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OLD GLORY TO
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ENEMY LINES BY
TO EFFECT ELECTIONS OF APPLE GROWERS
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, SEP. 13
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MEPFORT) MATT, TRTT.TTNT5, MTCTYFOTIT), ORE(10T, TUESDAY. RF.rTEMT.ET?. 11. 1917.
AS IN OLD DAYS
Shipping Board Makes United States
England's .Rival as Queen of the
Waves and Lays Basis for Great
Profit After the War America to
Become Great Maritime Nation.
By Basil M. Manloy.
WASHINGTON, Sept. 10. What Is
the most powerful corporation In the
world? The steel trust! You're
wrong. Guess again, and keep on
guessing.
The most powerful corporation In
the world today Is the United States
shipping board, operating In part
through Its subsidiary the emergency
fleet corporation. Today oceanic
transportation rules the world, and
the shipplnb board comes very near
controlling oceanic transportation.
Most Americans have an Idea the
shipping, board Is doing a big Job In
building cargo vessels to circumvent
the U-boat, but they have no concep
tion of the part in making the Uni
ted States ruler of the seas.
Merchant Murino Restored.
Submarines or no submarines, the
program the shipping board Is putting
through will enable the United States
after peace comes to haul every pound
of goods she ships abroad, Instead of
paying heavy tribute, as In the past,
to British, French, German, Italian,
Scandinavian and Japanese merchant
men. . ' Think what this means. The ship
ping board is going to put the Stars
and Stripes on all the seven seas, to
carry commerce where Old Glory has
not been seen since the days of our
clipper ships. ,
The shipping board's construction
and commandeering program will add
nearly 10,000,000 tons to the 8,500,
000 tons we have today. From the
least considered of maritime powers
we go at a bound right up to the top.
Only Enfrluml to Rival.
Only England will contest maritime
supremacy with us. She has today
some 17,000,000 tons, most of which
is ocean-going, while a large part of
our pre-war tonnage consists of lake
I una river uoais, so sue prouuuiy win
I have the edge on us when the war
ends.
Germany, which had about 4,500,-
000 tons In 1916, has lost In 1917
more than the 500,000 tons we com
mandeered. iNorway, next in strength
with about 2,500,000 tons, is com
pletely outclassed, while all the rest
will drag along with less than 2,000,-
000 tons each.
iBut mere ship tonnage is only a
small part of our enormous maritime
influence now and for the future. The
United States, through the shipping
board. Is the arbiter of ocean trans
portation rates throughout the world.
TheBe rates are now under discussion
with representatives of the allies and
revolutionary readjustments are soon
to be announced.
I'IvIhk Ijilxir Conditions.
Furthermore, through the seamen's
act the shipping board Is now deter
mining labor conditions for the sail
ors of all nations. The act, by mak
ing the sailors of every nation free
men when they are In American ports,
openB the way for them to- force the
vessel owners of other nationalities
to come up to American standards
And as the ships of all the world must
now come to America for cargoes,
the leveling process Is proceeding
with great rapidity.
Many Americans, view the enor
mous sums Invested In ships by the
United States as non-productive ap
propriations. They have never stop
ped to consider that the merchant
ships will always be a Bource of reve
nue.
Knormntu Profits.
Former Chairman Denman of the
shipping board tells me even If pres
ent shipping rates are cut In half ev
ery ship now building or comman
deered for the United States will pay
i. for Itself Bnd yield a profit of 100 per
cent in a year's time.
I" Uncle Sam today could sell every
ship contract signed by the shipping
board either to American or foreign
ship owners at half again as much as
the government is to pay.
LONDON, Sept. 10. The official
report from British headquarters In
France tonight reads:
"la addition to those reported this
morning, a few prisoners were taken
during the night In the course of pa
trol encounters In the neighborhood
of Languicourt. Last night there was
local fighting in which we captured
several prisoners southeast of St. Ju
lien. ,
"Southeast of St. Jcnsliook the en
emy raided one of our advanced posts
from which a few of our men are
missing. The post has since been re
established. The artillery has been
active on both sides during the day
east of Ypres.
"On Sunday a thick mist greatly
hampered aerial operations. Artil
lery co-operution wus carried out
when possible and a few bombs were
dropped by duy and night on hostile
airdromes. Three enemy machines
were brought down and four were
driven down out of control. Five of
our machines are missing. i
'It Is impossible to include In the
daily communiques the almost num
berless Incidents that are occurring
dally and nightly along the front, of
ten entallng hard fighting by small
parties and demanding high qualities
of courage and endurance on the part
of the troops concerned. A short
summary is given showing the gen
eral nature of the work constantly be
ing done.
'Our patrols are continually work
ing both on the battle front and also
upon what are generally regarded as
quiet parts of the line. Small parties
go out day and night to Investigate
the enemy's wire, to ascertain the
condition of his trenches, the strength
of his garrison or the position of the
German machine gun emplacements
and strong points. Much valuable in
formation is obtained and encounters
with the enemy's patrols and work
ing parties are frequent."
LONDON, Sept. 11. The follow
ing statement from an authoritutlve
source was made to the Associated
Press today, with reference to the
revelations concerning Sweden:
-"There is no need for auy action
on the part of the allies regarding
the Swedish exposures, nor is any ac
tion, joint or otherwise, contemplated.
The facts as narrated speak for them
selves. , "This is not a case of any quarrel
on the part of the allies with the
Swedish people, but of Individual ac
tion by Individual officials, which it
Is confidently believed, will ue strong
ly resented by the Swedish people.
There-can be no doubt that Sweden
will take the earliest opportunity to
explain her position, and this, It 1b
hoped, will clear tho air and even
lead to a' better understanding."
In Swedish circles In London tho
view Is expressed that the revelations
came just in time to insure a big
victory for the liberal socialist bloc
In the Swedish elections, which are
now under way and which will con
tinue until September 21. This should
be followed by the fall of tho present
conservative government as soon as
parliament reassembles in January,
and Us replacement by a cabinet
headed by Hjalmir Brantlng, the so
cialist leader.
ASK AN INSPECTION OF
TALENT IRRIGATION PROJECT
SALEM, OreTrseptTll. The Irri
gation securities commission today
received a request from representa
tives of the Talent irrigation district
near Ashland, Ore., to make an In
spection of the land under the pro
ject preparatory to passing on a dis
trict bond issue of $000,000.
PAPER SUPPRESSED
WASHINGTON, Sept. 11. The
raid on the Philadelphia Tagcblatt by
federal agents is regarded here today
as the first step In the government's
campaign to summarily throttle sedi
tious press utterances.
it is not yet disclosed whether the
authorities' action will take the form
of raids and arrests or the exclusion
of the offending publications from
mall privileges.
Daily Issues of at least six other
newspapers printed in the enemy
tongue have been closely scrutinized
by officials for several months, and
it Is expected steps of an equally dras
tic nature will be taken by federal
agents.
WASHINGTON. Sept. ll.-The food
administration today called a confer
ence of apple growers, shippers' as
sociations and box manufacturers nt
Portland, Ore., September 13 to dis
cuss conservation of this year's apple
crop.
It is the purpose of the administra
tion to help the growers save all their
product that It may be of use In the
United States markets or for the al
lied nations.
Tho boxmakers will have an amplo
supply of boxes this year, It Is as
sured, but the question of distribu
tion of tho shooks to all sections of
the Pacific. Northwest Is to he set
tled. Large box supplies are expect
ed to be derived from the spruce lum
ber used In airplane stock. The mills
of tho Pacific Northwest have ordors
now for more than 100,000,000 feet
of airplane material. It is stated that
only about 20 per cent of the lumber
Is fit for the manufacture of planes.
A largo portion of tho waste materi
als will he available for boxes.
PARIS, Sept.' 11.. An agreement
obtained from the belligerent powers
by King Alfonso permitting the free
movement of French and English hos
pital ships also provides, It was an
nounced today, for the removal from
French hospital ships of German of
ficer prisoners nfter today. On Its
part, the German government will re
move French prisoners from exposed
positions on tho front whero they
were placed as acts of reprisal.
GERMANY STOPS
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AMSTERDAM, Sopt. 11. The Tei
egraaf says Gornuiny has stopped
sending coal to Holland. The paper
expresses the belief that Germany's
attitude is intended as pressure on
Holland to grant a loan which thus
fur has been refused.
Ill'ENOS AIRES, Sept. 11. News
dispatches to the effect that pass
ports may be handed to the German
and Swedish diplomatic representa
tives to Argcnltan aro declared by
the foreign minister to be premature,
as the government Is unable oven to
consider such a procedure unless It
receives details respecting the Wash
ington revelations.
The foreign minister announces
that the steamers Oran and Guazo,
referred to In one of the messages
sent by Count Luxburg through tho
Swedish legation to the German for
eign office, arrived at French ports
In June, after Luxburg hud sent his
dispatch.
An Argontino patriotic society has
Issued u statement that Count Lux
burg must not he given his passports,
but tried for a criminal offense of
inciting tho assassination of Argen
tine citizens. This action is impossi
ble, howovor, as diplomatic repre
sentatives aro immune from court
summonses.
All documents relating to questions
between Argentina and Germany havo
been published, tho foreign minister
declared, adding that nothing had
held held in reserve and that there
is not now, and never had been, a
pact, written or verbal, with Germany
limiting in any way the freedom of
Argentine shipping.
"Further doubt concerning Argen
tina's faith and truthfulness after this
declaration, must 1e considered a na
tional offense," the foreign minister
declared. Ho added that the best
proof of the Inexactness of Count Lux-
burg's May 19 dispatch was that eight
Argentine steamers cleared for the
war zone during Juno.
"Corn wasn't really
Kinftsays tQtfi&u
until they made
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