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afuum rum, jcwsrmira ooujitt, oreoon, Monday, September jo, 1917
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AGAINST INITKU aVTATKH, HIT
AHQBNT1NK
REULL OF MINISTER EXPECTED
An IMploaMMie Circles Agaat at iHs
csmmrea. Sweden Mast MwIMm
r Face Rerbma Trouble
l4ndon, (lte dlmteh), Sept. 10.
Th Swedish legation has official
ly Mated that H wu unthinkable that
th Swedish government wa official
ly cognisant of the allegad compli
cation of IU Argentine milliliter la
German communication.
Washington, Sept. 10. Tim Unit
d 8tsts doe not Intend to break
relation with 8wdn now Wcaiine
f that country' allowing It dlplo
matlc official to be used to rv
Germany In anti-neutral relation
ship. Although Sweden' explanation
way alter the American potltlon, It
waa mad Hear that officially the
United State doe not feel herself
M Injured party and hence rannol
break off relation.
In the aanouitoement made by th
. atat department today. It wan ald
U wonld probably be necessary to
Vnr that Sweden ha been forwaid-
tag Information Involving the Cnit
d State, befota rhl oiintry .would
lie Jtiitiflrd'lfT Jed a ring "war.
It waa alia elated that It wa pos
sible Sweden might have been the
medium whereby Germany learned
of the ealllng of the flrt American
transport.
The tate department expect an
explanation from Sweden. There
ws an Intimation that the depart
ment believed Swedlih governmental
rlrcles hould undergo a thorough
cleaning.
London. Sept. 10. Sweden' ac
tion In tranmlttlng German cipher
messages through her' foreign office
I aufflolent oauie for declaration
of war, It waa seml-offlclally atated
here today.
The act of Swedish ministers re
binding upon the nation;
However, the United State ha
been Informed that Kngland I not
disposed at the present time to en
force Brltlih right to toll degree.
The poMlblllty that all Scandln
nvla might become Involved In the
war waa teen "here a the out-growth
of recent disclosure
ttOI.DIKHA AltR' NO lXNGRIt
NKHDKD TO GUARD FORESTS
Kugene, Sept. 10. Soldiers who
have been guarding the forests of
Oregon with order to "shoot to kill"
nil persons detected In th act of
netting out (flre were withdrawn
today aa .the result of a soaking
rainfall Ust night. It was the' flint
rainfall In this section of the state
In 77 day.
IIEMMY AT CAMP LEWIS WILL BE TAUGHT
CAMOUFLAGE,-ART OP HIDING LAND IRKS
Camp Lewi, American take, Sept.
10. They're going to hide Camp
Lewis,
An airman flying pver the cnu.i--largo
enough (o house thousand of
men n fow month from now would
hnva a hnrd time to find tho camp.
The system of trenches, road, m.n
moving things uch as supply train
nnd squnds of soldier will 'be mnrie
. nil hut Invlslblo to Air iwuts.
All this through camouflage the
Trench art of making things which
are, seem what they are not.
ITALIANS STILL
DI CUIIIP nill'IDP11 - "vuiii iu iu ui ivl.ii
rUJlllllb UllwAllbf nmiAT nnArvriu i mil
Plormt Opposition Uncn Not KMj
Progr of Latin. . Aaatrtaa
Port Is Bombed Prom Air
Washington, Sept. 10. Italian
aeroplane bombarded Pole, the Aus
trtan eaport near the head of th
Adriatic, Sunday, and succeeded i
Inking one Austrian" submarine and
on large merchant rassel loaded
wltih food and munition, according
to an official cablegram from Rome.
Th cable message animate Aus
trian to from Anguit 11 to Sep
tember 1, 132,000, Including om
German and Turks.
The lighting t of Oorltla I very
violent.
Rome, Sept. 10. In aplte of a
terrible bombardment by the enemy
artillery, the Italian troop continue
to advance along the whole of the
front between Hermanda to Casia
gsntisa, according to an official an
nouncement Issued let today.
FLOUR FAMINE DUE
TO WILDING
Portland. Sept. , 10. Miller of
thl city report that there 1 a dan
ger of a riott flour famine In the
northwest due to the policy of farm
er holding' up their wheat for 'high
er price.
" One miller today refused a pro
fitable Order for thousands of ton
of flour because he could not get
the wheat.
It 1 ipredlcted that unlen the
farmer releeiie' their crop the gov
ernment will commandeer It,
ORKUON IMIAWM Ql'AHTKK
MILMOX PROM ROAD FUND
Oregonlan New Bureau, Waih.,
Sept. 10. The ecretary of agricul
ture announced today the apportion
ment of the federal fund for the
good road for the next fiscal year,
ending June SO, ltlt, allotting to
Oregon 1339,332, to Washington,
ItlCSSO and to Idaho $182,471. .
m COUNTY MINES
ARE ALSO SELLING
Baker, Ore., Sept. 10. The trans
fer of 40 copper mine composing
the W. B. Macdougall group on
Snake river, near Homestead, Or.,
wa reported here today. The aale
Involved $126,000 and wa made to
W. 8. Kuhn, 8an Francisco capital
lit. Extensive development work Is
ald to be an Immediate prospect,
and already negotiation are being
made for the extension of a power
line from th Idsho Power Com
pany' terminal at Homestead to the
mine.
Mr. Kuhn ha been Identified In
the development of several mines In
Idaho.
Camouflage will be taught the
men training hore. Those with na
tural ability as landscape gsrdnei
or artists will he carefully trained In
this new art.
Trench system will be reproduc
ed on the prairies around the camp
and the new nrmy given Intensive
training In the sort of warfare now
In vogue over sens. One of the flnit.
thing the camouflage squads will
do will he to dlsgulBe this entire
trench system. Guns In the renr of
course will be Invisible from the air.
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OIIIIUJ IVIHIillHL LMVV
Premier Kereesky Deposes Gessral KcrtM ea Ckargt
fcc Was Plsttbg' to Assise Eckfcrol Ccrt! cf
GoYcixzest Storey Days b Store for Rcss Capital
Petrograd, Sept. 10. A state , of
war ha been proclaimed In Petro
grad. A partial civil evacuation of
the city has been ordered.
Premier Kerenaky ha announced
the 'dismissal of General' Korolloff a
commander of th Russian garrison
because Kornlloff plotted1 to asaume
control of the government.' General
KlemborskV ha been1 named to suc
ceed Korolloff. i
Kerenaky has demanded that
Kornlloff resign' and retire from the
army entirely and -at one1.''' 5 ,,;
A lark of adeqnste food, a general
unrest of ' German successes t Riga,
the enemy's plans for an advance on
Petrograd. aa generally believed here
and redoubled ectlvity of German
propagandist, have canted a great
tension here. Explosion In moni
tion factorle have been numerous
within the last few day and, as a re
sult, ths provisional government has
placed special guards over all aueh
HOOVER MIL HELP
KG APPLES
River apple growers have enlisted
the aid of Herbert C. Hoover, food
administrator. In their fight lo have
England remove the apple embargo.
Britlah authorities take the stand
that apple are not a necessity and
apace cannot be spared on trans
Atlantic liner for their shipment.
Representatives Slnnott wss Inter
ested in the case. He seciireu a
statement from Hoover that apples
were valuable as food. The state
ment haa been filed jvlth the state
department.
Unless the British embargo is re
moved. Hood River ' apple growers
r threatened with heavy loss. Ap
proximately 700 carload of Yellow
Newton will be harvested In the
valley thl fall for ahlpment abroad.
WHISKY
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plants. Drastic regulation have
been announced governing all Indus
tries In any way affecting the coun
try'! war-making efficiency. ,
, Premier Kerensky dhaa issued a
statement declaring that ex-Premier
Lvoff arrived at Petrograd Saturday
and demanded. In tb name of Gen
eral Kornlloff, that Kerenaky deliver
all civil and military power to the
general. .
Stockholm, Sept. 10. A food
crisis in Petrograd and Mosco is
reported In advice received here
from Pap a ran da. M. Jurenew, Rus
sian minister of communications, Is
said to have asked M. Ptesehehonoff,
minister of supplle, to take further
extraordinary measures to save these
cities from famine, saying supplle
on hand In Petrograd would suffice
, only for 10 days and that conditions
in Moscow war worse.
All bread la Moscow has been dis
tributed. r
loasoa. Sat. 10, The Brltwh
succeeded In consolidating' and
tightening thslr bold on the posl
tions southeast of Harglcourt during
the fighting last night, according to
General Halg's report today. Ger
man raids were uniformly repulsed.
Paris. Sept. 10. Violent fight
ing In the Verdun sector was official'
ly reported today. Germany made
a powerful hut wholly unsuccessful
attempt to recapture ground recent
ly gained by the French. a
WASHINGTON COACH KIMJCD
BT PAUj PKOM A THKK
Seattle. Sept ' 10. Hiram Conl
bear. rowing coach at the University
of Washington, fell from a tree this
morning and was Instsntly killed.
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Maa? Important Changes Ordered
by School Board Including Junior
High at Central School
At a recent meeting of the direc
tors of School District No. 7 the
board made decisions on a number of
important matters, among them be
ing th following:
Ths continuing of the mid-year
promotion. .
No child will be admitted In the
llrst grade for ths first Urn who will
not have attained the age of S year
by October 1 or within three week
aftar th opening of school In each
semester.
No child will be admitted in the
first grade for the first time after
the first two week or school In each
eemeater. '
Aa opportunity will be given to
put in .the teacher training course
instead of elementary teacher train
ing course.
To' Inaugurate fully the Junior
High school in the Central building,
to be known a the Junior - High
school instead of the Central school.
The teaching of manual training, do
mestic science,' domestic srts, draw
ing, etc. the same a "In the tflrh
j school, anf the school to be run' oh
the departmental basis.
In the Senior High school Spanish
will be offered this year.
TACOMA BRIM: HAS
SHORT MARIUKlli 1JFE
Tacoma, Wash., Sept. 10. Mr.
Thorn H. Stacy, 18. is Mabel' Wa
terworth again today.
Only a few months after her el'uo
ment to Seattle with Stacy .ah aired
for and won a divorce decree. She
alleged Stacy claimed he waa well to
do, but that after the' marriage she
round be bad no money.
The girl ran away with Stacv last
May without the knowledge or con
sent of her parents.
Rome. Sept 10. General Hlnden-
burg is reported to be very III. It
Is also reported that the Injuries
sustained' by' Quarter Master Gen
eral von Ludendorff, In a" railroad
accident in Belgium are much graver
than were' first supposed.
OXH CONVICT KILLED IN
RIOT AT JOLIKT PRISON
Jollet, HI., Sept 10. One . con
vict was hot, three guard and a
number of convict were wounded In
a riot which occurred today at the
state prison.
GRKSHAM PAIR DRAW8
PRIZE STOCK ANIMALS
Greaham, Ore., 'Sept 10. The
Multnomah county fair will open
here tomorrow, closing September
16. Hundreds of registered animals
were gathered here today and big
exhibit buildings are crowded to the
doors.
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DOG USED ftSIMESSENGER BETWEEN ' HOSTILE
TRENCHES!! FLANDERS HELPED IN RESCUE
London, Aug. 20. (By mall)
The Canadians called him Mutt. H
was all dog.
He used to run back and fortl
across No-Man's Land, a neutrn
with the widest privileges.
One day the Canadlana went over
the top In a raid, and a Maple Leafor
fell wounded.
, ills friends wanted to face cer
tain death to bring him In, but of
ficers held them back.
Then Mutt came swaggering down
EMflT
SOCIALIST LEADER OV REICH-
STAG A88EBT9 WILSOJf SEEM
OXLY l'XVERflTA!TT4XG
It PreiUdeai AoorerUUd s'tuJn
la Genaary lie V orld W.ii Uewbt's
Petle,s RetpWaib'ilty
Berlin, (By special C,- P. corre-
pondent) Sept. 10. President WO
son can bring an immadUU peacs U
b will prove by bis acts that faith
In the German people -which ha ex
presses la words.
This wsa th statamsnt of Philip
Scheldeman'o, leader of th Garmaa
socialist" majority party, In an a
dusive interview rtven the Caltaa
Pre todsy. ' .
Scheidemana declared that fur
ther bloodshed waa unnecessary tt
America beHeve and does not aa-der-estimat
the reichatag por
and th strength of ths Qarmaa
movement which Is pushing Irrisia
tlbly . toward a democratisatio of
all German public Ufa. Scheidemana
added that he. in common -with most
all Germans, consider this' th last
war among civilised nations. -
K3T; FC!T.T '
i;r7 raaio
Paris. Sept.', 10. The- failure of
Premier Ribot to form a new caolnet
has1 been: formairy announced and
his resignation, together with an
the . other members of the cabinet, la
believed to hare been submitted to
President Poincaire. ' , '.
M. Palnieve,' the present' minister
of war, may b Intrusted with th
task of forming's new cabinet:' '
WASHINGTON BKLIEVES THAT
GEKMAN1T WANTS' ARMISTICM
Washington, Sept 10. It U offi
cially believed here that Germany Is
anxious to arrange an armistice with
the United States. In the same
statement,' It is made plain that th
United States will not now grant' aa
armlatlc.
PORTLAND DOCTOR BOUND '
FOR FRKNOH WAR WORK
Portland, Sept. 10.- Bound for
France to help battle scurvy, rickets
and alcoholism raging among the
children In the war-devastated dis
tricts. Dr. Charles U. Moore, Port
land specialist in children's disease.
will sail from New York the latter
part of this week, Mr. , Moore Is
taking up the work In Franca at the
request of Dr. Lucas,' head of the
children's division of the Red Cross
In Prance. .
the trench. A Tommy seised him
and held him while an officer scrib
bled thl note:
"Will you allow u to bring In our
wounded man?" .'
Mutt wa shoved over the : top
with the note tied to his neck. He
sauntered over to the Boche lines.
Soon he came back with the reply;
i .i i . i i . i . i .,
In tour minutes stretoher bearer
brought back their man In safety.
' Then both sides returned to bus-.
Iness. ' . . : '