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Lens Now More Than Half
Surrounded by British
Forces
ITALIANS HAVE BEGUN
BATTLE IN THE CARSO
French Retain Captured Posi-
fcons, Much Booty Taken
from Turks
London, April 24- Fiplil Marshal
Haijj gained more ground in tho resum
ed British offensive today.
"We niado further progress to the
east of Monchy I.e Preux and Hoeux, "
t lie statement said. "To the south 0
the Bnpaume-Cainbrni road, v.o gained
ground on a wide front. To the east of
Lpehy we reached the 1st. (Quentin canal,
in the neighborhood of Veuilhuile, We
also captured the villages of VillerR
l'louieh and Beaucamp."
"There was severe fighting yester
day evening and at intervals during the
night along the whole front," llaig's re
)ort continued. "At Croisilles and
north of Gavrelle, the enemy constant
ly repented unsuccessful counter at
tacks, determinedly and regardless of
losses. I'ositions we gained yesterday
we maintained. Particularly violent
counter attacks at Gavrelle were suc
cess fully beaten off.
"Yesterday's prisoners exceeded 1,
500, including 30 officers. More are be
Haig's report curtly mentioned his
forces had reached the St. Quentin canal
ing taken toduy."
The greatest gain which the British
push achieved today was in the thrust
against the Cambrai-St. Qu.cu.ti11 line,
in t.he neighborhood of Vemluile.
(The St. Quentin canal runs from
near Le Catelet, on the Escaut river, al
most parallel to the t'ainbrai-Bt. Quen
tin road southward to tho last named
city. Vendhuile is located directly on
the canal, 10 miles south of Cambrai.)
More Towns Taken,
Villers l'louieh has been so closely in
vested by British troops for four or
five days that its capture was certain.
Beaueanip is just adjacent.
(Treseault, Beaucamp and Villers
l'louieh lie about a mile apart on a
straight line seven and a half miles
southwest of Cambrai. Treseault was
occupied by the British yesterday. All
three towns lie just to the south of
llavrincourt, where some of the hard
est fighting on the British lino has been
proceeding)..
While Haig was achieving his victor
ious thrust at the Cninbrai-St. Quentin
line, there was no dimnnitious in the
power of smashing away at the Germans
to the east of Monchy-Le-Preux. Roeux
i.aptured today, is on a line with Gav
relle, taken- yesterday and is eight and
11 half miles distant from Douai.
The second stage of England's great
push, uow on, is developing the fiercest
fighting of the war- f'ront dispatches
today emphasised the fact that the cle
ment of surprrse now no longer enters
into the attacks of Haig's men; that
the enemy has been preparing for des
perate defense 110 lea sthan the British
forces during the week have been plan
ning for overwhelming attack. But de
spite the German defense, steady gains
mo being registered by Field Marshal
H 11 ig 's troops.
Germans Change Tactics.
The line from Oppy down through
l'louvnin, Boiry, Eeiny and Hendeeourt
011 ivhich the fighting is now proceed
ing is preliminary to the so-called
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Some Facts About
Great Scperdreadnaught
Xew York, April 24. The New Mex
ico launched yesterday is 1 sister ship
to the recently launched Mississippi
and the Idaho, still under construction.
It shapes up with any fighting vessel
afloat in size and armament.
When completed it will cost between
$13,000,000 and 20,000,000. If con
struction work is finished on schedule
the New Mexico will be readv for ac
tion by October 14, 1918.
The vessel will burn oil exclusively
in generating steam which will be con
verted into electric power. The United
States is the first nation to adopt the
electrically propelled battleship idea.
The New Mexico Is 02-t feet over all.
capable of carrying lengthwise the
Washington monument or the Wool
worth building. The extreme outside
breadth over armor is S7 feet, 4 1-2
inches. It is of 32,000 tons displace
ment, with a mean draft of 30 feet and
a speed of 21 knots. Fifty-six officers
and 1,111 men will man the giant ship.
Armament will eonmst of 12 fourteen
inch guns, set in three abreast in four
revolving turrets two forward and
aft, one turret above the other to "per
mit of free fire in any direction, a
secondary battery of twenty-two five
inch guns, four three pounders, four
anti-aircraft guns and two torpedo
tubes.
With the New Mexico launched,
work on the Tennessee will be iiiunedi
ately begun.
BUT MISTS
While Unwilling to Bear Arms
Will Do Anything Else to
Help Country
Richmond, Ind., April 19. American
Quakers are pacifists, but not passivists,
according to 11 statement from tho cen
tral office of the five years meeting of
Friends in America, issued here today
by Walter C. Woodward, general secre
tary, llie Friends may be expected
to maintain, their historic position
against war, he declares, both as a
matter of principle and of policy. They
are none the less loyal to the govern
ment audawill be found doing their bit
in ways consonant with their convic
tions. Attention is called to the heroic
pnd self-sacrificing service rendered
by English Friends in Belgium, France
and Russia, as indicative of the practi
cal, constructive service that may be
expected of the disciples of George Fox
on this side of the Atlantic. A nation
wide organization of Friends toward
this end is projected. The statement
of the general secretary fellows: '
Are Not Disloyal.
"The Friends in America enter vig
orous protest against the tendency in
the present crisis to identify pacifism
with disloyalty. There may be disloyal
pacifists, but wo maintain that the his
tory of Quakerism should place its pa
cifism above above suspicion. We
Friends are pacifists, but not passivists.
We believe all war wrong as a matter
cf principle and wrong as a matter of
policy, and must therefore refrain from
beariug arms. Wo are "conscientious
objectors," but we are more. We do
not propose to stop with objecting.
Though against war, Friends are for
the nation and humanity, for which they
are prepared ,to su'ffer and to sacrifice.
They are ready to prove their patriotism
no less than their pacifism.
"As proof that this has been their
record in tho past, Friends point to
their course in the Civil war. Though
they could not as a body enter the mili
tary service, .they rendered invaluable
aid to the government in other ways
and no people were regarded as more
loyalk In the present war, the English
Friends, through various kinds of con
structive relief work, both at home and
on the continent, and financed and
manned by themselves, have commanded
tho respect and commendation of the
world. Their loyalty is beyond perad
venture of doubt
Organizing to Help.
"As a national organization we are
already taking steps looking toward
'Quaker Mobilization;' .not to the ac
companiment of drum and oratory, but
with a quiet, conviction nofie the less
impressive and effective because less
spectacular. The young men of our
colleges are being called upon, some for
hospital service ami for relief work.
Others will rerve in the fields of in
dustry and agriculture, vet others in
the Y. M. C. A- at the front. A sys
tematic canvass of the church will be
made to secure adequate funds for va
rious phases of war relief, to be carried
on both here and abroad. Since with
Friends this work is a matter of con
sciencer and since they cannot directly
or indirectly participate in war, such
service as the majority of them render
cannot be performed under the auspices
of the military branch of the govern
ment. The fundamental doctrine of
Quakerism is that of the inviolability of
the individual conscience. We do not
therefore presume to tell-our members
what they shall do or not do, as individ
uals, but in the assurance that in the
present as in the past, Friends will ren
der their 'full measure of devotion,'
we confidently pledge the Friends in
America to this, their immediate task."
The Latin-American republics that
;.i Ilm trfta 1 Una
sensns is that the water is fine.
SALEM,
GENERAL BRIDGES
SOUNDS KEYNOTE
OF BRITISH MESSAGE
England Was Saddled With
Volunteer System When
War Started
IT HAMPERED EVERY
PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT
Conscription at Beginning
Would Have Obviated
lies
By George Mattdn
(United Press staff correspondent)
Washington, April 24. Conscription
is vital to America before the nation
can have any success in the war.
lieutenant General B. T. M. Bridges
stepped out of the great international
war council of the allies here to deliver
this message to the American people
today.
While congress wrangled over the se
lective conscription bill out on eapito!
imi, tins tall, arrow straight tighter
in khaki, fresh from the front, counted i
the cost of the volunteer system to
ICngland..
"We were saddled with the volun
teer system at the beginning of the
war," said Bridges. " We would have
given anything to get rid of it.
"It hampered and retarded us in
every phase of our war evelupment.
' ' The volunteer system threw the
best industrial forces or the country
into the trenches when they were bad
ly needed at home; and it left at home
those whose places were at the front,
"If we had had conscription at the
beginning it would have obviated our
later difficulties as to munitions, co
ordination of our national forces and
many other vital things."
The Lieutenant General Bridges
sounded the keynote of the British
commission's message to the American
Go the Limit
He said:
"If your'e going to war you must
go the whole hog.
"Men, women and children must all
fight, at homo and at the front.
"It is no longer a war merely of ex
peditions. "It's a-war of nations."
Lieutenant General Bridges then
made it" clear that England believes
conscription alone, with the co-ordination
of national forces it involves, will
enable America to speed the end of the
war.
"Our duty now is to speed up the
war," he said, forcefully.
"As to how it will end, it can only
end ono way; and if everybody's back
is put to the job we can end it quick
ly. Conscription will insure that this is
(lone."
Tho general then spoke of England's
attitude toward conscription:
"The people of England are won to
universal service They are strong for
conscription. 1 may say they are fa
natics on the subject.
"They opposed it only because they
didn't know what it was. They now re
alize that it is simply the making of
war on business principles."
The calm, unimaginative commander
of. fighting men then pointed out how
Lord Kitchener s volunteer recruiting
was the innocent means of retarding
England's progress in the war:
It Was a Blunder
"Kitchener's problem was to raise
a volunteer army. It was wrong, but
Kuchener who -was a good soldier,
threw himself into the task and did it.
"If it hadn't been for Kitchener's
tremendous personality, we would have
had conscription very early in the war.
"It was the great blunders of this
volunteer recruiting that we had to go
back and correct and at such great
cost."
General Bridges stood in the mignifi-
cent- music room of the British quarters
on Sixteenth street.
He rose, tall and impressive, before
a background of gorgeous .American
beauty roses, which lent a peculiar
touch to the unusual scene.
After outlining the important steps
in the successful waging ot war, Gen
eral Bridges launched into a glowing
tribute of the French.
" We 've been sent here to greet a
great republic, which we hope is to
stand side by side with the French, our
greatest friends in Europe.
"Our feeling for the French is past
friendship. It is loveship. In many
ways the characteristics of the French
are like those "of women. Nothing
could break the bonds that now tie us.
'The French are great soldiers. They
are trainod to any duty and almost au
tomatically assume this duty when sent
into tho field. Whether a country lad,
a kitchen hand, a clerk the irencb
man has trained himself for a part
and plays it promptly upon call.
rrencn Taugni Tiiem
"Until we fought side by side with
the French we knew little of warfare.
They were trained in times of peace.
Our men were clear eyed, good looking
men but not soldiers.
"And even as we, your people, with
their great freedom and Uiek of mili-
(Continued on Page Three.) '
OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 24, 1917
BILLINGSLEY STILL OUT
Heattle, Wash., April 2-1.
Logan Bi'.lingslcy, head of Stat-
tic's whiskey ring, who sawed
his way out of the government
detention i-tatiou here early Sun-
day is believed to have gone to
Sin Francisco.
(iovemnitnt officials believe
he has gone there to get a large
amount of money kept in a safe-
ty deposit vault, before start-
ing to sere his l.'t mouths'
sentence at McNeil Island
penitentiary for confessed viola-
tions of the federal shipping
law.
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MINES ARB LOST
Juneau, Alaska, April 24.
Experts today predicted that
three of the Treadwell mines,
which were flooded Sunday
would never be operated again, sje
The loss of the Treadwell, beven
Hundred aud Mexican mines en-
tail a los.i of $15,000,000. For
the other flooded mines there is
reason to believe that they may
be made good again. The Ready -!c
Bullion miue was not flooded, sjt
engineers announced last night.
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BOND BILL SIGNERD -
Washington, April 24. Presi-
dent Wilson signei! the $7,000,-
mm.iHHi hou (tissue bill todav, It
is now a law.
No ceremonies attended the
signing.
The pen used by the president
in signing the measure will be
presented to .Secretary of the
Treasury Me Adoo, who may give
it to l.nrl Cnulifte of the Rri-
tish commission.
FIRES NEWSPAPERMEN
-
The Hague, A-il 24. The .
Carman foreign K8W has noti-
fied all remaining American
newspapermen in Germany that
their presence in the empire "is
no longer ncsiraoie," accord-
mg to word received here to-
day.
-
FRENCH COMMISSION
It Is Expected to Reach Wash
ington Sometime Tomorrow
Morning
Washington, April 24. The French
commission coming here for conferences
with American and English government
officials, has arrived safelv. The
place of arrival is withheld,
The state department issued tko fol
lowing announcement today:
"llie state depart incut, is advised of
the safe arrival of the French mis
sion." The party is not yet in Washington
and all information as to their move
ments or time of arrival is kept secret
by the censorship.
Included in flip Frcnph
Ex-Premier Vivfiatii, General Joffre
and Major Dreyfus.
Third Assistant Secretary of Ktate
Long, Colonel Cosby, Assistant Secre
tary of the Navy Roosevelt and Ad
miral Must are grpeting the French
mission.
The mission will reach Washington
tomorrow morning. The precise time
and place of arrival here will be an
nounced later.
United States Steel
Cuts Big Ripe Melon
New York, April 2L The United
States Steel corporation this afternoon
declared a 3 per cent extra dividend on
common stock.
The regular quarterly dividend of
1 per cent was also declared on com
mon together with a dividend of 1 3-4
per cent on preferred.
The i;et earnings of the corporation
for tho quarter ended March 31, wre
$113,121,018 as compared with $105,
908,347 for the quarter ending Decem
ber 31.
The net earnings of th8 corporation
for the corresponding quarter on which
today's extra dividend was declared
March 31, 1910, were $60,713,624.
The extra dividend declared repre
sents a melon of $15,249,7!50, the great
est ever cut by the corporation.
Taken with the regular dividend of
lVt per cent, the total dividend de
clared on common is $21.0fi2,8.")6.
The last extra dividend declared by
the corporation wag I 3-4 per cent.
Thi- was -declared at the end of the
December cmnrtor.
OREGON PREPARES
FOR LIVELY PERIOD
OE SRIPBUILDIIIG
Saw Mills Are Setting Aside
Ail Lumber Suitable For
This Work
BUT 20 PER CENT OF LOG
IS SUITABLE FOR SHIPS
Great Problem cr Mills Is To
Get Rid of the Other 80
Per Cent
Portland, Ore., April 21. A mobiliza
tion, not ot soldiers and sailors but
prohably as important in the early
stages of the war against Germany as
the mobilization of the army or navy, is
under way here toduy. It is the gath
ering of men, money and materials for
tho construction of hundreds of "sea
jitneys," which will be used to bridge
tho Atlantic and defeat Germany s sub
marine warfare.
Throughout the Pacific northwest
lumbermen, bankers and shipbuilders
are preparing for the construction of
the 3,500-ton craft. Practical ship car
penters are being registered, materials
gathered, sites selected for great yards
and arrangements made to finance the
work. When word comes to start con
struction, Washington, Oregon and
northern California the district which
is expected to receive 70 per cent of
the contracts for the 1,000 ships will
be found ready.
Many 'New Ship Yards.
Sawmills now are piling to one side
all timbers suitable tor Bhip construe
t-inu. Only about 20 per cent of a log
un be used in euiWwff-a amp. Wash
ingtou and Oregon sawmills can cut
about 500:000,000 feet of lumber
moifth, or 100,000,000 feet suitable for
ship work.. It is estimated that 1,250,
000. feet will be required for the c n
struction of one "sea jitney." In oth
er words northwestern sawmills can cut
enough lumber in one month to build 80
ships. If necessary the cutting can be
considerably increased
It is not the supplying of tho ship
timbers that worries the sawmill men.
It is tho disposing o'f the 80 per cent
surplus, the big part of the log which
cannot be used in building a vessel.
They fear thi;t the mill yards will be
come congested and tho market glutted
and that many mills, lacking sufficient
financial backing, will be forced into
receivership because of the amount of
capital tied up in unmarketable lum
ber. Hhip yards are springing up through
out the northwest. All have as many
contracts as they can handle. Sawmills,
long closed, are re-opening and the en
tire north Pacific is experiencing a
business revival as a result.
Wheat Advanced
About Seven Cents
Chicago, April 24. Tho wheat mar
ket opened strong today and good
wains were recorded later. Small of
ferings were responsible for tho dis
play of strength. Selling pressure was
light .and demand good. Indications
that the United States would have to
bear the burden of feeding the allies
caused a feeling of bullishness that
was not dispelled with the news of Ar
gentine's embargo being lifted. May
wheat opened down but later ad
vanced 7'j to $2.39. July opened up
'4 and later advanced 7 to $2.0r)Vj.
September opened down x, subsequent
ly gaining 5 3-8 to $1.80 7-8.
Corn, influenced by wheat, showed
good gains. May opened unchanged
later advancing 3 3-4 to $1.43. July
opened up 1-8 and subsequently gained
2 5-8 to $1.38 5-8. September opened
unchanged and later advanced 214 to
1.31Vt.
Oats opened a shade higher but trade
was not heavy. May opened up Yt,
later gaining 1 3-8 to 651... July opened
up 1-8, subsequently gaining 3-S, to
while ScptemDer opened up 1-8
and advanced 8-8 to 54 3-8.
His Throat Slashed
While On Pullman Car
Han Diego, Cal., April 24. Hig throat
cut from ear to ear, his money gone
and valuable paperg scattered about, J.
H. Harden, capitalist and vice-president
of the First National bank of
Holtville, was found in hia berth on the
Santa Fe Owl train here today. He
was rushed to a hospital, where physi
cians said he has a fighting chance for
recovery.
A half filled- bottle of choloroform
was found under Harden 'g pillow and a
small penknife, closed, lay in a pool of
blood.
Mrs. Harden stated that her husband
was in the hrbit of carrying large sums
of money. The fact that his opened
' wiillet .wnt found, with rmiicra scatter
ed about and all money gone, strength
ened the attempted murder theory- The
-train- on which the crime occurred left
' Los Auglecs at midnight.
PRICE TWO CENTS
Argentine Will Send
Wheat To England
Buenos Aires, April 24. Amicable
adjustment of the diplomatic quarrel
between Argentine and England over
Argentine's wheat embargo was an
nounced today. The two nations have
reached a settlement whereby Argen
tine agrees to send to England and the
allies 180,000 tons of wheat and 20,000
tons of flour. In return, England con
tracted to forward to Argentine at a
later date 200.000 tons of wheat from
Canada, Australia and elsewhere. De
livery of the British wheat is to bo be
tween July and September. Presum
ably the Argentine wheat will be sent
to England at once.
Argentine's -wheat embargo waa in
stituted because of apprehension of
her government, officials that the
tempting prices offered for export
trade would drain tho republic of the
grain. The crop just harvested was a
disappointment and it was fearod tho
nation faced a serious situation.
ATWIED TO WRECK
THE ESCONDIDO DAM
Dynamite Exploded In Spill
way Causes Loss of Con
siderable Water
San Diego, Chi., April 24. An at
tempt to dynamite tho huge Escondido
dam, 35 miles north of this city, at
midnight, failed. Considerable damage
was done to the spillway, and a large
quantity of water was lost, but tho
dam remains intaet. A sheriff's posse
is on the trail of those responsible""! or
tho dynamiting.
Tho attempt to wreck the dam, which
supplies the city of Escondido and sur
rounding territory with water for
domestic purposes and for irrigation,
was made at midnight. The dam is
situated in an isolated point in the
mountains eight miles northeast of
Escondido. Ranchers nearby heard a
terrific feport and rushed to the .scene.
Water was rushing through the dam
aged spillway, but prompt wort soon
checked this "flow, according to reports
from the scene today.
A posse, headed by Sheriff Conklin,
rushed to the scene in automobiles.
Because of the isolated position of the
dam, reports today were meager. Many
dead fish w-ero floating on the sur
face of the water at daylight.
COUNCIL OF DEFENSE
NAMED BY GOVERNOR
It Will Have Charge of Car
rying Out Such Orders As
Departments Make
Henry Ladd Corbett, president of
tho Portland Chamber of Commerce;
General Charles F. Beebe, also of Port
land; R. N. Stanfield, speaker of the
house of representatives; O. C. Letter,
editor of the La Grande Evening Ob
server; C. S. Hudson, president of the
Bend National bnnk; W. E. Schimpff,
state representative from Astoria, and
Charles Hall, of Marshfield, were ap
pointed yesterday afternoon by Gover
nor Withyconibe as members of the
state council of defense, tho appoint
ment of which is made at tho request of
Secretary of War Baker.
This council of defense will meet im
mediately in Portland to select a mem
ber to represent tho state in tho meet
ing of the national council of defense,
which has been called by Secretary Bak
er to meet in Washington on May 2- A
telegram received by Governor Withy- j
combe from Governor Lister, of Wash-1
ington, suggesting that tho state execu-j
tives themselves attend the Washington!
council was met by Governor Withy
combe with tho statement that he
thought it was better for tho members!
of the state council to attend so as to J
get thoroughly acquainted with the
plans of the national council.
The object of the state council of de
fense is to give particular attention to
local conditions, such as looking after
the distribution of labor, agricultural
development, seed distribution, and the
taking of industrial and man-power
census.
I Should it coirio to the pass when dras
I tic war-time laws for the distribution
j of food are passed by congress this state
j council will act as the agency for direct
ing the work in Oregon. The governor
stated he was well pleased with the
work now going on and the object of
the state council was to co-ordinate all
efforts.
WANTS ADAT.:30N BILL
Washington, April 24. Secretary of
Commerco Redfield today asked the
house interstate commerce committee to
report favorably tho Adamson export
bill an administration war measure,
giving the president power to regulate
exports so as "to keep England and
France going."
Multnomah county divided 82 sacks
of seed potatoes among a multitude
Monday, but there, were no remnants.
TTU1XS AND NEWS
STANDS FIVE- CENTS
STANDARD OIL HAS
EOLL C01ITR0L OF
GASOLIHUSIRY
Holds 70 Per Cent of All
Stocks, Shuts Out
Competition
ITS PIPE LINES GIVE IT
PERPETUAL MONOPOLY
Gasoline Has Deteriorated,
While Company Makes
Enormous Profits
Washington, April 24 That Standard
Oil interests substantially dominate th
gasoline industry .was tho finding of
the federal trade commission, transmit
ted in its report to the senate today.
Refining, pipo line transportation,
and marketing of the finished orodnct.
the commisison declares, are controlled
ty tno "oil octopus."
Real competition does not exist be
tween the various Standard Oil com
panies because of interlocking stoe'e
ownership through majority share hold
ings by identical interests, tho report
says. Despite the dissolution of the so
called "oil trust" by tho supreme
court, the commission has concluded
that Standard Oil domination haR a
"fundamental bearing" on ga3olino
prices, declared to have been arbitrarily
increased.
Legislation to meet the conditions is
strongly recommended by the commis
sion. With this in view all evidence
and findings have also been transmit
ted to the attorney general for action.
Standard Oil refineries produced moro
than (iQ per cent of the gasoline pro
duced in 1915, sold about i5 per cent of"
that marketed and held more than 70
per cent of all gasoline stocks. Whole
sale nricen rone 75 dok cont in 101
report, says, and retail prices also soar
ed; Demand increased 38 per cent and
production nearly as much, showing that
the advance in price was only partially
duo to increased demand. The books
of the company show enormous profits
were earned.
Commission's Findings.
The principal findings of the commis
sion arc:
"That Standard Oil companies domi
nate a majority of marketing territor
ies. , i
"That no substantial competition ex
ists among the several Standard com
panies. "That the absence of competition is
due to community of stock ownership, t
"That such advances in prices and
such difference in price corresponding
to Standard market cannot be explained
apart from the foregoing conditions. "
"That the combination of pipe lines
with other branches of tho industry has
tended to establish a perpetual mon
ojdy. "That gasoline has deteriorated in
quality, a variety of products being
sold under that name."
Aska Congress to Act.
Recommendations of tho commission
made "with a view of preventing or
remedying tho conditions, include tho
abolition, by legislation in certain cases
of common stock ownership in corpora
tions which have been members of a
combination dissolved under the Sher
man law, the segregation of pipo line
ownership from other branches of tho
petroleum industry and the fixing by
congressional legislation of gasoline
standards.
The commission cites as a factor in
Standard Oil domination, the fact that
more than hnlf of the stock in the va
rious companies is owned by the same
individual or interests. It is also claim
ed that nine of the 11 territorial di
visions of the gasoline market ar
dominated ly tho various Standard
companies. The investigation reported
to the s,cimtc today has been made by
the federal trade commission under reso
lutions of Senntors Gore and Owen, bf
UKlanoma.
And this ig what the poor cznrint
has been driven almost insane with
the fear of, for years. And now that
it has come, she will prohably bear ut
under it, just like poor, dumb Mrs-.
Moujik has been doing for the past
hundreds of years. For the czarina is.
a brave little woman, and good one,
too as goodness goes in royalty. .
THE WEATHER
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Oregon: Tonight
and Wednesday
fair except show
ers along the coast
Wednesday;
warmer cast por
tion tonight;
winds mostly
northerly, .
this fliy