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ttfetiri0 vm. "wu VOLUME XIX TIIK ONTARIO ARGUS, THURSDAY, JULY IB, 1915 NO. 28 3e GERMAN NOTE BRINGS CRISIS Critical Point in Reached in Relations With Germany LATEST NOTE UNSATISFACTORY Secretary of State Lansing Framing New Note Washington. -Study of the official trxl of (icrinuny's reply to the Amcrl -i it note on submarine warfare us It nun im neutral rights strengthens the conviction of hUh officials thut n crltlcul point In the relation between the (wo countries has been reached. Not only do they feel that the Unit Cd HUteit inilHt refuse to accept the Oeruiun propuNuls for the future con duct of American cIIUcuh on the high seas, hut the falluru of Uermuiiy to disavow Urn sinking of the Lusllaulu, with the loss of more than lun A 1 1 cuiih, In their view has brought on a crisis the outcome of which It Is dll li ult ut present to foresee cleurly. Vit.il Question Ignored. The United Status hud devoted its attention to the principle lliul Ameri cans should be able to truvel on the In. li seas on unarmed ami unrcidsMni; belligerent men hunt ships of uny nu tluiiullty. In accordance with prevlom ly recognised principles of Internation al law. Asaurauces had been asked thut before un) destruction would bu attempted the visit and seurch of peaceful vessels and transfer of pas si ii rs uinl crew to a place of safety would be accomplished. It was rec ognUed thut (iermaiiy In Its latent Dole had Ignored this vital ipiesti.u; The oul) definite promise made by Germuny to change the present status - tin' suggestion that four enemy ships could sail under the American ii. i If ueutral passenger facilities proved inadequate was considered certain of rejection, because, aside f rum other considerations of principle involved, the United Stales could not undertake to guarantee any luterfer eiiee with the lawful shipment of con traband from Its shores to any ot the belligerents. Calient Points in German Reply. e have been obliged to adopt u submarine warfare to meet ilie declar ed intentions of our enemies and the method of warfare adopted by them In contravention of International law. Viler the experiences in sinking much smaller and less seuworthy c: gelt., it was to be expected that a mighty ship like the Liisituniu would remain above water long enough, even after the torpedoing, to permit par si i .. i IS to enter the ship's boats. . . . In addition, It muy be pointed out thut If tin- Lusltuniu hud been spared thou uiuls of cases of munitions would bun been sent to (iermuny s eiienm and thereby thousands of German mot tiers aud children robbed of bread Wli.iicra. In order to exclude au unforeseen dangers to American passenger steam ers, Herman submarines will be in strutted to permit the tree and sale paJBue of such passenger steamers, win ii made recognizable by special markings aud notified at reasonable time lu advance. The imperial gov ernment, however, confidently hopes thut the American government will as sume to guarantee that these vessels huve no contraband on board. Use of Neutral Vessels Suggested. In order to furnish adequate facili ties for travel across the Atlantic for American citizens the German govern ment submits for consideration a pro j pos.il to Increase the number of avail able steamers by Installing in passen ger service a reasonable number of neutral steamers under the American flag, the evict number to be agreed Upon. The imperial government believes it can assume that lu this manner ade quute facilities for travel across the Aliunde ocean can be afforded Ameri can citizens. Them would, therefore. appear to be no compelling necessity for American cit.zein, to travel to Eu rope lu time of wax on ships carry lug au enemy flag, la particular, the lot- BIG RESERVOIR IS LEAKING Tumalo Project Water May Not Be Available Soon. Hnnd. -Unless a supplemental flow of witter can be obtained in the near future from ('ruler creek to continue the hydraulic work of slopping milder runcun leukH discovered In the big res ervoir of the Til initio irrigation project it Is extremely probable that tho res ervolr will not be available for use next year, or this year, according to engineers here who have made recent examinations of It. Tho leaks were discovered at the outlet of the reservoir approximately four inniiili iu'.o. and nunc then ns tests have been made the) have con tinued to develop. Apprehension was fell at one time thut the leaks might appear lu sufficient numbers to make the project a failure, but engineers now believe they are Incullzed and can be slopped. The leuks appear In the shape of what Is termed u silhterrnn eon cruck or fault about M feet below the surface. As tests have been only made at the outlet, It is Impossible, say the engineers, to determine with any degree of certainly their extent. Canning Demonstration Given. Corvallls. A special car for deui in struting canning by the steam pre sure and cold pack methods are total Operated over the lilies of the South eru i'aclflo in Oregon beginning Mon duy, July 12. This Is so far us known the first car of the kind to In operuti d In the United States. The purpose of the demonstration Is to tench the svs ti in by some pructlcal menus that will enable those thut are Interested to do home canning both for home consump lion and for commercial purposes 1 1. monstiutlon from (his car will be carried on at various points during a period of two weeks, according to ar rangenients that have been made by H. I). Iletsel, director of college e tension, and II M. Illushaw. general freight agent of the Southern Puclflc railway company. The cur la In churge of Professor K. L. Griffin. Aak Big Park For Highway. Portland A park system ot 14. 0in acres lying along the Columbia river highway will be set aside by the gov eminent If recommendations of the lot al forestry service and special coin nilttee ol the Chamber ol i oiiuneri e are acted on favorably by the depart nieut of agriculture. The laud whit I the committee pro poses be set uslde lies at points scat teretl along L'3 miles of the highway in the Multiiouiuh falls district. Tin roudwu.v cuts through reserves ut elg,.. points in the cinii.se ol that distance. Survey Work on Road Resumed. Itoucburg Alter idleness of several weeks, the surveying crew employed on Kendall llros.' railroad, f is un Hose burg to the Hue of the I'mpipia nation al forest reserve, bus resumed oi a turns here. The work of completing the survey as fur us Roefe ei.ek will be rushed as fast as possible. Construction will begin us soon us a decision ol the supreme court is re ceived with relerence to the valulitv ol the bonds voted by the people of this city to aid lu the construction of the road. It Is believed here that will be by August lU. Wasco County Wheat Hurt. The liullcs The estimated record breaking yield of vvh.-at In Wasco county (his yeur bus been reduced re ceutly us the "vault of hot v. father, which has uhriveleii some of Hie grain ill different localities. Spring wheat has been slightly dumuged generally, and u little lull grum, a tin h VMeWI lule. lias b. en hurt so thut the output ot the ruii lies of this county will bt considerably less ihuu hud been ex pet ted Women Plead Guilty to Manslaughter 1'orfland Mrs. Resale Kowle, aged &:i, and her daughter. Harriet Kowle ugeil 17. plfuded guilty in the circuit court to charges ot manslaughter m having killed the girl's infant boy on May 17 last. They had been indit led for muni r in the stood degree, but were ull iwcj lo plead guilty to the j lesser charge. Sentence was deferred. periul government Is UUable lo admit that American n avM an protect an enemy ship through the mere fat t of their presence oil board. If, however, it should not be possi ble for the American government to acquire uu adequate number of neu tral passenger steamers, the Imperial government is prepured to interpose no objections to the placing under the American flag by the American gov eru men t of four enemy passenger steamers for passenger traftit be tweeu North America and Kngland. GETS BIG PRICE FOR SPRING LAMBS Tonningsnn Bros. Market 2,051 Lambs in Chicago SHORTAGE CAUSES HIGH PRICE Sheep Industry Here is Big Paying Business Ideal Climate A. F. Tonnison of Tonnison Hros., dieep ilcslcrs, has just returned from Chicago, when he marketed U, "' spring lambs, netting- $". II a head. The lambs went on the market June 2'MU, when the price was fKMMi per hundred. On the preeeeding duy the market was fin. IK) per hundred. Nearly sixteen thousand dollars has been the cash return to Tmiuington llros. this spring- from their bund of sheep. They have 12100 head of ewes, which are half blood l.incolns. In the spring shearing they averaged H miuiuIs of wool lo the ewe. making a total of IStfOO pounds of wool. This wool was sold for U.r cents er mnd, delivered at Harper, which brought a lolul re turn of W.HHI for the spring clip. The lambing was successful, average ing better than '.Ml iercent. The lambs have now been marketed in Chi ugo. Iiringiiig a total net return of $11,1.7 '.' i. The the actual return in cash from the bund of 1MIMI ewes has been 15, .I77.W) this season, The res'ill speeaks well for the sheep i'ulu try of this section of the country. Mr. Touningson suys the present high market price for lambs is caused by s shortage all over the country, the shortage resulting from an exception ally pool season for lambing in most parts of the United States. BHiLF WAR NEWS in editorial expressions regard Ing the reply to the Ainerleun note are keyed in u tone of umpiulified praise for the stand taken by Germany on the sill, marine question. It was offlciully announced at Prtro grud thut the submarine which made u successful uttuck on u (icrmun war ship on July 2 in the Ilultlc was a brlt Id boat. Possibility of another ministerial crisis lu Kngland developed last week, l.loyd fi org, the minister of muni turns. u arousing antagonism among politicians who resent the reputation In i gaining us (he empire's saviour. Home in making preparations to meet attacks by German Zeppelins, which, according to reports, have been taken to the Austrian Adriutlc coust for u runt on the Italian capital. A minor German oifensive In Prem-h Lorraine has strengthened the Teti ionic hue protecting St. Mihlel from the .south. TI, e (J, in. an guin ubout onsets tho French success last spring lu the same re. i. .ii Pans chronii l.s the repulse of Ger mun attacks against the French posi tions on the Augrcs Souchi-z road aud! ii iiiii.il some of (hose in Champagne and Lorraine, llelgiun troops repelled u i,. i in. in night uttai k ul the ruinous "Ferry mini's house'' on the right bank of the Vser north of Vpres. The dally loll of submarine victims around the Hritlsh Isles has almost doubled since r -poi I ri-ui hillg ship plug circles thut tin (It rniun admiral ty had heavily reinroiced its U bout fleet and was deieriiiined to terrorize British shipping owners. The Russians have checked the Aus tro (iermuii advances in southern Po laud and eastern Guliila It is beglu mug to appear as if the Teutonic forces muy have made a mistake In developing two objectives after the fall of l.embi rg Present indications point to the improbability of Waraaw'a capture at this time by Von slacken sen. Archbishop of Chicago Osad. Km heater. N, Y. James Edward Quigley, Cathoiic archbishop of Chi cago, died here at the home of his brother, Chief of Police yulgley, after a long Uluesa. MRS. ROBT. LANSING awaflLJLwHdslawa Jwl LtVvIbI Haw! B LwH k ' B LwaW . .IV sWssT by Ctlnwllnat. Mrs. Robert Lansing, wife of the man who succeeded William Jennings Bryan as Secretary of State. FRENCH OVERLOOK PLAIN OF FLANDERS On the Heights of Notre Dame Dc l.oretie. near Arrus, France, via Paris. After battling Ul days for the hilly country between ltethunc unit ArruH, the French forces ure in possession of all the eminences looking out upon the plain of Flauders. I.llle, Doual and Cumbral all are visible from here. Every position along the broad ua tlonal road between Arras and lletb une bus been won except Souchex. r.nii side has been employing for midable artillery, both of small and heavy caliber, the French guns being soniowhut the more numerous aud he lug served with unlimited quantities of hlghexplOdve shells. A correspondent went through five or six miles of the trenches formerly held by the Germuus and reconstruct ed by the French, who now have uban doned them to movo forward. Upward ot lou.uuo Germans huve fallen or been captured in these trenches, according to the French ol liclul count, since the second week ol March. The French losses, the corre tpondent was confidentially Informed, while serious, have been much smaller than those ol the Germane There are thickets of little crosses made of twigs tied together marking graves between the trenches. Some of these graves have been torn up by the shell fire. Almost every square yard of this re gion is marked by miniature craters caused by exploding shells. Itig llend Picnic On. The annual Big llend picnic is being held this (Thursday) afternoon at the grove in the Pig Heud section. This picnic is so annual affair and is always the occasion for the gathering of a I irge number of people. Many resi dents of Ontario are in attendance. JAMES M. THOMSON 4x&. Janice M. Thomson, publisher of the New Orleans Item, who recently mar ried Speaker Champ Clark's daughter. Wpi ' ,;;m I K HaH I W M if liiliilsTfM Mr ' vU' HI 19; w H 'Ox i'lst ' ' 'Br vA gjWn at i r aBsif'iL,i '-igtS S i kgl Hr &m&fS&F; f iff 1M H BbbW i BBBaaVtaaaC . BsaW FINAL DECREE IN WATER SUIT Matter of Great Importance to Willow River Ranchers IN COURT OVER FOUR YEARS Many Big Companies Are Interested In Case A matter of great imMrtnncc to Malheur county, esH-rially to the peo ple in the whole Willow river valley be tween Vale and Hrogan, is the adjudi cation of all the water rights in the Willow river and its tributaries. There are '04 water users defend ants in this adjudication case which was started Aug. IT, HH(I. It has al ready passed through the state Imam of control, circuit court sitting at Mai hem county at Vale, and through the supreme court of the state. The mat ter is now up for linal decree in the circuit court at Vale on mandate from the stale supreme court. Tho circuit court at Vale, Judge Dulton Kiggs pre siding, convened Monday, when the linal decree was entered uutl this long drawn-out case was closed. There are 21 attorneys directly in terested in this esse. This great array of legal fallen! WUS III Vale Monday to look after the interests of their clients, the KM water users, in the linal procecdure that tdoses that im portant case. The largest of thest water users is the Willow River I. an. & Irrigation company, owners of lO.IMJt acres of land at Hrogan. Other big water users and interests in this case are the Eastern Oregon l.und ortnpuiiy, the Lower Willow Hivcr Water Users' company, limited, the lust being com posed of several Idaho men. The othei defendants in this case are said to own an average of liUi acres cuch In ml tition to practically every member ol the bar of Malheur county, prominent legal firms of Boise, Haker City aud Portland are directly interested in this case. In Oregon the state board of control has the right and power to initiate the proceedings in the adjudication of the water rights in any streum in the state. This state board started the ad judication proceedings in the Willow river case on Aug. :'V, 1910, and sum moiied the 104 wattr u iers as defend ants before it. Tin bond later made an award lo each of Ul ' 10 1 defendant as to the amount of wa'.er each one is entitled to, togelhei V) ih the date ol the priority of the i pp opriution of the water. From this award over half of the de fendants appeuleti to the circuit court at Vale, presided over by Judge lliggs. In great measure Judge Higgs allium i the awards as made by the state board of control. From Judge Miggs' decree the East ern Oregon Land company, the Lower Willow River Water Users' ussocia tion, the Willow River Lund & Irrigu lion comyany, the Malheur Irrigation company, limited and a number of ihe individual defendants apH.-ulc to (In state supreme court, before which trib unal these appellants Wele opposed by Ic F. Boggs, el al., as respondents The supreme court in passing on this appeal mo i died lo some extent the de gree of Judge lliggs. The prim Ipal modification of the supreme court on Judge Higgs' ib ci.sion was allowing the Malheur Irrigation aocapany, limited, three years in which to . ompiete their project and allowing thij eoinpaiiy 10,000 acre i t ! UtNif wat i . LittleG I Injured' flat six year old daughter of Jumes Butler, living near Curio, was the vic tim of u painful accident last Thurscay when a ladder fell on her, causing a fracture of the left leg near the thigh. Mr. Butler was picking apricots and was Up on a ladder in the tree, when the ladder slipped and tuppled. The little daughter was underneath the tree and the ladder fell on her. Drs, Priiizing und Paine were called and re duced the fracture. SCHOOL-TEACHERS MAY WED Marriage Found No Bar to Teaching In Oregon. Portland, Or. Marriage Is not a cause for which a school board In Ore gon may remove a permanent teacher from her position. Judge Morrow so held when, after considering the case more than three months he sustained the position ot Maud I, Richards lu her case against the school hoard. Mrs. Richards filed an application for a peremptory writ of mandamus forc ing the school board to reinstate her as a teacher and to pay her salary from Junuary 4. IMS, the d.iv she was married to Oren It. Richards and dis charged by Superintendent Mdernmau. I T. R. Starts Trip to Wsst New York Theodore Roosevelt, ac companied by Mrs. Roosevelt, left New York Hundny for a three-week's visit to the Pacific Coast Shrlners Meet In Seattle. Seattle. Wash. Hundreds of Nobles of the Mystic Shrine are In Seattle to attend the annual conclave of the or der, which opened Monday. SUSPECT BOMBS IN CARGOES Navy Department Sends Wlralsss Warning to British Ships. Washington. -Warning to look out for bombs concealed In ttudr holds was flashed from the naval wireless towers at Arlington to tha Hritlsh steamships llowthhead and Huron Na pier, both louded with cargoes of mules for the British army, which cleared from New Orleans July I. .sending of the warning waa ordered by Secretary Uaulels on receiving a telegram from a New Orleans newspa per saying a letter to that paper signed "Pearce" Indicated that explosives had been placed aboard Uiose vessels. The radio message was sent broad cast over the sea, and even If It is not picked up directly by the llowthhead or Karon Napier, some other ship lu the neighborhood may relay It. Husrta Won't Qivs Bond. Fl I'aso. Tessa (ienersl Vtntoiiano I Inert a is confined to Fort lilies guard ed by United States deputy marshal, lie waived preliminary hearing on churges of conspiracy to violate the I uited States neutrality laws and was held under i ' bond for the federal grand Jury at Ban Antonio, Ouceiuber SO. lie declined to furnish bond and waa removed to Fort Bliss. Morgan Rscovsrlng. New York Sufficiently recovered lo maintain constant communication with bis offices hero, J. I' Morgan, who was ahot twice by Frank Holt a week ago, waa reported entirely out : danger. Elks Flock to Rsunlon. Los Angeles Special (ruins from all parts of the country brought thou s.iuds of Klks here to utlend the re union of the grand lodge, which open ed Its first business sessiou ou Tues day. WARSAW ATTACK EXPECTED Gcrmsns Bslieved to Be Abandoning Gallcisn Field to Austrian Annies. Loudon According to dtsputclica from I'elrograd, tin principal factor in the deteul ot (he Austro lie! man let wing u ar Krasuik, in southern Hub sian Poland, Slid the suhseipn ut ipiiel in ss Hi tills legion is thought by Hub s,.in iiiilii.ii v commeiiiois (o be a geu eral shilling ol Herman forces north a ard to the Wursuw front and the abandonment of the (juliciun field to the Vustiiund under Ueuerul Lduard I on Ho. tun Krmuiii. Russian official slalennnl reports i be i,. ,n king of (jermun attempts to advance tow aid Warsu from the iiiith and eust, and declares the of I. nsive taken by the German armb i l.ithlm is developing The leu :ones in this southern Poland ii c.ion ar. continuing to retreat. Pe el di lares, but are fighting stllb- borul) us tiny retire. Radio Plant at bayville ia Seized. Washington American naval otfl ft rs took (barge of the poweriul wire less plant at Sayville, I. 1 , which will be operated by the government until ii i lose of the Kuropeaii war, to in sure against violations of neutrality. Cincinnati Hard Hit by Tornado. Cincinnati Willi IT known dead. I u missing and property loss that wil1 . 1 tl nun, nun, cim iiiiiuli is recov ering from probably the worst wind and i am storm of lis history. MANY ENTER THE CORN SHOW Corn Carnival Promises to He Kiggest Kvent In Years OVER SEVENTY-FIVE ENTERED County Agriculturist How ard Superintending The Work About seventy-flve entrys for the Corn Carnival in Ontario this fall, have already been received by County Agri culturist Howard, wno ia superintend ing the work of securing exhibits. The Corn Carnival promises to be one of the biggest events of the kind over held in the Northwest, and the early interest that is taken, promises to bring surprises in the corn growing MiMsibilities of this section of the conn try. Nearly all of the prize winners of the Carnival last yesr have signified their intension of again entering the contest this fall. It is expected that over one hundred entries will be made. The county has been divided into three districts, the Dead Ox Flat dis trict including the Head Ox Flat section and Hrogan and Jamieson; the Ontario district including the country lying south of the I lend fix Flat district, ex tending to the section line one mile north of Nyssa; the Nyssa-Rig Bend district including everything south of the Ontario district. Those who have entered lo date are as follows: ONTARIO DISTRICT. Hans Oft, ('has. Oossett, Oliver Bingamau, A. B. Ham, A. J '. Daniel, C. K. McComh, D, B. Ramey. C. O. Leuthstrom, Krnest Orumse, J. W. Mathews, ('has. A. Adams. NYSSA HHi BIND DISTRICT. (i (i. Brown, C. I). Forbes, John Ham, l.tgue Bros., Dale Robertson, I). L. Miller. K. L. Tate. B, 11. Hrum bach, Arthur C Holly, Frank Fdmtind son, C. R. Purdy, W. Barclay Van Dyke, L. K. Pillabury, Ray Johnston, Charley Purdvf, Jr., Thos. McCivcrn, Win. Lawler, W. J. Robinson, L. H, Kkin, A. B. Miller, Alex Wade, C. C. Kilhuru, Harvey Hatch, Jesse John ston Bert Meadows, T. L. Porter, lit rt Robertson, Mrs. A. L. Tate, (J. M Itu.h. Lee Boyd. D. L. Miller, .1. C. Johnston, D. T. Holly, M. Hlod gcit, C. Peck, Karl Warren, .limn Moleini.ti. Jacob (iroot, John II. Forbes, F. I (i.trland, II. 1. Haley, Lewis L. Patterson, B. F. Logan, John Hoswcll, C. C Miller, (ieo. W. Swi gut, K. K. Parker, Burt 0. Roberts, L. I. Wilson, l.ora K. Pillsbury. DEAD OX FLAT DIS'ISICT. M L. Channel, P. M. Holds, K (i. Uoul, S. A. Atkinson. Otto Meili, Qao, Crull, Onn Channer. C. I. ('banner, Otto C. Miller, I. I. Culbertson. Stan ley Crull, Wilbert Crull, J. R. ' sh. J. C. Anderson, J. L. Pope. e CARRANZA FORGES TAKE MEXICO CITY Galveston, Texas. A cablegram re cen id iioin vera Crux gives first par titulars ot iliu buttle and the occupa tion oi Mexico City by Ueueral Pablo QoaaeJi I (ioiuules telegraphed Car r.iua thai the occuputioli of the city began "ilh luuvy fighting between, Uuatluliipe and Km Consulado, wlthlu the eity limits. As a result of tho fight, he said, Xuputisius lost mora than 3500 men in killed und wounded, four cannon and Urge tpjuutiUes of arms aud ammunition. Reports say that (JonzalcB already hus rualu d bcvcrul iruius of provisions into the cliy to the relief of thousands of destitute civilians aud that the ar rival ot these trains caused a great demonstration in favor of the consti tutionalists ot in us of all governmental depart ments are leaving Vera Cru. for Mex-I ico City, where the cuiistitutlouallst government will be maintained.