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THE WORLD HAPPENINGS MAIN OF CURRENT WEEK LINE REACHED Canadians Storm Strong Posts of Ger mans West of Lens British Are Also Nearing Coal Center. Brief Resume Most Important Daily News Items. COMPILED FOR YOU Events of Noted People, Governments and Pacific Northwest and Other Things Worth Knowing. General Maeovsky, commander of the Guards Corps which headed the Russian retreat on the southwest front, has been ordered shot, according to a dispatch to the London Post from Pet rograd. Conference reports on the priority shipment bill and the bill increasing the membership of the Interstate Com merce commission from seven to nine were adopted late Tuesday by the sen ate. Both measures now go to the President. The Russian ministry of justice has ordered the arrest of Leon Trotzky and Dunacharsky for the part they played in the uprising last month. The men and international Socialists and leaders in the Council of Workmen’s and Soldiers’ delegates. A report that a U-boat had been sighted near the trans-Atlantic lanes off New York caused the War depart ment authorities to close the gate in the net protecting the harbor mouth at 1 o’clock Tuesday morning. The gate was opened again at 6 a. m. Italian troops in attacks on the Julian front Tuesday extended the Ital ian lines southeast of Boscomalo. There was also spirited fighting on Mount Rombon, where an Austrian at tempt to win an Italian advanced posi tion was definitely negatived. A concerted movement to save white flour has been started in Massachu setts. At the suggestion of Henry B. Endicott, state food administrator, the majority of hotels, restaurants and clubs will refrain from serving white bread during the entire week. The new war industries board held its first conference with President Wil son Tuesday and took up in general the problems it must face in the purchase of war supplies for this government and the allies. The President indi- cated his idea of the board’s functions. According to the Nord Deu sche Allegemeine Zeitung, of Berlin the stocks of corn found in Roumania after the invasion by the German army have been distributed among the central powers, including 90,000 tons of prop erty belonging to the former Bureau Brittanique. Cardinal Gaspari is expected to re- sign his post as papal secretary of state, according to the Messagero. The paper attributes his intention in part to reasons of health and in part be cause of the desire of Pope Benedict to exercise more direct control over the Vatican’s policies. It is officially declared that, contrary to rumors of overwhelming losses in submarines, the monthly average is little more than three under-water boats lost during the period from Feb ruary 1 to August 1, while the monthly increase in submarines constructed is many times larger. A violent earthquake, which caused great damage, has occurred in the southern portion of North Island, New Zealand, according to a Reuter dis patch from Wellington. North Island is the northern most of the New Zea land group. Two active volcanic peaks on the island are Mounts Ruapehu and Tongari ro. The American steamship Motano, of 2730 tons gross, was sunk by a Teuton submarine on July 31. Twenty-two survivors have been landed. Germany has notified Turkey and Bulgaria thet she will assume all ex penses incurred by these countries in the campaign of 1917-1918. British troops have driven the Ger mans from their positions on the Lu- gungu river in German East Africa and also are pushing forward in the Ki Iwa region. Cuba has turned over to the United States the five German merchant ships seized in Cuban ports when Cuba de clared war on Germany. The ships will be made ready for repair and operation. The semi official Vienna Fremden blatt says it is able to announce au thoritatively that Germany gladly will act upon peace overtures coming by way of Vienna. The Cologne Gazette reproduces the Fremdenblatt's state ment. Canadian Headquarters in France— Canadian troops made another success ful advance Monday night which car ried their outposts to the main line of the enemy’s defense on the railway embankment to the west of Lens. The men of two Canadian battalions, in a dashing attack captured a crater, occupying a cross road to the east of Cite de Moulin, and a crater to the north, on the Lens-Lieven road which passes through Du Moulin. For several days the enemy had maintained strong posts in these cra ters, from which harassing rifle and grenade fire was directed at the out posts’ line at night. The attack for the most part was carried out with bombs, the approach being through a maze of partly de stroyed houses. When the bombs be gan to fall the enemy did not stay to the fight it out, but retired toward his main positions, leaving the craters to be incorporated in our advanced lines. An attacking party then advanced to two tunnels known to be occupied by the enemy and bombed them, inflict ing, it is believed, a considerable num ber of casualties on the enemy. A breaking in the clouds has permit ted a resumption of the artillery and aerial activity. . London—Again Monday the British forces operating against the important coal city of Lens made further slight advances west and southwest of their objective, according to the Brtish offi cial communication. In addition an attempt by the Germans to raid Brit ish positions north of Arlex was re pulsed. DEATH FOR SLACKERS ASKED Government Agents Declare Oklahoma Rioters Guilty of Treason. Oklahoma City — The death penalty has been demanded by Federal officials against the leaders of the anti-draft uprising which, led by leaders of the so-called Working Class Union, have thrown the counties of Central Okla homa into turmoil for the last four days. Their action has been declared by W. P. McGinnis, United States at torney, to constitute treason. Hear ings will be started immediately at McAlester before Federal Commis sioner McMillen. The jails in Seminole, Pottawatomie, Uontotoc and Hughes counties were almost cleared of their inmates, vir tually all being transported to the county jail here. Federal and state officials at McAlester are still at work at Ada, Wewoka, Dustin and Holden ville, filing informations against the rioters. Dipsosal of the cases are still unde cided, but authorities believe a special session of the grand jury will be called to take action. Posses are still in the field in Seminole county, in Hughes county and south of Shawnee, in Pot tawatomie county. Isolated bands are giving trouble, but no reports from the searchers apparently bear out the sup position that no further clashes will be met with. TIME FOR PEACE NOT RIPE President is Ready to Consider Move When Germans Make Overtures. Washington, D. C.—President Wil son had a long conference Monday with Senator Lewis, the Democratic whip. The President urged haste in the final enactment of the food-control bill and revenue bill and is understood to have indicated that he does not consid er the present the time for discussion of peace negotiations with Germany. Senator Lewis would not dicsuss the latter phase of his conference, but it was believed the President indicated that he did not consider Germany’s re cent peace feelers to be genuine and that he can be expected to let the country know when he believes the time has come for discussing peace. Senator Lewis declared the President would not allow the American people to lose any rights or suffer any wrongs which "his diligence could pre vent.” The Illinois senator told the Presi dent he believed congress could ad journ September 1. Destroyer Saves Crew. New York—The Greek steamship Charilaos Tricoupis, 2475 tons gross register owned by the National Steam Navigation company, Limited, of Greece, was sunk July 13 by a German submarine, according to a cable receiv ed here by agents of the line. Captain Gouilandris and his crew of 35 men were picked up and landed at a British port by an American destroyer. Agento here said they understood the steamer had been chartered to the British gov The department of Labor has ad ernment. She was built in 1892 at vised Senator Chamberlain that it does Sunderland, and was 300 feet long. not contemplate importing Oriental la Texas to Have Fliers. bor into the United States to overcome the existing shortage. New York — Official announcement was made by the British recruiting The Norwegian steamship Cavis has mission here that Lieutenant H. B. been torpedoed at a point 20 miles to Denton, in charge of recruiting for the sea from Holmgraa. One passenger Royal Flying corps, will go to Texas and one sailor were killed. The crew soon to lay out an aviation camp for of the vessel was saved. the Canadians. "This camp in Texas,” An advance of a cent a quart, mak the statement said, “will mean a still ing the price of milk 12] cento in New closer co-operation between the avia York, will cost the consumers $7,300,- tion sections of the American and 000 a year, it is estimated. The ad British forces and a further standard vance is the fourth since last October. ization of methods of actual work.” HERMISTON HERALD, GERMAN OFFICER IS TAKEN IN PORTLAND Lieutenant in Kaiser’s Army To Be Interned in Seattle. SEATTLE TAKES SPY HERMISTON, OREGON. KERENSKY IS UPHELD Russian Premier Withdraws His Resig nation When Vote of Confidence is Tendered Him by Duma. Four hundred and sixty acres of the old McGee place near Airlie have been sold to Crane Bros., Rollin, Mont., who will take possession at once and develop a model stock farm. Many reports of damage done by frost last Sunday night comes from Dallas. Beans and potatoes have been damaged most. All sections of Polk county seem to have been, affected. A shortage of men caused by the ex odus to enter the war is forcing Grant county women into the hay fields. The Reservist Thought to be in Employ of women are driving rakes and bucks and some are even forced to pitch hay. Krupps—Parole Term After Sen , Explaining his reason for appointing tence for Fraud is Broken. Portland—A. von Alvensleben, a re serve lieutenant in the German army, was arrested at the Benson hotel Wed nesday by deputy United States marshals on telegraphic instructions to United States Attorney Reames from the attorney general at Washington, directing that he be interned. The attorney general’s message did not designate the specific charge, if any, aganst Liieutenant von Alvensle ben. So far as Mr. Reames has informa tion, he is not charged with being a spy, but has been ordered interned merely as a precautionary measure. Lieutenant von Alvensleben took his arrest good-naturedly and philosophi cally. He talked without restraint to Mr. Reames, answered readily all questions asked of him and said he had been a lieutenant in the German army, but on the reserve list for about three years before the outbreak of the war. He smiled as he told Mr. Reames that he would not even attempt to gain his liberty by trying to make the au thorities believe he was not loyal to Germany, or would not fight for Ger many if he had the chance. ' "I want it understood that I would ask nothing better than the opportun ity to get back to Germany so I could fight for my country on the battle line,” he declared with emphasis. He added: “Under the circum stances, I could not expect the Ameri can government to do anything else than intern me. “The facts are that I am an officer in the German army ; that I left Ger many two days after the declaration of war between Germany and England, and that the natural query is, ‘ What am I doing here?’ ” said Lieutenant von Alvensleben, further discussing his case. Seattle—Louis Hollweg von Betten hausen was taken into custody here by Federal officers, charged with violation of his parole, after serving 14 of 18 months of a sentence to prison bar racks at San Francisco. He will be returned to San Francisco. Federal agents here gave informa tion that von Bettenhausen was at one time employed by the Krupps, of Es sen, Germany, and it is known that he was an officer in the German army be fore entering the American army for service in the Philippines. Under the name of Charles Louis Hollweg, the spy suspect, von Betten hausen, was first brought to the atten tion of the Seattle police when he was picked up by City Detective Hayden July 18 on a government description. He was released at that time on con vincing the police that he was not the man wanted. A. B. Wright, special agent of the department of Justice, later took up the case, and on Tuesday, July 31, he was again picked up and identified by Mr. Wright as the man wanted on a desertion charge. FOOD BILLS FINALLY PASSED an even number of members on the State board of Conciliation and Media tion, Governor Withycombe said the function of the board is conciliation and not arbitration. Articles of incorporation of the George F. Rodgers company have been filed in the county clerk’s office at As toria. The company has leased a tract of water frontage from the Port of Astoria Commission for a shipbuilding plant. On recommendation of Lincoln county authorities, Carl Tuel, 16 years old, who confessed that he killed Jess Hall, ex-convict, near Toledo about three months ago, has been paroled from the State Training school and has left for British Columbia with his sis ter, Mrs. T. M. Joselyn. Geogre H. Stevenson of North Bend, member of the war spruce council for Oregon, has forwarded a telegraphic invitation to the National Defense commission now in the Northwest to visit Coos county and look over the six mills which are manufacturing aero plane stock in that locality. A hay shortage is threatened in the Long Creek section and farmers are even cutting the growth in fence cor ners and other places where mowers cannot operate. Some are cutting rye grass to feed with what hay they have. The Baker crop is coming up to that of last season, but sales are being made at $15 and $16 a ton in the stack. An increase of 15 per cent in all freight rates was granted to the Great Southern Railroad company by the Public Service commission. One hun dred farmers and merchants appeared at the hearing at The Dalles and prayed the commission to extend the increase asked or more if necessary. The road runs from The Dalles to Friend. Larry M. Sullivan, of Oregon City, one of the owners of the Friar’s Club, at Milwaukie, has been pardoned by Governor Withycombe, according to a telegram from the governor to Gilbert L. Hedges, district attorney. Sullivan had been convicted and sentenced for numerous violations of the liquor law. He was at liberty on bond pending ap peal. He had not served a day in jail. In the first irrigation controversy to come before the Oregon Public Service commission, water users of the Suther lin valley, in Douglas county, were up held in an order issued Tuesday. The case is that of H. I. Merriam et al, plaintiffs, against the J. F. Luse com pany, by W. E. St. John, receiver, de fendant, and the Northwest Trust company, of St. Paul, and Ira C. Ohler, trustees, as intervenors. Upon learning that Baker will ex perience a greater coal famine than has ever before been known, Mayor Palmer telegraphed an appeal for re lief to the department of Commerce at Washington, after a consultation with the local coal dealers. Mayor Palmer has been working upon the problem for some time and reports that he has found the local dealers unable to get any coal for storage purposes and not enough to supply current orders. Conference Report Approved by Senate The apple market is open with an and Ready for Wilson’s Name. order of 25 carloads of "C” grade Washington, D. C.—The food bill Spitzenbergs and Newtowns placed in passed through the last stage of legis Hood River by California distribtuing lative enactment at 4 o’clock Wednes concerns. day afternoon, when it was finally ad Dr. K. A. Leep and wife, of Myrtle opted by the senate in form previously Point, are en route to New Orleans in approved by the house. President response to a telegram stating that Wilsons’ signature now will make it their son had been seriously injured law. by falling from an aeroplane. Immediately after the final vote on Robert Ankeny, owner of an 1800- the control bill, the senate by a viva voce vote also approved the conference acre farm near Rickreall, and son of report on the first administration food Levi Ankeny, Walla Walla millionaire, bill, providing for a food survey and has just passed the examination at Sa appropriating funds to stimulate pro lem to join the navy as second ma chinist. duction. Ill Ships Enter in Day. New York—To allay any alarm that might arise over reports of U-boat ac tivity in Altantie waters, an author ized statement from the Treasury de- parrtment given out here Thursday by customs officials shows that 111 vessels entered American ports during the 24- hour period ending August. 5. It is estimated that more than 225,000 tons of shipping is passing through the dan ger zone daily, headed toward the United States. An official statement showing the number of ships arriving will now be made public daily. Loan Will Be Earlier. New York — Preparations for the floating of the second Liberty Loan to be offered to the public some time early in the fall were begun here Thursday by the general loan commit tee of the second Federal reserve dis trict. Although the date the second loan will be offered to the public and the rate of interest it will bear have not been definitely decided upon, it was said it would be about September 15, and not October 15, as first reported. Members of the I. W. W. are charged with $165,000 of the total’fire loss of $420,870 in Oregon during July, in a report issued by State Fire Mar shal Wells, by causing fires at Klamath Falls, which was the heaviest sufferer of 47 towns in the state last month. Albany and vicinity report a loss of $28,000; Huntington, $25,000; Dallas, $10,000; sawmill near Dallas, $25,000; Crawfordsville mill, $15,000; shingle mill at Weaver, $10,000; Sherman county grain field, $6000. Petrograd—By a vote of 147 to 40 a joint meeting of the executive of the Workmen’s and Soldiers’ and Peasants’ councils confirmed the decision of the all-night, Monday, political conference of continued confidence in Premier Kerensky. The Maximalists strongly protested and 42 of the members of this party abstained from voting. The Duma committee also has con firmed the vote of confidence in M. Kerensky. Premier Kerensky has returned to Petrograd and withdrawn his resigna tion. He attended a ministerial meet ing on Saturday evening, and after wards conferred with various political leaders. M. Kerensky has issued a manifesto in which he declares that he considers it impossible when the country is threatened with defeat without and disintegration within to refuse the heavy task again entrusted to him, which he regards as an express order from the country to construct a strong revolutionary government to carry out the principles already laid down. “At the same time,” said the mani festo, “I consider it inevitable to in troduce changes in the order and dis tribution of government work without allowing myself to be influenced by the thought that these changes will in crease my responsibility in the su preme direction of the affairs of state.” General L. Korniloff, in accepting the p cition of commander-in-chief of the Russian armies, has telegraphed to Premier and War Minister Kerensky the conditions under which he is wil ling to take the supreme command. “First—I wish to be responsible only to my conscience and to the peo ple,” says the general. “Second—No one shall intervene in my fighting orders and appointments. “Third—The measures adopted dur ing the last few days at the front also shall be applied at the depots in the rear.” DRAFT OBJECTOR IS KILLED Posse Fires on Renegades When They Resist Officers of Law. Holdenville, Okla.—Edward Blalock, a draft objector, was killed and a posse man, Jack Paige, was wounded in the leg in a fight between officers and objectors to the selective draft, 12 miles southeast of here Sunday night. Henry Johnson, another posse man, was wounded in the head. The fight, according to meager re ports received from Calvin, took place about three miles north of that place. About 50 objectors, alleged members of the “Working Class Union,” have been congregating in the woods near here for the last week, posse members declared, and it was with members of this organization that the battle was waged. Two members of the resisters were said to have been wounded, but it had not been determined whether they were captured. The country where the brush took place is especially wild, being locat'd in a bend of the South Canadian river. Previous to the clash, nine objectors were captured in the hills after they had been surrounded in a deserted cabin. RAILROAD PROFIT SHOWS INCREASE New Prosperity Record is Made for June Over Last Year. WESTERNERS IN LEAD Eastern Roads Show Increase in Rev enue of $600,000,000— Operating Revenues Gain $15,000,000. Washington, D. C.—Record prosper ity for the railroads is shown in Inter- state Commerce commission returns for June. The 153 roads covered by the fig ures, operating three-fourths of the country’s mileage, reported that their net revenue increased nearly $8,000,- 000 over June, 1916, the previous rec ord month, and reached a total of $88,- 283,329. Operating revenues increased more than $38,000,000, totaling $273,- 867,527, while expenses were approxi mately $30,000,000 higher than a year ago. The greatest increase is shown by Western roads whose operating rev enues jumped from $94,000,000 to $110,000,000. Expenses increased ap proximately $10,000,000, leaving net revenue from operation of $39,616,950, or about $6,000,000 more than in June, 1916. Eastern roads show an increase in net revenue of approximately $600,- 000,000. Operating revenues in creased $15,000,000, totaling $120,- 665,262, while expenses increased ap proximately $14,400,000. In the Southern district, operating revenues show an increase of more than $7,000,- 000, reaching $42,719,588. Expenses increased approximately $6,000,000, leaving net revenues $13,494,159, ap proximately $1,000,000 higher than a year ago. Total operating revenues of the 153 roads during the first six months were $1,489,248,702, an increase of $163,- 000,000 over the first six months of 1916. Expenses totaling $1,065,281,- 720 were approximately $160,500,000 greater than a year ago. PLAN ARMY REORGANIZATION New Arrangement Will Increase Mo- bility of Forces in Field. Washington, D ,C.— A reorganiza tion lof American army units, under which the division totaling 28,000 men, found unwieldly for service on European battlefields, is abandoned for the continental unit of about 19,- 000 men, has been ordered by the War department. Under the new plan a division will include only two infantry brigades of two regiments each, in place of three brigades of three regiments each under the old system. Many other organiza tion changes were made, including a material increase in the artillery and machine gun strength of each division. The cavalry regiment now included in each division is detached, a new trench mortar battery is added and the old army corps plan, abandoned after the Civil war, is again put in operation. Wording Declared Treasonable by San The 16 divisions of the National guard as now constituted will be re Francisco Board Chairman. aligned in conformity with the new San Francisco — John L. McNab, plan after the guardsmen reach their chairman of an exemption board in training camps. • San Francisco, Sunday addressed a let ter to John W. Preston, United States district attorney, urging the latter to take official cognizance of what he al leged to be a concerted plan to hinder Thorough Shake-up in Bureau ia Pre the progress of the selective draft. dicted-Admiral Wemyss Chosen. Mr. McNab, writing for the board London —Official announcement was which he heads, invited the attention of the district attorney to certain affi made at the Admiralty Tuesday night davits presented in support of exemp that Admiral Sir Cecil Burney, second tion claims. The affidavits, he said, sea lord, had been.replaced by Vice- were in similar form, and indicated Admiral Sir Roselyn Wemyss. Allan the existence of a plan to combat the Garrett Anderson, hitherto vice-chair selective draft. He told the federal man of the wheat commission, succeeds official that the board had refused to Sir Eric Campbell Geddes, the new file the papers and by unanimous vote first lord of the admiralty, as control had directed that they be forwarded ler of naval constructoin. The changes in the British admiralty for attention. His reasons he stated are attacting much attention, and are as follows : “To tolerate such vicious utterances interpreted as the first step in a re- made under the guise of an exemption organization which it is supposed Sir- claim is to encourage disloyalty and Eric Campbell Geddes, first lord of the admiralty, was appointed to carry out. place a premium upon treason.” EXEMPTION PLEAS VICIOUS Picture Record Planned. Paris — The Signal Corps of the United States army, has perfected plans for the establishment in France of a huge plant for taking, developing and printing motion and still pictures. From the plant, which is expected eventually to become one of the largest of ito kind in the world, will be issued the photographs which are to form a historical record of America's partici pation in the war. Within a week it will begin giving out photographs for The The Astoria police and justice court use in American newspapers. departments were more than self-sup pictures will be censored in France. porting in July. The receipts from 27,000 Bales of Hay Burn. fines in the police department were El Paso, Tex.—Twenty-seven thou $1067.50, while the salaries of the offi sand bales of hay were destroyed by cers amounted to $925. fire which broke out at the cavalry Fire destroyed the J. B. Morrison eamp at Fort Bliss shortly before mid- combine harvester in the wheat field night Sunday night. Firemen from El of G. A. Meloy between Moro and Paso and soldiers worked until 9 Grass Valley Saturday. The cause o’clock next morning before the blaze was not determined. It was discovered was brought under control. Hundreds when the crew appeared for the day’s of motor trucks were employed in work. The caterpillar tractor used to hastily moving more than a million pull the harvester was saved and no bales of hay from the danger zone. wheat was destroyed. The origin of the fire is unknown. BRITISH NAVY CHANGE MADE Canada’s Cost is Figured. Ottawa, Can. — Canada’s war ex penditures are now about $850,000 a day, the total to July being $623,000,- 000, according to figures This sum in- cudes upkeep of Canadian troops in France, for which Canada owes Great Britain $272,000,000. Advances to the munitions board amount to $288,- 000,000, while $22,000,000 was spent for hay, cheese, flour, etc. Canada is supplying about $10,000,000 a month to buy cheese and contributing $25,- 000,000 a month to the treasury for the purchase of munitions in Canada. Interpreters in Demand. San Francisco — A corps of inter preters consisting of 175 men able to read, write and speak English, French and German will be organized here im- mediatey, the censor for the Western department of the army announces. All but 72 members of the organiza tion will be commissioned. The others will rank as non-commissioned officers. Men who have seen serivee in the Ger man and French armies and who are now citizens ars particularly desired.
