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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 11, 1914)
In REBEL MUNITIONS 1 7o//s Arbitration 1 brunt Upon Senate AWAIT REPLY . FREELY LANDED FROM CARRANZA I nitcd States Stands Neutral On Port of Tampico. England Notifies Wilton if Villa Becomes President, Hen ton Matter Must Be Settled. London Th« Daily Exprexa aaaerta that Sir Edward Grey, the British for eign minister, has notified Preaident Wilson In friendly hut unequivocal terms that if General Villa should be come president of Mexico the British goveriunent would demand and exact satisfaction for the murder of William S. Benton, who wax killed last Febru ary by the conalitutionaliata. Washington, ' D. C. — Information reaching Washington late Saturday that tlu< American schooner Sunshine from Galveston had landed ammunition at Tampico for the Mexican constitu tionalists without interference on the part of the United States or the Hu erta government wax received in offi cial quarters here without comment. The presence of the Sunshine at Tampico with arms aboard consigned to the constitutionalists had been known to the Washington government for several days and the actual deliv ery of munitions of war for the enemies of the Huerta government without interference was regarded with significance. With the Cuban steamer Antilia on route from New York to Tampico with arms consigned to Carransa's forces, there has been much sfiecuiation aa to what the United States would do in case the Huerta government should attempt a blockade of the [x»rt. Every indication, however, is that the United States will maintain its previously announced position that Tampico was an open port. Should the Huerta gunboats at Pu erto Mexico and Alvarado manifest any signs of moving toward Tampico, Admiral Badger was instructed to re- |a>rt at once to Washington. The Mexican vessels have since been kept under close surveillance. The movement of arms, pending re sults of mediation at Niagara Falls and the proposals to the constitutional ists to participate in the peace negoti ations, have been followed by rumors of disapproval on the part of the South American envoys engaged in the effort to comfSMe the Mexican situation. In fact, there have been widespread re ports that the mediators had protested against the United States [»ermitting the delivery of ammuntition to the constitutionalists at Tampico. Secretary Bryan declared that the State de|>artment had received no pro test from the mediators and he also denied reports that Mr. Rai no, the S|>anixh amliaaxador, who represents the interests of General Huerta in the United States, had protested against the delivery of munitions of war to the constitutionalists. Militant Suffragette Van dal» Continue Ravage» 1-ondon The campaign of arson and attempts at destruction of pro|H>rty by means of bombs was continued here by the suffragettes. Breadsail church, a historic edifice near Derby, was destroyed in the early morning Saturday, an amatuerish bomb was found in Dudhope Castle, near Dundee. The fuse of the bomb had been extinguished by the wind. Sylvia Pankhurst, borne to the plat form on an invalid chair, made another appearance at a suffragette meeting in Cannington and repeated her threat that she would lie on the steps of the house of commons without food or water until Premier Asquith consented to receive a deputation of her follow ers. _______ • ¡ ¡ i ' Washington, I). C. Just whan a vote on the Panama canal tulla exernp- lion bill seemed certain to come with- in a few days, the senate foreign rela- tlona committee complicated the sit- UMtion by reporting favorably a reso lution designed to lead to the submis sion of the dispute with Great Britain to arbitration by an international tri bunal. There wax no discussion of the reso lution, but it will be taken up before a vote is reached on the rc|>eal bill it self anti its upiiearance la-fore the sen ate undoubtedly will lead to further debate. So far us administration leaders know the President is op)x»ed to ar bitration unless the tolls exemption re pel, I bill is passed previously. It is believed by many senators that with out the President’s approval no arbi tration pro|smal can receive a major ity. In the debate Senator Vardman, Democrat, of Mississippi, a vigorous op|s,nent of repeal, made an impas sioned s|>eech eriticising the Presi dent’s position and attacked Senator Root, one of the leaders of the oppo site side. • The Sutherland resolution provides for arbitration of the ’’differences that have nrisen between the United States and Great Britain” under the Hay- Paunccfote treaty, “in the matter of the payment of tolls which may be ex acted for the use of the Panama ca nal.” It is projM>se<l under the gener al arbitration treaty between the two countries, which provides for arbitra tion of disputes, not affecting national honor, independence or vital interest, at The Hague or by special tribunal. The resolution pro|s>seH that the President "be requested to open diplo matic negotiations with Great Bri tain” with a view to making a special agreement for an "impartial interna tional tribunal for arbitration” and for the submission to it of the difference between the countries. Passage of this resolution would re quire only a majority in the senate, but to ratify the special agreement for the court would require a two-thirds vote in the senate. Even senators who favor arbitraiton have asserted it would lie impossible to obtain the votes to ratify thia agreement Senator Vardman’s speech attracted much attention and [»art of it was heard by a score of members of the hou»e. He criticised President Wil son for failing to keep the pledges of the Baltimore platform and referred to one of the President's speeches, in which the executive said the Demo cratic platform was "not molasses to catch flies with." Karluk Detail» Given by Captain Bartlett Fairbanks, Alaska Additional de tails of the loss of the Stefansson ex ploring ship Karluk are contained in advices from St. Michael, where Cap tain Robert A. Bartlett was landed by the whaler Herman. The Karluk was crushed in the ice and sank 60 miles north of Herald Island in the Arctic ocean northeast of Siberia January 16, after having been held fast in the ice from the time she disappeared from near Point Barrow last September. Captain Bartlett reported that while the Karluk was drifting with the ice it was impossible for the men aboard to make a safe landing and they stayed by the ship until she was crushd when they loaded their sledges with provisions and made their way over the ice to Wrangell Island. They have sufficient provisions and fuel to last until a relief ship can reach them. Captain Bartlett re mained on Wrangell Island until March 18, when, with one Eskimo and a dog team, he set out over the ice for the Siberian coast, where he was picked up by the Herman. Oppo»ing Mexican Forces Estimated by American Hospers, la. — A cyclone swooped down upon the farm home of James Allen late Saturday, seriously injur ing Mrs. Neth Hoogeterp and her three children. A farmhand named Sorenson is missing. A Chicago A Northwestern passen ger train missed the cyclone by a few minutes. It was stopped by wreckage along the track. The storm followed a day of intense heat anti came up suddenly. It moved in a westerly direction, cutting a swath several hundred yards wide. Vera Cruz Captain W. A. Bum side, formerly military attache at Mex ico City and now invtelligence officer of Brigadier General Funston’s force, submitted a memorandum on the strength and disposition of Huerta’s troops and summarizing the territorial division between the federals and the constitutionalists. He estimates the total number of Huerta's forces, in cluding police, students and civil serv ice employes, nt 60,000. The memorandum says that the esti mates are liberal, although the news paper, controlled by the Huerta ad ministration are claiming considerably more. Kansas Needs 61,950 Men. Aged Refugee in Need. Cyclone Hits in Iowa. Tojieka, Kan.—Kansas needs 61,950 men, 6375 extra teams and 2260 extra cooks to harvest its wheat crop this year, according to an estimate marie public by W. L. O’Brien, state labor commissioner and director of the free employment bureau. His estimate is baser) on the reports of correspondents in every county in the state. Eugene, Or.—A pitiful story is told by P. F. Foston, a Civil war veteran, and refugee from Mexico, 72 years old, who arrived in Eugene Friday with his horse and wagon, hungry and penniless. With him is traveling his aged wife. They have appealed for help in Eugene that they may reach Portland, their former home. They fled from Torreon, Mexico, last Decem Boise Experience» Snow. ber. They had but little money but Boise Idaho—Snow fell here Satur hoped by frugality to make it last. day, the first ever recorded by the At San Diego one horse died and he weather bureau for June in its 50 spent nearly all his money for another. years of operation in Boise. In addi tion to this phenomenon), the day was Tiro Coast Trains Taken Off. the coldest on record for June anti Seattle, Wash. Announcement was the mean temperature was the same made Friday that the Northern Pacific aa was recorded on January 5. railroad would discontinue overland Stevenson Bas Relapse. trains No. 5 and 6, the “Twin City Chicago Adlai E. Stevenson, vice Epxress,” operated between Seattle president of the United States under and St. Paul, leaving only two through Cleveland, who had a nervous break trains each way between the Pacific down following the death of his wife Coast and the Twin Cities on that six months ago, suffered a relapse at road. Light passenger traffic is given the Presbyterian hospital. His con as the reason for the redcution in train service. dition is serious. lluerta Paves Way 7o Hi» Resignation Niagara Fails, Ont. - General Hu- I erta is preparing to resign. He baa ' authorized his representatives at the mediation conference to announce to the world that "neither mistaken pride I nor personal interest” would prevent his withdrawal after Mexico is "politi cally pacified” and the government succeeding his is so constituted that it can count on the support of public opinion in Mexico. Note Sent to Leader of ( on»titu- The Mexican delegates, in a formal tionalist» Not Made Public statement, revealed that they had been Peacemakers Hopeful. instructed from the first to inform the mediators that General Huerta’s per sonality would not be an obstacle to Niagara Falls, Ont. — Mediation ward reaching a peaceful settlement. They also declared in unequivocal awaits on Genreal Carranza, com terms that the internal situation in mander in chief of [the constitutional Mexico was "necessarily bound up ist forces in Mexico. He has in his with the international questions,” and possession a communication from the that this spirit has actuated them in the three South American diplomats coming to the mediation conference. Coincident with the announcement which opens the door tor constitution alist representation in the conferences by the Mexican delegates of their posi here. On his word depends whether tion, the mediators sent a note to the entire Mexican problem will be Rafel Zubaran, representative of Gen settled by diplomacy or whether the eral Carranza in Washington, replying constitutionalists will continue to fight to the communication brought here last Friday by Juna F. Urquidi. The their way to Mexico City. The mediators have in a dignified mediators, in effect, asked General way smoothed the path for constitu Carranza if the constitutionalists were tionalist participation. The United willing to discuss internal as well as States government wants them to ac international question, now considered cept. A rejection of the invitation inseparable not only by the mediators, may eventually rpean the withdrawal ' but by the American and Huerta dele by the Washington government of the gates to declare an armistice with the moral support it has been extending to Huerta forces so that the "political pacification” to which the Huerta del the constitutional cause. The mediators are hopeful that Gen egates referred in their statement eral Carranza will send envoys here. might be speedily brought about. Instead of believing the negotiations will be indefinitly prolonged by such a Rebel» Positively Will course, they think a pacific settlement Not Deal With Huerta would in reality be more quickly ob tained. Washington, D. C. — On being in Just what was contained in the note formed that the Mexican delegates at from the mediators to General Car Niagara Falls had announced the will ranza, transmitted by Rafael Zubaran ingness of General Huerta to resign at Washington to the constitutionalist once Mexico is “politically pacified,” chief, was not revealed here. The the constitutionalist agency authorized mediator» said out of courtesy to Car this statement: ranza the document would not be made "Anything coming from Huerta’s public here. An answer is not expect aide will not be taken into consider ed for several days, but there is a gen ation.” eral hope that it will be favorable. The mediators have not literally in El Paso, Tex.—"Any promise with vited the constitutionalists anew, but the Huerta government would not be the phraseology of the note is such as accepted by the cousitutionalist party, to pave the way for their entrance to according to opinions expressed by the negotiations. It is understood Mexican revolutionary agents here here that the constitutionalists have when informed of the proposition of hesitated to favor mediation because the A. B. C. mediators. While no of a misconception of the character of statement was given, General Car the proceedings. ranza's frequent utterances regarding this subject were recalled. The leader of the constitutionalist Eire I mss Is $200.000. Portland—William Sterling and Aex movement frequently has reiterated Balogh were drowned while attempt his determination to accept no provis ing to escape from the burning plant ional government in which the Huerta of the Northwest Door company; that element is represented. structure was totally destroyed; Irv ing dock was considerably damaged, Death List in Empress together with wheat stored in it, and Wreck Much Increased buildings at the corner of River street and Albina avenue, as well as dwell Quebec — The confusion as to the ings on Larrabee street, were set afire number of persons who perished in the as the result of fierce blaze, at 5:10 Empress of Ireland disaster last week o’clock Thursday, the origin of which has been one of the distressing fea is disputed. The loss is estimated at tures of the tragedy and the uncertainty 1200,000. was furhter emphasized when figures, Great embers from the fire, carried declared by the Canadian Pacific Rail by a high wind, started from 40 to 60 way Steamship company to be official, smaller blazes within a radius of a mile raised the death list to 1024 from 969 from the door plant. on Sunday night—55 more. Friday the company said at its Suffragette to Camp On Steps. Montreal office that the Empress of 1-ondon—”1 will lie on the steps of Ireland carried 1387 persons. It was the house of commons without food or on that figure that the list of survivors water until Asquith consents to re and missing was based. The company has asserted that the Empress carried ceive a deputation.” This threat was uttered by Sylvia 1476 passengers, officers and crew, or Pankhurst at a meeting at Limehouse, an addition of 89. As a partial offset, and she declared she would carry it the figures giving the number of res into effect should the suffragettes fail cued were raised by 36—four from the in their endeavor to see the Prime ' first cabin,, three from second- cabin and steerage and 29 officers and crew. minister. Other speeches at the same meeting A discrepancy of two in these figures breathed defiance to the liberal govern was not explained by the company. ment, which denounced as alone re The total saved from the disaster is sponsible for militancy, and sugges i not placed at 452. Of the 1024 who died, the bodies of tions of wholesale incendiarism w’ere only a few more than 200 have been made. recovered and of these only 103 have Original Plan Is Exceeded. been identified. El Paso, Tex.—"This seems a good Volcano Due to Geyser. time for a mediation commission to be appointed to mediate the difficulties of Red Bluff, Cal. — Forest Supervisor the mediators at the Niagara Falls Rushing has reported that the disturb mediation conference,” Roberto Pes- ance at Mount Lassen is of geyser queira, confidential agent of the Mex origin and is caused by the rapid melt ican revolutionists, declared here. ing of snow as it sildes down into the “We are appealing,” he declared, fissures of the crater. The large body “to the idea of fair play of the Ameri of snow and the intense heat cause an can people. immense amont of steam The moun "The original idea of the mediation tain gave out little steam Wednesday, conference was to settle the difficul and it is thought the phenomenon is ties between the Huerta government nearing an end. and the United States government over the arrest of some sailors and Bonanza, Or.—Sulphur showers ac marines at Tampico. With this the companied by heavy ligthning and constitutionalist [tarty was in hearty rain, Wednesday, covered the ground accord." and left a yellow scum on pools. Mt Lassen is 200 miles south of here. AVERAGE COST OF RAISING DAIRY HEIFERS Mexican Issue Hinges on One Man to Join Conference. Rain leaves Strange Coat. Baker, Or.—A strange yellow coat ing was left on the streets and in the gutters Thursday morning from the previous night's downpour. It was a sixteenth of an inch thick in places and by many was thought to be sulphur carried by the .rain. Attempts made to burn the substance at first failed, but when a quantity was obtained and placed on a stove it gave out a yellow flame and no appreciable odor. This test indicates that the substance may be pollen, washed in large quantities from the trees. Cheap Autos Predicted. Philadelphia—Within 10 years there would be in this country more than 1,000,000 automobiles costing less than $500 each, the upkeep of which will average about $10 a month, it was predicted by Dr. C. P. Steinmetz, Schnectady, N. Y., in an address at the annual convention of the National Electric Light association. Drawing a parallel with the bicycle, Dr. Steinmetz said that automobiling will soon cease to be a sport and that automobiles will be purchased merely for practical uses. Jog Over Parole Is fatal. Leavenworth, Kan.—"Davy” Truax, 82 years old, died of joy at his parole, his friends say, at the state prison here. "Davy” had been in prison 25 years of a life sentence for killing an inmate of the Soldiers’ Home at Dodge City, la. He sat in the prison office waiting for the enr which would take him away. When the car drew up friends turned to tell the veteran. He sat motionless. The doctor said “Davy” had died of heart disease. FisA Jump Into Launch. Newport, Or.—While coming down the Alsea river in a flat-bottomed launch in which they had gone fishing, H. F. Jenkins, Frederick Butterfield and Joseph Patterson, of Newport, and their guides were astonished to see it rain fish, they said. The launch passed through a school of perch in a shallow place, and the water boiling in the wake caused the fish to jump and many landed in the back of the launch. Reliable Sources of National Prospe’.ty. (Prepared by the United States Depart ment of Agriculture.) According to investigators in the department of agriculture the average net cost of raising a dairy heifer one year old on a Wisconsin farm is $39.52 and of a two year heifer $61.41. These figures are applicable to other dairy districts In the North and East where land and feed values are similar to those in Wisconsin. They are based on data obtained from raising 117 calves from birth to the time they enter the dairy herd. The details, with a complete summary of the In vestigation, have recently been pub lished by the department of agricul ture in Bulletin No. 49, under the title of "The Cost of Raising a Dairy Cow.” There are the United States over 21,000,000 dairy cows. These figures give some idea of the importance of this economic problem to the coun try as a whole, for these cows must bo replaced every few years. The cost of the production of these heifers is a large Item in keeping down the profits of the dairymen. The new bulletin contains numerous tables and several illustrations of the Jersey calves from which the items of cost were obtained. The most important item was the cost of the food, which was estimated at market value and amounted to nearly two-thirds of the total net cost of the heifer, while labor formed 1254 per cent of the cost. Figures for the average net cost of the one-year-old heifer are as fol lows: Feed................................................. $24.67 Labor ............................................. 4.45 Other costs ................................... 6.36 Total $35.48 To this should be added the initial value of the calf, which was estimated to be $7.04, making a total cost at the end of one year of $42.52. This charge is justified in view of the fact that dairy cows are credited with this Item in determining the cost of milk production. By allowing $3 credit for manure, it leaves a net cost of $39.52 at the end of the first year. Figures for the average net cost of the two-y“°r-old heifer are as follows: Initial Feed I-abor Other value ..................................$ 7.04 ................................................. 40.83 .............................. 7.81 costs .................................... 13.73 Credit for manure.................... $69.41 8.00 $61.41 One-half of the feed cost the first year and one-third for the full two years is for whole and skim milk. By far the most expensive period in the life of the calf iB the first four weeks, the cost being nearly double that for any other four-week period. This high cost is occasioned by its be ing dependent almost entirely upon whole milk. The man labor required in raising a heifer is about 40 hours during the first year and 23 hours the second year. The total cost of man and horse labor for the two years Is close to $8. The manure produced during the two years has been valued at $8; conse quently, the cost of labor is practical ly offset by the value of the manure. The item “Other costs" consists of expenses usually overloo! 4 in esti mating costs. These are interest, charge for the use of buildings and equipment, expense for bedding, mis cellaneous expenses, a share of the general expenses for the entire farm business, and a charge to cover losses by death and discarding. The total for these forms nearly one-fifth of the total cost of the two-year-old heifer. The foregoing figures show that it costs more to raise calves to maturity than is commonly supposed, and they support the advice which the depart ment is continually trying to impress upon dairy farmers, that it does not pay to raise any but tho best heifers. Raising scrub heifers and selling them at $25 to $40 apiece, as many do, is unprofitable except on cheap land or under other very favorable conditions. But it does pay to raise the best heifers, for '.n good dairy sections well- bred heifers are worth considerably m.-re than $60 when two years of age. Furthermore, dairy farmers as a rule are obliged to raise their own stock as it is difficult to buy productive cows at a reasonable price. In some sections of the West where alfalfa is worth only $4 or $5 a ton, or In the Southwest where pastures furnish feed the greater part of the year, this cost stay be groatly reduced. Even where it costs $60 to raise a heifer, two- thirds of this amount is charged for feeds at market prices, a large part of which can be grown on the farm at a profit. Thus by raising the heifers the dairy farmer finds a home market for feeds grown on the farm at re munerative prices, and at the same time aids In maintaining the fertility of the farm. GOOD PROFITS FROM STEERS Most Remarkable Results Secured at Iowa Station With Five Different Lots of Animals. At the Iowa station, during the last season, most remarkable results were secured with five different lots of ex perimental steers. The best paying lot made a profit of $23.46 per head. This lot received 14.6 pounds per head daily of shelled corn, three pounds cottonseed meal ar.d 28.6 pounds silage. Other lets were fed in comparison, receiving varying amounts of the same feeds, and som? were fed clover hay in addl'icn, but the 1st which received a ration in which the bulky part was silage and the concentrates consisted of shelled corn and cottonseed meal, was the lot that turned off the most clean money. No station has done a3 much ex perimental feeding with silage ration as the Indiana station at Purdue. Many years of continuous records are available at this station, and in no instance, from the standpoints of gains and profits, does any ration com pare with those in which silage con stitutes an important feature. Last year 70 head were fed in lets of ten each. The lot receiving silage, oats straw and cottonseed meal during the first 60 days, and corn, cottonseed meal, silage and clover hay during the remainder of the period, made the cheapest gains, but not the greatest. Disregard’ng the pork produced inci dentally. the lot fed on corn, cotton seed meal and silage made a profit of $20.96 per head. The Illinois station has several years of experimental data which correspond closely to that already giv en, and it is generally entirely favor able to the use of silage in the beef ration. Illinois also found that for a maintenance ration for breeding beef cows, silage is a most desirable and economical feed. It cost 4.9 cents per day per head to maintain 140 days a lot of cows fed on silage, clover hay and oats straw; 4 6 cents per day to maintain a lot fed on shock corn, clover hay and oats straw and 3.1 cents a day to maintain a lot fed on corn stover, clover hay and oats straw. JAPANESE PLUM IS POPULAR Many of These Varieties Are Earliest on Market and Sell Readily at Good Prices. (By C. M. SHULTZ.) Plums of the Japanese variety art popular with most growers, particu larly in the East, because they are hardy and come on early. Many of these varieties are the earliest in the market, and as they are always of good color, either cherry-reds or light yellows, they sell readily and bring good prices. They will grow well on almost any kind of decent soil, and do not need to be particularly coddled, although they should have all the care that any good fruit tree deserves. The Japanese plum differs from the domestic varieties in that its leaves are longer, thinner and smoother, and it has a greater tendency to produce lateral fruit buds on the annual growth. Its fruit is mostly short, round and plump. The Japanese plum is liable to In jury from curculio and black knot than the domestic varieties. Early Spring Pigs. After being weaned, early spring pigs may be run on alfalfa, rape, clover or grain pastures with a sup plemental feed of grain until some crop Is ready to hog off. During the summer, mature crops of barley, wheat and peas, with alfalfa or rape pasture, will carry them until the main crops are harvested. They then glean the stubble fields and feed on standing corn in the field, roots, pumpkins, etc., until late in the fall. They may be sold directly from the cornfield, or may be fed for a few" weeks before being marketed. __________ ,_____ i Isolate Setting Hens. It is never advisable to set hena in the hen house where other hens are around to disturb them.