WORLD HAPPENINGS
OF CURRENT WEEK
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Events o f Noted People, Governments
mnd Pacific Northwest and Other
Things Worth Knowing.
The municipal council of Paris has
unanimously agreed to present to
Marshal Foch a sword of honor in
recognition of his services.
No sugar will be allowed to new
commercial bakeries starting in busi
ness after September 1. according to a
ruling from Washington, announced at
San Francisco by President McKinney,
acting federal Food commissioner.
Jesse Root Grant, the youngest son
of the late President Grant, obtained
a license at the city clerk's office in
New York Monday to marry Mrs. L il
lian Burns Wilkens, a wealthy widow-
living at River road and Burns terrace.
MOTION PICTURE ESSENTIAL
Was Industries Hoard is in Line With
General Crowder on Subject.
Washington, D. C.— The motion pic
ture industry in all its branches has
been recognized as an esseutlal Indus
try by the W ar Industries board.
Chairmau Baruch announced Satur
day that this action had been taken
in line with Provost Marshal General
Crowder's ruling under the “ work or
figh t" regulation that the industry af-
forded useful occupation.
Recognition of its value in affording
an educational medium for the great
masses of the people, as well as a
wholesome cheap means o f recreation,
governed the board in placing the in
dustry upon the preferred list for
priority. The extensive use of motion
pictures by all war recreation agen
cies also was considered.
The erection of new picture theat
ers. however, will not be permitted
during the war. Saving of materials
used in the manufacture of films, sev
eral of which are essential in the pro
duction of explosives, w ill be effected
by a ruling of the board that only one
negative may be taken of each pic
ture.
The industry also has been
called upon to Institute other econo
mies in material, chiefly tin aud iron.
9 0 .0 0 0 OFFICERS
NEEDED FOR ARMY
NINOENOURG LINE
REACHED AT POINTS
British Force Road to Fenton’s
Former Stronghold.
BAPAUME IS ENTERED
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STATE N E W S
IN BRIEF.
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W. W. Ebbetts, of Springfield, who
has lost three brothers fighting with
the British forces, has received word
that a fourth brother hud been wound
ed for the third time and was in u
hospital in France.
A co-operative plan for the construc
tion of the city und county road to
the old Fort Klamath road, via the
I’elican City, north of Klamath Falls,
is believed to have been reached by
the city und county officials.
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BACK Of GEN. HAIG
British Make Substantial? Gain
In Albert Region.
MANY VILLAGES FALL
Marshfield fishermen ami others
who aro familiar with conditions pro
Cavalry Successfully Precedes Infantry diet a successful, year for the flBlier English Troops Push Forward IrresUt-
men on Coos bay, who have for the
on W ide Front Airplanes Find
ably on laines leadin g to I ra
past few years seen only ordinary runs
and Hoinetnnea experienced short sea
Numerous Targets.
tant City o f Uapaume.
sons.
With the British Arm y In France.—
On some parts of the northern battle
front the British have reached points
a thousand yards front the old Hlnden-
burg line, which seems strongly held.
In addition to crossing the Albert-
Uapaume road at many places, the
British have made progresa southward
for a considerable distance with the
cavalry operating in front o f the in
fantry.
Resistance of a really strong nature
seems to be slightly diminishing at
many places along the battle front, but
where the bulk of the Germans are
retiring they have left the country vir
tually seeded with single machine guns
in protected positions and groups of
machine guns in nests.
Never before, not even during the
progress o f this battle, have the air
planes had such numerous targets for
their bullets and bombs.
t’leve Ingram and Fren Van Putten,
arrested several weeka ago after Sher
iff Anderson and deputies, of Baker,
With the British Army lu France.—
had raided their moonshine still on
Victorious
on a battle front of 23
upper Burnt river, pleaded guilty to
having liquor in their posaession and miles extending from the Cojeul river
were fined $250 each.
on the north, jtcroaa the Ancro and
Mrs. Sarah A. Evans, of Portland, Somme rivers almost to Llhona. the
was reappointed Tuesday by Governor | Third and Fourth British armies under
Wtthycombe as a member of the board Generals Byng and Dawlltison at mid-
of Inspectors of child labor, and Mra. aftumoon Friday were vigorously fol
Anna 7.. Crayne, also of Portland, was !
appointed a member of that bourd to j lowing up their successes of Saturday,
succeed Mrs. Turner Oliver, of La which apparently had been one of the
Grande.
most disastrous days ever experienced
It appeurs that Cooa county la likely ! by the Germans.
to adopt the public nurse system, and
The enemy has lost wide stretches
It Is believed an order will be obtained of ground, numerous towns, and thou
from the court at the September term
to inaugurate the work. A meeting sands of tnen made prlsouer and large
of those interested In the movement quantities of materials and guns. He
was held at Coqutlle and 45 persons also again has had heavy casualties.
Saturday’s prisoners exceed 3000.
attended.
Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria,
General Charles
Beebe, one of the the German communder, has thrown
pioneer military men of the state, has his men In before the advancing Brit
been appointed ucting adjutant-general ish armies In an effort to stave off
by Governor Wlthycoinbe to succeed the Inevitable, but only to have them
John M. Williams, who has resigned meet destruction before the storms of
following receipt of word that he has metal which poured from the British
received u inaj >r's commission in the guns.
One entire enemy battalion
regular army.
was annihilated during the fight lug
Dead Germans In great numbers
One million pounds of Bartlett pears
will probably be the record established are scattered everywhere over the
this year for the Wallace orchard lu battle field. As an example, 400 en
Polk county. Just across the river from emy dead were observed on one smell
Salem. I^tst year the orchard pro piece of ground.
duced 400,000 pounds. It la thought j With all this fierce fighting and not
that this year's crop will yield from withstanding the fact that the British
at many places have fought over open
$40 to $48 per ton.
ground against an enemy protected In
A telegram received at Sheridan “ pot holes’’ and strong points o f other
Monday night states that Andrew Ot- kinds, the British losses everywhere
linger, of the 162d regiment, formerly seem to have been extraordinarily
the Third Oregon, haa been killed in light. This probably Is due to the
action in France. Hia parents reside confusion the Germans find reigning
at Sheridan. Mr. Ottlnger was well- behind their lines, as they are fight
known by nearly all Sheridan reel ing a losing battle, which for them
dents and was popular among the hourly grows more disastrous.
young folks.
Crown Prince Rupprecht had streng
Leaders of the various war work thened hip line at many places, but
activities In Klamath county have e f thla, instead of stopping the British,
fected an organization with a view of simply meant that the Germans suf
co-ordinating the work of thelrv vari fered bigger losses.
ous departments, and It is believed ! The battle was widened appreclsbly
that by this means much waste labor both to the north and south, while
can be eliminated. George Ulrich was the ground In the middle between
selected as a Joint chairman with C. I). Albert and Beaucourt Sur-Ancre, which
Chorpenlng, of the new body, and a heretofore had been fairly quiet, sud
committee appointed to work out plans l denly was drawn Into the whirl.
for which the organization was ef-1
fected.
San Francisco.— The universities and
Publishers of trade books, copyright colleges of the United States have
reprints, juvenile, toy and non-copy-
right books have been directed to re been called to help supply thousands of
strict their output commencing Octo commissioned officers. Plans to trans-
ber 1 to 25 per cent of the new titles 1 form all such educational institutions
issued on the average of the last three of the west into m ilitary schools to
years of their business.
! meet the need for officers were dis
London, via Montreal.— Reconnolter-'
Sinking of four more fishing schoon cussed here Saturday at a meeting ing patrols of British troops are en
ers off the north Atlantic coast was
tering Bapaume.
reported Monday. Simultaneously the of the heads and other representatives
It is reported that British outposts
of
many
of
these
institutions
with
official announcement was made that
have reached the fringe of Bullecourt,
1
m
ilitary
authorities.
the Emergency Fleet corporation will
Among those who addresed the which lies seven miles northwest of
promptly meet the losses in the fish
meetings, were President Ray Lyman Bapaume, and captured high wood
ing fleet ship for ship.
Wilbur, Stanford University; Rufus B. east o f Albert.
A gigantic I. W. W. conspiracy aim Von Kleinsmldt, University of Arizona:
ing to force a general strike of miners C. A. Dunning, Colorado College, and
and lumber workers in the entire West W. J. Kerr, Oregon Agricultural Col
has been thwarted by the arrest in lege.
Spokane during the last week of 32
That the war department will need
members of the organization, accord 30.000
officers of all ranks between
ing to federal officials.
now and next July for service with the
Paris.— Premier Clemenceau Monday
“ The fine victories of the past week army overseas and at home and that telegraphed the presidents of the gen
large
proportion
of
this
number
must
have definitely decided the fortunes
eral councils that they could rely upon
of war,” says M. Clemenceau, the come from the colleges and universities the government and Marshal Foch and
of
the
United
States,
was
the
an
French premier, in a message thank
his magnificent staff and the allied ar
ing the departmental councils, which nouncement made at the conference tillery commanders to turn the present
by
Major
W.
R.
Orton,
of
the
general
voted congratulations to the govern
success of the allied arms into a com
staff.
ment on the trend of the war.
Of this number 20,000 are urgently plete and decisive collapse of the en
Airplane ambulances to carry in needed for the field artillery, 2000 for emy.
“ The splendid victories of the recent
jured aviators quickly from the scene the engineers and 800 for the quarter
weeks,” said M. Clemenceau, “ In which
of an accident to a field hospital are master’s department.
to be provided at all flying fields
Complete mobilization of all colleges the spirit o f our allies has so magnlfi
Successful experiments have been and universities for the purpose of de cently rivaled ours, has definitely set
made with the ambulance plane at veloping officer material Is necessary tled the fortune of war. The enemy,
Gerstner field. Lake Charles, La. ,
and complete readjustment at these in bewildered, deceiving himself as to his
own strength, now is finding out that
General Semenoff, in charge of a | situations must be made to put them he underestimated us.
force of Czecho-Slovaks numbering practically on a m ilitary basis.
“ The results achieved are the first
The plan contemplates the induction
several thousand, has attacked and
fruits of our harvest of rewards, the
into
the
student’s
army
training
corps
defeated a Magyar-Bolsheviki force at
highest o f which w ill be having de
Motsievskaia, Siberia. The town was o f all men of draft age who register as livered the world from ruthless op
members
of
the
student
bodies.
taken and many prisoners, including a
pression and brutality.
large number of wounded, were cap
“ We hall the dawn, the first gleams
The planing mill and box factory of {
tured.
of which brightened the victorious the Dufur Lumber company .were de
blows o f the founders of the American stroyed by fire at Dufur Sunday. A j
A posse searched the hills south of
republic and of the fathers o f . our warehouse containing lumber and lum
Bakersfield, Cal., Monday night for
revolution. The last obstacle t<f the ber piled in the yard adjoining the
Frank Elario, aged 20, a halfbreed In
establishment of rights among men Is mill also was destroyed, as was the
dian, who ran amuck in the Tejon
London.— An Important victory of
about to disappear. The triumph is residence of Conrad Bllen, located In the Czecho-Slovaks In Trans Balkalla
canyon and is alleged to have shot to
death Alfred Yucca, aged 20; Mrs.
Washington, D. C.— Skilled workers near.
the same block with the mill.
Mr.
“ Universal co-operation toward the Blien is manager of the plant, which lias just been officially announced
Francesca Lieva, aged 18, and her in the shipbuilding industry of the
sister, Isabelle Yucca, aged 15.
country have presented “ friendly de world's rejuvenation w ill attain the was owned locally. There was no In here. The town of Uerchnleudinsck,
mands” to the labor department board ideal goal for which so many genera surance on the mill or lumber and south of Lake Baikal, has been cap
The number of prisoners taken by
of the Shipping board for increase in tions have been striving.”
the loss of them Is about $5000. Mr tured after a battle In which the Bol
the British since August 21 has reach
wages to $1 an hour, double time for
Blien's house was partially Insured.
ed 20,000, the Petit Journal declares.
shevik forces were signally defeated.
all overtime, Saturday half holidays
According to Le Journal three new
The Fargo Orchards company, own- 1 Allied troops on tho Ussurf river
throughout the year and 1 per cent
German divisions have been identified
bonus for all night shop work.
London. — German newspapers say ing several hundred acres four miles front north of Vladivostok, outnum
opposite the British. Since August 8
The present wage is approximately the situation between Spain and Ger from Aurora, will harvest 10,000 boxes j bered by the enemy, have been forced
nearly 50 German divisions have been
75 cents an hour.
many Is critical, but that Germany can of appleB this fall. It produced 20 j
in the fighting against the British.
The dollar-an-hour wage request of make no concessions with regard to tons of loganberries for Jam for the to withdraw after heavy fighting, says
Expenditure by the secretary of war the skilled mechanics would affect her submarine warfare, says a dispatch army and has 45 acres of beans nearly | a dispatch to the Dally Mail from Har
up to $50,000 during the present fiscal thousands of workers throughout the to the Exchange Telegraph from Copen ready for harvest. A large quantity bin dated Wednesday.
of wheat and oats was also grown and
British and French troops were en
year for athletic goods, including base country.
hagen.
Before passing on the wage question
balls and bats, footballs and boxing
The Taeglische Rundschau admits the company has just purchased near gaged In the battle, but the brunt of
gloves, as a part of the equipment of the labor adjustment board, composed the beginning of a conflict which may ly 500 Cotswold sheep to help along the fighting fell to the Cossack and
The w h o le. com Czecho Slovak troops. Japanese units
each regiment, would be authorized of V. Everett Macy, A. J. Beres and L. affect the positions of both Mexico and the wool supply.
under a bill introduced in the house A. Coolidge w ill decide whether a Argentina. "T h e complaints of Spain munity has “ come through” In every aided In the retirement.
Bolshevik monitors operating on
Tuesday by Representative Siemel, of country wide basis shall be used In de mean an admission in favor of the en- war activity that has come before It.
Lake Hangka are harassing the allied
termining wage scales.
New York.
tente powers" says this newspaper,
Mrs. Millie R. Trumbull, secretary left and have detained additional Cze
The board today discussed the ques “and Spain’s threat means a step away
More than 100 persons are reported
tion of the country-wide basis, but ad from the path o f neutrality desired by of the board of child labor inspectors, cho forces. Commands are being giv
to have been killed at Tyler, Minn., by
journed without reaching any formal the Spanish people. The Spanish note has advised Secretary of 8tate Olcott en the Bolshevik! in German.
the tornado which swept over south
decision, it was said. W age scales must be considered by the German peo that the appropriation for that board
eastern Minnesota counties Wednes
has been exhausted.
Amsterdam. -Oenej-al Pepotoff, com-
heretofore have been fixed on a basis ple as an unfriendly act.”
day.
,
t
of districts, comprising shipyards In a
What is believed to be the largest mander-in-chief of the Red Guard army
The Lokal Anzeiger says that Spain
Alpine county, the smallest in Cali few states. A ll o f these adjustments must acknowledge the conditions which single shipment that has ever come In the Murmansk region, Is a prisoner
fornia, w ill be governed exclusively by are for six months and the last will compelled Germany to resort to sub through the malls to the Oregon City in the hands of the allies, says a Pe-
women officials, with the single ex terminate in October.
postoffice was received Wednesday by trograd dispatch to the W ezer Zeltung
marine warfare.
ception of sheriff, after January 1, ac
the Hawley Pulp & Paper company. of Bremen.
He was caught by peasants while at
cording to the present outlook.
Hun Grain Outlook Poor.
Madrid. — El Liberal Monday an The shipment, which was a consign
Washington, D. C.— Discussing the nounced that negotiations were pro ment of dyestuffs, weighed 4000 pounds tempting to flee and handed over to
Official confirmation was available
food situation in enemy countries Food ceeding for a commercial loan between and cost $600 to ship from New York the British.
in Madrid Thursday of reports current
Russian Red Guards, after the cap
Administrator Hoover Monday said Spain and the United States.
to Oregon City.
recently that Spain will take over
ture of Simbirsk on the Volga, accord
Germany’s prospects for grain from
“
Spain,”
the
newspaper
says,
“
is-
German ships in retaliation for the
Articles of Incorporation of the Asto ing to a Moscow dispatch to the Ham
Ukraine did not materialize.
The opening a credit of 300,000,000 or 600,-
sinking of Spanish craft by TJ-boats.
stock of grain in Germany, he said, Is 000,000 pesetas, the United States giv ria Home Builders’ company were filed burg Nachrlchten, publicly hanged In
W hile the Food administration asks about the same as last year. Austria’s ing as a guarantee the signatures of In the county clerk’s office Friday. the market place 300 Czechoslovak
the country to curtail the consumption condition is not quite so good In this American firms exporting cotton to The Incorporators aro H. H. Burtt, F. prisoners.
The hangings, it Is declared, were a
of beef, the cattle men of the Porter respect according to information avail Spain. With this credit the United h Turrlll and W. A. Roth and the
ville, Cal., district are having difficulty able. Roumania and Bulgaria, he said, States w ill be able to purchase in capital stock Is $10,000. The company reprisal for “ atrocities" committed In
in disposing of their late fall grass both exporters of grain, are now with Spain some o f the products necessary Is said to have purchased a tract In the town during Its occupation by the
out grain even for their own use and for its army in France without the the Scow Bay district on which It will Czechs.
steers.
Germany must supply both countries necessity of changing dollars Into pe erect about 15 residences at once.
In recognition of the assistance ren
or let them starve.
Nine Fly Acroaa Channel.
setas and thus avoiding the reduction
Several Portland manufacturers now
dered the wounded in France by the
employing
women
as
a
w
artim
e
In
exchange.
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London.—
A large British airplane
workers of the Salvation Arm y on
W ar Stories Are Wanted.
“ Ambassador W illard and other emergency have petitioned the Indus carrying its crew and nine passengers
duty there, the United States Steel
Washington, D. C.— Relatives and American officials have had several trial W elfare commission for authority has made the trip from France to
Corporation has sent $100,000 to the
friends of marines fighting in France Interviews with the members of the to employ women on the night shifts. England, It Is announced here Satur
arm y’s war work committee.
were called upon by Marine corps Spanish government, and It is believed Under previous rulings of the com day. The whole Journey occupied lit
Th e need of conserving peach seeds headquarters to forward letters de that the basis of agreement has been mission this class of employment at tle more than half an hour. The teat
t>r pits, apricot pits, plum pits, prune scribing interesting incidents at the reached. The Interest payable on the night has not been allowed, but a was made with an ordinary service
pits, hickory nuts, walnuts and butter front so that they may be Incorporated loan has been the subject of discussion. public conference probably w ill be airplane of the largest type.
The
nuts fo r use in making carbon for gas in the permanent records of the corps. America offers to pay the balance re held at some early date that the ques passengers carried the normal amount
masks is urged in a statement by the Where desired the letters will be co maining on the loan In Mexican gold tion may be more carefully consid of baggage as If traveling by train
gas division of the United States army. pied and returned.
on the day o f liquidation.”
ered.
or boat.
WAR TIDE TURNED.
SAYS CLEMENCEAU
CZECHO-SLOVAKS
WIN VICTORIES
SHIPWORKERS ASK
DOLLAR AN HOUR
Spain Near Break With Hun.