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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (March 11, 1915)
NEWS NOTES OF CURRENT WEEK MEXICO RECEIVES STRONG NOTE EROM UNITED STATES Crisis in Mexico Causes Highway May Open to Washington Much Alarm GAIN IN WHEAT WILL BE LARGE Astoria by July Fourth Washington, D. C. President Wil son was confronted with one of the moat serious and perplexing develop ments that has ever arisen in the Mex ican situation. Mexico City ia on the verge of starvation. General Obre gon, the Carranaa commander, refuse» to permit an international Relief com mittee composed of wealthy membera of the foreign colony to succor the needy. "Mexico needs no foreign aid," the general is re|>ortcd to have said. All the merchants who closed their stores have been ordered to roopen un der threat of punishment. Three hun dred of them, all Mexicans, have been imprisoned. The |>eople of the city are living In terror of another evacua tion, since Obregon has announced that he will not prevent looting or pillaging for food or money. The Brasilian, Britiah, Spanish and Italian ambaaaadora called separately at the State department, bringing peo- aimiatic reports of the situation, which corresponded to reports already receiv ed by the American government. The foreign diplomata suggested no solu tion. Secretary Bryan announced that he had sent an urgent telegram to Amer ican Consul Silliman with instructions to lay the situation earnestly before General Carranaa, so that General Obregon might be directed to accept the proffered aid of the foreign resi dents. Freight service is suspended t>etween Mexico City and Vera Crux. Transportation facilities for relief purposes are withheld by General Obregon on the ground of military necessity. President Wilson was advised of all the facts as revealed In official mes sage» and reports from the foreign am bassadors. The President was report ed to be studying the various phases of the question closely. Should Gen era) Obregon continue to refuse out side aid, drastic measures might be necessary, in the view of foreigin dip lomata. The situation ia described by them as more nearly intolerable than it ever has been since revolutionary troubles began in the Southern repub lic. ________________ Washington, D. C. — General Car- ransa has been informed in a note Rainier — Work on the Columbia gineers figured that these obstacles from the United States government Highway through Columbia county can be removed with little difficulty or 940,000,000 Bushels Is Total Resume of World’s Important that unless there is an improvement in will be resumed before the end of the expense. They had expected such be havior by nature. conditions with respect to foreigners month. Major Bowlby, state highway In Prospect Now. Events Told in Brief. One in>|H>rtant piece of work that and their interests in Mexican terri engineer, and a party of his associ remains to be done between Rainier tory under his control, such steps as ates, together with a number of and Goble is at Prospect Point, where Rainier citixena, walked over that por the highway must be carried through New Record Is Expected tor Third The Middle West is having a severe may be necessary will be taken by the tion of the incompleted highway be a solid bislv <>f rock about 1600 feet American government to obtain the snow storm. Consecutive Year Acreage tween Rainier and Goble and came to long. Part of the necessary blasting Increase Is Big. the conclusion that by beginning work has been done. Major Bowlby esti Austria is said to have refused aid the desired protection. The note is the strongest and most as soon as the men and material can mates that it will require less than to Turkey in her present engagement emphatic document that has been sent be asembled it will be possible to have $5000 to do the rest of the work on the with the allies’ fleet. the road open for traffic all the way strip of highway. Chicago — Indications point to a M. F. Berry, originator of the pres by the Washington government to from Portland to Astoria before July The roadway for the entire distance wheat crop of more than 900,000,000 ent system of express and postal Mexico since the correspondence with 4. covered by the party is fully 24 feet bushels thia year, against 891,000,000 money orders, is dead. Huerta a year ago. Carrania is The state highway engineer will wide, in accordance with contract bushels harvested last year. Thia, if The Minnesota legislature has re warned that the United States has have available this spring about $60, ■ specifications. All the fills and all the realised, will make the third conaocu- fused to submit a woman suffrage viewed with deep concern the growing 000 of the Columbia county road fund culverts in the Rainier-Goble link have tive record breaking crop. amendment to the people. The United States last year raised complaints by foreigners generally for use on the highway that was grad been put in place. As the highway The British now claim that the war against his administration of affairs ed last year and that is unfinished. commission never was flush with 684,990,000 bushels of winter wheat This he believes will go far toward money on the Columbia county job, the will be short, and that their artillery, and set a new record. It waa one of and now, in effect, demands an early completing the road through this coun work is not finished with the same once weak, now dominates. the best things that ever hap|>ened to nicety as in Multnomah county, but it change. ty- this country to have n bum|»er crop, a» Bombardment of Turkey by the al The party that hiked over the Rai is every bit as »uabatantial and ser The contents of the communication it enabled the United States to feed lied fleets continues and the probable nier-Goble link found that the graded viceable. The scenic advantages arc ail Euro|>e and obtain the highest results are that Constantinople will was revealed to several of the ambas roadway had stood the winter well. equal to those of the highway through prices in years. sadors and ministers here, who ex At a few points the hillside had »ftifl Multnomah county, with the exception fall. This year it la possible to raise 700,- pressed satisfaction at its urgent lan down perceptibly and covered a por that there are ndt so many picturesque Having “abstained” during all of 000,000 bushels bushels or more of tion of the graded surface. The en- , waterfalls. February, the moon will be full twice guage. Some regarded it as an entire winter wheat with favorable conditions during March. This is the first occur- change of policy toward Mexico on the to harvest. This, with a spring wheat ence since 1846. crop estimated at 240,000,000 bushels, part of the United States. which is not a high figure, will make A prominent St. Paul clubwoman Some movements of American war the wheat crop reach 940,000,000 bush drops dead in the statehouse of that ships have been ordered, the effect of els. The wheat crop last spring waa a state just after appealing to the legis which will be a naval demonstration ¡K»or one only 206,000,000 bushels. lature for prison reforms. A winter wheat acreage of 41,263,- such as, it is hoped by some officials, Oregon Agricultural College, Cor county and to Oregon, but at the pres The officials of the city of Portland 000, an increase of 4,186,000 acres, or will convince General Carranxa of the vallis—With six cow testing associa ent time nothing else looks so big t6 have figured that the earnings of the 11.1 percent more than waa needed jitney busses total $2.57 per day. determination of the American gov tions carrying slightly more than 3lH)0 those who are following the move for the harvest of 1914 is the largest There are 337 cars in use. ernment to obtain a change in condi dairy cows on official test, dairymen ments as the wonderful dairy organi ever known. The plant has come of Coos county lead all counties of the sation. through the winter in unusually good Operation of the New York State tions in Mexico City. United States in this progressive plan Cow testing in Cooa county has been condition ami indications are that alien law was suspended by the Su Secretary Daniels conferred with of building up the dairy herds. What made to mean precisely what the term there will be little less in acreage preme court. It was contended the President Wilson over the propects of makes the fact still more remarkable implies. Each cow under teat has her from various causes up to harvest. The building of the subway would be de sending additional warships to Vera is the comparatively short time in milk weighed and tested tor its butter estimate of 700,000,000 bushels of layed by the law. which the work of testing has been in fat content for each month in the year Crux. Only one vessel, the battleship winter wheat is based on a loss of only The German submarine U-8 has been Delaware, has been at Vera Crux for operation in this new Western Oregon by a competent, enthusiastic and dis 263,000 acres up to harvest and yield sunk by destroyers belonging to the several weeks, but five warships will county that has put Oregon on the interested official tester working under ;>cr acre of slightly more than 17 bush Dover flotilla, according to announce be in that vicinity in a few days. It map. Just about one year ago the the supervision of the college dairy els, or about two bushel» an acre leas ment by the minister of marine. The has been planned to send the Delaware County court of Coos county, in co officers. The records are accepted by than last year. For spring wheat, crew were taken prisoners. to Guantanamo soon to join the At operation with the Agricultural col dairymen everywhere as being correct which is yet to l>e seeded, the estimate lege, completed arrangements to se and authentic, and if any cow fails to Four fires broke out almost simul lantic fleet in its spring maneuvers. is baaed on an acreage of 18,000,0(8) As a result of the latest develop cure the services of a county agricul measure up to standard dairy require taneously in a horse and mule barn at acres and a yield of 13 bushels an Kansas City in which were 8l>0 horses ments the Delaware will remain at tural agent. J. L. Smith, the present ments she is put out of the class of acre, or the same as harvested in 1913, belonging to the British government. Vera Crux indefinitely; the cruiser incumbent, was selected by the Col profitable dairy cows and her place in Real Winter Is Raging when the crop was 240,000,000 bush lege Dairy department and Extension the herd will be supplied by another The horses were saved only by opening Tacoma left Port au Prince, Hayti, els. As prices are high it is expected Through Middle States In thia way good all the gates of the barn and driving under orders to proceed at once to division and sent into the field, known and better cow. that with an early spring farmers in Chicago Old Winter played a fur the Northwest will put In the largest Vera Crux; the gunboat Petrel already to be highly favorable to dairying. cows are secured for the present pro the animals loose into the streets. is enroute from Mobile, Ala., and the His work has resulted in many things duction, and still better cows will be ious return engagement all over the in years and possibly it may exceed After two years of almost continu cruiser Des Moines is bound from Pro of great importance and value to Coos bred for future producers. Middle West Saturday and ia rapidly 19,000,000 acres, against 17,633,000 ous session the 63d congress, which re gresso to Vera Crux, while the gunboat extending the performance to the East harvested last year. vised the tariff and the currency sys Sacramento is at Tampico. and Southeast. Tablet Sent to Oregon. Seed Sought for Contest. tem of the nation, supplemented the Dispatcher tell of heavy enow in Other available light-draft vessels Salem — R. A. Booth, Governor Klamath Falls — The Klamath Water trust laws, created an income tax and —more valuable than battleships in Iowa, Nebraaka and other states. /7 Rescued After 96 with President experienced the first popular election tropical waters — are the gunboats Withycombe's personal representative Users’ association, Train» are delayed in many direction» Hours Underground of United States senators, ended at Wheeling and Nashville, being held at the opening of the Oregon building Abel Ady and County Agriculturist and »tailed dead on small branch lines. at the Panama-Pacific Exposition, noon March 4. Hinton, W. Va. Forty-seven miners in readiness with the armored cruiser Thursday telegraphed the executive H.R. Glaisyer have begun securing the In the cities tran»|x>rtation was badly “Unless neutral nations are pre Washington, in Haitiet. and Domini that the commemorative bronxe tablet best seed ;>ossible for distribution crippled, but the storm had it» silver were rescued alive Sunday from the pared to assist in throwing the Ger can waters, while the entire Atlantic presented to Oregon by the Exposition among the children of the water users lining, for it provided work for thous workings of the l.ayland mines of the New River A Pocahontas Consolidated and» of unemployed. mans out of Belgium, no suggestions fleet of 21 first-class battleships is officials had been sent to this state. on the Klamath project who wish to The storm swept up from the South C-oal company, wrecked by an ex from them in the matter of preventing at Guatanamo, within two and a Mr. Booth’s telegram is as follows: enter the contests announced by the west, heralded by a gale of great fury, plosion Tuesday. A« from n tomb the the further devastation of that country half day's sail of Vera Crux. “For the official opening of the Ore association recently. i Then came the snow, preceded by a men, who had been four day» and four are wanted.” said Sir Edward Grey, Mr. Daniels gave this summary of gon building the weather was all that The seed grain will be all of the ■ blast of small hail. There had been ' nights without food or drink, came the foreign secretary, in the British the position of the warships, but de could be desired. We were attended same variety and the best obtainable. again into the light of day to be greet house of commons. clined to discuss future movements. by a splendid crowd, who manifested a The contest is in the way of growing no warning of the storm, which »truck ed by joyous relatives and friends. Chicago shortly after midnight and in That conditions again have reached spirit of genuine friendliness. Presi William Willett’s daylight saving the best vegetables and grains. To creased in intensity as morning ap Rescuer», headed by J. W. Pau), of bill, which was discussed in the British an acute crisis was admitted at all the dent Wilson wsa represented by M. B. the boy or girl growing the best potato proached. The city awoke to find an ; the bureau of mines; Early Henry, government departments. Lamar, the governor by Arthur Arlatt. crop on a sixteenth of an acre will be parliament in the spring of 1809, pro i chief of the State department of Mayor Rolph spoke for the city and given the choice of three colts. The inch of snow over everything and the mines, and H. M Bertelut, general vided for the earlier use of daylight wind blowing a mad gale. Two hours Vice President Hale for the exposi second best grower will have second by putting forward the clock 20 min British Collier Sunk by manager of the company, entered mine tion. At the close of his address he choice of the colts and the other colt later the snowfall had increased to two No. 3. Tearing down a brattice work utes on four successive Sundays in and one-half inches and waa turning to Torpedo on English Coast presented to our state a beautiful will go to the third best grower. April and reversing the process on four I to let in fresh air, they found five men rain. Sundays in September. This proced London — The admiralty announces commemorative bronxe tablet, which 1 who seised and kissed them. The men The fury of the storm wan most vis ure, it was argued, would bring more that the British collier Bengrove was am forwarding to you by express. The Girls Best Spellers. ible on Lake Michigan, which had been were able to walk to the mine en time at the end of the day for recrea sunk Sunday, probably by a torpedo, Californians have fairly won the ad Oregon City—The third spelling bee whipped into a violent rage. Roaring trance unaided. They had ktarricaded tion while the sun was still up. The off Ilfracombe, which lies ten miles miration of all the people and the Ex in the all-county schedule arranged by seas »wept over the brenkwater» and themselves under the direction of one measure never became law in England. northeast of Barnstaple, county Dev position commission has made the County School Superintendent Calavan choked the mouth of the river. Lake of their numlter, Sam Morici. whole world their debtors. For you I The author of the bill has just died. on, England. Continuing the search, the rescuers have expressed a genuine interest and and Supervisors Vedder and McCor mariners said it wan the worst storm encountered another brattice alxxit 600 Further relief to Belgians from the Ilfracombe — The British steamer pledged the loyal help of all Oregon mack, was held at the Brown school of the season. yards beyond. Here, in entry No. 10, United States is not guaranteed by the Bengrove was seen in distress and house, near New Era, this week, and ians.” they found 42 men alive. The miners spelling teams representing Browns, England Continues to German government. sounding her siren five miles off this were so weak the rescuer» had to carry 1-eland, Union Hall, Twilight and New Mine Commission Named. An English trawler was sunk in the shore at 1:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon. I)elau U. S. Food Ship them to the entrance. Ax Sam Morici districts were present. The Era Forty minutes later the ship ’ s bow English channel by a German mine. Salem—Governor Withycombe has schools are divided into two divisions, was the hero who compelled hie little Ixindon Little light was thrown on rose from the water and she sank by announced the personnel of the new The crew of 11 men were saved. the stern. Thousands of people stood Oregon bureau of mines and geology one composed of the fourth and fifth the steps that Great Britain will take party to barricade themselves, so did Congress has re-convened and it is on the shore and watched her go down. grades and the other of the sixth, sev to enforce her declared intention to Hugh McMillan and John Whalen prac as follows: H. N. Lawrie, Portland; predicted that the session will hold un Two steamers were in the vicinity, W. C. Fellows, Sumpter; J. F. Reddy, enth and eighth. Miss Ruth Floyd, of stop trade to and from Germany. De tically force the larger party to build til the gavel falls at noon March 4. one of which, the Paignton, of Liver Grants Pass; R. M. Betts, Cornu the Inland school, won in the lower velopments on the declaration hinge on a rude barricade to shut out the nox division, and Miss Easter Noble, of an order-in-council which, it has been ious afterdamp. Many Americans traveling as “horse pool, rescued the crew of 32, and local copia, and J. L. Wood, Albany. Realising that their only ho;>e for Union Hall, was second. promised, will be issued soon, but no tenders” on vessels bound for England lifeboats brought them ashore amid Messrs. Lawrie, Fellows and Reddy definite date for the issuance of which rescue lay in keeping out the gas and and France, with promise of good pay the cheers of the populace. were reappointed. The term of office afterdamp, McMillan and Whalen haa been announced. Telephone Appeal Made. and return ticket, are stranded in of all members expired January 1. Official» make it clear nt every op made their companions, mostly foreign those countries, and are appealing to Big Air fleet Makes Salem — Declaring that its long dis In writing to members, notifying portunity that the mode of making re birth, collect planks for a barricade. the American consuls for assistance. them of their appointment, the gov tance service is made available to all prisals will be outlined in such a man Behind thia barricade the 42 waited in Swoop on German Base ernor urged the desirability of the Portland patrons of the Home Tele ner that further negotiations will not the darkness 96 hour» until the res The exchange of maimed prisoners London—The admirality has issued commission meeting at once, so that phone company by a decree of the be precluded, insofar as the declara cuers came. through Geneva began Wednesday steps could be taken to insure a proper United States court, the Pacific Tele tion affects neutrals. Meanwhile food with the arrival of 1800 Frenchmen the following statement: The rescued men suffered severely "Wing Commander Longmore re representation of Oregon at the San phone & Telegraph company has asked stuffs from the United States destined from lack of f<xxl and drink. and 800 Germans. The transfer was Medical made under the auspices of the Swiss ports that an air attack on Ostend was Francisco Exposition in the form of a the railroad commission for a modifica to neutral countries continue to be de aid was given them promptly and they Red CrosB society. The soldiers trav carried out Tuesday afternoon by six mineral exhibit. tion of its order compelling an inter layed without explanations which sat were taken to their home». All, it is eled in special coaches, which were aeroplanes of the naval wing. Of change of telephone service in the Ho isfy shippers. believed, will recover. guarded by the miltary. Approxi these, two had to return owing to their More Berries Planted. tel Benson, in Portland. The order was Fifty-three men, including those Chicago packers are much annoyed mately a ton of gifts were there await petrol freexing. The remainder reach Hood River—Indications point to an made when the building occupied by over the delay at Falmouth since Feb found Sunday, had been rescued alive; ing the unfortunates, who probably ed Ostend and dropped 11 bombs on increased strawberry crop in the Hood the Benson hotel was a part of the ruary 20 of the Norwegian steamer 85 bodies had been recovered and 80 will number from 4000 to 5000 men the submarine repair base and four Hotel Oregon. The Home company Vitalia. All Thcwe are no prospects for or more were unaccounted for. from each country. bombs on the Kursaal, the headquar River valley. Strawberries have been objects to a reopening of the case. but 11 of the dead have been brought the release of the steamer, although it profitable in the past few years, and The bill charging manslaughter ters of the military. ia said everything possible haa been out. "All the machines and pilots re fruit has been planted on many addi against a provincial police officer and The rescue parties worked feverishly Lawrence Is Reappointed. done to comply with the British re tional tracts. Last year the Apple three Candadian soldiers who last fall turned. It is probable that consider following the rescue of the 47, but quirements. Salem — Arthur Lawrence, of Port growers’ association shipped 100 car fired on two American duck hunters, able damage was done. No submarines Owners of the cargo gave specific found no more alive. loads of strawberries. "I think that land, was reappointed state printer by were seen in the basin. The attack Walter Smith and Charles Dorscb, the Underwood strawberry crop will be the board of control Thursday. His guarantees that the food was for Hol killing Smith and wounding his com-1 was carried out in a fresh north-north Submarine Scare Abates. of about the same quantity of last salary is $1800 a year, which ia fixed land consumption, yet the ship ia still panion, was dismissed by the Welland west wind.” being held. * I-ondon—A dispatch to Reuter' Tele year’s,” says S. C. Clark, who has one by statute. county grand jury. The shooting, R. A. Harris, under the old law, re of the largest tracts in the Underwood gram company from Flushing, Hol Prince’s Message found. which resulted in diplomatic corre ceived $4000 a year. William Plimp Miners Hold “lill Death.’’ district of Skamania county, Washing land, »ays an easier feeling with re spondence between the United States Paris—The Revue Blue prints the ton, just across the Columbia. ton, secretary of the department, re Wheeling, W. Va.—The convention and Great Britain, occurred on the Ni diary of a German sergeant-major, ceived $2000 a year under the old law, of the fifth Ohio sub-district, United gard to the German submarine block ade ia indicated by the announcement agara River. After a protest had and Mr. Lawrence has suggested to who had charge of the telegraph ser Reclamation Work Begun. been made by Washington the Dornin-, the board that he should continue to Mineworkers of America, which repre that beginning March 9 passenger vice in the Verdun district, in which Klamath Falls — The Reclamation sents directly the 15,000 striking East service to England by the liners of the ion government paid to Smith's rela-■ the following telegram, sent by the service, finding little opposition to the receive that salary, or more, if the ern Ohio miners, voted unanimously to Zeeland company will be considerably lives $10,000 and a lesser sum was board sees fit to allow it. German crown prince to his wife Sep proposed enlargement of the Griffiths hold out for a 47-cent mining rate "till extended. At present the British au given to Dorsch. tember 3, was preserved: death.” The operators have offered thorities permit only 200 passengers to lateral, have begun work with a force Shelter Shed and Spur Asked. "After a hard fight we have forced of men and teams. A cook camp has Two Portland women, touring the 44.61 cents. The action of the conven leave England daily. Salem—L. R. Gamble, in a com tion is expected to have an Important 'Hawaiian Islands, were killed in an the passage of the Meuse, always find been arranged and supplies will be The rush of passengers in Flushing ing the enemy fortified in new posi automobile accident by being thrown shipped. It is intended to have the plaint filed with the State Railroad bearing on the efforts of Secretary of bound for England is enormous. Thou tions. This means terrible losses, but over a precipice. work completed by April 25, so that commission has asked that the South Labor Wilson to settle the strike. The we advance. Papa, last night at Mar- the irrigation season may open May 1, ern Pacific Company be compelled to efforts being made by Secretary Wil sands are awaiting accommodations. The press of Germany is prqgtically ville was very sad. Von Wedel has provide a shelter shed and spur track son, however, did not enter into the as usual. ________ French Sent to Africa. unanimous in upholding the new note been kiled. ” at Linn station on the Woodbfirn- deliberations of the convention. from America dealing with the trans Paris— The ministry of war an Springfield branch. Governor Aids Coast Defense. nounces that on account of the situa portation of foodstuffs by neutrals to Bernhardt Able to Sit Up. Salem — Governor Withycombe was Socialists Want Honor. belligerents. tion in the Dardanelles and in order to legislator lakes New Job. Bordeaux — The bulletin just issued notified of his appointment as second Berlin— The Overseas News Agency meet every eventuality the government Each employe of the City of Port by Dr. Denuce, who is attending Sarah vice president of the Pacific Coast De Salem—Governor Withycombe has gave out the follownig: "The Social land, is now required to keep a card Bernhardt at the hospital here to fense League. He sent the league the accepted the resignation of Frank ist deputy, Haeniach, speaking in the has decided to concentrate in North Africa an expeditionary force. This index which contains the actual num which she is a patient, following the following telegram: Davey as representative in the legis Prussian diet, expreaaed the feelings "I desire to co-operate in all things lature from Harney county. Mr. Davey of the Social Democrats and said that will be ready to put to sea at the first ber of hours worked per day, enumer recent amputation of her right leg, ating the kinds of work performed, says: "Madame Bernhardt is able to which will tend to the ultimate better has been appointed bookkeeper at the the party desired to secure honorable sign that it is needed and be directed to the point where Its presence ia re etc. •it up. Her condition is excellent.” ment and safeguarding of our coast.” penitentiary. • peace.” quired. Coos County Leads All Counties of United States