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Mm DAILY EDITION aiirn ritx, ocni cocxtt. caoir. MONDAY, MARCH 4, lls). WHOIJt NTMBKR VOL,1 vfrCNi. 114'." - , OFSIfeltf TMIlj M AY I'llKVK.NT AMUAMHA' ILtVClN F1BM KKA(1I t 41 14 IMWrwl. KhwIim Ara, Tims Acting 14 ItwI an A KxpecUd Adranre of" JtptMM Washington. Mar. 4.Iluaalane kv commenced destroying bridges on the Trana-Blberlan railway, be tween lake Baikal and the Chinese frontier, according to a rsport re ceived from John 8. Stevens, ebalr una' of the American railway mla Ion? lo the war department. ,Thli may' prtvont Aiubeaeador Francle front reaching Vladlvlelok. It' la believed bar that the Rue. lani art acting to prevent an ex pected advance of Jspanese Into Si beria. Slovene aaya , many other structures ara mined, to they ran do easily destroyed. Ilia reports com from Yokohama, and undoubt edly from , Japanese Intelligence aourraa. The United Slain itlll ha reached no dacUlon aa to Joining Japan In tha contemplated expcdl tlon. Amsterdam, Mar. 4. -Russian delegates agrsed to Ueimsn ti l ma ot added provisions requiring Hrnwia to raUra from Turky'a Asiatic prov Incaa and from territory In tho ie Klon of Kara Hatoum , Ksrabangh, taken from tha Turka during pait wara. ' They a I no agreed to tha pro vision whereby, lb Doliharlkl will retain leia than too miles or roast Una along tha Flnnlah gulf. !M1Af Klamath Falls, Mar. , 4,Wlth Harold D. Mortonaon, president; M. Ij. Poland. vice-president; , B. M. Hall, general manager, and J. W. Fltspatrlck. secretary-treaeiirer. all le. ted at a directors' meeting, three lota on Spring and Kim itreeta were purchased and contrncte let for Im mediate conatructlon of a foundry and machine ahop for tha new Klam ath Iron and Steel Works, which aoon will begin bualneaa bera. Meanra. Hall and Fltapatrlck, form erly proprietors of the Oranta Paaa Iron t Steel Works, left lor that point where the machinery used there will he shipped to thin city. The new enterprise haa been in corporated for 420,000. The indus try hait been greatly needed here, es- peclally by the big lumber mill men who have no other way of gottlng tholr heavy repair work done locally KDltlCAHT FOU TIIK WKKK IlKtilXM.VO MARCH a l'a'iric Const States Fair, except rain during the first half of the week over the northern portion, with loner Interior temperatures. E ON RAILROAD Bill Washington, Mar. 4. An agree- . ment has been reached by conferees on the railroad bill, whereby com- pensatton of railroads under govern-j ment control will be based on their net Income for three years ending June last. oi ICE BASE VVIMMMMIO Will lie Hrvotrd tuh Tmik of enquiring In Kranm ft the Nrrl of War Washington, Mar. 4-Tha build ing of a 116,000,000 ordnance base la, France, including 'lO large store houses,' It ahop biilid)ns"and 100 smallet enc-ts. of which the mag- ailaaa, machine, toot snd equipment uuuamgs win coaiyaooui ft.ouuyoou Is announced today by tha war de partment. ,. With' the- America Army' In Franc, Marf Twelve Americana IriiAm ArtBha BltHr nit ihm Chemla-dea-damea, , wara probably the. patrol whloh went out whntth raid began, and have been unheard ef alnra. One of them waa found dead. I. A MUJCTTR WIM, HAVF. oritITH)X AT HO.MK Washington. Mar. 4. Joseph K. Darlvi, of the federal trade commis sion, and candidate for the democra tic nomination for senator from Wis consin, In a telegram aent last night, declared that If elected to the sen ate be would vote for tha etpuislon of U Follette. The measage waa aent In answer to Inquiries from Washington. RESULT H JUL ' llBE A-REPUElIC Washington, Mar. 4. The ra- kjionaes of the entente allies and ot America to the Japanese Invitation for an 'expression ot their views re garding the Kuaslan situation so far aa recent eveula there have affected conditions In Kastern Siberia are ex pects d to be returned within tho next two or three days. It la certain that there will !n no long delay, as there appears to lie no disposition to enter into any t-xten l ed arguments on the subject o' tnouM- urva to combat Oerman as ersixn in Siberia and to protect the inllltary stores at Vladivostok. In connection with the proposed military expedition Into 8lberla, at tention has been directed again to aspirations voiced by the Siberians some time ago for their separation from Russia, following tha lead of Finland, Vkrslna and other West Russian provinces. One official 'said todxy thai Japnn would be completely satisfied, aftvr Insuring a regime of law and1 order In Siberia, to lend her support to the creation there ot an Independent re public that would constitute a buf fer state between Japan and Russia and thereby remove any apprehen sion of a war of reprisals based oh the victory ot Japan over Russia a decade ago. Paris, Mar.1 4. American officers ml privates who dintlnmilHhod them itlvci repulsing the Germans north .vest of Teui, have Just been rlero rated by France, In the presence of Premier Clemenceau. E IS E . Washington, Mar. 4. A maximum base price of 32 cents per pound foi aluminum at various American plants and their subsidiaries, has been fixed by the president, subject to revision June 1. F mm WKIE!V PKOTUHTS A NO UKK. KANT DUKTiAIMA PFJtMAXKXT ftaya It lletwax Weceeawi TaaporarUr to Occup the CiHia. Uy, to Ktoew ontor Washington, Mar.- 4. Germany's oocupaUon of Aland lalsnds la only preliminary to total occupation ol Finland, to which Sweden haa pro tected. Oennany . explained ' that It waa necessary temporarily to occupy Finland, to' reatore order, but aunr. ed 8weda0( she' had" no' Intention of permanent possession. Aland Islands are made tho base for supplying the occupation of Fin land. . . ' . Five hundred Swedish troops are on the Islands for the purpose of po licing. The feeling In Sweden Is re ported as being Intense. FRAKCSS IS SAFE . I! NEW QUARTERS Washington. Mar. -4. Ambaaeador Franda telegraphs under date of March I, from Vologda of bla Inten tion to remain there for the present RiRTS;l r- f rut " i l 1 1 . Washington, Mar. 4. General Msnager McAdoo haa appointed! Robert 3. Lorett chief of the new I division of bettcrmenta and ad d I-! Hons of railroads administration. Mr. Lovett has resigned from the I'nlon ' Pacific and war Industries board and has given up all corpor ate Interests. III THE RIVERS Provision in rivers and harbors bill referring to Crescent City har bor. California: " The improvement of Crescent City Harbor is hereby authorized In ac cordance with the report submitted In House Document No. 434, Sixty-, fourth congress, first session, and subject to conditions set forth in said document: Provided, That' before entering upon the' prosecution of the work herein authorised the secretary war shall require the contribution of the sum of (200,000 from local Interests, and the said secretary Is hereby authorized to " prosecute the work of Improvement with such funds when so furnished. The provisions of Document 434, ii,,.-, i -, . reforred to In the present bill, are as follows: Section 13. in view of the fore going the board Is of opinion thnt It Is advisable for the United States to undertake the Improvement of Crescent City harbor and vicinity, with a view of securing a suitable harbor by the construction of a breakwater at a coat of $490,000, approximately as ahown on the map by the line AC, with a posalble ex tension, approximately on line CD, If funds will permit, provided that PEACE MADE IS ACCEPTED BOUtHEVlki' AlVKl-Tl AN YTHJXi rr oaW oW rnoM oKRit.Vy I'KACK AT A.VY IHITB PEraK'awiiGj 1 ' ' lUUaVsuiua) 14 rtxetT for Kext Thnra dy. tint KlnaJ , Approval Moat He . Mde In Mwcow Marrhi 12 London, Mar '. 4.' Official' aa- aouncement, algnad ft Premier Len: In and Foreign MloUter Trouky) says tbdjext of agreement., which waa made, with Germany today, will be published la Petrograd immediate ly. Ratification la fixed for next Thursday, but final -decision rests Ith the all-Ruaslan congress ol councils of workmen, peaaants and Cossacks, which will assemble In Moscow March II. Petrograd,, Mar. ,4. A German airman bombed various parts of the city. Three persona were killed and Ave wounded. The material damage waa unlm porta nt. Berlin, via London, Mar. 4. "By reaaon of the signing of the peace treaty with Russia," says the J offi cial communication from headquar ters tonight, "military movements in Great Russian bate ceased." '" The Germane In ' their advance through Russia have rapturea, ac cording to the official communication from general headquarters, ti.800 of ficers and 57,000 men; 1,400 guns, 6,000 machine guns, thousands of motor vehicles, '800 locomotives and thouaanda of railroad trucks. Petrogrsd, Mar. 3. Delayed In the fear that argument would result In even more onerous ' terms, the Russian delegation at Brest-Litovsk has accepted alt the German peace conditions and la about to sign an agreement, according to a telegram from the delegatea received today at the Smolny Institute. The demands already have been Increased, they report. -rr ;t.b MD HARBORS before work Is begun by the United Statea assurance ahall be given sat isfactory to the secretary . . of war that, the projected railroad .between Crescent City, Cal., and Grants Pass, Ore., will be completed within a reasonable time, and provided, fur ther, that local Interests shall con tribute $100,000 toward the work, sum till and shall furnish, free of cost to; . ' the United States, such land as mayj g,, 4. From time to be required for the'operatlons of the t'me the 'Red Cross publishes pam government In connection with this phiet. describing various kinds of ar project. The total amount of the tlcles Intended ,for chapter produc government's share, $390,000, tloh. Experience has shown that should be provided In one approprla- chapters on receiving these pam tion. phlets very, often start to make all the articles described. In many cases there Is no call for some of the ar- ARB STATE CRIMES .' . , of the articles until special allotment Washington. Mar. 4-The supreme li ade , V 'l' 9,00 headlua:'er8-, - The strict observance of this rule court has decided that federal courts not only wll, pment an ac,umu,. have no Jurisdiction over bribery at tion or articles which may not be de federal officers, In a Cincinnati' elec-. sired at the time, but also will save Hon fraud case, wherein 99 men - division headquartera from calls np w'ere charged wltV 'fraud In the' 1814 lt8 materials. --.. AlaMlnn TIiav will Mft - a ..a .a ....... .1 ' ' ol"uu -' ' - 'ifflfitlBEIIS liepreorntatlvea of tho l'nkv ol Timber Workers and ghinglo Weavers Declare IxyaJty Seattle, Mar. 4. It' U ' annou'nee'd' that 44 repreeentatlvea of" , Oregon and Washington Umber workers and sningie -weaver nnions yesterday voUd to oust I. W. W. members from their ranka and declared ti,sm- selvea squarely behind the govern ment. PASSO.'aER' SEKT.DE , TO BE ciin Washington, Mar. 4. Paaaenger train service In the west will be re duced one-third or more by a re-ar rangement of schedules to be an nounced shortly by Director-General McAdoo. -i ! Scores of trains 1 on . competing lines leaving and arriving at termln als about tho aame lime will toe ellra Inated. Unnecessary trains on many western II nee are to be taken off and the locomotives and crews used for essential freight service. There Is no thought, however, of making a few western lines the prln dps! paaaenger carriers as contemn plated la the east ' Officials also stated that the reduction la ached ulea will not result la any serlona Inconvenience to passengers. . The, curtailment, which has been under consideration ; for several eeka ' ? Gerrll ' -Fort- paeaengw traffic director for the railroad ad ministration, will be effective from the Mississippi river to the Paclfi: coast. In much of this terrlto-y traffic la comparatively light and ,by a reduction of the number, of trains railroad administration officials be lieve they can save many millions of dollars and etill provide ample fa cilities for all through travel to the coast. ANOTHKK AVIATOK VICTIM ' OF THE 8P1X NOSF. 1HVK Fort Worth, Tex., Mar. 4. One dead and three seriously injured is Sunday's toll of the aplnning nose dive at aviation fields near Fort Worth Texas. All the victims are members of the British Royal Fly ing corps. Buenos Aires, Mar. 4. The Ar gentine government 'has asked Brit ish Minister Reginald T. Tower to obtain a safe conduct for ex-German Ambassador von Luxburg, permit ting him to leave Buenos Aires on the Swedish steamer Valparaiso,' which will sal In a few days. tides atthe time the pamphlets a.e sent oui Chapters should look upon these pamphlets as something sent out! merely tor their Information aud work should not be started on any wnen no arrangements have wnen 00 arrangements nave Deen made to get In a stock of these ma lerlMIH. imii 1 Hi, lllLllltl AT IK) AMERICA. IDRALA ARK PACK TO FACB WITH THOSh) Of G&IU M.SJf "KIXTI RIT (imoHsoms'no la Ttsno of Trial ihT Bthoirf Sytum of TUe VofUttf Ha IToveai Itaelf 100 Per Gt At the ' boob'' luncheon' of' ith Chamber of Commerce today, which waa attended br members ' of that body and a aumber of ladles, teach ers in tha public schools Included la the number, Mrs. Alice Bacon acted as toaatmaater. She called apoa Sam' Baker aad Mr. Booser for announce ments and then 'Introduced' Presi dent J. H. Ackerman, of the Oregon Norma achool, who. addressed br. la: vitatioa the company,, taking for hla subject, "The Relation of the Public Schools to the -Present War Crisis." He said la part that the American public school system waa placed face, to face with, the school sstem of Germany. The German ideal aa ouU ... : i ' - ' - - J lined la their school system was a militarist one. that ot the American school system a democratic one. Af ter speaking about the work of tha. public schools aa evidenced by, the, volunteers, by the self control ot Un people, through .the .waiting, dec laration or war and the draft aad' the many' activities by which tha schools bad shown themselves . 10O per cent efficient, he dwelt at length upon .the future Ideals ot p utile schools. He said ; that he believed the national government would take over to a certain extent the publlo schools of thia country In a meaner that was not dreamed of before tha war; that the government would In-, slst that certain standards be set and the schools be vigorously brought up to these standards; that the govern ment would without doubt appropri ate to the several states In the union a certain amount of money to be dia-, tributed by the sUte on a 50-50 basis, conditioned that no school dis trict shall receive Us quota unless It had fully complied with the con-, dltlons described by the government. The speaker said that the Ameri can schools ( would not be Prussian ized but that a much greater amount of centralisation wilt be needed In order that the public schools may be the melting pot In which the chil dren of all nationalities shall be fused Into true, democratic Ameri can citizens. TAKE WAR MATERIALS ' Vienna, Mar. 4. Austro-Hungar-lans operating In Lolo Dolla, south west Russian, hare taken 770 guns and huge quantities ot war mater ials. IjOGXiEHS TO GKT TEX HOI KS PAY FOR EIOHT-HOITI DAY Portland, Mar. 4. Colonel Dlsque has assured loggers that an ' elght- hnnr Hav InelilflAa tan hnnra nv that th governmellt g00n provide blankets and has promised improved sanitary conditions. E IN JUDEAN HlLS London, Mar. 4. British have ad vanced to a maximum depth ot 3,000 yards in Palestine,' along a 11 mile - : front, astride and west of the Jeru- Jill) AOSTROBIAliS akunt.Nhiili MaH
