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V v DAILY EDITION VOL. VII., No. 881. 'O-J GtUMTt MM, MSKFHDrS COUNTY, OBWXW, SUNDAY, KPT EMBER 9), 117 WEOLB XTOZ3 Hl. UN AIDS ENEMYOFTHE UiU MBLIOATH SITUATION FROM VI OLATION Or NKITRAUTY HV SCANDINAVIAN NATION PuMribJllty Bringing Two More Ne . Unas Into the War As Ibwult of Hmm Disrlostiree Washington, Kept N(UU) hls paDrl)) It I lojww ifd in SMtdtiMrial circles here today tht the tnlled States night declare war on Hwetiee minx o her duplicity In the Argrn tin matter. '' Washington, Sept. S. The subtle workings of a plot In which Sweden violated the laws of neutrality and ear rind sinister natMKM between Count Luxburg. charge da affairs at Argentina, and Berlin, hes been revealed by tha atata department Luxburg Insolently d vised tha home government at 'Harlln to re- faaa Argentine's demands respecting tha submarining of liar ships, and recommended that Germany compel Argentine abli to turn back, or alnk tham without leaving any trarat or .Allowing any of tha 'erewa to ra mala alive, Sweden aided to thaw machinations. Tha Swedish legation at Hurnoa Aires forwarded' . these mesas see to Stockholm foreign office a official Swedish '-messages."-' TM ran distinct violation of the laws of neutrality. , It la surmised here In well In formed circles that Argentine way resent thin combination of faota by an early declaration of war against Germany. In view of the plainly man Ifealed fart that Germany schemed against her along llnea dis tinctly violating all International law. Among other , thing Count Luxburg called tha Argentina minla tar of foreign affairs a ootorloua an giophyle. STATE WINS SEV0 LAND FRAUD CASES Salem, Sept. 8. The state haa won tha seventh and taut of the widely known Hyde-Benaon land .fraud cases, according to a memor andum of . the decision made by Judge Kuykendall of Klamath coun ty, which was received todsy by At torney General Brown. It appear from the memorandum . which its In such shape tbnt the at . tornoy general's office' Is having con siderable difficulty In determining juat what It means, that the court found fraud In all the land entries Involved except for 2ft0 acres, and the land will he returned to the state, subject to any claims, If any, the United States may have. All told 5,820 acrss are Involved. Out of the seven Hyde land fraud cases the attorney general haa won alx in the circuit courts. All 'but the last one have already been ap pealed to the supreme court and un doubtedly the Klamath county case will be carried to th higher court. ' The other cases have been consoli dated and If the Klamath vase - reaches the higher court within rea sonable time, It will be Included with tho others. tf the supreme court upholds the state's contentions the land, Involv ing altogether about 90.00) acres, will be returned to the state for the benefit of the common school fund. . ; HUNTING SKA80N RW-Ol'KNFD IIV GOVNRNOIVR OHRKK 8iilnm, Sept. fi. Governor Withy combe re-opened the hunting soa . son because, as ,he believed all dan ger from forest fires was past, ow ing to the rnlns of the Inst two days, am era wed PEACE TUS OF HemHMtlrlal Outline of Term fail imI States WIU rlgtit to Win In ' dud Democratized (tarmany . , Wsshlngton, (Copyright by U, P.) Sept. Full suffrage for Germany; ridding the German nation of the Hoheniollara dynaaty; the right of disputed territories to speak for their own future; ;the restitution for damages dona; and a restoration of those countries trodden' under foot during tha war, will mean peace. On no other conditions can a termin ation of tha war be brought about. The United Press today secured tbla semi-official statement from the highest of authority, with tha added remark that tha war will continue Indefinitely if these- terms are not met. IS BY FIVE HUUR Philadelphia. Sept. 8. Five build laga of the Frankfort government arsenal were wrecked. Two work- era were killed and to, Including severs! women. 'were Injured, fol lowing a series of Ave eirploslons which occurred at about S o'clock this morning. Two of the bodies have been recovered hut aa yet have been unidentified. Colonel Mont gomery, la charge of the sraeasl, re fused to make a statement . this morning as to tha cause of tha ex plosions-hut It la, reported among tha employees thst n workman drop ped three-Inch shrapnel shell which exploded when the precnaslon csp struck the floor. KIXTY-FIVK tXH'NTY FAIRS IN ORHOON THItt FA I J, Portland, Sept. 8. -The county fair season 4a at hand. ' The biggest apples, the best pies, the neatest sewing soon will be; de corated In blue ribbons. Horses, pica, chickens and cows are being put in condition for tha shows on a thousand northwest farms. :, About (5 county fairs and 10 or 11 state fairs snd district expositions will be held In Washington, Idaho, Oregon and Montana this year ac cording to estimates made here to day. . -..!-- FINNISH MINKHft DRILLING ON MINNKHOTA IRON KANGK I oi. raw, sepi. . a man can tor arms and ammunition has been sent here from Captain Romanskl, of HlMlng, i.Mlnn., who reports that 800 Finnish miners, mostly members of the I. W. W are drilling In a mili tary orgsnlsatloh. MOOKK IS MtMXTOK; ALKXANDKR IS MA11HHAI. "Washington, 8ept. 8. The follow ing nominations for Oregon posi tions were sent to the senate by President Wilson todsy: Collector of customs st Portland, Will Moore of Pendleton; i'nlted States marshal, George Alexander of Portland. . LOCAL MAN JAILED E Whitney R, ILykln waa arrested today and lodged In the county Jail on a charge of seditious utterances against , the United States govern ment and Its officers. He Is held pending further word from u. ' 8. District Attorney Clarence iReemes, who has asked Sheriff Lewis to wire the nature of the evident e against him. .,, " Lykln had been warned repeated ly that the statements he was mak ing were unlawful, the first time cs long ago as February, but he haa repeatedly refused to heed the warn Ings, Ho was working for n tlmo on a diamond drill ' in the Preitou Peak district. , , - MISS CAPITAL PLACED U MARTIAL LAV AIIHOLITK AUTHORITY GIVE COMMITTKK ON OKKKNHK . IN APPROACHING CRISIS Authorities Feel bo InuuedlaU Ihu err From Genua Forces Rut Take Hteps to Meet Siege Washington, Sept. 8 A special commission has been appointed for tha defense of Petrograd. The city has been placed under vigorous dis cipline with all civil authorities subject to the mandates of thla sani tary commission. Tbe Petrograd garrison haa tjeeo placed under tbe direct control of General Korniloff. This Informstton was announced by the Russian embassy tere today as conveyed in cables Just received from Petrograd. .. . The cabinet has decided that there la as yet no need for the gov ernment to be transferred elsewhere. Although there are no signs of a panic, there are elements In the population, particularly members of ths wealthy class, who are leaving or attempting to leave In large num hers. ' ' According to the new -papers the present Russian front represents the arc of circle from the aaouth of the River Aa - southeastward about 40 ntlles from Rtau. Dvtnsk, according to reports, la still holding out. urn of CKE IS SUCCESS "The first practical experience In concentrating chrome ore known to this state, tf not Inded to the en tire mining west Is toeing conduct ed at the Dorothea chrome mine on Coyote creek, about eight miles esst of Wolf Creek station. The pro perty Is owned by Mrs. J. F. Reddy of Medford and la under lease to 8. S, Wolfson who Is operating It , The property, formslly known as the Marshall mine, waa operated as a gold quarts proposition, hut the discovery of a large body of chrome with the brisk war demand for that metal haa turned the attention of the new owners to producing chrome. The chrome ' ore is put through ohrushers, clssslflers, stamp mill and over standard tables. The ore runs about 30 per cent In chrome value, and It la expected that, by eliminat ing a large part of the serpentine and gange through the concentra tion process, a shipping concentrate running about (5 per. cent can be (produced. A SO per cent chrome ore or concentrate Is worth approx imately 8105 per ton In New York. Freight from Grants Pass( or any lotnt between Portland and San Francisco) to the Atlantic sea board Is 814 per ton. The chrome being shipped, from1 this territory finds Its best markets at Jollet, III., Dixon, III., Niagara Falls, N. Y., Pittsburg, Penn., and Jersey City N. J. OKMJON ADJUTANT GENRTAI. MADE MAJOR IN ARMY Portland, Sept. 8.W. F linr-. for 18 years adjutant general of the Oregon state militia, was todv ap pointed a major In the new nstlooal army, In order to report to Am-!-can Lake Immediately. OXU' 8MGHT FIGHTING ' AIjONG FRENCH MNK8 London, Sept. 8. General Halg's report todtv states that raids and patrol fighting Is the only activity along, the western front. mm Bl ip fAMOCH COPPftfl PRODI CTB IS PURCHASED BY OWNERS OF V OCEKN OF BRONZE ' New OU-FMaUoa Process to Be L'srd 1st Se-ssrwtistt' WortMnM Rock Leaving Rich Material ' Another mining deal of more than ordinary Importance la announced In the sale of the Waldo mine located a mile east of Takllma, jto the In terests who own the Queen of Bronze and other neighboring pro perties. ' The sellers of the property are O. W. Hales of Chlcsgo, DeWitt Van Ostrsnd of Phillips. WU.. .Alvah H. Ounnell and J. F. Reddy of this city. Tbe purchasers are John Hampshire snd a group of associ ates Including Judge John Twohy and R. B. Miller. Tbe purchase price Is approximately 815.000. , , The Waldo property consists of two sections. 480 acres of patented ground and IS unpatented lode between the Lyttle mine? on , the claims comprising all the ground south and the Queen of Bronse on tbe north (both of which properties are owned by the sew parcbssers of the Waldo) and 880 acres adjotnteg the Queen of Bronze on the' notth This amounts to about one and one- half mile along the ore none. The Waldo property Is one of the faraooa producers:; of this, section. IU history dates 'hick to the first operation in copper In southern Ore gon. It waa formerly owned by the Gunn estate of 8aa Francisco which waa represented In thla district by Col. T. W. iM. Draper. It was while Col. Draper was operating the Waldo and tbe Queen of Bronse properties that he had a survey made of a rail road to the coast, which survey was recently purchased by the city of Grants Pass. , - Col. Draper operated the property between 1800 and 1808. Its ores were, for the most part, smelted at the Takllma smelter which was operated tor about four months of each year when compelled to dose on account of the damage to vege tation from the sulphurous fumes In 1918-18, the property was oper ated under lease by a man named Beale. February, 1914, parties now sell Ing the property purchased it from the Gunn estate and have continued operations and development work to the present time. During these three years about 875,000 tn ore has been shipped to custom smelters running stoout 15 per cent copper and' about 88.50 in gold values. The total output of the property haa been ' In the neighborhood of 8800.000. , Mr. - Hampshire and associates plan to do an extensive piece of ex ploration of the property with dia mond drills, and to Install an oil flotation mill by which process the ores can oe concentratea into a. rich shipping concentrate, making the property's operation much more profitable. The pyrotlte content of the ore, being heavy with Iron, can not be separated from the copper chalcopyrlte by the Ordinary water and gravity concentration process. BARRR1) PROPIJC8 COUNCIL . HOLDS SKCRKT MKKTING Indianapolis, Sept. 8.-The "peo ple's council" which wsa recently barred from several states met retly last night at Anderson, Ind. according to Information reaching here todsy. Local federal author! ties Immediately started an Invest! gut lon, , -..'I . r L JllUWI AT REAL WORK Jtallborate' BomWng of Hospital te Which Aaerfceas Are Killed Prove Agaiast Teobm - Scene of Bombardment, American hospitals, France, Sept 8. Four Americans were killed when Ger man airmen deliberately bombarded American hospitals: First Lieuten ant Fltxlmmons of Kansas City; Private Leslie Woods of Streeter, 111.; Rudolph Roblnof of New York City and Oscar Letugo of ' Boston. Three .fist lieutenants, all privates and one nurse were wounded. , A risit to the scene of this at tack brings conviction that tbe bom bardment of the hospital was . de liberate and Intentional. It is a common thing for aeroplanes to fly over hospitals during the day tfme and the hospitals are so msrked that they are clearly distinguishable to aviatora. -, - , . DASXEDI0I1ELP Preparations are being made for Josephine county's participation in the registration of women called for by the national council of defense. This registration is entirely volun tary. It asks the women . of ', tbe country, above the age of 11. to In dicate, In a card Index system, their abilities to serve the nation If times of real need arose; their disposition as to -what work they would be will ing to do. what work in which they have already received .training; n whaOratr they are willing to fake training to the end that they may render the nation war service, etc ' The registration is for future use entirely. It does not call for say woman doing anything except that which she Is freely willing to offer to do. And it asks each woman to indicate the work she can and wishes to offer. , i . The local committee plans a house to house canvaa In whlch cards will be distributed for filling ouL AMERICAN AVIATOR KILLED IN BATTLR WITH AIRMAN Paris' Sept. 8. Corporal Everett Buckley of the Lafayette escadrille, a resident of Chicago, was killed Thursday in an . attack with two other . American fliers against five German planes. Hempstead, N. Y.. Sept. 8. The fourth hospital corps from Oregon arrived at Camp Mills todsy and Joined the "Rainbow Division." KGOFliSKEY STOPS IN THE U. S. Washington, Sept. 8. 'Manufac ture of whiskey will cease through out the nation at 11 o'clock tonight (Saturday), when the prohibitive clause of the food control act be comes effective. Millions of bushels of grain which food officials say would otherwtee be ground up for whiskey will thus be released for food., How many .mil lions no one knows, for the manu facture of alcohol for beverage pur poses Is so closely blended with the production of alcohol for Industrial and medicinal purposes that there Is no wsy of determining the exact amount. , '., , , Of the 100,000,000 bushels of grain, or thereabouts, which goes into the distilleries esch year, about 40 per cent, experts estimate, comes out tn tbe form Of whiskey and other dlstlllod beverages. The remelnder. made Into alcohol of exactly , the same character as that used for whiskey, eventually find its way in to perfumes, toilet waters, bay rum, medicines and to industries where denatured alcohol is, used In ever- Increnslng quantities. ; , , KM rlini'rl I LlhLS n III TERRIBLE DEATH GRIPS BLOOM EOT FIGHTING OF WAX IN ITALIAN-AV8TKJAN STRUG- GLB FOB PLATEAU V M TO 0TT Cf OR Groawd Is Stfewea With Dead After- tempt t Dislodge Latiaa Rome. Sept. 8. Official tatistle aanonneed today show that alne Aagust 19, the Italians have captur ed 80.871 Anstrlans Including 85 officers. '.,'': London, SepL. 8. Austria haa lost 180,000 killed wounded aad prisoners since Aagust I, accord las to offldal estimates, i ' Fighting today eontinnea rigor ously on two sectors or the I tall sat front, around Monte St Gabriel and sooth of Hermaads. The Italians have captured St. Gabriel five times bat each time the) Austrian counter-attack retook ther position, The statement Issued from Hoate tonight ahowa the sttustloa eat! rely satisfactory. From the Hermada south to tha sea the Austrian Infantry Is attack- lB win im sama nsReBeaa,aM the battle is raging nnlatsnpted!y. The present effort Is considered the) sMximem, one of -whie the Aaetrt ans strvapahle. " . The ferocity of the Austrian coun ter attack, la which the beat frank troops were launched, column after column, regardless of the eaormoas losses, is explained by a council of war held recently under the presi dency of Field Marshal Conrad vest Hoetsendorf and attended by the ablest Austrian - -generals, lncludiaff Field Marshal von Koevese and am oral Borcevtc They are represent ed to have taken an oath to drive; : the Italians from Austrian territory. GOOD DiSHEI GF DA!TFO!.:En;::s Something over 100, mostly' farm ers who were directly Interested I the subject of dairying, gathered at the River Saaka farm yet'erday for a demonstration la proper dairy methods. State Food and Dairy Commis sioner Mkkle waa , the principal speaker. Among the points brought out by bis talk were:' The prime importance of keeping tract' of the butter fat contents of your milk by the Babcock teat and the elimina tion of scrub cows; the Importance of. a good bull in building up a dairy herd; advice against cross breeds; advice against the "general pur pose cow," holding that a dalrymaa should breed dairy cattle atralgnt. Mr. Mickle also repeated several times that it waa the man behind the herd that made the success more than the cows.' ' ; Short general talks were rasde by County Agent Thompson, Sam H. Baker and Ker. L. M. Boosei, all urging the Importance of the dairy Industry. PORTLAND BARhKRS HAVE : RAISED PRICK OF SHAVE Portland, ' Sept. 8. Portlandsra today kissed a sad farewell to the 15 -cent shave. It has gone the way of 83.60 shoes and the six-toed in kerus. . ' ,. . , ' . , Today Portland rnea are being shsved for. IS cents. Monday they must pay 30 cents. The barbers blame the war, which they say hss forced up the cost of supplies. Soma supplies have advanced 100 percent.