the time for nil good v knitters to coine to the ntd of their country.” V V 400-YEAR-0LD CLOCK STOPS F a m o u s T im e p ie c e In H a m p to n C o u rt Palace, Lo n d o n . L a s t R e p a ire d In 1880. London.—The celebrated clock of Hampton court palace that was pro­ vided with n dial to give astronomical I changes but never did so, has stopped once more. It Is believed to have been constructed by a German way back In 1540. but as a matter of fact his­ tory falls to record the name of Its maker. The celebrated elockmaker Vulllnmy reconstructed It In 1799, but he gnve up the astronomical dial portion on the ground thnt It never could have work­ ed with the machinery provided, rele­ gating thnt portion of the works to the store cupboard. A Croydon firm o f clockmakers set the whole thing golna ngnln In 1880, nnd It him run satisfactorily until now. Workmen are busy getting up the scaf­ folding necessary to reach the dial, nnd nfter a thorough cleaning nnd cer­ tain repnlrs to the dial It ts expected to run for nnother quarter of a cen­ tury with little attentions from time to time. F iv e Sons in A rm y. Pittsburgh.— Testimony before the Stnte Workmen's Compensation board brought out the fact thnt Mrs. Cather­ ine Conlln, a widow, of Homestead, hns five sons In the new Nntlonnl army. Two other sons are under the draft age. club, co-operating with the city admin­ istration lias under way n plan for a permanent fish market where all kinds of sen food will be sold nt actual cost. The Ad club points out thnt If people eat fish the fishing Industry will tie promoted and other foods capable o f being shipped long distances will be released to help win the war. ENGLAND MAY USE WHALE MEAT FOR BEEF Portland, Ore.— Maitland F. Klndersley of London, England, Is In the Pacific Northwest In­ vestigating the possibilities of substituting North Pacific whale meat In Inrge quantities for beef In England and for her armies. Klndersley said he will sub­ ject whale meat to cold storage and chemical tests to determine whether or not large supplies of the chilled or frozen meat can he transported to England and remain In good condition. MUCH SUGAR STORED Quantity Discovered, labeled as "T op ('runt F lou r," Estimated at 150 Cars STATE N E W S IN BRIEF. 1 Scarce in New York. Buffalo, N. Y .— Federal secret serv­ ice agents Tuesday reported to Wash­ ington the discovery in a Buffalo ware­ house of millions o f pounds o f sugar in bags and barrels, labeled " to p crust Hour. ” Notations on the packages, it was said, indicated that the sugar had been coming into the warehouse over a period of several months. A federal agent who made a survey o f the con­ tents o f the building estimated the amount o f sugar at 150 carloads, or about 10,000,000 pounds. Around immense piles c f sacks con­ taining the sugar the Federal agent said he found a screen o f other arti­ cles, while some of the containers marked “ top crust flour" actually had flour sprinkled over the outside. New York— Refinery, wholesale and retail prices o f sugar for Greater New York were standardized in an agreement entered into Tuesday by re­ presentatives o f the three branches o f the industry at a conference called by Henry Markowitz, commissioner o f public markets. The prices follow : Refinery, $8.35 basis for bulk granu­ lated; wholesale, $8.60' per hundred pounds for bulk granulated in the ori­ ginal packages to the retail trade; re­ tail 10 to 11 cents a pound fo r granu­ lated sugar, the price to the consumer not to exceed 11 cents. The conference issued a statement saying that the co-operation o f the consumer was necessary in working out the plan and that the sugar shortage is temporary. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORT i Wheat— Bulk basis for No. 1 grade: Hard White — Bluestem. Early Bart, Allen, Galgalus, Martin Amber, $2.05. Soft white — Palouse bluestem, forty­ fold, White Valley, Gold Coin, White Russian, $2.03. White club — L ittle club, Jenkins club, white hybrids, So­ nora, $2.01. Red Walla W alla— Red Russian, red hybrids, Jones fife, cop- pei, $1.98. No. 2 grade, 3c less; No. 23 grade, 6c less; other grades handled by sample. Flour— Patents, $10.20. M illfe e d — Spot prices: Bran, $30 per ton; shorts, $33; middlings, $41; rolled barley, $55®57; rollled oats, $54. Corn— Whole, $83; cracked, $84 ton. Hay— Buying prices, f. o. b. Port­ land: Eastern Oregon timothy, $27 per ton; valley timothy, $23@25; al­ falfa, $22.50®24; valley grain hay, $20; clover, $20; straw, $8. Butter — Cubes, extras, 46c per pound; prime firsts, 44c. Jobbing prices: Prints, extras, 48c; cartons, lc extra; butterfat, No. 1, 51@52c. Eggs— Ranch, current receipts, 52@ 53c; candled 55® 56c; selects, 58®60c per dozen. Poultry — Hens, large, 18 @ 19c; small, 16® 17c; broilers, 19c; ducks, 18f<: 20c; dressed, 28® 30c. V eal— Fancy, 15®16c per pound. Pork— Fancy, 20@21c per pound. V egeatbles— Tomatoes, 85c®$1.60 per crate; cabbage, lj@ lfc per pound; lettuce, 50c per dozen; cucum- bres, 40@60c per dozen; peppers, 7® 10c per pound; cauliflower, $1® 1.35; sprouts, 10c per pound; artichokes, $1 dozen; horseradish, 9Je per pound; garlic, 7c per pound.; squash, 1 f c per pound, pumpkins, 1 jc per pound. Sack Vegetables— Carrots, $1.25 per sack; beets, $1.50; turnips, $1.50® 1.75. Potatoes— $1.50® 1.75 per hundred; sweet potatoes, 3J®3jc. Onions— Buying price: $2.35, coun­ try points. Green Fruits— Peaches, 75®85c; ap­ ples, $1@2.25; pears, $1.50 ® 1.85; grapes, $1@1.60; casabas, 2c per pound; cranberries, $13.50 per barrel. Hops— 1917 crop, 35c per pound; 1916 crop, 20® 24c. Wool — Extra fine, 50 ®, 60c per pound; valley, 55®60c; mohair, long staple, 55c. October 30, 1917. Cattle— Best beef steers............. $ 9.75®10.00 Good beef steers............. 7.50® 9.00 Best beef cows............... 6.75® 7.25 Ordinary to g o o d ........... 4.00® 6.00 Best h e ife r s ................... 7.00® 7.75 C a lv e s ............................ 7.00® 9.50 Bulls............................... 4.00® 6.75 Stockers and fe e d e r s ..,. 4.00® 7.25 Hogs - Prime light h o g s ............ $15.75®15.85 Prime heavy h o g s ......... 15.65(u 15.75 Bulk .............................. 15.60® 15.75 P i g s ................................ 13.50foT4.00 Sheep— Yearlings......................... $12.50(«iT3.00 Wethers.......................... 12.00(0,13.00 E w e s .............................. 8.50® 10.50 Western lambs............... 14.00® 14.50 Valley lambs................... 13.50®14.00 / Engineer R. E. Klein, who has just finished the survey o f the Cloumbia River Highway between Hood River and Mosier, is now engaged in making a survey for the proposed new concrete bridge to span Hood River in place of the old steel bridge. Frank Eugene] Davis and William Harvey Beeman, who were examined by the Astoria exemption board several weeks ago and exempted until October 15 on account o f physical disability, were re-examined this week and certi­ fied as eligible for m ilitary duty. Rex T u ft and a boy named Smith, both o f Grants Pass, Or., were killed near Central Point Tuesday night on the Pacific Highway. Their automo­ bile lost a nm off a front wheel, plunged to the ditch, turned a somer­ sault over the fence and threw the occupants to their death. J. H. Chambers, whose sawmill was destroyed by fire at Cottage Grove, w ill resume operations within a few days at his Wildwood plant, which has been idle fo r several years. A ll the machinery is in the mill and it is thought operations can be resumed be­ fore the end o f the next week. A few more days o f dry weather and ail farm work w ill be suspended at Carlton. Quite a number o f farmers began plowing after the September rains and have a large acreage already sown. The frost o f last week killed the potato vines and farmers are now busy harvesting the crop, which w ill not exceed 50 per cent o f the normal. Judge W ill R. King, chief counsel o f the United States Reclamation service at Washington, is in Klamath Falls on business, accompanied by President J. T. Hinkel, o f the Oregon Irrigation congress. This is Judge King's first visit to the Klamath country and he expressed himself as being greatly impressed with the future in store for this country. The Public Service commission has decided to hold a hearing on the appli­ cation o f the Portland Railway, Light & Power company for abolition o f com­ mutation tickets and transfer p rivil­ eges and also for a 15 per cent in­ crease in freigh t rates on its interur- ban lines. The proposed tariffs, which were to have become effective October 30, w ill be suspended pending the hearing. Shipment of Hood R iver apples is ; increasing daily. W hile sales agen- j cies had difficulty in securing refrig er­ ator cars 10 days ago, {freezers are now available. Shipments o f local fruit, however, are 16 cars short o f last year, when on October 30 a total I o f 339 carloads had been shipped. Up to Wednesday the Apple Growers’ as­ sociation had shipped 174 carloads of fruit, while the Fruit Growers’ E x­ change had shipped four cars. The Lincoln Trust ¡company, o f Spo­ kane, has deposited with Superinten­ dent o f Banks Sargent in Salem, $50,- 000 worth o f securities as the first trust company outside o f the state to comply with the provisions o f the new trust company act. The company con­ templated selling securities in this state and have no branch office, but w ill have an agent in Portland. Un- | der the act the company is to be ex­ amined by the state superintendent and comply generally with all the terms o f the law. Mrs. Sarah Anne McKinney Cald­ well, o f Yoncalla, celebrated her 90th birthday anniversary Wednesday. She was born in Booneville, Mo., in 1827. 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. Tagged like an express package, lit­ tle Christy Stigmaier, grandson of Postmaster Malone, o f 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 scaling a 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 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 $100 cash prize offered for the best five-bushels o f potatoes exhibited at the Seventh Annual Potato Show at Redmond was awarded to S. D. Mus­ tard, o f Powell Butte, Or. Mr. Mus­ tard took the sweepstakes prize at the Portland Land Products Exhibit held in Portland two years ago.