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r . WORLD HAPPENINGS OF CURRENT WEEK Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU ETents of Noted People, Governments ind PadBc Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. Franco Friday was given a loan of $200,000,000 by the treasury, bringing tho total credits to Franco to $2,065, 000,000. Several bombs were dropped In tho Paris region lato Thursday night by German airplanes, says an official statement. There were only a few victims. "Work or fight" orders havo been promulgated for the state of Sonora, Mexico, by General P. Elias Calles, constitutional governor,, to curb law lessness. Eight inches of snow covered Mount Shasta Thursday, and it was found that there were four Inches of snow below the timber line. Mount Eddy also got four Inches of snow. Tho health of King Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, who is at Nauhelm. suddenly has become worse, according to a dis patch received in Geneva from Munt ich. His condition now is considered critical. An official dispatch received In Geneva from Frankfort, Germany, says that Monday morning at 9 o'clock that city was attacked by allied avi ators who dropped 26 bombs, killing 12 persons and injuring five others. Twenty-two German airplanes were destroyed and six driven down out of control Thursday according to tho of ficial communication on aerial opera tions. Fifteen British airplanes are missing as a result of the air combat. President Wilson has written an autograph appeal on behalf of the fourth liberty loan, to be published in ' full-page newspaper advertisements and shown on moving picture screens September 24, the opening day of the three weeks loan campaign. Shortage of by-production coal, es sential 'to steel production, including the smokeless; variety essential to the navy, has reached such alarming pro portions, it was learned Friday, that the government may curtail further so-called lesser industries. A record in ship construction is claimed by the Great Lakes Engineer ing works ,in delivering to the Emer gency Fleet Corporation, complete in every detail, the 3500-ton steel freight er, "Crawl Keys," 30 days after Its keel was laid in the yards at Ecorse, Mich. The proportion of the German losses to those of the allies since those of August 8 is greater than at any other period of the war, It was announced in London Friday. It is said that the total allied casualties probably will not be as large as the number of Ger mans taken prisoner. The case of Fred Wick, charged with disturbing the peace of Rev. A. A. Bosche, pastor of the German Evan gelical church at Napa, Cal., is to come up in the justice court next week. The charge is the result of a fight between Wick and the preacher on the front porch of the pastor's home. Canada's wheat crop this year is 232,800,000 bushels, or 1,742,850 bush els less than last year's crop, accord ing to a report of the Dominion Bu reau of Statistics, compiled from re turns of correspondents. Oats are ex pected to yield 416,000,000 bushels, an increase of 13,000,000 bushels over last year. Albert Metln, former minister of la bor In France and mfnlster of block ade, died at a Pacific port Thursday night from a stroke of apoplexy. M. Metln arrived in this country only Wednesday with General Paul Gerald Pau, noted French military leader, and party. Elaborate entertainment had been planned for them. American expeditionary forces in France have ordered 1,000,000 watches from Swiss firms. Oswald Kunhardt, ex-German consul general In Boston, was Wednesday ordered interned at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga. After burning over 65 square miles of grazing and brush land, tho Cohas set ridge fire in tho Lassen national forest, 35 miles northwest of Chlco, Cal., has been finally extinguished. Three aviators attached to the train ing school at Ponsacola, Fla were killed lato Monday In a collision of their planes abovo tho clouds. A fourth student In the piano escaped death. Directors of tho Canadian Pacific railway havo declared a 2 per cont dividend on preferred stock for the half year ending June 20, and a divi dend of 2Vd per cent to common stock' holders for the quarter ending Juno 30, FOCH SPOILS HUN'S PLANS Foe's Work of Four Months Undone In Three Weeks. With tho French Army lu Franco. Tho situation slnco tho battlo of tho Avro shows a chance, which for rapid tty nnd extent has rarely boon ap proached In military history. Marshal Foch's strategy and masterly tactics havo in thrco wooks wrested from tho Germans what required four months for them to obtain at a cost variously estimated at from 700,000 to 1,000,000 men. Tho immcdlnto results of tho coun ter offensives which will havo tho greatest bearing on subsequent opera Hons aro tho clearing of tho Chateau Thierry pocket, ending tho menaco to Epornay and Paris; tho liberation of Montdldler. ending tho mennco to Amiens; tho treeing of tho important eastern railroad lino from raris to Chalons and tho equally important northern lino from Paris to Amlons, restoring to the allies means of com munication which glvo them enor mously greater easo in future move ments of troops. Theso successes render lmposslblo any rupture of tho lino which would soparato tho French armies of tho center from thoso to tho east, or a rupturo of tho junction between tho French nnd British. Tho most disastrous conscquenco to tho Germans, aside from tho heavy losses thoy sustained in men nnd ma terial. Is tho collapso of tholr plan to drive wedges Into tho allied lines nnd tho subsequent widening and joining which would havo threatened general dislocation. Marshal Foch's strategy In reducing tho salient wedges wrested tho Initia tive in operations from tho Germans, at onco obliging them either to order a general retreat to a strong lino such as the Sommo or to engago reserves. Tho enemy adopted tho second alter native which, having failed, makes eventual retirement Immensely moro difficult. Tho first phase of tho battlo of tho Avro finds tho French with a footing upon Thlescourt plateau, west of Noy on, which has ;ltal lmportanco in fu ture operations. Tho Germans must either capture this at high cost, it they can, or abandon Noyon, which means tho fall of Royo and Lasslgny, which already aro under imminent menace of capture. The disaster which menaced General von Hutier's army has been averted for the moment. Tho few narrow pas sages which now are open for tho withdrawal of his stores aro so har rassed by tho bombs of aviators and the tire of heavy artillery that prompt escape is impossible, rendering prob able a desperate effort by tho Ger mans to cling to their 1914 lines. . TR0TZKY ASKED TO EXPLAIN WAR TALK Lqndon. Action suggestive of an ul timatum to the Bolshevik government is reported to have been taken by tho allied powers. This move, which is referred to in Moscow advices by way of Berlin, has taken the form of a demand for an explanation of the war talk recently attributed to Premier Lo nlne. The diplomatic representatives of the allies are said to havo handed a collective note to War Minister Trotz ky demanding within three days an explanation of Premier Lenlno's threat that Russia would " declaro war against Anglo-French Imperialism." It was reported on Monday that Pre mier Lenlne nnd War Minister Trotz ky had fled from Moscow to tho naval stronghold of Kronstadt, and that the Bolshevik government would follow them there. Owing to tho difficulties of commu nication with' Russia, It seems prob able that the above dispatch has been delayed In transit and refers to an event of several days ago. Lenlne's declaration was made prior to August 9, when American Consul Poole at Moscow Informed tho state department at Washington that Lo nlno had told a gathering of Soviets that a state of war existed between the Russian government and tho en tente. Anna Held, Actress, Dead. New York. Anna Held, the actress, died here Monday after an illness of several months. Miss Held had been ill slnco April of a rare malady known as myeloema, a disintegration of the spinal marrow, and her condition was reported several times as critical. Sho rallied repeatedly, however, and until attacked by pneumonia a few weeks ago was regarded as on tho road to recovery. Japan Defied by Lenlne. London. A dispatch to tho Ex- cbango Telegraph from Copenhagen says the Petrograd newspaper Fravda, organ of the Bolshovlkl, announces that following a stormy meeting of the workmen's and soldiers' deputies, Premier Lenluo sent an ultimatum to Japan concerning Japan's intervention In Siberia. Q79 nfflrf-fi nlarharneri. Washington, D. C Secretary Baker informed the senato Monday that of 16,971 national guard officers, 972 havo been discharged slnco tho guard was called Into federal service Of that number 464 were discharged upon tho recommendation of efficiency boards and 476 wero (Uncharged became of physical unfitness, Thirty wero court martialed and two deserted. MEXICO PERSISTS IN OIL TH POLICY Answer to British Shows 0b noxious Nature. U. S. INTEREST IS HIT Carranza Announces He Declines to Recognize Right of Foreign Na tions to Enter Protests. Washington, D. C Tho Mexican government haB made an unsatisfac tory reply to tho protest of Great Brit ain against taxes on oil properties. So far from mitigating tho sovorlty of tho original decree of February 27 last, imposing now taxes and restric tions upon tho foreign owners and operators of oil properties' in Mexico, tho reply of tho Mexican government to tho British protest against that de cree has, in tho opinion of officials hero, only added to Its obnoxious nn turo. Soma tlmo ago American Interests, with tho knowledge and sympathetic support of tho stato department, sent representatives to Mexico with tho purposo of arriving at an amlcablo ad justment of tho gravo Issues arising from tho determination of tho Moxl can government to enforce this now oil decree It was hoped that In tills unofficial way, if tho Moxlcnu government was disposed to bo at all fair in Its treat ment of tho Americans who had in vested so heavily in tho development of Mexican oil properties, It would bo possible to arrange a now Hcnlo of tax ation that would bo profitable to tho Mexican government without bolng confiscatory. Following discouraging reports from theso personal representatives of tho oil Interests, tho letter of Secrotnry Agullar, in answer to tho British pro test. Is taken as conclusive ovldence that tho Moxtcan government has not In any degreo changed Its original pur pose to carry out the decree, not only as to English properties, but as to American and all other foreign inter eats. Rogardlng tho contention in tho Mexican nolo that tho decrco applies equally to Mexicans, as well as to for elgners, It Is pointed out that this Is only technically true, as nearly all tho oil properties aro foreign owned, aim Mexicans consequently aro unaffected by tho decrco. which amounts to 100 per cent increase in the tax, uesiuo containing features that look to tho actual confiscation of a largo propor tion of the forolgn-owncd oil lands. AUGUST 24 IS SET AS REGISTRATION DAY Washington. D. C Registration on Saturday, August 24, of all youths who have reached tho ago of 21 slnco the second registration last Juno 5 was ordered Wednesday by Provost Marshal-General Crowder under a procla mation by tho president. Tho purposo is to add quickly to tho almost ex hausted class 1 to meet army draft calls In September. About 150,000 young mon win regis tor. Most of them will qualify for class 1 and therofdro will Join tho army probably within a month aftor their names aro recorded. It was announced that tho suggested date, Septembor C, would not bo tho day for tho registration of men from 18 to 45, even if congress passes mo bill, because soveral of the largest states In tho union hold primary elec tions on that date. There will bo no new drawing to establish tho order of liability of tho now registrants. The provost marshal general's offico announced that tho 1200 numbers drawn for tho Juno 5 registrants would be sufficient to cov er tho August 24 registrants in the largest district In tho country. B0LSHEVIKI VIOLATE ALLIES' CONSULATES Washington. D. C Official dls- Hatches from American Consul-Gcner- al Poole In Moscow lifted tho curtain for a moment and revealed an amaz ing train of events in that city. Consul General Poole, aftor witness ing tho violation of tho French and British consulates and tho arrests of tho consuls-general and their staffs, destroyed his codo booR nnd papers and turned tho affairs of tho Ameri can consulate over to tho Swedish consul, at tho same tlmo demanding safo conduct from tho country for him self and his associates. French and British citizens havo boon urrested and tho Bolshovlkl havo announced thoy would hold them as hostages becauso of tho attack on the Soviet govornrnont by British nnd French troops ut Arclwngol, Mombors of tho French and British military missions stationed in Moscow were refused permission to leavo tho country, in spite of a previous promlso of Hufo conduct, 1 AUTO MAKING ORDERED CUT Plants Advised to Equip for 100 Per Cent War Work. Washington, D. ft Manufacturers of passongor automobiles woro advised by tho War Industries hoard Saturday to convert tholr plants to 100 por cent war work an rapidly nn posslblo ana to placo thorn on that basis not later than January 1, 1919, In a lottor ad dressed to tho National Automobile Chamber of Commerce. In no other way, tho, lottor stated, could Uioy bo assurou or tno conunuanco or utoir in dustry or tho preservation of tholr or ionizations. Tho lottor was in rosponso to a pro posal inado by Hugh Chalmors on tho part of tho manufacturers voluntarily to curtail tho passenger car Industry 60 por cont. Tho War Industries board declared that tho prosont situation ro gardlng stool nnd other materials need ed for war work gavo little nssuranco of material roqulrod for tho manufact tiro of passongor automobiles, oven nftor providing for war requirements Ponding recolpt by tho board of sworn Inventories of materials on hand requested .last July 16, no matorlaln will bo pormlttod passongcr car nianu faoturors. BOLSHEVIK REGIME IN RUSSIA TOPPLES London. Tho passing of tho Uol shovlk government into history an pears to bo near. Monday's advices tend to confirm previous roportn that tho fantastic structuro with Lenlne and Trotsky balancing on Us summit Is toppling to tho final crash. Lenlne and Trotsky aro roportod to havo flod Moscow. Ilolf farlch, tho German ambassador to Russia, has likewise found tho Russian capital to bo an unsultnblo placo for his embassy nnd ho will go to Pskov. Lenlno and Trotsky havo fled to Kronstadt, tho naval baso near Potro grad, according to u dispatch sont out by tho semi-official Wolff Bureau of Borlln, and printed In Zurich news papers, says u I lavas report from I'nrls. Tho Bolshevik govornrnont will shortly follow tho two lenders to Kronstadt, tho Borlln Lokal Anzelger states. Officers and counter revolutionists who aro undor Imprisonment also will bo taken to Kronstadt, according to this plan. Amsterdam. Dr. Helfferlch, tho German ambassador to Russia, has In formed tho Soviet government that he will tnovQ tho embassy front Moscow to Pskov, becauso ho fears for tho personal safety of his staff, says an official telegram from Borlln. Condi tions at Petrograd aro almost as bad as at Moscow. START SALVATION ARMY WAR FUND Tho next drlvo for war funds in Oregon will tako placo September 16th to 21st, 1918, nnd will bo for tho War Sorvlco work of tho Salvation Army, Tho Oregon Stnto Council of Dofonso has approved tho quota for tho stato for Fifty Thousand dollars, half of which amount is to bo raised outsldo of Portland. Portland's quota was ralsod last spring. Tho commltteo In chargo has head quarters in 228 Chamber of Cornmorco Building, Portland, and consists of tho following mombors: Dr. William Wal laco Youngson, Gonoral; O. C. Bortz- moyor, Offico Manager; Mayor Geo. L. Baker of Portland, Chairman of tho Executlvo Commlttoe; William M. Ladd, Treasurer, and John M. Lin den, Campaign Manager. Field representatives for this fund aro now busily at work. Prof E. S. Hammond of Salem has chargo of western Oregon, and Mr. nnd Mrs, William S. Dixon of Chicago havo chargo of eastern and central Oregon. It Is to bo hoped that In each county tho Councils of Dofonso and kindred organizations will put on tho drlvo and ralso each county quota, and al ready many responses havo como to tho oxocutlvo offico, stating that as sistance will bo freely given by tho war fund committees of tho various communities. Allies' Envoys Arrested. London. Robert H. B. Lockhart, acting; consul-general In Moscow, and six Britons attached to his staff and Hoveral French diplomatic agents havo boon arrested in Moscow by tho Bol shovlkl, says tho Dally Mall. Tho nowspapcr attributes to tho foreign offico a statement that thero Is no reason to hellovo it Is truo that tho British at Archangol shot repre sentatives of tho Sovlot and adds: 'Thoro was somo Bhootlng boforo Archangel incidental to tho landing operations but this could not havo been in reply to shots fired nt our forcos by tho Bolshovik forces. Tbo arrest of Lockhart Is, of courso, an act of hostility In International law und will bo so regarded by us. It Is possibly a reprisal for our landing at Archangol and In tho Murmansk re gion." London. Tho Kvonlng News says that J, O. Wardrop, tho British consul at Moscow, was arrested with It. H, B. Lockhart, Messrs. Lockhart and Wardrop remained In Moscow whpn llio diplomatic staff wont to Archan gel, i SCORE OE VESSELS SUNOYJJ-BOATS Survivor of Kate Palmer Tells Submarine Raids. SPREAD POISON GAS Six Atlantic Coast Guardsmen Over come Administration Fears Fish, .Supply Is Reduced. An Atlantic Port. Tho number of fishing vessels destroyed by a German BUbmarlno In Us raid on tho fleet or aoorgo's Banks last Saturday night was nearer a acoro than tho nlno al ready reported, according to men from ono of tho vt'ssols brought hero Tues day. Andrew BL Croix, mato of tho Kato Palmer, says from tho crosstrces of his vessel ho saw tho sinking of seven other schooiierJr by bombs and that beforo tho submarine canto Into view ho had counted 11 other oxploslons nt Intervals of 16 minutes or half tin hour. Rocitonlng that ono bomb wan used for each vessel, tho mato bo lloves tho 11 explosions represented tho sinking of that many vessels, Tho submarine did not two Its guns as far as ho observed. According to tho mato thoro were from 25 to 30 swordflshlng vossels op erating on tho banks nnd tho greater number wero sunk. Ho estimated that at least 40 boatloads of men wero set ndrlft as a result of tho raid. St, Croix and his two companions woro picked up by n motorboat after thoy had rowed and sailed about 160 miles. Boston. Intimation that tho fish supply might bo reduced becauso of tho operations of n aorman submarlno off George's Bank was nont to tho fisheries division of tho food admin istration at Washington by James J. Phelan, assistant rood administrator ot this state. Washington, D. C Gas trom oil discharged on tho water by tho Gor man submarlno operating off tho mid dle Atlantlo Coast ovorcamo six mon In tho coast guard station and light houso on Smith's Island, North Caro lina, Saturday ovonlng, tho navy de partment was advised by tho com mandant ,of tho sixth naval district. It tho gas attack was deliberate, as most officials bollovod, It constitutes a now nnd ingenious form ot "fright fulness," nnd, so far as has boon re ported, was tho first direct effort of tho German raiders to harm persons or property on American shores. Tho gas was Bald by tho command ant ot tho coast guard station to havo much tho same effect ns tho mustard gas usod by tho GormanB on tho west ern front. Tho mon woro laid out for moro than half an hour, but ap parently suffered no sorlous after effects. HEARST'S PAPERS BARRED University Club of San Francisco Unanimous In Decision. Run KYnnp.lRpn ftv imnnlmr.na vnin tho directors of tho University Club, of san i-rnncsco, havo barred Hearst's Examiner and nil his other dally iiows- iinnnrn from Mm' Irmtlttitlnn linrniinn nt alleged disloyalty both boforo and af ter tno unitou states entered tho wnr against Germany. Tho club has a membership of ovor 700 collogo graduates nnd Is ono of tho most widely rocognlzcd organiza tions or us Kind in tno united States. It is said that thn mnmlinm linvn lonir felt neirrlnvml nvur Tfimml'a nl. loged pro-Germanism, and tho formal euioi or inrowing out tho Hearst pa pors by tho management Is tho cul mination of gonoral anger nnd dissat isfaction over Hint nnwannnnr mi-nnr'n conduct slnco tho great war began In juiy ot rjii. Tho University Club Is tho kecond blc Institution nf lift klml In Run 1.Vnn. cIbco to bar tho Hearst publications. mo raciric union Club, by unanimous voto of its directors, took similar ac tion several months ago. Tho notion of thoso two clubs is of cspcclul significance. San Francisco is HoarBt'B homo city. Ho began his nowsnanur enrmtr linrn with tlm iPv. amlnor. In addition Hearst Is a uni versity man. Harvard is his Alma jtiuiur. Knlttlna Needles Halted. Washington. r. n ITn till 1tilMlttrv for tho BoIdlorB and snllorB Is to ho chockod until tho war industries board can Biirvoy stocku nnd ascortaln whothor thoro Ih enough woolon and worsted in the country for winter uni forms nnd overcoats, Tho hoard Mon day dlrnctod spinners to discontinue manufacturlm- wonlmi mut yarns for hand knitting and tho ship- mum oi yarns or wooi until further notice, . M, f