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DAILY EDITION vol vii., No. iwa. a rants rAM, jooiphihi wtt, Oregon, prtday, September i4, iit WHOLE NUMBER MM. CABINET IS SPLIT OVER I'lCltNONAI. 81 ItltKNWKIl OF KOItWIWF IMMINENT WITH HIM FATE t'NCKKTAlN Kemanky Maintain Htrmig Hold With Public Isnmaiwltng algorim Meuaurra Agaln4 Itevtilirr Petrograd, Sept. 14. The quoit tlua of the punishment to bo meted vat to General Kornlloff Iim cause a split In the Russian cabinet, Min uter or foreign Affair Tercwhen ku, Minister of food Pleihenonoff. Minister of Agriculture Trhernoff Hid Minister of Communications Goiirepleff have resigned. l.ler Tcreschenko withdrew hi reslgnt- tlun and was ntutted aa vice-premier. The iMTKimitl surrender of Kornl loff I ( considered Imminent. His troops now number only a handful. Public Oilnlon strongly demand full punishment for all lhoe respon sible for the revolt. Another minor revolt led hy Gen eral Kaleilln. a Cossack leader, was proutplly qulltd when Kaledln was arrested. General Rnwky ha been named as commnndr on the northern (rant succeeding Klentbovsky and General tlomlaoff hss sucoeodtd Ilenlklne on the aonthwestern front. . General Grlinoff, who was tarson- alli . In . command of Karnlluff's tronii and ordered (hem surrender oil when he saw (hat the revolt was lout, has rominltted suicide. General Kornlloff and General Lukonmky have Indicated tlyy at rusily to appear before the revolu tionary tribunal, gays Itouti'rs' Pel rogrud corresiiondent. telegraphing Thursday, nud quoting the hventta, the o run n of tli workmen's and sol diers' delegates, ns hi authority. A.MKItH'AXM COMING TO OAT MKAh klkckAl Chicago, Sept. 14. Grain expert ore, In commenting nin th wheat altnatlon In the I'nlted State, said that they 'believed Americans, -racially In the east, would be eating rye. corn and even oat meal bread before the wheat flour shortage mat ter was adjusted. lVriroUTKI LABOR I.KADKR RKTIUXft TO LAND IN JAIL Blsbee, Arl., Kept. 14. R. 8. Embree, a leader among the deport A Industrlsls. with 12 other mem bers of that organisation, arrived bare at noon today. Enforce was promptly put ithder arrest and put la Jail. PUNISHMENTS MANY CHANGES III LEADERS WAR DEMAND FOR NURSES HAS LEFT URGENT HEED FOR MORE Washington, Sept. 14. America's pthollo health nurse have gone . to wkr In tuch number that the Red Cross today announced a plan to recruit their rank In thl country t6 meet the urgent nood for them In home. A sflhoiarsMp fund hss been taWlshed through the Red Cross buVesu of town and country nursing. JUny graduate nurse who wishes to tndy for public Trtsltt nursing work nrted only apply to tha Red Cross. the children' huraau of the de partment of labor has' pointed out that unless the supply of public health nurses Is kept tip during the war the health of the country's children will le menaced. 1 It ra lommendod thnt public health nurses be ofncMly rocoKnlwd war serVloa. ' Thnt Is virtually whwt the Red Cross linn don. 1 SKILL STROHG ifrCTOR Klltm IUmiI Insist Miivs Are Per , forming Great HervUw to Allies lly Keeping Gitrnutiis Ihlsy Chicago Sept. 14. Russia I still s most Important factor In the war. In fact thtre Is Just as tnuoli or der In Russia relatively as to ths I'nlted Slates. This waa the declaration of Kllhu Hoot, turmer secretary of slat and late head of (be American mission to Russia,' made her today. "Suppose 1, 000. 000 German were removed 'from the eastern to the frestern front before the " I'nlted fit sum coitld get Into action." ho declared. "Yon can readily see what "Rossis I doing to aid the al lies." Mr. Root said that the expose of Sweden's afnilatlon with German effort waa not a surprise with him. He declared thai he had, for some time, considered Swedish official simply as asslstanta to the Germans. COUNCIL CALLED TO HELP AVERT STRIKES WashliiKton, Sept. 1 1. Secretary Raker announced today that the council of national defense would soon hold a conference of labor lead era to consider a general agreement with employers for compulsory ar bitration of tabor dispute directly concerning war production, and the prevention of strikes and lockouts that would Interfere with the pro gress of manufacturing commodities needed 4a the war.-"' ..,.'.,.. Duettos Aires, Sept. 14. Despite th best efforts of the police, mobs continue violent anti-German dem onstrations throughout this city. Sqnade of mounted police were aohl out to maintain ordor. Tlioy frequently charged crowd that en deavored to assemble, using their stbret freely. - 'Many cltlsens vaere Injured and a number of police also received hurt. The crowds raided newa atands of edition of the German newspaper Ia Union, and also took copies from newsboy In the streets and made bonfires of them. The activity of the police during the evening prevented large crowds from concentrating at any on point long enough to do serious damage. Redding. Cat., Sept. IS. There was a mild eruption of Mt. lessen thl morning, tha first for a con siderable time. The public health hurting course for graduate nurse is one year. ' Several of the larger city chhu ter hava volunteered to pay the expenses of graduate nurses who wish to taka tha duo year course, The pool.! training required for thl work Include the study of rural apclal problem, public health' nurs ing, municipal neaitn , problem, food and dietetic for aortal work er, sociology, and iork lif connec tion with the car of dependent fun nies. The ' 6rk of tha nurse Includes not only bedside nursing at farm homes removed from the ettles, but work In hygiene In connection with country schools, Special attention I given also to the general 'welfare work among the farming comuiunt ties and In towns under JS.o'oo po;V utatlon'.' RUS MORE GERMAN SWEDE PLOTS ARE EXPOSED STATIC DEPARTMENT GIVES OUT LETTER FROM GERMAN MIX 1HTRR TO MEXICO " Swedish Charge d'affaln Apparent ly Helped Omast Minister at Any aad All lime Mexico City, Sept. 14. "Tha newa is of damned little Intereot to me," waa the retort of German Minister von Kckhsrdt when asked concerning the expos made by the I'nlted States government of how he used the Swedish charge d'affalra Cronholm as a messenger, and re commended to the kaiser that Cronholm receive a declaration In recognition of those services. Bckhardl denied having made any such recommendation. Cronholm I no longer Swedish harge do'affalrs but I still here. Washington, Sept. 14. Tha sn- nouncrment inidn here last night by Secretary of State Lansing, showing another chapter In the long story of German Intrigue aa well aa bringing further light on the question of whether Sweden baa been acting In tood faith aa a Drofeased neutral. has caused nearly as great asensa tlon as the first announcement re- Kioattng-th Argentine massage. The announcement la In the na ture of a letter from von Eckhardt German minister at Mexico City, to the German chancellor. The letter it given out. without comment. It discloses that Folke Cronholm, then Swedish charge d'affalra In Mexico, was depended upon by the German diplomat to furnish Infor mation from the "hospital, camp" and to transmit communications to Berlin, and that von Eckhardt want ed him rewarded by a secret award from tha kaiser of the Order of the Crown of tha Second Class. Baron Akerhtelm, Swedish charge here, said tonight. In response to a query, that Cronholm waa dismissed from the diplomatic service last Jan uary. He would hot discuss the cause, but there waa no Intimation that It was connected with the Cron holm relations with the Germans. Stockholm, Sept. 14. Oncar Wer lof, first foreign sVreUiy of the Swedish government, hat been dis missed from the service, according to An official announcement made here thlt morning. IS Roma, Sept. 14. The reply of the central power to the pope's peace proposals has reached the Vatican, It was autho'rltlvely stated tods. , . . . .' The reply favors the absolute in dependence of frelglutat, The pub lication of the reply I withheld tor a time. Berlin, Sept, 14. Germany's re ply 6 the pope' peaoe offer specific ally declares that Germany has not at Any time desired to Intovfore with the Internal affair of other nations, tocordlng to tha Berlin Iokal An selger. The leaders of the apealal relch- stng committee approved tha text of the not yesterday and It was promptly forwarded to Rome. The Ansetger emphasises the statement that tha German note doe not re' leiuble, tha American message In any ty, and holds flatly that one hatfon should not' Interfere with tns Internal pollctet of another. HOUSE PASSES INSURANCEFOR SOLDIERS' BILL BV A tNAVIMOVS VOTE, AJMIK- 18TRATIO.VB PET MEASIRK 18 HELPED ON ITS WAT PENSIOH SYSTEM ABANDONED Officers aad Private Are on Sum Basis. Impendent Cared For; Injured Men RehsbiliUtod Washington, Sept. 14. Tb ad ministration' war insurance bill passed tha house lost nlgbt by a unanimous vote. As the bill went to the senate tor night, privates and officers and their' dependent atand on exactly the same basis.. Benefits and allowances now provided for are slightly high er then those originally proposed as the minimum for privates by the committee and considerably lower than the maximum amounts which officers and their dependent would have received. The main purpose of the bill Is to provide a substitute for the present pension taw as It would apply to men engaged In this war a new system of allotments and compensations which will take csre-of dependents of the soldiers and rehabilitate men upon their return from the war. Upon enlistment under the provis ions of the bill, a eoldier or sailor would be entitled to take out from f 1,000 to $10,000 optional Insur ance at approximately M per 11,000. His dependents would toe entitled to allotment from the government of from $5 to $50 per month and an equal amount up to $15 per month from his pay. Death or total disability resulting, the dependents or any person In the military or naval service. Including women member of the nurse corps. would be entitled to compensation ranging from $20 to $70 per month, and the insurani-e. In cose of total disability, the Injured persons would be paid from ' $40 to $100 per month. TYPH0C;i HITS CITY T Washington, Sept. IS. A severe typhoon ha iwept Amoy, China, killing a large number of person and wrecking the building covering a considerable area of tha city, ac cording to advices received at the state department today. ' The dis patch doe not mention any casual ties among foreigner. SON S OHKlriRS'CK la ' HKM KMltEHKl IN 1LL Pendleton, Ore,, Sept." 14. Orig inal but understandable and direct is the will of the late Ella 3. Rlt ter on file her today. AThe will was drawn by iMrs. RU ter herself without the assistance of an attorney, "Everything shall be Just as George says," the will reads, "as he was always a good boy, brought home his earnings and nev er an Id a cross word to his mother." ' ' Portland. Sept. 14. The 4- coining winter will be mild, This today Is the forecast V of a local amateur ' weather 4- prophet. His forecast Is based on the haiel nut crop. 4 "There are few haset nut 4- to 'be found tn the woods this 4 4 season," he explained. "In 4 faot, the crop la practically a 4 4- falura. t have noted that 4 4, whenever this It the case the 4 4' winter is mild. , ' "4 s)). 4- 4 4" 4 -4,4 4 4 4 SHIP-YARD STRIKE Following Seattle Strike, Portland Ship Carpenter Threaten Walk out Saturday . . ' ;.'v: i '. ,,,it, ' Portland, SepU 14. The strike of ship carpenters which this morn ing tied up most of the Seattle yard, threaten to spread to the Columbia river yard that are work ing on government contract. Pour thousand employe of the wooden shipyards here will strike Saturday unless demands which they have made aregranted, accord ing to statements by union officials tonight. The demands Include the closed union shop, some slight ad vances In wages and abolishment of overtime work, for which time and a half Is now being paid. C. L. Ackerman, representing .Admiral Capps of the emergency fleet cor poration, has been here for several days studying tha situation, but no solution bos yet been suggested. The employers declare that scarcity of men makes impracticable the ab olishment of overtime if they are to hold to their schedule of progress In turning out ships.-' . SEATTLE SHIPYARDS TIED UP BY STRiXE Seattle, Sept 14. Six thousand carpenters went on strike this morn ing to enforce their boycott against lumber cut in mills working on the 10-hour day basis. Five thousand of the strikers .were employed- In wooden ship yards and by their action have tied up ail the shipbuilding plante here, ex cept one large and one small yard which met . their demands and will handle only "fair" lumber. ARE FIGHTING HARD Petrograd, Sept. 14. Late yester day the Petrograd war office receiv ed a communication from, the head quarters' staff at the front It indicated .that no great amount of disaffection had occurred among the fighting forces who in the re gion of Riga near Vventslany, and in the Roumanian theater, were vigor ously on the offensive and that east of Riga and In Roumanla at several points they bad won successes over the Teutons. Near Riga tha German cavalry was compelled to retire south of the Rlga-Wenden rokdt while" In Roumanla A height waa captured from the Austro-Germana aad 400 men made prisoner. German posi tions south of Sventslany are being heavily bombarded. . CAFEIERIA'SYSBI HAS FOR MEALS Oil Washington, Sept.' It. The boy who clerked In a bank and grabbed his noon-day lunch at a "walk-around-and-get-U" cafeteria, won't be lonesome when he Joint the nary. Yessir, the grab-lt-and-ecoot Joint has been established aboard the big battlers of the U. S. navy; It la one of the two hew methods en voi ved for the serving of food aboard naval vessels, to save time, money and tood. . "Under the old system," said an official statement by the navy de partment today, "the messmqn for each mess unit carried the food to tables In platters and tureens and dished out the several Items on each . m a n't plate tome time before the men were 'piped down.'. "They arrived to find the food cold and their plates plied with a regard to mathematical exactitude rather than preference of the palate. !AY HIT PQRTLAUD SOLDIERS UNCI vrai ASKE0 TO REGISTER TOMORROW IS PAY SET. A8IDB FOR GREAT LISTING OP PA TBIOTIC WOMEN Dim PASS .'lufl (LIE RegtatnUioa WU1 Be Held All Ikejr mt Cluasber of Patblle Saturday, September II, has ' designated by the governor at. Ore go a as women's registration day. It is desired that every -womaa over IS years of age shall register and speci fy whatever service she feels that he can render her country In case of need. Such registration la purely voluntary. All women should regis ter 'whether they intend offering their service or not , , -. , The object of this registration Is to place on file all service available to the government in ' tabulated form. ' Under industries by hoese employment there Is a chance giveav to those who can,1 for Instance, do mending, dish waahjng, etc, thus freeing someone for other , service. This method of registration la em ployed to make possible aa exchange of talent and work for the' bast ta terests of the country. Registration cards will be left at Herman Hornlng's. Demarays Drag Store, Sabln'a Drag Store, Public It hrrv nA Vftotilnn nraflrih Tt tft M q nested . that, all who. earn .will get -these cards and study them. ,., : The official registration .till tt held at the Chamber of Commerce and the Public Market on Saturday next, September 15, from . no. to T p. m. t 4V The cards are to be kept In thlsT city and a report of the registration) sent to Washington from time to time. , ',...' ... : , , ,' The following Instructions tor registration 'are given: Name In full surname first; addree perma nent address Is wanted: age ' (fas years); married or single; color ear race; country of blrth-r-D. 8. la suf ficient it one was born on malts land; cltlien write "yea" or "ho:" persons ' dependent give number and relationship. Service offered Specify whether one desires paid position, expeasaa uhii va n tiiiu. ivhwi Willi r" tear services. Time pledged for service SUM precisely In hour per day. days pr week, or number of weeks or months... ;i? .v,."'1 .V'-i" ; .;,.,' iV',.'i ; Training wanted Specify, tin la. which training , is wanted aad whether wanted free or tuition eaa be paid. ' (Continued on page I.) 'I" .). . nil) E SAM'S BATTLE SIO ; "The cafeteria and food-oontraia-' er systems permit each man to aat what h likes and as much as he beed . , . ( - . . ;,- i( ,. ,w. At ' the cafeterias ' between decks ithnanl tfia IT A A' Vt VnVh HUob- boardt hang above the counters showing the bill-ot-fara, and alto laA dlcatlng what dishes a man should, pick un on his way. for each Item. I The men choose what they want (hen carry their trays to the mess' tablet, which have been set with t-wi'ist v iui nsi eapwtins mj preserves and condiments. .,. , In the food-container system, par ticularly adapted to small vessels' of the older type, Instead of the man forming In line, each carrying a try,' the tood It brought to the table In serving pans, pott and trays and the men help, themselves.., , , , The hew tystems were worked out oy royuiasier n. veuaioie oi me U. ft'S. New "York, '' FOR SERVICE
