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About The Maupin times. (Maupin, Or.) 1914-1930 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 2, 1914)
NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Resume of World's Important Events Told in Brief. Premier Asquith praises the Belgian heroism in the house of commons. The Germans have imposed a fine of $300,000 on the Belgian town of Char leroi. Namur, a principal city in Belgium, has fallen into the hands of the Ger mans. The German Rex, at Tokio, ambassador, Count von will sail for Seattle, Wash. Wheat in Chicago pits is reported may rise in a day or two to $1.16 per bushel. A small German cruiser which ran ashore in a fog, was blown' up by the Russians. The burgomaster of the city of Brus sels, has surrendered the city to the Germans. The Russian army is reported crush ing the Prussians and making headway toward Berlin. The French war office admits Ger- man victory and the recovery of Lor raine and Alsace. The French fear an attack on the Louvre and have placed all valuable pictures in vaults. A persistent report is to the effcet that the Crown Prince of Germany was killed in battle. The French government is permit ting 3000 Americans to leave France via Paris, to the United States. Boston will have no grand opera this winter, owing to the enlistment of many members in the European war. The Japanese liner Shinyo Maru sailed from San Fancisco to Japan es corted by a J apanese armored cruiser. Armies of the allies are battling to satfe Paris from the Germans. A con flict between millions is believed to be in progress. It is officially announced that the Russians have occupied Tilsit, a town 60 miles northeast of Koenigsberg, East Prussia. One of the largest liners in the world, the Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse, was sunk by a British cruiser off the coast of Africa. It is said that British marines have occupied Ostend to prevent the Ger mans from getting a foothold on the English Channel. "Bob" Burdette, the famous humor ist, Is reported dangerously ill at his summer home in Pasadena, Cal. He is 70 years of age. Xavier de Castelnau, the 12-year-old . son of General Castelnau, chief of BtafT of the French army, was among the killed in a recent action. The Montenegrin troops, with a bay onet charge, repulsed a fresh Austrain attack at Rahovo, taking 150 prisoners and killing 300 Austrians. Red Cross society of the United States is urging mayors of large cities to aid the campaign to secure funds to care for the wounded in the European war. Washington administration officials are preparing a new proclamation Bet ting forth the neutrality of the United States during hostilities between Japan and Germany. Speaker Clark issued warrants for the arrest of absentee members of the house of representatives. Many mem bers were found at the baseball park, cool cafes and other resorts. An official statement from the Brit ish consulate in Galveston, Tex., says three British warships have been sent at full speed to protect cotton and oil traffic in the Gulf of Mexico. The correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph at Amsterdam says it is estimated that the total loss of the Belgians, up to date, has been 10,000 in killed, wounded and prisoners. Home Secretary McKenna, of Lon don, br id that no spies had been shot in England. There have been rumors that many persons in the secret em ploy of Germany had been executed, The federal inquiry into the higher cost of food since the war began In Europe has not developed that the in creases were unawarranted, according to Roger B. Wood, United States assistant district attorney in charge of the investigations at New York. The Servian government in a pro test to France declares that the Aus trian army during its retreat along the Drina river committed cruelties upon old men, women and children in violation of the rules of warfare. The Drina forms the greater part of the boundary between Bosnia and Servia, An American warship has been dis patched to Turkey, presumably to carry gold to American missionaries. Secretary Bryan cabled all American embassies and legations in Europe to urge Americans to leave Europe with out delay. A Boulogne dispatch to the Standard at London Bays the town of Tournai, capital of the Department of Hainaut, Belgium, occupied by the Germans, was compelled to pay an indemnity of $400,000 within an hour, the burgo master being held as a hostage until the money was paid. Battle Line of Allies Is Moved Backward Paris An official statement issued by the war department says: "In the North the Franco-British lines have been moved back a short distance. In a general way our offensive between Nancy and Vosges makes headway. Our right, however, has been obliged to fall back slightly in the region of St. Die. 'In the North resistance continues. The enemy appears to have suffered considerable loss, more than 1500 bodies having been found in a very small space in a trench. Some had been stricken as they stood, in the at titude of firing their rifles. A series of fiercely contested com bats has been going on during the past three days in the region, which were generally to our advantage. A decree will be published author izing special promotions of officers for the period of the war, regardless of seniority." London A closer veil than ever seems to be drawn over the progress of the war. Little news has come to hand concerning the operations on either frontier. The Russians, how ever, appear to be continuing their ad vance in East Prussia towards Posen, with the Germans in retreat. The only news from the French side is that the French troops were attack ed along the Alsace-Lorraine line, but repulsed all the attacks successfully There is no indication that the German attack was in any great force, but if it was, the French success shows that they are now in a Btronger position along this frontier, from which they will be driven only by great sacrifices on the part of the Germans. A more hopeful feeling prevails in England as to the strength of the French defensive position. The re pulse the French sustained at Charle- roi has been partly due to the desire of the French army to accomplish a bril liant incursion into Alsace and Lor raine, which lea them to weaken tneir forces on the Belgian frontier. Hav ing recognized the danger of this course, they have now reverted to what appears to experts to be a more logical strategy, abandoning their in vasion of the provinces and concen trating their strength in the defense of the northern frontier. Clash of Butte, Mont., Miners Is Renewed Butte, Mont. More than 1000 in surgent miners marched to the mines Thursday night with the announced purpose of preventing any Western Federation of Miners members from descending to work. Arriving at the Anaconda mine, the insurgents, who are now known as the Butte Mine Workers' union, maBBed their forces around the collar of the shaft and notified the Bhifts going off work that unless they joined the new union before they went on shift again and were wearing the new union's but ton, they would be prevented from go ing to work by a force of the members of the new union. Following their ultimatum to the members of the Western federa tion of Miners, the insurgents again paraded the streets, ending at the Au ditorium, where a meeting was held, no one being admitted except those wearing the buttons of the new union, ABSENTEE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ARE RETURNING Washington, D. C. Prospects of losing a day's pay for each day's ab sence brought Representatives troop ing back to the house and the rollcall showed 267 of the 435 in their seats in the house the greatest number in weeks. "This is the second line of reserves arriving," announced the leader of one returning party, "the third line is on the way." "Who is that man?" demanded Speaker Clark, pointing with his gavel at a strange face. A clerk explained that it was a returned member. A deluge of applications for leave "on account of illness" came down on the clerk. Majority Leader Under wood announecd that the sergeant-at-arms would have to be satisfied of the validity of every Buch application. Jews Pray for Peace. Brooklyn A prayer for peace be tween the warring nations of Europe has been prepared by members of the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congrega tions of America, of which Bernard Drachman is president. It is being sent to all congregations affiliated with the union, with the request to use it in the services during the war. The trend of the prayer is a bitter denun ciation of the men who are now ruling the destinies of their Boldiers and asks for a quick ending of the slaughter and massacre taking place in Europe. "All-Water" Voyage Made. New York The first all-water voy age from San Francisco to New York by way of the Panama canal was com pleted here Thursday on the arrival of the Pleiades, of the Luckenbach Steamship company. The Pleiades, which flies the American flag, sniled from San Francisco on July 24 and passed through the canal August 16. Prince, Surrounded, Dies. Rome How Prince Frederick Wil liam of Lippe died in the fighting be fore Liege is described tersely in a dispatch received here from the head quarters of the German army. The Prince's regiment was surrounded by the Belgians under the walls of Liege and he was struck by two bullets while standing among hit men. He died in stantly. . This Salmon Season Is Best in Three Years Astoria Nt since 1911 have the salmon fishing interests of the Colum bia river had so successful a season as the one which will close next week. This is particularly true bo far as the gillnetters and seiners on the lower river, the wheelmen and seiners on the upper river and the canners are con cerned. The cold storage men, how ever, suffered a severe blow when the European war was declared, shutting off their principal market, and as a re sult the pack of that product, which promised to be exceptionally large, was curtailed. Strange to say, the catch by the traps was not bo large as was to have been expected and that is the only class of gear that has not made a fairly good harvest. Taken as a whole, the pack of spring salmon is approximately 40 per cent ahead of last year, the canned pack being fully, 60 per cent better and pickled or cold storage output being 20 per cent less. The total canned pack for the season is Blightly over 280,000 full cases of 48 pounds and is about 130,000 cases in excess of last year. Two Per Cent of Berry Crop Donated to Advertise Salem To advertise the berry that the immense crop this year may be sold profitably, the membership of the Oregon Loganberry Growers' associa tion agreed to donate 2 per cent of the crop. More than $1200 was subscribed at the meeting. A committee appionted to co-operate with the Salem Commercial club in the exploitation of the berry is composed of H. R. Crawford, H. S. Gile, George F. Rodgers, Ralph Moores and Frank Gilbert. The Salem Fruit Union and H. S. Gile & Co., promised dried ber ries for use as samples in popularizing the product. Because of the large increase in acreage this year growers have felt for some time that the demand for the berries might fall far below the sup ply. To obviate this the association was formed several months ago, and it is now believed that the entire crop will be disposed of at fair prices. Several railroads have placed orders for large supplies for use in dining cars. Flour Holds at $5.20. The lowest wholesale price of flour in the Portland market now is $5 a barrel, the only mill that quoted less than that figure having advanced its price 20 cents only a day or two ago. Other mills are asking $5.20 a barrel. The flour market is keeping pace with the advance in milling wheat. Blue stem sold at $1.03 a bushel, a gain of a cent over a preceding day's price. Farmers are holding very firm and are taking advantage of the situation to get all they can for their wheat. The present price of $5 a barrel for flour compares with the quotation of $4.70 on this date last year, $5.10 on the same date in 1912, $4.95 three years ago, $5.35 four years ago, $6.25 five years ago, and $4.85 in 1908. Hop Picking to Start. Dallas Hopgrowers are busy prepar ing for picking. The crop all over Polk county will be short this year. In many yards the crop will only be 50 per cent of the usual yield. In some yards the yield will be normal. Owing to unsettled conditions in Europe, hop growers are looking for a high price this year. Picking will commence in some yards next week, and by Septem ber 16 all growers will be gathering their crops. It is believed the quality will be about the same as usual. Old Mine Is Reopened. Molalla The Ogle Mountain mine, 29 miles south of Molalla, started its machinery running Wednesday for the first time. This mine has been worked in a sort of a way for the last 18 years. A few years ago stamp mills were installed, but when put in opera tion it was discovered that too much of the gold was being wasted and opera tions ceased. The old stamp mills have been discarded and $75,000 worth of modern machinery installed. ; New Reservoir Proposed. La Grande Plans are under consid eration which, if carried out, are ex pected to eliminate any danger of wa ter shortage in La Grande for some years to come. City Manager Lafky is in favor of the adoption of plans which are now on file with the city for a reservoir of 2,250,000 gallons ca pacity, to replace the 1,000,000-gallon reservoir which now supplies the city with water, acting as a storage tank from the overflow of water carried down the Beaver creek pipeline. Buena Vista Clover Poor. Buena Vista Clover hulling, which is in progress in this district, is expos ing a poor yield. The midge, grass hoppers, and the long dry spell are blamed for the noted decrease. From one bushel to two and one-half bushels are being obtained. Some growers report even less than a bushel an acre. The Polk county acreage this year is said to be the largest yet planted and estimates for its value has been at a high mark. Polk Court Term Is Over. Dallas The August term of the Circuit court for Polk county has ad journed after one of the longest terms ever held in this county. An effort will be made at the next session of the legislature to get the terms of court changed so that court will not convene during August, when farmers are par ticularly busy with their crops. The cold storage output for the season approximates 4375 tierces of pickled fish. The steelhead run was short also and the pack of frozen fish is fully 300 tons short of the previous year. The present season has been peculiar in many ways. There has not been what is commonly known as a "run" since the fishing began May 1. On the other hand there was what is much better, an almost steady stream of fish from the opening day up to about the first of the present month, when there was a break and since that time the salmon have entered the river only in little spurts. Early in the season the fish averaged small and prior to July 1 the great bulk of them went into cans. Up to that time there had been little fishing in the upper river, but then great schools of what were termed bluebacks came in and as soon as they reached the upper river in the vicinity Celilo, the wheels and seines gobbled them up by the ton, making the pack of the canneries there the largest in several years. Eugene Light and Power Companies in Rate War Eugene A long-anticipated rate War between the municipal power plant and the Oregon Power company was opened here this week with the an nouncement by the power company that it will not only meet but will un dercut the reduction announced by the city plant. The private company has filed its new schedule of rates with the State railroad commission, declining to an nounce the extent of the cut. The city's reduction amounted to 11 per cent and before the cut was made the maximum rate of 9 cents for light ing and 6 cents for power was lower than offered in any city in the Wil lamette valley outside of the vicinity of Portland. The new schedule of 8 cents maximum for lighting and 4$ cents maximum for power, with a min imum of 1.2 cents for 10,000-kilowatt quantities, is almost half the rates in Eugene two years and a half ago, be fore the entrance of the city plant, which claims the credit for the reduc tion. The present rate war was forecast recently when the water board asked the State railroad commission to curb the activities of the private company and the latter responded with a re quest for unrestricted competition. Neither was wholly granted. Highway Condemnation Suits Are Being Tried St. Helens About 100 farmers, sev eral attorneys and State Highway En gineer liowlby and his assistants, ap peared before the County court in the condemnation proceedings for right of way for the Columbia Highway. Claims tor back-hill places on logged-off lands have been put in at $500 an acre and for agricultural land that is taken nothing less than $1000 an acre is being asked. As there are more than 100 claims, the County court will take several days for the hearings, after which its decis ion will be given on all claims at the same time. Water System for Fair. Salem An independent water sys tern for the State Fair grounds has been decided upon by the board of di rectors, and the drilling of the first well has been started. According to Mr. George E. Scott, the contractor, a large river flows un der the grounds and Salem, and he ad vises that the city eventually obtain its water supply from the stream. Secretary Meredith announced that the cottage city district at the fair grounds would be moved to a tract west of the new pavilion before the opening of the fair September 28. Canadian Company Sued. Salem A temporary restraining or der against the National Mercantile company doing business in Oregon was issued by Circuit Judge Galloway. The action was started by Attorney General Crawford at the instance of Corpora tion Commissioner Watson, who al leged that the company had not com plied with the corporation laws of the state. The company is a foreign cor poration, having headquarters in Van couver, B. C, and, according to the corporation commissioner, is conduct ing in Portland a loan business. Dig Estate Is Inherited. Pendleton John Guriado and his sister, Mrs. Tulita Adams, wife of a laborer, are on their way to Los An geles with Colonel James A. Raley a prominent attorney of Pendleton, to claim their shares in the estate of their father, John Guriado, who died recent ly, leaving $150,000 and no will. Their identity has been established, attorneys say. The elder Guriado and his wife quarreled when the children were young, and the family became split up, the children going with their mother, The mother died a few years ago. Hood River Relic Goes. Hood River The oldest structure now standing in Hood River, built 28 years ago by Robert Rand, and occu pied by the city's first barber, was destroyed by fire Wednesday. The structure was occupied by a plumbing company and the fire started in a pile of tar-covered ropes. Its frame walls were dry as tinder, and the flames were pouring from doors and windows in an instant. Adjoining business blocks were saved by quick work of the volunteer fire department. German Army Sweeps Into France Unchecked London A dispatch from Mons to the Daily Telegraph Wednesday de scribes the operations of the German forces. "The German advance," it says, "was like a great river bursting its banks. A soon as the Belgians retired to the entrenched camp at Antwerp the German horde swept over the coun try without check, west toward Ghent and south toward Mons. The Ger mans are committed to a great turning movement. They are striving to hold the French along the Meuse between Namur and Dinant, while the armies to the west of that river are marching southward along a front many miles wide. "One army threatens Mons, with the object of penetrating the French frontier and descending on Maubeuge and Valenciennes; and an army is ad vancing toward the line extending from Tournai, capital of the depart ment of Hainut, to Courtrai, which covers the City of Lille. "I came south in the hope of seeing fighting at Charleroi. At Lessines the local authorities were disarming all civilians, so that the approaching Ger mans would have jjio excuse for vio lence. All around were refugees hur rying to escape the Germans; all wore their best clothes a sure sign of flight." French Abandon Captured Territory; Battle Rages Paris The war office has issued the following official announcement: "The commander in chief, requiring all available forces on the Meuse, has ordered the progressive abandonment of occupied territory. Mulhausen has again been evacuated. "A new battle is in progress be tween Maubeuge (department of the Nord) and Donon (department of Doubs). On it hangs the fate of the French. Operations in Alsace along the Rhine would take away troops upon which might depend victory. It is necessary that they all withdraw from Alsace temporarily in order to assure its final deliverance. It is a matter of hard necessity. "West of the Meuse, as a result of orders issued on Sunday by the com mander in chief, the troops which are to remain on the covering line, to take up the defensive, are massed as fol lows: 'The French and British troops oc cupy a front passing near Givet, which they gained by hard fighting. They are holding their adversaries and sharply checking their attacks. - "East of the Meuse our troops have regained their original positions com manding the roads out of the great forest of Ardennes. "To the right we assumed the offen sive, driving back the enemy by a vig orous onslaught, but General Joffre stopped pursuit so as to re-establish his front along the line decided upon on Sunday. "In this attack our troops showed admirable dash. The bixth corps no tably inflicted punishment on the enemy close to Virion. "In Lorraine the two armies have begun a combined attack, one starting from Grand Couronne De Nancy, and the other from south of Luneville." Town Taken Five Times. Paris Charleroi was taken and re taken five times in the fighting be tween the French and Germans Satur day, Sunday and Monday, according to one of the railway Btation staff at Feignies, on the frontier between France and Belgium, who saw some of the battle until he was ordered away. "As our train was about to leave the station seven Uhlans clattered into town. The people, thinking them Eng lish, began to welcome them, when a patrol of French chasseurs galloped up and captured the Prussians." Ranks Leveled by War. London From all parts of Belgium refugees are arriving at Ostend, says a correspondent of the Reuters Tele gram company. Some come from dis tant Charleroi and other points along the Sambre, where, they say, they were being deafened by the roar of artillery. These people, of all classes, are now on a level, the rich, or those who were rich, finding it just as difficult to get the necessaries of life as the poorest. Diamonds to Be Dearer. Chicago Diamonds and gold and platinum jewelry will be increased 25 per cent in price as a result of the Eu ropean war, delegates were told at the ninth annual convention of the Ameri can National Retail Jewelers' asso ciation here. No diamonds were being cut, it was said, as the workers in gems and precious metals in Belgium, France and Germany have been called to their colors. Yankees in Italy Warned. Rome The American em through the consuls has advised all Americans in Italy to return home now while communications between Europe and the United States are free. Later complications may arise render ing communication difficult. "Ameri cans doing otherwise remain at their own risk." Germany to Train Boys. London The official news bureau says the German papers of August 22 and 24 publish orders that boys from 16 to 19 years of age be put through a course of musketry and military train ing. Retired officers are to be en gaged as instructors. BRITISH FLEET VICTOR ON SEA Two German Cruisers and Twr Destroyers Sunk. All British Ships Reported Afloat When Battle Ends, With Losses Light. London It was announced here Sat urday that the British fleet has sunk two German cruisers and two German torpedo boat destroyers. A third cruiser was set afire and was left sink ing. No British ships were lost in ine battle, it was added, and the British loss of life was not heavy. In addition to the two torpedo boat destroyers and three cruisers, many of the German torpedo boat destroyers were damaged. Rear Admiral Sir David Beatty com manded the British forces, and with a strong army of torpedo boat destroyers, battle cruisers and light cruisers and submarines attacked the Germans in Heligoland Bight. It is presumed the Germans attempted a sortie, which failed. The protected cruiser Mainz was sent to the bottom in an engagement with the light cruiser squadron, while the battle squadron sank another cruiser of the Koeln class. The cruiser Amethyst and the tor pedo boat destroyer Laertes were dam aged, but all the ships in the British fleet were afloat at the end of the battle. A wireless message from one of the cruisers said she was making for port with men wounded in the battle. The Mainz and the vessel of the Koeln class were protected cruisers, 402 feet long and displacing 4280 tons. They had a speed of slightly more than 25 knots an hour. The story as told in the official re port of the Admiralty is as follows: "Early Saturday morning a concert ed operation of some consequence was attempted against Germans in Heligo land Bight. A strong force of destroy ers, supported by light cruisers and battle cruisers and working in conjunc tion with submarines, intercepted and attacked German destroyers and cruis ers guarding approaches to the German coast. "Two German destroyers were sunk and many damaged. "Enemy's cruisers engaged by Brit ish cruisers were battle cruisers. The first light cruiser squadron sank the Mainz, receiving only slight damage. "The first battle cruiser squadron sank one cruiser of the Koeln class. "Another disapperaed in mist heav ily on fire and in sinking condition. All the German cruisers engaged were thus disposd of." Russian Cavalry Rapidly Advancing on Austria London "The Russians are advanc ing rapidly on Lemberg, Austria, their cavalry overcoming all Austrian op position," says a dispatch from the St. Petersburg correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company. The message continues: "The Russian troops are marching on Koenigsburg and already have re pulsed the advance guard of the garri son. "The Russians now occupy impor tant positions on the River Alle. "Between the rivers Vistula and Dneister, the Russians are in close touch with the Austrians, whom they have already defeated decisively at Temaschoff and Monasterzyska." Dual Alliance Contends for Four Peace Conditions Washington, D. C Germany and-Austria-Hungary are prepared to make peace at any time on these conditions: 1 That Great Britain shall respect German commerce and Germany's right to colonies abroad. 2 That France shall pay an indem nity to meet the expenses incurred by Germany and Austria in connection with the war. 3 That a buffer state, formed through the reconstitution of the old Polish kingdom, be created between Germany, Russia and Austria. 4 That Servia shall give guaran tees to Austrial-Hungary under which she will cease her propaganda designed to acquire Austro-Hungarian territory. Germany and Austria-Hungary, on their part, will agree to recognize the naval supremacy of Great Britain. Brussels Does Not Pay. London The Antwerp correspondent of the Exchange Telegraph company says the burgomaster of Brussels has rot handed over the war levy of $40, 000,000 demanded by Germany. He declares he has not the money. The German military government, the cor respondent says, has designated as hostages Ernest Solvay, who has been described as the Belgian Carnegie, on whom it has imposed a tax of 30,000, 000 francs ($6,000,000), and Baron Lambert Rothchild, w'ho has been taxed 10,000,000 francs. Italy Is Eyeing Austria. London The Paris correspondent of the Express jnds his paper the follow ing dispatcu: "I am informed Italy will present an ultimatum to Austria requesting an explanation of Austrian mobilization on the Italian frontier. Only a brief period will be given for an answer, and within a short time Italian troops are expected to be in Trieste."