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About Mt. Scott herald. (Lents, Multnomah Co., Or.) 1914-1923 | View Entire Issue (June 3, 1915)
MARKET REPORTS; WORLD S DOINGS NORTHWEST AMERICAN VESSEL GENERAL CROP CONDITIONS s—------------- ----------- 3 Of CURRENT WEEK HIT IN WAR ZONE Brief Resume of General News from All Around the tarth. UNIVERSAL HAPPENINGS IN A NUTSHELL Live News Items of All Nations and Pacific Northwest Condensed for Our Busy Readers. k Twenty-three miner* were killed in h mine explosion at Nanaimo, B. C. Italian troofm were the first to bring down an aeroplane of the oppoaing force*. Italian* have brought heavy artillery to bear on the Austrian positions on the frontier. A department of Finance official predict* tiiat America will dominate the finance* of the world. Torrential rain* in Missouri, Kanaa* and Oklahoma have aerioualy damaged cropa and demoralised traffic. Scientist* who have climbed the crater of Mount Lassen declare the en tire a*|M-ct of the mountain ia changed. Urumiah, I’eraia, ha* been occupied by the Runsian« after an engagement with the Turk» in the direction of Ull man and near Bachkala. Arizona senators Ignore Bryan’* plea that Mexican murderer* in that nlate be reprieved for fear of repriaal* against Americana in Mexico. British official report* way the looses of the Turk» during the recent fighting on the peninsula have proved to be much heavier than were originally ea- timated. Another Britiah battleship, the Mu- jeatic, was torjiedocd by a Hubmarine and aunk in the Dardanelles. Nearly all her officer* and crew of 800 or more were saved. She wa* 20 year* old. The Illinoi* waterway bill, providing for a canal to connect the latke* with the Illinoi* river, and thus with the Gulf of Mexico, in reaiiy for the aigna- ture of Governor Dunne, who wa* the originator of the bill. A diapatch to the Iaindon Time* from it* Mudro* correspondent aaya that 460 men of the crew of the Brit ish battlcahip Triumph, which wa* aunk Wednesday by a submarine in the Gulf of Saroa, were aaved. The captain of the ateamer Nebras kan, way* he saw no submarine either before or after hi* »hip wa* »truck, but he firmly believe* it wa* a torpedo which injured her, while Germany de clare* her mine* are harmle»*fcwhen adrift. The kai*cr ha* pardoned five nun* of the convent at Roye, France, who were convicted of having concealed a wounded French soldier in the convent last December. When the aoldier wa* convalescent they gave him women’s clothes to wear and hid him succea*- fully for several week*. It is said that King Alfonso, of Spain, ha* offered the Escorial Palace to Pope Benedict a* a residence in case the Pontiff decides to leave Italy. The Escorial Palace is part of the famous monastery of San Ia/rcnzo, 31 miles northwest of Madrid. The monastery was built in the 16th century. Fifty German soldiers, passengers in a streetcar at Ostend, were killed by a !>omb dropp'd from an allied aero plane, according to a dispatch from that city describing a series of air raids made by the allies' aviators. The railroad station, shipping in the harbor and numerous houses have been dam aged. Italy places all blame on Austria for going into the war. German diplomat* are busy trying to keep Roumania out of the war. Tho AuBtro-Germans are re[>orted having captured 23,240 Russians near Prxemysl. Tho French are reported having taken another German trench after^a two weeks’ battle. Lord Kitchener still retains the post of Secretary of War in the new made- over Britiah cabinet. South American business men are in nession at Washington, D. C., and the need* and oppirtunitie* of their na tions are laid before the business men of the United^States. Fifty person* were drowned when the Chilean steamer Maximiano F.rra- zuri* struck a reef and sank near San tiago, Chile. The Maximiano Erra- zuris was a vessel of 1186 tons and 250 feet long. She was built in 1872. A Dayton, Ohio, girl is suing a Linn county, Oregon, man for $10,000 for breach of promise, which was al leged to have been contracted by mail. All property of the British-American Tobacco company in Germany has been placed under German supervision, ac cording to the Rerlin correspondent of the Telegraaf. Baker, Ore., gives reception to wel come new Americans, which included a German, Englishman, Scotchman, Italian, Norwegian and a Swede, all of whom have sworn allegiance to the United States. Portland—Wheat: Bluestem, $1.17}; forty-fold, $1.13}; club, Si. 12; red Fife, |1.«8|; red RuMsian, $1.06. Corn Whole, $35 ton; cracked, $36. Hay Eastern Oregon timothy, 115 ill 16; valley timothy, $12 6/ 12.50; grain hay, $106(12; alfalfa, $12.506/ j 13.50. Vegetable* Cucumber*, Oregon, 75c 651.25 dozen; artichokes, 75c; toma toes, $5 crate,; cabbage, 2 64 2}c pound; celery, 33.05 crate; head let tuce, $1.25; spinach, 5c |s>und; rhu barb, 1 hi 2c; aaparagu*, 75c (ilt $1.25 crate; eggplant, 25c pound; pea*, 764 Kc; cauliflower, $1.25 crate; carrot«, $16/,1.5O *ack; beets, $1.50; turnip«, $1.40. Green Fruit* Strawl/erries, Oregon, 75<-/</$l.25 crate; apple*, 85c6/$1.75 box; cranberries, $1166 12 barrel; cherries, Oregon, Km 10c pound; Cali fornia, $1.50(^1.75 box; gooseberries, 36/ 4c pound. Potatoe* — Old, $1,756(1.85 sack; new, 4(it 4}c pound. Onion* -- Yellow, $1641.25; white, $1.75 crate. Egg* — Fresh Oregon ranch, case count, 18}6(19c; candled, 206/21c. Poultry — Hen«, 126/, 12}c; broilers, 15 6/ 22c; turkeys, dressed, 22 6/ 24c; live, 166/18c; ducks, old, 9 6/; 11c; geese, 86/9c. Butter — Creamery, print«, extras, 27c |M>und. Veal Fancy, 106/1 lc pound. Pork—Block, 10o(10}c pound. Wool — Esatern Oregon, medium, 25c; Esatern Oregon, fine, 18 6/, 20c; valley, 256/,28c; mohair, new clip, 30 (a 31c. Cascara bark—Old and new, 46/4}c pound. Pelt* Dry long-wooled pelt*, 14c; <iry short-wooled pelts, 10c; dry shear ling«, each, 106115c; »sited shearling*, each, 156/25c; dry goat, long hair, each, 13c; dry goat, shearling*, each, 10m20c; waited long-wooled pelts, May, $l(i/2 each. Grain bag* Nominal, 7}6/7}c. Cattle Best steers, $7.30 6/, 7.55; good, $7 6/ 7.25; medium, $6,75 6/. 7; choice cows, $6,356/6.60; good, $6m 6.35; heifers, $56/7; bulls, $3,506/5; stags, $56/6.50. Hogs Light, $7.50 ( ii 7.75; heavy, $6,756/7.05. Sheep Sheared wethers, $6 64 7.25; sheared ewes, $4 6/ 5.75; sheared lambs, $6«/7. Full wools $1 higher. Cereal Crop* Are Doing Well. The following summary of weather and its result* on the condition of the principal crops in Oregon for the week ending May 25, 1915, is based upon in vestigations made by a number of cor- respondenta re|>orting to the Portland office of the Weather Bureau: Showers fell every day in the week in the Western counties, and on two or more day* in the Eastern portions of the «tate. There was much cloudi ness, and in consequence the day tem- ¡HTatures were unusually low, but the night temperatures were about normal and no damaging frost* were reported. The weather was especially favor able for fall and spring-sown cereal», legume hay crop, pasture and range*. Fall wheat is now in the boot and in some places it has begun to head. On low lands in the Willamette valley the rain* have caused some fields of grain to turn yellow. Weed* are getting troublesome and there has not been enough dry weather to enable the farmers to do a* much cultivation as necessary. The weather has also been too cool for corn to make much prog ress and it has been very injurious to strawberries, which have rotted on the vines and in transit. Other fruit is doing nicely, except in a few locali ties where fungus has made its appear ance on the apple*. AEROPLANES AID WARSHIPS IN THE DARDANELLES Nebraskan, in Ballast, Suffers Damage in Irish Sea. ENGLAND ATTRIBUTES ACT TO DIVER Captain Sends Message to Owners Indicating Cause Unknown Washington in Doubt. London—The American Hteamship Nebraskan, returning from Liverpool in water ballast to Delaware Break water, either was torpedoed by a sub marine or struck by a drifting mine off the south coast of Ireland Wednesday night at 9 o'clock. The sea was calm and no lives were This photograph, taken In the Dardanelles, show* the return of a seaplane to a cruiser after making a flight lost. The Nebraskan immediately sent out a wireless call for assistance and over the Turkish fortifications. One of the wlngB was perforated by the rifle Ore of the Turk*. The seaplane is meanwhile the crew took to the boat*. being taken lu tow by a cutter. Subsequently the crew returned to the vessel, which was observed not to have been mortally hurt. Subsequently a dispatch from Lloyds reported the Nebraskan proceeding un der her own steam past Kinsale, Ire land, flying the signal: “I am not under control.” Another message to Lloyds says that an armed trawler went to the assist ance of the Nebraskan and stood by her all night. AUSTRIAN TRENCHES IN GALICIA New York —Officials of the Ameri can-Hawaiian Steamship company, owner of the Nebraskan, are in doubt whether the vessel had encountered a torpedo or a mine. They showed a wireless message from Captain John S. Green, of the Nebraskan, Haying: ‘‘Struck either by mine or torpedo, 48 mile* west of Fastnet and steaming to Liverpool. Water in lower hold. No one injured.” Washington, D. C.—The course^of the United States government in the case 'of the American steamer Ne braskan, damaged off the coast of Ire land, is undetermined because officials were without definite information as to whether the ship was torpedoed or struck by a mine. Messages from Ambassador Page transmitted the report of the British admirality that the vessel had been torpedoed, but officials noted with much interest the captain's report to his owners, indicating a doubt as to Remarkable photograph of Austrian trenches in Galicia, which are to some extent concealed from the enemy whether the Nebraskan was hit by a by the fences seen along the river. torpedo or a mine. President Wilson himself read all the official and unofficial dispatches. In view of the positive position which WOMAN RAILWAY PORTER the United States has taken on the subject of submarine activity in the war zone and the delicacy of the situa tion with Germany arising out of the Lusitania disaster, the story of the Nebraskan's experience is awaited with unusual interest. Should it de velop clearly that she was torpedoed without warning, an aggravating cir cumstance will have been added to an already tense situation. Tariff Rebate Is Sustained by United States Customs Court Washington, D. C. — The so-called ”5 per cent” clause of the tariff law, granting a reduction of duties to that amount on goods imported in American ships, is sustained by the customs court, which held also that the 5 per cent rebate must be granted on all goods imported in ships of those coun tries with which the United States has ‘‘favored nation” treaties. As such treaties exist with the prin cipal countries of the world the effect of the decision is practically to reduce the customs revenue by 5 per cent. If the decision is sustained by the Supreme court of the United States, to which it will be appealed, approxi mately $15,000,000 in duties already collected must be refunded. In a dissenting opinion Judge Dev ries pointed out that the majroity de Women are taking the place of the cision means that goods imported in about 5500 foreign vessels of favored male railroad porters who have gone nation countries shall receive this re to the front for England, and are prov ing quite equal to the work. duction in customs. Wool Salo Falls Flat. Pendleton—No wool «ale* were con summated at Echo, buyers and grow ers being unable to agree. Seven clips, containing 290,000 pounds, were put up for bids, drawing offers of from 14} to 19 cent* for fine and 26} cent* for coarse grades, but growers held out for a 20-cent basis. One hundred thousand |x>und* in warehouses was not offered. Bidders were numerous but not talkative. Growers talk of pooling and ship ping the combined clip to Portland for sale. Several predict that the poor offers for fleeces will cause sheep prices to drop $1 a head all over the state. Eight hundred yearlings were sold by J. C. Hoskins, of Echo, at $4 a head. Many buyers are in Pendleton for the sale here, with 250,000 pounds in warehouses. The Echo sale is viewed as indicating the probable trend of the Rome Fear* Air Raids. market at Pendleton and Pilot Rock. Rome—It being believed that Au* Half a million pounds are at Pilot trian aeroplanes may appear over Rock. Rome, special measures of protection Local Bid* for Wheat Are Higher. have been adopted. A close watch is Portland—There is a firmer feeling to be kept along the Adriatic coast. in the local wheat market, but no busi Equal vigilance will be exercised on ness was put through, because of the the crest of the Appenines, while wide margin between the ideas of buy nearer Rome observation posts are to ers and seller*. Bids for prompt de be established at points of vantage. livery were advanced 1 to 1} cents on Stations for Italian aeroplanes have white wheat and 2} to 4 cent* on red. been established at Centocille, on the Offers for future* were also higher. Appian Way, and at Lake Bracciano. One hundred tons of June oats were about 25 miles from the capital. Aero sold at $28.25, an advance of a quarter planes arc ready to start instantly. over this week’« top bid. Offer* for 17,000 War Plants Here. feed grains in other respects were London—The Daily Mail strongly lower. The Euroj/ean visible wheat supply is estimated 92,952,000 bushels. advocates recourse to the United State* for ammunition supplies, and Big Timber Deals at Aberdeen. says: ‘‘The Germans have complained Aberdeen—Two timber deals, aggre bitterly of the efficiency of American gating $100,000, transpired here this shells turned out by American bed week. Both were in favor of the stead makers. It is calculated that Simpson Logging company. One sale there are no fewer than 17,000 met was by W. H. Able and probably ag al-working businesses in the United gregated $75,000, and the other was States alone that could help us in from the Port Blakely Mill Co., and the manufacture of all varieties of war amounted to probably $25,000. munitions.” Room Rock* Under Mourners. The surface subsiding in Buck Moun tain, a mining hamlet east of this city, caused foundations of houses to set tle eight Inches in some cases and the tenants of the Lehigh Valley Coal com pany fear their homes will be swal lowed up At the home of Mine Foreman Mor gan lleddow, where his mother-in-law, Mrs. Mary Smith, lay dead, the house quaked as mourners surrounded the bier, causing considerable anxiety. 81ush and rock are being carried into underground workings to fill them up. —Mahoney City (Pa.) Dispatch to Philadelphia Inquirer. Frankly Spoken. "So you want to marry my daugh ter. eh?” said the wealthy old gen tleman. “That Is my wish, sir," replied the impecunious suitor. “Ahem! ‘If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.' ” "Exactly, And If my wish is grant ed I never expect to do any extensive walking again.” Photograph of mine-planting drill by the coast defense corps of tha United States army, showing a harbor mine about to be dropped over the side of a ship. These mines weigh about 150 pounds, and in time of war are loaded with trotol, a French explosive, and set off by electric current from the shore. Storm Indicator. When a sudden storm comes up In the summer and the clouds are black we naturally turn on all the electric lights. Sometimes this happens so suddenly that the companies which supply the electric current are taken unawares with only the normal day time current that is entirely inade quate to meet a general demand. Hence electric companies have to keep a man with a keen weather eye constantly “on the job." One of the largest concerns in New York recent ly Installed a storm detector similar to a wireless telegraph receiving ap paratus, which is affected by neigh boring thunderstorms and announces their presence by ringing a bell. The nearer the storm the more frequent ly does the bell ring, and within an hour to a half hour before the atom breaks the bell rings continuously. Thus there is ample warning to pre pare additional generator* for serv ice when abnormal demands for cur rent are felt. Live* Close to Nature. John Burroughs, who recently passed the seventy-eighth milestone, tramped a mile and a half on the tff:- casion to see his grandchildren, and in an interview made this statement: “I feel as chipper as twenty-five. And I put In a young man’s day's work be fore I started out to get the nip of the spring breeze and warm up my blood I cleaned out my furnace, chopped a stack ef cordwood, raked the yard and did all the ohoree. 1 live a very uneventful life—going much mor* to tho wood* than to tho clUon.**