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VOL. VII., No. 881.
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ENEMYOFTHE
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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.
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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. ; , ,
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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.