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BELGIANS HELP HUNGRY FRENCH Starving People Share Scanty Food With Peasants. He lief Commission Has Provisions to Last Only to tebruary Great Tragedy Possible. In a cold drizzle England paid her laat tribute to Ixtrd Roberta, tbe graud old man’ of her army, aa the cortege passed through the atreeta from haring Cross atatlon to Hl Paul's cathedral, »here the remalna of tbe late laid inurahal were laid In the tomb. Tbe photograph ahowa the aoldler'a Jody on the gun carriage which hla aon tried to save at Colenao at tbe •tpenae of hla life. AMERICA RIGHT, ENGLAND’S REPLY Britain Points Out Difficulties, But Promises Redress. Ikttntion of Our Ships Will Not Stop, Hut International Law Will Not He Exceeded. Waahington, D. C.—Great Britaln'a preliminary reply to the note from the United States government, requesting improvement in the treatment of American commerce by the British fleet, waa made public here and In l»ndon Sunday by mutual agreement between the State department and the British foreign office. The British communication concurs in the view of the United Statea that commerce between the neutral nations should be interfered with only when imperatively necessary and officials of the Waahington government construed it as conceding that the principles ex pressed by the American note were just and upheld by the previously ac cepted usages of international law. The only formal comment made was contained in a brief statement issued by Secretary Bryan, who said: "Thia answer, being preliminary, and not being intended as a complete reply, wo will postpone comment until the full answer Is received.” Briefly, the British note, while con ceding the principles of the American government's contentions, points out difficulties in actual practice, refers to alleged fraudulent practices by ship pers and cites statistics shownig an increase, rather than decrease, in cer tain neutral commerce. In support of Great Britain’s suspicions that Ger many and Austria have been indirectly obtaining contraband through neutral countries. The note promises, how ever, that Great Britain “will make redress whenever the action of the British fleet may unintentionally ex ceed” the limits of international law. ' The text of the British communica tion is as follows: "The British secretary of State for foreign affairs to the American am- ' baaaador, foreign office, Januray 7, 191b—Your Excellency: I have the! honor to acknowledge receipt of your note of the 28th of December. “It is being carefully examined and the )>ointe raised in it are receiving consideration, aa the result of which a reply shall be addressed to your excel lency, dealing in detail with the issues I raised and the points to which the J United States government has drawn ’ attention. This consideration and the ! preparation of the reply will necessar ily require some time, and I therefore I desire to send, without further delay, some preliminary observations which will* I trust, help to clear the ground and remove some misconceptions that seem to exist. “Let me say at once that we en tirely recognise the most friendly spirit referred to by your excellency anti that we desire to reply in the same spirit and in the belief that, aa your Student» Diecover Gold. Berkeley, Cal. — Three students of the mining department of the Univer sity of California have discovered a new and pleasant method of financing a college education. They have been ’ spending their Christmas holidays pros pecting in Placer county, and a letter received by the recorder of the univer sity sets forth that they had stumbled on a rich quarts vein and had begun to take out numerous semesters' worth of gold. They had employed a force of men to mine the claim and were pre-! paring to return to the university. excellency statea, frankness will beat serve the continuance of cordial rela tions between the two countries. "Bls majesty's government cor dially concurs in the principle enun ciated by the government of the United States, that a belligerent is dealing with trade between neutrals should not interfere, unless such inter ference is necessary to protect the belligsrsnts's national safety, and then only to the extent to which thia is necessary. We shall endeavor to keep our action within the limits of this principle on the understanding that it admits our right to interfere when such interference is not with ‘bone fide' trsde between the United States and another neutral country, but with trade in contraband destined for the enemy's country, and we are ready, whenever our action may unintention ally exceed this principle, to make re dress. "We think that much misconception exists as to the extent to which we have. In practice. Interfered with trade. Your excellency’s note seems to hold His majesty's government responsible for the present condition of trsde with neutral countries, and It Is stated that, through the action of Hie maj esty’s government, the products of the great industries of the United States have been denied long eetabliahed mar kets in European markets, which, though neutral, are contiguous to the seat of war.” German Strategy tails and Causes Heavy Loss lxmdon - Herbert C. Hoover, chair man of the American commission for the relief of Belgium, returned to Ixindon Thursday from a tour of In spection of .the work being done for the commission in Belgium. In a statement issued here Mr. Hoover said: “An appalling situation has been presented to the commission with re gard to the French peasantry in the valley of the Meuse just south of the Belgian frontier, where there are 10,- 000 persons absolutely without food. Our investigation showed that a large number of deaths already had occurred there from starvation. “Despite the shortness of the ra tions in Belgium, our Belgian col leagues agree.1 that we must share the laat crust with these people. We, therefore, sent them food out of our limited Belg.an stores.” Mr. Hoover also issued a report on the commiaaion's work in Belgium, in which he says the organisation for the distribution of food supplies is well on the road to completion. It is aided by 60,000 volunteer sorkmen and there are only a few localities to which relief has not yet been extended. “It must be borne in mind,” Mr. Hoover says in his report, “that our problem falls into two phases. The first is to provide bread for those who are unable to pay for it, and the sec ond is to supply all food for those who are destitute. Broadly, tbe former comprise some 5,600,000 persons. On the basis of the minimum ration we are providing they require about $3,- 500,000 worth of bread a month. The recovery of this money and tbe ex change problem have not as yet been solved and are causing us the greatest concern. "The destitute comprise about 1,- 400,000, who are being wholly fed by tbe public canteens. The cost of sup porting them is about $2,500,000 a month, for which we are depending on the chairty of the world. “All Belgium is now on a ration of 10 onuces of bread a day, rich and poor alike, when there Is not much of a ration available. The rich pay the cost price; the destitute rothing. '"This requires a total import of more than 100,000,000 pounds of Hour or wheat a month, to say nothing of psaa, salt, bssns, bacon, tondensed milk and other things which must be provided for the canteens.” In his report Mr. Hoover pays trib ute to the assistance in the work >f distribution rendered by the Germans, declaring: "The occupying army has been ex traordinarily scrupulous in its observ ance of the agreement that none of the foodstuffs imported by us were to be consumed by them. "The German government has issued a general order that no provisions which would in the ordinary course have to be replaced by the relief com mission shall be requisitioned." The report closes as follows: “De spite the volume of food which has been placed at our disposal, we can provis ion only until February 15. Great has been the generosity of the American people, it is well to bear in mind that if we fail after that date the world will be faced by the greatest tragedy it has yet witnessed in the possible ex tinction of an entire nation. Strenuous as the efforts that we, our countrymen and countrywomen have made, they cannot for one moment be relaxed if this gigantic catastrophe has to be pre vented.” Petrograd — The folloafing official communication was issued Tueadsy from general headquarters: "On the left bank of the Vistula, both day and night, January 10, the Germans attempted, without success, to attsck our line at several points, but were repulsed everywhere by our fire. "In an attack in the region of the village of Samice, east of Skiernei- wiee, the Germans reached our barbed wire entanglements and began to shout: 'Do not fire; we are yours!' “However, as similar strategy had been employed before, therefore the vigilance of our tioope was not de ceived by this maneuver of the Ger mans and we directed against them a destructive fire and delivered a coun ter attack, repulsing the enemy and Subway Fire Causes Panic. inflicting heavy losses upon them. New York—The worst accident in “In Galicia the cannon and rifle fire the ten years' history of New York's has been kept going and we remain in subway occurred during the morning contact with the enemy.” rush hours Thursday, when 700 pas sengers in two stalled trains were Pope to Act if War Gaine, stricken with panic in the darkened Rome — Information was obtained tubes as a result of the dense smoke here that in case of Italy's interven and acid fumes from a short-circuited tion in the war, the Pope has agreed to cable. In the ensuing struggle to escape recommend that diplomatic representa tives of enemy countries accredited to some 200 persons were injured, one—a Others were over the Holy See leave Rome, while the woman—fatally. Italian government, on its part, under come and were rescued, unconscious, takes to guarantee a continuance of by police and firemen, while scores of the Pope's telegraphic and epistolar others struggled to the street, un correspondence with the entire world. nerved or hysterical, their clothing The agreement is the result of negotia torn and faces blackened by smoke. tions between the Vatican and the gov Zeppelin Visits France. ernment, in which Agliardi, bishop of Albano, acted aa intermediary. Ixrndon — A correspondent of the Daily Mail in France reports that a State Sues Santa Claus. Zeppelin airship skirted the French North Yakima, Wash. — Lucia A. seacoast near Grave Lines Wednesday, Crangie, of Olympia, assistant state and then turned westward toward Eng labor commissioner, has filed a com land, and that it is rumored that two plaint charging Mrs. Henshaw, pro other Zeppelins preceded it. “There prietor of the Michigan Cafe, with after through the whole day,” the cor violating the eight-hour law for respondent adds, "Dunkirk was sub women, In connection with the serving jected to German air raids and at of a Christmas dinner to poor children tempts to drop bombs, but owing to Christmas Day. A patron of the hotel the vigorous fire of the town's guns paid for the dinner. few bombs fell. At one time six aero planes were hovering over the town.” Mother-Teacher Victor. Albany, N. Y.—A teacher may not be dismissed because she absents her self from the public schools to bear a child, Commissioner John H. Finley, of the state department of education, has decided. The decision definitely determines the status of mother-teach ers in the state, as under existing laws there is no appeal. Niriss Commend Protest. Berne, Switzerland — President Wil- son'B note to Great Britain concerning delays to American commerce has been welcomed by the Swiss newspapers, which in editorial comments express the opinion that he is acting in the in terests of all neutrals and especially Switzerland. NORTHWEST MARKET REPORTS Portland — The demand for hops is much better than it waa at the close of last week. No sales by growers were reported recently, but several hundred bales of mediums changed band« nt 9 to 11 cents. The market is quoted at 12 to 13 cents for the best grades. There was no further change in the egg situation. The tone of the mar ket in steady, aa the supply of frearh Oregon» was not heavy. Buying orders from the North have temporarily ceast-d Butter and cheese are holding steady at prevailing quotations. Trade !s brisk again in the fruit and vegetable line on Front street. There was a fair supply of everything and prices held steady. A car of fancy sweet potatoes was received anti a car of lettuce is due. Hogs comprised the larger part of the 26 cars of stock received at the yards Friday, and the bulk of the trad ing was also in this division. The hog market ruled steady in spite of the large run. One load sold at $7.15, a nickel better than the previous day’s price, but most of the sales of good light stock were at $7 and $7.05. In the cattle market only odd lots were handled and price conditions in this line are unchanged. Sheep and lambs also traded in at former prices. Receipts of poultry are not equal to the demand and the market is firm at the quotations printed. Buyers wanted chickens, and for the best offerings paid a premium. There waa also a good demand for dressed meats and prices were steady. With hogs — Alanson Lewis, Ban croft. Idaho, 1 car; E. C. Palmer, Oakland, 1 car; S. B. Baker, Mikalo, 2 cars; J. B. Younts, Condon, 1 car; G. H. Russell, Redmond, 12 cars; W. B. Kurtz, Maitin, 2 care; J. W. Silva, Gooding, 3 care; Morgan Farm com pany. Goldendale, 1 car; L. L. Crider, Roosevelt, 1 ear. Wheat—Bid: Bluestem, $1.38 per bushel; forty-fold, $1.37; Hub, $1.85); red Russian, $1.29; red Fife, $1.30. Millfeed -Spot prices: Bran, $2861. 28.50 per ton; shorts, $309i30.50; rolled barley, $29.509430.50. Corn—White, $36 per ton; cracked, $27. Hay—Eastern Oregon timothy, $15 @15.50 per ton; valley timothy, $13@ 13.50; grain hay, $10.5O@ll; alfalfa, $1361.13.50. Vegetables — Cucumbers, hothouse, $1.7561.2 per dozen; eggplant, 8@10c pound; peppers, 86410c; artichokes, 714085c dozen; tomatoes, $1@1.25 crate; cabbage, 1 )9$1 )c pound; beans, 12)c; celery, $2.50 crate; cauliflower, $2.25; sprouts, 8c pound; Lead let tuce, $1.85642 crate; pumpkins, l)c pound; squash, le; carrots. $1.25 aaek; beets, $1.25; parsnips, $1.25. Green Fruita — Apple«, 60c m .1160 box; casabas, $1.65 crate; pears, $164 1.50 box; cranberries, $96111 barrel. Potatoes—Oregon, $1 sack; Idaho, $l@1.10; Yakima, $l@1.10; sweets, 2)c pound. Onions—Oregon, buying price, $1.25 f. o. b. shipping point Egg - — Fresh Oregon ranch, case count 326t33c dozen; candled, 35c; storage, 256429c. Poultry — Hens. large, 15c pound; mixed, 13@14c; springs, 126413c; tur keys, dressed, 20c; live, 17c; ducks, 126414c; geese, 10@lle. Butter — Creamery, prints, extras, 32c pound in case lota; )c more in less than case lota; cubes, 276429c. Veal—Fancy, 126413c pound. Pork—Block, 96410c pound. Hope — 1914 crop, 106413c; 1913 crop, nominal. Hides — Salted hides, 14c; salted bulls, 10c; salted calf, 18c; salted kip, 14c; green hides, 12c; green bulls, 8c; green calf, 18c; green kip, 14c; dry hides, 25c; dry calf, 27c. Wool—V«'!ey, 176$ 18c pound; East ern Oregon 156420c; nominal mohair, 1914 clip, 27)c. Caacara bark—Old and new, 4@4)c. Cattle — Prime steers, $7.50648; choice, $6.50647; medium, $6.25646.50; choice cows, $6646.85; medium, $564 6; heifers, $5646.50; calves, $6948; bulls, $3.50644.75; stags, $4.50646. Hogs — Light, $6.80647.15; heavy, $6646.25. Sheep—Wethers, $5.25648.10; ewes, $4.25645.50; lambs, $6.25047.50. Seattle Wheat — Bluestem, $1.35; Turkey red, $1.30; forty fold, $1.34; club, $1.33; Fife, $1.33; red Russian, $1.28. Barley—$28 per ton. Car receipts: Wheat 13, oats 5, barley 3, hay 6, flour 5. Tacoma Wheat — Wheat quotations on the local market, as furnished by leading firms, are: Red Russian, $1.26; milling bluestem, $1.33; club, $1.30; forty.fold, $1.31; red Fife. $1.28. Fresh Meats — Steers, 12c; cows. 11) c; heifers, 11) 64 12c; wethers, 12) c; dressed hogs, 12c; trimmed sides, 16)c; combinations, 15)c; lambs. 136414c; Diamond T. C., 14c; yearlings, 13c; ewes, 11c. Butter—Washington creamery, 3064 31c; Oregon, 286430c. Eggs - Fresh ranch, 309435c dozen; local cold storage, 286430c; Eastern, 286430c. Hay—Clover, $166417; wheat, $149$ 15; Idaho timothy, $209421; Ellens burg, $176420; mixed, $17@19; al falfa, $149415. Feed — Corn, $36; cracked, $36; wheat, $44; whole barley, $30; rolled, $31; shorts, $31; bran, $9; oats, $33; rolled oats, $34. Cabbage, home-grown, l)c pound. Carrots, local, $1 sack. Potatoes—California sweets, $2.2594 2.50 cwt.; Yakimas, $209421 ton; White River, $18. NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK Resume of World's Important Events Told in Briet Brazilian diamond dealers are lower ing prices. Three 1 Aberdeen, Wash., lumber mills have resumed operations. Villa with an army of 8000 is march ing north to attack many towns on the border. A suit has been filed to test the validity of the Arizona mothers’ pen sion law. The bill proposing that the govern ment purchase ships for commerce, is being pushed in congress. Hordes of Turks are reported swoop ing into Russia, with the intention of crossing the Armenisn mountains and attacking Tiflis. Germans'admit that the allies had an opportunity three months sgo to split the retreating German army in two, but the chance was loot and the gap closed by the timely arrival of German reinforcements. Great Britain decides to relaz ban on commerce between that country, Italy and The Netherlands, whereby commerce to the latter two countries from the U. S. is expected to undergo a minimum of molestation. The Chilean government has decided to send the battleship Captain Prat, the finest vessel in the Chilean navy, to take part in the international naval parade in connection with the formal opening of.the Panama canal. Work on 8000 portable kitchen wagons for the French army was be gun at Louisville, Ky.. this week. The value of the order is placed a $250,- 000. The French govemmentt speci fied that tbe wagons be ready in three months. HUSBAND NOT AN OPTIMIST Aunt Matty Could Stand for Consider able Laziness, but Placed Ban on Newfangled Religions, “How is your husband?" asked Mrs ! Wells of her colored washwoman. “Poorly, mighty poorly, ma'am. He’l laid up with a misery in his back, but he says he's mighty glad it ain't no I toothache He never could stand tooth ! ache.” "Too bad"' sympathized the lady. I “Did the clothes fit him that my bus- ! band sent over?” “No'm," was the regretful reply. . “No’m, they didn’t. They waa too big. He had to gib them to his brother ' Epb. He was mighty glad they fit I Eph, though." “Dear me! I'm sorry the clothes ' did not fit him. Has he worked any lately t" “No'm. he ain’t. 'Pears like he caln't get no work. Says he’s glad, though, that times is gettin' better.” “Well. I declare.” said Mrs. Wells, greatly interested. “Your husband must be a regular optimist.” “No, Indeed, he ain't,” denied Aunt Matty. Indignantly. “He's a Method ist, an' if he was to jine any of them newfangled religions I'd got a dl vorce.”—Judge. President Wilson has practically de cided that he cannot attend the open ing of the Panama-Pacific exposition unless the European war ends before The Unresented Personality. that date, as he feels it incumbent "What are your friend's qualifies upon all high officials to be at their tlons for the appointment you wish me posts of duty during tbe conflict. to obtain for him?” inquired Senator Sorghum. A German submarine boat reported “Well," replied the political plug- by wireless to the admiralty in Berlin that it has torpedoed and sunk in the ger. "he hasn't any special ability " “Do you call lack of ability a quali English Channel off Plymouth the Brit ish battleship Formidable. The Sub fication?" "No. But it's an advantage. A man marine was pursued by British de who hasn't ability can make frienda stroyers but escaped undamaged. without creating envy, and everybody Two negroes, Edward and Will Is rather pleased to see him get Smith, of Montgomery, Ala., were helped along at public expense." taken from the Wetumpka jail early one day this week and lynched by a Explaining an Escape. mob. They had been accused of im "Were you ever among cannibals?" plication in the murder of R. A. Still asked Miss Bililgwl. well, an Elmore county farmer. "Yes," replied the constant trav Searching parties later found tbe eler. negroes' bodies hanging in the woods. “And they didn’t have you for din New Orleans celebrates 100th anni ner?” "Certainly not. Let me see. I met versary of peace between English- speaking nations. Tbe ceremonies some cannibals just before Easter." “Oh, I see. How lucky for you that were opened with the firing of a 21- gun salute, so timed that tbe last gun you met them during Lent!" boomed at 8:20 a. m. Friday, 100 years to the minute, according to his ’Tie a Cold World. torians, after General Jackson finally “After a man has held office for a triumphed over the British on the field number of years and then becomes a of Chalmette. back number in politics he is seldom The recent lull in the activity of the able to earn a living.” “That's true. He's almost as help- German forces seemed to indicate I less as the man whose wife has con preparation for a renewed attempt to pisree the Russian lines before War ducted a successful boarding house for saw, and the fighting of the last few a long time and dies suddenly of heart days shows that this attempt is being disease ” made on the lines from the Vistula south along the Bzura and Rawka rivers to a point east of the town of Rawka, which is in German hands. AMBIGUOUS. The Austrian government has noti fied the Italian foreign office that she is striving to ascertain whether four Italian subjects were taken as host ages after the capture of Belgrade, as has been widely reported in Italy. The Austrian foreign office has given notice to the Italian foreign office that she is prepared to remedy the mistake, if one was made, and will offer repara tion. The German army authorities have issued a general order prohibiting in future troops in the field from frater nizing with forces of the enemy, as they did at several points in the west ern theater of the war at Christmas. To such an extent was this fraterniz ing carried out that at one place where the Germans and British played foot Mrs. Skolder—I would have stayed ball Christmas day they agreed to sus away longer, but I didn't think you pend hostilities for two days more. could afford it. The fourth trial of Dr. B. Clarke Skolder — Nonsense, my dear. I Hyde, of Kansas City, charged with would have willingly borrowed money the murder of Colonel Thomas H. to have had you stay away longer. Swoke, was reset for April 5 in the criminal court. The prosecutor asked The Second Stage. for the continuance because, he said, “Young Oadson and Miss Doppel the funds to pay necessary expert wit nesses are not available at this time. have reached the second stage of Frank P. Walsh, attorney for Dr. their courtship." “What is that?" Hyde, opposed the postponement on “They have stopped playing the Vlo the ground that it was depriving the defendant of his right to a speedy trola and have atarted to reading poetry together.” trial. Because of the advancing price of Had Trained. wheat Chicagoans are advocating the Mrs. Datus—Do you find your gym consumption of "day-old” bread to nasium work helpful!' keep the price per loaf at 5 cents. Mrs. Artigue—Helpful. Why, this morning I was the first one to reach A representative-elect to the Oregon a bargain counter out of a bunch of legislature will submit a bill to put the state under a commission form of one hundred starters.—New York government, proposing to establish World. twelve departments. But No Vegetables Thrown. The British admiralty says the cap “How did you enjoy the roof garden tain of the Formidable, when his bat laat night?” tleship was struck by German torpe “The ahow was the worst track does, signalled nearby vessels to es ever." cape at once from the vicinity, instead “Bort of a truck garden, ehF . j of helping him.