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HOUSTON ASKS
CITIES TO HELP
Efforts of Farmers in Increasing
Yields Helping to Make Victory
Certain and Residents of Towns
Called Upon tu See That Bountiful
Harvests Are Not Wasted.
DUBUQUIC, la., Juno 20. Amer
ican food stocks, increasing because
of tho effort of furmorB, wore classed
as an add. tonal guaranty of tho sue
cosh fill outcome of the war by Secre
tary of Agriculture Houston, In an
address to day before the Iowa hank
ors association. Along with hits pres
entation of figures summarizing agri
cultural accomplishment, he culled
upon the residents of cities and towns
- to soo that bountiful harvests prom
ised do not waBte because of labor
nbortage. Of tho war Itself ho said:
"There is no way out of this grim
business except thru It."
"This war will not be won by a
miraclo or by enchantment,' he
udded. "There can lie no turning
fmck, no faltering, no hesitation. We
are determined to teach the lesson
Chat law muni rule among nations as
among1 Individuals and to establish
ru a ran toe a for future peace and the
prevention of a recurrence of such a
calamity as this."
As to the agricultural effort dur
ing 1910, Secretary Houston mi'ut the
American farmers hud responded no
bly to the call of the ulied popula
tions for food.
Farmers planted 43,0(10,(100 neres
more leading food crops in 1017 than
in lUKI," he xiiid. "They greally in
creased ihe numbers of livestock in
spite of cxporttitioiiM. They increas
ed the number of rnih-h cows by .'100,
00 of olher caltlc by nearly two mil
lion, the number nl sheep, for t lie
first lime in a generation and d bull
by 1,.HMI,INMI, and of swine by nearly
four million. t spite of cxportiffioi
of horses and mules, they increased
Ibo number by 4") 1,0110. The indica
tions are that they will do better even
this year.
"We shall imt fail to win Ihe war
because of food shortage and I need
tint, point out to bankers the larc
lcnrinr of this enormous pmdiM-tinn
on the foundations ami machinery ol
finance and credit.
"These statements mean another
thing. They mean difficulties of har
vesting. II is a matter of pntrinlisii
ami business for yon to omit no ef
fort to help in the mutter of lahnr
supply. This duty is of the most ur
gent and impelling character in (his
crisis.
"I am convinced, be said, "that the
people of Ihe nation are willing to
pay the Herein rv I axes."
Socrotary Houston said that "tax
ation, especially on consumption,
more partlcularlly on luxuries and
olso on excessive profits, not only
tendn ha mving. to chock investment
In non-essential directions, hut also
to keep down tho general level of
lrlcos and to lessen the financial ob
ligations of the nation.
Taxation Aid Thrill
I am convinced," he said, "that
1ho people of tho nation are willing
to pay tho necessary taxes and that
tho financiers of the nation ro agnize
the necessity of sound finances.
"Wo fight a nation that known no
Jaw, oxcept Its own laws of necessity
tnndfl In Prussia, exclusively Inter
preted by her, ami to he changed by
hor at will." ho paid In summing up
tho causes of world conflict.
'T'rom this power Ihe order came
to us In Feb.. t!U7. What course was
t hero except one. 1 .if e is precious.
Imt not at tho sacritbe of every
thing that make it worth living.
National peace ts desirable; but not
t the cost of mcrything that makes
n nation worth salng. We have dis
covered the truth in .teffemon's as
Hnrllon that tho tiee of liberty Is a
lender plant and that as it grows
morn and more it Ims to be watered
Jn tho blood of patriots. We slmll
not fall. We are aligned with the
free forces of ihe world, and have
bark of us ihe vonscieneo of civiliza
tion." 1nt;rrH of oMiv.'nvtft,
Atlto-lnloxication, hriulHCho, lassl
tn do. Irrllnhillty, "iiliios,' fmUownosp
blolchon, aro a m on it the rcsulta of.
conHtlpfttlnn. If !on noftlortod tt
may cniiflo plli-s, ulcoration of howols, )
appomllclt, norvnus prostration, pa-;
ralysin. Don't delay treatment. Host
remedy Is Koloy Cathartic Tablets, as
many tnounHiids know from oxporl-J
oni'O. Thoy not only do their work
uroly, easily, gently, hut without in-1
Jury to stomach or fntotinal lining.
Contain no hatd. forming element. I
Bold everywhere. Adv.j
HARVEST CROPS
AUSTRIANEFFORT CAPO SILE IS
IS LITERALLY
'Soldiers, Remember the Spoils We
Got From the Italians Last Fall, the
Sheep, Cows, Groceries," Says Or
der Found On Prisoners "Think of
the Bread You May Win."
ITALIAN' ARMY ilKADQTAIi
TKKS, June 111. (Itv the Associated
Press.) That Austria's drive against
Italy is positively "ft hunger offen
sive,f has been proven by new orders
and addresses found upon prisoners.
These were sinned by officers rang
ing from Field .Marshal Conrad Von
lloeteudorff down to regimental
commanders, tine which was issued
to the commander of the famous regi
ment bearing Ihe name of Archduke
Charles, savs:
"Soldiers, remember the spoils we
got las fall from the Italians: The
sheep, cows, sleers, warehouses full
of good clothes and grocery stores
full of wines, canned good, flour and
sugar. Think of your family. Think
of the while bread you may win for
Prisoners Starving
Tho correspondent lias isiled
groups of hundreds of prisoners, all
of whom are thin and weak. They said
they had had little food for the past
mouth and spoke with horror of the
winter monlhs they bad passed. A
sample of their black bread showed
(hat it was made of rye straw and
potatoes.
Many of the prisoners have strong,
well spiked shoes, but these they
claim they made themselves or
bought. Most of them have mere rags
for shirts. The majority of the pris
oners have money, hut it is either in
paper bills or in iron coin. The most
of them wear medals for Valor, some
of them having two or three of them,
hut these decorations are of base
u'lal ami none are of yuld or silver.
One is stamped with a likeness of
Kmpress Zita and encircled with lau
rel wreaths and is made of a zinc
imposition. I lie prisoners part
readily wilh these medals, saying
they have no pride in them, for a few
pi nnies of Italian money. Most of (lie
captured men are young men and
light haired ami generally have had
teeth.
I aired by Hunger
The Kalian soldiers tell humorous
stories of captures effected by per
suading the Austrians that they will
lie well fed. One Italian ofiicer who
had been wounded ami picked up by
a group of Austrians who intended to
make him prisoner said: !
"Come wilh me anil jin will get,
meat, wine and real bread." I
Thereupon Ihe whole party went
over to Ihe Italian line..
It is ;iid also Ihiit al the beginning
of (he ol tensive Ihe Austrian. in the
front line curb reeeied three ration
of meal, one lor cadi day of the at
tack until they reached the Italian
"lores. They were so hungry, how
ever, thai tliev ale all the first dav.
GERMAN CRUISERS
BOTTLED IIP AT ZEEBRUGGE
LONDON, .hi no 2. -Twenty-one
t.eriaan (lesiroyers. n largo numi'er
of submarined and numerous auxlll
ary craft are penned In the Hrugei
canal docks us Ihe result of the re -
cent lli ltish naval operations at Zee-
brucso, the Ceiinan submarine base.
Thomas .1. .MaeN'amarii. financial
Hcrrolary of the admiralty, made iili -
nituneeiuent In Ihe bouse of eoninions
today to this effect, and said the op-
orations wort' mm Hinvusshil than !
al first KtipiK.spil. 1 1 o iuli Its! that tho'
(iiM'inan i-raft vin now tin snnjrt'l of
constant ImhuMiik. i
With MfMtfnrit trntlA la MAtlrnrri nm1
Page j
HUNGER DRIVE
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Present The Nicest Dramatic Spectacle on F.arth
The Wanderer
Staged by David Relaco
1 1 . 1 . t M IIHHCOIT, I'. UAV COMSTlH'K AMI Ml HSUIS f.V.ST
L'lill IN (UMI AVV till IN It I,I,KT I'.'il lil l. I.IVK SHKKI
r.! rates! A.i-Mir t';ist in lilMory of Anierlrsn StaKo. tueiihlins Nanee
O Nell, James O'Neill, Charles luiltnn. Krederli k Lewis. Ilu New
ton, .lean Itoitertsion, Lionel llrahsm, Klorenee Auer, Sydne Hertiert
and a host of other star:.
I'HH'KS: .Vie to 'J.H1.
.Mnll Orden Nov. Tilt 1- Not a M..li..u I'l. lulv
IMIMilt T AN I' NOTK: The prh'ea have lren o arrangeil na to provldo
plenty of KtNKl eatft for e el- IhhI) S ptn-oe.
REGAINED BY
F
(Continued From rage One.)
Since Sunday the enemy has been
held almost completely in check on
tho Piave line and has made no gains
on the mountain front while bis loss
In prisoners alono has risen to nlno
thousand. Repeated efforts to de
bouch from tho west bank of tho
river between Montello and San Dona
1I Piave have been repulsed Hanguin
arily by the Italians and only around
Capo Sile have the Austrians made
any progress.
Krom Capo Silo the Austrians have
advanced to the Fossetta canal, which
parallels the lowlands along the sea
coast to Mostre, a suburb of Venice.
Vienna claims that tho canal has been
crossed at somo points southeast of
Meolo, hut Rome reports that tho
enemy advances have been repulsed.
On Montello I Mat can
Heavy fighting continues around
tho Montello plateau. The Austrians
have not yet gained control of this
dominating height, nor havo they ap
parently had any success in attempt
ing to debouch on the lower ground
at Sovllla, south of Nervesa.
The waters of the Plavo have como
to the air of tho strongly resisting
Italians and the British official state
ments on the fighting says that tho
river has risen suddonly. Tho rlso
has been sufficient to carry away
many of tho bridges tho Austrians
had thrown across the stream.
Kmporor Charles, fearful that the
Austrians themselves will not be able
to emulate the Austro-German suc
cess of last fall on the Isonzo lino
personally Is urging his troops for
ward. The emperor Is said to desire
still greater efforts before calling on
Germany for help.
Meanwhilo Internal conditions in
Austria, especially as regards food,
aro causing trouble. The city coun
cil of Vienna has protested against
reduction of the bread ration and the
labor organizations in tho Austrian
capital call for tho "speediest general
peace." Tho food supplies In Austria
aro reported at tho lowest ebb sinco
1914.
Lull on West Front
The Kheims front again Is quiet
The French maintain their positions.
Klsowhere on tho western front there
has been only minor raiding activity
Fast of Chateau Thierry American
patrols have crossed the Alamo In
boats and beset enemy patrols in en
counters. In addition to concentra
ting a largo number of Germans, the
raiders brought back prisoners,
American bombing airplanes again
havo bombarded Con flans, a railroad
junction between Verdun and -Motz,
dropping iJS bombs.
Gorman aggression In tho I'krnino
is beginning to reap tho whirlwind,
according to reports from Moscow.
A revolt on a largo scale has broken
out in Kiev, tho Uurainian capital,
I and there has been much street fight
ing. Forty thousand armed peasants
have risen and the revolt has spread
to Ihe provinces of Tchernlgov and
Poltavt.
STOCK SWInULERS HAVE
APPEARED IN OREGON
SALLM, .lane 2a. fake salesmen
of coriHiration stock have made their
i appearance in Oregon, according to
Corporation ('oinniisHioner Sehulder-
i laiin, ami nave sueeeeueti in miiKing
;hies to business men in Portland and
" j elsewhere. Their method is to stop
1 1 for a short time In each town visited.
, 8(.l stock and finally get out of the
slate before officers can apprehend
ihcm. Worthless ol! and mining stock
M Hilld to be mulled Into the slate
;nnd disposed of by agents. Some of
toe agents represent companies that
fintneily have boon on legal fooling.
luit which arc imw Insolvent and
Iii:i'MiiI hi-ix1 tn e nili thv t'(trxru
tinn r'unmiswlonrr, rralilnn that imt
n its to iiH-ratc wouM mt Uv KranttM
it aiiplli-alinn wimv m.tilo to his of-
iflto.
SATURDAY NIGHT
UNE 22nd
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WASIIINdTON, dune L'O The
nnnv casualty list touav coniaincu
7'i names divided us follows: Killed
ii action 17; died of wounds, nine;
diod nl' iiirpliini! iioeident, two; died
lisouse, seven; died of accident
lihd oilier causes, one: wounded se
verely, wounded decree undeter
mined, four; missing in action, one.
The lit includes Private Harry
lie.rrack, Townsend, Mont., killed in
udion; Lieutenant K. T. Kriekson,
!.' instonj Mont., severely wounded.
Killed 111 Action
Lieutenants Henry L. Kildy, Now
Lritain, Conn.; JudsoYi I'. (iallowav.
N'ewburli, X. H. ; Corporals John C.
Lrown, Atlanta, Kns.; (ieore I).
Dole, New Haven, Conn.; John II.
Owen, Malloon, Wis.; Wagoner John
T. (nssidy, Providence, If. I.! Me
chanic Kay A. Hanson, Shell l,ake,
Wis.; Privates Harry liarraek,
'lownsend, Mont.; 1'iitrick liartrel
elle, liaekoo, X. I).: Hiram y. Cox,
I'airmonnt, hid.; William fialliiiiher,
Londonderry, Ireland; Fred H. Jen
kins, Huntsville, Ky.: prank Just,
Penn Van, N. II.; Joseph L. McAvoy.
( liii-.-ipi; Joseph ,11. Keshan, Pitts
field, Mass.;' John Slevenson, Clii
c:::o; Marvin Williams, Collinsville,
Ala.
Ilifil of Wounds
LiciilcunuL Calvin L. Capps, l,u
cama, N. C.t Meehunie Jim Arnold,
Pelle Itucklc, Tenn.; Privates lfeulie.i
W. Itiesceker, Mondovi, Wis.; Harry
T. Pranking, Kirksville, Mo.; Anto
nio (Irassi, Mo.zauo, Italy; Clarence
St. John, Cleveland, Ohio; Dale L.
Scott, Hinard Mills, Ohio; Walter
Stehnaszek, Smith Chicago, Ills.;
Sergeant f'.dwnrd A. Tenbioeek.
Springfield, Mass.
Died of Dlsenso
Major Kdwanl Shonlts, Alexandria,
Va. ; Corporal Kdwanl Lowry, Prince
ton, Ky.; Pireman Juan Diaz, t'olon
i.i, Spain; Privates Pcrev IScrgin.
Lisl N. II.; Percy E. Cobb, Attle-
boro, Mass.; William Hill, liochcporl.
Mo.; Holier! A. Marry, Jr., liiaintree,
Mass.
Died in airplane accident Lieu
tiiiant Joe (1. Trees, Pittsburg. Pa.
Sergeant Prank Lnnis, Valley Falls,
II. I.
Died of accident and oilier causes
Private Thomas Payne, Dayton,
Ohio.
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A. I'. A. M.
Regular eonimunicat i o n
Moil ford Lodge 1011, Friday
ovenlng. June 21. llusincss of im
portance. L. E. WILLIAMS, Secy.
S. C. Itartram, supervisor of the
I'mp'iua national forest, is spending
several days here on business and
was in conference today with Hugh
H. Itankln, supervisor of tho Crater
national forest.
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PRICES FOR FiR :
FIXED AT $26
" PER 1000 FEET
PORTLAND, June 20. Prices on
Douglas fir lumber, both for govern
ment use and for the trade, have been
established by tho price fixing com-
mittco of tho war industries board at
a basis of $20 per 1000 feci in car
load lots, according to telegraphic ad
vices just received from Washington,
D. C, by local lumber manufacturers.
This price is a net advanco of ap
proximately 75 cents per 1000 over
the present government price and is
based on the comprehensive cost data
covering more than 30 typical fir pro
ducing mills of Oregon and Washing
ton, prepared by the West Coast Lum
bermen's association. The cost re
port was presented to tho govern
ment committee by representatives of
tho West Coast association at a series
of conferences recently held at Wash
ington.
Whllo tho new price schedule nom
inally provides for an increase of
J 1.75 per 1000 feet, the committee
advanced the price of logs to such an
extent that the mills are roqulred to
pay $1 per 1000 more for logs than
under tho old schedule, leaving them
tho narrow margin of 75 cents per
10110 to absorb all their other extra
expenses.
Mills Were I'ropareil
Tho new scale was effective at mid
night Saturday, June 15. The gov
ernment fixed maximum prices only
and no minimum schedule is provid
ed. The detailed schedule of prices,
covering each Item of fir lumber
manufactured, is now being prepared.
Government experts estimate that the
average will be $26 per 1000. As
ship timbers and airplane stock are
produced under a special price ar
rangement they are not covered In
the new order, nor is the price on
those Items included In the average
of $20.
PRESIDENT WILSON NOT
FIRM FOR PROHIBITION
WASHINGTON, Juno 20. Presi
dent Wilson Is understood to have de
clined today to Interpose active oppo
sition, for the present, at loast, to
tho Jones amendment to the $11,-
000,000 agricultural bill providing
for absolution during tho war. Tho
president is said to have taken tho
position that, while ho would havo
preferred handling tho prohibition
question by separate legislation, he
would not, at this time, intorfore in
tho matter, at least so long as it does
not hold up final enactment of tho
emergency agricultural bill or other
necessary legislation.
Should it interfere with such legis
lation, the president might stop in
and ask that the amendment bo elimi
nated.
with Medford trade la Mertford made.
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CAPTAIN PERIS
LONDON, June 20. German
l'-lionts are unequal to the warfurt
against them is the virtual admission
of Captain Persius, the naval critic
al' the Perliner Tageblatt, says a
liolerdam dispatch to the Daily Tele
graph. Captain Perius writes:
"F.vcry layman knows that U-hont
lesses are unavoidable owing to the
continually increasing sharpness and j
efficiency of the defense measures of
the enemy which perhaps will fur
ther increase as the war progresses.
"It is scarcely to he denied that our
enemies are bulb carrying on Ihe war
and living and that it will he possible
for tlieni.o defend themselves against
tonnage needs for a long time at any
rate. From the beginning of the
1-boat war it was a mistake, often
eommitlcd by us, to underestimate the
resources of our enemies."
CHlCAilO. Juno. 'JO. A g the
It st "shots" taken by the government
prisoners was the introduction of let -ttrs
written by W. I). Haywood, gen
eial secretarv of the I. W. W., design
ed to show that his was the directing
hand in the organziiition, and an I.
W. W. dictionar- of military terms.
Among the hitter's "definitions"
i.re the following:
"llarharians Nations not Jhe al
lies. "Congress Wood row Wilson,
"Civilization Instead of Clod, wo
tl.e I rust.
"I Inns--Devilled patriots of cen
tral F.urope,
"Humanity The Ireachery of Ihe
government.
"Justice Straight and suecossf'il
shooting ut human targets.
"Kaiser The ambition of the
"resident.
"Patriotism Hatred loward your
neighbors. '
"Kegi-lrution The funeral pr
etssion of liberty.
"Victory Ten million men hilled."
Much of the government's cumula
tive evidence has been of Ihe docu
iiienlarv kind to show that the 1. W,
W. imposed conscription and the war
and coiiunitlcd acts of sabotage Ihul
irtcrfcrcd with war work.
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