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The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
Bill Goes to Conference.

Washington, Sept. THE S12.000,-
900 emergency agricultural appropria-
ton bill with its rider for national pro-
hibition from next July l until the
American armies are demobilized after
the end of the war, was passed last
night by the senate without roll
call.
AS returned to the house, the pro-
hibition clause-a compromise effect
ed last week by senate wet" and
dry" leaders, would stop the sale of
all intoxicating beverages next June
80. except for export, medical, sacra-
mental and other than beverage pur
poses, and would prohibit the manu-
facture after next May /.
Prohibition leaders say that the de-
of troops may require
one or two years after the war, con-
tinuing operation of the law certainly
until after the spring of 1920, when
they confidently expect the national
constitutional amendment for prohi-
bition will have been ratified by the
states.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
STOP MAKING BEER
AFTER DECEMBER |
FOOD ADMINISTRATION DECIDES
ON ORDER AS NECESSARY
WAR MEASURE
PROHIBITION PASSES SENATE
Bill Stops Sale of All Intoxicating
Beverages Next June 30.-Pro-
ribitionists Predict Booze
Is Through for Good

Washington. Sept. 6.-Manufactur,
of beer in the United States will be
prohibited after December / next, as
war measure.
This announcement was made last
night by the food administration.
which said the decision had been
reached at conferences between Pres
ident Wilson and representatives of
the fuel, food and railroad admin
board.
Factors which influenced the deci-
sion TO prohibit the manufacture of
beer after December l. the food adj
ministration announcement said, We're
'the further necessity of war indus
tries for the whole fuel productive ca
pacity of the country, the consider
able drouth which has materially af-
fected the supply of feeding stuff for
next year, the strain upon transporta-
ton to handle necessary industries
and the shortage of labor caused by
enlargement of the army program"
Warming also was issued to manu-
ioN VI an btNOI dStS anu iiii-
eral waters that for the same reasons
there will be further great curtail-
ment in fuel for the manufacture of
glass containers of tin plate for caps,
of transportation, and of food prod
ucts in such beverages"
Action along this line, it was said,
had been expected by the brewing in
terestS in view of the fuel administra-
tons order of last July 3 reducing
coal consumption of breweries 30 per
cent and warning that they might not
be able to continue in business.
Under national prohibition legisla-
ton passed by the senate yesterday
and sent to the house, which enacted
similar legislation last May. manufac
ture of beer and wine would be pro-
hibited after next May /. Yesterdays
order will move up five months the |
time for discOntinuance of the manu- |
facture of bNer. although the breweries |
nay be allowed to resume operations |
that date and the effective |
operations of the "dry" legislation. if |
finally enacted. since yesterdays order |
vas until further ordered"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
BOMB KILLS 4 AND WRECKS
CHICAGO FEDERAL BUILDING
Explosion Occurs Directly Beneath
Courtroom Where |. w. w.
Trial Was Held

Chicago, Sept. 5.-Four persons
we're killed and more than 70 others
injured by the explosion of a bomb in
the crowded entrance to the federal
building at 3:10 o'clock yesterday af
ternoon.
The explosion, the force of which
was so great that it not only wrecked
the entrance of the building but shat.
tered every window on the first three
floors of two buildings across the
street. was attributed to the |. w. w.
by Phillip J. Barry. in charge of the
department of justice.
Raids on two headquarters of the
I. w. w. within 10 minutes after the
explosion resulted in the arrest of
nine men. Seven more were taken,
into custody within the federal build
suppressed was arrested in nearby
building. More than 1.500 government
agents and the entire police force are
seeking the perpetrator of the out
rage.
The blast occurred directly beneath
the court room of Federal Judge X.
NJ Lands. where % |. w. w. leaders
were recently convicted and sentenced
for obstructing the governments war
program William ID. Haywood, gen.
eral secretary-treasurer of the |. w.
w. and one of those sentenced to 20
years in prison for his part in the
was on the eighth floor
of the building with his lawyer, who |
was planning to seek a writ of error |
in his behalf. when the explosion oc- |
Cured. He deplored the outrage, and |
while emphatically denying that any |
Of his men had committed the act, adj
mitted that he believed the /. w. w.
would be blamed.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
ANNIVERSARY U. S. CASUALTIES.

Washington. Sept. 4.-The war de-
partment in a formal statement last
night called attention to the fact that
September 4 marks the anniversary
Of the first casualties in the American
expeditionary forces resulting from a
ruthless attack by German aviators
on a group of British hospitals at
DUNES Gamers, two of which were
being operated by United States hos
pital units. Four American men, In
GLIDING one lieutenant, were killed and
nine wounded.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
AVIATOR FALLS 1000 FEET

Vancouver. B. G., Sept 5.-While
flying at height of about 1000 feet
yesterday, Lieut.. v. A. Bishop, Royal
Flying corps, fell with hydro-air-
plane recently built for forestry pa
troll for the provincial government,
landing on the roof Of residence.
The engine, dislodged by the impact,
crashed through the upper story Of
the house with Lieutenant Bishop fol-
lowing 1t into room. It was said he
was not seriously injured. Thousands
Of persons witnessed the accident.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
600, 900 AMERICAN
FIGHTERS IN EUROPE
General March Summarizes Recent
Important Events on Western
Battle Front

Washington. Sept >. = Announce
ment yesterday by General March.
chief of staff. that more than 100000
American troops had been embarked
for all fronts up to August 81 FUR
nfshed new measure of the forces
Marshal Foch has at his disposal with
which to follow up the victories al
ready won on the western front.
10000 in Italy and Siberia.
Included in the American shipments
are men sent to Italy and Siberia, the
arrival of Major General Graves,
American commander at Nladiyostok,
with nearly i 400 men of the forces
dispatched direct from the United
States having been announced yester-
lay by General March. The total num-
Der of men sent elsewhere than TO
France, however. is less than 10000,
leaving more than 100000 American
troops available for the use of the SUI
preme commander in the great battle.
Entering Wedge for Success.
The size of the American force be-
comes increasingly important as the
scope of the new British assault at the
very center of the German line on the
Douai-Cambrai front becomes appar-
emit. In the opinion of army officers
here, the breakdown of the German de-
tense lines on this front may prove
the entering wedge for allied successes
of a sweeping nature since the fact
that General Pershing's army has not
vet been largely employed is proof |
that Marshal Foch has ample reserves
with which to press his advantage.
In his midweek conference with |
correspondents, General
March reviewed briefly the situation
Of the last three or four days, noting |
that the British, in the
most impressive phase of the battle,
east of Arras, had smashed their way
across the Hindenburg line on an
aight-mile front, with Cambria as
heir objective. The major enemy re-
sistance along the whole 6O-mile bat-
lie front from the Scarpe to the Disc,
le said, had been encountered and
overcome by the British and the swift
ADVANCE of the French troops last
week, when they gained five or six
niles on a 25-mile front in single
lay, was due largely to withdrawal
orced upon the enemy in the north.
FrontSShifts Rapidly.
General March pointed out also, as
Indicating the rapidity with which the
battlefront is shifting under the steady
rive of the allied armies, that the
British had pressed ahead IA miles
ince they launched their attack on
august 81.
In all the dispatches from abroad,
Ulcers here noted again yesterday
eiled indications that some new and ;
phase of the battle is to be
expected hourly. There was an air of {
expectancy among both unofficial and
emf official commentators which !
the impression that Marshal I
och is preparing for new blow. If !
his is the case, it is believed here that :
he employment of General Pershings {
rmy may well be included in the {
lans. a
Late reports indicated to many OBJ
arvers that the enemy was now with
rawing along his whole 'front.' from
Ia nderS TO Rheims.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
CONGRESS STARTS WORK
ON BIG REVENUE BILL

Washington. Sept. Without evil
dence of political division, congress
yesterday began work on the greatest
revenue measure in all history, provid-
ing for the raising of $4,000, 600
sS,0O0,O00,000 in taxes and twice as
much in bonds-to pay Americas share
of the cost of the war next year, and
for loans to its co-belligerents.
Chairman Simmons of the senate
finance committee, expressed the hope
that the bill could be a law by the
middle or last of October.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
Red Cross Roll Call.

Washington, Sept. 4.--Christmas
roll call the week beginning Decem-
Der 20 Of the whole American peo-
pie for membership in the American
Red Cross was announced yesterday
by Henry P. Dawson, chairman Of the
organizations war council Lists will
be open for every American in every
corner of the earth. "The Red Cross"
DR.. Dawson said. wants again to give
the world notice not only that America
can fight, but to the last man, woman
and child we stand for mercy, honor
and good faith among the nations"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
10000 STACKER SUSPECTS
ARRESTED IN NEW YORK

New York, Sept. 4.-Federal Off
Gals estimated shortly after midnight
last night that more than 10000 sus-
pected sIackers had been arrested yes
terday in the great roundup of draft
evaders conducted by $4,000 soldiers,
sailors, police and government agents.
1t was stated late last night that
about 600 prisoners had been turned
over to the military authorities for
induction into the army.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
CLOSE RECRUITING OFFICES.

Washington, Sept. voluntary en-.
listments for the army except as au-
thorized by acts of congress in GER
tain cases have been ordered discon.
timed by General March, chief OF
staff, and all recruiting stations will
be closed as speedily as practicable,
The enlisted men serving 1t such sta
lions VIII be sent to the nearest re
cruit depot to be physically examined
and their qualification records made
out with = view to their assignment
to ssapprepriate duty"
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
ShipbuiIdinu Record.

Washington, Sept. New records
in American shipbuilding were made
during August, figures made public
yesterday by the department of COM
merce showing that the months out
put in merchant ships, including those
built for foreign owners, was 295,S49
gross tons. This included IS sea-go-
ing vessels of 2S3,099 gross tons.
Fortynine of these were of steel, with
a tonnage of 191, 102 and 80 were wood
of 81 ,997 tons. For the II months end
ing with August the total output was
], 787, 730 gross tons.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
CHICAGO AND BOSTON EACH
WIN GAME IN WORLDS SERIES

Chicago Sept. THE Chicago Ma.
tionals put the worlds series on a $3.50
basis yesterday by defeating the Bos-
ton Americans, 3 to ], in good old
fashioned game of baseball.
Tyler, pitching for Chicago, was the
hero of the contest, for he projected
a steady stream of bafflers and capped
second that scored two runs.
Boston won the previous game by
the score of to 0.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
SPANISH GOVERNMENT
TAKES OVER HUN SHIPS

Madrid, Sept. 4.-The Spanish gov
eminent has decided to take over al,
the German steamships interned in
Spanish ports, in accordance with
Spains recent note to Berlin, because
of the torpedoing of Spanish bessels
by German submarines.
Foreign Minister Cato announced at
a meeting of the cabinet that the Span
ish steamship Ataz-Mendi, carrying
cargo of coal from England to Spain,
had been torpedoed and sunk by Ger
man submarine.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
HUNS RETREAT|NC
YPRES TO RHEIMS
BRITISH, FRENCH AND AMERL
CANS CONTINUE TO HURL
ENEMY BACK
HAM AND CHAUNY ARE TAKEN
Allies Retake Nearly All Germans Wor
in Past Year-No Indication
Given as to Where Enemy
Will Attempt to Stop
(war Review for September .

(War review for September -
The Germans continue to give
ground before the allied armies over
the 150-mile battlefront from Ypres tc
Rheims.
Particularly heavy defeats have
been inflicted on them by the French
in the old Noyon salient by the French
and Americans in the region between
the Vesle and Aisne rivers east of
Scissors.
To the north Field Marshal Haig's
men have pushed their lines eastward
at numerous points into the enemy
held territory for important gains, and
daily are increasing the menace
against the entire German line facing
them.
French Capture Ham.
In the old Noyon salient the French
have captured the important junction
towns of Ham and Chauny, with theiI
railroads and high roads leading re-
spectively into ST Quentin and La
Fere. Across the Canal du Nord they
have penetrated at various points to
a depth exceeding six miles. The
little forest of Coucy, the western por
ton of the great wooded sector east
of Laon that has barred a direct adj
vance eastward, has been entirely
taken and across the Ailette river Gen
eral Mangin's forces have reOccupied
additional points which have brought
them abreast of the old German de-
Tense line outflanking the present
German line in this region. and that |
north of the Aisne, which is now
pressing backward toward the Chemin |
des Danes.
The latest French official commu-
nication records the fact that the
French troops on the north bank of
the Aisne have captured all their
trenches and says also that eastward
the Americans have made further
progress in the region of Villers en-
Prayeres and Revillon which brings
their front appreciably nearer the
Aisne and also gives them a position
which dominates the territory south
eastward toward Rheims
Noyon Salient Reclaimed.
Much probably will depend on this
dominating position, together with the
pressure that the French to the east
may bring, in starting retrograde
by the Germans from the
Rheims sector.
All in all. with the old NoyOn salient
now virtually blotted out-with all its {
roads and strategic points in the /
hands of the French, and with st. :
Quentin to the North seriously men t
aced by the British and the Germans y
In retreat from the Vesle to the Aisne,
it seems that the Germans soon must n
hurriedly re-establish their battlefront \
n the west. q
East of Peronne the British are adj n
over a front of approximately n
seven miles toward ST. Quentin, hav- .
ng captured numerous additional a
owns. Where the enemy has attempt Q
ID resistance it has quickly been over Il
come. Il
In the north, further gains have Il
,een made in the direction of Cambria, h
md on the Lys salient Field Marshal o.
1aig's men are still engaged in sue a.
essfully narrowing down what re- W
mains of the old salient. m
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
NIKOLAI LEVINE VICTIM
OF ASSASSIN'S BULLET

London, Sept. "A Russian official
dispatch received in London last night
from Moscow says:
''At 9:30 O'Clock Sunday night Pre-
mier Lenine was sleeping very well.
There was no inflammation in the
wound. There was a rise in tempera-
ture due to the effusion Of blood in
the pleura."
London, Sept 2.-Nikolai Lenine.
the Bolsheviki premier, was shot twice
by an assassin Friday night at Mos
COW. according TO telegram from
Petrograd received by the Exchange
Telegraph company by way of Copen-
hagen.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
New Draftees Must Know Ages.

Washington, Sept. 5.-Men affected
by the extension of draft ages to in
clude all between IS and As years
are notified in a statement by Provost
Marshal General Crowder that the OBJ
legation rests on them to ascertain
their exact age before the new regis
tration day.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13
QueII Peruvian Revolt.

Lima, Peru Sept. 5.--The revolu-
tionary movement which broke out last
week at Ancon, 80 miles from Lima,
has been suppressed. The isnurgents
have surrendered to the government.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13

Contractors and sub-cOntractors who
built the Hog Island. Pa. shipyard are
charged with extravaganza during the
early days of the work, in a report
now in the hands of Attorney Gen
eral Gregory. to be transmitted soon
TO President Wilson. 1t was said, how
ever, that investigation of the prof.
ect, conducted at the direction of Pres
ident Wilson, failed to show grounds
for criminal prosecution.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13

1t has officially been estimated that
the potato crop for Manitoba this year
will exceed the bumper yield of 1916
Dy 100000 bushels. The estimate, an
bounced by the dominion department
Of agriculture, puts the prospective
-otal at 100000 bushels.
The circle banner. [volume] (Circle, Mont.) 1914-1939, 1918-09-13

British merchant ship building COM
pleted and entered for service in the
month of August amounted to 124,075
gross tons. This announcement was
made by the admiralty.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-08
BECOMES IRKsoME AT TIMES
No Matter What the Nature Of ones
Occupation, Its Routine Will oe-
easlonaIly Weary.

Are there times when your work be-
comes intolerably irksome? Yes? Well,
don't jump at the conclusion that you
are In the wrong place when this hap
pens once in awhile. That will be true
whatever work you choose. No matter
how well adapted you are to your occu-
patton, there will come times when
your thoughts will wander, and the
routine will weary you, and you will
feel that any other work would be
preferable to that which you have
chosen. One of the best-known woman
writers Of the last generation wrote
an impassioned warning to literary as
pirants, telling them to do any work,
even scrubblng floors, in preference to
taking up literary career. Undoubt-
edly she wrote at a time when her
chosen work seemed unspeakably irk-
some, but If she had been cornered,
she would probably have acknowledged
that the profession Of authorship has
considerable to commend 1t when COM
pared with scrubbing floors.
This occasional impatience with our
vocation Is inevitable. No matter how
congenial 1t Is, there are times when 1t
will seem a burden. The people who
change their occupation every time 1t
begins to bore them, are the tramps OF
the business world.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-08
CAUSED BY WEIGHT or SNOW
Simple Explanation Of Odd Shapes Of
Trees, That Has Been Mystery
to Many.

To the person who Is not versed in
forest lore the grotesquely bent tree
trunks that are to be found in almost
all woods are mystlfying, and wonder
is often aroused as to the cause, re-
marks the Popular Science Monthly.
Foresters will tell questioners that in
the case of trees in mountainous coun-
try and other sections where the snow
fall is heavy, the weight of snow is re-
sponsible in most instances for the
queer twists they assume. When a
tree is young the weight of snow that
falls on its branches often bends the
trunk over until it is flattened to the
ground. Sometimes it Is buried under
six or eight feet of snow and held in
that position so long that when warm
weather comes the tree fails to spring
back into Its normal position. The
summer sun causes the tip Of the young
tree to turn upward and If it manages
to Withstand the weight of the snow of
the next winter, that portion Of the
tree will, as a general rule, continue to
grow in normal way. "Hairpin' bends
and other odd shapes result.
A curious tree stands on the top of
Tunnel hill, Johnstown, Pa, about four
miles from town. 1t is sugar maple
about one hundred years old which has
prolonged Its own life by grating a
branch into much younger tree.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-08
SCHOOL BOARD REFLECTS
TEACHERS FOR NEXT YEAR

At a meeting of the school board
held at the office of B. B. Richards
Tuesday evening. the following teach
ers were elected for the coming school
year: Miss Brierley and Miss Grant,
High school; Mr.. Gribble, 9Th grade;
Miss Lawson, Bird and 4th grades; Miss
Maud Sherman, primary grades.
Prof. Russell rendered his resigna-
tion as superintendent, after two years
work here, and what his intentions for
the future are, is not known at this
| time.
Miss Wolff. 9Th and 9th grades. has
resigned and Mr.. Huhb. late of Nor
row county, will take her place, be-
ginning Monday morning.
The teachers chosen at the meeting
of the board Tuesday night have all
been connected with the school this
year, and individually, their salaries
have been increased $40 per month for
next years work.
1t is likely that the manual training
department will of necessity be dis
pensed with until after the war. This
action appears to be imperative be-
cause the instructors employed in this
department are usually within army
draft qualifications, especially in aero
plane construction, to the extent that
all schools supporting this department
are finding it impossible to secure
efficient instructors.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-08
AS to Remarkable LONGEVITY

We have all read Of Thomas Parr,
who lived to be one hundred and fifty
two. Likewise Of the countess of Des-
mond, one hundred and forty-fye /;
Margaret Patten, one hundred and
thlrty-seyen; Thomas Damme, one
hundred and slxty-four; John Rovln,
one hundred and seventy-two; and Pc
ter Torton, who reached the age of one
hundred and elghty-fve. But these
cases Of extraordinary longevity lack
proof.
In the days when those persons
lived no accurate chronological records
were kept, and dates of occurrences
were usually fixed by associatlng them
in memory with other events believed
to have happened about the same time.
a mans Identity was liable to be con-
fused with that Of a grandfather Of
the same name. --.,... -. ~.
The Athena press. [volume] (Athena, Umatilla County, Or.) 18??-1942, 1918-03-08
How to Tell Age OF Egqs.

There is simple method Of ascer-
tanning the age Of eggs, based upon the
fact that the airy space at the broad
end of the egg increases with its age.
Now, when the egg is placed in u
tumbler Of water in which any amount
Of common salt is dissolved, it will,
with increasing age, tend ever more to
assume position with its longitudinal
axis in perpendicular direction. A
fresh laid egg will lie horizontally on
the bottom of the vessel. An egg from
three to four days old will rise with its
broad end, so that Its longitudinal axis
forms with its horizontal axis an angle
of 20 degrees. AT the age Of eight days
the angle increases to 45 degrees, at
the age of two weeks to 60 degrees,
and at the age Of three weeks to about
Is degrees. When the egg is more
than a month old 1t will float perpen-
dicularly on its small end.