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IS FIXED AT
FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AR
RIVES AT DETERMINATION
OK tOMPHOMIME
FARMERS WAHT THREE DOLLARS
Meeting of tinnvei-s tfcltal t I'ro
Umi, but National Uovenuueat
Say Prico Will He Kept
Washington, Aug. 10.- The whsat
price-fixing committee, beaded by
Dr. II. A. Garfield, torisy after three
day 1 deliberations, announced that
It had agreed upon price. The
price of No. 1 northern ( spring) waa
fixed at 31.10 a bushel at Chicago
for the 1111 crop.
Labor representatives on the com
snltlee voted first for 31. M and the
farmer for 11.(0. After long dls
uaalon, the compromise at $3.20
waa approved unanimously,
The presldent'a announcement of
the deliberation, stated:
The price now recommended by
'that committee 13.10 per , bushel
at Chicago for the baale grade will
to rigidly adhered to ty the food
ad mlalet ratio.
"It Is the hove and expectation
of the food administration and my
own. also, that this step wilt at .once
stabilise and keep within moderate
bounds the price of wheat for . all
transactions thruugKouT the preatmt
rop year, and, In consequence, the
prices of flour anil bread also."
St. Psul, Aug. 31. The non-psr
tlssn league has Issued invitations
for representative from all wheat
(rowing states to meet here within
two weeks to dlsi'iim the government
tied wheat price. The league want
'higher prices, probably three dollars
per bushel.
MKT Ali
HTAIIH KOt'NIt
rXliUWIN AIR RAID
liondon, Aug. 10, (lly mailt
(Many small, ftve-palnied bress stsrs
J were found In one neighborhood of
liondon after the terrific aerial bom
bardment of July 7, and the authori
ties wonder where they came from.
It Is not certain whether they were
among the missiles enclosed In the
Oerman shrapnel bombs but the
btthllo never heard of star-shsped
bullets In British shrspnel.
Y
American Field Headquarters,
Trance, Aug. 6. (By mall )-Crula-'
Ing along In their silent blue am-
bulance train, 40 young American
chauffeurs at dusk today happened
onto a detachment of new army In
France their own army, tha Amsrl -
oans.' ,
n
Tho foremost driver, slumped , medical corps, others wanted to be
back until ha was sitting on hla come aviators. . They were given an
ftouldeHbfedes, started upright at j American paper printed in Paris,
what be aaw. The next instant ho giving the baMball scores and stand
leaped dear out of his seat with an J Ing of tha olubs until three days
Indian yell and throw himself Into ago. It was their first Information
the midst or the soldiers from hqme, j on the grand old gams In nearly
-shaking hands right and left. The .two months.
answering yells from S lusty troop- Bight young fellow from M1nne
ra fresh from civilian Ufa back J spoils dlncovered a member of the
"home, brought the remainder of the American expedition who csme from
ambulance boys tumbling from their ( their own home town Juki a short
cars to hoar American spoken by, time buck. Thsy wanted him to toll
Amorlcnn soldiers.
The American soldiers wore rid-
' Ing on a big motor truck cm whose
dull brown hood was painted In
lilnck the mnglo letters "U. S. 1st
DIV." cumbering onto the truck
thO'chsurfotiM crowded It until all
piled off into the square to talk It
nvp-,
The nmliulitiiPfl men Innrnort nbout
n American wnr from lliolr own
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'fD SHORTAGE
CAUSE QFRIOTS
M1MU In I'etrograd Kept Huy Mif
pressing Aatl-OoTernntent Hints
. Ihie to ftcareity of fWatulfa
New York, Aug. II The Peiro-
grad militia la busy . suppressing
anti-government riots and counter
revolutionary tendencies, according
to a special csJjle received here by
a Jewish duly,. s
Postals, calling for an armed up
rising against the government have
been destroyed and several attempts
to start street demonstrations were
vigorously quelled.
The oause of the prevailing antl
goveroment troubles Is said to be a
lack of food.
The report adds that 10 persons
are dead at Moscow and many more
are dying as result or overdrink
Ing. The liquor waa stolen from
railroad stations. ,
London, Aug. II. WhIU the Rua
slsns southwest of Pokshanl again
hav deserted their pons permitting
the Teutonic allies to make further
gains In the regions of Ocna and
Ketdl-Vasarhely they are still giving
battle to the Invador and oa both
sector have ropulsed strong attacks.
Between Iresht and Pokshanl a ma
jority of tbt men comprising two
Russian regiments ddeserted, but
the Rn salts commanders hsvi taken
stapa to restoro the former stam
of the line by filling the gup with
loyal men.
AMBIT QAM MAY
WILL BE IMPROVED
Deputy Game Wardtm Jewell UV
fluy Informed the Courier that, ow
Ing to the low water stage In the
river, he though It advisable to
make some cbanges In the 6orth
slde fish way at the Ament dam, so
as to nuke It easier for fish to get
Into the flsh way. This work will
commence the first of next week.
Mr. Jewell reports that the two
fish ways at this dam have never
worked better than during the pre
ent season. , He counted 105 salmon
passing up one fish way within an
hour,, earlier In the summer. "It,"
said Mr. Jewell, "the heavy rush
of water through the Public Ser
vice Corporatloa's pen stock could
be stopped, the fish would be at
tracted to the two fish ways more
readily and pass above the dam
without delay."
OF Fl
E
! soldiers, approximately the slie of
the first expedition, how many more
may be expected in France (by, say.
Thanksgiving, where they expect to
take their atand on the line and
, tha answers to a hundred other que
. tlons. Soma of the drivers were
quiring how to get Into the army
them sihout' horns -he wanted to
hour more and more of the Kronen
nisntlgor who are clawing tho
.Roche to shred up there In the
Vogo'v
With tho simple Inngnngo of men
who huve soon fighting tho Hod
Cross youngsters told of the flght-
fm. Tlioy told of drum fire and of
wnundml Frenchmen who-grit tliolr
Imlh nnd do not grosn.
QBARTI PASS, JOSEPHINE COC1TTT,
SEAM FACES
IN
DKMANIWi ItV WOltKMKN Ml'HT
UK MKT PROMPTLY OR MKM
WIMj HTIUKK
TWELVE TH0US1 IHO
(fctvornmrxu's Kliln lluiltllnx Pro
gram Would lie Herltiiuily Inter
ruttcd I'bIcm Settled
Seattle, Aug. 11. Twelve thou
sand Seattle shipbuilders will strike
September g, unless three companies
concede the demands for higher
wsges.
If the companies maintain their
present position that they are un
able to pay the Increase In wages
without orders from the , United
States shipping board, the commlt-
will serve the strike notice. '
The Skinner and Eddy corporation
has signed the agreement prevent
ing a strike at Its plant
An attempt will be made to avert
tbt strike In the other plants by a
conference scheduled to be held this
afternoon between the committee of
the workers and the company man
agers.
San Francisco, Aug. 11. A strike
fund of 1250.000 will be raised. It
became known here, following the
announcement that lt.000 Seattle
ship yard 'workers would probably
go on strike.
E
BE GERMANY'S REPLY
Rome, Aug. SI. An intense, con
centrated submarine warfare against
the United States and England, as
a result of 'President Wilson's de
clination of the pope's peace appeal,
Is rumored here.
Discussion of the letter In dip
lomatic circles here reveals the be
lief that thla will be the course fol
lowed by Germany as Its response
to the suggestions la President Wil
son's letter criticising Oerman
methods. The belief Is also evidenc
ed that the central powers have been
endeavoring through so called demo
cratic decrees and discussions of re
forms, to Influence American op
inion 1n favor of the Teutonic allies.
The presldent'a reply shows this ef'
fort to have been In vain.
The next step for the Germans,
according to these same diplomats,
will be a fierce effort to make the
submarine warfare produce a telling
blow upon American-English com'
tnerce.
MARK U'OODIU'FF HAN
RKSiaXKD AS ROOSTER
Portland, Aug. 11. Mark Wood
ruff, one of the Pacific northwest's
best known publicity men, who for
last three years has been assistant
secretary of the bureau of publicity
and conventions of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce, severed his
relations with the ohamber today.
He will work In the advertising de
partment of a Portland paper.
STREET CAR COMPANY
ASKS SIX-CENT FARE
Portland, Aug. 31. The Portland
Railway, Light and Power company
will endeavor to secure pvrmlsMlon
to CRtabllnh a six rent fare on It
linos.
The enrmon threaten to strike and
the cohM'Rtiy Mutes that It Is Impos
Hl'lie to r'.'nnt their demands unless
t'.'o fare Increase I permitted.
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OREGON, nODAl. Al'OCST 81,
BOOTLEGGERS
SENT TO JAIL
TWO HEAVILY LADEN LIQUOR
lIAALKRH ARM NABBED HEAR
' ASHLAND
1 GIVEN LIMIT SENTENCES
Pleas of Guilty Did Not astro' Pro
fessional Violators of Bute's
Liquor Law
The largest bootlegging haul made
In southern Oregon since the passage
of the bone dry law waa te result
of the arrest by JacksoQ county's
special agent. R. C. Porter, of Ran
kin Estes, a pool room proprietor of
Medford, and a man from Portland,
fourteen cases or liquor were
taken from the Medford ,car. Bates
says he was going to get 1100 for
the' liquor In Medford. He came
through Ashland between 7 and
o'clock last night. He had aeen Mr.
Porter and Sheriff Jennings In Med
ford earlier In the day and for this
reason though tha highway over the
Siskiyou mountains would be dear-
The 3( cases of liquor cost liS'a
case. The quantity taken last night
cost 1310. actual cost in Horn
brook: The It eases contained 71
gallons of tha wet stuff, '
- The men were captured near tha
Home residence, about throe miles
south of Ashland. . The Portland
man made no resistance, but Estes,
when flagged by the officers, con
cluded to make a quick turn and
beat It back toward Oallfornlai but
w not aware that another officer
waa stationed a few yards farther np
the road, who hailed him after he
had' turned his .car. completely
around in the road and started to
leave the other officers. '
The Portland man above referred
to gave the name of C. H. Smith
when brought before Justice of the
Peace Taylor at Medford yesteraay.
Both Smith and Estes pleaded guilty
and each was given the maximum
sentence of $500 fine snd six
months In all. They were taken
at once to Jacksonville by Sheriff
Jennings, snd began serving their
sentences. ' '
Fl
Deputy Game Warden Jewell,' last
night received from State dame
Warden Shoemaker, the following
telegram:
"Governor's proclamation closes
all hunting aeasons all over Oregon
until re-opened by proclamation. The
order la now In full force and effect.
'Proclamation re-opening the aea
sons will not be made until general
rain prevails throughout Oregon."
A literal interpretation of . this
telegram will bo construed to pro
hibit hunting any place In the state,
Just at tha time when the eastern
Oregon hunting season opened, ac
cording to a decision by Attorney
General Brown.
This morning Mr.' Jewell receiv
ed a second telegram from Game
Warden 8hoemaker which modified
the statements of the first telegram.
The second telegram reads as tfol
tows: "Governor has explained that his
proclamation closing the hunting
eaion only affects the timbered area
and that open seasons are not affect'
ed except In the foreBts, All other
seasons which are open now or may
be opened within the next 30 days
are not affected."
; J. 13, Talbcrt and family and Mrs,
1.. Acree nnd family arrived this
mcrnlnir from Phoenix to spend a
IN JACKSON CO
'my weeks In tho hop fields.
1017.
PEACE CEETIIIG
IS LIED EAST
Extreme Socialists Give I'p Attempt
to Hold Peace Montis isj Middle
West and Will Try East
Minneapolis, Aug. 11. Secretary
Louis Loehnar of tha Peoples ma-
dt, which baa been hunted from pil
lar to poet in the middle west, to
day announced that ther would st-
tenpt to hold the proposed peace
ooDferenee at Washington on Sun
day. .
Offldala of the council loft for tho
east late tonight . Tho special
train bringing t&o delegates from
the tst loft Now York yesterday
and will bo turned back at Elkhart,
Ind.
: V
St Panl, Aug. Si. Five mem
bers of tho People's Peace eonndl.
who went to Hudson, Wis., lata this
afternoon to make arrangements for
holding tho council' national eon
tmUob, worn pi seed on a track by
an angry crowd of a thousand peo
ple, escorted to tho depot and placed
on a train bound for SL Paul.
BARER
BUTTE IS STRiXE
Butte, Mont; Aug. 10. Even tho
women are helping the striking
members M the- eMtal Mine Work
ers' onion here today. They have
organised an auxiliary to the union.
and, according to Jbe. strike lead era.
are active In the interests of the
men.-1 -'-''':'Mjtr'i 1 JRv9
' When the women' start to fight
they make a man ashamed of him
self by their whole-hearted, self-sacrificing
efforts. More power to
them," observed the miners' little
publication, the Strike Bulletin.
SAX ANTONIO DESCRIBED
BY LOCAL SOLDIER 831
Wtllard Hannum, one of the Jo
sephine county boys who enlisted
shortly after the outbreak of tho.
war and who la now stationed at
Kelly -Field. San Antonio, Texaa,
writes an interesting letter describ
ing the points of historical interest
In and about San Antonio. As the
city was settled by the Spaniard In
168 and has been the scene of many
of tho-important events in the war
for Texas' independence, , there la
much material for Interesting des
cription and historical reference.
' Toting Hannum evidently has em
ployed his spare time lb an Inter
esting and profitable manner. .
GOVERNMENT IS QUIETLY
GERMAN SPIES SCATTERED OVER COUIIM
Washington, Aug. 11. Govern
ment sleuths are watching for evi
dence of Teutonic frlghtfulnese
among tha kaiser's spies In all parts
of the country. It was learned today.
The government know there are
plenty of Boche apostles scattered
through the United States who
would be delighted with a chance to
feed children - poisoned candy,
sprinkle poison In wells and reser
voirs and do other things of the
sort.
Every effort Is being made to
"spot" , : these pleasant creatures.
Many of them have been arrested
quietly. ,
So anxious . were the kaiser's
agents to poison children In Rou-
mania that they flew over that land
In aeroplanes and dropped sacks of
poisoned candy, which the children
ate and, within 4 hours died In ag-
ony from the effects of the tainted
sweets.
The government wants to control
this situation and et the same time
avoid engendering Suspicion 1 and
hatred of loyal Gerams among the
country's citlsens.
WHOLE NOTOUR MM..
BAD HEATHER
SBIIGS PAUSE
FRBXH FR0;JT
RECENT SUCCESSES FOLLOW-
BY INEVITABLE PERIOD OS
OONBOUDATIOir
UP TEUT01 EESEEiB
Ahhowgh Lean Tfcaa
Britiah Losses fa Recent OsTaawNsj
Reach Over 60,000
London, Aug. 31. The repulso of
an enemy raid today north of
leus-en-Porello following a hesrry
bombardment of tho British froat
positions, was reported by tho wnr
office. '
Tho fearful fighting in tho flaav
ders offendTo has cost England
173 killed wounded and missing. It
was announced that these figures am
leas than the losses for too prouot
Ing month. The number of ofltoasn
killed has shown a romarkabka -
"The last week has been marked
by a pauae on all the western frowta
a pause which was Inevitable) ot
ter tho groat successes of tho pre
vious week, a pause accentuated Say
tho bad weather that affected tho
operations all tho way . from tho
North fea to the Italian seaooaat," .
said Major General F. B. hfasnrlcsv
chief director of. military operaOowa
at the war -oBc. .. ,vV v-..'',: -.-.-'
' "Hi Flanders the process of "woni.
Ing down the Germans by eon'tlaa
ous bombardment, - continuous air
fighting and continuous Infantry
raids, is being kept np and la harr
Ing a fsr greater effect than Is rssv
llsed. Wa now are la the first phano
of the Flandera battle. We are sxs
hausting with good success tho Cow-
mans reserves, and later win
the second phase to which wo aro i
looking forward."
PRESS ASSOCIATION' OF
MONTANA TO
Missoula, Mont.. Aug. 11. ttm
annual meeting of tho laoataB
8tata Frees association will bo told
hero October , S and 4. J. A. OH
luly, of tho Fergus County Argwa.
Is the president of the aanodatfaav
ALLIES ADOPT WILSON'S
NOTE AS JOINT REPLI
London, Ang. Ill President Wil
son's reply to tha pope stands as that
reply , of all the. allies. Lord Cecil,
minister of blockade Intimated hero
HUNTING " :
In announcing that It had fosust
tetanus germs In samples of court
plaster distributed by anonymows
peddlers In various parts of tho Unit
ed 8tatea, tho department of notice -
prefaced Its statement by saying that
ft did not "share in any sensational'
view as to tho manner In which the
court phuter became Infected."
"But," added, "Tho public la cap
tioned against purchasing thla reme
dy except from approved sources, tho
warning being particularly directs
against purchases In small peckagts
from street peddlers and venders."
Jean Cronos, the kalsoresquo chef
who poisoned the prelates' soups at
the Chicago banquet, thus produdng
a straw which showed the way hla
mental mind blew, la still at targe In
the United States.
The government has secret Infor
mation showing that Crones has
many kindred spirits of his own
bent In our mldBt, men who await
only a good chance to murder ba
bies, poison men and women and
start fatal epidemics among commu
nities by the proper distribution of
a flock of pet germs. '