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WORLD fßPPMNGS “ Something Behind" Belief Prevalent
OF CURRENT WELK in Minds of Many.
ENGLAND STILL SUSPICIOUS
COURT INVALIDATES TWENTY MISSING IN
ITILE TO (0 0 AERES MASONIC HOIK FIRE
n a t io n a l g u a r d is f a il u r e
Only Hope Lies in Universal Military
Training, Declare Generals.
i
WtSON.
TERMS KR
London— The Monday morning news­
papers again are g iv in g ample space to
President W ilson ’s note, aesidously
seeking to penetrate any possibly con­
cealed m otive that may have led the
fense,ui s w e
chief o f staff
President to what is considered here a
General Hugh U
General
!<eon-
most inopportune movement.
According to the W ashington cor­
respondents o f London newspapers the
opinion in the United States as w ell as
committee considering the
lain universal military training bill.
here is that there must be “ someth­
V
Both of the general. N Í W i U d unb Actio* Take* Without Netfa, ;
ing behind it,\” and it is the opinion o f
many
o
f
the
newspaper
w
riters
that
Eight
Tots
Trapped
in
Burning
Wing
venal
training.
General
E rrata o f Noted People, Govern me*
in Linn County Case in First
Helllgereals h Not Prep^
this act was inadvertently revealed by
W ith Rescue Impossible Institu­
mod Pacific Northwest and Other
in Seven Actions P en d ia g- State
Secretary o f State Lansing when he
Peace Nor Mediada* 0$*, *
referred to the United States as on the
tion Thrown Into Darkncee.
Things W orth Knowing.
.M ust Return $1.25an Acre.
verge o f being drawn into the war.
T f b the** gu ards**«*
The suggestion is put forw ard hjr
met good troops they “ would never
some o f the w riters that what would
have known what hit them.
General j
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Washington,
W ichita, Kan.— O f more than 100 Scott told the committee that lesaone
The Austrians are again actively possibly so in volve the United States
has appealed to all the
Salem, O re.— Judge W illia m Gallo­
persons in the Kansas Masonic Home drawn from the prpaent war Paired i w dlscW e term s of
bombarding the Italian advance posi­ would be a resumption on- a still way, in the Circuit court here
here, which burned early Friday, only that In case of war wjth a first-class
tions on the Carso front o f the Auatro-
w ith o u t actually pmpoAae
Saturday, decided that title to
80 had been accounted for at 3 a. m.. power the United State, would need offering mediation, t h e ^ *
1 tali an theater.
acres o f land in Linn county wa
according to Superintendent Daniel P. immediately a trained force o f l.oou.- *«nt formal notes to ths
A sharp controversy over the future
R w d l A , ______ ^ __ ________
tained by F. A . Hyde And his ai
000 men. with another 1,600,000 avail* 0f gty the w art
o f the National guard is foreseen in
Eight childre n, trapped in a , * i nJl 861» Within 90 day* — —
ates
through
fraud
and
that “ an early occasion be
congress when the matter reaches the
.
-
were sweeping,
On the other side of the question the l
the netioqiaa*
that the title in equity to auch lands,
senate and house.
and which had been entirely cut off committee heard W eller L Pizher. of ,uch an avowal of thtir
because o f the fraud and collusion, still from an entrance by the fire, "WWe
By order o f Mayor MacVicar, o f Des
Chicago, former secretary of the In- ■ views as to the terms urn
is vested in tbq State o f Oregon.
given up fo r lost after rescuers hail Urior, «h o opposed universal service, War might b* concluded g
Moines, la., the police seised a carload
o f coal in the local yards o f the Chi­
But, he determined, that the $1.26 made many frantic efforts to enter the though he Stood for adequate defense rangemenU which would he
building to rescue the helpless little measures and suggested a regular j »atlsfactory as a guaranRaa^
cago & * Northwestern railroad.
The
an acre paid to the Atate fo r the* land
Mayor announced that the coal was to
ones.
; army of 500 , 000 . He thought if Um- renewal ........................
or tha kindling <6
should be repaid. The money has been
Aside from the tragic destruction of ,* y of pmaateAwere raised to $30 a
be delivered tq the poor.
1 conflict in tha future, u (
portion o f the state school Ttind, the Maraqic Home, the fire began to
month th eW rvifs would be more at­ it possible frankly to
Copenhagen— A ft e r a single reading
lume serious financial aspects as
bearing six per cent interest.
A s to
tractive to recruits.
the Folkething passed the bill ra tify ­
W holly without Duties'i
whether tbe interest which the state several nearby houses began burning.
General Wood, from whose dc|>art- contrary, to what edmii
ing the treaty fo r the sale o f the Dan­
Efforts to obtain telegraph operators ! ment went W.OOO j t
the guardsmen rials have described ae Ms i
ish W est Indies to the United S ta te s ? ^
has received on this money should be
wires to the outside world were sent t o the border, said that o f the
The v ote was 90 in f ame* of and 16
tSStttt to
hindered by the fact that live men men enrollwkwhen the call rama, an
against ratification.
F iv e members
the note# to all the
when the findings o f (p et and conclu­ from the telegraph office had been average o f 30 per cent of each com­
were absent.
v* "? '
to all tha neutrals fo r ’ thsir
summoned
home
because
their
resi­
sions o f law are signed by the court
pany Had to be dropped for phyalcal lion. Summarised in ths I
dences were on fire.
Attem pts to obtain action on the
defects, and the organization# went to own words ae contained ia IbT
next week.
The m ajority o f the older persons in
Adamson resolution to extend the life
his attitude ip as follows;
W h ile the cause in question involves the Masonic Home apparently escaped. the border filled up with green, tteWL
o f the Newlands railroad committee,
" I t ’» been a tragedy,” he said, ’ but
“ The President is not
only 600 acres o f tend, the decision is Many o f them were unhurt, but in the
now investigation all phases o f the
worth all It coat if we only M ft t fc y p ea r«; ha is not tven off«
scanty
clothing
which
they
were
able
o f widespread in terest,, as this is the
railroad situation, until January 7,
It. It was not the fault of tbe officer* tlon.
H e is merely
1918, w ere abandoned. They w ill be
first to be decided o f the seven Hyde- to snatch in their ex it form the borne, or men, blit of,a defective aystem. I f soundings bo tahen in a
they suffered keenly in a temperature
taken up a fter the holiday recess o f
we had been compelled to meet good may learn, tha neutral
Benaon cases, which have been sub­
cloee to the zero mark. The refugees
congress.
m itted by A ttorn ey Genera) Brown and took shelter in a nearby chapel and troops down there, It would have been the belligerent, how near ths I
a scene of carnage.
The guardsmen peace m e « be fo r which s i
Vallejo, Cal.— A centrifu gal Machine
Frozen
Assistant A ttorn ey General Bailey, first aid was rushed to them.
would never haps known what hit longs w ith an Intense sad
gun, said to throw 3000 projectiles a
A ll told, the cases involve 37,000 acres fire plugs proved a serious handicap to
them.
, ____
Minute at an in itial.velocity o f 4000
longing, ilo believes that As |
o f land situated in Linn, Lane, Clack­ the firemen In their efforts to check
"Th ere is practically no m ilitary de- ,n
^
fe e t a second, was tested by naval au­
•peaks u d ths
amas, Hood R iver, Crook, Klamath the flames, so that rescue work cqold fenee for this country today, ” G en eral1
The engagement o f Lord Curzon,
thorities’ here. The in itial velocity o f
which ho seeks w ill he
be
carried
on.
and Josephine counties.
Wood continued. " W e are dealing, in all concerned, and he i
the army rifle is 2000 fe e t per second. just named a member o f the British
One woman, caught under a falling
I f the lower court’ s contention that
consideration of thia prvpoeed uni ver- for a response which will M m ' s
The centrifugal gun is operated wholly war council, to Mrs. Grace Elvina
stairway,
received
injuries
which
prob­
the $1.25 an acre should be repaid
sal training, with a matter o f national light into the affairs o f ths s
Duggan, widow o f A lfre d Duggan, o f
by electricity.
from the state school fund, proves to ably w ill prove fatal.
life-aaving. Uni venal training is the
Buenos Ayres, and daughter o f the
This latest development is I
Tbe fire is thought to have originat­
Viscount Motono, foreign minister at late J. Munroe Hinds, once Am erican be correct on appeal, it w ill take
only wmy in which we will ever get ah m oving world events toward s i
ed
in
tbe
basement
o
f
the
home.
Tokio, told members o f parliament minister to Brazil, has been announced from the fund approxim ately $46,250,
Paul Zeilke, 16, an inmate o f the adequate military defenae In thia coun­ ■ion o f peace was n o t [
w ith the possibility o f payment o f six
that he believes the German peace in London.
home
five years, was sleeping in the try. It is anti-militaristic and purely come known until the i
p t f cent interest on that amount run­
proposal lacked sincerity and that Ger­
H is w ife, M ary V icto ria Leiter,
basement.
Zellkfe
was awakened democratic. Wruraat get it and get on th eir «ray to tha
many does not really desire peace. He daughter o f the Chicago m illionaire, ning from 1898.
ha as ado re in the belllgem t i
shortly
before
2
o
’
clock
by fire and it quickly.”
r
The
court
found
that
Hdye
and
his
added that Japan’ s reply to the propos­ died ten years ago. Mrs. Duggan is a
smoke.
He
rushed
to
an electric
It waa a most distinct i
associates, through “ dummy” entry-
al would be made a fte r consultation native o f Alabama.
She is tall and
official Washington, whi
■witch
and
pulled
it,
shutting
off
the
men,
obtained
47,000
acres
o
f
school
w ith her allies.
handsome, and has been known in Eu­
led to believe
lands in the state. Before the fraud motor that pumped oil to- the furnace.
ropean capitate fo r some years. H er
Pekin— H sis T i Y in g , vice minister
trenemitui of the propsaab rfj
and collusion w ere discovered the This also threw the entire building in
form er husband made a large fortune
Central Pow ers the offices s< t i (
o f foreign- affairs, appeared before the
United States had patented 10,000 darkness.
Portland--Portland will houae the
in Argentina.
Revised figures indicate that there
ted States wodld await
lower house o f parliament and an­
acres o f the land, and this was dis­
annual convention of the National Ed­
swered a rumor that China was pre­
, between the belligerents I
posed o f by Hyde and his associates, were 99 inmates in the home besides
O f these but ucation association, the w o rld V larg­ and that certainly, In fh
paring to join the entente.
H e de­ greater scale o f Germany’ s submarine and the land fo rfe ite d as fa r as the the assistants and help.
teacher*, next
4
46 have been accounted for, but dozens est organization of
clared that China absolutely was not policy.
speech o f Prem ier I Jo yd
state was concerned.
July.
The
passage
in
the
President’
s
note
o
f
others
are
known
to
have
been
res­
considering entering the
European
the announcements in Ra
The executive committee o f the as­
cued and taken to nearby homes.
struggle and that she would maintain to which he professes to find the a im !
and Italy, further action by
sociation which met In Albany, N. Y.,
o f both belligerent groups indentical
the strictest neutrality.
would depend upon the and i
Monday, decided.in favor n f thia city
and his qu alifyin g phrase in the con­
and delicate moves of the
after having had the matter under ad­
In the opinion o f Senator Borah, text, “ as stated in general term s to
Tbe whole tenor o f offid
visement since last summer. A t th a t1
congress w ill be unable to pass an their own people and to the w orld,’ ’
North Yakim a, Wash.— The Bank of
throughout
Washington,
time, Asbury, N. J., was favored, with
effective compulsory arbitration bill, fo r the most part is ignored, except in Bickleton, 20 miles southwest o f Mab-
| President’a action bees*
Washington,
D.
C.—
A
definite
plan
such as President W ilson recommended the columns o f newspapers o f pacifist
Portland second choice, and the Mid­
that It immeasurably
in his opening address to congress, and tendencies.
I t cannot be said that ton. Wash., was robbed o f $4000 late fo r universal m ilitary training will dle Weat runner-up for the honor.
prospects fo r some sort
be
laid
before
congress
next
month
in
Friday
by
a
lone
robber,
who
rode
into
such as be also advocated last August. these late press opinions show less op­
In deciding to bring the 1917 con­
looking toward an sppraasb 6»|
W hile Senator Borah recognizes the position to tbe President’ s action than town on horseback, held up the bank the shape o f a bill formulated by the vention to Portland it waa stipulated
general staff o f the army, accompanied that thia will be the convention city In i without im pairing the
a b ility o f congress to pass a law such those o f last week.
and escaped.
i United States should they ft*
by complete estimates o f cost, as com­ the event the Transcontinental Pa a -1
as the President demands, he does not
The Morning Post says the kin g’ s
The robber compelled S. A . Rossier, pared to the present volunteer system.
unable to find a good ground SB 1
believe it wpuld stand the test in court. speech in parliament was perhaps the
aenger association makes satisfactory
:
to approach one another.
the
cashier,
to
hand
over
the
money,
M
ajor
General
Hugh
L.
Scott,
chief
o
f
best answer that could be made to
transportation ratea
It Is believed 1
An urgent deficiency appropriation “ the President’ s amiable proposal.’ *. and a fter locking Rossier in a room, staff, told the house m ilitary commit­
A t tha W h ite House
here that the railroads will not hesi­
bill, carrying approxim ately $4,500,- A lluding to the President’s b elief that mounted his horse and rode away.
tee Friday that the work was in prog­ tate to grant ratea such as are desired, whatever could be
000, was passed FViday by house and the nations are ready to welcome a
whether any o f tha pern
A posse was form ed as soon as Mr. ress, and would require about a month
as thia ¡1' invariably done for this con-!
senate and sent to the President fo r league o f peace, the newspaper sa ys:
mated bow they woold
Roesier could fre e him self and g iv e the to complete. Chairman Dent said the vention.
approval. It provides $4,260,000 fo r
committee would be glad to see the
“ W ith our experience w ith these alarm.
Membership in the National Eudca- note, and there was < r* 7
dependents o f national guardsmen en­ leagues o f peace behind us, we should
that the same careful sew
The robber’ s abandoned horse was bill.
___________
-
tion association numbers 16,000 from
gaged in Mexican
border service; think tw ice and thrice before throw ing found by the poese 30 miles from tbe
.
had prevented anything
all parts of the United States,
$210,000 for the Philadelphia, $37,000 over trusted allies in order to put our scene o f the robbery. The bandit had
Auto Robbers Get 63000.
coming known about tha
the coming convention will be the first
fo r the Denver, and $25,600 fo r the fortunes to the vote o f Guatemala, ridden the animal until it was exhaust­
Los Angeles — Julius R. Miller, a time the association has ever met in action until it had fa
San Francisco mints, and $45,000 fo r
ed
and
then
had
continued
h
it
flight
on
H iati, Siam and other nations, large
chauffeur, was shot through the right the Pacific Northwest, a large attend­ surround any o f tha
the N ew York assay office.
N ow here on tbe surface
and small, which would compose such foot. The posse was said to be in shoulder by one o f two automobile rob­ ance is looked for, probably close to
close pursuit.
indication
of
the
15,000.
These
visitors
w
ill
come
A new record fo r butter production a federation.”
bers who attempted to rob him. Mil­
T w o thousand dollars which the rob­
events which diplomatists
The D aily News, one o f the most fa ­
from every section of the country.
has been established by a cow belong­
ler
fled
when
they
ordered
him
to
halt
ber le ft behind when he abandoned his
in g to M. J. Smiley, at Belle Fourche, vorable o f tbe newspapers to President
Sessions of the convention will be are convinced must havs ‘
and the robbers opened fire but did not
horse wss recovered.
Wilson,
says
editorially
that
the
recep­
S. D., it is claimed. The official test
pursue him. Jewelry valued at $3000 held in the new Portland auditorium since the German allies fate»
made by Professor Larson, o f the State tion o f his note was respectful but un­
and $5 in cash had been taken from now under way. Assurances are giVep their proposals to dispel ths
Pupils Made fo r Eyes.
college, shows a production o f 47.77 compromising. “ W hat had to be said
Frank R. Strung, wealthy real estate that it will be completed before that prevalent b e lie f that toeh M 1
Los
Angeles,
Cal.— Through a mar­ broker, by tw o automobile bandits time. The exact dates are yet to be tha part o f President W ihW l
has
been
said,
fo
r
the
most
part
in
pounds o f butter in seven days.
language which A m erica w ill neither velous operation Mrs. Susan B. John­ shortly before the shooting o f Miller.
unacceptable to the entente
■e.t ’ ^ut j t j * expected a week near the
Cuba’s sugar yield fo r 1916-17 w ill misunderstood nor resent.’ ’
The wish and hope o f _ths
son, o f 113 Charlevioux street, Pasa­ Charles Stewart also reported that he middle of July w ill be fixed upon with­
be a record-breaking one, according to
powers
that President
in
a
abort
time.
had
been
held
up
by
two
robbers
in
an
dena, has regained her sight. A r t i­
cable advices received in N ew York
El Arish Lost by Turks.
intercede In some way L
ficial pupils have been made to allow automobile and forced to give up $7.
by tbe Federal Sugar Refining com­
known and haa been eonveysd *<
London— El Arish, 90 miles east o f tbe ligh t to penetrate and focus on the
Pope to Keep Hands O ff. "
pany, Th e current crop w ill amount the Suez canal, was captured Saturday retina. R em oving a small section of
ent ways to tha W hits WM*1
Irish to Be Released.
R o m e -P o p , Benedict haa no Inten­
to 8,466,000 tons, as compared with
attitude o f the entente
the iris, the surgeons made artificial
London— The government has decid­ tion o f ^ attempting t'g mediate among’
8,006,000 tons last year, and 2,582,- by tbe British. The te x t o f the B ri­ pupils above the natural ones, and op­
pressed by th eir
ed to release the Irish prisoners who
tish
official
statement
sa
ys:
246 in the previous season, according
the
belligerents
at
present,
according
tainly
until recently in
posite
the
clear
part
o
f
tbe
cornea.
-were interned a fter the rebellion in
“ Saturday the Egyptian town o f El
to tbe messages. The large output is
The bandages w ere removed Satur­ Ireland, Henry E. Duke, chief secre­ v .* iU U -? «n t issued Tuesday by the to the Am erican govern
Arish
was
occupied
by
our
troops
a
fter
attributed largely to the favorable
Vatican. The net reault o f several that a paaee o ffer by tha Us
being fo r tw o years in the hands o f the day and Mrs. Johnson saw clearly tary o f Ireland, announced Friday.
weather.
resolutions introduced in the chamber would be considered almost*
fo
r
the
first
tim
e
within
her
recol­
“ The tim e haa come when the ad­
enemy. From the fa ct that the enemy
vantages o f releasing these men far o f deputies regarding the German thing to unfriendly.
French capture 11,387 Germans in had constructed a storng entrenched lection.
outweigh the risk, and I have so ad­ P I '® ° * tT * nd ■ Prolonged discussion
three days’ fighting along the Verdun position covering the town and that a
deputies was
Peace M eeting Planned.
Attem pted to lu m
vised the government.
Steps, there­
front.
large amount o f work recently had
W
aterloo, la .— Mrs.
fore,
w
ill
be
taken
to
proceed
with
the
N
e
w
Y
o
rk
—
Monster
peace
demon­
been
carried
out
there,
it
appeared
that
wace'w^M
that
no
A ll publishers o f papers In the U n it­
P«ace would be accepted unless In ac-
Elgin, k illed one o f b w l
ed States are asked to communicate the enemy had every intention o f offer­ strations. at which w ill be read a man­ leaat possible delay to return the in­
ifes to “ from tha Am erican people to terned prisoners to their homes.”
w ith the Federal Trade commission, ing a stubborn resistance. ”
the rights o f peoples based on the tw in babiea by hitting tht
the
world in tha causa o f peace,” w ill
which is in vestigatin g the high cost o f
tbe back o f tha bead
principle of nationality.
be
held
at
midnight
on
N
e
w
Y
e
a
r’
s
Christmas Pardon Given.
Coins C arry N ew . Designs.
newspaper stock.
barn the other child In •
Denver— The Denver mint Monday eve in Chicago, Denver, San Francisco
Albany, N, Y ,-— A Christmas pardon
and than cut her own '
Minneapolis m illers Wednesday be­
Estate
is
»2
0
,0
0
0
.0
0
0
.
and
thia
city,
it
was
announced
hei
was granted by Governor Whitman
gan operation on half-tim e basis be­ began turning out the new ly designed
Sunday morning, aceocdli
Monday by the
Am erican Neutral Saturday to W illiam J. Cummins, who a ,!? i ! k 1 ij Y o TI c T The w il* ° f John D
cause o f the ear shortage. They said half-dollar pieces, and fo r an indefinite
tlon received hare Ws ‘ ~
Conference committee.
has served three years and two months
period
w
ill
coin
an
average
o
f
more
th ey hoped to maintain at least that
Tha second child Is In • 1
A t each maating a community o f a state’s prison sentence of four
Ths new
basis i f sufficient ears could be secured. than 150,000 pieces daily.
dition and m ay not liv *
chorus
w
ill
rin
g
out
the
present
year
years and eight months for his part in
coin bears tbe fa ll length o f the Statue
Conner also ia in a
Thai British government has cut o f Diberty, w ith the Stars and Stripes w ith song.
tha wrecking o f the Carnegie Trust
Fam ily and financial
service in hotels to 3-course dinners. flying to tiie wind as a background.
company, o f N ew York, several years tion T f . * chi|taren, with the excep-
to have been responsible
•
3
6
,0
0
0
Paid
tor
Farm.
a
few
minor
bequests
Tha
F o r breakfasts and luncheons tw o Branches o f oak also are imprinted.
ago. Governor Whitman said that let-
an’s actions.
On the reverse side an eagle is perched
courses only are allowed.
Pendleton. Or.— The old Prospect, tara and petitions asking fo r clemency town'Ti r* c®iv®* **r. Archbold’s T a ^ r
high on a crag, w ings unfolded. The farm , near Stanfield, one o f the oldest had been received from nearly everv
Companies o f state m ilitia from
a te
ThrchMH°n*
ord *h‘ Marla
r® of a 16,000 Guardsmen
rhe children, 't Mrs.
y « t aiaie.
coin bears the usual wording.
in U m atilla county, again changed state In the Union.
Nebraska, Iow a, Minnesota, Kansas,
San Antonio, Tax. — 1
hands, David R. Wood, o f Weston,
J *F BA?chh ! 5
Ann,# S,nderi »nd Wednesday by Ms
N orth Dakota and Utah, numbering
Treaty is Ratified Again.
buying it fo r 986,000 from W illiam
Luther Burbank Weddad.
' Fl Archbold. rcc« iv « the remainder
16,647, arc ordered to their respective
line w ith the w ar
Copenhagen— K in g Christian in tha Robbins and w ife, who purchased the
San Francisco— Luther Burbank the
to return the
4000 Get 10 Per Cent R | „.
cabinet council Monday ratified the place about a year ago. The farm con­ famous plant evolutionist, was married
homes wheq th eir
treaty providing fo r the sale o f the sists o f 1600 acres o f wheat land. here Thursday to bis secretary, Miss
Danish W est Indies to the United Robbins took in trade ae pert payment Elizabeth W aters» by Rev. a 8 S Coal*» Cokecomna^** Unlt* d 8tat* » unnecessary on tbe
home a body o f 16,0001
States. This follow s the passage by a house and lot in Weston, a chop m ill Dutton, pastor o f tha First Unitarian the
man from border duty,
both houses o f the Danish parliament and warehouse in W eston and a house church. The ceremony was private
were represented In UteJ
o f the bill fo r the ratification o f the and lot in Milton.
A t one tim e the “ 2 “ L Burbank and his bride were
dared to m ove and ’
place said at nearly $78,000.
whlaked away in a taxicab.
o f rollin g stack tha i
#
ad into^proupa fa r
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Judge Galloway, Salem, Finds Aged and Children Are Believed
Lost at Wichita»-Kansas.
Fraud in Hyde Entries.
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37,000 ACRES ARE AT STAKE DffECfIVE FURNACE IS CAUSE
President Sends Appm
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Lord Curzon Will Wed
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National Education Association
to Meet in Portland in July
$4000 is Obtained by Lone
Robber From Bickleton Bank Universal Military Training Bill
to Reach Congress Next Month
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