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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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. 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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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