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POPE PIUS X IS DEAD Pontiff’s Demise Hastened By Grief Over Great War. Rome— Pope Pius X died at 1:20 o ’clock Thursday mom in#. He had been ill for several days, but alarming symptoms did not develop until Wed- nesdav morning. Throughout the day Drs. Marchia- fava and Am ici devoted their utmost energies to stimulating their patient and keeping him alive. The cardinals were informed o f the Pope's grave condition and some o f them who en- tered the sick room describe the im- pressive scenes, especially when the pontiff, rousing him self from tim e to time, spoke. “ ln ancient times the Pope by a word might have stayed the slaughter, but now he is im p oten t," he said once. Prayers were said by thousands and European War Wilt Not Hurt U. S ., Sap» Expert Washington, D. C .— Daniel C. Rop er, for many years statistical expert of the ways and means committee and an Astoria — Not since 1911 have the authority on economic subjects, has salmon Ashing interests ot the Colum prepart'd the follow ing summary o f the bia river had so successful a season as important economic conditions and the one which w ill close next week. This is particularly true so far as the changes in the United States, brought gillnetters and seiners on the lower about by the w ar in Europe: river, the wheelmen and seiners on the The European war has precipitated a upper river and the canners are con distinct movement in the economic cerned. The cold storage men, how ever, suffered a severe blow when the development o f the United States, the European war was declared, shutting potential benefits o f which w ill be off their prlnci|>al market, and as a re realized by our people regardless o f sult the park o f that product, which what course that conflict may take or promised to be exceptionally large, Strange to say, the what its ultim ate outcome may be. was curtailed. catch by the traps was not so large as This movement begins with a certain was to have been expected and that is shock to the economic organism. We the only class o f gear that has not have been called upon to liquidate made a fairly good harvest. Taken as a whole, the pack o f spring large foreign holdings o f American se curities. Tem porarily w e have been salmon is approximately 40 per cent cut off from much o f our foreign sup ahead o f last year, the canned park ply o f materials for manufacturers and being fully 60 per cent better and from important foreign markets for pickled or cold storage output being 20 The total canned pack our surpuls food products, raw mater per cent less. for the season is slightly over 280,000 ials and manufactures. This constitutes a disturbance o f full cases o f 48 pounds and is about normal conditions sufficiently serious 130,000 cases in excess o f last year. the papal secretary, who take charge o f affairs in such an emergency, were out o f Rome, so little was the death o f the Pop»* expected, Outside the apostolic palace the scone was mournful, The C.iornale D 'lta lia . discussing the difficulties o f holding a conclave for the election o f a Pope while the world is at war. says that even if Italy were among the belligerents every fa- cility would be given the sacred col- lege to meet. It expressed the b elief that a new Pope might be chosen from among the foreign cardinals, fo r in- stance. Cardinal W illiam Van Possum, o f the archdiocese o f Utrecht, the Netherlands, who would be representa- to cause alterations o f the fundamental tive o f a neutral power. industrial organization and to create new channels o f trade. The ultimate beneficial effect o f such a disturbance is well known and eventuates even when the disturbance is accompanied by great disaster and loss, which is clearly not our case in the present in stance. Our country is In a self-contained and self-supporting state. It imports only $18 worth o f goods per capita annually, and exports in return $25 per capita. This foreign trade is not large enough compared with our do mestic commerce to be vita lly essen tial to our national well being and such as it is, the balance is safely in our favor. The importance o f our foreign trade, though great, is therefore easily exaggerated. But there is no reason to fear any important stoppage o f our foreign trade. Shipping is not suspended, our commerce can be adjusted to the changed conditions; the machinery for international exchanges remains unim paired. The circumstances o f the war are such that at the present tim e the ves sels o f all belligerents except Germany and Austria, as well as the vessels of all neutral nations, are free to sail on the high seas without any danger o f molestation that need deter them, es pecially in view o f the provision by the several governments o f war-risk insurance. Only about one-sixth o f the tonnage o f our foregin trade has been carried under the flags o f nations whose ship ping is now suspended. It is reason able to expect that the shipping meas ures now being authorized by congress w ill effectually supply any vessels needed in addition to those now avail able. Moreover, it is to be noted that cessation o f shipping between belliger ent nations and the establishment o f effective blockades leaves free many vessels that may be employed in Am er PO P E P IU S X. ican trade. 259th Incumbent o f Papal See, Since Year 67, A. D. the bells o f the churches sounded when the sacrament was exposed upon all the altars. When the court learned o f the Pope's condition there was the deepest concern. K in g V ictor Em manuel personally informed Queen Helena and the news was communicat ed to the Queen mother. Extrem e unction was administered by Monsignor Zampiui, sacristan to His Holiness. The sisters o f the Pope and his niece were overcome with grief. Cardinal Merry del Val knelt by the side o f his bed, where other cardinals joined in, the members o f the household intoning prayers. The dying Pope, in a moment o f lu cidity, said: “ N ow I begin to think as the end is approaching that the Alm ighty in his inexhaustible goodness wishes to spare me the horrors Europe is undergoing.” Wednesday was one o f the most anxious days in the history o f the papacy. The whole world knew that the Pope was indisposed, but it was supposed that he was suffering from his usual ailment, the gout. Up to noon even the members o f the house hold were unaware o f the seriousness o f the developments. Almost without warning came the word that the Pon tiff was at death’s door. A ll day his agony continued. At times he revived and was able to say a few words, but hope o f saving him was finally abandoned. Several times throughout the city and at the palace the rumor spread that the end had come, only to be denied later. In the presence o f Cardinal Merry del Val, the papal secretary, and Car dinals Ferrata, Cagiano and Bisleti, and the tw o sisters o f the Pope, a bul letin on the condition o f the Pontiff was posted early in the afternoon on the bronze door o f the Vatican where the Swiss guards stood watch. A great crowd outside gazed with grief- stricken faces up at the Pope’s cham ber on the second floor. Confusion reigned Bt the Vatican because those, with the exception o f Early Career o f Pope. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto, known to the world as Pope Pius X ., was elected to the Pontificate on August 4, 1903, since which time his administra tion o f that exalted office has been confronted with some o f the most mo mentous problems, religious and go v ernmental, with which the Holy See has had to deal in recent times. They have included, on the one hand, his determined attitude in maintaining the purity o f Catholic faith, beginning with his syllabus condemning criticism o f the holy scriptures and o f the origin o f Christianity, and later bring ing forth the famous Encyclical "P a s- cen d i" which expounds and condemns the system o f modernism; and, on the other hand, the painful struggles which he had inherited with France over the separation o f church and stat% and later with Spain on similar issues, and move recently with Portu gal as a result o f the revolution which overthrew the monarchy. Pope Pius was born on June 2, 1835, at Riese, in the Venetian provences, the first child o f Gian-Battista Sarto, a postman, and his w ife Margherita. They w ere o f the upper peasantry, i f one may use the term, and besides the boy destined to be Pope there were seven children, a son and six daugh ters. The fathers' salary o f 40 cents a day and the mother’ s modest earn ings from making dresses afforded them only the necessities o f life. Giuseppe’s early career was fortun ately influenced by the villa ge priest, who took a likin g for the boy, taught him to read and w rite and drummed into the youthful head the rudiments o f Latin. W ith this impetus Giuseppe at the age o f 11 years entered the seminary at Castelfranco, not far from his birth place, and fo r four years every day, rain or shine, he tramped to school, usually barefooted, until he reached the outskirts o f the village, where he would silp on his shoes to keep up appearances. Tw o pairs o f shoes was his yearly allowance. Huerta Is Seeing London. Approves Purchase o f Ships. London — Marooned in London be cause o f the war and the consequent interruption o f travel, Victoriano Hu erta, ex-president o f Mexico, and his fam ily, made a b rief sight-seeing tour about the city Friday. General Huerta and fa m ily slipped into London un announced and took apartments in an obscure hotel, where they have rested quietly fo r two days, worn out by the trip from Jamaica. T o inquiries as to his health General Huerta said he was well but tired. H e w ill remain here a fe w days, then go to Santander, Spain. Washington, D. C.— Comprehensive plans were mapped out by the admin istration for building up the American merchant marine with government money fo r the immediate purpose o f transporting the products o f the coun try to the warring nations o f Europe and to South and Central Am erica. President Wilson, in consultation with Democratic leaders o f the senate and house, approved a project contemplat ing the expenditure o f about $25,000,- 000 fo r the purchase o f ocean-going vessels to be run by the government. NEWS NOTES OF This Salmon Season Is Best in Three Years CURRENT WEEK Northwest Dried Fruits Greatly Reduced in Price Portland— The housewife in search o f cheaper foodstuffs in this period of war prices can turn gratefu lly to drier! fruit. It is one product that has not gone up in price because o f the war. Dried apples, dried prunes, dried l>eachea, dired (tears and riaina, quite to the contrary, have slumped sharply in price. Still lower prices may be expected unless sea traffic can be re sumed shortly. The reason for this is that 40 per cent o f the dried fruit output is sold in foreign countries. France is an es pecially heavy buyer o f dried prunes in particular. Germany nnd Austria take large quantities o f apples and prunes. England is also a heavy buyer. Spain is one o f the principal purchas ers o f apples. Even little Bulgaria, down in the Balkans, buys great quan tities o f American dried fruit products. This instance is cited by dealers in foodstuffs to show that the law o f sup ply and demand is governing the pres ent prices, and that they have nut been yanked skyward m erely through lust for proflt. In this case, the supply being greater than demand, there is a Eugene— The State o f Oregon has ten days in which to explain a delay of 14 years between the granting o f school land deeds to one Hyde and the flling o f a suit to set aside these deeds, which are alleged to have been ob tained fraudulently. I f the state has a good test case o f the State excuse the o f Oregon Pendleton to Get Another Park. Liner to Race Enemy. Carlsbad Refugees Arrive. London —■ Steamers from Flushing, the Netherlands, brought here 650 Americans, most o f whom were at Carlsbad when the war broke out. Among the passengers were Frank A. Munsey, the publisher, who has been active among re lie f workers at Carls bad, and Archer M. Huntington, presi dent o f the American geographical so ciety, and his w ife, who w ere arrested a*. Nuremburg two weeks ago and held by the German police for a day or tw o as spies. declining market. Where prices have gone up, it is pointed out, demand is ahead o f the available supply. Such is the situation in the rice and bean market. On rice, one o f the most important o f food commodities, the price locally has advanced all the way from 60 cents to $2 a bag o f 100 pounds, according to quality. There was a rise o f half a cent Wednesday, and another the day before. A t New Orleans, fancy head rice, the best qual ity, was $7 on board cars, the highest price in 10 years. The reason for this is the embargo which the British government, on August 8, put on shipments o f No. 1 China rice, Siam rice and brewers' rice for the next six months. With this source o f supply cut off China rice in bond in this naintry immediately advanced from $1.50 a bag to $2 a bag. By bonded rice is meant rice held in storage on which no duty has been paid, and which is generally e x ported to Mexico and the South Am er ican republics. The demand from these countries is about 10,000 to 16,- 000 bags a month, exported mostly from San Fanrcisco. Many Years’ Delay by Two P er Cent of Berry State is Made Issue Crop Donated to Advertise against Hyde may proceed and from the basis for sim ilar suits affecting Grain Exports A re Cut thousands o f acres o f Oregon school Nearly 100,000,000 Bushels lands. This decision was voiced by Judge Chicago— The trade does not seem to grasp the fact that in the European Harris, before whom the test case is war the allies’ control o f the sea re on trail. The court sustained Hyde’s moves Germany as a wheat buyer, demurrer on the ground that the state says H. E. R ycroft. “ She has been has been gu ilty o f laches, or unreason Other contentions in a direct buyer o f from 30,000,000 to able delay. 40.000. 000 bushels each year, but in H yde’s demurrer w ere overruled. The state contends that Hyde enter addition Bhe has been the final market for a large part ot the takings o f Bel ed into agreement with persons to make application for school lands, but gium and Holland. “ These tw o countries import an av that these applications were fraudu erage o f about 125,000,000 bushels a lent, because, it is alleged, Hyde year and have a crop o f about 20,000,- agreed to pay from $1 to $20 to the 000 bushels, making a supply o f 145,- applicants. As soon as they obtained 000,000 bushels. Their own consump a certificate o f title they transferred it tion, with a popualtion o f 13,000,000, to Hyde, the prosecution alleges. is only 80,000,000 bushels, so that over 60.000. 000 o f their imports are des Orenco Club Revives. tined for Germany. This trade is also Orenco — Citizens o f Orenco have cut off, so that the total European de the C ivic improvement mand is reduced nearly 100,000,000 tranformed bushels on account o f Germany’s isola league into the Orenco Chamber o f tion. commerce. A nominal fee w ill be “ Should the allies obtain naval su charged and a board o f five directors premacy in the Mediterranean it w ill w ill be elected from the officers. The make possible to again draw Russian old officers w ill have charge until the supplies from the Black Sea, and as annual meeting. Steps were taken she is not a wheat-eating country her toward establishing a cannery for the wheat w ill come out in exchange for next season’s business. Another meet the credit she needs in prosecuting ing w ill be held next week fo r further her arms. Instead o f the war stimu discussion and to plan collection o f lating the demand for wheat in Eu subscriptions fo r stock. Several hun rope it seems that the opposite fo r the dred dollars already have been sub present is more likely, and export bus scribed. iness must be more or less restricted.” San Francisco— Japan’s declaration o f war against Germany has not alter ed the sailing tim e o f the Toyo Risen Kaisha steamer Shinyo Maru. The big liner is scheduled to sail for Japan with 200 passengers and with more than 2000 tons o f merchandise in her hold. It is probable that the ship w ill steam no further than Nagasaki, where she w ill be overhauled. Passengers for more distant points w ill be transferred. It is considered probable that the ship, with many others, w ill be utilized by the Japanese government as transports. The cold storage output for the season approximates 4376 tierces o f pickled flsh. The stovlhead run was short also and the pack o f frozen Ash is fully 300 tons short o f the previous year. Thu present season has been fieculiar in many ways. There has not been what is commonly known as a “ run" since the Ashing began May I. On the other hand there wax what is much better, an almost steady stream o f Ash from the opening day up to altout the Arat o f the present month, when there was a break nnd since that tim e the salmon have entered the river only in little spurts. Early in the season the Ash averaged small ami prior to July 1 the great bulk o f them went into cans. Up to that time there had been little Ashing in the upper river, but then great schools o f what were termed bluebacks came in and as soon as they reached the upper river in the vicinity t'elilo, the wheels and seines gobbled '.them up by the ton, making the (tack o f the canneries thero the largest in several years. Pendleton— Pendleton is to have an other park. The latest addition is to be join tly constructed by the city and by the O.-W . R. & N ., and it is to face the depot. The present site is a triangular area, known fo r years as “ Pendletion’s P ra irie .” In windy weather it is cloudy in dust, and in w et weather it is ankle deep In mud. The Commercial association o f this city has been tryin g to solve the prob lem, and now the railroad company offers to donate the land on condition that the city w ill care for it. Salem—T o advertise the berry that the immense crop this year may be sold profltably, the membership o f the Oregon Ix>ganberry Growers’ associa tion agreed to donate 2 per cent o f the crop. More than $1200 was subscribed at the meeting, A committee appionted to co-operate with the Salem Commercial club in the exploitation o f the berry Is composed o f H. R. Crawford, H. 8. Gila, George F. Rodgers, Ralph Moorr* ami Frank Gilbert. The Salem Fruit Union and H. S. Gile & Co., promised dried ber ries for use as samples in popularizing the product. Because o f the largo increase in acreage this year growers have felt for some time that the demand for the berries might fall far below the sup ply. T o obviate this the association was formed several months ago, and it is now believed that the entire crop w ill lie disposed o f at fa ir prices. Several railroads have placed orders for large supplies for use in dining cars. Resume of World's Important Events Told in Briet American tourists Europe. are fast Isaving Montenegrins have invaded Austrian territory. Plans are form ing'ln Rome to elect a new |s>pe. Japan has ordered two million bales o f American cotton. Icebergs are menacing ocean travel in the North Atlantic. The war has m aterially checked Im migration to this country. General Carranza is now the provis ional president o f Mexico. German cavalry is reported to have entered the city o f Brussels. J. P. Morgan tells U. 8. Treasury de|>artment business is Improving. Austria has called to arms all able- bodied men from 20 to 42 years o f age. Sugar has climbed to $8.06 per hun dred, the highest price in many years. Ja|>an promises to protect American and Ja|ianese merchantmen on the Pa- clflc. From Rome comes a dispatch that the French have sunk four Austrian warships. A Japanese cruiser is trailing a tier- German cruiser up and down the P a cific Coast. Nearly all German manufactories are idle and the daily loss is said to be $5,000,000. The warring nations are buying the Chinese eggs intended fur shipment to this country. Chauncey Dcpew, stranded in Eu rope, sat nine hours on a flatcar in a drenching rain. Switzerland is tryin g to borrow money in the United States with which to feed her army. T w o Tacoma ministers went "slu m m in g " recently in that city and found the " l i d " on tight. Tw o youths in Pittsburg succeeded in rubbing a bank and escaping in a high-power automobile. F ive (arsons were killed by a tor nado in Pennsylvania, and much dam age to property was done. Constant rains at Fairbanks, Alaska, have caused the Tanana river to over flow, causing much damage. Shoe plants o f the International Shoe company at St. lou is have been closed on account o f the war. Every ship that sails out o f New York for English porta sails light, though England is la g g in g for food. Another Boxer uprising in China is feared by the government and precau tions are taken to protect foreigners. European nations at war are said to oppose the United Stales' plan to buy shi|si for international commerce pur poses. Mexico City cheers lustily when Car ranza's army enters the city. The par ade was six miles long and everything orderly. It is reported that Germany w ill re fuse the ultimatum o f Japan to evac uate Kiau Chau, China, and w ill fight to the last. The U. 8. cruiser North Carolina has landed in England and France $3,- 000,000 in gold to relieve the stranded Dallas — Hopgrowers are busy prepar Americans. ing for 'p ick in g. The crop all over Reports in M exico C ity are to the Polk county w ill be sheft-t this year. In effect that the United States w ill many yards the crop w ill only be 50 recognize the Carranza government per cent o f the usual yield. In some immediately. yards the yield w ill be normal. Owing The Belgian capital has been to unsettled conditions in Europe, hop- growers are looking for a high price moved because o f the advance o f the The new seal o f this year. Picking w ill commence in German cavalry. some yards next week, and by Septem government is now at Antwerp. ber 16 all growers will be gathering A proclamation was issued form ally their crops. It is believed the from Washington setting forth the quality w ill be about the same as neutrality o f the United States in the usual. war between Belgium and Germany. Hop Picking to Start. Old Mine Is Reopened. Molalla— The Ogle Mountain mine, 29 miles south o f Molalla, started its machinery running Wednesday for the Arst time. This mine has been worked in a sort o f a way for the last 18 years. A few years ago stamp mills were installed, but when put in opera tion it was discovered that too much o f the gold was being wasted and opera tions ceased. The old stamp mills have been discarded and $75,000 worth o f modern machinery installed. Medford Water Cheaper. Medford —A fte r considering the sub ject several weeks the city council granted the request o f outside water users and reduced the minimum rate from $2.50 to $1.75 for 5000 gallons and from 25 cents to 15 rents for over 1000 gallons over that amount. All outside water-users were put on a me Hood River Roads Asked. Hood R iv e r — Charles Steinhauser ter basis, while city water-users are was elected president and J. R. Bar- still allowed a flat rate o f $1.50 a roll secretary o f the Upper Valley month for oridnary household purposes. Good Roads association. The 'organiz Polk Court Term Is Over. ation aims to obtain construction o f Dallas— The August term o f the one or tw o trunk lines from the lower orchard districts. The upper valley Circuit court for Polk county has ad is idvided into seven communities and journed a fter one o f the longest terms An effort one resident from each district has ever held in this county. been appointed on a com m ittee to cir w ill be made at the next session o f the culate a petition asking fo r the em legislature to get the terms o f court ployment o f an engineer to select the changed so that court w ill not convene most enconomical routes fo r the pro during August, when farmers are par ticularly busy with their crops. posed highways. In Paris 600,000 are out o f em ploy ment, and the government proposes to put to work finishing buildings under construction, all youths and old men. A company o f "R ough Riders” is being organized in Paris. Three Am er icans have promised to furnish the best mounts money can buy for the en tire body. According to information from Ber lin, the Spanish government has noti fied Germany o f its strict neutrality, denying at the same time having any treaty with any power. A war appropriation o f $50,000,000 has been put through the Canadian house o f commons. There was no op position or criticism . The proceeding occupied just one minute. The tramp steamer Mazatlan, which at one time and another has flown the Mexican and German flags, was fo r bidden to leave San Francisco until she discharged 500 tons o f coal, laden in sacks, which it is alleged was in tended to be transferred at sea to the German cruiser Leipsic. The banks o f the Mexican capital which closed last week probably will reopen soon. The question o f a circu lating medium is causing some uneasi ness in business circles. A t present four distinct issues o f banknotes are being passed in ordinary business.