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GKANTH PAN«, JDHEPIIINK COUNTY, OREGON.
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SOVIET CHIEF
FIFTEEN U. S.
Fédérais Offer < o«M«*"i<m* li.it De­
mand Acu*pta*ce of I'ncondi-
tional Terms
Way—ll.Mii.mni.» Nrzt
Census Report Made Public Today Shows That State Has
Gained 110,520 New Citizens During The Past
Decade, or 16.4 Per Cent
The Times
London. Aug. 5
I xmi Angeles, Aug. 5.- -Representa­ SHIPPING BOARD ADI* PASSEN.
orreepondent says he has secured In­
tives of the Mexican federal govern­
bv
GER LI.NERH TO SERVICE FROM
formation from "excellent authority"
ment announced that unconditional
FRISCO AND SEATTLE
that soviet Russia' concluded a sec
surrender was demanded of Governor
| ret treaty with Germany before the
Cantu of the northern district of
I Polish offensive began He says this
Ix>wer California at the Mexicali con-
Washington, Aug. 5. Cens us re-
¡treaty Includes a provision that Rus-i
In area Oregon ranked as the 9th ! ference recently. They said Cantu
■1«, without German Interference, turns glven out today give the pop­ largest state In 1910, with a land waa promised that <f be would cease
I would be allowed to appropriate all of
ulation ot Oregon as 783.285, an in­ area of 95.007 square miles, making I his activities he would be made con-
Poland's arms, munitions and rolling
fts population average 7 per square l cessions.
creuse
of 110,520. or 16.4 per cent
tingbui.l M<MUaiag Two IMviaioos
The correspondent adds that
mile.
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Ten Allotted to Traffic From Golden
Hereto. in I’oLmd—Is.n.hei Hays
GERMANY RF7HRNH CANNON
after Poland, the bolshevlkl plan to ,n 19,0 Oregon's population wax
. Gate and Fire to Puget Sound.
Klamath
Falls'
population
is
4,801,
Situation Grave
TAKEN IN IMTO FROM FRANCE
attack Roumanta.
>672,765, ranking it as the 35th most
12.0OO-ton Ship*
an increase of 2,043 or 74 per cent.
■
populous state The new gain is the Multnomah county’s population, in­
‘1
Straasbourg, Aug 5.— In confor­
Warsaw. Aug. 5.—-The Poland largest numerically in its history. the cluding Portland is 275,898, an in­
Ixjndon. Aug
' ■ <olinc|| ,,f deteusu has dispatched a number being almost double that of crease of 49,637, or 21.9 per cent I mity with article 145 of the Versail­
Washington, Aug. 5.—Allocation
les treaty, the German government of 15 new 12,600-ton passenger ven-
president of the Moscow soviet Is re- wlre|Mg
to M(WCOW lnfOrm any previous decade,
over 1910.
has snrrwndered to the municipality seis now building in Pacific yards for
ported to have Ml • MMM» to «• L
th# bol,hevtll| lhat roIand „ |
of Straasbourg 36 old cannon remov­ service between the Pacific coast and
rownnwnl asking that Itnsala accept
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ready to send a peace delegation to
ed from the city by the German the Orient was announced today by
Immediately th« original British pro­
Minsk. But two conditions are laid J
troops in 1870.
posals for an armistice with Poland
the U. 3 Shipping Board. Fire will
down by the council. One that dele-'
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go to the Pacific Mall Steamship
gate« l*e allowed to communicate
lamdon. Aug. 5 Officials say the
Company operating from San Fran­
freely with the Warsaw government
Polish situation is grave
Ono said
cisco. and five to the Pacific Steam­
'and second, that the soviet agrees
"Situation I« as grave as In 1914.”
ship Company operating from Se­
! to accept In principle the terms Po-
attle. The other five will be oper­
|land proposes
Portland. Ore., Aug. 5.—Equip­ • Warsaw, Aug. 5.- —-The first new
Paris. Aug 5
Englnd has taken
ated between San Francisco and Hon­
ment
for
a
flour
mill
to
be
installed
1
steps to mobilize rapidly two divi­
railroad line built by
I
Poland since
olulu by the Matson Navigation Com­
In Alaska, 175 miles south of the I
sions for service In Poland, accord­
: the armistice was formally opened
pany.
¡Arctic circle, has been sold to a Fair-
ing to Matin, which adds that plans
for traffic recently. the line saving
i
itanks.
Alaska,
firm
by
Portland
a
for the transportation and arming of
Honolulu, Aug. 5.—For eight days
70 kilometers between Warsaw and and nights Captain Eugene McCarthy
| machinery company.
this force arc being prepared
The plant will be of 25
barrels Razon, the two largest cities in the and the crew of the big United States
daily capacity, operated by steam. new republic.
Warsaw, (Aug. 5. Soviet armle«
army transport Marica fought and
and will be shipped from Seattle by
Completion of this line connects finally conquered a fire in the ship’s
driving aganist the Poles who ar« de­
steamship to St
Michaels. trans­ more intimately the people of con-1 cargo of munitions, while small arm
fending Warsaw are maintaining an
Washington. Aug 5.— The annual
average progress of six miles dally census of the seals, now being taken shipped by a Yukon river boat a dis­ gress ‘Poland with the residents of ammunition, shrapnel, grenades and
on th« southern end of the line which by the bureau of fisheries Is expected tance of 836 miles and thence from the Poznan district, for generations bombs burst in all directions, it waa
Is the only place they ar« being held to show about 600,0(16 of the an-l the mouth of the Tanana river by under German rule, who had been learned here recently on the trans­
Spokane, Aug. 5.—Ten men said to
Today's official statement declares Imais, or three times as many as I rail to Fairbanks.
kept artifically apart by the Russian port's return from Manila.
be delegates of Industrial Workers of
the Poles have retaken Brody near' when th« government undertook the j Since 1914 wheat of hardy variety policy followed in Poland of restrict­
Smoke was seen first issuing from the World locals in Washington. Ore­
th« Galaclan frontier and have forced custody of them a half score of years ; has been grown and in the Tanana ing railroad construction. The new one of the forward hatches at 10 gon and Idaho were arrested by coun­
valley, the period of maturity being railroad is to form part of the fu­ o'clock at night during the ship’s last ty. federal and city officers who dis­
the bolshevik! to retreat In the re
ago.
«don of Radzlvlov
American avla- i
Although the seal spends much ot j 90 days, and developments hgve ture great international transconti­ voyage to the Philippines. The offi­ persed the gathering, of alleged mem­
a point where a small mill nental rail route from Vladivostok cer of the watch sounded a general bers of the organization at a point
tors fighting with the Kneel uske ‘ Its life at sea. its habits make the ^reached
j
can be maintained there success­ through Warsaw. Berlin,
Brussels i fire alarm and water was turned into seren miles northeast of here short­
squadron are doing wonderful work i census-taking comparatively
easy.
and
Paris.
battling against red cavalry and In­ I Hugh M. Smith, commissioner of the fully.
the hold, where 4,000 tons of ammu­ ly before noon today. They hare
I *'**'*
fantry near Mlkllleze. Enemy loss«« bureau of fisheries. explains
been placed in the county jail here.
nition of all sizes were stored.
AninrMim swraaswsw---------
arc h>y«vy.
"Explosions of munitions in one
"count of nose«" Is of importance to |
hatch were taking place every lltlte PIKES PE AK AUTOMOBILE
prevent "blind killing” of animals(
Is.ndtHi. Aug 5. It la reported j
RACE TO BE REVIVED
while,” said Captain McCarthy. "The
for their furs, possibly resulting in ,
that Poland's peace delegation lati
cargo there included shrapnel shellk.
their extinction
Warsaw today for Minsk.
Colorado Springs. Colo., Aug. 5.—
hand grenades, detonating fuses.
t'nder present government control.
The
annual automobile race up Pikes
'
bombs
and
small
arm
ammunition.
Mr Smith asserts that the seals are
OREGON INVITED TO ENTER
My men carried case after case of peak. Colorado’s most famous moun­
■increasing about 10 or 12 per cent of
ItEXl ATTA AT H AN Elt ANCISO*
ammunition likely to explode at any tain, will be revived September 6 af­
their number annually. I<ast year's
count showed 550,000 of which 26,- • Buenos Airee. Aug. 5.- -The Unit- have my signature before it will be ' moment from the hold and threw ter an interruption of four years
5. A
San Francisco. Cal . Aug
ed States Shipping Board has ’been paid, and the result of this has been them overboard. The boxes were too caused by the war.
000 were killed for their pelts.
rowing regatta Is being arranged for.
A number of well known drivers
In the middle of Bering sea. lying defrauded of many thousands of dol- a saving of as much as 50 per cent hot to handle with bare hands, so the
the California Admission Day cels-1
40 mile« apart, are two Islands—-St. lars through practices which amount on many items Conditions formerly men wore gloves. Lieutenant Bow­ are entered in the contest for the
hrntlon here September 9 and Pacific
George and St. Paul the only land to "systematic fleecing" of Shipping were so bad that I have even heard man, transport quartermaster, was Penrose trophy, a sliver and gold cup
coast crews will be Invited to par-1
to which the seals ever resort. Every , Board vessels in the River Plate trade that In some cases food was thrown overcome by powder fumes and was offered by Spencer Penrose of. this
tlcipatc
spring they visit the Island« to raise | according to reports to the board by over-board in order to create a short-' confined to his room for several days. city. Nearly all of the leading makes
I heir young, leaving in the fall to ■ Captain G. L. Carden, special repre- age so that purchases could be I "On several occasions I had to of cars will be represented among
maneuver the Marica before the wind the entrants.
MRS. f AUD WOODS PARKS* wlnter In the north Pacific and It is tentative of the Shipping Board . made."
The course is 12 *4 miles long and
during the summer that the census Emergency Fleet in Buenos Aire«
During the first four weeks of the to keep the fire from spreading. On
is taken
' Captain Carden, accompanied by supervision provided by the new ar­ the eighth night it got so bad we the finish line is at the top of the
The killing of the animals Is also I
Engineers L. C. Farwell, rangement it was officially estimated had to leave the hold, batten down mountain. 14.109 feet above sea level’
done In the «iimmcr. this under law ,arrived here a month ago to take that a saving for the Shipping Board, the hatches and turn on the smother­
being confined to the surplus males. |
Protect the boards inter- which means for the United States ing pipes. We flooded the hold with
MAID WITH THE SPADE I
laist year lack of labor resulted In jests.
When I arrived here." he government, of »50.000 for food water and two nights later the blaze
10,000 fewer animals being killed i88^ to
Associated Press corre- alone and »25,000 for repairs was was extinguished."
Captain McCarthy said the ex­
than government officials had plan-
ship chandlers, , repalr- made. As a result of this campaign
ned. Japan and Great Britain, along mPn and others connected with the at least one arrest is expected when plosives were loaded at Hoboken in
with the United States, share the shipping industry seemed to be in a a certain ship arrives in New York. March and he declared it as his be­
revenue produced from the seal-kill, I ■ general agreement to mulct the Shlp-
There are 23 lines under the Ship­ lief that spontaneous combustion
a treaty giving this country 70 per' | ping Board vessels to the limit.
ping Board which have vessels calling stated the fire.
cent of the animals, with the other j " The Shipping Board is rich,' at ports in this jurisdiction. There
two connUles each receiving 15 per they said. 'We will get what we can.’ are on an average of 22 vessels on is making heavy rice imports from
Accordingly the board was charged hand at all times. The average cost
cent.
Indo-China. This is a costly opera-
"In the old days." says Mr Smith.' for things hot received, and over­ for maintaining these is from »1,500 j tion, however, the Japanese govern-,
charsed for things recived until it to »2,000 each per day. before the ' ment losing 920,000.000 last year in
"when 100.000 seals were being,
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killed annually the government ob- ■1,81 nlne 80 obvious that I waa ordered war an American vessel on the River supplying Indo-China rice to the Jap­
talned 110 per akin, while now ye 10 ,hl" port ,o ukft
In re- Plate was a curiosity.
anese people at a moderate price.
are getting $1 40. which nets us about j ce'''n5
orders I was told that I
A solution to which the govern­
»120 per skin Increase In the value! whlle ,hp hoard appreciated the fact
ment is turning its attention is that
of furs and t.ho different method of ■,hat 8’tP8nsp8
all sorts were high
I of inducing the people to eat less rice
conducting the business explains *n Buenos Aire« and Montevideo, still
and more wheat because cf the great
it
felt
that
there
must
be
something
thia.”
wheat fields of Manchuria 'which
Besides the sale of pelts, the gov­ wrong when their vessels paid such
I would be ample as a food supply, if
fertilizer
Pr'cea' f°r instance, as »4 a pound I
ernment is operating a 1_
.........
; the people would eat wheat,
I
plant on the Islands for disposing of 1 for butter.
’enormous output of Manchuria
“It seems that the practice was.
the carcasses, from which there also
I handled by the South Manchuria
ifl extracted nn oil lined for dressing when A ^«PPing Board vessel appear-
Tokio. Aug. 5.—The gravity of the railway which at the same time trans­
t.ops of automobiles.
Tho roads and signalled Its de- food question in Europe finds its ports yearly some 300.000 Chinese
sire to enter, for those who had hopes ¡echo In Japan where the problem of
coolies from Shantung province to
of selling the vessols supplies to pre- I how to feed the population, which is
i Manchuria, where they labor in the
germ \x LlHOIl MINISTER
j pare for a plucking of the golden
AIÄO CATHOLIC PRIEST | goose. The result was that when the ■increasing annually by 600,000, Is rice lands of the northern province.
booming yearly more pressing.
'Siberia in the great belt extending
vessel cleared bills wore presented
Japan has ample living space for south from Irkutsk and Omsk is a
Berlin. Aug. 5. Germany has a to steamship agents, and promptly
I its people but cannot produce enough I wonderful grainfield. If regularly cul­
labor minister who is at the same paid, since it was Shipping Board I food for then*, especially rice. Every
tivated capable of helping in the solu­
¡time a Roman Catholic priest. He Is money, for every conceivable Item at bit of lahd is cultivated to the limit of
tion of the world food problem.
Dr. Heinrich Brauns, who for 10 prices based on nothing except a de- Its capacity. The land of Formosa,
"The great grain center of Winni­
years officiated at chaplalh and vicar fire to obtain easy money.
the Island colony. Is worked to its peg. tianada," said a leading Japan­
at Orsfeld and Borbe.-k. near Essen
"Our arrival put a quick and effec- full capacity by the two million Chi­ ese business man to the correspon­
In 1900 he became director of «the tlve stop to all this. We now have nese farmers who cultivate the rice dent, “bids fair to 'be rivalled one
|"Volksverin for Roman Catholic Ger- all Shipping Board vessels calling at fields with great skill. Tn Korea, also, day in world importance by the city
Mrs. Maud Woods Parks, chairman many" at Gladbach and he waa af-! this port, report directly to us, we the grain harvest Is considerable, of Hartin. on the tyorder of Manchu­ liete «
tiixi.l with rhe eartli-
of the National League of Women,Vet. forwards elwtcd a member of the alone having the right to authorize though the failure of the Koreans to ria and Eastern Siberia. Harbin Is
eovered sputi«.
ere, which has esta llzhed’headquar­ national assembly. 111s writings on ! purchases of supplies or expenditures
And the garb of the mun of the soil,
use fertilizer prevents greater har­ admirably situated to handle the
ters In Washington.
The league is the Roman Catholic labor movement for repains.
All repairs at present vests.
("ripping
«tong to th? beat of the song.
grain arteries of the Far East and I
the successor to the National Ameri­ Are numerous. Dr. Brauns Is 52 years must be made according to epe dftca-
On the lips of the thousands who)
To
meet
the
food
menace
Japan,
predict
a
great
commercial
fature
for
can Woman’s Suffrage association.
toll.
ot
Ftlon and under bond. Every bill must
I
by a special arrangement with France that olty."
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