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G. J. B right ’,
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Bright & Bryant.
Employes Atcept
Offensive A gainst C entral Pow­
A tto rn e y s -a t-L a w
to Asprt
Manners
ers Now Under Way on
offices a t
All Fronts.
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J . B . H o s fo rd
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LAW YER
P ra c tise s in U n ite d S tates
a n d S ta te C o u rts also in th e
S ta te of W a sh in g to n .
S u ite
T he
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M ORO,
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OREGON.
Grover J. Duffey
L a w y e r.
Office w ith
MORO
Plan
W. II. K agsthtle
- - OREGON.
G. M . Huddleston
London.—The long-expected general
offensive on the Saloniki front has
opened and the grand assault against
♦he forces of the central powers now
is In progress in every theater of the
world-war. General Sarrail Is attack­
ing the Bui gar-German forces along
the entire Greek-Serbian frontier, a
distance of more than 150 miles.
‘ In a Jojjst push forward, the Serbs,
operating on the left wing, south of
Monastlr, and the Anglo-*French forces,
operating In the center and on the
right, moved forward. The Serbs won
the Bulgarian first line on the Greek
border, southeast of Monastlr, while
the allied armies crossed the Struma,
east of Saloniki.
Billy attacks by the British against
the German lines north of the Somme
in franco are reported. British and
French on the Somme front followed
up their victories last week with a
new attack which won for the French
a strongly fortified woods between
Guilleinout and Matirepas, and for the
British a section of trenches north of
Bazentin le Petit. General Foch’s
men captured a large quantity of war
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ngXttdal»..____ _ . . .
T he new s th a t the a tta c k s ha 1
cleared out tlrez fam ous Leipsic re­
doubt, h as. caused rejoicing fcere and
m ilitary opinion-now ’ holds th a t the
g ain s were the m ost, im p o rtan t since
the first stro k e of the offensive. The
rcdcmlTF has lw*n a thorn in the B rit­
i s h
d
a
y
.
It threw
back the storm ing p arties w ith heavy
I losses then and had resisted all ef­
forts since. -
Attorney at Law
¡ n i i r o * a ftjo
n u ù ò iA ììd
Oregon
Wasco,
D r. C. L . Foley
P h y s ic ia n a n d S u rg e o n .
s M o ro , O re g o n .
O ffice in r e s id e n c e .
J. R. fviorgan
.
. ID s x x tis t
Office on First street,
MORO,
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O REG O N
Dr. T heo. Beletski
V E T E R IN A R IA N '
, JATTLE FOR KOVEL
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IxrtrikM.—T he b a ttle fo r Kovel has
been re s c u e d w ith full vigor, t i e Rus
BtXWV Thar ti-ne endeavoring to «weep
d o y u upon the g rea t V othynian rail­
way city of the n o rth east. T hey su c­
ceeded, according to P etro g rad , in
! b r o k in g through the T euton positions
I on iv- th ree mile front betw een Tchor-
I Ische, on the eastern bank of th e Stok-
h d, 4d m iles n o r.k u ast of Kovel and
th e village of Tobole, on th e w estern
bii? k of the river.
Berlin adm its (hat g e n e ra l Bruasil
off's troops have crossed the Stokhod
.it on.- point, und P etrograd says th a
the Uuasiang have pushed on beyond
•li « v • or and captured a series of
heights on the road to Kovel. Fierce
■ ccnrtuutE on the c re st of the
Co.-o-t’i''ins,-"w here the R ussians are
w ithin sig h t of the H ungarian
;>h.' .n. No indication has been giveu,
of the stren g th of the forces
in tl.'s region, and it is un­
i t w hether G eneral B rus­
i i ! - , i making a serious effo rt to ln-
■•’H e H ungary.
I* it Id M arshal Von H in d en b erg ’s
whore a b attle has been raging
rue days, we«t of Lake Nobel, 60
n o rth east of Kovel, Berlin says
us Gians w ere “com pletely throw n
hue
Interstate Stbck Inspector
Examiner of Stallions for License
GREEKS AND EULGARS CLASH
Stubborn Fighting N ear S eres and
Many G reeks Have Been Killed.
, above poet office O REG O N
London.—Greek troops have been
Telephone Main 502.
fighting the B ulgarians in the vicinity
of Seres, says an A thens d ispatch to
the E x ch an g o ’T elegraph com pany. •
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T he G reek com m ander a t S eres has
called to arm s all th e rese rv ists in
th a t locality, says the dispatch. T h at
P A P E R H A N G IN G
th e 'fig h tin g is of a stubborn ch a racter
is Indicated by the fact th a t a large
P A IN T IN G
pipuber cl G reek soldiers have been
killed.
I f was stated in a P aris d isp atch
S IG N W R IT IN G
th a t the fourth G reek arm y corps had
fallen hack from S eres its well as
Estimates FurnnLied
from K avula and Drama. S eres Is
Free.
an im p o rtan t cit*y of ab o u t 30,000 popu­
a
lation, 45 m iles n o rth ea st of Saloniki.
J.F Noonan, Moro, Ore.
G erm ans Torpedo 2 B ritish Cruisers.
London.—Two fight , cru isers, th e
N ottingham and Falm outh, w ere sunk
' Your business will be
S aturday in the N orth Sea by G erm an
appreciated and an endeavor
subm arines,, while th e vessels were
will be made to please all.*
searching for tine G erm an high seas
fleet, according to an official an ­
XXXlOOOOOGOCXXXxOOOOOOOOOÇK. nouncem ent Issued by th e adqplrpity:
Russian Troops in Greece.
- If You Want
• To Trade Your Property
Write to
E. A. B R A 8 H E M
Portland, Oregon.
Warren S. Stone, chief of Brother­
hood of Locomotive Engineers, Involv­
ed In the controversy with the rail­
roads.
BRIEF WAR NEWS
'Ihe Russians have broken through
the AustroGerman lines on the Stok­
hod river in Volhyuia, and have made
a considerable advance.
The French offensive continues on
the right bank of the Meuse, In the
Verdun region, and Paris chronicles
the capture of two fortified redoubts
hortbwest of the Thiaumont work.
Progress also is reported for the
French east- of the Vaux-Chapitre
wood. - -
.
The continued success of General
BriiiwiTbfrs two powerful movements,
which gradually are enveloping Kovel
and I^emberg, have begun to have a
marked effect on thé situation In the
central portion of the front, which,
except for small Russian gains In the
lake region - south of Dvlnsk, has re­
mained virtually unaltered since the
Russians fell back last autumn to the
line from Dvlnsk to the Plnsk marshes.
Assaults by British and French
forces against German positions north
of the Somme In France have resulted
In "the gaining of additional ground.
The French advance was In and
around Maurepas, and the British gain
was 4n the direction of Ginchy and
Guillemont, near the southern end Qf
their section of the Somme front. The
Anglo-French attack took place along
the whole line from Pozieres to the
Somme.
The great offensive opened by the
allies on the Saloniki front is develop­
ing, but no decisive action has been
fought. The British and French ad
vancing on the right have crossed the
Struma, pushing northeastward toward
the Bulgarian frontier. At the same
time the Serbians, who have opened
a drive "Tor Monastlr, report the cap­
ture of Bulgarian first line trenches.
On the extreme left, however, imme­
diately south of Monastlr, they have
suffered a reverse and have evacuated
the Greek town of Benicia.
SHORT NEWS NUGGETS
The government’s Alaskan railroad
uow is carrying coal from the Mata-
nuska fields to the harbor at Anchor­
age.
General Funston has reported that
it is now safe and, in his opinion, ad­
visable to withdraw the American
troops from Mexico.
A bill providing that the sheriff of
any Georgia county in which a lynch­
ing occurs be removed by the gover­
nor was tabled 113 to 29 by the Geor­
gia house. .
Robert Bacon, ex-ambassador - to
France, has announced his candidacy
for the nomination for United States
senator from New York in the coming
republican primary.
The total of new cases In greater
New York last week was 912, as com­
pared with 1151 for the previous week,
while the. number of deaths Was 228,
as compared with 301,
The shipping bill providing expendi­
ture of >50,000,000 for a partially gov­
ernment owned merchant marine and
for a shipping board with wide pow­
ers, has passed the senate.
President Wilsbn will go on no cam­
paign “stumping tour.” This was def­
initely decided at a luncheon tendered
by the president and Mrs. Wilson to
membeta of the democratic campaign
committee.
China has protested to Japan
against the sending of 2000 troops to
Cheng Chiatung, in eastern Mongolia,
because of recent disturbances there
resulting in a clash between Chinese
and Japanese troops.
Athens.— An. initial brigade of Rus­
sian troops has arriv ed a t Saloniki to
join the en ten te allies In the fighting
Berlin Socialists Arrested.
<
I r the Balkjyis. The arriv al of th e
London.—The premises of all Berlin
R ussians hps created a profound Im­
.socialist clubs were raided by the pol­
pression herb.
DOING BUSINESS?
501 - 2 Northwest Building
P h o to by A m erican Proas Aaaociatloa.
-
ice last week, according to an Ex­
Guardsmen’s Stay at Border Indefinite change Telegraph company dispatch
V /ashlngton.*-The national guard from G enevis
wlH bo retained on the Mexican bor­
Italian Troops Sent to Saloniki.
d e r ufitil It con he w ithdraw n w ithout
Paris.—Italian' troops have disem­
ngain endangering A m erican lives and
property, according to S ecretary Ba­ barked at Saloniki, says a Havas din-
ker.
patch from that point
President’s
Important Occurrences of Past
Week Briefly Compiled for
Strike, But
Cur Readers.
Decline.
Wash!:
(♦resident Wilson’s
of the threatened
plan for
strike was acoept-
nation-wide
tatlves of the em-
ed by the
road managers de-
ployes, but
cUned to
le plan. President
Wllaon
all the presidents of
the great ra
systems of the coun­
try to Washington following the re­
fusal of the chief executives of the
railways now here to accept his basis
of settlement in the threatened strike.
The president appealed to the rail­
road officials to abandon their insist
snee on arbitration of the dispute
P hoto by A a e r l e o P ross A ssootattos
threatening a nation wide strike and
Maurice P. Egan, American minister
to accept hia plan of settlement—an
eight-hour day, regular overtime, and to Denmark, who negotiated the treaty
a commission to Investigate details— for the sale of tha Danish West Indies.
already agreed to by the employes,
because In his opinion the railroads
are contending for a principle which
it is seemingly impossible to apply to
the present situation
Dramatic Soane In White House.
In one of the most dramatic scenes
Chicago.—A load was lifted from the
I^nown to the white house In recent
years the president declared to the wheat market when the traders learn
heads of >6,044.040,000 worth of prop ed that E. N. Hurley, chairman of the
ertles assembled at bis summons federal trade commission, after mak­
“if a strike comes the public will ing an investigation of the recent spec­
know where the responsibility rests tacular advance In wheat prices, re­
turned to Washington and announced
It will not be upon me."
The president declared he held firm­ that there wai do evidence of mani­
ly to arbitration as a principle, and pulation of prices on the Chicago
that hia plan strengthened rather than board of trade.
That the recent advance in prices is
weakened It. He also said that some
means must bo found to prevent the Justified by conditions la not disputed
existing situation from ever arising anywhere except by British and Ca­
nadian government officials. England
agalq. _ ——
Telegrams urging the president to la worried over supplies and It was
insist on arbitration arrived In large reported that that government Is plan­
numbers at the White house. Most ning to commandeer the Canadian
of them were sent by business men, crop. Ministers of agriculture In the
firms and organisations. Copies of northwest provinces of Canada have
many were sent to the railroad exec steadfastly «denied that crops had
uttves. Administration officials said been Injured, but reports from Ameri­
the telegrams would have no effect can crop experts now In those prov­
on the president, since he had tried inces tell another story.
Conservative people In the Chicago
to bring about arbitration and failed
trade believe that prices will soar to
sad bud no wap ef torelngdt.* __.
President Vetoes Whole Army Mil. f >1.75 a bushel, others believe >9
The army appropriation bill was ve wheat will be the rule before the win
toed by President Wllaoa because he ter la over.
would not accept certain provisions
la the revision of the articles of war. TO STUDY LUMBER FUTURE
forced into the bill by the house con
ferees and commonly said in army Plane Made for Expansion of Marketo
Aftsr the War.
circles to be In the Interest of certain
Chicago.—The government will co­
retired officers « “nt outs with the
operate with the lumber manufactur­
army.”
Chairman Hay, of the house military ers of the United States In sending
committee, at once reintroduced the abroad a corps of experts to study
bill with the entire section revising the condition of European lumber mar­
the articles of war stricken out, and kets with a view to a great expansion
the declaration that no revision at all of the field of the American producer.
This was decided at one of the most
would go through with the bill in thia
Important conferences ever held In
congress.
Chairman Chamberlain, of the sen American business history, for the
ste military committee, announced oonference marked the opening of
that the senate would re insert the steps for co-operation between the na­
revised draft approved by the presl tion’s business men and the govern­
dent and the war department, but ment Itself for the extension of Ameri­
stricken out in the bouse, and that can trade abroad.
Part of the result of the oonference
the situation had resolved itself into
a contest between the senate and will be the urging of the Immediate
house on one hand and Mr. Hay on the passage of the Webb bill, now pend­
ing* In congress, to remove any ques­
other.
«p.
■
Employes’ Compensation Act Passes tion of the legality of the organisa­
The workman’s compensation bill tion by lumber manufacturers and
to provide uniform compensation foi other groups of business men of for­
government employes when disabled eign sales agencies to secure and dis­
and adequate benefits for their fam tribute orders for American goods tc
Hies In case of death, was passed by be sent to foreign countries.
the senate practically in the same
British Advance In the Balkans.
form as it passed the house.
London.—The British troops on the
Federal employee would receive
two-thirds wages throughout dlssbll Saloniki front have advanced their
ity, and provision Is made for ade line and repulsed Bulgarian coanter
attacks, according to a war office
quate medical attendance of Injured.
A commission to administer the statement
workmen’s compensation affairs will
be composed of three members at American Catholic Federation Meets.
New York%-Bustnees sessions of
>4006 a year each.
the American Federation of Catholic
societies and allied organizations be­
EFFORTS AT FUSION FAIL
gan here with nearly 20,000 delegates
Washington Drye end Progressives attending.
Csn’t Agree on Primary Campaign.
French Progress at Verdun.
Seattle, Wash.—Representatives ol
Paris.—The remainder of the ruins
the prohibition party of Washington
of the edge of the village of Floury
assembled In conference with state
on the Verdun front, was oaptured by
progressive party leaders Saturday re
the French.
jected the progressive plan for a fu­
sion ticket, and both parties will con
THE MARKETS
duct separate campaigns before the
primary.
Portland.
A committee of prohibitionists con
Wheat—Club, >1.17; bhiestem, >1.90;
slstlng of A. B .L . Gellerman, Mrs. red Russian, >1.15; forty-fold, >1.18;
Nettie Hollenbeck and Harold King
red fife, >1.18.
Rockhill, of Tacoma, and N. O. Knox,
Hay—Timothy, >18 per ton; alfalfa,
of Seattle, was named to confer with
>14.50.
the progressives after the primary
Barley—No. 1 Feed. >32 per ton.
election, September 19. The commit­
Butter—Creamery, 34o.
tee will then have power to act In the
Eggs—Ranch, 30c.
matteraof Joint Indorsement of can
Wool—Bastern Oregon. 82c; valley,
didates and on campalgi) affairs.
85c.
Hope—1915 crop, 10; 1918 con­
Irish Portale Guarded.
tracts, nominal.
London.—By a new order In council
the government la empowered under
Seattle.
,
the “defense of- the realm” act tc
Wheat—-Bluestem, >1.19; club, >1.14;
“prohibit from qntering Ireland any red Russian, >1.18; forty-fold, >1.11$
person not a British subject or who,
red ftfe, >1.14.
being a British subjeot, has sines
Barley—M2 per ton.
March 1, 1918, come or may hereafter
Butter—Creamery, S4c.
oome to the United Kingdom from
parts beyond tha
FEDERAL PROBE OF
RISE IN WHEAT ENDS
The federal farm loan hoard will
eonduct a hearing at Portland Sep­
tember T.
Wet weather has been hampering
the operations of the penitentiary flax
harvesting gangs.
Harvest la In full blast in the south­
ern part of Morrow county and grain
la unusually heavy.
Unexpected success is being met
witfc by the circulators of the peti­
tions to divide Crook county.
Printing of 246,080 wrappers for
election pamphlets has been complet­
ed by Secretary of State Olcott
A >16,000 school building la to be
erected at Gardiner as a gift from
the heirs of W. P. Jewett, a pioneer.
Elisha Lee, chairman ef • raMroed
Bend’s sixth annual flower show,
held Friday, surpassed all previous managers, whose refusal to meet their
shows In number and quality of ex­ demands caused the railway trainmen
strike-vo to.
hibits.
A survey of the Willamette river
with a view to Its Improvement Is
soon to be undertaken by the federal
government.
The new road from Seaside to the
Tillamook county line. In Clatsop
county, has been completed, and la
now open to traffic.
Chicago—Hall, black n u t and blight
There have been no fires In the damage to the spring wheat crop of
Bluslaw national forest this summer, the northwest caused an advance of
owing to the unusual amount of mois­ 10 cents a bushel on the Chisago hoard
ture during the season.
of trade. At the high record Satur­
Nearly 100 men have enrolled In day prices were >3 cents higher than
Portland for the citlsena* training at the low poln^ln Juno. September
camp to be held at American Lake, closed at >l 34%. Decomber at 1X8 *4.
Wash., August 28-September 22.
and May at >1.43.
Several certified potato clubs have
Reports reached the t^ade that tn
been formed In Oregon) the object some sections of North Dakota and
being to grow a better grade of pota­ southern Manitoba the crop had been
toes, according to Labor Commission­ ruined by hall.
Figuring the wheat shrinkage from
er Hoff.
Linn county farmers who raised the prospect at the beginning of July
vetch for seed this year are reaping to the blight-stricken condition of the
a golden harvest The yield Is un­ present, the lees to the farmers of the
usually large and the price la higher northwest based on current prices for
the grain is well In excess of >104.848,-
than usual.
J. A. Allen, a homesteader, shot and 080. That Is one result of tempera­
killed Lewis Butts at the Allan home tures around 100 degrees that caught
on Rock creek, near Bridgeport and the wheat tty the milk and the dough
then surrendered. He to now in the stages and shriveled It up.
Canadian wheat has been damaged
Baker county Jail.
Crane la to be the eastern terminus also, but not so seriously.
of the proposed Oregon, California A
Eastern railroad. The Strahorn field
party has finished the line of their RURAL LOAN BOARD MEETS
survey from Bend to that point
The community packing houss sys­ Many Cities Are In Field for One ef
Twelve New Institutions.
tem of handling apple crops contlnuea
Washington.
— George ’ Norris, ot
to grow In the Hood river valley, and
no less than a taal/dozen such institu­ Philadelphia, was designated by Presi­
dent Wilson as farm loam eomastoelon-
tions will be In operation thia fall.
The apple growers association of er, executive head of the farm loan
Hood River secured the second prise bank system, created by the new rural
in a group of four at the 22d annual credits a ct
The new federal loan board has mot
oonventlon of the International Ship­
for
the first time here to work out
pers’ association nt Niagara Falls, N.
plans for a land hank credit system
T.
-
The university of Oregon’s experi­ as provided for by the act of congress
ment with the flax Industry showed, creating the board.
The first work of the board, after
according to the report of Labor Com­
effecting
organisation, will ho to di­
missioner O. P. Hoff, that the net re­
turn to the grower amounted to >86.50 vide the United States into 19 federal
land bank districts. Before this to
an acre.
For the first seven months of this done the board probably will hold
year residents of Clackamas county hearings In various parts of the ooun-
imported >10,000 worth of liquor and try to ascertain the views of the farm­
aloohol under the prohibition law, a ers on the question.
The hoard has before it a list of
grand total of 4086 ahlpmenta being
40 cities which have either applied or
received.
been recommended for banks.
During the time of the railroad com­
pletion oelebratlon Thursday, Friday
and Saturday Coot Bay will entertain Farmers Urged to Prepare to EleeL
Spekane, Wash.—With a view to
between 4009 and 6000 visitors, ac­
cording to the latest estimates of the stimulate interest in elections and to
bring out at the primary and general
Southern Pacific.
elections next fall the biggest p oss ib l e
Frank Kiernan, Jr., of the Multno­
rural vote in the state, J. V. MoCall,
mah athletic club of Portland and lit­
president of the Farmers’ Union ef
tle Miss Anna Mahall, a 14-year-old
Washington, has issued a proclama­
girl of Newport, won first places in
tion designating August 19 as regis­
the annhal Willamette river marathon
tration day In county precincts in this
swim at Portland Saturday.
state.
Bend has for the second time voted
for bonds as a basis for purchasing
Mr. Hughes Begins Tour of Country.
the terminal desired by Robert E.
New York.—Charles Evans Hughes.
Strahorn for the proposed Oregon,
accompanied by his wife,
California and Eastern railroad. An
newspaper correspondents and
issue of >36,000 was authorised last
tentative» of three pram
week.
started for a tour, of the ooaatg
A report to Labor Commissioner O.
will cover approximately 11,008
P. Hoff on nine lumber plants operat­
during which Mr. Hughes will
ing in Benton eounty shows an In­
about 30 speeches.
crease of > to 14 per cent in the Hum­
ber of people employed, and an in­
THE MARKETS
crease of 2 to 19 per cent in the
wages paid.
'
Portland.
. The red clover crop all over the
Wheat—Club. >1.0«;
«L1«:
Willamette valley la in splendid shape
red Russian. >1.43; forty-told,
and much better than the 1916 crop,
red fife. >1.09.
according to the statement of C. W.
Hay—Timothy. » 4 par ton;
Creel, of the United States cereal ex­
>1«.
periment station and observatory of
Barley, No. 1 Feed—>97.75.
Forest Grove.
Butter—Creamery. Mm
Seven pasiengers in a motor car
Eggs—Ranch. Me.
escaped serious injury or death wjien
Wool—Eastern Oregon. Mu;
the machine In which they were rid
32c
lng was rnn down and entirely demol­
Hop»—1915 erep. he; M l«
ished by a Southern Paclfio freight
train near Divide. AU were bruised
more or less severely.
Because of the unusual enow hall of
Wheat—Bluestem, >1-14;
the past winter and the slowness with red Rumian. «1.4«;
which It has melted from the moun­
turkey red. >1.M.
tain passes, the forest servloe to hae*
lng dlfftealty
providing sufficient
for the sheepmen who now hare
in the
CROP DAMAGED
WHEAT ADVANCES