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The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
U. S. HAS FAITH IN RUSSIA
In Face Of Disquletlns Rumors New
Credit Is Extended.

Washington,--l the face OF porsis.
tent disquietlng rumors from Russia,
and following Secretary Lansings
declaration that the United States is
not worried over the Russian situa-
tlon. Secretary of the Treasury Nc
Adoo announced new credit to Rus.
sia OF sl0O,O0O.OoO. This brings the
total Russian credit up to S275,dOO,O0o.
The new Russian credit announced
brings the total advanced to the allies
UP to $2,066,40o,OOO. This is more
than the sum of the first Liberty loan,
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
DECISION ON EXTENT
OF WAR TAX NEAR

Washington weeks program
OF congress promises 20 be one Of tho
most important of the war session, A
decision by the senate on how far
wealth shaft be eonscriptci III tn0swar
tax bill passage by the house Of the
sli.5sS. 100000 new war credit bill
and the soldiers and sailors insur'
apco measure and the launching Of
new deficiency Appropriation bill as.
grcrating between s4,5OO 100000 and
$4,000. 100000 are among the things to
be done
After 4 month virtually In recesc
under q ''sentlemen's agreement" TO
transact no business the house re-
convened Tuesday prepared TO remain
at work until recess or adjournment
OF tho session. Most of the leaders
now think that hardly will be before
October / or Is,
To meet tho radical movement for
greater taxation Of war profits, the
senate finance committee agreed {,
amendments carrying war profits
taxes of more than 80 per cent in
place OF present provisions for % por
cent. The amendments would in
crease tho war profits tax yield from
S5Ga, 100000 to $1,000, 100000. in addi
tlon to the taxes under the present
law. aud yield third of the bills to-
tai taxes.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
GERMAN ASSAULTS
AT VERDUN REpULSED


Paris.--0eneral Petain 10 holding ell
his gains OF the great yerdun offensive
IN the face Of formidable counter at.
tacks which the crown prince 10 nsw
launching. The French commander
reports the repuIse Of strong assaults
on newly won positions in this sector.
France has taken 1900 prisoners. 2ei
Of them German officers. in the Yer
dun drive. The sixth German division
OF reserves. formerly ranked ~ one of
the strongest enemy units. was literal
iy wiped out. After the first FrencA
assaults the division was reduced to
three regiments approximately sf6s
menD and Of these the French took
37Si mon and so officers prisoners.
Even the regimental band was taken.
The musicians had been forced into
the front trenches for fighting.
The large number Of officers cap
tured by the French is striking proof
of a decreasing German morale. In
the French assault on verdun. Decem-
ber Is. only 20s officers were takea
ont of total Of 1900 prisoners.
With checking up Of prisoners and
German casualties, II developed that
Of one German regiment the French
captured $50 soldiers and Is Officers.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
BEET SUGAR PRICE FIXED
Saving Of t3o.ooo,oco to Be Made In
Six Months.

washington.--An agreement by the
country's beet sugar producers TO limit
the prices Of their product so as to
effect q reduction Of about one-haIf
cent a pound In the present prices Of
sugar was announced by the food ad.
mlnistration. with a notice to the pub
Tic that this should mean a saving Of
$40 900. 900 between now and tho first
OF the next year.
Il was announced that Wholesale
grocers had agreed TO limit distribu.
tion charges TO prevent exorbitant
charges.
In the near future the administra-
tIon will state the price at which
Wholesale sugar should be delivered
at large consuming centers. The beet
sugar price fixed is the equivalent Of
;725. cane sugar basis. T. o. b. seaport
refining ports.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
Firms Fight Russians.

London,--Serious rioting at Bjorne-
borg, Finland. is reported in a private
telegram from Haparanda to Copen.
hagen, forwarded by the Central News
to London. 1t is said fighting be
tween Firms and soldiers of the Rus
sian garrison lasted for several hours
and that number of persons were
killed or wounded.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31

Aabeas Corpus is Denied to |. w. W,
spokaue.--A petition for writ of
habcas corpus in behalf of James
Rowan. district secretary Of the I. W,
w, aud IL others arrested with him
by Major Clement Wilkins, in com
mand Of Idaho guardsmen, was de-
MED in superior court.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31

St. Paul, Minn,--Governor Burn
Quist has issued a proclamation pro.
hibitins the Peoples Council of Amer
lea for Democracy and Peace from
holding its proposed meeting in Min.
neapolis or elsewhere in Minnesota,
In his proclamation, the governor said
the meeting could only aid and abet
the enemies of the United States.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
Order Bibles for Soldiers.

New York.--An order for 100000
khaki pocket testsments for Ameri.
can soldiers and sailors has been
placed by the national war work
council Of the Y NJ. c. 4. with the
American Bible society.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
ITALIANS FORCES ADVANCE
Series Of Victories Have Pushed Aus
trians Back Along Wide Front.

London.--Italys fighting legions
have within one week scored series
of victories that have sent the Haps-
burg foe reeling back along the whole
front from PLAYA to the Adriatic. As
a triumphant climax to the first
phase of their drive, they captured
the 2245 feet high Monte Santo, the
"Deadman's Hill' of the Gorilla front.
seven miles north of the city.
The capture of Monte Santo indt-
Gates that the Austro-Hungarian cen.
ter has been pierced and that the Teu-
tons lines to the north. and south of
that sector. are in grave danger.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
MlIapn E,Iednes support 10 Ruasla.

Washington-Pr President Wilson sent
to tho members of the national coun-
ell assembly at Moscow assurances
that this government is willing to ex.
tend every material and moral assist
auco" to the government Of Russias
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31

Ex-Governor West Declines Office.
Portland. ore.-Ex-Governor Os-
valid West will not be a member of
the interstate commerce commission.
The position was offered to Mr.. West
by President Wilson few weeks ago,
but was declined on account Of his
health.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
American Destroyer Saves Vessel.

A Gulf Port.-Tke destruction of a
German submarine by an American
destroyer and the killing of four
members of the submarines crew
who had boarded a British steamer,
is reported by William Raymond
Brown, an American seaman, who
arrived here aboard British steam
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
THE MARKETS
Portland.

Wheat--Club s2.05; bluestem ;210:
red Russian. s205: forty-fold, $2.O5.
Barley-No. feed, s4s per ton.
Hay-Timothy. s26 per ton; alfalfa.
s25.
Butter--Creamery, 4Oc,
Eggs--Ranch. 36c.
wool--E Eastern Oregon. soc; valley.
soc.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31

eeeves Sell For $3.50 in Chicago.
Chicago.-choice beeves sold at the
Union stockyards at $500. new
high.price record for cattle on the
hoof.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
Live as in stone ACE.

An Indian tribe in Bolivia Shuns the
whites aud lives as in the stone age,
aiuEigg tools and weapons of stone,
lonc aud wood.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31
Seattle.

Wheat -Bluestcm sails; turkey red,
sails: forty.fold, s2.l3: club. $7.12;
fife, sa.12; red Russian, s2.1I.
Barley-s47 per ton.
Butter--44c.
Eggs-Ranch, 4Sc.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31

sneeulatlns In Wheat Futures Eads.
Chicago. Trading in wheat futures
on grain exchanges ceased Saturday
until after the war
See Sarah Bsrahsgdt at Athena.
The Weston leader. [volume] (Weston, Umatilla County, Or.) 189?-1946, 1917-08-31

Social dance tomorrow evening at
Weston dpsra house.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
DON'T SCOLD, MOTHER!
THE CROSS CHILD is
BILIOUS, FEVERISH
Look at tongue! If coated, clean
little stomach, liver,
bowels

Don't scold your fretful, peevish
child. See if tongue is coated; this is
a sure sign its little stomach, liver and
bowels are clogged with sour waste.
When listless, pale, feverish, full of
cold, bad breath, throat sore, doesn t
eat, sleep or eat naturally, has stomach
ache, indigestion, diarrhoea, give a tea
spoonful of ..California Syrup of
Figs, and in a few hours all the foul
waste, the sour bile and ferment;ng
food passes out of the bowels and you
have well and playful child again.
Children love the harmless s'fruit Taxa
tive, and mothers can rest easy after
giving it, because it never fails to
make their little "insides'' clean and
sweet.
Keep it handy, Mother. A little given
today saves a sick child tomorrow, but
get the genuine. Ask your druggist
for a bottle of California Syrup
of Figs which has directions for
babies, children of all ages and for
grown-ups plainly on the bottle. Re
member there are counterfeits sold
here, so surely look and see that yours
is made by the California Fig Syrup
Company Hand back with contempt
any other fig syrup.-Advt.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03

France is counting her blessings even
though they come out of terrible sac
ritices. She is cheered lust now BIZ
the resumption Of beet growing and re-
fining works within the territory recov-
cred this year from the Germans The
former Importance even of the region
thus far regalned, as center for the
French sugar industry. is revealed by
the fact that more than forty sugar
manufactures were located there in
time of peace. These. with the agri-
culture supporting them, were of course
heavily damaged by the German oceu-
patton, and the final German campaign
Of destruction. But official agencies
have been at work, say the United
States commerce reports, both in a sur
vev of tn" plants and in vigorous eff
forts to restore conditions under which
operations can be resumed The land
around Arras, Bapaume, Albert and
| Peronne is indeed in terrible state, but
in the zone between scissors and Mes
| lesAthies the sugar factories were
found to be but little injured and re
quiring only minor repairs, The sol
was tit for cultivation and at severa
points farm tractors and agriculture
implements, provided by the ministry
of agriculture, were promptly set K
| work
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
The Neck of the War Bottle.

philadelphia Public Ledger
France is not sea going nation.
With few large harbors, not compelled
by insularity like her neighbor Britain
to rely upon the sea, France lacked
nautical sense. When Joffre asked for
an American army in France, his re-
quest came to a nation impoverished
in her merchant marine We, too, lack
lean government lacks it. Hence the
slogan still being sounded by Secre-
tary McAdoo of "A Million American
Men in France by Spring. But a
million Americans in the trenches
means millions of tons of well direct
ed shipping. 1t means the diversion Of
American ship tonnage which for three
years past has been working at speed.
under pressure of the highest shipping
rates the world has known, supplying
the military needs of the entente ma
tions. Will their needs diminish now /?
The 100000 to 100000 tons of
French munition supplies still awaiting
| transportation on American docks is
one answer to that question. OF what
avail is il to withdraw supplies from
the French munition works and from
| the highly skilled and efficient French
soldiery that is holding three -fourths OF
| the western line in order to supply a
raw and unseasored American army
/ Furthermore the acquisitions of Gen.
eral Fershing are already strainine
American shipping resources. What
| 10, 4
meet them. when VIC have our mil
lion men in the trenches
Build ms ships and "Where arc
our ships2" and Build ships, al
kinds, so long as they are fast enough:
only give US ships that was the
burden Of Lord Northcliffe S appeal il
Cleveland on Monday Contrary to til,
principle adopted by France and Amer
lea, Britain has entered upon no move
III the great war without CONSIDERING
this all-governing factor of ships. With
out making il the governing factor o.
American preparations through all de
partments of government. through al
the industries OF the people, through
ont the prescriptions of the draft an,
Of training for American armies, am
IN our allowances of supplies for tn
J European allies, cur war efforts WI
be largely wasted. The millions Of tn
Liberty loans will be ill-spent. INT
next spring there can be but few nev
ships. We must engineer the earlies
and most important drive of the Anne,
lean war against the central empire
with the limited supply Of existin
shipping. All our war processes mus
be intensive. For ocean transports
lion is the neck Of the war bottle
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
POTATO MARKET.
Some Improvement in Demand at New
York, Price Remaining Same

NEW YORK, Nov. Sixteen New
Works, two Pennsylvania, nine Wiscon-
sins, 10 New Jerseys, one Minnesota,
one Virginia, three Michigans, is Long
Islands. two Canadas, nine Names;
market, better feeling, no advance in
price; New Jerseys, quality and con
dition generally good, II peek sacks;
Giants, $3.50 to $500; Names, quality
and condition good; Mountains, bulk,
$50 pounds, 1925 to $3.50; New Works,
quality and condition variable; Rurals,
bulk, $50 pounds, 81 to S4.25; Michi-
gans and Wisconsins. quality and con
.dition variable, o peek sacks; Round
Whites, 1926 to $40; Long Islands,
quality and condition good; Mountains,
bulk, $50 pounds, S4,S5 to 500.
Boston--One New York. one Yer
mont. four New Brunswicks, seven
Names; movement slow, market weak
Names, quality and condition good,
many small; two bushel sacks; Noun
tains, 50 to 1895, mostly $500 small
lots, 1910 to $500; seconds, small
1915 to So: car lots, practically no de
mand; New Works, quality and condi
| ton poor, two bushei sacks; Rurals
$500 to 1926, some mixed, poor, $40;
! Prince Edwards, quality and condition
generally good, some rot: Island
| Whites, 90 pound sacks, $40 to S2.G0,
Reds, 80 pound sacks, $2.25 to $3.50
two bushels, $40 to $500; Chenango
80 pound sacks, $500
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
Little Benny's
Note Book
By LEE PAPE
The Park Ave. News.
By LEE PAPE

n
Weather. Your father tries to lite
the heeter fire and the house gets full
of smoak, and man comes IN and does
it all over agen rite.
Sissiety Notes A load Of wood was
umpdumped down Mr.. Leroy Shoosters
seller last Thersday AFTERNOON, amung
those present injoying the instrucktiv
site being Mr. Benny Potts. Mr.. Charles
(Puds) Simkins, Miss Maud Jonson
and Mr. Ed Wernick. Mr.. Sam
Cross is about to take part in the war,
on account of his unkle having prom
ised to leeve him carry his SCOT case 70
the trolley car wen he goes to camp
next Satidday.
Spoarts. Lew Davis CHALLENGES all
corners to a contest climbing the avn
ing poles Ground Smits meet store.
Short Story.
4 Dark Mite,
It's a dark mite, sargent. Watts you
doing with that big nife?
Shh, kernel, I'm going to cut off the
enemys supplies.
The end
Iptristing Facks About Intristing
People. Sir Hunt knows how to werl
cash register on account of being er
round his fathers store so mulch, say
| ing it is mulch easier to lern than play
/ ing the piano.
| Lost and Found Department. Lost
\ match box full of peeces of silve
string off candy boxes. Sootable re
ward. See Artie Alexander
| Found-Nuthing.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
MARVELLOUS ]:
FRUIT JUICE
MEDICINE
"Fruit-a.tives" Is Made From The
Juices OF Apples, Oranges, Figs And
Prunes; With Tonic..
WONDERFUL RECORD OF A
WONDERFUL REMEDY
Thousands OF Sufferers In England
And Canada Owe Their Recovery
To "Fruit-a-tives".

Fruit-a-tives is now made in the
United States. This will be welcome
news to thousands of people who have
been sending to Canada for their supply
of these famous tablets, which are
made from the juices Of apples,
oranges, figs and b,NNes.
So great has been the demand for
Fruit-a-tives from all parts of the
United States, that the proprietors
deemed it wise to establish branch
right in this country.
Offices and fruit tablet works are in
active operation at Ogdensburg, New
York from which point druggists and
general stores are being supplied.
"FRUIT-A-TIVES" is the only
medicine in the world made from fruit
juices. An English physician in
Ottawa discovered process whereby
fruit juices may be combined in such
way that the natural medicinal pro-
perties of fruits are many times
increased
Fruit-a-tives" has many times
proved its value in cases of Stomach,
Liz'e,- and Kidney Zyonbke-ln Rheu-
aaatism Headactes, and Neuralgia
~ DYSPEPSIA and Constipation - in
Nervousness, general 7oeakness and
Skin Diseases.
Fruit-a-tives is sold by dealers
at soc. box, for s. so, trial size,
CSC. or sent postpaid on receipt of
price by Fruit-a-tives Limited,
Ogdensburg, New York.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03

disloyalty. Mayor Mitchell backed up
his accusations with convincing evi-
dence, which Hylan meets with gen
eral denial Far moro than a local is
sue has been raised III the New York
mayoralty campaign. It is not a parti-
san fight alone. The disloyal elements
of the country would rejoice in the
election of Hylan. The reelection of
Mayor Mitchell would cheer the hearts
Of all loyal citizens. 1t is a shame
that there should be uncertainty as to
whether loyalty or disloyalty is to pre-.
vail in the New York municipal elec.
ton of next Tuesday
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03

Mai. Gen. Leonard Wood WASH t
afraid to tell the country that it was
headed for a war long while back. He
WASH Z afraid to preach preparedness
when II was unpopular to do SO. He
.dld manage to show the United States
how it was possible to get young Off
eerS ready for service. Now he says:
80 II is my guess that the war will last
from three to seven years longer, and
America has the largest task on her
hands that has ever confronted her. |
am trying in my lectures to impress
upon the people the magnitude of this
great task Of ours. The war is far
from being over, and one of the most
important methods of preparation i
conservation.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
Good Medical Examina ton.
{ Barre Times.

The Washington county exemption
board, including its surgeon, DR.. J. H.
Woodruff OF Barre, mas reason to be
pleased with the record of the men
sent by the board to the national army
eantonment at Aver. Mass. for the
record is 100 per cent, every man hav.
ing been accepted. OF course, the mum
Der drafted from Washington county
Was not large, but even so there was
chance for error i'll Judgment in select
ing men for soldiers because of the
large proportion of physically defec-
tive men who presented themselves for
examination. Great care was exer
eised in choosing only those who were
really fit to 90 through the rigors OF
soldier life without breaking down
and none Of the laxitv which army ex
aiming surgeons at the Aver canton
ment are charging up against surgeons
on local boards throughout New Eng
land and northern New York can be
laid at the door of the Washington
| county board. The great care thus ex
ercised has its further compensation
too, in the fact that the work will not
have to be done over in order to make
| up for losses sustained by the actor
| of the army surgeons in throwing ou
| certified men sent to the eantonment.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03

The war will teach all of us on this
side of the water something about
avoiding needless expenditures. Amer.
leans everywhere have been carelessly
eXtrayagant We viii change our stand
ards. especially in the lines of dupli-
cation Of effort The question of q
change in local deliveries, particularly
in groceries. meats, milk and other food
stufis, is one which The Reformer has
pointed out for years, but it took the
spur Of necessity to bring about tn,
change which is surely coming.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03
TO THE SUBSCRIBERS.

II Is the aim OF the management to
secure efficient service in the delivery of
the paper each night, and IL solicts the
CO. operation IL subscribers to that end.
Prompt reports should be given of each
failure TO receive the paper on the morn
Ing following the omission, in person.
BY telephone or postal card, thus enabling
the cause Of the error to be promptly and
accurately discovered and the proper
remedy Immediately applied. 1t is only
by this method that the publisher can Sc
cure the desired service.
The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1917-11-03

DeduIlIu1 Vow
to match his mistress gown.
His master was very rich man,
and Tiger West was used to the best
Of food. But he had missed adven-
lures and when he became friendly
With the cat down the street he GER
tainly did have enough. He narrowly
escaped having horrid cold water
thrown on him from an upper window
one time, because he had been getting
some goodies out of an ash tin.
IF his master or mistress had ever
known he had gone to an ash tin, how
shocked they would have been. Some
times Tiger West would grin when he
thought of it. And he always insist
ed upon the best of food at home.
"Meow,' he said to himself, what
joke it would be if the master could
see me with my whiskers quite dirty
and my beautiful fur ruffled up. Well,
| know how to make myself look like
a gentleman cat when | am ready to
go home.
Days passed, and Tiger West still
went on trips with his cat friends. One
day there was to be a meeting Of the
cats of the neighborhood, and Tiger
West was asked TO be present
81 suppose | will be the only beau
tiful cat there he said to his cat
1 friend.
"'Some of the cats would be all
right said his friend, if they had the
1 sort of food you are used to, and the
kind of care you receive
81 doubt it. said Tiger West. in fact
| don't believe it. | have been visiting
the marketing place of the cats Of the
neighborhood and my fur is just as
nice as ever
perhaps said the cat friend, ant
| Tiger West was little bit puzzled b,
such an answer.
"'What do you mean?' he asked, bu
the other cats were arriving for th'
meeting. and his question was not an
swered.
"Me-ow, meow, how-do-youdo
cats, they all said.
"'Where will we have the meeting
asked Mr.. Black Cat.
Ion the fence, your honor said tn
others.
.Now. Mr. Black Cat was very differ
ent looking from Tiger West. Nj
Black Cats fur was not handsome, an
he had thin look, not at all hecom
ing TO a cat. He looked as thong
he had to hunt for his food and had
exercise entirely too soon after eatins
Tiger imagined he must have bee
chased away after every meal he tool
'Still Mr.. Black Cat was leade
in the cat neighborhood. He was Pre-,
ident of the Night Singing Club, Vic
President of the Ash Can visitors. Sc,
rotary of the Hunt Mice Club, an
Treasurer of the Garbage Guild. II
was always chosen as the Judge of a
the trials held in the cat neighborhoo'
and for this reason he was alway
called Your Honor
snow it made Tiger West very niue
; annoyed to hear such a common c;
being called by such fine name. L
you like strawberries and cream? /
asked.
i "'Never ate Them said Mr.. Blae
| Cat.
/; az do said Tiger Cat, and l e'
) them In and out of season. My ma