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BATTLE CONTINUES ALONG WHOLE UNE JOSEPH 6 . CANNON Th« Looal Paper a Agency en the Farm —The Pulpit end tehee« a T rin ity ef Influence That Muet Be - Utilised In Building ** Agriculture. Handling u r u n u c i <t! a tion Base. Fro« Sta to ÏBtfes Intensity Naval Secretary of Agriculture Says et Strannle Exceeds AH Hidden Sources of Infection SAFETY FIR S T: IS THE RULE. Event« of War. Are Main Danger. Island, Unele M ik .— a proceeding along the whole front front the gen to the Voegee Mountains for • W ear White Acsdl Od the past throe dare without the Ger mane having been able to find a w ^ k Iona Island, ti epot In the French defenses. nmuHinltlen bea However, It etui to In Flanders that c o re n lid • by American Cx-gpesker Cannon, who w ill again an llilonle district In Can- r - - SITUATION AGAIN DELICATE Washington Admits Carranza's Stand May Mean Serious Results. • Washington. — Administration offi cials admitted that the Mexican situa tion had again assumed a delicate as- Oeneral Carranza has partially foi- filled the Washington government's — - „ u ,. request for guarantees before with drawing the American troops from Vera Crus, but his decree doee not satisfy the main point asked for hy the United States, that Mexicans who served the American government dar ing the occupation of the port bo not punished subsequently fo r sunk serv ice. A t > o'clock Tuesday night General Mulatto Gutterres, selected hy the con vention at Aguas Callentes, was sworn In an provisional president of Mexico. Carranss has boon informed hy tele graph hy a gpedal committee sent by the oonveotloo several days ago, and hostilities against him as a rebel win begin at once if he does not recognise the authority of Gutierres. General Villa has said that he will hack up Gutierres in such a proolaasa- tton. Death Penalty Wine In Portland.— Returns on the amend- it to prohibit the execution of the death penalty In Oregon Indicate de feat of the measure. The majority as It now stands against the hUl is KMT. AMERICAN MARINES OCCUPY ACAPULCO ? Mexico C U y — It Is reported here that the port of Acapulco, on the Pa cific, has boon occupied hy American marines. The oocupatlon is said to have followed a request of the inhabit ants who were suffering great priva tions owing to the revolution. - General Venustlsno Carranss issued an ultimatum declaring himsoU the chief head of the republic. The pro clamation was issued at Cordoba and directed to the m ilitary chieftains and fhq civil employes o f the central gov ernment, who were ordered to obey pafraass as first chief of the constitu tionalists gnd to disregard totally the gtoSdatgs pf the Asuaa Call sq tes con- ra tte a , To the m ilitary chieftains ho said that unless they left the eenferenoe and were hank nt their poets by I O'clock Tuesday evening their next in rank would assume their places. General Buiallo Gutierres, w>o wgg appointed provisional président of Mexico by the Aguas Caliente« oon ventftm, has proclaimed himself the chief executive, beginning November 10. Boxing Gam« Over la California. X San Francisco.— The boxing game will «hut up shop In California sbou* the first of December. The anti-fight M il, which prohibits all akvs four- round amateur copteeta, was carried a t the eleetion. T H E M A RK ETS. Portland. Wheat—Club, >1.14; hlueetem >1.18; red Russian, >1.08.. H ay — Timothy, >15.60; alfalfa, >11.50. Butter—Creamery, 35c. Uggs—-Ranch, 38c. Seattle. Wheat— Bluestem >1.10; club >L1>; pod Russian, >1.08. H ay—Timothy, >15 per ton; alfalfa, >18 per ton. B utter—Creamery, M e .' e f the m stropatttsn Beil in the country but the troubles of the seldom told, exoept by those who to profit hy the story, and the glitter of the package ofttlmee ob scures the substance A searching In vestigation into the needs of the farmers w ill revepl many Inherent de fects in our economic system that can bo easily remedied when properly un derstood and illuminated hy the pow er of the press. The rural proas, the pulpit and the school are a trin ity of powerful In fluences that the farmer must utilise to their fullest capacity before ho can occupy a commanding position in public affairs. Those gigantic agencies are organised in every rural community and only await the patronage and co operation of the farmers to fully de velop their energy and usefulness. They* are local forces working for the beet Interest« of their reepectlve communities. T h eir work is to build sad their object is to serve. They prosper only through the development and prosperity of the commuslty. „»very farmer In this state should • tlb*cr,be f° r tbe 1o€ä1 ®*per' as well mch o,hw publications as he may find profitable, but he should, by an means, subscribe for his local paper, and no homo should be without I t The local paper Is part of the community life and the editor understands the farmer's prob lems. It Is the local press that will study the local problems and through its columns deal with subjects of moot vital Importance to local life of the oommunlty... , A Noble Task. In too many instances the uusmtry papers mimic the city press hy giv ing prominence to scandals, accidents and political agitation. The bow ru ral clvlllsatIon has placed upon the rural press renewed responsibilities, and enlarged possibilities for useful ness. It cannot perform Its mission to agriculture by recording the frail ties, the mishaps and inordinate am- bltlcns of humanity, or by filling Its columns with the echoes of the strug gles of busy streets, or by enchanting stories of city life which lure our children from the farm. It has a higher and nobler task. Too often the pages of the city dallies bristle with the struggle of ambitious men to their wild lust for power, and many times the flames of personal conflict eoar the tender buds of now civilisation and Illuminate the path way to destruction. The rural press is the governing power of public senti ment and must hold steadfast to principle and keep the ship of state to the roadstead of progress. The r a r tl proas can heat serve tho in te r beta of the farmers hy applying Its energies to the solution of problems affecting the local community. It must stem tho mighty life current that is moving from the farm to the cities, sweeping before it a thousand boys and girls per day. It has to deal with the fundamental problems of civilisation at their fountain head. Its mission to to direct growth, teach ef ficiency and mold the intellectual life of the country, placing before the pub lic the daily problems of tho farmer» and giving first attention to the leg islative, co-operative. educational and social needs of the agricultural classes within its respective oommunlty. Germans are the SMB they can gat and ceaselessly are hurling them against the allien* lines. Never has thio method been dlreotod with as much tenacity and fury as pow The fight rages with the greatest Intensity south of Tpres on the Msnin road, the Ypres Canal, the Lys and the plateau crossed by the road from Tpres to Armentleree. Here the of fensive by the allies has been mat hy violent counter attacks delivered by s German active army corps Just brought from Flanders, supported by the concentrated fire of s groat body of massed batteries. Tho Germans so far are said to have achieved nothing more than tempor ary checks, and It la claimed that slowly but surely the allies creep for ward. London.— A dispatch from Northern France to the Dally Chronicle say* that advance patrols of Belgians have penetrated to Ostend, which means that the coast line from Dunkirk to Nlenport and Ostend is relieved from the menace of the*past two weeks. Tpres, the dispatch adds, is now the storm center. The town Itself h been rased by artillery fire and haa been entirely abandoned by the popu BERLIN COUNTS ON VICTORY 1,000,000 Gsrmans and Austrians Reported Raady to Crush ffnemy. London.—r l t is asserted to Berlin Germany sad Austria-Hungary now have opoceatfsted about 8,000,000 soldiers on tho line from Thorn to Cracow, and this is considered suffi cient to crush the Russian forces,'* says a dispatch from Copenhagen to the Times. The message continues: M ilitary authorities declare that the result of the coming battle is not to doubt and that the Russian army will be completely destroyed. They explain that It Is necessary to allow the Russians to advance to the fron tier, to order to prevent them from making a good retreat after their de fe a t “The present retirement of the Ger mans is necessary, they say, in order to have the railways Immediately be hind the army for the approaching main battle.** Oemeorat Sleeted Wisconsin Senator. Milwaukee, Wls. — State Senator Paul Hunting. democrat reached tha tape to the United States senatorial race Just 1061 votes ahead of his re publican opponent Governor Francis B. McGov RUSSIANS GROSSING PRUSSIAN FRONTIER Petrograd.— The official statement Issued from general headquarters Hudson River, Süitee'and Moo- T 4ole Are Used. Mted States navel be Hudson river, Ihlo Its limits are pouuds of der. besides many thousands of Ito. This war ma terial Is kef* to large brick sod stoue powder niagnafu«-» and shell houses. The powder magazines all burs four geparnts flrviwoof walls aud am dlvld ed up Into ceuipurtipeuts to order to preveul s fire or so explosion from reaching or dent ro ving tbe entire con tents. The kwded «bells are kept sep arately from the empty projectiles and ate stored in two fixed ammunition magazines. Each »bell is weighed and numbered before being put away. Tbs weight is recorded .to chalk on tbs shell. ilagaxioe attendants inspect tbe shell bouses sod powder magazines many times during the day and night. At night each visit to recorded on tbe disk of the magnetic clock (n. tbe adminis tration building. The temperature to tbe shell houses and powder magsslnes to kept between SO and 00 degrees. Just bb> many shells for the big battleship« are stored sway at lout Island la a secret, but there are lots of them. They are expensive Thus the fourteen Inch shells, weighing 1,000 pounds and requiring a charge of near ly 400 pounds of powder, cost shout >000 sack. < i One of the principal aetlvlttoB at lona island Is the manipulation of smokeless powder for charges for the large and small guns of tbs navy and of black powder for bunting charges for the shells. The powder- filling booses are situated at widely separat ed points. They are small one story wooden structures. Isolated owing to the poeelblltty of an explosion. T b« men working In them are required to wear whits sarga suits sad moccasins no metal or other articles are allowed in their pockets which might to any way causa a spark. All tbe toóla, funnels, measuring cupe, scale« sod other appliances used are mads of copper. Here the delicate end somewhat dkngerous business of weighing but the various smoke! powder charges to carried on. The weighing has to tie done eery carefully At tbe Indian Head provlug grounds tbe naval ordnance experts by tests determine tbe powder charges best adapted for the various guns, and at the annual target practice tbe results as to ranga and velocities of tbe vari ous chargee are neorded. Then slight changes to tbe Composition of tbe pow der lead to changes In the weight of the charges. Each morning the day’s supply of powder to brought from the magazine to the filling houses in lead colored wooden boxee. , These are zinc lined sod sir tight. The boxes of powder are emptied into a tong wooden trough and with a copper geoop tbe powder Is dipped out, accurately weighed and tied up to quarter, half and full chargee In bags of white muslin. These begs ba veas vera I wide stream era for fastening them , and each Is tagged with the dele of filling and the amount of powder It contains. A small ignition charge o f quick burning black powder, to set off the smokeless, to stowed in tbe bottom of each bag. Tbs bags are then placed in large copper cans and returned to tbe magazines, where they are held In readiness to go aboard tbe ships. Tbe big chargee o f 400 pounds for the fourteen Inch gane are arranged In four charges of 100 pounds each. The bags when piled on top of one another b to the top of s man's bead and present a formidable sight of bottled up destruction. One of the Important operations ---------------------- ------------r ----------- per- formed to the magazine bouses to load le a s e 6 H s v x iA e A llw a a m lB la O b a » ! » K s« w re B 4 ea s tog tbe n projectiles with their bursting charge. For the foifirteeo inch shells fifty pounds of black powder is used and about th irty ;>onnda for twelve Inch shells. To hold tho shell steady and to get at the baee of these huge steel missiles—some of them weighing 1,600 pounds—they are roped to a sling and hoisted clear of the floor hy a pul ley and chain. Tbe point J> then low ered a foot or so Into a afoot wooden frame with an opening a trifle larger than tbe shell. Then a long nar row bag la inserted In the shell cavity and tbe measured amount of black powder to poured through a funnel toto tho shell. Some fifty of these huge projectiles can be loaded to a day. Several of the smaller filling house« are used to assemble the cartridge cases and the bursting chargee of tho three-inch rapid fire sheila.—New York Bun. - H Z»- “On the Eastern Prussian frontier pgf troops have dislodged the Ger mans from the region of Wlrballen, which was strongly fortified, an^ have T M Rower of Advertising. progressed as far as Stalluponen (18 Tho influence of advertising is dsar- miles east-northeast of Gnmbisn). In ly vlalWe to the homes and habits of the region of Rominten forest and tho farmers, and the advertising col Lyck our troops continue to press on umns of tho press are making their of tho rear guards of the imprint upon the lives of our people. enemy. The farmer possesses tlgfffcfrGg li e ! “On the left bank of the Vistula our are best advertised. - caslalry has penetrated German terri The former is entitled to a ll the tory. damaging tbe railway near •flvantages and deserves all the lux- Pleachen station, to the northwest of x le s of life. W e need more ’a r t ,« d - erce and useful facilities on the “In Oalioia our troops are continu farmv, and many homes and forms are well balanced in this rasped, hot ing their offensive movement In the the c^vertlser can render a service latest engagements on the 8an River by teac'.lxg the advantage« of modern wa captured 185 officers and 12,000 equipment throughout the columns of soldiers, as wall as rapid-flrera and the rural p: munitions of war. South of Praemysl, on November 8, we took more than , ' The formers are to need of 1000 prisoners.” al leadership. They have political lead The rapidity of the movement on ers, hut they need local Industrial the battlefields in Poland have been, oommunlty and educational leaders. unequaled since the days of Napoleon. Deducting the time spent In actual fighting the Russian pursuit has been pressed for mors than a weak a t a A Hsrdansd Criminal. Mrs. Gotrox-You have shadowed my pats averaging 14 miles a day over tha Fort W orth, Texas.— President Chas. Polish roads, which srs heavy after bnnband for two weeks Did be do 8. Barrett of the Farmers’ Bducatlonal anything wrong? Sosiety Detsctive- (he rainy season. and Co-operative Union of Amerloa Wfong. msdnral lie ate pees with a has announced the reappointment of spoon, pis with a knife and drank cof Belgians Won’t Return to Antwerp. Peter Radford as lecturer of the Na Antwerp, (via The Hague and Lon fee from the saucer I will spare yea tional Union during the coming year. farther anguish by not mentioning bis Extensive plans have been outlined don.)— The population of Antwerp, clothes.—Chicago News. which fled the city at the time of tha for publicity work throughout the na tion to be carried on through Mr. Rad German occupation, is still unwilling ford’s department This, publicity to return. The German demand for a . Joy is the ray o f snnahlne that work will be modeled on the lines of War indemnity of >10,006,060 Ik frig h t brightens and open« those two beau tifui iewera- Coni)defies and Hope.** the educational work dona la •Blag many Into staying away- «a tha subject of form a RADFORD JEAPPOINTEO Washington.—Colder weather, with vain, in states infected with the foot and mouth disease was hailed hy department of agriculture officials as a powerful ally in their campaign to suppress the rapidly spreading Uva- atock epidemic. News of more affected districts the department to extend the federal quarantine to include Dela ware, New Jersey and Rhode Island and to bar oattle shipments from Can ada. This makes thirteen state which are placed under federal quarantine in the campaign to suppress the epidemic of foot and mouth disease, flassachu- setts, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, Michigan, Wisconsin and Iowa, composing the Uready wide area affected by the dis ease. W hile no cases of the disease have been found in Canada, the quarantine against the dominion Is to prevent the return of infected cattle cars to the United 8tates. It will stop shipments of cattle Into the United States val ued at approximately >8,000,000 a year. Secretary of Agriculture Houston said this epidemic was “one of the most contagious and destructive dis eases of cattle, swine and sheep and exceeded In ares affected any of the five previous outbreaks In this coun try.” Unless the Infection can be Im mediately localised and quickly eradi cated, he said, It threatened untold losses among livestock. Veterinary authorities of the United States are agreed that the only meth od of combatting the disease is to stop all movement of stock and material which have been subjected to any dan ger of Infection and to kUl off without delay all herds in which the disease The Farm Woman Needs Relief More Than Her City Sister. By Peter Radford. Lecturer National Farmers* Union. Much has been said afid more w rit ten about the woman in the factory and behind the counter, but how about the woman who works to the field, I want to say a few words to bar be half. I regret a necessity that com pels woman to work for a livelihood, and I favor not only shortening her hours, but freeing her from manual labor entirely. I crave tor society that high standard of excellence where the home Is woman’s throne and her life is devoted to molding the char acter and elevating tha thought of the rising generation. But so long as want, greed and misfortune prevail to thjs world, women, through choice or necessity, will work, and perhaps they will work at one task or another as many hours per day as they please. We may pity the weak and admire the strong in their struggle, but the farm woman Is entitled to her share of sympathy and reward. A ll Must Toil. Charles has gained any foothold. The labor problem, as relates to men, Is a most vexatious one, and when we apply it to women It becomes more seriously complicated. We will always have to work unless some po litical genius can put a law on the statute book that will enable us to live without labor. So long as every person m i^t meet toll face to face, the best we can do Is to equltthly dis tribute the burdens and reward labor, and If there Is to be a revision of wages and a shortening of hours, I want the farm woman to get her Share. She has more reason to com plain than any other class of tollers. She has, as*a rule, fewer comforts, fewer pleasures, less recreation and less opportunity for enjoyment than her sister la the olty. She has not so many conveniences and fewer lux uries and less to be thankful for than women who live in the town, but she tolls on. a model of consistency, pa tience and womanly devotion. Cer tainly she should be the first to be rewarded. ALLIES ASK JAPAN TO HELP The Real Labor Problem Farm. Fro« Hand In Chins Said to be Off «rod as Induoemant. Pekin.— Inttolng offers have been made to Japan by agents of the allies to Chins to indues tha Mikado to throw 200,000 of his seasoned troops Into the European scene of war. Following the fall of Tslng Tau, which releases Japanese troops and warships and removes any German menace to Japan's prestige to the Orient, the allies are exerting every effort to bring Japan Into the western conflict. A guarantee of a freer hand in the affairs of China Is said here to be the price offered for the Japanese troops. The younger statesmen are said to have received the proffer with enthusiasm, but the more conservative are dubious. B ritain Ready to War Indefinitely. London.— T h at Great B ritain la pre pared to carry on the war Indefinitely with every confidence In the result was the tenor of the speeches at the annual banquet Inaugurating the new Lord Mayor of London by Prime Min ister Asquith, Field Marshal Earl Kitchener, secretary of war, and Win ston Spencer Churchill, first lord of the admiralty. Lord Kitchener, while expressing satisfaction at the response to his call for men and the progress of their military training, impressed up on the nation that the war would be a long one and he "would require more men, and still more, until the enemy Is crushed.” • 181«, by American Press Associati«». Is on the The great dailies with flaming head lines deplore the lot of women who toll in the cities, the city pulpit thunders with sympathy for her, and the legislators orate In her behalf, but not a line Is written, a word said or s speech delivered in the Interest of the million women who labor on the farm. Where one woman works In the cities In this state, there are s hundred mothers toiling to the field, and no mention Is made of i t Is the woman In the city entitled to any more consideration than the woman on the farm? I contend that she Is not. The city woman may be more easily restrained by legislation, and she may have s more attentive au dience when she cries aloud, but the real labor problem, in so far as It re lates to women and children, la on the farm— where mother and child, wielding the hoe and gathering the harvest, toll day In and day out with out hope of reward. T bs CJty L lfs Puny. 8. Whitman, Republican Candidats, elected Governor of New York. BRIEF WAR NEWS 4The Japanese and their Anglo-Su dan allleg »cored the mqst Important success of the week by forcing the cap itulation of Tslng Tau, China. Official reports from Toklo show it was not without desperate assistance that the German garrison, vastly out numbered by British and Japanese, gave up tbe fight. For days tbe Ger man forces have been subjected to a withering fire from land and The land fighting during the bas resulted In a check to the Ger man offensive In Belgium. Over the battle line through France there are no decisive changes, although reports mentioned a decreased vigor in the German attacks In West Flanders, while the Wench communications said the'battle was as violent as ever. The allies are reported as driving forward In the vicinity of Dlxmude, and were, at last accounts, taking tha offensive south and east of Ypres, the point where since last week tho Garres«« have been endeavoring to get through. The Russian armies have won .dor- ink the week what Is officially desig nated the most Important victory of the war. No reason ia given for mak ing so sweeping a claim. The Aus trian» are holding their positions in Poland and until further Information Is available, It Is not possible to dis cover what “the most Important vic tory of the war” means. The capture of Jaroslav last week seems to be the basis of the Russian claims. This fortress, however, was abandoned by the Austrians and occupied by the Russians six weeks ago. Its subse quent recapture by the reformed Aus- tro-German army is made known for the first time hy Inference through Russia’s second occupation. The age long mystery of the east still veils the m ilitary operations in that area of hostiltles. The farm women work from sun until sun. They do their housework and lull a hsff-mllllon bsbee to sleep after the chickens go to roost, and ELECTION AFTERMATH they get breakfast and m ilk the cows before the lark sings. The city wo James D. Phelan, democratic as man frequently chafes under hard pirant to the United States senate, ships that tbe farm woman would consider a blessing. The city people was elected in California. Phoenix.— Five thousand was the are great talkers and oft times great margin by which Arisons banished ly magnify their troubles and enlarge their accomplishments. This charac liquor from the state. Topeka.— Charles Curtis, republican, teristic permeates organised society as well as enters toto the individual la going back to ths United States life of cities. There are orphan asy senate from- Kansas, after an absence lums which are doing commendable of two years, to succeed Senator Bris work and should be encouraged, that tow. boast of their accomplishments, but Miss Marian Towne, of Talent, I have seen widows in the country Jackson county, will ba first woman make a ciop, drink branch water and eat corn-bread and molasses and member of legislature to O re « » . She raise more children and better chil Is a democrat The republicans will have two-thirds dren than many of these city orphan asylums. The cities need to get back majorities in both houses of the 1015 to the soil with their Ideals. They Washington legislature. are hysterical, puny and feeble in Complete Utah returns give Senator San Francisco.— A week of excep their conception of life, Its* require Smoot, republican, a majority of 2787 tionally warm, clear weather was fol ments and Its opportunities. over James H. Moyle, fusion. lowed here Sunday by an almost lm Returns from every county show perceptible earthquake. Open doors In Westminster Abbey, that prchibitlon has carried Oregon to downtown buildings swung slightly. fit Edward’s chapel is the most sa by at least 26,000, with each county The disturbance was felt by the cred spot to Westminster abbey, for It trans-hay region, including Oakland, Incloses the body of Edward the Con voting Itself into the dry column. Seattle. Tacoma and Olympia ware Alameda and Berkeley, and at San fessor, the first king who has any his toric claim to be called its founder. It thw only cities of Importance to Wash Jose, 60 miles down the peninsula. ington to go w e t Spokane, Belling Aocordlng to Professor Charles is entered by a flight of tan stops from ham, Walla Walla, North Yakima and Burckhaller, to charge of the Chapot the north ambulatory. On O ct 13. 1260, the wainscot chest which con Everett all went for prohibition. Observatory of the University of Cali tained the confessor's body : was Lawrence Y. Sherman, republican, fornia, at Berkeley, the disturbance brought from the palace to Its new was re-elected from Illinois to the was local to character and was what resting place.- Henry II I. , his broth United States senate, defeating Roger known as a “number four” earth er, Richard, king of the Romans, and C. Sullivan, his democratic opponent, quake, which Is k minor one. his two sons bore the coffin on their by 17,080 votes. shoulders.—London Standard. The prohibition majority to Wash Los Angeles.— A slow, trembling Curious Sunfish. ington probably will ba about 14,006, earth quake shock rattled houses and The marine sunfish (Mola molt) Is and the plurality of United 8tatee windows here at about 8:40 P. M. Sun on« of the strangest creatures known, Senator Wesley L. Jones, republican, day.' It caused geversl persons to tel having its body lopped off Just behind over W illiam W. Black, democrat, ephone the police that their safes had Its perpendicular dorsal and anal fins, probably w ill reach 45.OOHL Ola Han- been blown. . * and being as high os long. W ith a tiny progressive, to a close third to ' mouth, an even stranger part of its Black. _ _ ~ Montana la for Suffrage. structure is its diminutive spinal cord, Only three of tha 89 initiative Helena, M ont— Returns from more which measure« considerably less than ares on the ballot in Oregon carried. than 60 per cent of outstanding pre an inch in s fish a yard long. A speci These were the cincts show the woman suffrage men of this species taken off the coast that voters must ba full-fledgqd citt- amendment and the farm loan Initia of southern California was ten fast tive act are the only measures submit one inch to length and nearly feat to height. tod at tha election to pmu. CALIFORNIA SHAKEN BY EARTHQUAKE
