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E OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. Fifteen deaths from tho plague have occurred at Nanking, capital of tho province of Kiangsu, China. The Yokohama Specie Bank, Limit ed, will open a branch in Buenos Aires in April. It will take care of the rap idly growing Japanese commerce in Argentina. Negotiations for transfer of 150,000 tons of Japanese, shipping to the Unit ed States have been completed on the basis of two tons of steel for one ton of deadweight of ship capacity. Members of the Germano-Swcdish Red Cross commission have been ar rested at Simbirsk, in tho Volga re gion, charged with espionage, a Reu ter dispatch from Petrograd reports. A Reuter dispatch from Petrograd says that the Soviet council at Moscow is reported to be planning a Tartar Bashkir republic, including the South ern Ural and Central Volga provinces. The Bolsheviki government has de cided to transfer Nicholas Romanoff, the former emperor and his family, from Tobolsk to the Ural region, ac cording to an announcement in Petro grad newspapers. In view of the critical situation at the front, the London Amalgamated Society of Engineers has abandoned the strike movement it long has been threatening as a protest against the government's man-power measure. Legislation to prohibit use on Indian reservations of "peyote," said to be a habit-forming intoxicant and used in tribal ceremonials, was stricken from the Indian appropriation bill Thursday in the senate without discussion on a point of order. Disorders in which at least two per sons were shot and seriously wounded and five large laundry plants damaged, marked the first day of the .general strike in Kansas City, called in syni' pathy with the striking laundry work ers. Two thousand houses for shipyard workers, to be built within walking distance of the Staten Island, N. Y, shipyards and to be ready for occupa tion before fall, is the program sub mitted to the government by the Staten Island Civic League, it is announced, The Ixmdon official report on aerial operations says: "Great concentra tions of our airplanes were carried out Thursday over points threatened by enemy and masses of our machines attacked with machine gun fire and bombs the enemy's infantry and cav alry. The agreement entered into by the Imperial Russian government is still existent and its obligations bind the new state or states which now repre sent or shall in future represent Rus sia, the British and French govern ments declared in a joint declaration made public in Paris Thursday. A new type of cigarette lighter is wanted immediately by the boys in the trenches. According to reports re ceived from United States marines abroad, matches are all right, if dry, but are a "dead give-away," especially at night. Gasoline lighters are used almost entirely, but gas is at a pre mium over there. Lieutenant-General von Rohne, a German authority on ordnance, says in the Vossische Zeitung of Berlin that the bombardment of Paris is merely in the nature of a trial for guns which are really intended to bombard London, says an Exchange Telegraph dispatch from Copenhagen. London is about 125 miles from the nearest point on the front. General Pershing cabled the War de partment Tuesday that two regiments of American railroad engineers are at tached to the British forces on the front attacked by the Germans. An extraordinary demand for Lib erty bonds, particularly the second fours, at an advance of J to 1 per cent to 971, was the striking feature of Tuesday's early dealings on the New York stock exchange. Transactions In these bonds in the first half hour ap proximated $5, 000, 000 par value. WORLD AP I CHICAGO HUNS ARISE Gloating Enemy Aliens Celebrate Knl scr's Victory" on West Front Aro Arrested by Hundreds. Chicago, 111. The German smash in France has "brought out scores upon scores of smiling, gloating disloyalists, With every now reported assault on the British line the long-sustained cau tion has given away a bit. Tho trcach erous sentiments in their hearts must find expression and they aro holding mcetincrs in basements and conferences . v in back rooms to celebrate tho "elos ing of the war." To sustain tho city's morale as ycll as to ferret out active aliens, dozens , of Federal agents aro combing Chicago for disloyalists. Tho result is steady stream of handcuffed men filing through tho squudroom door on ,tho fifth floor of the Federal building. The daily roundup of enemy aliens previously had averaged about 60. Of these a largo percentage were event ually released, others held for trial and some ordered interned forthwith Since the German onslaught on, tho western front tho total has jumped to 200. M s too, much for them, suhl one of the Federal agents. "They- could keep under cover as long as .the wir went along in its regular way. -llut.li German drive has brought tjiem' mitd.f i ineir notes. ! "They don't attempt to cover up un , der the cloak of Socialism or to appear I as Bolshevik sympathizers. They're coming out full and strong for the kaiser. I "The worst of them aro the. fako i alarmists, who, under tho guise of , reading,the bona fide reports frorn the j front, spread false news of German , successes and announce that tho 'Ger mans are marching "into Paris. -.This sort of thing takes root in the crowded sections of the'eity and we aro kept busy stamping it out. ! U. S. GETS $50,000,000 CASH German Account in Bank is Taken by Washington Government. Washington, D. C. One of the larg- est single amounts of cash thus far re ceived by the alien property, custodian was turned over by him to the Trcas ury Wednesday in the form of a check for $50,077,000, representing the principal of an account held by German interests in a bank in one of the larger cities. The name Of the bank was withheld. Washington, D. C. The house has adopted the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill carrying $1,150, 000,000 providing for the sale of enemy property in the United States and giving the government power to purchase German-owned docks at Hobo- ken, N. J. The senate adopted the report and the bill now goes to President Wilson SQUARE DEAL ASSURED ALL U. S. to Apportion Wheat Supplies to Retail Dealers. Washington, D. C. Curtailment of wheat consumption to 50 per cent of normal, which the Food Administration has determined upon, will be effected through the administration's control of licensed mills and distributors. Instead of 30 per cent of the coun try's output of flour being taken for export, it was explained Wednesday, approximately'50 per cent is being purchased by the Food Administration Grain Corporation, which in turn sells to the allies, according to their actual needs. The remaining 50 ner cent is avail able for domestic use and is appor tioned as adequately- as possible on the basis of normal consumption. Re tail dealers who fail to treat their trade faily in distribution or who exact extortionate prices will be cut off from further supplies. Kansas Unions to Strike. Kansas Citv. Mo. Tho second call for a general strike of all union labor in Kansas City, effective at 8 a. m., was issued early Wednesday morning by the executive committee of the Central Labor Council. Thn Htrlk whh nrlfrlnnllv Ret for Monday, but was postponed 48 hours to permit further negotiations to settle a strike of laundry workers, to aid which the general sympathetic srtiko was called. Colonel Again on Stump. Oyster Bay, N. Y. Colonel Theo dore Roosevelt has gone to Portland, Me,, to deliver an address before the Republican organization of thd '-state. The physicians refused at first to give their consent to his making the ad dress, but finally ho decided to go even against their advice, Japan to Lend U. S. Ships. Tokio, Japan Tho question of a supply by Japan of shipping for Amer ican uses has virtually been settled. Mere details are awaiting conclusion. NO FEAR IS FELT FOR I General Says German Advance No Cause for Alarm. HUN DEFEAT IS SEEN War Department Satisfied Substantial American Force WUIIUntcr Field .Wh.cn Counter Blow Starts, Washington, ,D.. C In a statement Thursday night,-. Major General March, acting chief of sUiff, assured tho American people .that there is no cause for alarm in' the advancu made by the. Uermans in Ilio'rreat butt o now rui- iilg-in Picurdy, nnd expressed complete mijiiucuiu in :(inuniii ui mu uiiicu arms. " ' " i- General March said: "Whatever may bo tho present ground hold by tho Germans; whatever sacrifice of men tho 'situation must entail, tho allies will see it through and will win." i Tho genernl,8tlll is vithout any word from General Pershing concerning tho American troops participating in the battle. General Pershing'a reports Thursday dea.lt entirely with the posi tions of tho opposing forces, as de scribed in tho British and French ofll- ciul statements.' Announcement by Field Marshal Haig that the German war machine along the whole British front had been "beaten 'off with heavy Josses gavu new zest 10 speculation ncre as to mo aineu counter assault officers feel certain will not Ion& be delayed. War "department officials appeared to bo satisfied that substantial American forces would enter the battle lines with the French vher tfie signul for the counter blow is given. Major Gen eral March, acting chief of staff, stated flatly, however, that ho was not advised as to the numbers or disposi tion of American units which may bo employed with tho French army of at tack. The new outbreaks of the Gorman thrust at Arras, reported early in the day, caused some apprehension here lest the allies might find it necessary to delay further their effort to catch the German forces on the rebound and seek victory after bitter days of steady yielding of ground. Definite word from General Haig that this new drive also had been checked added to the growing conviction that tho strategy of the allies will triumph. If their reasoning is correct tho Ger mans face the prospect of seeing their third great effort on the western front since the beginning of tho war' meet the fate of the others. Only twico before have tho Germans undertaken major operations in this main theater of the war. Their first rush in 1911 was stopped its their last and perhaps their final effort neurly four years later is now apparently be ing stopped by skillful retirement. Their only other great assault, at Ver dun, was an unqualified defeat. German Propaganda Halted. The Washington and Oregon divis ions of Public Information about the war has found another series of lies about the war. Stories are being cir eulated that unnamed privates nave been sentenced to long terms in prison for minor offenses; that a number have been shot for insubordination; that certain officers have confiscated the supplies sent over for somebody's boy. Now listen. Theso are German propaganda stuff, and should have no attention from any loyal citizen. Supplies for tho boys aro reaching them as fast as they can bo sent for ward, and all court matrialH are re ported in the press. No sane American is barred from honest criticism of tho government and its conduct of tho war, but do not pay any uttcntion to tho silly stuff of the character of tho foregoing. Huns Use Best Generals. London Tho Daily Mail's corre spondent at the front says the offen sive is being directed by tho best of tho German generals who won tho successes in the East. The commands aro now known," tho correspondent says, "to boheld by General von Kathcn in charge of tho Perorino group; General Otto von Below, In tho sector east .of Arras, and by General von Hutier south of St. Quentin. Chaplain and Nuns Slain. Washington, D. C An official dis patch from Franco said Friday tho chaplain and to nuns of tho hospital of St. Elizabeth, at Antwerp, have been executed by the GermanB. They were SWEEPING If STATE NEWS I IN BRIEF. The Honato Wednesday adopted tho provision of tho Indian bill allowing tho Klamath Indiana (500,000 to buy livestock. Every effort will bo used to got tho house to concur. Roads in and around "Wasco aro to bo placed in splendid condition for summer travel, am nothing will bo left undone to maintain tho reputation this part of Oregon has gained during the past fuw years. Arthur M. Deckor, member of tho 10th Company, Coast Artillery corp.-, died at tho post hospital In Fort Slov ens Sunday after a short illness. Tho deceased watt 22 yearn of ago and was tho soil of Mr. and Mrs. F, M. Dock er, of Ashland. That tho annual meeting of tho Ore gon Retail Jowelera' association to bo hold at Salem in Juno will bo tho larg est convention this association has ever hold is the statement of T M. French, of Albany, secretary-treasurer of the association. Hides of seven bobcats and 13 coy otes have been brought into Klamath Falls and presented for bounty at tho county clerk's office, according to tho records. Tho total for tho bounties paid is f -IH. Tho hides were brought in from all sections of tho county. Tho overall and Jumper part of the Liberty Ixuin campaign in Klamath county will be done first with the par ades and sheers left until after tho de sired results aro accomplished, accord ing to Captain Charles J. Ferguson, who is in charge of tho coming cam paign. Ontario's municipal wiltcr system bonds to tho amount of 3100,000 were sold Tuesday to Kcolor Brothers, of Denver, after u spirited auction fur par plus a premium of IC07.50. The bidding was started with the opening of avoided bid from u Toledo, O., firm for a discount of $1875. Tho game department of tho state pf Ohio has ordered 3000 pheasant eggs from Charles I). Alexander, who con ducts a pheasant farm at Albany This same Htate secured a large ship ment of eggs last year and evidently is continuing tho work of trying to get these birds started in Ohio. Plans for the state encampment of tho Grand Army of tho Republic, which will be held-in Albany, May 13 to 15, inclusive, were made Wodnos day when J. G. Chambers, of Portland, department commander, and C. A Williams, of Portland, department ad jutant, mot with officers and members of the Albany post. Hog" Woodward, forger who serv ed in 15 different penitentiaries, who it was thought died in Pocatello, Ida ho, last October, has suddonly ap peared at Reno, Nov., -with a number of charges against him. Woodward was brought to tho Oregon prhion in 1914 from Umatilla county for forgery and was paroled In September last year. Crows have begun work preparatory to sinking caissons for the piers of tho new concrete bridge to be built across Hood River jointly by the state and Hood River county. Three arched spans will bo required, each 05 feet in length, and an approach over the trucks of the Mount Hood Railroad on tho West Side, approximately 200 feet long. William Pollman, president, and S O. Corrcll, secretary of tho Cattle and Horse Ruiscrs' association of Oregon, haH issued the call of the association, which will bo held at Ontario April 23 and 21. A number of speakers huvo been secured from different sections, somo us far East as Missouri river points, und many subjects of interest to livestock growers will bo discussed and considered. X'ercy u. Bulllvun, wlin lives a short dlstanco south of Brownsvlllo, Monday received a telegram asserting that His 20-ycar-oid son, Glen Samuel Sullivan, had fallen on tho field of bat tlo somowhoro In Franco. Klmarlon Smith, a resldont of Linn County slnco tho early '70s, died nt his homo In Halsoy this week, aged 81 years. Ho was a nativo of Illinois and a prominent flgiira In tho early de velopment of this section. A dralnago demonstration on tho farm of Francis Chalmors at Roy, Washington county, will ho hold Sat urday by Professor W. L. Powers, of Oregon Agricultural Collcgo, and scien tific dralnago of whlto land will bo conducted along tho most approved lines. As many of tho fartnors of tho county havo problomsvlth this class of soils, County Agent Jamison expects a largo attondanco. The old Klamath County Courthouse difficulty, which has boon burled for tho last four years, was rovlved Friday with all Us former Intensity, when County Judgo Marlon Hanks and Com missioner Frank McCornaclc signed a contract for tho construction of a now building to bo erected on tho sito of tho present structuro at a cost of 1131,775, Commissioner Durrell Short refused to sign tho papers. BR H HAVE Hi GRIP ONE Situation Reported to Show Improvement on Somme. N0Y0N FRONT SHAKY Germans Continue Attack In .Southern 8ector With Fury, but Force of Main Offensive Wcakcim. tondon Wednesday night's nown from the battle front confirms tho hopeful imprcHtdou formed early In tho day that the British now appear to bo on a lino thuy aro ablo to hold firmly, at least on thu Somme ami the Ancru rivers. Farther south In tho Roye-Noyon re gion the situation Is less well defined, but it is stated that both the French and British aro bringing up reserves there, Tho corresKindentn also are showing greater confidence that thu enemy will bo held on this terrain. Thu German olllelal communication was significantly brief and reserved. It-roiMirts tho crossing of tho Ancre, but only roforn to .Tuesday's uvunts, vvhilo thu British war office statement shows that tho Germans who hnd crossed that stream wuro thrown back Wednesday in counter attacks. Tho news from tho Somme front Is dlHtlnctly encouraging, the British having recaptured Morlanrourt and' Chlpllly and advanced to Proyort. The infantry fighting along the ma. jor portion of the British front in' tho now battlu zone showed a marked nlowjng down, indicating that the first phase of thu Gurman offensive heru has been finished. The enemy has paused in thu north ern sector, probably to reorganize and bring forward much needed artillery beforo beginning thu second round against thu stiffened opposition of tho British. Hard local buttles wuro still in prog ress, but tho first fury of tho German onslaught had spent Itself.' . Several attacks, which tho Germans essayed wero smashed, otid ui Sailly-Lo-Sec, whoro the GermaitH Tuesday night gained a footing, tho British Wednes day morning delivered it smashing counter attack, which pushed the in vaders back. Tho spirit of optimism Is higher along the front HUN HOSPITALS OVERFLOW Thousands of Wounded Pouring Back Through France and Belgium. Amsterdam - Enormously long am bulancu trains aro passing through Liege and Numur, Belgium, on their way to Aix la Clmpclu and other parts of Germany, with wounded Germans from tho French buttlo front, accord ing to tho Tologruf frontier corre spondent. Many of the wounded havo been detrained at Namur, Bays the eor rcs)ondent, who adds that thu hospi tals In Northern Franco have not suffi cient accommodations for the great stream of sufferers. Tho Tclcgraf's Zevonaar correspond ent says the first transports with wounded havo arrived at frontier towns. Commenting on this fact the Telegruf says that while the German communications speak of the slight Germon losses, It Is significant that even tho most out of tho way pluceB in Germany wounded aro arriving. London The German casualties since tho beginning of tho oirenslvo aro-cstimatcd ut tho front at 300,000, according to tho Dally MuII'b corre spondent. Frencc Holding Lines Firmly. Paris Tho French, co-onorutlnir with the British south of St. Oucntln. have taken up strong positions on the left bank of tho OIo beforo Novon whore they are holding tho Germans. according to tho war office announce ment. Tho statement reads: "Our troops aro holding solidly to tholr posl tiona on tho left hank of tho Oiso be foro Noyon. Tho fighting continues along the front comprising Braye-sur-. Somme, Chaulnes, Royo und Noyon.'1 Greek Uprising Planned. Athens Tho rmrnoso of formot King Constantino is sendinir two Greek officers who were urrcstcd recontly, af ter ooing landed on tho coast bv a Gor. man submarino, wub to lay tho founda tion ior un uprising agulnst tho gov- ornmcnt, according to depositions mado. by tho officers and read In tho chamber of doputiea Wednesday bv Prolmor Vonizelos. Tho officers wore disguised as beggurB when arrested.